The cattle business offers one of the greatest

opportunities open to capital at the present Dawes county has the natural resources to

time. Prices may fluctuate, but they will have a steady upward trend to meet the ever increasing demand from both home and abroad. Statistics show that there were in the United States, in 1907, over 72,533,000 head of cattle, as compared to 58,592,000 in 1914. The demand has been increasing steadily and the supply decreasing. Ther.e is only one logical conclusion -- ■ higher prices. When the war ended, restocking Europe's farms commenced, the demand should increase and the prices soar to a new level. Now is the time to get into the cattle business before the rise in prices and the consequential advance in land values.

care for three times the number of livestock that now graze its pastures. In 1907 it had twice as many and its alfalfa production was only half as great.

When Dawes county's agricultural resources are developed, Chadron, the county seat, will outgrow its corporate limits in search of room for expansion. Already Chadron is recognized as an educational center of western Nebraska. With a State Normal School, an annual pay roll of nearly a million dollars from the railroad, and a rich agricultural community, Chadron bids fair to become a city of ten thousand people.

HISTORY OF WESTERN NEBRASKA

SETTLEMENT AND INDIAN DAYS IN DAWES COUNTY

Quite a few made their filings on land without having seen it. relying upon statements made by locators residing at Valentine. These agents had only a general idea as to the quality and lay of land, and result was a few settlers who made entries in this way were disappointed with selections made through proxy.