Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1893-04-01
WINTER IN ST. LOUIS.

WAITING Parties-lee and Coal r...
chsap--A Nurses Good Fortuna
ST. LOUIS, Mo, Jan. ON two :,
the great parks OF tho city, Lnfave,,s
park and Forest park, skaters 4.
thousands, have enjoyed themselves
since New Years Day. The skating
in each of the parks is equally goo5
but there Is social distinction ~
tween those who skate ia Lafayetts
and those who so out 10 the park. ~
Forest park, IL was good-humored
scramble all the time TO keep out Of ~
way of somebody, while In L.afayette
most Of the skaters know each other
and the skating goes ON with mueb
more formallty. Some Of the fashion.
able people gave skating parties h
Lafayette park during the week. In.
yitations. letteFed inside the picture
of skate, would be sent out, and i've
prizes would be given, one for the best
skater, and the other for the skater
who got tbs most falls ID is seldom
that the cold weather ever lasts this
long ia ST. Louis. and the lee concerua
are making the best Of IL Some Of the
companies are cutting fifteen thous.
and tons day. This sounds enoY-
nous, but in fact, Il Is the report Of
only one of tho seven ice-harYestlng
sYndicates OF the city. All OF these
say that tho price OF ice thls summer
will be oRe.foarth less than il was
last season.
Speaking OF ice, coal Is naturally
suggested. and il Is worth while "a
Aay mat Ia every city OF the sixe Of 81
Louis just now. the prizes Of this fuel
Is ~ least one-third higher than Il Is
here one can buy soft coal here Al
II cents a bushel and anthracite az
s72 a ton from any coal dealer. Com,
pare those prices with those that pre-.
vail in New York. Chicago, Boston ana
Cincinnati, even, and SEQ what An ad.
vantage ST. Louis haA These prices
are 10 the retail trade; the wholesale
consumers, OF course. pay much lesa.
The reason for the low prices Is one
taat assures the St Louis man that
ha cheap coal can never bo made
higher By q combine. The coal capital
here has tried 70 control the market.
and failed for natural causes Wsshla
thirty miles % The city. In this state
and Illinois. there arc inexhaus1lble
beds 81 coal. so near the Aurfaee that
IL takes but little money 10 mias IL
Farmers frequently strike oeda u coal.
while blowing. aink shafts with
their hired men. and then sell out 70
company 81 miners New mines are
opened every year by new men. and
the supply Is kept up 20 tho demand. 70
that thern u never any violent fiugsgs-
tion la the price. 10 many cities. the
coal bill ~ the man % tmAll mcans
worries him morn than his rent In
s. Louis. his coal costs him hardly
more than his street car fare.
The true tales Of money made 10 real
estats n s. Louis Just now. have
pleasant sound 10 the car. like stories
ono hears % fortunes got In mining.
There are so many electric railways
being built IN aud around tho city that
the man who bought n lot last year
Tor homestead finds very likely thla
year thEt Il u too valuable for him 70
hold for that purpose. and no sells IL
and buys another still further IN Tho
suburts, which hc will probably end
himself selling next year for tho same
reason. One instance OF this occurred
10 hospital nurse. Sha had bought
a lot on time payments for thousand
dollars, paying $40 . month. Her In
come was thirty and she lived on less
than twenty. Before she had paid
$500. tho Assembly gave n suburban
road tho right 20 run by tho block
where her lot was A Spectator
bought her lot for 5000 cash lie
will mako money, Of course. but che
has got sum Of money whose inter.
est will provide for her AZ long as she
"vea Hundreds Of similar anecdotes
might DO told Of people who have
bought suburban property In tho last
Nrec ycsrs.