The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-05-20
Letter From Rev. CofrelI.

Editor Daily Register.
DEAR SIR AND. Bro. Your in
teresting and progressive little
sheet reaches us regularly on the
morning of the third day after it
leaves the press, and it's columns,
always bright and newsy, are
perused by us all, from the oldest
to the youngest; and we almost
imagine ourselves again walking
your streets, and greeting familiar
friends as of other days. No peo-
pie hayea warmer place in our aft
fections than have the citizens of
your pleasant little city. AS L
was musing this evening after
working in my garden for awhile,
tmy mind turned back to the
balmy spring days which we en-
joyed on the banks of the historic
Ohio and Kanawha rivers, and /
thought perhaps line from the
Northwest might be of interest to
some of your readers, many of
whom remember as old friends.
L can not attempt description of
this country in this short letter
but will give you brief account
of my recent trip to the seeaiona of
the North Dakota Annual Confer
ence which met in the city of
jamestown in the Southwestern
part of the State. We left home
on the evening train which we
found crowded with delegates on
their way to the Republican State
Convention, to be held at Fargo.
They all appeared to be Mckinley
men, judging from conversation
and badges. The Great Northern
Railroad runs parallel with the
Red River of the North several
miles west of the river, affording a
magnificent view of the famous
Red River valley, the greatest
wheat producing section of the
west, if not of the world. Along
this line we find number of
furnishing towns and cities, beau
tiful for location and presenting
an appearance of permanence and
improvement, equal to many of
our Eastern cities, though the
oldest have been scarcely score
of years in existence. AT the city
of Fargo we took the Northern
Pacific to the west going by way
of Spiritwood Lake to the James
River valley, up which lay our
route to our destination. This
part of the State is very different
in it's formation of soil and natural
phenomena to that of the Eastern
part instead of being dead level
and the soil of alluvial and gumbo
as in the Red River valley, the
surface is undulating, andy in
4 places abrupt bluffs and mounds,
some of which are magnificently
picturesque, as they arise from
the prairie in some places assum-
ing the majesty of small mountains,
timber and rocks excepted these
elevations are bare and unpro-
ductive, having scarcely any soil,
the formation is sand and small
pebbles, similar to that which is
found in river and ocean beds and
suggests that they were deposited
during the glacial period. The
low lands are productive and gen
orally cultivated; as we passed. a
number of small lakes could
see in the distance large hocks
of birds arise and fly away
as the train approached; up
on inquiry I learned that these
we're wild geese and ducks which
are abundant in these regions at
this season of the year. and afford
great amusement for the sports
man. Reaching jamestown we
found very pretty town of some
25OO inhabitants, location beauti-
full, fine buildings, good streets,
Lighted by electricity and the peo-
pie intelligent. pushing and gem
ial. Rev. w. E. Loomis, formerly
a member of the West Virginia
Conference, is Pastor of the church
in which the services were held.
Having spent week attending
the Conference, and having receiv-
ed our appointment to this town,
in answer to petition from, our
congregation, to the Bishop, we
have returned home and taken up
our work for another year. We
are pleasantly situated and our