Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1910-10-23
CETTlAC A, IDEA VI RECON
Visitors Should Not Depend on Car
Window Scenes.
THOROUGH INQUIRY IS INVITED
story Of Biu Jones 90 blue River
valley Point Moral which
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Sidcrntiou.

PORTLAND. oct -,SpccialJ-M MANY of
lhe readers OF The Bee who visited the
Lewis and Clarke worlds fair az Portland
in 1906 or the Alaska-Yukon-Pacihc cNpOsi-
ton at Seattle in 1910 no doubt formed an
opinion OF Oregon and the northwest by
what they saw from the car windows
which was entirely msleading One can
take train at omaha and go to Beatrice
for instance, and viewing the land az he
rides along judge well Of the fertility of
the broad acres spread out before him.
IN the northwest the transportation lines,
taking the course Of least resistance. wind
around through the valleys. sometimes very
narrow. and on either side Of the train
the passenger from an agricultural country
-ees nothing TO give him a liking for the
surroundings through which he Is passing.
He sees hills covered with second growth
timber. green and beautiful TO look upon,
but to his prairie trained eye nothing to
inspire him. tller OF the soil. with en-
thusiastio admiration
He sees many spots blaokened by fire,
covered with burnt stumps and logs with
here and there a gaunt tree towering sky
ward. It's naked branches reaching out ike
skeleton arms, beseeching nature for a re-
turn OF life. Such scenes are apt to give
the man from Nebraska, or surrounding
states, a lonesome. homeslck feeling, and
many a faint-heartsd homeseeker seeing
the country only IN this manner has hit
tho high places in retufnlng home, so
anxious has he been 10 get back to his
old camping ground.
Comparison of statea.
This class OF persons. when asked By
their neighbors how they like Oregon. gem
orally reply In words to this effect viz.
IF were obliged to i've out there you
couldn't give me the whole state. Old Ne
braska Is good. enough for me"
True. Nebraska Is good, enough for any
Of us, as IL Iowa, and the DaitotaF, but as
every thinking man knows the time is
rapidly passing when the young man with
little TO depend upon but his meager saw
ings and the labor OF his hands will have
any chance TO make more than a bare
livinB. especially II he is not believer In
race suicide and undertakes to raise a
family.
There are few farms in the middle west
Of forty acres or less that can be made,
even with the best Of care, no crop failures
and good prices, 70 more than support the
average family There are plenty OF ten
acre tracts IN oregon that are bringing
owners an income sufficient to enable
them TO put a nice little sum in the bank
every year.
Now, for instance, let us take the case OF
Bin Jones' who was born and raised n
the Blue hver valley. Bill was a good
boy and developed into model young man
the pride OF his father and the idolized sor
Of a fond mother. There are six children
in the Jones family, three girls and tire,
boys, Bill being the first born. When h,
reached mans estate he did not leav,
home. but made an arrangement with hii
father which enabled him to save for
farmer boy, a tidy little sum each year,
soon after he had passed the Gath mile
stone OF his life, that insidious little match
maker, Cupid through the medium OF swee
Susan Johnsons laughing eyes and win
ming ways captured Bits big heart tn
result being that enc day duly ordAine'
minister Joined their hands together an
said the words which made them one.
Puts on a Mortgage.
In preparation for this event Bill ha
barsained with a nelrhbor Tor forty acre
OF "fair to middrng'' land 81 sB an aer,
which was considered cheap, He paid $40
down and gave a mortgage for the RI
mainder OF the purchase price. Then h
built little house and barn, but before h
had finished ther- found that his ban
account had run o,T. wherefore he wa
obliged to go to dad before he could finiH
the home. buy q team, a few cows. farm
ing Implements. and the other numerou
little necessities for running a place Of h
own.
Two years passed by at the end Of whic
time Bili found he had an increase
family. which was az II should be, but. thu
owing 20 a partial failure in crops Il
second year. he was more in debt ths
when he began, and, looking the futui
Ar "A ehnN
made a new move his nose would be
the grind stone for the remainder OF h
natural life.
Father Jones had been OF those vislto
% the northwest who had judged q
country from the car windows and r
marked upon his return home that 81
didn't want any Of that blasted count
IN his'n," and Bill, knowing his parent
be, generally speaking a levsl-headed o
man and relying on his judgment, III
started married life near home as heret
fore mentioned.
subssFfbss tor Farmer.
Now Bll. like a sensible fellow. was
subscriber OF The Twentisth Centu
Farmer and frequently, also. brought hor
The Bee. and during the long winter eve
ings Susie read aloud 70 him while
smoked his pipe and allowed his mind
drift toward the west coast for these pu
locations frequently contained doscripti
articles Of Oregon and the surroundil
country.
o. One night Susie read q statement viii
made BIN cit up and take especial noti,
II was 70 the effect that an induEtrio
man could make much more Oft Of {
acres OF good land in Oregon than
could of from forty acres In Nebrasi
That splendid, logEed-of land could
purchased for from SIS % so per az
and that Il only required muscle baokbo
ana perseverance to soon convert Il
land into a garden spot An instance W
mentioned OF q man who owned only thu
acres Of land located on the top OF a I
where he had a chicken ranch that not o.
enabled him 20 support q family but
~ place IN the bank 400 IN clear cash es
month IN the year
Diu Gets an idea.
"BeEoshl" said Bill when Susie read Z
Item. I'm goin' to look into this thl
further, and II It's anywhere near
stratght GOODS It's me for the Ores