Omaha daily bee., 1909-05-09

ness. At the present time, they have more
than 1000 COWS on their farms and last
year they worked 1863 hand separators.
Last year they sold and shipped out 154, 200
pound of butter and 1900 gallons of
cream. The farmers wives marketed last
year, $1,000 dozen of eggs and 10000 pounds
of poultry. One of the reasons for the
splendid progress which this county is
making in the stock and dairy business Is
that in many places the farmers are turn
ing their attention to the growing of al
falfa. At the present, there are 1900 acres
we'll seeded to alfalfa.
Dixon county is fast coming to the front
In the production of fruit for home con-
sumption. At the present time, there are
growing and in full bearing in the county.
37,10O apple, 1876 pear, 40 peach, 1000 plum
and 5000 cherry trees. Besides these, farm
ers are learning the advantage of a lib
eral strawberry bed very rapidly.
Dixon county IS not one of the largest
in the state, but 1t is one Of the richest
in proportion to its size. The county has a
population of 1900 and a valuation Of
$40, 900, 900. The county is we'll supplied with
railroads and of the ten thrifty and pros
porous towns, nine are railroad stations.
While the people of the county are justly
proud of its farmers and it's happy homes
and its herds of fat stock, they are much
more proud and take greater interest In
their public schools. Dixon county has
eighty-four school districts with eighty-four
school houses and a school population OF
400, requiring 125 teachers. Over $751; q was
spent for school purposes last year. The
average salary paid to county teachers is
SIS. Practically all the country schools
have good buildings, nice grounds and are
well equipped. With the except Of two
or three schools, each has a district IL
brary, several having over 200 volumes.
Four country schools have modern build
ings with the most approved systems of
heating, ventilating and lighting. OF the
ten town schools, three are accredited to
the University of Nebraska and five are APP
proved for free high school purposes. Emer-
son has a type of consolidated school with
five country schools, doing eight grades OF
work, and a central high school accredited
to the university. Emerson also has the
only normal training high school in the
county. Two hundred and fifteen eighth
grade pupils took the examination for adj
mission to these high schools last year.
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as county superintendent Of schools. He
is a young man and is in love and in touch
with his work and the county is TO be con-
graduated on securing a man for this po-
sition whose whole heart is in his work.
AS a person passes through the rich
valley and looks out of the car window as
the car approaches Ponca, he is thoroughly
impressed by the unique beauty and sub
stantial surroundings of this little city. OF
the seventeen rural free delivery routes
in the county, four of them start from
Ponca. Outside of the business part Of
the town, many fine residences claim the
attention. Good taste has generally pre-
vailed in the buildings and in the sur
roundings. Twenty-Five years ago the
town could not boast of more than a score
of trees. Now 1t has at least 10000. They
fill the lots of almost every occupied place
and b~eautify the sides of many of the
streets. They, with the shrubbery, vines,
gardens and flower beds and the general
neatness displayed, have made Ponca home
like and enjoyable. Thu same good taste
has prevailed in the building of churches,
school houses and their grounds, in the
grading of the streets, in the putting in
and repairing of city walks and crossings