The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1901-05-31
HOME AGAIN.

Home again. After month of absence it is
good to be at home, good to see familiar faces,
good to know that once more you are among
friends. During the past month we have written
nothing for the Review and have taken complete
rest from newspaper work. 1t is not exactly graft
tying to the vanity to notice how little the paper
has suffered by absence but it is gratifying to
know that when called away the Review is left in
good hands and we wish to congratulate the junior
editor upon the excellent work he has done
| Since leaving Denison we have travelled about
three thousand miles in the states of Iowa Illinois
kentucky, tennessee, Arkansas, Indiana and Ohio
The scenes have been varied, some desolate and
drear and some beautiful, romatic and filled with
life and energy. An all-day ride through Kentucky
from Fulton to Louisville was one of the most en-
Joyable days of the trip. Kentucky is state of
many natural beauties, broad rivers, stately hills
sweeping valleys and thick leaved woods, but the
n lbltatlons are with but few exceptions poor and
squalid and one is reminded of the verses:
"Where every prospect pleases,
And only man is vile"
This is not literally true but the men certainly
have shftlessness and lack of pride in their sur
roundings which do not agree with northern
taste.
vim and has many handsome streets and residences.
The Capitol building is not nearly such beautiful
structure as the Capitol at Des Moines but in every
other respect Columbus surpasses all the Iowa
cities we have seen. A trip to the steel works at
night was one of the interesting events for u.s. In
the yards outside the pig iron was corded in great
piles waiting for the fiery ordeal of steel making
After being melted huge over head crane carries
If in laff1o ~,
real process of steel making takes place. There is
constant roaring of the flame forced to an almost
lncomPrehensible heat, the sparks fly up as from
some gigantic Fourth of July s'fre- pot and in but
short time the fiery fluid is ready to be poured
into the moulds. The moulds are about one foot
square and six or seven feet long. After the red
hot steel taken from the mould is re-heaed and
then it goes through the roller proc ess Men with
long Pronged iron forks guide the big block of
steel, much as our ice guide the chunks of ice
along the river, until it is gripped between two
heaVy rollers 1t comes out little thinner and
about eight or ten feet long The process is re-
Peated first under the big roller, then under
smaller one, and finally under one that is smaller
still, until it appears like thin serpent OF fire.
The steel is then ready to be cut up and cooled for
shipment to other factories where it is made into
all kinds and descriptions of things. The mill at
Columbus is one of the plants of the billion dollar
trust The men work by tonnage and the best
paid men receive from seven to eight dollars per
day. They earn it, There has never been strike
in the Columbus factory and the men do not belong
to the union.
The Sovereign Camp of the Woodmen of the
World, IN which we had the pleasure to be one of
the representatives of the jurisdiction of Iowa. Min
nesota, Wisconsin and Michigan was composed of
men drawn from many states. Besides the states
above mentioned, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Indiana,
Kentucky, Tennessee, West Virginia, North and
South Carolina, Georg ia, Florida, Alabama Missis-
slppl, Louisiana, Texas, Arkansas, Indian Terri
tory, Arizona, Colorado, Missouri and Nebraska
were renresented. The body Was composed of
slXty-three members and included many brainy and
brilliant men. Acquaintance were formed which
can never be forgotten. Sturdy Judge Robertson
OF Missouri, never afraid to do what he thought
was right and whose voice was lifted for every
measure OF economy and common sense methods:
the stately, eloquent and forceful Pendleton of
Tennessee; the genial Bradshaw of Arkansas: Nor
RS Sheppard, the darling OF the Texas delegation
and the pride of the whole camp for his eloquence
and kindness; Falkenberg of Denver the orator
of Woodcraft; Collier, Wells Fitzgerald and
Frazer, all silver tongued, enthusiastic, hard hit
ting orators; Mortimer, perfect fountain of sar-
casm and humor, and Lewis and Hughes, who
joviay made themselves the clowns of the conven-
ton and who carried off the honors of this difficult
role with greatest credit, are few of those whom
we shall never forget No jurisdiction was repre-
sented by harder working and more industrious
members than was the northern one. LaFrance
IF