The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1886-07-14
1NE WIL1 WEST.
A Highland County Man Seeing
the sights I'm Several
Cities.
Fine Farming Land, Big Busiaess In.
terests and Rich Resources
In Minerals.


EDITOR News -HERALD-T Thinking that
some Of your readers might be interest.
ed in letter from me, have concluded
to favor them and hope it will meet with
your approval.
We left Hillsboro, June 24th, and had
to stay all day in Cincinnati, before we
could get train for Indianapolis and
St. Louis.
We arrived at st. Louis June 9th, at
Z a. m, and had to stay there all day,
before we could get train for Kansas
City.
st. Louis is city of over 100000 in.
habitants, very thriving city and fast
increasing in population. The lead
mines and enormous deposits Of white
sand used in manufacturing glass and
the Iron Mountains and it's grand facili-
ties for shipping by rail and water make
it promise to be the largest manufactur-
ing city in the United States. It is al
ready large city but the white sand and
Iron Mountains are, comparatively, little
worked. In all the business that is car
ried, which is vast, there is great deal
more life and energy manifested than In
Cincinnati. The streets are continually
full of teamsters and street cars loading
and unloading, shipping and receiving
goods; the wharf is continually full Of
steamships. Ihad the pleasure of going
through the great steamship, New Or
leans, the largest ship on the Mississippi.
It takes about three weeks to load and
unload her. The pilot house is grand
piece of architecture, while the passen-
ger department surpasses the finest
Pullman cars or palace hotels.
We will now go to Kansas City. 1t
has 10000 inhabitants, in a billy region
and is no less business place than st.
Louis. 1t is cut up by gorges from fifty
to seventy.tive feet perpendicularly
deep that remind one of the great can.
ons Of the Colorado. It is also great
railroad city.
The day we arrived in Kansas City
the Court house and Jail caved in fol-
the second time. The inmates Of the
jail, who were covered up in the debris
uninjured, before the Court house fell
laughed to scorn the idea of God, but
after the house fell they implored him
to save them.
Now for Independence, Mo. It is ten
and three-fourth miles from Kansas City
with about 10000 population and is one
of the oldest towns in Missouri. The
price of land here ranges from one te
five hundred dollars per acre. It is {
grand farming country, but can be rent
ed from three to five dollars per acre
cash rent. From here we went back tc
Kansas City, then to Rulo, Nebraska, {
town Of 1900 inhabitants, and the rail
road bridge and cut through the the hill
furnishes employment for all who desire
to work. There are now wanted her
three hundred teams at three dollar
and half per day besides what Their
are already at work here. Corn sells a
from fifteen to twenty cents per bushel
hay at three to five dollars per ton. Hay
is nearly all baled here. have seen bu
one load of hay not baled since lef
Hillsboro.
Now, lest weary you and your read
ers with long epistle, will bid yo,
adieu hut not until advise the people
Of the East to put in practice the ad
vice of Horace Greedy, "Go West, youni
man, go West"
Yours respectfully,
U, C., EUBANKs.