Cedar Falls gazette. [volume] (Cedar Falls, Iowa) 1860-1895, 1866-03-16
From the Fort Dodge Northwest.
TO Cedar Falls and Back.

From the Fort Dodge Northwest.
70 Cedar Falls and Back.
FoRr DoDek, Feb. 81, 1886.
| Editor North Wea. p" ".
Agreeable to promise in my former
letter. seat myself for the purpose of
telling YOU and your readers what
saw during my pilgrimage to Cedar
Falls and back.
After my visit to the Orphans Home,
l took stroll along Water street, and
was really surprised at the evidences of
prosperity and enterprise saw on every
hand. There are, in all, three first class
Touring nills--two stone and one frame
In the latter there are three run of stone,
and tho former have four each. When
run up to their full capacity, they
manufacture each one hundred barrels
of Hour per day; making this one of
the best wheat markets In the State
Good milling wheat will bring about
ten cents more per huslel lat the mills
than shippers can afford to pay. These
mills are owned by the Overmans 4
Co., and by Edwin Brown. There is
also In successful operation near by u
foundry and machine shop, Messrs.
Bulge q Wilcox, proprietors, where
dred to two thousand IN weight, can be
turned out on short notice. A good
part of the machinery Of tho Touring
mills was made here, and will compare
favorably with Eastern work. There
are also two sash, blind, door and furni-
turc establishments, run by water pow
er, giving employ ment to from ten to
twenty men each. There are besides
these two lesser establishments, and all
find ready sale for their handiwork.
During the last season, a large stone
building was erected here for q woolen
factory. Workmen are now busily en-
gagged putting in the machinery, aud
will no doubt be ready for the next
springs clip. BY the way, why would
1t not be a good Investment for some OF
woolen factory up here on the Des
Moines? Building materials of the
very best kind are here in abundance,
good water power all along the river,
and the time not far distant when our
hills and valleys will be covered with
sheep; and yet no steps arc being taken
to commence so important an under
taking. Perhaps when tho oil fever
subsidies little, our citizens will prob
ably think of these small things.
Parties were ut Cedar Falls trying to
negotiate with the mill company for
water power to run 4 starch foctory,
havo since learned they were sue
cessfuD. They design running large
establishment, rs soon In the spring as
they can put up the necessary buildings.
Their machinery cost them I'm cheap
times thirteen thousand dollars, and
: this, together with water power, build
ings and working capital, will make
forty thousand dollars invested i'm the
enterprise. 1t Is to be hoped that they
will be successful, and for the life of me,
l can't see why it should not. If IL is u
good paying business at OswegO, New
York, with corn worth from eighty
cents to one dollar per bushel, 1t should
surely be here in Iowa Mt fifteen cents.
Water is just as cheap and pure here as
there.
When the Iowa Central Railroad is
completed to Cedar Falls, or 1t ever is),
It will be from its geographical position,
fine water power, &c, second to but one
inland town in the state, and that town,
in my opinion, is Fort Dodge: Having
seen all of this place could, in the linn
tied time had to spare, paid my bill
at the hotel, and quietly took my dc.
parture for home. Here let me say a
word to those who have not travelled as
extensively as some members of the
DOdger family: never leave q hotel
without paying your bill. 1t makes q
great difference In the landlords feel
ings towards you, should you ever re-
turn. have been derelict in my duty
on one or two occasions, in my earlier
years, with landlords, and have thought
they viewed me rather suspiciously
when called to see them again, and /
am inclined to think it can be attribut-
ed to the cause have mentioned.
There were no public demOnst ratiOns
| n m " damn RI thnro 1,,
is Oh the departure of great and good
men, unless, perhaps, ] could construe
the actions of half dozen or more rag
scd boys as such. They escorted me to
the depot, and overheard one of them
saying to another, "that Is Old Petro-
leum, from Fort Dodge-made his for
tune out there in ile." The train com
ing along on time, and we being a
little late, took our seat i'm one of the
coaches, without first procuring the
necessary ticket. In fact, our funds
We're entirely played out. We had not
been OH the road long, before the con-
ductor came around and familiarly
whispered the word Tickets" in our
ear. We were in a quandary, and did
not know what To do, Mt first. We
on him, representing ourselves AS agent
for some hospital, looking for some
green things-sass and tho like: but
just then remembering that the "cruel
war was over, and no Irish need apply"
we frankly told him we We're out of
money, but ii we lived to ever have
that amount, we would take great
pleasure in sending it to HIN. He
seemed a good deal affected Mt first, and
showed by his actions that q softness
for we was stealing over him-his elOn-
gated countenance, the weakness of his
legs, together with the watery appear
ance Of his eyes, were regarded by US as
favorable omens. We were doomed
alas to be cruelty disappointed. No
ticing that he had been reinforced by
the arrival ofa couple of staiwart brakes
men, the conductor told us very plainly
that If we had no baggage to shove up
the spout, he would be compelled To
leave US at New Hartford. Remember
ing that at one time we had had friends
in that place, we concluded that this
perhaps was as good u time to visit
them as might occur soon and acting
upon this conclusion, we told him To
let us off gently, which he did. We
asked the privilege Of kissing him for
his mother, but he declined; aud Off
PORT poDGER.
THE REvIvAL.-A wonderful revival
of religion Is now Ia progress at the
M. u. Church in this place under the
Jealous labors of Rev. Mr.. Clark, assist
ed by Rev. Mr.. Farrar, Of the Plesbyte-
riau Church, and Rev. Mr.. johnson,
of the Protestant. Meetings are held
each day at 10 O'Clock and also I'm the