Omaha daily bee., 1883-03-21
Long Pine and Vicinity

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Belmont Hotel, Lowell. Mass.
Long Pine and Vicinity.
To the Editor Of Tns Bee:
As your columns contained an arti
Gle recently In the interest of Aims
worth, written by some imaginary be.
Ing purporting to DO a Judge of towns,
lands, sand, etc., we beg leave to ask
you to give space for a few thoughts
somewhat different We shall not
undertake to burden your readers wi h
a lengthy detail of the misrepresenta.
lions presented by your visionary cor.
respondent. He seemed to be dis.
posed to defsmo Long Pine, and
praise Ainsworth as the only town OF
importance in this part Of Nebraska
Now, we are not disposed to say Any
thing harsh or wrong of Aihswortn,
but when a relic Of barberism writes
such al infamous lot of talsohoods "a
was presented in that article, there is
no way to undo the wrong when pre-.
scented in q respectable paper az HE
BEE but to refute 1t by the whole
truth. Long Pine is nearly In the
center of the new county. We have
The finest water.power for mills we
have ever seen. Ten thousand OF
more acres of the land near Long
Pine have been taken during the pssl
winter. About six thousand acres
have been taken near here by your Ger
respondents personal friends, and an
unusual emigration is o pouring
into Long Pine and Vicinity.
Your correspondent would have
your readers believe that Long Pine
is dwindlipg away, but such Is not the
fact. Business men are coming here,
and Mr.. Smith has just put down a
large lot of lumber as On evidence of
the demand still going or. We also
have q good new furniture store. The
merchants have Increased their stock.
Farming implements have been
brought on lately, and Glover &
Whittimore are doing q lively bust.
ness In their bank. A new newspa-
per, The Long Pine Journal, has Just
started, and commences with q large
subscription list and "a number Of
advertisements as the paper will show
new dwelling houses In
the neighborhood of Long Pine will
he erected in the course of three or
four weeks. Several new ones are
going up now.
As to the lands near Long Pine,
good judges have said that 1t is al
most precisely such soil as tho great
wheat producing valleys of California.
We write nothing but whats can be
proved, millers are here now looking
after millsites. Mr. Upsill is at this
writing putting In n mill and will BE
manufacturing lumber In a few days
An intelligent public will judge
whether Long Pine is dying or not,
Now as the gentleman saw fit to
make a large statement in regard to
the business outlook of Ainsworth, we
would barely mention that we have
the following busiueus houses in Long
Pine, and the stores and other places
of business are doing well:
Tracy-Dry goods, groceries, boots,
shoes, clothing aud general mel.
chandise.
Ryan-Dry goode, groceries, boots
shoes and general merchandise.
Wheeler Groceries and provisions,
confectionery, etc.
Skinuer--H ardw are, cutlery, etc.
Spafford--Drugist stationary, etc.
Mesd--Furniture, undertaking, etc.
L s. King Millinery, dressmak-
Ing, etc.
Glover e. Whitlemore--Bankers.
Glover--Lsnd commissioner.
Moore--Genersl feed store.
Skinuer--Feed Store.
Rlngsurd- Blacksmith.
Sanders Harness maker.
Hotels--Long Pine house, railroad
eating house.
Mrs. Miller--Baker and dining
room.
Ferguson-Dairyman and milk mer.
chant.
Hotel livery and feed stable.
Gill--Meat merchant.
Smith--Lumber, laths, lime, etc.
We have q railroad round house,
railroad division and a fine depot.
John Danks-Drsyman.
Two saloons.
The Long Pine Journal.
One school house, In which preach
Ing, Sabbath school and other re
ligious meetings are held.
D. e. w.