The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1917-08-02
MOVIES TAKEN OF
JULESBURG TER
RlTORY AND CITY
MOVIE ACTORS FOUND IN
CITY AND COUNTRY
Many Interesting Agricultural
Scenes Were Taken of This
Crops Grown This Year
on Cheap Land


This section has been subjected to
focus of the movie" camera during
the past two days, and the moving
picture men have been shooting" at
US right and left Guy w. Green and
c. c. Spinks, repreenting the Nebras-
ka Feature Co. of Lincoln, Nebr.
have been with US with their moving
picture camera, and in company with
several of our citizens made trips ov-
er this ection, taking numerous views
Of farm scenes and scenes in Jules
burg. These pictures will be exhibit
ed in this city at the Hipp Theatre
for three nights, Monday, Tuesday and
Thursday, August l3, IA and 10th.
Aside from being exhibited in our
local moving picture theatre, the films
will also be shown extensively in var
ious towns and cities in eastern Ne
braska, Iowa, Kansas and other east
ern states advertising our prosperity
to the outside world
The first trip was made last Mon
day, the first picture being made was
that of Dale Harrison's auto truck
hauling rye from the Phil Mccormick
farm 8 miles east of Julesburg. This
rye, which Is making rs to 80 bush
els per acre, was being hauled to the
Farmers Elevator in this city. A
threshing scene was also taken at the
Mccormick place. Next was q scene
of Deich Bros. Is acre potato field,
in the northeast part of Julesburg.
From the Deich place \ trip was
made to the south table section, where
a stop was made at the George Nc
Cone place. A picture was taken Of
Mr.. McCoas's house, harm, horses,
large hay stacks, thoroughbred stall
liens and jacks. The pictures taken
at the McCone place will indeed be
. talking point to many residents of
the East, who are contemplating COM
ing to the great and fertile west in the
land Of prosperity. VI
A fine picture was taken at the
VIM. Sadler farm 16 miles southeast
Of Julesburg. The scene consisted of
a flock of $50 thoroughbred white
leghorn chickens, a flock of geese and
a group of four typical western chill
dren.
At the James Brown place miles
southeast of Julesburg q picture was
taken of the fine 2OO-acre field of
spring maccaroni wheat, this being as
fine field Of wheat as a person ever
laid eyes upon.
The party then journeyed to the Ben
Franklin farm five miles south of
Julesburg where 4 harvest scene con-
sisting Of two harvesters at work har-
vesting winter wheat, was snapped.
This is a beautiful scene and one that
we should be proud Of. The wheat
on the Franklin place is making IS to
40 bushels per acre.
From the Franklin place a trip was
made to the Oakland ranch 18 miles
south Of this city. Here a 1O0-acre
field of corn rs high as your head
was the target for the camera. A
picture Of a header at work in winter
wheat was also taken at this place.
Over at the Geo. M. Clark place
16 miles southwest of this city
scene of 100 head of fine cattle was
snapped. Mr.. Clark is one of Sedg-
wick county's enterprising farmers
and he has as fine a bunch Of cattle
as . person ever saw.
On Tuesday the party wended their
way out in the valley, took pictures
of the Pleasant View school house
near Ovid; a picture of E. J. Elliott's
red Duroc hogs and then went over
to the VIM. Johnson place and snap
ped q picture of q herd of 120 horses.
At the Seldom Damon place, q pic
ture was made Of tractor at work
pulling . harvester and = double disc
behind in a large field of spring wheat
which will average 25 bushels to the
acre.
When the film is completed it will
also show an alfalfa field belonging
to the Great Western Sugar Company
near Ovid. A tractor scene was also
taken at the Joe Eckhout farm in
which the tractor was pulling two
harvesters in field of winter wheat
that will make 25 bushels to the acre.
Yesterday morning scenes were TAX
en- in Julesburg Of the two elevators,
three churches, two schoolhouses, the
court house and busy street scenes
in our business section.
Remember these pictures will be
shown at the Hipp Theatre in Jules
burg, August 13, IA and 18th. Per
haps you will be depicted in real life.
Better witness these pictures and see
how our prosperity looks upon the
motion picture screen, and one pleas
ing fact is that this prosperity will
be heralded to our Eastern friends,
some of whom we no doubt can count
on in the near future as citizens of