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twice as many as the state of Ohio.
The population in 1880 was 425,5-12 ;
in 1885 , 745,050 ; in 1890 , 1,0 ; > ( ! ,9JO.
In the most productive
section of this wonderful
state , on the Missouri
river , lies beautiful Ne
braska City. It is located
on meridian 90 , ( Malte-
Bruns "dead line" for
the agriculturist ) , which
divides Otoe county of
which Nebraska City is
the county seatand much
of the purest and best
grain raised in Nebraska
is produced west of this
meridian in that "re
gion where sterlity in
creases. " The site of
this town was selected by
the government in the
early days for Fort Kear
ney , and later it was
made a distributing point
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as the head of steamboat
navigation of government freight on the
Missouri because of the advantages of
its location ; and the old California trail
leading thence to the setting sun , became
the popular pathway for overland
freighters and emigrants.
Nebraska City is now a large , busy
and rapidly growing town with a solid
foundation , untaxed by any foolish
"booms" present or petered out , and
great manufacturing concerns including
two pork packing establishments , starch
works , distillery , Hour mills and great
cereal mills which consume daily thous
ands of bushels of grain drawn from the
surplus of the present inhabitants of
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Malto-Bruns "desert.
It is the center of more population
within a radius of 150 miles than any
city on the Missouri river. The per cent
of state population within 150 miles of
Nebraska City , being :
In Nebraska , population , 773,000 ! 55 ! %
In Iowa , " 591,000 27 %
In Missouri , " 559,000 25 %
In Kansas , " 5528,000 14 %
2,251,000 100
Nebraska City is essentially a stock
raising and grain center. On all sides
are raised line harvests of fruits of all
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kinds , corn , wheat and oats , which are
refined and prepared by the famous mills
of that city all raised on meridian 9(5 ( ,
whore the climate is "extremely rigor
ous" and "sterility increases. " One of
the leading manufacturing concerns of
Nebraska City is the Argo Manufactur
ing Company , sole manufacturers of
"Argo" Starch.
Argo starch is a highly refined product
of Nebraska soil , and is a recognixed
factor in furnishing sustenance for these
Nebraska "people of the desert , " as well
as for the world at large. Comparison
with any other brand as to quality , and
all the essentials which make edible
starch , is invited.
Argo is also prepared for laundry use ,
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and imparts a brighter gloss , requiring
less labor than any other.
Argo corn Starch is a pure corn starch ,
made from especially selected Nebraska
corn , and gives delight , health and
strength to many a "desert" infant and
his little brothers and sisters outside of
the desert.
The palate-tickling dainties so readily
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By law , at the pres-
iiir.iiKic PKicKs.ont time sixteen
ounces of silver dollars are equal to one
ounce of gold dollars , because under a
limited coinage of silver they are inter
convertible. Senator Vest , of Missouri ,
declares that this ratio of li ( to 1 is a
heaven-ordained relation between the
metals and in this financial theology ho
is supported by the Monologist Morgan ,
of Alabama. Plain people believe that
the relative value of gold coins and sil
ver coins depends upon the respective
prices in the bullion markets of gold
and silver. Plain people can not see how
sixteen ounces of silver , worth only GO
cenls an ounce , as bullion , can be made
worth $1.29 an ounce by simply Governmentally -
mentally stamping it into discs called
"coin. " No legal ratio can bo main
tained between silver and gold , in coin ,
which is not in perfect accord with the
price of silver bullion as compared to
gold bullion.
IXKOUAI.ITY IN The assessments of
TAXATION. city and country pro
perty in Otoe county are markedly un
equal. The valuations of urban resi
dences are altogether too high as
compared with the valuations of country
places. The Morton House , the oldest
hotel in Nebraska City , is assessed , for
taxable ptirposcs , at $2,750. But the
Northeast quarter of section 22 , town 8 ,
range 12 ( which is the residence of
County Commissioner Mullis ) , is as
sessed at $1,1515. The latter property
would readily sell at axiction for at least
liJJ per cent more than the city property
named in this connection.
The assessors of Otoo county should
see to it during the year 1898 that valu
ations of real estate are not made in
such a manner as to impose more than
its share of burdens upon Nebraska
City.
There is no reason why the affairs of
Otoe county , of Nebraska City , of the
state of Nebraska , and of the Federal
Government , should not be conducted in
a businesslike way. Businesslike ways
avoid all \innecessary expenditures of
money. No individual or linn or cor
poration can succeed , if extravagance
and wastefulness , either through the
employment of unnecessary persons erin
in the purchase of materials or other
wise , are permitted. The American
people must become more frugal in the
administration of public affairs. There
is no reason for the expenditure of more
than half the money which is now being
disbursed through an inoflieiont and cor
rupt oflicialism.
On the 5th day of May , 1855 , the first
public auction of lots at Nebraska City
transpired. Major Hiram P. Downs
acted as auctioneer half of that day and
J. Sterling Morton performed in that
role during the other half. The high
est price paid for any lot in town on
that occasion was $150.