Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-07-28
NEBRASKA.
Emigration--Posi Observation-Disclosures Of
Lands-Villages and Cities-SchOOls and
Churches-The Pioneer.


Observation-Disclosures Observation-Disclosures of
Lands-Villages and Cities-SchOOls and
Churches-The Pioneer.
COLUMBUS, Neb., July 2, 1875.
EMIGRATION TO NEBRASKA.
The state is filing up rapidly. The trains
bring out great numbers daily, and the prairie
schooners are On all the roads. don't wonder
at 1t; for certainly Nebraska offers wonderful
inducements to settlers
It has the most pleasant and equable climate
of any of the Western States, and it's soil can
no. be excelled. Then it's
POSITION
is very favorable. It is midway between the
oceans. and the great thoroughfare from East
to West passes over it. Its farmers find a
profitable market west of them among the
miners of the Territories, and as good a mar
ket East as any of the States have. The Ne
braska farmer finds quick profitable market
to his consumer. The distance between the
producer and consumer does not eat up the
grain.
SOIL.
There is no better soil in the United States
than Nebraska has. nor one more easily work
ed. The land drains itself. The whole State
il system of valleys and uplands with beau
tiful streams running through the valleys The
soil both in the valleys and uplands is from five
to twenty feet deep, without stones or stump
The prairie may be broken up i'll the spring
and crop produced in the fall. enough to pay
for the land and the cost of breaking. This
has been done in thousands of instances.
HEALTH.
There is no healthier country in the world.
The whole State is drained perfectly-indeed
there is not marsh or swamp in it, so there is
no malaria to contend with. The air is pure
and bracing and the water excellent. All the
conditions of he alth and long life exists in Ne
braska.
VARIETY OF CROPS.
In no country can there be SO great a variety
of crops profitably produced. The western
part of the State is magnificent grazing
country, while the eastern and central are
adapted to wheat. corn oats, etc. The dairy
ing business has been demonstrated to be
profitable everywhere. Fruit can be grown in
good yield every year. Sheep raising is a very
profitable business in Nebraska.
COST OF LANDS
Lands may be had III Nebraska at any price,
from nothing up to $40 per acre. The Gov
eminent has vast bodies Of excellent land,
which can be had by merely settling on it, and
the Union Pacific Railroad Company has lands
adjacent to the road at prices varying from 80
to $40, according to location.
The railroad makes very liberal arrange
ments for the transportation OF settlers.
VILLAGES AND CITIES.
The villages and cities Of Nebraska are
growing with a rapidity unparalleled. None
of them are i'll debt to any extent The gov
eminent has set apart lands ample for school
purposes, and great railroad built by
government bonds, SO no debt has been in
Cured for schools or roads. The villages have
not only grown rapidly but the growth has
been healthy. Omaha is splendid city, and
Fremont. Columbus, North Platte, Grand ISL
and, and score of other places on the line of
the road, are prosperous and thriving.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
No State has better school system than
Nebraska and all the churches are represent
ed. As rule, the church edifces are large
and elegant, and the societies prosperous.
The schools are supported by an endowment of
lands set apart for that purpose.
To sum it all up in word, the man who
goes to Nebraska now and secures land cannot
but make himself independent IN a few years.
He can get lands with railroads, towns, school
houses and churches all built, as cheaply to-
day as he could have got them twenty years
ago, when none of these things were done.
THE PIONEER.
O. F. Davis Esq, the Land Commissioner
of the Union Pacific Railroad. publishes
paper called The Pioneer, which Egives very
braska. It sets forth fully how to get lands of
the railroad and government, how to get to
them, and how to pay for them, with a mass
of information valuable to ell who desire to
know anything about tle country. Copies of
the Pioneer will be sent free to any address.
Send postal card to o. F. Davis Omaha.
Nebraska, and get copy. 1t will richly repay
persual. and will give in detail information
which have only been able to touch.