Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1906-07-26

Of northwest Nebraska can he raised
easily as peas, without costing more than
81 per thousand. Jack pines from nur-
series in northern Minnesota can be set
down for s. per thousand.
Now, let syndicates be formed in Omaha
and in different parts of the state. Let
them secure a section or two of land each.
They could lay out the grounds in an ar
tistic manner and plant a, large area to
pines. In few years there would be
charming drives. beautiful groves and
young forests of evergreens.' which would
I'LL the air with healing aroma. 80
"As 1t now stands that region is one of
the healthiest on the globe. There is no
rank. rotting vegetation-no malaria. The
water. seeping through the sands, is as
pure as II can be made. Being a great
deal farther north than Omaha, with a
much higher elevation, 1t is much cooler,
and the night air among the young pines
would be delightful. In short time such
resorts could be made sanitariums of the
! highest order.
Not Only a Health Resort.
again you would not only have a
health resort. but you would have prop
erty growing in value all the time. We
| have gone beyond the experiment stage
!
seemingly worthless lands can in rev
years be made TO be worth 500 per acre
Take a thrifty pine grove. covering a
section of land which is hurrying up to
make saw logs as rapidly possible
while our forests are being so rapidly
cut away, and you have a real good mine
| in the sand hills.
SIN the beginning of the last century
there was a Sahara of drifting sands in
! the heart of France and this was con-
| stantly encroaching on the best portions
of the empire. Some times fine farms
would be engulfed and ruined; even vii
lagos would be submerged, and ever
steeples would stand out of the sand drifts
like gravestones, telling where lay q
buried Hamlet. Bremontier, a patriots
man of thought-studied over the problem
and laid his plan before the great Ma
poleon He saw the reason of It. That
| vast area was planted to the maritime
pine and now beautiful forests cover al
the former desolation.
THE government has a fine incom,
from them. Rosin and turpentine ar,
shipped from them all over Europe, anC
even to America. to supply the vast,
caused by our own improvidence. Wha
has been done in France and in the barrer
| regions or Belgium ana Germany can bl
done in our own Nebraska Such an en-
terprise as we nave mentioned would b,
pure patriotism to our OWE grand stat
and II would soon meet with a splendid
reward. Land is going up, Money 4
seeking investment and there is no sec
tion where a iudicious investment woul,
bring in better returns Talk about tn
blessings which come to the man VIII
makes two blades OF grass grow in IN
place of one" What can we say OF tn
man who can clothe an unsightly bank o
drifting sand with charming evergreeni
which give promise OF beauty and utiit,
for years TO come?
1.-The expense of such an enterprise vii
not be prohibitive. Choose a favorable 10
cation. secure a section Of land, more o
less. lay IL out in an improved manner
have a competent man TO superintend IN
work. have nursery right on the groun
and Il will not take long TO have the wor
well started All those sandy region
would now be covered with pines were
not for the fires. In laying out tn
grounds this danger could be guarde
against Soon the trees would be so larE
the cattle could not injure them and ther
would be excellent pasturage until IN
trees took full possession Of the land"