The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1904-01-20
Letter From Missouri, BY VIM. shiyes
to the Vail Observer.
SALISBURY, Mo, JAN. 2,.1so.

SALISBURY, Mo, JAN. 2,,19O4.
CRAWFORD COUNTY OBSERVER,
Dear SIR
When left Crawford county prom
ised some of my friends that they
should hear from me through the col
umns OF your valuable paper and no
4 doubt you are feeling disappointed by
this time. but want something to talk
about before beginning. AS I'have been
living in north Missouri almost ten
months believe amscapable OF stat
ing to the Observer and its many
readers who are my friends, some i'm
portant facts pertaining to north Miss
ouri
| First I will say that am we'll pleas
ed with the county, which is all / ex-
pected it to be. | am located in Char
/ iton county. three miles,north of the
town of Salisbury which is on the main
line Of the Wabash Ra2lroadsand has a
population Of 5000 and is one of the
best towns between st. sLouis and
Kansas City. The distance to Chicago
is 40 miles, 1863 miles to.St Louis, 1OS
miles to Kansas City and 242 miles to
Omaha, SO you will readilyssee that we
have all the privileges THAT are neces-
sary to the popular markets. Our rates
to Chicagoon stock are 21Scents, to
st. Louis IA cents to Kansas City l2l
cents. This is good stock country
aud much better grade of stock than
| expected to see here. We can grow
any kind of crops here that we could
grow iii Iowa and more of them and
have more time to do general farm
work here than you have in Iowa. We
have a heavier soil here than Iowa soil
aud it is tride harder to plow but all
it wants is good farming ana the results
will be satisfactory clover grows fine
here. both red and white. blue grass is
a native, OF this country and timothy
grows as high as my head. But we do
not have a good class of farmers here
and they are not inclined to do any
more work than is necessary to- make
living. All this country wants is more
Iowa and Illinois farmers here to show
those natives what can be done with
this country. There is in my mind
great chance here for speculation in
land. There is land here that can be
bought from $50 TO $40 per acre that
seems to me we'll worth the money. our
country is more or less underlaid with
coal. in many places the coal isssicking
out of the top of the ground. can buy
good coal at $1.7O per ton. On our
streams we have choice grade of hard
wood timber which is being sawed into
lumber by our local saw mills. This
lumber can be bought from 1924 to SIS
per thousand which of course, would
LOOK cheap to an Iowa man. So taking
all things into consideration, there Is
no excuse for the man that goes hungry
here. People here live well and live
easy and al seem to enjoy life real we'll.
There are many farmers here living on
~ ~ w u
good living. But, for myself. l still
believe in the old Iowa style, that is. to
Buy plenty of land to raise plenty Of
corn to feed plenty of cattle to buy
more land. We have $50 acres of land
aud are handling IT'S head OF cattle and
ioing business in the usual old way and
Russia and Japan happen to need
my of my beef will try and have some
| TO spare.
Now If any OF my friends should take
ny exceptions to what have written
I'd feel like coming down to see Mis-
auri shoul; be pleased to see them
md assure you will do my best to
ntertain them and to show them our
,ountry.
Wishing the Observer and it's
.trons the compliments of the New
y ear, | am yours,