The Middleburgh post. [volume] (Middleburgh, Snyder Co., Pa.) 1883-1916, 1900-08-23
THROUGH THE WEST.
Hon. George Alfred Schoch
Describes His Trip to a
Post Reporter.

dent of the First National Bank and
also President of the Board of Mau-
ayers of the Main Shoe Company,
Limited, returned a few days ago
from an extended tour through the
West. He was met at his office
the other evening by a PosT repor-
ter and asked for an account of his
itinerary.
"Well," said Mr.. Schoch, | left
Middleburg Monday, July md, ar
rived at Pit;sburg the same day,
where remained until Tuesday
morning, when | left on the b. q O.
tor Chicago, spent July 4th in Chi
cago; took the Chicago Il Alton
road for Kansas City, No.. where
| arrived at 9 a. m. July 9TH. |
stopped at the Baltimore and hunted
up the Pennsylvania delegation and
made my headquarters at that hotel.
| attended the convention on the aft
ernoon ofthe 9th and the morning
session of the 9th. | heard Senator
Tillman of South Carolina read the
platform and heard Senator Hill
and other Democratic celebrities
sueak.
"Were YOU present when BRYAN
was nominated?' asked the reporter.
"No, | am sorry" replied Mr..
Schoch, 81 arrived too late at the
morning session for that. | was
present though when Stevenson was
lnominsted. It was Z srass.eenven-
on even II it was democratic. Kan
sas City is one of the most flourish
ing cities West of the Mississippi.
They have immense stock Yards and
slaughtering houses and is a city
wcrth travelling the distance to see"
JAUNT IN KANSAS.
saturday, July 9TH, | went to
Newton, Kansas, and from there to
Putnam, Kansas, where met Mich
ael Shambacher, andSoworro Bow
resox and the Howell family. All
seemed to be prosperous. They have
good crops. never saw such good
wheat. They have an immense crop
of corn and oats is good too. spent
several days there. Then Soworro
Bowersox took meto lIalstcad, where
1 saw John, Robert and Michael
Drcesc and took supper with Abra-
ham Hassinger, where we were roy
ally entertained, after which we re-
turned TO Putnam. Next day |
went to Newton, called on DR.. Con-
RAIDS sons, who have nice drug
store and put up at Hotel Newton.
During my stay saw my old friend,
Henry Benfer, county commission
er of Harvey county.
"Thur.day evening, July 13, at
1890, | left Newton on the A. L.
e st. Fe Ry going via Of Topeka
for Atkinson, where ] arrived Fri
day at 7 a. M, stopped at the Ey-
rum, took in the town, which is an
active one, a good business place and
one of the oldest towns in the West.
VISITED NEBRASKA.
/ left Atchinson on the Burling-
ton & Mo. for Falls City, Neb., a
town of 1000 or 5000 people, where
| spent the Sabbath. This town
seems to have a very prosperous fu-
tnre. There ID surrounding it a very
productive country and is one of the
best / have ever seen. | visited the
Indian reservation, consisting of 50,-
600 acres which the government
owns but gives the free use to the
red man. The Indians are very in
dolent. They do not farm it, but
rent it at So per acre Tor others to
farm. The government gives an
nually the sum of $50 to every man,
woman and child in the reservation.
From here l took the b. g. NJ. for
Lincoln, the capital of the state of
Nebraska, a place with which you
are familiar. l stopped at the Lin
coin. 1t is the best hotel in the city,
where l was given the best of enter
tainment. 1 spent Monday, July 16,
in Lincoln and met A. K. Gift, B.
Parks, E. p. Leonard, Homer Bur-
left and M w. Folsom tho la.t