The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-01-26
BLUFFS IOWA, SATURDAY, 1861.

JANUARY j 70, 1901
the finest springs ever saw. No conntr.
f can excel it for water. Judge, would lik
, much to see you herc-not that You need t.
, make more money, as you have plenty to d.
you; but think you would enjoy v"urse'
much better here than there, and conld max
more money and makeit easier, and it woult
give YOU so much pleasure to see your stocl
come up in the middle Of Winter to be salt
ed, their sides shaking with fat. Such I
spectacle would please you better than tt
see them shivering with cold and nearly fro
zen to death. 1t beats anything you eve'
s.w in your life, to see lot Of stock come
up in the middle o: Winter, kicking up thei'
heels, bawlins, and as fat as they can wa|low
In Iowa you begin the winter with fifty head
of stock. You require for their subsistence,
seventy-fve tons of hay, and large field OF
stock fodder. 1t takes all Summer to pre-
pare for Winter. In the Spring your stock
is but iust alive and their feed al consumed.
Here YOU begin the Winter with the same
number of head, and two or three tons OF
hay, and come out in the Spring with fat
stock ready for Summers work. Oh
Judge, this is the country, sure. Some of
your people think that is the only good
country in the world, but allow me to inform
them that they are mistaken.
begin to think that this is the center of
gravity. have been West and have found
people living and doing well and, under
stand there are people living East of this
dong only tolerally well. see people
here doing we'll. have, therefore, come to
the conclusion that this is the country to tie
to. At least am going to try it for Il while,
and see if can succeed in raising something
from the soil. am satisfied that it can be
done. know one thing, it will require a
great deal of produce to feed the emigration
that will come and 50 from this country
every year. They are constantly going and
coming. There is always class of people
who are not satisfied with we'll enough-they
keep on the move prospecting, expecting to
find the precious metal already coined and
boxed, ready to load up. Well, these people
have to be fed, they can't live on excitement
alone; and, consequently" ,"those who settle
down on farms and raise the substantials Of
life, will do we'll. am going to be one of
that number. If you can raise produce in
Iowa and transport it six hundred miles at
profit, l think can make money out of
the same products raised here. am salts.
fed that they can be raised here. am bound
to try nv luck. have tried farming before,
but did no: meet with much success. But
/ am rot dieeouroscd, am bound to try it
once more, and if fail this time, | will
retire from it forever. 1t takes vas,
amount of produce to feed the corners and
goers Of this country. Since | came here.
have made the house Of Baldwin, PEGRAM
& Co., my headquarters. They are in the
-four and provision business. and have Il
very correct idea Of the amount of business
this house has done since last July. They
have sold about forty thousand dollars worth
Of goods, principally -four and other pro.
visions. They could have sold much more,
could they have had it to sell; but they
could not keep supply on hand. That is
but one house out of several hundred of the
same sort. From this you can form some
conception of what it takes to feed the peo-
pie Of this country. | am Of the opinion
We shall have much larger emigration the
coming Spring than ever before, and that it
will keep up for years to come. The most
Of my acquaintances who were here last
Summer and returned to the States, are
coming back again. Some made considera-
ble-some enough to pay them for their
Summers work-and some not cent. That
is the way it goes in mining country. But
the man who makes nothing, has to eat as
,reH as he ,cho meets with success. All the
farmer has to do, is to stay at homo and
keep sowing and harvesting, and not 90 10 the
mines at all. i the Union is dissolved, ace
shall undoubtedly receired large accrssicns
to oar population from that cause
We have well regulated society here
When crime is committed the perpetrator
is promptly punished, and the community
settles down into its accustomed repose.
Well. Judge, now in regard to our city
Itis large town for its age. 1t contains
about six thousand inhabitants. We have
excellent schools, and several fine churches
Denver is situated on the Platte River and
Cherry Creek. Cherry Greek divides wha,
were originally two towns-Denver and
Auraria. These places have since been con.
soldated under one municipal government
Buildings have been erected in Cherry
Creek, connecting the two original towns b.
useful and permanent Improvements. There
is no water in the creek at this point. i
sinks about three miles above town. There
are several 6ue springs in the vicinity where
the water disappears, and one spring wishir
the limits Of the city.
There are plenty. Of chances to secure
claims within FIVE miles of town. They hav,
no wood on them, but coal can be obtained
cheap. For fencing, lumber can be pro
cured at low price, for this country, sa,
! from twenty to thirty dollars per thousand
, or man can 80 to the mountains, fftee,
miles distant, and procure what pine pole
} he may need. He can get them from 6fteel
r to thirty feet in length, and as straight a