Omaha daily bee., 1903-01-03

their healthful effects by establishing a
national sanitarium" there, a distinction
not accorded any other place in the United
states for the same purpose. Here will
be sent thousands Of disabled sick soldiers
OF the army. who will be treated and cured
and returned to service.
How These transformations Came.
These immens transformation are
largely due, OF course, to the enterprise OF
the men who foresaw the possibilities.
Very largely to the building Of railroads to
and into and through Nebrarka. The hun
dreds OF miles of Iowa prairies attracted
railroads to build into and across them.
and the rich acres drew the sturdy farmer
TO their cultivation. Thence into Ne
braska the overflow tide came. Two great
railroads had large land grants from tho
national government as an inducement and
basis Of wealth, and which served to pay
for Advertising their respective sections.
The latest, the Fremont, Elkhorn e. Mis-
souri, Valley railroad, had no land grant
and so had to depend largely on the spe-
cial merits of it's section OF country to at
tract inhabitants. Then land was worth
less as to price. Now 1t is worth from S65
downward to $40 per acre. This Fremont,
Elkhorn & Missouri Valley railroad ex-
tended its line through the agricultural
section OF the state into and through the
stock range district, not only OF Nebraska,
but into the ranges OF Wyoming and South
Dakota, as well as to pioneering into the
heart OF the Black Hills.
No irrigation is needed along the line
OF the Elkhorn railroad OF in the section
tributary to it in Nebraska. In the stock
ranges irrigation Is not sought or required,
as the stock interest is as important in its
specially as is agriculture elsewhere, and
the stock ranges in Nebraska are the best
adapted OF any section in the great west.
Interspersed all through that section are
hundreds Of small or large haying valleys
which are abundantly watered and on
which is cut ample hay for necessary feed
ing purposes in winter to care for the
stock which feed on the contiguous ranges
in summer. Nebraska is so rich and so
prosperous and so necessary in her share
of feeding the world that no other western
state compares with 1t.
EducRtiOnaI Advantages.
Nebraska is not only justly famous as an
agricultural and stock state, a money maxi
ing state, but is equally rich in its educa-
tional advantages. It's State university
stands the acknowledged peer OF any state
university. Its standard is OF the very
highest. In addition there are a number
OF state normal schools whose record and
standing are enviable. The normal at Fro
mont, Neb., has an attendance OF from CSC
to 500 and a record OF excellence rarely at
tained. The normal at Peru Is also a su-
perior school. besides there are a number
Of colleges and high grade schools which
have assisted the state to its enviabls
standing as having less illiteracy then any
other, or at least nearly the highest In
the United States, which means in the
world.
Again, It stands at, or nearly at, the tor
for health. Its clear sky, It's persistent
breezes and it's elevated p~lateaus insure,
freedom from malarial or miasmatic pois
ons, gives vigorous, stimulating health
which breeds industry, self-reliance anC
success. Its high standard in moral, chur' 4
and law abiding tendency is a warrant o.
good order aud useful contentment 1T
cosmopolitan population, merging con
stantly into genuine American patriotism
is expressed in its responses to every de
mand on it in support of national or loca
order.
Unique Exposition Record.
The state of Nebraska, when her chic
city of Omaha undertook to give an ex
position, stood solidly behind the city an,
promoted and sustained the most successful
great exposition ever given in the Unite
States, excepting only the great World
Fair and Exposition of 1893 in Chicago. Tn
local pride OF this Gtate was involved an
the whole people stamped approval by thel
attendance. Its reputation extende
throughout the nation and drew crowd
from nearly every state. Its managemen
was on such broad, liberal methods that II
success was unprecedented and its histor
stands out unique in the history Of gres
expositions in the world. having paid II
stockholders 80 cents on the dollar. With
10 per cent Of par on all subscriptions
its aid. No other exposition has ever pal
over IL per cent OF such subscriptions an
yet the Transmississippi Exposition wa
concededly a national affair" So IDEAL
fine and complete was It that not only II
president Of the United States and his cal
met. but many distinguished Americans ar
foreigners we're its patrons.
Today the state is the abode OF wealt
varied industries. culture. education ar
, refnements. Prosperity rewards industI
, abundantly. Its history, though brief. HI
recorded some very interesting nation
, events and Incidents. Its early history is a
ISOLATED with the events which culminat'
in the greatest war known to the world.
was once the home OF the great MormC
y leader, who was seeking to establish a go
, eminent within a government, an ind
tendency within an independency In Il
. nation. A national character, whose gent,
tracked out a way over the desert sands
Nebraska and through the mountains we
a to a solitary valley and with his devote
3 created a government which ultimately r
y CURED the United States government
y send thousands OF troops over his trail
d control. The state has been the scene
many stirring events. now quieted in
sober history.
Then or fifty years ago. its lonesoI
900 had scant and meager comforts. T
N day her cities, towns and farms have abu
dance and luxury. Omaha, its largest cit
has over 15o, 900 population, Lincoln. its ca
ital. has over $4,000. and many cities
the state have 5000 to 5000. and vilIag
hve to ten miles apart all over the caste
" agricultural half of the state.
GEORGE WAsHINGTON's QUEUE.