Omaha daily bee. (Omaha [Neb.]) 187?-1922, 1911-06-17
CURTIS CONQUEST.

McCook Tribune: let US go after some
thing else is the motto suggested by a
Cambridge booster. "Letus go after the
state board" Is the motto offered by a
Holdrege disappointee. The former for
us
Hildreth Telescope; Holdrege is a poor
loser The fact that the state board To-
Gated the new agricultural school at Cur
tbs has brought forth walls that are loud
and long from the people OF that little
city. We favored Holdrege and stil think
the school should have been located there.
but there Is no occasion for any knock
ing Holdrege doesn't need any agrlcul-
tural school to enable her to continue to
grow and prosper and be one Of the best
Little cities in the state OF Nebraska.
Alma Record: Should future develop
ments disclose the fact that Lncoln's in
fluence together with other interests
dominated the action of the board in To-
eating the agricultural school at Curtis
an inaccessible point, so that it would not
be competitor with the Lincoln institu-
ton, the capitol removal proposition, which
is still unsettled, will no doubt become
a live issue and be settled in such a way
that the capitol city will forever regret
politics Of the state.
Bridgeport News-Blade Curtis. down in
Frontier county, has been selected as the
site for the new state agricultural school.
just what advantages Curtis possesses
over North Platte Broken Bow. Holdrege.
Alma and the other towns which were as
pirants for the school. we do not know,
but just the same, when the members OF
the state Board OF Public Lands and Build
ings recall the big feeds" which were
spread In their honor by the people of the
now disappointed towns, their consciences
will reproach them for years to come.
Elwood Bulletin: We congratulate the
people Of Curtis In securing the new agri-
cultural school. We have no fault to find
with Curtis whatever We also extend to-
the taxpayers who have to pay the $780,
900 our sympathy for having the school
located in so isolated a section of south
western Nebraska that the attendance and
general use of the school will never be
what 1t would have been had It been To-
Gated in more dcnsely settled section or
one where 1t would have been more con-
veniently reached by rail. of the eleven
towns asking for the location of the agri-
cultural school, The Board of Public
Lands and Building might have done bet
ter. They could not have done more
st. Paul Republican; Being acquainted
with the town Of Curtis and country sur
rounding it, we cannot agree with some of
our contemporaries that the Board of Pub
lie Lands and Buildings made mistake in
the location OF the new agricultural school.
Not only is the scenery around the town
delightful but It has some very fine table
and valley land. and that part of the
country gets as much rainfall as any part
of the state, and has just as many advan-
tages as any OF the other towns men
toned. In fact II has a beautiful lake and
some very nice natural timber along the
Little Medicine river from the north. The
only argument that can be set up Is, that
the town does not have as large a popula-
ton as some of the other towns men
toned. Curtis is situated in a very pic
turesque spot, encircled on the north by
hills of gradual slope which are easy of
access and pleasing to the eye. In years to
come we believe that. the wisdom of the
board will be approved.