Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-09-12

2:l5. July 21th, our train sped westward
over the |. B. n W. through Indiana and
Illinois om time Ia Peoria, which point we
reached Tuesday eve and changed to the c.
B. " q, which landed u~ at Pacific junction
in western Iowa. at : a. IN. Wednesday,,
and via the b. n VI. we were landed in
Denver AT the same hour Thursday morn
Ing. From central Illinois westward the /
effects of the drOuth were psrceptblr. The ,
dust III places was almost mbearable, and
through Nebraska fields in which timothy |
and other tame grasses We're Sowed were a.
bare as the public highway. From central
Illinois to central Nebraska large crops Of
oats were being harvested, and all through
this section a handsome reminder of the
Champion City was the number Of iron tur-
bine wind mills, manufactured by Mast,
! Fons " Co., which Were scattered along the
route. Lincoln. Hastings and Holdredge
| in Nebraska are the most important towns
on the b. n VI. between the Missouri river
and Denver. Lincoln is situated on level
but not very fertile prairie. 1t is all enter
priSing city OF 5000 to 20. 900 inhabitants
and to enable it to become the permanent
capital of the state ITS citizens have offered
sufficient inducement to enable most of the
state institutions to be located there
Hastings is near the center of the state
from east to west, and is the county seat of
ADAMS SAID 10 De one ol the most leitIIe
counties i'm the stSte.
Holdredge has the reputation of being
,h. ,post anurixhiu, to,vrs in Nebraska Al
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"Holdredge, the Magic 'uy. Aithough
it is less than two years old it has a pOpu!a-
tiun of / 200. and a number of very sub
s,ort;or b,,Siuess hIo,Ls tb. t;,,.st of which
,',,ar.,s ,ar,. fo,,nr,hI, ,,i,h .h., Ror,,,,t
bIn,.t on vasi Main street
az tho 4 ono t,,cLar. in \.br,.l, ovar
. ma ,r. IodiaS In nn,,,,Ia. ,,,,,,,,. ~
which On,h, i tha cn,,n,y--n,, s,i,ris. il,
cnu,,,r, DISTRICTS are frnm s-n nsr month
downyards
After stop of ono day at D.nvar th.
io,,rno,, across ,h., p,,oli,! ,,.,. r.,s,I,,,,I
and aftsr tray.I,ng two DAYS and mirLt
We reached Sail Lake civ where Sundav
,y,s ,uent and the Nnrnnn service in tho
yr,.at ,amnI. was attended,
,siL, frop, ,;,rbt ,,;,,.- ar,,,,, ,I,, D,,,.,,,.
4 III, Grand, n,,bin,, ~ ON .2,iti,,,, ,.I,ar-
ac,,r occurred .xc.nt the faiIur. nf fhn air
hr,I,.s IN din rhair WORK and tI, rurni,,,y
AWAY of the train in descending the VA.
so,rL mornt,ins near ITtah I,kn
Salt Jaka Cit,, il o,ImirahI,. IocataJ hut
=, i. tho u,o-t naGIactad cit,.
.a,,, aIo,,, ti, r,,,t., Il. -. a,J sida.
waIkS are cnv.,eJ with weeds sn birb that
,ha ,,i,,,y of tho cit,, l. ahn,,t hidden rim
= IN tho surt batGin,, nIacn NJ tho shor. nt
: ., SoI, 7 ,bo -, sh,rt liz. ,t ,,,d., n
Inng Jrpary rid. over th d,>,.rt r,.,5inn ,.ost
ot +Ia Si.rra Na,o6,, mountains a d.Ii,,ht
TrI leon, nf th,. Iatt..r IN. JavIirht and
, a ,,laasant ride dnyn the graat ,,rain and
Tr',it ,,r,,yyir,r cnurtry of IN. S,cr,ma,t,,
mast the staff, canitnI thronrh Oakland and
across Som Erarcisco Ra, LANDED ms in tia
CnIde, I:ata .ity ahnut > n,cInrk Traslay
,u,,ns, . ahnI,t two Lonrs to, Iata u, ,i,.,,
,h.E r rrncpssinn hut in tin,a tn sea
= 500 of n..,nIa HncL,n,, tnvorJ tho
: Zoo, Of Marriott .+r.St on ,b.ir
y,y bo,rawerd aftar tho dav.S tss
tiyi,ics ar IN their r.Sn.ctile stn,-
nire, ,,lacas Tho city was nrnfuSeIv deco
4 rated and the yeper6us ho.nitaIity of the
2 ritizens WAS suTnass.d only by their desire
{ to adL IN tho Measure of th,ir ,,Iasts
rha numerous pxcursiors IN cities and
nnints of interest npar San Francisco were
Iii ratrnnizaJ and tbe axcursinnists yyer,
< Will cared for The citizens of the plart
visited invariably furnished free lunch and
4 Inner fnr ali yiSiror, and cnnveyancps hy
. means of which the town and snrrnuudinr
: cnuntry wer4 carefully scrutiniz,.d and IN,
| ,;,,.. residences and merits nf Zach com.
: mented unon-
: All yyLa ara hero or the g. A p evcur
- of thair ,raatnant ,yhiIa here and nf tn,
heamtirs and advantages of California
N,p, CoI->T,
? Our ride over Mana one of the oldest
: aud host imnroyed counties in the STATE af
a farI.d the nnnortunity cf rlrauiug th, fol
L,vipy facts nertaiuinp tbprato
Mana valley between thirty and forty
o. nils Inny ami from tN,, tn tive miles wide
:. ;nrIndss ahont ali nf the ipnroyed rart ot
a the cnunty A brd'seye view of the rntir,
Ill. r.,,-.,Is ,u, ,nnurtairs h,.lnre,in,, :,
I tha ooast rarga cnver.d either wifi vino
: ,ar6S ar tra,.s and rocLs and the intarven.
: ;n, yalIay which is nannrama nf tint
. ,.inevardS orchards and farms with IN,
haa,,tif,,I c;,y nf Nam and otLpr towns and
> ,,iiIa,,as in,arsnsrsad
n In tba Iowrr nortion of this valley th,
: soiI ,,rias frnm a rich black IN a r-,IdisI
z ,,raypIIy Inan In the unppr naTtS Iaryt
: trar,s nf dark yrav.IIv soil ar. rnunJ upoI
which trees and vines grow InxuriantIv
'CLi. ,o,,rt,. IiaS dirac,Iy nnrtb nf San
| Francisco hay Mana civ hri,hy ahnut forty.
= tivn n,jIas north of SAN Francisco Fr,u, if.
m,oumtain siJ,.s tIow a numbrr ot mineral
snri,,gS Eiya miles northeast of Nan,
: G;ty rho Nan, soda Snrinys ar. Located
a which ,ra r,,idIy prnwjny in favor as =,
e rasnrt for invaIidS and Measure seekers
=, A. Iii noi,, snda ,yotcri j. hnttJad which il
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