Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1903-07-10
Journey to Omaha Through Six
Great Farming States.
Impressions BY the Way, Gained
From a Car Window Inspec-
.tiOn of the Country.
lEdltorlal correspondence.j

bold its eighteenth annual meeting
here this week. The meetings prop
er do not begin until tomorrow,
but already about 100 delegates are
on the grounds end a reception will
be gwen tonight at the principal
theatre, at which address of well
come by the mayor and other prom
inent citizens will be made and re-
/ sponded to by officers of the Asso
citation.
The Journey from Hopkinsville
to Omaha is through one of the
richest agricultural regions on
earth. 1t is $50 miles to st. Louis,
327 miles over the Burlington Route
to ST. Joseph and thence up the
Missouri valley by the same Route
l121 miles to Omaha. This part of
the trip is made through Western
Iowa, with Nebraska in sight all
the way just across the Missouri
4 river Council Bluffs is opposite
lOmaha and one of the several
bridges over the Missouri is be-
tween these two cities. After pass
ing through the mining district of
Christian and Hopkins counties,
the rich farm lands of the Ohio val
ley are tTaversed. Wheat cutting
lis over IN this region and the light,
/ ness of the crop was everywhere
shown by the scattering array of
shocks in the fields. Corn in the
Kentucky counties was looking we'll
and. the crop prospects seemed to
be very bright. Across the river
at Henderson we encountered i'm
mediately the new style of corn
planting. The soil is so productive
that the farmers have adopted the
6 plan Of drilling in rows to be plow-
ed only one way, the stalks stand
ing only IL inches apart in the rows.
This is said to double the yield oI
: corn, where the soil will stand it.
All through Indiana and illinois,
along the line of the Louisville &
Nashville railroad, the corn was
planted this way, and while the
corn is not so advanced as IN Ken.
lucky, it gives promise of fine
crop, with favorable seasons from
now on. The fertile prairie lands
: of Egypt" are said to be rich for
ten feet down and there is no limit
to the productiveness of this garden
spot of Illinois.
At East st. Louis there is still
much evidence of the damage done
by the recent floods. Hundreds of
workmen we're seen busily engaged
in clearing away the piles of rab-
bish and repairing the damage to
railroads and buildings.
AS we passed through Evans
Vile we found intense excitement
growing out of the riot the night be-
fore, caused by mob's attack on
the Jail in attempt to lynch negro
who had killed a policeman. The
worst part of the riot was in pro-
lgress about the time we passed
through the city, but the details
were not known until we reached
st. Louis.
The big Union Depot at st. Louis
is one of the finest in the country
1t is said there are from 10000 tc
$4,000 arrivals land departures al
this depot every day. Yet there is
no confusion, and no difficulty in
learning what to do. There is an
Information Bureau and those leav-
ing Missouri who have to be shown,
can find man to answer questions
who cannot be stumped by any in
terrogation. He can tell anything
you want to know about the arri-
walls and departures of trains, or
about connections anywhere that
St. Louis railroads lead to.
Having. several hours to wait
here for the fast night train to
Omaha, we put in the time very
pleasantly by visiting the beautiful
Forest Park. This is reached by
, taking the LaClede avenue car al
the depot and going out FIVE miles
/ through a residence section of ST.
Louis. There is great deal q