Omaha daily bee., 1897-08-16

| Co Smith & Phillips. inscribed thereon;
| but the business addresses didn't follow.
When the shades OF night were falling
fast our train halted at a station to take
water.
"a farmer who had finished his DAYS
labor in reply to a question by one OF the
tourists, said: Yes, every mothers son OF
them Is a speculator. They are ChicpCo
fellows. They didn't buy the corn in the
Srins Tor fodder They speculate In it and
So Keep r tne , prices ices down, They won't let It
20 up until they are ready, and then whoop
whoop she'll go. II we could keep these
spectators away corn would be all right
80 You VIII observe that the wheat grower
mas consolation in the advancing price OF
grain, and the corn grower as he looks upnn
the well filled cribs Of laet years crop and
thence dowr the waving rows OF his corn
ntlgS, he does 50 with a hope far from dis
codraging
1T must not be inferred that these soil
ullers condne their acreage to wheat and
corn. The years of the past have taught
and potatoes. too.
II used to be that the wheat was nearly
all shipped east to supply the Touring mills.
or abroad In bulk for Nur English and Ger
man cousins. Much OF tuat which goes out
now hnds it's way into the great mills OF
Minnesota or is made into -four by nearby
mills for the home market
The agricultural cities and towns OF the
great northwest have suffered mcst from the
general business stagnaton. The farmers
nave not prospered for the past three or
lour years, and the merchants in the cities
and towns well know IT, II Is not a SYM
pathetic cOnditon-rather OF facts
THE EXPOSITION CITY.
Omaha has keenly felt the farmers condl-
ton. A growing city, tributary to the rich
agricultural country around It has mcasura-
bly, been at standstill But the omahans
are not of the kind to despair They can
snifr better conditions In the air Substen
tial is the evidence OF their faith in what
they claim Is to result from the coming
Transmississippi Exposition to be held here
during 1898.
In importance 1t will, they claim be next
to the Columbian or Worlds fair. Omaha
is in earnest and she points with pardCnable
pride to the magnificent fair site" by the
Missouri river, of the grandeur OF the pro-
posed buildings, of the vastnCss and interest
of the exhibits to come from the rich and
unlimited agricultural, mining and manu-
featuring territory between the broad MA-
sissippi and the rock ribbed Pacific.
Omaha Is lovely city. My first recol-
lection of 1t was that of a cowboy town. and
that Is within a quarter or a century. Broad
highways, filled with business houses aud
manufacturing plants, and miles OF well
paved Streets studded with gems OF homes
and beautiful and well-kept public parks
are in evidence of what can be done by
western enterprise and push inside OF
twenty-five years.
Omaha has the largest gold smelling
plant in the world, and it Is a great center
Of railroad tiuvel. Four or the great west
ern railroads converge here
The Missouri IS here spanned by three
iron bridges leading into Iowa, all at COun-
Gil Bluffs, two for steam roads. the other
for a trolley line and the general public.
It's close to five miles from Omaha to Coun-
ell Bluhs. The latter a city OF $4,000 20
10000 souls. 1t lies at the foot OF the gr5a,
BLUFFS where the Indians used TO counsel aut
takes its name therefrom.
Both cities obtain their water surqIy
from the turbulent and always muddy Ms.
souri,
by a new system Of storage in substds-g
reservoirs and flt'Gtion Omaha now aepl-
rates the water and mud, ani for the frs:
time in her history her people are enjoying
good clean, palatable water"