The chronicle=news., 1912-12-17

Tho carly t0wnsite boomers had
troubles Of their own. Every com
uuuity Of Importance passed through
the ord~als Of the Christening rod and
como Of them came through LOOKING
IKE q sinsed cat that had run the
gauntlet Of y prairie fIra. In 1855
the boom tuwn on the frontier was
Nebraska City and In the name. at
least. Il promised to becouse vcrit-
sbie land Of pure delight. II WAS
located ou tho Missouri river long
before Omaha waA born. aud the rea-
MI Il failed to become metropolis
wAs probably due to omission rather
than commission and In no wise was
the fault OF Its own.
Every embryonic thicaSon in the
formative days had Its Poo-bah and
With Nebraska City for the stage
ssi,ing II Was Ira Nuckeil. or at
least. he thought he waS II. and this
WAS au,tc AZ effcctual. This cn'hus-
iastIc purveyor OF Immature boomiet"
had read how Constantine. despair
Ing OF ever lsecominx Pope Of Rome.
had gone ont 10 the bosphorons ANA
there, In thirty years. had succeeded
IN building . city of 10000" popn'a-
lion. and there Was no rcisop III
vI,Ulcnt America why similar sue
c~sa SHOULD not be reached on tn"
,,oter,and Of Nowhere. which ~ns
ius, then the eastern fringe OF Ne
traxka. The site was covered Win
heavy growth Of sturdy cotton
goods. but NJ much tho better. Tor
III. temperament Of civilization ut
that time ~aa accelerated by the
manly urt Of cutting down the tor
est that stood In the path OF progress
Ihis intrepid man OF affairs soon
had hl, town going.
x. T.. Pinney brought In i sawm'i.
and Was soon cutting up the big ala
mos and converting the dcnizens OF
The forest into dimension stuff nj
sixty dollars = thousand. Nuckc'l
soon bsd q store and bank establish
ed aud then be was II for sure. The
toxn grew 10 spite of It's unhappy
locstion there in the woods. Ono daE
lrs roAc down the river road on
looking
wonau dressing . pig on a'shsmple
aad tbs vnuensl psreOeuan nee caught
his fancy right away for no hsd
never before aecn fcn"le OF the
species who could do such clever
hing ss thut. II am goins to marry
that girl" he said 10 his companion
and hs did. She was Mary Little. the
DAUGHTER Of the old fellow who own
ed the Jigeer shinGls mill over In
the brush and she made good wife.
Tl,r steam ooai St. Mar ycamc down
IRON Fcrt Benton late that fall ana
,turk n tho Ice 80 that II had to lay
10 there all winter. Young Christy.
me uecphew oi the pilot. Joseph "a
psree, pruved 10 BE- the savior "f the
asy for tho rinney mill had worn
out q sasket aud needed fixing. Az
t.hr1.ty ~se the only mechanic In
fhs place. he put in now packing for
the cylinders and the saw kept on
eu,tioa up tho cotton~oods. The III
bsb,,ants did not know much about
such lumber In those days. and put u
/, ,hc houses while still green. In
Tho sprins, when the sun warmed
voc flowers into bloom again. the in-
,c1nai cottonwood lumber warped 80
badly IN the sun that the houses be-
p.o 10 get up and creep oil their
foundations, and this proved the un-
doing OF everything, for II split up
ITO community into factions and
made no end OF dissension among the
burrcrs. They came to appreciate
what Churchill meant when he sa'"
"A town divided runs several ways
a. passion, humor. Interest. party
svays." am, conditions became more
aggravated as time ran on.
l. sterling Morton was on" "t IN"
,,,nc,rs there and got u good start
In liz. by u slight circumstance. o"'
d.y when a shiftless fellow s'oie
n,ir Of boots from u Jew mer'hhn''
III, vouns attorney contracted to de-
FOND the culprit and was TO get
bnuse und lot as his fee. 1t WAS III
,h,. wav that the grcut Mirton Tor
,unc of th. present day was inc"-
,.,,d The village chickering's kept
an uu,t,plyinE until the pixies PenH
.o,d excitement broke out In COLO
ado pnd s,ampeded the town. IRA
Suckell formed II partnership VII"
m.u named Hawk and they were
,,rst IN thea round ut CentraI w,
,.i,n . stock Of merchandise. olo
,,an ,.nney held on until 1876. wien
n, rrrnt to Spearfish, South Dakota
md .c, up II big sawmill with h's
sor, Tom and VIII and his son-'h'
law. Ed Frakcr. There he continues
in this particular job OF consert,ns
rn,,onvood logs into warping lum
her. There are many other feature, re,
to the story of Nebraska CITY, o"'
~. havs had enough at this t'me.-
Field and Farm.