Wadsworth semi-weekly dispatch. [volume] (Wadsworth, Nev.) 1899-1904, 1900-09-28
THE EDITOR ABROAD.


resides in Bloomington and his neigh
bors speak very highly of him for his
many manly qualities, just as good
friend to the poor as to the rich. His
residence is not very pretentious but 1t
is an ideal home. His stenographer Is
Miss Charlotte Rankin, sister to Miss
Mildred Rankin, whom many Wads-
worth people will remember as a visit
or here in "a. That young lady we
were fortunate enough to meet and
spend few hours at her home. In a
drive about that country with Mr..
Rankin We were amazed to hear that
farm lands around Bloomington range
In value from 500 to $500 per acre
and lease for an average of 50 per
acre per year. Crops are good, manu-
facturies many. money plenty, no
dearth Of employment in Illinois. We
met an uncle. IS years in the employ
of the C. & A. as locomotive engineer
and fuel ispector. He told us that
engineers average $3.50 per month.
We had never met him before and
when we told him we would stay two
hours he said life in the West must go
with rush. The city tax In Bloom
ington is $6 per 500 and we could not
see what the taxpayers got for 1t. We
left Illinois after visit to other places
in that State for Nebraska and landed
in Lincoln. 1t seemed a sleepy look
ing town on the beginning Of the 'front.'
Ter but will in time become fine city.
From Lincoln we chased through the
central and southern portions of the
State. With the exception Of belt Of
100 miles in width which was visited
by drouth we found crops exceedingly
heavy and everybody smiling. We
saw quite few sugar beet factories
building and sugar beet growing will
within decade be a strong feature Of
farming in those States. II causes
one to wonder that Nevada is so slow
in this matter when it is patent and
has been demonstrated the State can
and has made great showing in actual
experiment Cattle, hogs, sheep and
horses bring better prices than ever be-
fore. Farmers all drive fine looking
horses to good buggies and there is
nothing shabby about their outfits. Ne
braska lands sell for from $40 up and
settlers are going in there in numbers.
All the railroad companies are making
great exertions to get settlers into Ne
braska. Colorado, Wyoming, Montana,
Utah, the Dakotas and such States
and offer very liberal home seekers
rates. Tons of literature and adver-
tising are used and employees hired to
conduct the work by the railroad com
panies interested. They are assisted
by Boards Of Trade and such bodies
and effective work is being done.
Every railroad station has advertising
along this line Of work posted conspic-
uously in waiting rooms at passenger
depots. There is plenty of room and
many ways for Nevada to adopt some
such system. We have mep who are
willing enough and there is little doubt
the railroad companies would give q
great deal of help. We particularly
noticed this in Colorado, where on
account of the celebration of Frontier
mans Day, the railroads had all their
passenger equipments out to carry the
excursionists to the various towns
where extensive programs had been
arranged. Advertising was not lost
sight Of at this time. For instance,
everybody who went into Grand juno
ton could call at headquarters and
obtain free of charge a package Of as
sorted fruits raised in the vicinity OF
Grand Junction This is substantial