Omaha daily bee., 1885-02-13
. TO SILL RICH.
The Methods or the Rising Million
aires In and around sidney.

Special Correspondence to The BEE.
Sidney, Neb., February 10.-Our 10
cality has not been represented in your
paper lately; in fact scarcity of ne VS. has
been my only excuse. The land boom
has fairly strucS us, and everywhere the
people are homesteading, pre.empting
and taking timber claims, Besides j. T.
Clarkson Is making an independent for.
tune out of the Union Pacific lands. He
asks from 50. 30 to 81 90 an acre for up.
land, and fer the bottom. land from So 10
to $1,000 per acre, and buyers ara plenti.
full at that Never In the his .ory of
western Nebrasks has such a land excite
ment predomipa.ed All who can scrspe
up q few dollars invest for the purpose of
doubling q their money. No doubt thi,
will last Blk months longer, and it Is con.
fidently expected the population of Chey-
eune county will increase three fold. At
Lcdge Pole, eighteen niles east of here,
a pretty town has been laid out by Robert
S. Oberfelder of this place, and he is fast
%dlsposing OF his town lots. The country
surrounding Lodge Pole is the paradise
of Cheyenne county. There re now over
forty settlers in that l,ca i:y, and all
the tree claims within a radius of
Ten miles have been filed upon tho prot
poets of Lodge Pole are excellent. At
Antelope, thiIty.six miles west of here,
Is another growing part Of this county.
j. t. Clsrkson has laid out n town site
aud is finding many ready buyers. Andy
Burg, suFerlnt sndent Of pumps and
tanks of the Mountain division ot the
Union PaIifc railway, has located a claim
at Antelope station, which is ons of the
IN ost valuable pieces of properly in the
western part of the county. 1he re-
sources of Cheyenne county are numer.
Gus and the encouraging prospects add a
vigorous portion to t le wealth and main
tensn,e of q SUI :cessful future. In three
years he acc this will be one of the finest
of wheat countries. While mentiori ing
this, we might add that almo, It any veg
etable can thrive and grow hers without
irrigation.
Our winter tere ha, been quite moder.
ate, and cattle have done well, except
a few yearling Texans, owing to their ar.
irving h T., too late and not being accus-
toned to the range or climate. Sheep
have done better Than ever, and scsrceiy
any lo,sts are reported. Horse.r raising is
also an important industry here, and
those directly interested In 1t are we'll
satisfied with the years work. There
has been some very fiue sailors brought
here, consisting OF Nernanr, Perchtr ms
and Cleveland Bays. E. Tusler, of
Greenwood rancho, has a valuable buuch
of horses, the largest in this county, end
80 fer have proved quite Iemuneratiye.
Thos. Kane has completed an elegant
house OH his rancho six miles we,t of
town. Sheriff Samuel Fowler Is also
heavily into rested in cattle raising. Hen
j. j. Mcintosh, our county clerk, is a
heavy properly owner here, and he we'll
deserves the success, that has attended
him. He is always accommodating, and
the people ale we'll pleased with the trust
reposed In him.
Business has teen very good among
the erct ants tie past season and the
prosI ects are fl altering for a Lively spring
trade. Every one is stocking up heavily.
The U. p. passenger train from the
east is ak hours lats to-day no doubt
caused by the heavy snow storm which
prevailed through the state yesterday.
FEDORA.