The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1888-02-19

nut zig towns are not numerous, and
looking 70 me more like Southern villages.
anSsg inai Occasionally on presepting the anpear-
Wesss sra'G sstsle ny n'SsuT WItS 81 b ssinIdsfi ago Of q o far
front carried i up q above sSa,P ase li R,,e oi the Rs' riEd ,ss p sae
e, be sure. is an ampiitheatre Of hills. with q
gilded dome on its Capitol and forty thousand
BGl9Shff,ss a a,9q tha g IL; but !, we sSa 60 on toward, Council!
othor points as well. for may be / saw only the
In the way. Of booms on It's own account: md,
stand 4. I fancy. whether J, iiko The color Of the,
AZ Council Bluffs you strike the northern
central gateway OF the West. The four main
over the Wost and spSm the Ssi Nossb @,a efa AND m nGSe9 or
sllr run lines e Council BUNS, Ranning times
~. NJ. Thereis some raiiroad or local arrange
not come In one ahead OF another. and maybe
a tlms; and pretty soon begin to creep on again.
angle running townri the point you are Amin.
at tho headlight OF a locomotive: On tho other
though thou 4 hhhG peonlc he Wers com mna s iram an th : F, as
quarters Of tho United staies to meet and pass
fhropGh the gateway. The passenger for
souri, River here: this is the transfer depot.
and the through PASSENGERS, take here tho sew;
sSsIr Snrs sssI will carry them to or toward
town: ~. The people al shy 100000 population.
tower Of the high school building that it was o
city ,hsy,. Of about 10000 people. but seriously, I
to be correct. You can't always guess ac-
c~ara1ely a! the population Of q town BY looking
School 5fG %nl iaH so Is al a t 4 I'll SIr s ssrnetnIo IN ha a h shas
eaa siShtly place. the former site Of the State
S tennber s 6eiot FL 1t Wns removed to Lincoln. A
70 be. and l would like to say that civiiity aud
observed. Without t"iS, sha; in in ' the w Wes aere
country. Whether you ask a miner the road
e tSa g m nj ,;, and he stops and carefully tells yoHI
over the hill. and he thinks. 1t is open: or you
ask any citizen you meet in the cities or the
i iRSns e wns' t anM w and t to IS sn roIrcs ss is!' 10 y 1--we Pm IN
that hin in Omaha from the ,nobiies high school
everywhere. barring. maybe. Utah. is chock
full Of schools l hayen't read the last census
reports, and l JOINT know whether the school!
the population. or IS $40: but wherever there
Is q gathering of men in cities. towns, villages,
churches, too. for that matterl, and every child
can go to school. and l should reckon that the
m Hssb 81 the1 3m 40 60, stro,,,os n sno.s Ito INV
comparatively, new city, 1t strikes. you as a
solid; substantial place, and l don't see that
Big city. It has a large surrounding territory
naturally tributary to it, but | think. 1t has
larger than local aims. They are adding new
have lately, tnken up hog killing on q scale that
will, make, Western hogs tired. Some of tho
stories high. fine structures. that would be
sss sxa apsst' to sa any c b1yi,a ssyerg Il Of kd the banks 3ks
10 m Qh0 manila n xrith fhatr rnoN II,
Omaha doesn't seem to be far west: it seems
rather as Though it might be the beginning OF
referred to. for Of course there are plenty Of
hotels. has tho big rotunda and the electric
lights, and the people talking and walking and
Just the same clothes rs are worn in the East.
They have their beaver hats made on the same
SS1Ssss: and and their ,ss p semS t arr Spun a1 by by the bso ssMe
makes their clothes. To be sure. you begin to
meet here the men who wear broad-brimmed.
Ghicaeo. and sometimes in New, York.
sss in m fSs h %sn 81 sSrew Sa ih hsefiissSs. we Me
posted mon from the smaller towns here 0
business. just rs they come to many u hotel in
est YOU ra1i lust = a lit ilLsI more ,Heso Mayee they ,nsh haven't
them them t K ,si IS q e sssh e! o i taifsa slts. ra asSr i
SIDE Of mo, a LAWYER, who Would have felt as
Court House in the City Hall Park as no would
while going into the Court. House in Omaha,
The ladies' yon meet in the streets wear the
same materials. Perhaps their hats aud bon
nets are q touch different; 1t seemed soto me, but
walk oil day In the Sixth avenue and not at
tract attention. she Is so like her average East
II YOU 60 west from Omaha by the Union
Pacific Railroad, and start in tho evening, the
hour II q .DD T'ha truth hnp mann naLn -, F.
asross tie iSeulMsfii Missouri so" / i Riyer pv and in sto eSas IN hl'a the
e eomes in a. s.o oTab but looks 10 Is IS q BIZ s6oS snsl IL co and
have pulled in the bridge after il. If 1t had so
desired; When Won look at the train il. gives
some idea OF long-distance railroading. A mail
car and u baggage car, and from, four to six
sleepars, and maybe two or three line cars. and
are big. heavy cars. Here is one Tor
Los Angeles straight. I haven't looked up the
distance. but guess something more than
1900 miles. The next ono for Denver. a little
short run Of TOO miles. The next Tor Portland.
tD arg alon meG sIsen n;Sgo e %alss, so snss inr ex thsy
sion parties, from New York to San Francisco
but those, previously mentioned are
making Just the ordinary everyday runs.
Through tho most OF Nebraska by night: but
the train should happen to be n little late and
you get up early IN the morning.. you can soc a
S1oa eiE Is p nes a 81 sm %sft STATE Ss snd q co aH5 sS Of
hundred miles OF eastern Colorado If you are
or. tho way to Denver. TIL train runs for
miles. hundreds OF miles, along the Platte and
tho South Platte Rivers, and yov begin to see
TINT tho engineers of these Western railroads
must have loved the rivers. for they follow them
very closely. and when they get further on
among the mountains there Is no stream so
or crooked In its ways that the engi-
n cor will depart from 1t.
, These arc the plains, where little or no rain
falls. where practically nothing but grass
grows without irrigation. / believe tho rain
belt has. In these last thirty years. moved west
IN Kansas and Nebraska some one or two hun
bred, miles. and that there are now many pro-
auctlye farms where even so recently 1t was
thought. useless to try to. raise crops. But the
rain belt has yet plenty Of room to 90 West In.
There, Is water In the South Plato, and at times
Q good deal OF it-u broad, shallow river with
low banks. running through a fiat and level
Hat and level for miles and miles, with
here and there mn irrigated spot and with some
great irrigating bitches dug by companies that
have spent lots OF money in tho work
to STICK sI raising and the stock stays
ground, and tho cattle eat it the year round,
Tor 1t Is seldom AL covered ith snow. The
CARTE go TO the river or to other strenms or wet
PLACES ior water. They Wear trnils across the
plains In their marches. and many maths are
worn TO ald, from the telegraph poles along the |
railroads, which the cattle march to TO scratch
themselves on Sometimes for miles the lower