The Red Cloud chief., 1875-04-21

Ne0seskS . hen9oA sO0
out Of oer paetho91e GFaoAnes pave
relieved the su6enas asd ho:hlos
Of these states: Hos ssy wan 10! n
familiar NTH the prosperous c0od''ioo
Of agriculture IN the great vstsey, ne
tween the Two great r'sefss tho "i-
ss~'ppt aud the Mtssoons ., ool ss-
tened fresd Who writes the soose
article u. can, IN III imasinsI'on,
make any contrast 10 isvOr OF the
district OF country lying ve9 ana
southwest OF Of the missouri nsei, u
not es.islly 9ndsesood Admit III no
says about the early sprioe, early gar
deoing. early sowing, and carry plant
i0g, but Of vbst avail u It, II, before
the harvest time. the hot and wither..
ing rays Of the sun during weeks and
months Of drouth which u e prev:-
lent 10 that country, reduces their
broad acres Of wheat. corn. oats. and
potatoes, TO dsindliOg dwarhch stems,
and Is in6smahle - . dry room to .
powder house. And again. should
this early vegetation which every hus-
bandmsn always looks upon with 80
much pride and exultant joy in aotic-
ipat;on of Ia abundant harvest, pro
gress even TO the very day Of its ripcn-
ing il u1y yet be swept away ! n . sin-
gie day, even 10 . single hour, By tho
Iegions Of grasshoppers that ~ often
infest and devastzte that unfortunate
country. Contrast that country With
the beautiful, broad and fertile State
Of lo.af Noe nuce. we caa {
~. !, !. ~ ,hs ..S S,;cnS IF ours
once said. After he had travelled over
this state, and the west, Is far Is the
Pacific coast, that 10 viewing . vast
vs.. s., - 800 ..v "r.n;,sc. :" !. .S;on;".
and mouId;ne this country. had dnv6
. fancy picture 10 his mind Of q
Deso'iiu' valley, 'aI SURPRISING NY
.,. ~ h"sers .mJ ,h. rs'n,s Of
this thought vas Displayed in the
country between the two great rivers;
and. as 1t to show the greatest degree
.e"% "a ,hn., IL, .. mo-. r'
in the most chaotic condition that it
were possible for the mind to BOD
ce,Se.
friend I' md co r " ~hso he
asks US to contrast this country with
west. and southwest Of the Missouri
river.
we give Inc ABOVE ent'fe lot the
TWO iold purpose OF showing the gen.
ersi ignorance OF u Iowa orotoer on
oil matters pertaining 10 NeofasHa'
ana % meet some OF the o'1ec''ons
thereln gwen why people snoc'o not
seek homes 10 NsoraSks.
we have been . resident OF Ne
braska Tor ten years. and' 70 use the
language OF our Iowa fr'end' nave
never known . isllore IN the sgr'cu''
tura' products OF o. otate 10 tnat
urne' from any cause inc'deofai 10 q
climate or SOIL and OUT ono genera
iai'ure from sny otner - OF
'ast year oy ersssnopperS' we ore
Wiling TO eoocede that Iowa mas oeen
called upon Tor nelp IN inc nour OF our
direst need. aod give tnat otase OIL
honor Tor the benevolent ana irsterosi
spirit shown by her c,f'zens 1ney
have done great ana noo'e WORK.
ana We snouid De ongreatfu'' inoeed'
should We fail to give this tnoufe to
the great ana good state OF iowa
But the inference ABOVE gwen Is that
NEBRASKA mas frequently oeen onoer
the necessity OF appearing 70 the QUIZ
s'oe worid tor sid 20 Keep from sts''-
ing we can n thousands OF men
VINO nave nsed 10 iowa ana NeoraSAa
and are perfectly familiar with oo'n
States VINO 90 draw CONTRASTS ana
that, TOO In favor OF NEBRASKA II Is
a well-knoWn fact that lake . given
period OF, say ten years. the average
yield OF all the products OF tins 'at,-
tude has been equal to- and generally
greater IN Nebrasks, than IN Iowa
We are willing to have anyone iook
up the hgures. and Inc contrast
will be In our favor.
The grasshoppers ana the NOT
winds are the great ougoesfs used 70
brighten people from coming to tne
State. Tbe grassboppers DO not OFTEN
lnfest and d~evaseate. this country
In fact, they never devastated any
considerable portion OF the otate pre-
vious to the year 1914, ana before
that date there was but one vls'tat'on
from the orssn'sat'on OF the Ierr'tory
mp to the year mentioned. That was