Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-15

regarding tne WOth was W uhact o"No ~
the State, our talk drifted to other matters
and / soon found that Iowa has its politi-
cal scraps as we'll as other States. Brcther
Judson was about to go to Gienwood, his
county seat, TO attend the County Conyen-
tion which promised to be an interesting
affair. | was invited to accompany him,
but declined to go, foreseeing enough
trouble in store for me, without mixing
with politics Such was my FIRST intro
duction 20 politics in Iowa, not nay last ex-
perience with them, however as ] saw
many Of the candidates for office quite ire
quently during my travels, and was often
taken for an Office seeker makiag personal
canvas of the voters.
i At.9.40 that morning 1 left Balfour for
Council Bluffs, which City was TO be my
headquarters, and from which pOint was
to work for some time.
Brother Judson telepboned to Brother
w. R. Price, who was to be my travelling
Icompanion during my stay IN the State,
bat had received no answer when the train
Ikeft. find that Iowa is far in advance of
New Jersey in the Independents telephone
iservice, practically every farmer in most
I.sections of the State being connected with
l'that service. Until recently the telephone
a,trust has been able TO keep the Independ-
4 ent peopleSout of the business, but since
the Independents have gained foes hold,
they are making rapid headway and threat
en- to drive the trust to other fields.
After riding swensy Eve miles, part of the
distance along the banks of the Missouri
river, well nicknamed ''The Big Mutldy, /"
we reached the City Of Council Bluffs.
:, On arriving at shat City was not sur
prised at the latter half,of its name, for by
casting my eyes to the east, i couia see the
, high bluffs which rise abruptly from the
river valley. Bus thefisst part Of she name
was mystery to me until i was informed
later that the point had been the scene of a
council held between Lewis and Clark and
the Indians, during their famous expedition
/, up the Missouri river.
: council hossse was also located here
when the early white settlers made their
arrangements with the red men, who were
plentiful at that time, but which are ne
, more numerous there now thaR in New
E Jersey
I Immediately went to the hotel BrotheE
{ Judson had directed me to, and was soon
comfortably quartered in the Hotel Grand
E which, which is fully up to the standard
| it's name would imply.
; Brother Price, who by the way is Secre-
) tary Of the State Grange Of Iowa. bad held
: council with Brother Judson over she Long
, Distance Telephone and drove to Council
7 Bluffs, from his home ten miles east, arriV-
, ling at about 800 O'Clock, coming directly
to the hotel, where we were to Zoe close
] companions and fellow workers fer some
, Sime, met. He had no difficulty in finding
! me as I sat in the hotel lobby, for he says
that as soon as he heard that was 70 work
Iowa be began studying my featnSes, as
> they appear IN the likeaess of me which is
in the proceedings of the last session OF the
r New Jersey State Grange, as he desired to
: find out what manner of saan was, as well
as he could from my picture.
Br0sher Price is a young man, fully alive
to the needs of the Iowa farmer. For sbe
past foar years, he has been successfHl
teacher an the schools Of Poteawattamie Go.
in which he liyes. The educational adFaa.
tages began to appeal TO him soon after bis
admission to the order, at Grange near bis
; home which was organized about two years
ago, and Of which he was charter mem
ber. His earnestness for the fature pros
perity and happiness of the Iowa farmers
prompted him to give up his duties in the
school room at great personal sacrifice, to
aid me in building up the grand old order
of the Patrons or Husbandry in the Hawk
eye State.
To mingle with those who are loyal to
the cause of Agriculture was a pleasure in
deed TO me- In passing / want to say shat
it has been my good fortune to meet with,
T and be entertained by the family Of our
: brother, Who by the way, is not married
) man. It does the weary wayfarer good to
$ meet family so congenial as is the Price
household The parents Of these five chill
J dren are, and have a right to be proud Of,
{. the three boys and the pair of twin daugh-
9 tiers just entering into pure and noble wo-
r manhood, both blonds, and resembling each
> other so closely that it would seem that the
young men who calls would be compelled
to tie blue ribbon on the one Of bis choice
! after be has decided whether il is A ice or
) Anna. But probably his eyes are sharper
/ than miae, and be will need no mark by
s which to distinguish one from the other.
: Brother Price and we're soon seated hack
3 ID my room, our map out, being carefully