Blackfoot news. (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1891-1902, 1896-09-19
editorial Correspondence.
HOTEL PAXTON. OMAHA, I
September i.4th, 1896. J


promise of second letter before Ee-
surning to the Grove City. 1.-THE leyeliest
village Of the plains
Our first letter, you viii remember,
was written when we were running 40
miles an hour, Through the laxurlant
corn and pumpkin fields along the
Platte, now famous because OF its boy
orator.
Leaving Omaha and Council Rlnus
we saw nothing OF the country nntil.we
reached Salnbra junction, lSs miles
west of Chicago, on the Chicago, Mil
wankee s. ST. Paul railroad. Here the
sun peeped over the hills on Us. sand are
changed cars for St. Paul. A day ride
was now before ns and our route MAS
along the banks Of the MississippiriEer-
The woods and scenery made mp ocf
many varieties of trees, nnderbrushand
vines, with she many tinted hnes of
their leaves presented q picture of
beauty we had not seen since sge .oross-
ed the Appalachian system Of laoan-
tains in the East,
We breakfastsd a. DEbnaae, sansold
river town, apparently going 70 decay
as others Of its kindred stowns shieh
donrishsd when steamboating MAS ia
its palmy and profitable days. 1TxsHty
minutes Ksre all ne waHtsd for -Du-
buqne and a dubuque breakfast The
next town Of interest MAS rL-aeCFosse-
Whether this t0En made the once net
ed Brick PomeF0y famous or sBrieaz
made the soSn famous. this deponsRs
knoEeth not, but for years Brick and
the toxin xere one sad insspaea5lea1d
his paper, the Democrat, was asrsd bet
rs politics Is 10 Nebraska
There are many aaonrishing lawns
along this route and none aPRaEe1tly
more 30 than WinOaa, the bone 81
Judge Berry, who WAS once 1s1eEnstC
our Idaho people, and well &sDownfeI
some decisions handed down fFomsthe
bench during his official term .insthe
Third Judicial district. 1sRhe odd gan
tleDan Is liying, IS in goes bealth, aud
We have no doubt, has me Sane eolC
hankering after eofiee. de could rDe
have. outgroYn.this feeling in.tbe,tes
years he has been from Idaho. JBaftal'
Bills wild west show wason in tbe.togyl
when we passed and the old gsatlsmal
could tell his friends how much Bill
Indians reminded him vi Lay Hoe
and other Idaho Indians. WiDoaa IS
beautiful eityeof30.000.
lAt2p. m. we ran INFO ST. Pal. on
pofthetwin cities Of.the great sSegth
West. Ne shall POT ssteInRt Orelpe
this city and Minneapolisto the fOeu
of newspaper eolamn. TbsS aaretO
big for that They are .nagnihesr
cities With 1.-the ID eetiye magnitiesE
implies. Fheyare both NIX inleg, elite
Mckinley 70 the core. Their rneKsp
pers are all for Mckinley and the
people read and talk Mckinley.
From the Tgin Cities We next vel
10 Faribault, Minneseta, our objects
point when leaving BlaelsfOot. .Thisl
sabeautiful town OF s.0vO Peeple. 4
educational advantages are unsBspas
ed by any one city 81 the West. 1pa
elevated woodland PARK serossthe triE
overlooking the town are fiye rdistin
institutions ~ learning 4two State i
situations, one femsleepllege, one tbs
Logical seminary and one military aea
envy. The buildings 1gfall 81 them 4.
of the latest esignsgf aRchiteetpre a
modernly eguipped With the best ~
latest furniture and fxtures. The mi
Aary academy buildings are spperb-s
OF white granite, 81 beautiful ,ssesigg
and in o year or two their outer va
will be clad in yinesfrom the basemf
tothe great clock tpRer IEhe EvoS
land park in which the bpildiHgs q
eentrally located are beautiful wi
their serpentipe driyeways, sEalk va.
grasses and fowers. At this aGsGeI
welsfta BlaGkfoot boyto pluck sope
the advantages oEered bgthis spleps
fnstitutiop0f learning. Gtfstplbe boz
that he viii be q credit ~ his h9
town, an honorto himself and an hoE
10 the institution which 1yfteI5 3
these advantage.
From Faribaut we made q might >
toGhteago, and spent Saturday III n
Windy City, YeFitably ii 10 windy
politics just nov We weFeabopt 10
auartersand heard soTethipg0fAllasl
ip all the camps Standing ~ ST
stEest IN the afternoon and booking
Jose aiFeeti9n II seemed a. IL eyeryib,
was hurryipg ip 0pe way, then l09e
Az the other firectf9n and eyerybs
was hurrying that Bays and ~ A. ~ a
IN politics, atone headguaFters the 4
was all one way, and at the other he
quarters " was oil toe other W
Wherever yoy happened ~ be 1t .
that way and only that way. Atstz
the evening we left for home a1s
si20 this m9Fpipg, crossed the MINI
river, and vt ~ tbis D, M viii ~