Omaha daily bee., 1885-03-12
THE NEEDS OF A TOWN.
The Necessities and Advantages of
Pickrell, Gage County.
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Correspondence of thu BEE,

Correspondence Of the BEE.
PIcKRELI, Neb., March 9.-Havlng
noticed In the columns of your valuable
publication j~ottings from various points
of the state relative to the prospects, at
fractions and wants of the various local..
ties represented, we have came to the
very sensible conclusion that we cannot
do better than to take advantage of the
public spirit you manifest and the inter.
est you take in the welfare of our state
by sending you a brief summary of our
condition on the points above enumerated.
The town of Pickrell Is a station of the
o. 81 r. V. branch of the U. p. railway,
and is located In Gage county, about ten
miles from Beatrice on the south aud
t~hirty-two miles from Lincoln, on the
north. The station and railroad were
only opened last spring, too late
in the season to catch the tide of weatern
migration or to build up its mercantile
Interest from the marketing of last years
crop. The improvement therefore has
not been as marked as In many of the
western towns but the prospects for It's
advancement the coming season are quite
flatterlng. There are no towns within
ten or twelve miles on either side, which
would make the territory naturally tribu-
tary to our station of at least a five mile
radius. The soil here is of the best in
the state for agricultural purposes, and
the climate mild and equable. Even
during the present winter there has been
no weather that a citizen of Dakota or
Minnesota would consider severe, and the
snow fall has not been so great at any
time as to blockade the roads or render
the care of live stock very difficult.
The crops of corn, winter and spring
wheat, oats, potatoes, vegetables ana
fruit of all kinds known to temperate
location were of abundant yield the past
season, and for stock raising In all Its
details we think the products and ex-
ports of cattle, hogs aud sheep from
Gage county, botL In quality and ok
tent will compare favorably with any
other state.
Our citizenship at present Is largely
American and our farmers and business
men as a class. are intelligent, prcgtess-
ing and tore-handed. Our privileges
both for running and we'll water of SPLEEN
did quality are as good as in any locality
in Nebraska, and eastern people will find
no little comfort In noting numerous
stripes of native timber in Gontr.s at to the
trseless, streamles,, prair.es of the west
ern counties. AS to school and munich
pal government 1t is only necessary to say
to those pnacouaInted with orr stata ror-
utation In that particular they are
of the best. But rs 1t was partially
u object In this commu-
ntcation to acquaint the readers of the
BEE in other localities with the needs of
our station In the way of business enter
prises we will say in general thatthe town
is really in Its Infancy yet and needs near
ly all the more important businesses in
order to supply the already urgent de-
mands of the citizens We have one
good elevator operated by G. T. Brown &
Co., of Lincoln, with prospects of anoth-
er the coming season. In lumber. drugs
and hardware, we have perhaps all that is
at present needed, but in the line of gsn-
eral merchandise, dry goods, groceries.
boots and shoes. we stand sadly In need
of a few frst-class establishments. Any
n desiring a location for such business
will do well to examine the situation.
Our citizens are quite out of patience at
being obliged to go so far for the ordina-
~ necessities of a household when the
railway and community offer every facili.
ty and inducement for the location of
profitable business enterprises right here.
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