Essex County herald. [volume] (Guildhall, Vt.) 1873-1964, 1899-06-16

votes time and money TO the enter
prise Of building up the city. 1t
has faith in its future and believes in
letting the rest of the world knew on |
what its faith Is founded. One Of |
the methods employed in advertising |
its many and varied advantages is in |
newspaper write ups. The following, !
written by the secretary OF the asso-
citation. recently appeared In the Chi
cagO Record:
Like an emerald clasped In set
ting of gold, the green clad hills and
dales Of Council Bluffs. Ia, nestle in
the great harvest field Of the world
Standing on the lookout point of Fair
mount park at this time. one sees first
the Incompatible verdurc of thou
sands of magnificent trees that line
the streets and give attractivcness 10
generously planned private grounds
and beautiful public parks and ave
nucs.
Seventy passenger trains each day Is
the record of this city Of Council
Bluffs. The converging point for alriv-
Ing passcngcrs and freight from all di.
rections and the grandcst distributing
facilities ever offered make one of the
most desirable locations for the manu-
facturcr and jobber In the country.
As manufacturing city Council
Bluffs has hitherto made no boasts, but
has gone ahead quietly, adding indus
try to industry until today her products
include boilers and engines, hoisting
apparatus, passenger elevators scales,
| wire fencing. agricultural implements
| of various kinds, wagons and car
/ rlagcs, bicycles. axle grease and lubri-
| cants, sirups, fruit Juices, vinegar,
soap, proprietary medicines, malt
stock, apiary supplies, pressed brick,
! baskets, stoves. furnaces ana hun
! DIRE and one articles which 20 to make
( glad the heart of the dwellers In the
great west. The ease with which the
entire west is reached has brought all
these Industries to Council Bluffs, and
| many of them have grown until their
trade Is not to be measured by the mar
row boundaries of states, but Council
Bluffs made goods are today on sale in
Australia, South America, Europe, Asia
and Africa.
The market gardens and fruit farms
and cOnsurvatorieS Of Council Bluffs do
an annual business of S30OO,OOO.
Council Bluffs grapes are the standard
The principal fruits raised here are
grapes both black and white varieties;
raspberrlcs, blackbcrrics, plums, ap
pies strawberries and cherries. while
most of the Other fruits common to the
northern portion Of this country arc
grown. alth, ugh not so extensively as
those mentioned. The demand for fruit
grown near Council Bluffs Is far be
yond the supply. and there is no better
, location for the fruit farmer thar
, among the sheltered valleys which sur
! round this city. The business done b.
= the conServat0rics here IS phenomenal
Council bluffs is prc-cminenuy /
good place in which to live. Twent.
. fine churches meet the demand TO
, places of worship, and - modern ant
, fully equipped school buildings nr
owned by the school district. which /
said to he the most advanced and sue
ccsSful in its methods of any in tn
great educational state Of Iowa. Fo
i the recreation Of the people the cit
, owns 745 acres Of public parks. til
= most notable Of which Is Fairmeun'
y containing so acres and located in til
, very heart of the city. Its hills an
dalcs are the resort of pleasure seeker
through the summer season ana II pro
videS ample accommodations for pit
mic parties of all sizes, from the fnnlil
nart- to the annual gathering Of til
Sunday school children. Besides Fai
mount are BayliSs and Cochran park
y also close to the business center, an
Island park and Lakeview park, fn
II thpr away. on opposite sides OF I'll
city. Two beautiful lakes convenient
Is near furnish boating. bathing and tiSl
ing and are reached by rail as we'll !
= by we'll kept driveways. 1t has bee
said that the drives about Counc
Bluffs are something to dream ahou
~ The physical formation of the countl
has made the roads leading out of Il
city as delightful In their romant
to beauty as any artist could desire.
y. The death rate of Council Bluffs
low-eight In 000-and as haven +
o: the catarrh ridden and hay fever rae
re ed eastern man the dry air Of the NJ
souri, river tablcland has been full
at proved.
he Council Bluffs has n superb electl
railway system, three steel hrldg
=, span the Missouri river ut this pOil
90 the city is lighted by gas and electr
,1 Ity, and its waterworks give the bt
80 service it Is possible to obtain. 1t is
o government port of entry. having be
made such by the demands Of It's j
bers. who make their purchases of f
cign goods direct from the manuf;
In turers. Rents are low and living che:
1t Is In the midst of the richest &C
r.. belt in the United States, and two c
vators. with capacity Of 2OO0.(
bushels. are located here to assist
- - handling the crop.
w. 1t is a beautiful city. Wise in tn
day and generation were the found
Eat Of Council Bluffs and the naples. "I
oW and poplars they planted IN years g
by today make toward one Of the III
his delightful spots on.thr footAool.
lite Council Bluffs is not Il big city
ire 600 will cover its present p0pulatio
MT but II has nearly doubled in the I
ton years. and the indications are t
ley the next decade Will witness IN
Ids crease propoltionatcly far grra
as With the rapid growth of the cont
.es- utlng territory such cOnSummat
will not be extraordinary,