Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-02-11
OUR ST. LOUIS LETTER

tien--A Activity In tho Local p0'e
Pecan Trades Aaa
81 LOUIS, Nov. "a If h,n
pending before the munleinal < nov
by is passed st. Louis win bsr 's.a'
cheapest system OF railroad ~, 'as
the country. The bill is n,sp t'N9 -
the projectors Of new road vh,s, Y
intended to connect ali The othe.1, .
in the city, giving the pussengor 4, NY, "a's
fer tickets from the one Ia the o,s MN
II the franchise is obtained ia
| will be built in time 10 carry M ~
pie who flock into the city Tor tbo IN
festivities next year A pasSs, ~
then who starts from Carondele, II
extreme southern end Of the ci,v NM
be able p ride 10 BADEN, the nortba..
boundary, and there transfer ,oo,Ea.
lines that will take him 10 tbe ~.
ern limits, getting trim 81 ~.
twenty-five mules for 3 cents "A.
scheme IS simple enough, but IL h
carried oht it will provide ~ XIV
with q gigantic plan Of passenye,
transportation, that IS unapproaebs8
IN any other u our large cities.
Il has been found by several yeas,
experience that the attempt Il M.
cate the Chinese here through instrgs
ttpn in Sunday schools Is uusatIsf,..
tory Neither the churches noy ~,
pupils are content with the re,nit.
Another plan for the benefit Il n.
Chinese Is 20 be put into operation ~
winter By benevolent people Of mesp,
who take an interest ia making go,3
citlzras ~ this class ~ inlmigran,.
Several night schools are to bs estsh
ltshed, AZ least three. ia the par, ofth.
city 10 which most ~ them liye, some.
where Ia the down town block, u
Market and Walnut streets The Il.
struction will not b. entirety ffee. Il
has bcen decided that Il VIII be wiser
- make the Chinese htudent nader.
stand that bic must pay ior his books
anyway. The salaries az ths teaehsn.
all ~ WHOM are 10 br men and women.
and who have formerly taught liz
Chinese ia sunday schools. viii X
paid from fund - which nnmhsf
~ missionary soc,etie, will Goa
tribute.
hunry Is mort plentiful. and eom,
manda lower rates 81 interest Ii 81
Louis aud Philadelphia than Ia any
other citiss 1f gAr United sgAtcA Maeh
~ Tie idle capital hvru has been %.
into trust companies laiciy, bu, irUm
the organization pftwo rather original
enterprises the either day i. scrHs that
there arr enough munryrd men 10
mako experiments with lhrtr capital
i their appcare - ~ d Tex ,tima,c psus.
pcct ls fair profit ia ,hc schcpes pro
posed, One ~ these new eompsuiea
has bought a. islaud Ia the MissIN,ipp
river Hbnut forty miles from ~ Louis.
aud has planted il with sUa pecan
.Trcs The mcu AZ the bead % the
t"mpauy urv t1uhirnt that they win
make q l0i n money ns suou as the
trees hrgin tn bear. They claim
.bnt they have on ,hrjr tslaud about
d same ei'nuEe that there il In those
parts " Icsna whore thr best PECAN
suta grow
The other company was organized 70
lHy apple orchards IN Illinois and Mis.
.nuri aud plant more ,rrcs than their
present owners arr able % manage
The owners ~ tho orchards have IN
most cases gone into the companies
md wh"n they were unwilling 20 do
his the companies have bought their
arms outright This scheme was sug-
tested % the ST Louis investors BY
he condition ~ tho apple crop Of the
'niicd states for thc past three years
uring which time the east has had TO
COX 70 Illinois aud Missouri for the
'ulls of lts apples, The operations Of
hts company will make st. Louis the
argest apple market In the country ia
few years II IA very near that now,
'cw York being the only city which
andes moro OF the fruit
Ter brad Husband tamc UFrk 60 Llfe
plvru0uth pn h,a a. Eu1yh Arden