Omaha daily bee., 1907-01-20
HILL PLAN TO SELL LAND
Sodi Omaha Residence Sections m
Burlington First to Circumvent New Law
Touching Colonization.
ESTABLISHES AN INFORMATION BUREAU
Change Necessary in order 60 COM
ply with Provisions Denying
Free Pass 90 Land
Agents.

The Burlington Is the FIRST railroad 10
announce its plan for continuing the work
OF colonization IN the west TO conform with
the regulations and provisions Of the new
federal statutes, with which the old system
ran counter because OF its contact with the
free pass proposition. The old land agent
system had to be abandoned because of the
inability longer to issue free Transports
tion to these agents.
The Burlington has organised land
seekers information bureau. with ID. Glen
Beaver at its head. Mr.. Beaver has been
in charge OF the homeseekers' information
bureau. which has been helping prospect
tive settlers to locate on the government
lands under the Kinkaid act The new
bureau will assist in the settlement OF
decided and private lands as well as the
government lands along the Burlington
The prospectus, which has been issued
by the Burlington says;
The general purpose OF this bureau will
be to gather and distribute Information
valuable to seekers Of western lands; to Rd:
agricultural possibilities OF the western
country served by this railroads. zone ol
territory between the lakes, the MISSISSIPPI
the best climate for residence, a surer In
crease in population. Industrial and agrt.
cultural wealth than any other region OF
equal area in the world.
The services Of the bureau will be offered
free to both land sellers and prospective
land buyers and in this work the Burling-
ton will have limited number of perTna-
nently established and reliable land agents,
engaged in selling lands along the Buriing-
ton, as correspondents Of the bureau.
Many features of the bureau stIl remain
in statu quo and will be worked out from
time to time. Among these will be the
preparation of exhibits of the resources OF
Nebraska and other states on the Burling-
ton, installed In cars and sent all over
the eastern states wherever there are
prospective buyers.
Churchill on Grading Grain.
II. H. Churchill. formerly general agent
OF the Great Western in Omaha and now
engaged in the grain business at St Louis,
was In Omaha Saturday. Mr.. Churchill
said he did not think there was much to
the statements which had been mL1s
against the grading Of Nebraska grain.
when you have a system which depends
upon human Judgment there IL sure to be
a difference" said Mr.. Churchill. THE best
system Is a uniform system which is now
/ in use at Toledo. Their market Ia small
| but they are humming. If one OF the
larger grain markets would adopt that sys-
tenn II would force all the others into line.
It is a mathematical proposition and to
make certain grades you must have certain
conditions. ! get The Bee every morning
| in st. Louis because The Bees market TO
ports are the best am able to get any.
where"
Merchants Rates Go I'm.
Rates for the spring merchants meetings
in Omaha began Saturday and the retailers
will begin to arrive Monday. These meet
ings will continue, with short intervals be-
tween. until April 1. In addition to the
low rates the jobbers are Offering the 70
tailers an inducement in the way Of re-
funded fares If the merchants purchases
are large enough that per cent OF therr
EQUALS the fare, the jobbers will refunt