Daily capital journal. (Salem, Or.) 1896-1899, 1896-07-22
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L .tter from a Travelling Scribe Eastward
Bound.
ON THE TRAIN FOR ST. Louis,
Julv 18. 1896. (

July IS, 1896.
We are ripping along east down tE'
valley OF the Yellowstone. l have
seen no very heavy crops anywhere, OF
any great evidences Of prosperity. In
the little mining towns Of Idaho there
was great enthusiasm for Bryan and
sewall. At one place tie principal
saloonkeeper had elevated an oil
painted 10 to sign, covering the
whole front Of his building with im-
mense portraits of Bryan and Sewall'
No matter what people may say OF
saloonkeepcrs elsewhere, ln mining
regions they are respected ahd men OF
influence. That 10 to Bryan saloon
sign means great deal 10 the close
observer Of American politics. IL
would be highly interesting II for
once the saloons and the prohibition
Ist worked side by side In tie Gauss OF
humanity. / do MT believe the rank
prohlbtlonIsts will support Bryan,
because hard times has been the most
potent ally Of the Prohl. Men are
learning 10 do without stlmulants
from force Of habit because they have
no money 10 spend for drinks. The
scarcer the circulating medium the
less money Is spent IN saloons.
At Mlssoula inquired for my old
friend Herr Bandmann, who play, d
Shakespeare TO empty houses at Salem
IN 1890. lie Is still running his horse
and cattle ranch near here, and !
asked the hotel keeper to give the old
man my regards.
AZ Hope, Idaho, a man with a big
red silk Bryan badge was at the depot.
care there any Bryan men here beside
yourself ?" | asked. "Beslde myself"
he exclaimed, his eyes dllated with
surprise and his nostrlls quiverinP,
"If we find laborlng man or any
man who expects 70 make his living
of the people OF this country who is
not Bryan man, we win sink him
to the bottom OF lake Pen d'oreille."
This recalls what Helena man said
about voters In that town who wanted
60 vote TO locate the capital at Butte.
"FIrst he had a few fights on the way
10 the polls, then knockdown, and
then he stayed In the calaboose till
the polls were closed"
l came through with man who
was at Helena % years ago. 1t seems
strange now 10 ride through the Vel
lowstone valley and think that back n
few years these hills now fed over by
peaceful Holsteins were black with
buffalo. An occasional bear chained
20 a post In some railroad town Is the
last vestage OF the savage life that
once peopled these mountains. In
Western Montana, one sees an occa-
slonal pointed tepee of the Sioux and
Blackfoot Indians.
On the train was the woman who
continually hectored her little chill
drcn. She could not allow them TO eat,
move, sleep, breathe, or speak with
out letting flow acontlnual stream OF
comment, gabble, vcorrectlon and crit
icism The children looked nervous,
weary and irritated. There was no
repose for their souls and naturally
they were querulous and troublesome.
A fowl can be turned out anywhere
and II VIII eat what Is good for IL. A
lamb at three months knows which
ones of thousands of plants to eat.
But a child that is a higher creation
than the animals must be fed food
like doses OF medicine.
Horse plains is one OF the prettiest
farming valleys. IN Western Montana.
IL Is twenty miles long and ten miles
wide, with cattle ranges running of
into the mountains each way. This
valley is well settled up, but more
are coming in. There is a market for
steers from ss5 10 sS5. one-year-old
heifers are worth Ell, There are
some OF the finest ranches in the state
here. There are rich mining dis
trlcts on Prospect creek and Thomp-
son river was told the mercury
seldom goes 10 zero here. Wheat is
40 cents a bushel.