, 1879-07-25
NEBRASKA.

a T1Ide Through tho Wiley OF tho EIkhorn
.-lves4 puint and 1ts Wnter-Powor-An
Interview with Ju.lEo Il. II. Valentine
About Agriculture and rolfttcn.
Gptetai Corrf,rohdenes Of Tas Tribune.
:. WBsT Potnr, Mob, July 17.-The Sioux City
& Pacific Railroad, extending from sioux City,
Ia., south to Missouri Valley junction. crosses
the river to blair, Neb.; cxtcnds southwest
through Washington County to Fremont, on
tic Union Pacific RAILROAD; thence north anil
NEST through Dodge and Cunning Counties to
Wisucr tho present terminus, atid Is being rap
Idly extended westward, little north, to STAN
ton, the county scat Of Stanton County. From
thence It will be built to Norfolk, I'll Madison
County; and the owners of the road claltn that
Il will 10 tho t}rst railrond TO the Blacs Hills.
John I. Blair is the President; L. 4. Hall, Gct- |
eral Manager, with headquarters at Cedar Rap
ids, Ia; r. C. Hills, Superintendent aud Gen.
cral Freight and Ticket Agent, With o'fico at
Missouri Valley Junction, In. Its entire length,
Including that portion In 1owa, Is about 15o
miles.
Drash1ngtou, Dodge, and Cunning Counties
gro very good oountIes,-among the best In tic
stnte,.-but not as thtekly settled as some OK
the counties soush Of the Plato River.
Th,s road follows up through tile celebrated
Elktsrn Valley; and, II the growing crop. as
saw It from the cur-windows, rs any Indication,
the soil Is remarkably fertile. The farlndts have
already begun harvesting; and this week IL Is
expected that they will get through with the
small grain, unless intcrfcrcd with by rn'n.
| Those seeking new homes arc beginning to up
preciate The northern part Of the State. nnd thts
season tho Immigration has been very large.
| Blair, tue oounty.scat Of Washington County,
ts IN old town. mud does considerable business,
but is not improving so rapidly as the towns
Fremont, the county-scat Of Dodge County,
Ia one Of tlic best towns in the Slate. Having
| the Union Pacific Railroad, as well as tue Sioux
CITY 4: Pacific Rutlroad, it does tle Distributing
of suppliea for large section: Ihc farmers of
both Dodge aud Washington Counties are we'll
to.4lo, tlave good farms nnd fine improvements;
md yet good lauls arc still to DO had 1T prizes
1snF1g S 20 f so psp aeI1 n rsf
than twenty miles from ft.e Missouri River.
Cunning County, ad1otntng Dodge OIL tho
north, has It's county-scat ut West Point, place
wNsl, hive much to say, n.lsl will leave It un-
til aay word about Wisncr, the terminus, d
p,aco Of nbout GOO pcoplu, whfcti has enjoyed y
very good trade, owing to It being the eng OF
the ro.d, but, when tho roal cxfcn1s to STAN
ton, Will hnye to depend upon the country I'm
mcdta,cly abnut Il. Hooper mud scrirncr aro
smal but growing p1aces, Of about 5oO people
sss ts Id s Il ,e cus las touy oun for @ to % s.
~ Went Point is ono of tho moat cntorpralng
, little towns lit the atnte- It. has q magnificent
Court House and Jail, built in 1s'''7i, ut coat
OF $4,000; four Grain.warcflouscs and ono Gle.
vntor, two funlbcr.vnrds, tho usua! number ol
stores anil two good hotois,-:he Pcnnsylvann
House and The Neigh iloussmtne to- !am!;o1 o.
There In brsclS.yard, burning now about !, Co.,.
600 brick which they. f1nd ready sale for at $40
pcr III at The kiln. They arc getting rcady 10 re-
r.. IF =, fptn otnu ft,n@s
hare FIro Depa1tn'ent,-a. Champion Fire.
Extlngu!sEler anti q 1look-an'. ladder Coinna'ly.
and oxpect to have THO Holly syase'n Of
Water Works. There fa fine brick hall. forty.
