The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1880-01-08
IOWA LETTER.
DECEMBER goth, 1879.

In years gone by, down i'm the oil
used to sing in Geography school, lows
Iowa City, and later 1t was changed t.
Iowa, Fort DesMoines on the DesMoine'
p river. The pronunciation we gave
to Iowa and DesNoines would shock the
e,rs Of q native Of this state and those
long drawn cut words ring in my ear,
making it difficult for me to realize thai
years have intervened since then. Lit
tie did the school boy of those days ex'
pect to be q resident of this thriving
little City of DesMoines (25000) inhabir-
ants away out here at (what seemed to
me them t'the jumping off place."
presume that to day some of the residents
of this country think of Iowa as coun.
try inhabited by tribes of Indians its
prairies over-run with wild bufaloes.
With that class of men 1t would be
hard to realize the fact of (5) trunk
lines Of Railroads crossing the State
of Iowa from East and West which
with their branches and other roads
running North and South leave bur [6l
Of our .i100I County Seats without its
Railroad. To rid your mind of the
thought that we are so far West Of Ohio
go with me to Cleveland and in the
Union Depot let US take the early morn
ing train on the "Lake Shore" Rail-
road for Chicago where we will arrive
the same eve and changing cars in the
Union Depot we take "sleeper" on
the Chicago RockIsland and Pacific R.
r. ard the dawn of next morning finds
us crossing the ''Father of We ters" and
Mt $50 r. N. "a hours from leaving
Cleveland O. we step from the train at
is at the forks Of two streams the lard
is just rolling enough to afford beautiful
views from many parts in the city and
suburbs, our main business streets rum
ming East and West, cross the DeMoines
river at right angles, the cross streets
numbering from the river either way.
The greaterPortion of the city is upon
the West side and If you would cross
to the East side, you will see situated
upon an eminence overlooking the
city and surrounding country,a "a capitol
building nearing completion that any
state East or West might well be proud
of. As you stand upon Its incomplete
centre dome and take . look at Des-
lIoines with its solid brick blocks occu-
pied for jobbing and retail business of
all kinds, its numerous Churches,
School buildings, manufactures, Holly
water works and Street car system,
its fine residences and beautiful sur
roundings, you are sure to agree with
me in the opinion that there are few
towns of Its sire that equal DesMoines.
As for Iowa a. State, her dairy prod-
ucts have won first premiums at inter-
state exhibits. Her display of apples
at the Centennial exhibition won first
laurels and to get an idea Of the
wheat, corn and other products raised
and shipped from the STATE, see the ssreg-
ular" freight trains on any trunk line
followed by their five and six ''extras"
of fifteen to twenty cars each and you
have some idea Of her resources. While
we would give all honor to the enter
prise Of our fore fathers W no in settling
mp Ohio had to clear farms from heavy
forests, to the young men we say with
Horace Greeley $50 West and grow up
with the country" Not because you can
make living here without work for
the decree has gone forth that ''by the
sweat Of his brow man shall earn his
bread" but here in the West there
is room for tnterprising young men to
make homes. TRAMPs.