The Eaton Democrat. (Eaton, Ohio) 1875-1903, 1875-08-05
NEBRASKA.
Emigration Position - Soil -Health-Cost
of Lands-Villases and Cities-Schools
and Churches-The Pioneer.
r Nob TIL, 1879

and Churches-The Pioneer.
COLUMBUS, Neb., July 2, 1875.
EMIGRATION TO NEBRASKA.
The State is filling up rapidly. The
trains bring out great numbers daily,
and the prairie schooners are on all the
roads. I don't wonder at it for GER
ments to settlers.
1t has the most pleasant and equable
climate of any of the Western States, and
its soil cannot be excelled. Then its
POSITION
is very favorable. 1t is midway be
tween the oceans, and the great
thoroughfare from East to West passes
over it. Its farmers find q profitable
market west of them among the miners
of the Territories, and IS good a market
east as any of the States have. The
Nebraska farmer finds a quick profitable
market east, west and north, with a very
short haul to his consumer. The dis
lance between the producer and con-
sumner does not eat up the grain.
SOIL.
There is no better soil in the United
States than Nebraska has, nor one more
easily worked. The land drains itself.
The whole State is q system of valleys
and uplands, with beautiful streams run
ming 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
in the spring and a crop produced in
the fall, enough to pay for the land end
the cost of breaking. This has been
done in thousands of instances.
There is no healthier country in The
world. The whole State is drained per-
fectly-indeed there is nota marsh or
swamp in it, so there is no malaria to
contend with. The air is pure and brac-
ing and the water excellent. ALI the con
ditions of health and long life exist in
Nebraska.
VARIETY OF RoP
In no country can there be SO great. q
variety of crops proftably produced.
The western part of the State is q mag
nificent grazing country, while the east
ern and central are adapted to wheat,
corn, oats, etr. The dairying business
has been demonstrated to be profitable
everywhere. Fruit can be grown in any
part of the State, with a certainty of {
good yield every year. Sheep raising is
a very profitable business in Nebraska
COST OF LANDS.
Lands may be had in Nebraska at any
price, from nothing up to $40 per acre
The government has vast bodies of ex
cellent land, which can be had by mere
~ settling on it, and the Union Pacif,
Railroad Company has lands adjacent t.
the road at prices varying from 50 K
$40, according to location.
VILLAGES AND CITIES.
The villages and cities of Nebraska ar,
growing with a rapidity unparalleled
None of them are in debt to any extent
The government has set apart lands ampl
for school purposes, and a great railroad
was built by government bonds, s. N
debt has been incurred for schools o
roads. The villages have not onl,
grown rapidly but the growth has beef
! healthy. Omaha is a splendid city, ant
Fremont, Columbus, North Platte
Grand Island, and a score of othe
places on the line of the road, are pros
porous and thriving.
SCHOOLS AND CHURCHES.
No State has a better school system
than Nebraska, and all the churches ar
represented. As a rule, the church eli
fees are large and elegant, and the SC
cieties prosperous. The schools are SUP
. ported by an endowment of lands sc
3 apart for that purpose.
. To sum it all up in a word, the ma
t who goes to Nebraska now and secure
land cannot but make himself independ
: ent in a few years. He a get land
with railroads, towns, school-houses an
churches all built, as cheaply to-day q
he could have got them twenty years age
when none of these things were done.
THE PIONEER.
/, o. T. Davis, Esq, the Land Commii
.. sioner of the Union Pacific Railroad
publishes a paper called The Pioaee,
Z which gives very full and reliable info,
= nation concerning Nebraska. 1t sci
: forth fully how to get lands of the raj
. road and government, how to get t
-. them, and how to pay for them, with
) mass of information valuable to all VIII
!, desire to know anything about til
= country. Copies of the Pioneer will /
! sent free to any address. Send a post.
= card to o. F. Davis, Omaha, Nebraska
, and get a copy. 1t will richly repay
perusal, and will give in detail info
nation which 1 have only been able
touch. P.