CHAPTER VII 

 THREE PIONEERSHIPS 



THE excellent Governor Poynter of Ne- 

 braska loved to tell an anecdote which 

 ran in the following tenor: A revival was in 

 progress at some point in Iowa. Religious 

 fervor being aroused in the audience, the 

 revivalist asked all hearers who wanted to 

 go to Heaven to rise. Everybody stood save 

 one little old man, who sat apparently 

 unmoved. Then the revivalist asked all 

 who wanted to go to Hell to rise. Of 

 course, no one stirred. Whereupon the 

 revivalist, addressing the little gentleman, 

 said, "Well, friend, what are we to think of 

 you? You don't seem to want to go to 

 Heaven or to want to go to Hell. Where 

 do you want to go?" "Wai," said the old 

 fellow, "if it don't make no difference to 

 you, I'd like to go to Nebrasky." 



Most Nebraskans do not sufficiently ap- 

 preciate their state. The same is true of 

 Kansans and Dakotans. Even our land- 



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