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Fremont Tribune from Fremont, Nebraska • 9

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Fremont Tribunei
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Fremont, Nebraska
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ntKMONT EVENING TRIBUNE. FREMONT, NEBRASKA. pagh rr'3 NT A II 13, ently Seen fiTDoage Ctfuntjrr MOTOR VEHICLE tm end trui ninnufclurd during ttttt jmt yenr aniuunt Tti'i f'ur i an ctfBM) of J90 Th 15::1 prnlyrf inn n'lded ttio total rw-iuwilfcii ii 'Pit f'gur I ti.J hiffier' limn lb ctunl rt't-imrntlon during 12- This tiBiflil Hitiexte that 2.itJ,TJl mo. tor vehicle, were di-ardd or put out pf running condition In th .11 hinnths. for the flret tint tit' ft of tlm motor nf Induatry reg'mea tiene Jell eff In twe t'e.

r-a Ilot ana I rietrtleB Hi ng utii-yr the tltrure givea for J9S5. new how (letaace wera Increased HlgltUy. 'Th- wrhnrtpai -tmprovemenr Ore local telephone plant was the cable placed, lsiualag tx the ooutheaat comer of the city and extending one and a. fourth mile weat it tba northwest corner of t-. tatty.

This which wsa flva allies lootf. Contain tha ion diataaee telephone wires that cover tba route beginning -at the Junction at Thompson and Union streets, then north V'nlon to Vina, then along Viae to Wai-i whr it follows that street north to Slxteentn. On Sixteenth street, the cable tame west to Boromer, then aorta an Bommer to tba city llmlte where it exUads'aut along the highway c-a. and a fourth nttles. 1 -f The wars: of placing this cable also- involved the placing ot lit Dim.

and 71 tnlle of am nnna wire. Mora tbaa 100 pole were r- aoved. a were 1,075 erosaaratt, Forty Years of ever Join th ilillon-or-bett'f class. Texas Is to seventh stale tt' oves the myjtv Mark ia tralWMv- -1 retaHta'Tt lead 'W't lr1H.i motor Vehicle, a rresa. of per cent over him California' percenta ef incrav vs higher than how Tork' nd Id follns Nw York in rank, m-'aw Jumped from 4tn pla In ttl era piae ia lis witn i.sis.ewu.

I'ennsylvsnl' r1tratia la wa IT. higher than that mt Ohio, but In llil Ohio pew rennsylvanl with a l.l par eebt gain, wbll I'enosylvanla'a gala i only l.l per cent Nebraska rn' 19th with licensed vehl-- This a an Inrreaee ef seven pins tenths ever itll. SATURDAY, A ti muni or yiirv ana two ta hair mile Yjf tabla whtVa fe-Dlare1 wtiQD tjie. new! CabiO, Fremont telephone employees number 41 of which Si ar opera-tora who handle about K.TUO local and 420 toll calls a day. A project rpbullitlnR and re.

petrtpg Uleplioiio'Itht'if tr'MJftfHt eiery section of Fremont waa staitvd the latter Part of December. las. Mont ot. the. worm will be dons lu 137, dome of the poles, rabies am' wire being placed' will replace old plant, but a Inrge portion of it will tak care ot the constantly Increasing demand for telephone service in the city.

This project lavolvts the placing rt 170 poles, mora than IS milee ot cable, 110 croaearms, 270 anchor and 1,000 guard arms. About ISO poles. 10 croesarms- and six miles ot eablawtli ba displaced by the new materials. Active before, being named the Uechanlca Heee company beeauee the mem aora of tba company were re- erulted from the mechanic at the. Fremont Foundry and Nacuin company.

Among th charter members of th company still re eidinr 1 rrema are: City Clerk A. t. Furmaa aad Arnold Bchnetder the latter atlir being employed at tba Fremont Foundry and Machine Ccenpaoy Formed The Mecb a ts-earn into existence ia the most year ot company rgantsation la th fels tnrv of th Fremont department. "The water, works, aower system and Uarht system were being in stituted In the city. 'With, the water works, whioh provided water with- preasur -without being pumpedr-eame the.hos companies to Uk advantage, ot tt nev method of firs fighting In Fre moat.

