The Council Bluffs nonpareil. [volume] (Council Bluffs [Iowa]) 1857-1867, 1861-01-26
WHOLE NO. 1876.

have. The Utah trade is about over, as the
troops have left there. Brigham will soon
gather in wha. little change there is, and,
consequently, the above business with the
merchants is suspended, and must be dis
contir ued for want Of funds, after next
Spring. think every gentle merchant
will leave that country. There are great
MANY Mormon merchants there, but / think
they will soon close, rs ii takes a large busi-
ness to support so many scomen }! Jadge,
have but little to say about Utah. Avery
lille Of that country goes great trays ,cith
me ''you bet -
There is large supply Of groceries and
provisions here now. They are selling at
cost and freight. Money very scarce, but
plenty to eat at cost and freight. But that
word "freight" is heavy. Eight dollars on
sack Of flour That IS pretty good, just
that little. That is the part Of the business
want to see stopped. All that is required
is for the people to till the soil and raise
the means Of subsistence. So come on, all
you that want to make freight. 1t can't be
brought here as cheap as it can be raised.
If they build a railroad to this country, so
much the better. We can ship our beef to
New York and make money by it. We can
raise and sell beef here for two cents per
pound, and make more money than you eau
at six cents. Pork canuot be raised in this
country. There is nothing but grass to
feed hogs, and that, you know, will not
make Kentucky bacon. We will have to
depend on the States for bacon. People
don't eat great deal of bacon at twenty
FIVE cents per pound, when they can get fat
beef at six TO eight cents. That is what We
pay at the butcher shops.
There are about two hundred and City
quartz mills in this country, which cost, on
an average, about eight thousand dollars
each. But few Of them are in operation
now, owing to the scarcity of water-which
makes money very scarce. When they all
get to running, money will be plenty, a.
the mills are our principle reliance. l SEQ
nothing to prevent this being tie wealthiest
country in the world. 1t has every element
of prosperity that could be desired. Game
is plenty here. Venison is selling in the
streets at three to four cents per pound.
There is plenty Of elk, some turkies and
prairie chickens. No buffalo in this vicini-
ty. Some bear in the mountains, now and
then 'gr'zzly" killed.
In reviewing what have written, I ind
have said but little on the subject Of
horses and mules. To be brief will say
that have seen poor horses and mules
turned out on the range, and in month or
six weeks they would be brought up fat and
and in frst.rate condition. There is great
strength and substance in this grass. 1t is
good for all kinds of stock. Our friend
Starring has about 20 head of fne mares
and colts, all fat, and get nothing but what
they pick up on the range.
There has not been a week altogether
during this winter when out door work could
not be carried on. Several large brick
buildings have been built. The weather is
Just right for brick laying, or p|assering.
All the bad weather we have had was from
the fifth to the fifteenth Of November. Since
that time it has hardly been necessary to
keep the doors closed, or any FIRE, except
nights and mornings. This is avery healthy
climate and poor country for doctors.
w,Judge, a few words in regard to tho
coming migration Within six weeks or
two months from this time the vanguard OF
the coming immigration will be upon us,
and by the middle of April our streets will be
again thronged with in-com,ng thousands.
Every account from the East agrees in set
ting down accessions to the Pixies Peak
population at an immense number. Figures
range at present at from quarter to half q
million persons, and they are coming from
every portion of the Union. Instead Of
three or four States claiming the bulk Of
the population of our country, another six
months will see every State from Maine to
Texas represented by its thousands. Ono
authority sets down Philadelphia alone as
sending thirty thousand persons. and other
accounts ten thousand from New York City.
While these are doubtless random guesses,
it yet goes to show that the immigration
will be immense. The hard times East
the National difficulties, and consequent
uncertainty and risk Of business specula-
tiou-will drive tens Of thousand to seek
other homes and new fields Of labor. An
increased proportion of capital, commensu.
rate with the growing confidence in the real
value Of the Pixies Peak country, will come
and be expended in Improvements in ou,
City and our mines. At last tho day il
dawning when this great oountry-thi.
vast Rocky Mountain region, stretching
from the Wind River to the San Juar
Moun,ain-bids fair to be explored ant
developed. The richest region on earth il
the precious and baser minerals 10 just be.
ginning to deliver up ito treasures; aut
before another ten years have passed, ever!
gorge will TEEN with busy men, while til,
sound Of the forge, and the steam engine
shrill scream, will be echoed back from
every towering crag and bsetling cliff. LIE
them come-the hardy sons Of toll, th
capitalist and the nanufacturer, and bull,
up here IN empire that can never be tor
and distracted BY the convulsions that no,
rack and threaten to ruin the homes an
land Of our childhood. Judge, am At