Nebraska advertiser., 1878-07-18
From the Republican Valley.
BEAVER CITY, NEBRASKA. I
JulV 5th. 1873.

July 5th, 1873.
Editor Nebraska Advertiser:
Pursuant to promise / write you q
line from this western part of our
young and growing State. toward
which the principal part of the immi-
grafton is now tending. The Valley
Of the Republican must be seen by
the traveller before he can say that he
has seen all of Nebraska that is worth
seeing. l do not mean to say that
this country can excel southeastern
Nebraska in anything, but, with the
one drawback of drouth insured
against, it will develop into every ex-
cellence which we claim for Nemaha
and adjoining counties. Furnas coun-
ty, but recently organized, contains
twenty Congressional townships, and
includes range twenty-five west, and
is therefore 246 miles west of the Mis-
souri, River, at Brownville. The wag-
on road, however, Is not direct, but
takes-one at Spring Valley, in Muck
oils county, to within one mile of the
Kansas line, and thus lengthens out
the distance TO 3l2 miles. To this re-
mote point, and if what Is told US is
true, for one hundred miles further
up the Republican the indefatigable
hOmesteader has pushed his way. To
that distance the best claims, that Is
claims with wood and water" have
been taken, and the emigrant of to-
day Is obliged to go on the 'divide. 3"
say two miles and upwards from the
river. This "dlvide" land is prefer
red, however, by come, and will, In
our opinion, eventually make the best
farms. Water is not inaccessible on
the highest land. and the soil is so
deep that generations to come will
not wear it out. The Republican
River, Sappa, Beaver, Deer, Medi-
cine, and other creeks traverse the
county and are skirted by heavy
belts of timber. Dry wood of the
best quality can be bought for s.. so per
cord. Corn is worth 40cts. per bushel
and very hard to get at that. The
immense herds of cattle In the coun-
ties adjoining, Frontier, Red Willow,
Hitchcock. and Dundy, will furnish
a good home market for years to come.
This year the crops in this county and
Harlan are fine and rival the best
fields we saw in Nemaha county
The public lands are being taken
very rapidly under homestead, pre-
emption and timber culture claims,
and Ia less than year very few desir-
able pieces will be found vacant.
There are great many men even so
far west as BrownvilIe who would do
we'll to take one, two, or three quar-
teEs Of land which the government so
generously offers to the settler, and
who would better their condition in
nniteiy thereby. The settlers here
should bring cows, as many as he
can raise, or borrow money to buy. |
AS rule they will winter without
feed, and ia the summer "a heifer in |
clover" Is not more favored than the /
herds that feed on the wild grasses of |
this region. They will grow into
money rapidly. AS yet there are few
hogs here Now and then one will
see few berkshires, or other breeds
OF good stock. In q three hundred
mile drive We have not, however, seen
q city. village or hamlet so enterpris-
Ing as Brownville In swine culture.
nor any whose streets and commons,
we're ornamented and enIivened by
swine herds. Verify. they have much
Pet to learn
Beaver City is the County seat of
Furnss county, situated on Beaver {