Union County courier. [volume] (Elk Point, Union County, D.T. [S.D.]) 187?-1913, 1897-07-08
LETTER FROM NJ. HOFFMAN.
The Trip of the Endcavor Party as Far
as Denver.

a. DSutCI.
EDITOR COURIER: We will keep our
promise and write TO you, aud you may
keep yours and do as you please about
publishing it. 1t made us feel CRATE
full to see SO many Of our friends at the
depot to bid US good by and a safe jour
ney.
There were eight in our Elk Point
party who bought tickets for San Fran
cisco. A. Anderson of Brulc and Fl.
Thompson of Sphinx joined our Elk
Point six. Altogether we contributed
quite a sum to the soulless corpora
lions: but then we all do it, and then
want to kick them.
We had nice ride to Manila. where
we arrived at , o'clock. Here the yell
low Christian Endeavor badges began
10 show themselves. Reached Omaha
at 4, where the crowd was a jam and
the depot a sweat box. The excur-
sionists turned out in larger numbers
than the Burlington anticipated. They
had to put on two extra special trains
OF nine sleepers each. Everybody who
wanted to travel took the excursion in,
emigrants as we'll as pleasure seekers.
The railroads know what banner to
use to draw the crowd.
Miss Luella Comfy and Wash Perez
val former Elk Pointers, met us here.
Left Omaha at 7 p. H., one hour late.
The crops looked about the same in
Dakota, Iowa and Nebraska, except
that they are a little better worked in
Iowa and Nebraska. In crossing the
Platte river we were surprised to see
such a wide and shallow stream, as
ugly as the Missouri, though not SO
muddy. AT Lincoln we we're joined
by another train load with one Wagner
sleeper from Canada and two from New
Hampshire. Had a fine, cool nights
journey. Everybody slept fairly well
and woke up in McCook, a nice Ne
braska city of 1000 inhabitants. Here
a large Christian Endeavor banner
was stretched across the street, and
here we had to set our watches back
one hour for time gained by travelling
west. Remained here three long hours.
Could not tell why until afterward,
when we saw where one excursion
train ran broadside into stock train,
smashing two or three cars into smith
Greens and killing some twenty head
of innocent cattle-the worst wreck we
have seen for a long time. The opin-
ion is that the railroad overdid Itself
and took more than it could handle.
Western Nebraska is rot success.
Saw but little stock, and houses far
between. The valley lands look very
we'll. but the hills are white from the
dry shifting sands. 1t is dry coun-
try. all right. We will take our farm
in Union County and quit grumbling
We stopped at Akron, Colo, twenty
minutes for a ? o'clock dinner. Here
some near and dear relatives met US
with big basket full Of choice lunch.
The towns along here prosper quite
we'll from the proceeds of irrigation
and buffalo grass. After leaving Akron
we came in sight OF the mountains,
within ninety miles of them. One not
expecting them would think them
storm clouds, though when closer to
them they did not seem as large as
first appearance gave them.
II We arrived in Denver at O'Clock,
which gave us time enough before
dark to circle around the city on the
street cars. Every one speaks we'll Of
Denver. 1t is a nice, clean city, with
water jets and sprays, flowers and foli
age on almost every lot.
The Endeavorers were too many fOl
the railroad boys. 1t was all confusion
about the depot: schedule time wa,
Abandoned; trains seemed to come and
go whenever they could get ready; bu
l guess it does not make much differ
ence, as everybody seemed to have +;
good time. NJ. HOFFMAN.
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