! four by eighty feet; also two buuks. Good
graded schools exist, but they lack room, mud It
| is proposed TO build thls Acason substantial
! brick building. The German EYaugci!eals or
Methoass sye gooa e''yk Ill., eh%sfa; tS @
Iujl,c,ans. Tic Methodia.s have built u .par-
aonaEo, and have acrviee now IN public lall,
but orc making arrangements TO build. lhc
IN suve: tny hnvs @ rase si5oo, have pr-
} chased lot. aud will soon begin their church,
building.
There ase great many Bohemians and Penn;
sylyania Gcrmaus throughout this section; urtl
am told tey rlsit thu SALOON when they cone
, In With tleir furm-producc, order thcir pot ol
becr a1Ml drink It as they d0 In FatlerlAn; but
Q you sec 10 drunkenness. They aro industrious
, IOO cars Of stock md 100000 bushels Of gru!r
! wcre ehIpped iron, here, md something lcst
+ thn1 100 cars Of lumber received, "
0 Tie farmers nro t1rHnE their attention m0rf
). to stocs-growus, mud less TO Erain, except tol
n feeding purpoAcs; anl, In consequence, aEe do
- ing much better. As you moyo nl0ng IN I'll.
train you SEQ nrcu atoyss Q, o easts fee.il'n'
s:e sises 'ss's".1 =, n,.ss w wv, c,.... ~ ..sss.
t!o,, Incorporated under tho laws VI thc state
+ {nnf of fh{4 Hutnrnri9(F t0Efl
70 The organizers arc New York City gcntlesncl Q
70 capital {oxcert the Trensuser, wo is from Ai@l
Ia llosown, n. W T.u. Brown Is President; Dr.
10 rciary; Thomas King, Treasurer. They rom
s"sis pSa"ss d ss asye peua5s
" have o5o cows, mostly graded, albo betu q
+ Ills Ills .ome ON to Ncw York City a,l Cet ono 70 "
~ cents above ts market; They MAKE ,,n nothln !In
e. say ,hcy nre doing vol. and selling q! they cs
.makc. They have MI office At slialtetow',, n
r, nnl ons In Indianapolis, Ind, anl lay
:. $5Q,000 Invested IN tie creamery.
u mill, utilizing tic iasmcfs' straw, md max
,r three tons OF straw paper per day: Tl'cy l'a7
= been runnl,g only q few months, ara d0lil
aaS H nc aS ~ t hey ey sas ase
,e new ',' powcf. E. They have tho machinery 4
~ planning mill, II tnef ever heea
~ rhcy have Sc, 600 moro Invested III the above
ID aud, besides, own ut this point one OF tte be-
wates-powcrs in the stutc, Que thousand hoFs
I'll power is tho capacity, md all tle machinery
10 run BY 1t. They employ about eighty iAtMs,'
q ilIirty.fvo at tho creamery, twenty.tivo at Il
Nv brtek.yard, aud twenty at the pupcr-ln11l. I'll
i Company will make IN offer 70 put y Wato
10 Works ON ihv Holly system; and, 20 they ow
It 1000 hui!dhE.!ota anu ,D0u acr0s OF lama 10 MI
j. about tl.u town, II will euhance the value
ta their own property. :, ,
hu West Point Ia the hone Of tho Hon. Z. !
d, Valentine, kebraska's only Representative tst
lla ought to have tl,rcu) 10 Congscss; aid, as J
<. camc up 70 the hotel a.nl spout the Gsenlllg WI
" nc, had u louG aud satisfactory talk with htI
to about a. fol1uws;
It, Our crops," satl he, q are Us t1nc rs any
D. tho world. l noticed the difference cosmil
IL flom Washington; tho further West we ca,n
nd tho better the crops; and uowhere, except Il
or boyer Valley, In Iowa, on thu Chcago 4 Mort
III / western Railroad, did They cotnparG With OH
ri Senator Booth OF California, senator Slater
l Nntu n