The fact that needs to be impressed today is that the entire human family is going to resort to the motor vehicle as rapidly as these can be manufactured, the means provided for their purchase, proper roadbeds constructed for their operation, and skill developed for the operation and upkeep. We are conducting a national drive for these purposes."

The Motor convoy which consisted of a large number of powerful motor trucks and other motor equipment was sent across the United States in August, 1919, for joint purposes demonstrating the progress already made in those lines of experimenting and exploring possibilities of future improvement and testing the highway systems of the country came through Kimball.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

THE COMMUNITY OF KIMBALL

An examination of the census figures shows that practically one-third of the population of Kimball county lives in the town of Kimball, the county seat and metropolis of the county. Another good sized percentage lives near and belong to the trading community of Kimball. Here we find centered not only the seat of county government, but the industrial, commercial, educational, social and religious activities and energies of the county, so that a fairly complete treatment of these various activities of the life of the county can best be reached by devoting a chapter division to the city of Kimball. ^

ANTELOPEVILLE

In 1885 this little community had a population of about one hundred. One of the first numbers of the Kimball Observer gave the following data concerning this community which is now instructive as well as interesting. "Some of our most prominent citizens have made their homes here and have been holding responsible positions with the railroad company. The location of the town is on a gentle slope, some hills being to the south. One hundred acres are already planted.