Omaha daily bee., 1883-05-05
Unusual Springtime Activity in
Adams and Lincoln
Counties,
Haetings and North Platte
D.staIc5 the Most San.
guine Citiz.n.
All Right, Anthony; We'll SEQ You
Later.

iattering prospects for n good growing
season. The farmers are well up with
their work and while the recent rain.
fall has checked the progress of seed
ing somewhat 1t has increased the pro.
duction of grass, making In all an
Indispensable requis!tion to the pro.
Queer.
The acreage CT corn and small plant.
ed this season in til, county will be
far In excess of any previous year,
aud with no backsets the harvest will
be n Of the largest ever known In
this section, as the spring has fairly
opened and under the most favorable
conditions.
l stopped a few hours in Hastings
and was amazed at the hum and buzz
Of industry seen and heard on all
sides. On nearly every block there
were large excavations and busy peo-
pie forming substantial foundations
for large and stately brick business
blocks. 1t is estimated, and I think
not In excess, that the aggregate value
of improvements In Hastings this year
will exceed 5000, OCO. This will be
principally In buildings, both resident
and business.
In conversation with several bust.
ness men I found nearly all Of them
agree that trade IVES for tho last sixty
days 40 per cent better than for the
corresponding period q year ago.
Everyone seems happy, and there are
no idlers here. Work has actively
begun In town and country, and
Hastings Is destined to rank among
the foremost of Nebraska's live and
enterpristng marts.
The extension of the running time
Of trains No. 3 and 4 from Liucoln to
Red Cloud ON the B & M. gives to
Hastings and Adams county All
advantage for quick transit that has
long been desired and is now fully
appreciated by the community Com.
bined energy will work q world of
wonders.
LlNSO-N
NORTH PLATTE, inlay 3--Lincoln
county Is noted chiefly for her pro-
duc,ion of cattle, wool and mutton.
S le Is n of the largest counties In
.ne state having but one important
trading point, viz: North Platte.
There are four or five other postofi-
ces In the county on the railroad, but
IS yet they are intignifcant.
The percentage of loss of stock on
the ranges this winter has been no
larger than Is usual for this section,
bui the heavy and continued cold
rains thi, spring have caused the
herders to look well to their charges
on account of the young stock.
North Platte Is the center around
which some mysterious circumstances
revolve. There seems to be two polit.
ical factions, each trying to run the
other out, and l have al ways noticed
that towns having such q state of
affairs always succeed as a town. As
long as this is kept up there can be
no monopoly.
The most exciting feature Just now
Is to see everybody in search of q
copy of THE OMAHA BEE to learn the
particulars about the Anthony Refs
case. TIE dispatch recently published
In The BEE announcing thai Mr..
Reis was a defsulter to the amount of
81, 500 has not al yet been proven
false, q statement in the Republican
to the contrary Notwithstanding; but
an official report of the investigating
committee will be rendered on the
10Th instant, when some interesting
and spicy items may be- expected.
MIR. Refs friends do not claim this
Is q false report, but are shot" be-
cause The BEE stated that Rels had
skipped" and they say If he Is shor,
his friends have money enough tc
make 1t good, and they are willing tc
use II.
One of the most practical and I'm.
portsnt schemes that has been laid
before me for some time, Ia that re
Gently completed and caused to be
acted upon, by the North Platte Irrl'
eating & Land company, comprising
some of the shining lights of the town.
working In unison with capitalists o.
Colorado. A vast track of alluvis,
lands, lying between the north anG
south Platte rivers, immediately west
of town, has heretofore been consi6'
cred worthless and barren, but geolo
gists have proven the fact that THU
same "waste lard" would become very
productive naturally by the addition
of a copious supply CT water. A sur
very has been made and estimates sub
mitted, showing it practical to con-
struct q ditch twenty.one miles In
length, and conveying a sufficient sup
ply Of water from the river to "a 0C(
acres Of land. Consequently o com
pany was Incorporated under tbs
above head, who purchased of the
Union Pacific railroad company ell
the unsold land of their alternate sec
tiops between the forks of the river,
and extending as far west as OFsl!on,
comprising ver l2,C00 acres of lane
at 81 90 per acre, aud the Colorado
men have agreed to build the ditch,
complete and put 1t In operation al
ons.hslf the capital stock against thu
land.
The canal will have a capacity o,
1900 cubic feet Ct water per houl
and will be completed by the coming
August. This Is intended to ~renovat'
this vast tract of land containing ovel
800 tracts OF so acres each, and watel
rights will be sold to the occupants a
medium rates, and each water right il
made a part of the capital stock, 81
that when every right has been tsker
the whole thing will have been con
sumed and the owners OF the variou
rights will ha the htnckhnlders NJ