Tama County Republican. (Toledo, Tama County, Iowa) 1867-1872, 1872-06-27

WHOLE NO., 5M.
railway extortion is evidence that not
only is the Press Of Iowa not silenced
by such seductive hospitality, but
that tho free rides are not given with
any such purpose.
The papers Of Omaha do not seem
to have true appreciation OF the
true relations between newspaper and
railroad, The Herald, and Tribune, Of
Omaha 18th, expressed great
wonderment at the exceeding gen.
erosity of Union Pacific Railroad in
passing the editors over.that line
after the abuse tlie Press OF Iowa
had heaped upon that road. In the
first place, there Is no State in the
Union, not excepting Nebraska,
whose Press did more in aid OF the
U. z. road than that of Iowa. In
the second place, the Press Of Iowa
has never abused the U. p. road. A
few individual papers mayihaye done
so, but rather suspect that the just
indignation which the Press of Iowa
expressed toward the unjustefable
and absurd conduct OF Omaha, of not
many months ago, has been mlscon-
strued by that city, as abuse Of the
U. P. railroad. The fact is that the
U. p. road has not been misled by
the Omaha papers. 1t recognizes
its obligations to the Iowa Press,
and on this the first occasion it has
had to pay in part its obligations it
disregards the threats of Omaha, and
treats the Iowa editors with consid.
Grafton.
As the writer had some friends
whom to visit would be pleasure,
he improved tho opportunity offered
by his attendance upon The Editorial
Convention, TO extend his trip, and
time Of absence. Mt. Pleasant was
left about nine o'clock on the morn
ing of the 18th, in company with the
excursionlsts, as well as many other
editors on their way home from the
Convention. At Creston. where our
young friend Ragsdale edits paper,
dinner was eaten st the expense of
the people Of that enthusiastic,
growing town. Red Oak was reached
near sundown, and the excursion
lists were waved an adieu without
tears, but with regret. A night
ride from Red Oak to Hamburg, on
what is called 10 that section of coun-
try q mixed train,-i. .. long train
OF freight cars with single passenger
car hltched to the rear like tin
kettle to dogs tails not 80
pleasant as some other things.
Hamburg is at the extreme south.
west corner of Iowa, IN Fremont
county. Here branch of the 3. s
NJ. r. road forms junction with the
Kansas City, St. Joseph is Council
Bluffs road, near the mouth of the |
Nishnabotany river, (the river IS
about the size Of Deer Creek.) 1t is
in the valley of the Nishna-
botany, facing to the southeast, and
with high bluff to its back. The
.own boasts some 1900 population,
md supports two newspapers. one
straight Republican and the other of
tother kind.
The valley of the Missouri river,
rom Hamburg to Council Bluffs, is
mostly if not altogether on the Iowa
,ide, and has width ranging from two
% FIVE miles. 1t is nearly level, and
has a soil dark and unctious, and re-
ported to be without bottom. The
liver IS skirted sparsely with timber,
IS are, also, mostly, the small streams
hat enter the river. As yet the cul-
AVIATION Of the valley has been neg
ected. Very few farms reach
lown upon the level sweep OF bottom
prairie. In ordinary seasons, the
,oil contains so much water that, as
every farmer knows, it cannot be
It is used at present as a
vast pasture field where thousands OF |
cattle Craze and grow fat. Whether
Or not the valley can eventually be
drained and rendered fit for farming
purposes is not yet determined.
Lawyers, Ministers and Doctors.
BIT o. ". HOLMES.