The Dorse and Mechanics Hot companle were organised la tbi year. Prior to that time Are had been fought by pumping water, vhtch was really combination of water and mud, out of cisterns Membership in Fremont 1 Volunteer Fire Department dUff In dlftrnt vt the otty. Akhnnsh nnt a tnmlif ih ftre jieimi-tmem h) bfm AW lire fight-In dujfi, i atr.Tf in. Iiftnea. to and HiKwlth Un.ttH,ma Wf the ptonwp ht fought ttt-e wtth Oils mngn Whwnr FreiiMMi'a rair k.HHeni ben rt eonir WM'1iWlsviir lis' tt own.

faru tie OleehanlMi built lumber (mrehed ar Uis I4 CebU lumber rd it i ousor' tbjlr Thtai a Ineated Bcond liroad streets. nii A "bVll' in' ffwil oftNs' Wlje chy unboo bounded She wrm hrousht evuTone from their: home when -a fire1 breki-oul. Tbe'enUrelty alttnH- fteea-l thei day. when the belt clanged ftfemen would huety toward their fir house to drag ut Mi carta. Draymen and I driver wiuld wnhrtoh their horses SM gwUe their 4aa- le-the Bre bouses, the first eh arriving getting th job 'f pulllnw the eart.

b.r this they were paid It.tt per vi 1 Blflgt Fire The date which stand eut most vividly Ut Mr. Christensoa' mind ta the nay before New Teen, list, when the opera house and Dads county courthouse fires occurred pn th tern dy, Th temper, tut- stood below sera. At four O'clock in" th afternoon art ploslo in Ike furnaca fat th epr house caused dmg of 1 1.00 00 front fire. Tired and chilled from th cold, th firemen were putting their appsrstus away at evn. a'alock th evening when they to notlc flame bursting the brick4, courthouse toeated th asm place whr th courthous now stands.

Again they set to work, Hoc) Oi hoa wsr frosen and they naa airncuity connecting tbm utv Finally, after several-hour of work, they managed to put eut the flame, but not until th building sad bean nearly destroyed. Mr. Chrlstensen betleve that Jerry Dlercks Wa fir chief th tim ot the two disastrous fir. Sine ke ha bea a member of the Fremont Fir Department, Mr. Chrlsteneen ljaa attended flreg regularly down to th present Th most damaging fire, with the largest amount ot lose, during the year wS when th Crystal Refrigerator company factory burned in Hit There v)s another courthouse fir after th on ot ill! and there were a number ef Florida mad the iiiht 'per cent gain at any etat.

It increa waa 11.1 par cant over 1st. Fie Id' avareat emptitev tn H'n with a II. I per cent sala. 1 lorWa llil registration ahowe a-tnoior. veblrle for every I.I person, th hlcheat et ny tat shewing.

C1" tfernia ekawg a ear for every prseas. Taking the tegtstratioa vetai dividing It tnt th estimate -t lit esnsua totals ska fcatud Ctete Showe that tsar ana motor vs-blot tor every (lv Inhabitants Dividing th square aitie are Of th country nto tba regiatrattea figure shews a Wtl tatter tsa f. saeto ear to every sens mi. Th antometiv tnduatry ewssalaa -first la rank ameag all baaiaeae ei terprtne, baaad th value yf, flnlskad 'dacta, Th estimated wholeaal valu Of the are4u th motor vehicle and allied Forty yeare of active member ship la tba Fremont Fir Depart saent, dating from the "mud' sucker daya down ta the present ta experieaoe at H. Christ eases, who ta still treasurer of the Kechantew a Mr.

Chrtsteaaea at the reeeat time la dasat the aotiv member of the 'Fremont Ftre Department. Tor years has been! teeaa-urer of the Mechanics Hose eem-pay sWa.ai probablj a record for coatlnuoua of flea holding la the history at the Fremont Department. Many change can be wreaght la 40 yar aad each Is the cas with the Frames! Ftre in this YJsaa the aid u4-anekrH. Were discarded dar hea carts, hose carta later discarded for truck, and finally the tnodera fir truck brought Into us. Mr.

Chrlstensen, during kis servle with the Fremont department, haa witnessed and bad a part In all ot these changes. The "muducker" va Just makiar Its eait when he became a member ef Mechanics pn December 111. The company ELEVEN JICKS LB THIS ON 7 nywrsiB HU1J The cbampioa com reiser Dodge -county George meyer. rrem ttO a cm planted be husked 11,000 bushels of corn, an average ef basnet per ere, Mr. Laaswteycr Ja os -of the many good farmers irr bodge county.

He has hla own her a lot of big husky hard-working eaeces in getting good results. Everything about ier Cbfrkea coop is simple. The eoop la plain. and one tbet anyone could build. She dees sot believe la ualaa fancy hoppers for watering sad feeding the chickens.

