The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1892-10-14
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER.
The City Crowded-BuIIding Associa-
tion Congress-An0ther Heavy
SubscrIptIon fund.

III l|OOAby wv - lAC AdAl ACoblNAblcH
reached the climax OF their interest this
week. Fifty thousand strangers
crowded the streets, and tried the
temper of policemen and car conduct
ors. The exposition was at its most
attractive point; the tuPnstiles out at
the fair ground clicked necessarily;
the gorgeous parade of the Yelled
Prophet and the illuminations pro-
vidcd the most brilliant night speeta-
eles, and all the theaters had strong
bills. The hotels, big and little, were
ali full, and the signs FURNISHED
Rooms" had been taken from the
boarding houses within three miles of
the exposition building. Hot as the
campaign is here, with the State head
quarters of the three parties in the
city, the political excitement was not
felt this week in the press of the
throng that cared only for pleasure,
and but for the newspapers those out
side of political circles could not have
told that a fercely contested local and
National election is approaching.
st. Louis owes the rapid settling up
of its suburbs to the scores of building
associations, which keep the mechan-
les at work all the year round, putting
up homes for people of small means.
New associations are constantly being
organized, and the most solid ones
think that the time has now come to
have this system of investment pro-
tected by the State like the banks.
Accordingly, convention of the State
league of building associations, repre-
senting 400 Of these organizations, has
been in session here most of this week,
preparing a memorial to the next Leg
islature, which will ask for the estab.
lishment of bureau of inspection, and
the exemption OF association shares
from taxation. If these laws are Sc
cured, Missouri next year will forge
ahead Of all the other States in the
Union on the score of the number and
wealth Of its building associations.
For the second time within five
years, the citizens of st. Louis have
put their hands into their pockets and
paid for the organization of special
sanitary corps, to re-enforce the city
authorities in that most important
work in all great cities, keeping the
streets clean. The city has grown so
rapidly since the time of that first citi-
zens' committee, that this one will
have to spend much more money to ac-
complsh the same object, and, as it is
intended to keep the special corps at
work all through next year, till the
winter, the cost will hardly be less than
100000. But the work will make st.
Louis a cleaner city than Washington,
even, and to achieve this result is well
worth the money that will be spent.
The streets were made impossible
by the sight-seers Tuesday night, when
the prophet and his retinue paraded
with score of tableaus on floats, il
Illustrating the history of the Louisiana,
from which territory Missouri sprung
originally. The twenty second float,
VIC ldSJ III Jllo int, was TeCelVeQ
everywhere with shouts of applause.
1t represented native Missourian TAX.
taking the oath of office as president
Of the United States in 1912. After
the parade the prophet and his suite,
who had been the figures in the tab
leans, went to the Merchants Ex-
change Hall, where they, still in their
quaint costumes, attended the ball,
which is the social event of the year.
A good illustration of the rapid
change now taking place in suburban
property, is given by the history of
piece of land eight miles away from
the city limits. There are eighty acres
in it. Ten years ago, it was such
productive farm in which to raise sup
plies for the city, that the owner re-
fused $50, 900 for it. It's value as farm
ing land decreased fast, till few
months ago it was sold for 800 an
acre. The spectators who bought il
sold it to syndicate of city men for
$4,000. They cut if up into building
lots, sold them at auction, and cleared
$4,000. The electric cars, running
long distances west, have made possible
such transformations.
PnDer Men Protect Their interests.