The workingman's advocate. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1864-1877, 1877-10-13

What an Editor saw in the Far west In
JWRe, Is71.

ANo'ihS Lost ~. LOUIS, Win It's StOCh
yards, and hopes # being the emporium
u the world, for long horns and other
hoihs, We took our way III Pullman Pal
aces, over the st. Louis, Kansas City q
Northern r. r. to Kansas City. Some
roads are better than others this road
is as good as can be when the floods per
nit and with It's un, xceptionable manage
uient, will do 10 rely on IA any weather
X ihsas City itself claims to he the Chicago
of1he southwest, and if enterprise and
energy and public spirit count for any
thing, vii yin that position.
With 90, 600 wide-awake people the
IUgest packing house IN the country in
the most acce ssille position to get the cat
tie u pack a direct trade established
With Europe and the woFlt she has al
rsly become power IN the land. La
Kansas, Pueblo, Denver and other portions
X the vest, you hear nothing If st. Louis.
"a Louis Is a SLOW, Old town, where PEG
- hstu A' 90 busiitSS. -Noh NauS"S
CITY is the place ; We paid our bills in the
~est with Kansas City exchange they
ssrd their products, buy their surplus and
lie their business through Kansas City.
L1rned. IN Pasnee county, Kansas is
4 gem of little place. m one Of the finest
f.rmiue regions la the country, beautifully
Heated, high ana dry. ~ the valley Of the
Arkansas the longest prairie valley in The
world settled Wy an euterprIsing and in
tdhgen uguItv, ~ as tlne a country
asthe Pottowa:mie reserve, about Topeka.
LTned i being fully appreciated b. those
seeking homes ia Kansas. The climate is
Md, aud an the way from Topeka 70
LMned the altitude high enough to be
lear Of malaria ard at Larned tie stock
laE prevails. SO the new settler can farm
ha land Without a fence. anL save much
tine aud expense thereby.
beyond the Kansas and Colorado line
the lands become more sandy, and the
grass more scanty bnt exceedingly nutri-
tiouS, until still more westward, sage
hush and cactus, and ~ last the rocks Of
the foot hills OF the Rocky mountains
possess the land.
From Larn6d west L. the grazing region
"A the world thousands upon thousands
Ut fat cattle. with ranch men berIing
them great piles Of buffalo bones and
horns piled ID the stations, for shipment;
stocks . t buffalo hides. like hay stacks,
OCCASIONAL deeihngs aud stores, ding out
IF the dry ground, and shingled with sods,
and dw elIues occupied ~ common with
owls rattlesnakes and prairie dogs, COM
piete the panorama, until the Spanish
Peaks, loo miles away, but estimated BY
those not used to that marvelousiy clear
attn. sphere, TO be BIS 10 or II miles dis
tant occupied orr attention until we sind
Tyer one of the smoothest and best man
a1ej roads ON the continent.
Many II the Irecouctiyed ideas Of the
sterihty Of the plains are removed by a
trip over this line of road. All the way,
even e. the taot Hills, this vast expanse Of
land is good for something, aud where it
c. q BE irrigated, Is good Tor many pur-
poses.
A. Pueblo ends the four foot guage rail-
road, and the funny. little narrow gusge,
that seems like a baby railroad, for boys
to play with, carries you to Canyon City,
yet, ! believe Tie narrow guage railroad
better adapted TO- these mountainous dis
tances, whore 80 many curves are unavoid-
able, and the Colorado Central, and the
Denver a Rio Grande are splendidy
EQUIPPED and vel managed, aud carry
passengers and freight safety aud swiftly
and are The prii clpaI factors IN the devel-
oping Of that whole country from George
tom to San Juan. we cannot DO any
thn- like justice to this journey i'll any
article If even unavoidable lengt Most
Of the towns nf Colorado have some espe
cid advantages over others. We faneted
the climate at Canyon City best for iiva-
lids. Manitn has nu end Of springs that
taste bad enough t. raise the dead, ana is
a beautiful spot, both natural and artificial.
colorado Springs" looks clear and cheer
full Idaho Springs is amongst the
widest scenery and Denver is a pretty
aud well built city, has good view OF the
foot hills. and some II the mountains, anu
supplies the giNes with whiskey, and de-
frauds tourists. FIR a steady business, and
is as good place to look at and get away
from, and sfoy away from, as any in Colo
raio.
The majestic glories Of the mountains
generally, the snowy ranges, clear creeks,
chsms, and grand canUnS Of the Arkan-
sas. in particular, can not be described,
but he Who would attain immortality Ia
this life must see for himself No Ian
guage can describe, no imagination con
oe.ve the sublime grandeur Of this back
hone of the continent.
The man who has enterprise and little
money, some sense and perseverance, can
do well il Kansas or Colorado. Ii he |
be farmer someN here from Topeka, not |
much west from Larned will attract him. !
II he would own the cattle on a thousand /
hills. then ic vii 90 nearer Fort Dodge. |
and if mountainous or mining, or purer |
oxygen alone viii make him happy, he
sees glory when he reaches the noun
taiBs.
A few things he viii find out if he does |
not already know. lst, that all know ledge 7
does not begin and end with the people :
Who live near Plymouth Rock 2d, that 1