She glvee her chick ens water la a plain galvanised pail. Most of the food Is scratch food, One of the nioet Important factors Is cleanliness, she has found. She scald the pall la which water is kept every day, and sees' that the coop are kept clean at all times. In (reeling weather she changes the water oftea enough so that it does not frees hard la th pall. This give th chicken water ta drink at all times, The chicken are fed at regular hours and always made to work for their food.

Good Result Mrs. Edwards' business with her chickens is purely a Fremont tn dustry. She bought her chicken In tbie city, buye all her feed here, and sells ail ber eg ge to VresaMt firms. She has alwaya bought young chickens, but pleas to attempt to hatch them this year. The chickens she ha now were purchased lase spring from the Fremont Hatchery and are single combed White Leghorns.

Last month she received pp-nroxlmstely JO dona egg from th chicken. The month before she bad something like 203 dosen and so far this month has bad 100 eggs oay irora mo iu cuicwn.i Success la cnicken raising is oe-i pendent upon three factor, Ihe, believes. First one must nave a good location for chicken raising. a a to or to EVtRY FIVE Nebraska Ranks Twcn- Allot Of lit moior -hlriea ver reslMorrd in the fiilli-ij during 1121. cord-lii the Ounual review of the liiiiter cur luduntry by th 8.

F. Cjooilrli Itubbnr ivmiiny IrhMr repart show an lacrcau of I.RM.Ilt over lf when SO.nt.-ftl tnotor vrhtclo were reirlstorcd. Th perrenlsis ot nw tnolorlsls Wa not aa great at It was durlpg lb previous year. Tn estimated total of passenger tier but hone of them' bed the extensive lea of tb jt'ryital tir. tVople rtpoaUx Mr.

Chrlstensen recall Hew th people Of th city rallied from their home la th strly day when a fir alarm wsa sounded. Thar was no lack of halo at fires, no matter what the lher. First the clanging bell on the courthouse lwa, then th bell In the city hall sod later th Whistle. called cut th eltlsenry whsntver an alkrm wa aounded, Fremont's Or dsNkrtment wa proud of it record when it rushed to fire with th eld hos carts, Out with the great stride mslch-snlara, th hos cart war doomtd to ge durng th actlvo career at CUrstetuen ths derartmsnt. They gtv way to th pedr, ptrw errui lire xruca, wnioa aaan at a peed of from II mile an hour spward to fire, carrying Udder, chemicals, and complete equipment.

They ar chemical cartr hook and ladder boa cart and pump all In On. With thee cam Fremont' paid fir dspartinant put tb, volunters continu to ba tetira and render assistance at an fir of During his 'lent bareer Vr. Chrlstsnaen, hag been very much Interest 1ntb-- fins department activity. For II fc attended the annual department convention regularly. Me still attend each meeting of th Keckantcs, acting la th capacity wrhich fees been sleeted and reflected a many times.

1 acre. A1 Mrs. Edwards Has iFine Record With Poultry ''v'. HER -STORY-IS -TOLD 4, -i Recently Mrs. D.

E. Edwards. who Hvea at TOO South, Broad itreet, wm readiag glowing tab- llclty account about California farm. Sh was reading how one eoald keep- between 309 as 400 chicken In California and make between $50.0 aid 180.00 a month. This aased her a amile 6b believed It could be dona, but the did not sex what California could find to bo proud about In tbli percentage: of profits.

Mrs, Tfedwards. dariag lUa month ot December, kept 140 chicken at bar rasidaaoe; mm South Broad treat aad received tl.S5 from the aala of eggs. -She told all the in aba tbllectod excepting about four dpien, which ware need by her" fanifrf. the egg were sold to Fremont firms and stores at the prevailing market price. ner iwcanaoar.

income irom the chicken exceeded a tittle that which arte made la Novera har in' NAvamhar aha VAMtved $11.40 from sal Of egg. Fremont '-and Dodge county cannot be excelled as an Ideal place to raise ctjlckese, according to Edwards. She believes tne location aa siuca qo witn uccaaa chicken raising. Her method! of caring for the chick ens are simple end she believus that Tory tarmwlfe In Dodge county ran attain equal success by giving about an hour day tn the care of trie fiortt. i Is a The rsisiDg.

of chickens la sort Of bobby for Mrs. Edwards. When, she was a girl of nlns years of age she went to visit an aunt In the country, and her greatest enjoyment was in taking cere of chicken- When her visit came to a close she (pit more reluctant abont leaving the chicken than any other phase of farm life, and the decided that ehe would have a flock of her-own to care for. Ever since then site' kept ehtek-f ens whenever possioie. sne nas studied different kinds of feed to decide the beat to buy.

