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der the people do no; have clnars7 We
had thirty-siX Inches or snow before tho
middle Of fcornury Notwithstanding
the ndycui ising literature Of the place
speaks Of tine open weather the
year around. There Is a great nbund-
nncc Of water power btit tho charge for
the same IA enormous-S2O per horse
power and FROM 500 to 500 por month
for enough lhi.d TO put mp u small shop.
Tho lire resulted IN giving u good many
men employment, some OF whom had
not been abc for n year 10 get work for
love or money. Brick buildings are
taxing the place of the frame buildings
which were burned, but when the new
buildings are complete. work in that
line will ceasc, az nothing except the
burncl district is being improved
1t is hardly necessary to add that II
any citizen of Columbus Is doing we'll,
and Is not prepared to fight the battle
Of life better elsewhere, nothing is to be
gained, It would seem. by accepting Mr.
Grcelcy's advice, unless, indeed, one is
quito fortunate in going to the right
spot.
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Mr.. Rough says that the letter
referred to was written by painter
residing on North Monroe street,
who has endeavored 10 paint the
city In the most sombcr colors
known to his trade. \ great many
people of Columbus had intended
coming here this spring, and Mr..
Rough thinks some who have mo-
opportunity Of asceriaining the
truth may bc deferred from doing so
by this incendiary publication.
In the first place, when this man
Cooking asserts that he "hns not seen
the sun but three days and four
hours In six weeks" lie either lies or
confesses that he was so situated
that the sun could not penetrate his
apartments.
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The statement that real estate
men are trying 10 raise quarter Of
a million dollars to Hood the East
with false statements was manu-
n,ciured from whole cloth. There
has been no movement to raise that
or any other sum to advertise this
city, save by individual and strictly
legitimate business efforts.
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The official moTtuary records,
which are us carefully kept as those
Of any city In the world, prove the
falsity of the assertion rs TO health.
II Is true that the hospitals here
have a large population. but If the
pcrpetrator Of this libel had meant
10 be fair he would have stated, in
this connection, that these lnsti,u-
tons are asylums for the
afflicted from the mining re-
glons of Eastern Washington,
Northern idaho and British
Columbia, and that more than fifty
per cent. of their patients are non
residents, sent to the hospitals from
other localities for treatment. Had
he meant TO be f;,ir he would have
stated, also, that the city has been
remarkably and unusually health
ful during the past winter, and that
the death rate, notwithstanding the
influx of sick and injured from other
places. has been a. low as that of
any Eastern city of equal popula-
tion.
II Is true that rents are high, and
in central and choice localities the
rates stated by this llbeler may have
been realized; but it j. also true'that
furnished rooms may he obtained
for less money, and that cottages Of
four TO six rooms, unlurnishcd,
within fifteen minutes walk of tho
heart Of the city, may he had for $40
To $50 month.
II Is true that farm products com
mand high prices, but this is not an
Objectionable state Of ailairs, when
1t Is remembered that tributary to
this city is the most productive agri-
cultural region In the United States,
only awaiting additional industri-
ous farmers from the East to de-
velop It's vast resources and reap the
benefits of high prices, which must
necessarily pcvail in II city that IL
relied upon as the base OF supplies
for u mining region embracing an
area larger than the state of Ohio.
This agricultural region produces rs
high as sixty bushels Of grain to the
acre and the largest aud the best
Favored fruits and vegetables that
can he grown In any soil Hay il
an indigenous growth and only re-
quire- the energy to harvest and sell
it at the best hay market in the
world.
The lie about cellars Is so ridicu-
lous that 1t Is scarcely worth notic-
ing, for every business house has "A
basement aud nearly all the resi-
dences good, dry cellars. The RE-
VIEW has now IA force of men and
teams excavating for the foundation
of II building that is to have six sto-
rles, with a tower of five stories nd