She has studied methods of raisin chick-, ma and what factors make for i FT1 j4Jf .4.7 1. 1 1 i i 4 1 1 i i t.t-r' I S. t- i i i i. tjEOROHf fjAVGKMKYITR TiB.it I.OOfl BUSHELS boy, whe are aa asaei satereatad ta tba gkraalaf airattena a tma iln addition (all ertba there era ill bag ttcka boldina MM bushels Bach os a. tots aMl.tOO btistMl that laok as raacS sal-lew at the flaest aual Ity tad the laneas stasia s4la at tern Dedge the beet ooaaty je the- state.

e'i'-: Second comes the obtaining at good stock, aad. the ability ta receive the benefit of good market. Tnlrd cernea cleanliness and care. No one aids Mrs. Edwards' la kef work with the chickens.

She takes complete charge ot ber flock herself, and baa fonnd that her la dustry at fear heme, rsqutrtig only small part Of her time, empunta to much ia profits. Bhe believes It should ba made aa Important part ot the work of every armwoman, for In this Industry, she says, there are (food profits, 3,160 IN DAILY USE About 70 telephones were added the Fremont telephone exchange during bringing the total number of telephones in the city ap to .1,10, according to E. A. Andre, manage; af-ilba North western Bell Telephoa company. Thle gala la telepheaee la Indies- tlv of the progress that Fremont made during th past year.

Exteaeive improvements la the local telephone plant and service were made during the year. The "restricted repetition" of lumbers, the 'thank yon" fcy which tba oparstor acknowledge the receipt ot a number by saying, "thank yon," except wha ska falls understand the number waated, wes piaeeaia eiieci oaring as-. ja. dutance rates were moat fd. resulting a reduction In charges to the more distant points.

few charges covering the shorter 410iOOLlf he then be a month Tr'Tvrt'ii 1 If ill 1 5oV j. fell RESIDENCE tlg trieg spnroxlmateg four aad wuioa doners. i Pel Bate Off -thw task turaeoj ta annually os tnw? Yard flada-tta esay aaek t. erlglneJ aw en, MeerdiAsj Of ay, tropoUtaa poUow repffUs frompt Taxjl serried. C-3 IV.

4 'J i wa. Why 't 4 j' ii ttW-; f. $umi w-' I i-. ea JV-'- jt i i-; ,1 ys tf1 hi TWO CLOSE-IN, well located lots, ori ElghtK olroOt, JMttoa, 4 blocks from Poot Oflic. Cwmtml SflH and -Sfirof' available.

Only $2000 each IF, the day you were born, some one had. invested for you $1,000 under a plan such as this think what you would have now. Under the Cities Service re-investment plan your monthly dividends from your Cities Service Preferred Stock may be compounded and re-invested each -Assuming that the stock can be purchased over a period of years at a price to yield 6', your money, re-invesfed on this plan, can grow about as follows: In 10 years to twice the original Invest; ment. 1 In 20 years to 4 times the original investment In 33 years to 10 times the original investment' 1 Suppose you should invest $1,000 on this plan for a new born baby. When the child is io years old his $1,000 can have grown to $2,000.

When he arrives at college age the accumulation can be $4,000. Then, provided the ydung man does not take out his money and still allows dividends to accumulate, he can. at the aire of (COZY FREf.ONT HOMB NEW, WELL-CONSTRUCTED 5-room cot(ael wltK -Jl 1 modern eonvenlencee, built-in features, oak finish, breakfast nedg enameled kitchen and bathroom, full cemented basemeijrt SOS laundry. Corner lot Broad street, pored, pnlx 57p0, IMPROVED ACREAGLS 7 ACRES on the CfcnAuoker Hiibway fraioW, UJ garage, large poultry home, bearing nut, 97SOO, ACRr Swediob ff Ka am on arms, In low tax fl.str.ww $13,000 cash weired, Money to Loan Ifexl Estib cjjrr of desires us Degin wKiiiK(ni3 monmiy divi dends, hw income wui W4'. It's not too Jite taJptart your money grow- ing to provideifoDfuture years.

Any employe pf company, can, while our campaign' 'ghre you additional facts about the Cities Service re-investment-plan and take your order for Cities Service Preferred Stock. 1 Days of Opportunity, January 10th to 20th inclusive I I FREMONT GAS COMPANY a rififg.Servicfi Comomnv.

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