The Brinkley argus., 1906-09-28
HEADED FOR HOME.

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 Aboard Big Four Train. Sept 26, 'o6.
 Alter very delightful visit of four weeks in the Buckeye state. We are now headed for home. aboard the. celebrated Southwestern Limited Train of the Big Four Rys We are running along at 2 55 mile gait. The last mile was clipped off in just $ seconds and yet everything Is as smooth and easy as person could wish for. As I write. big trolley motor car-Limited Expfess-of the Columbus & Cincinnati trolley line . which parallels the Big Four for a number ofmllesA Ais-sIehted and. pass ed but even at our mica minute clip. we do not brush by t in asseconds lime. as you would think. for those trolley cars are speeders themselves and they are making 2 '45 mile per hour rate, so I an, told. Gradually the trolly falls behind in the race and am reminded of the wonderful system of electric, ,trolleys which cover nearly every nook and corner of the Buckeye state. s,~
 The electric car system insthe city of Columbus is with one exception Clos Angeles, California; the finest of any city I'have ever visited. For a fraction over 3 cents you may ride from any portion, Of ahe city fo'the extreme limit in any other direction, !, and inmany instances this one small s fare carries you 10 to T2 miles. There Is q Union lnterurban station In the . heart of the city where the Limited Express Columbus & Cincinnati car we have just spassed enters. as do all of the other Inteurban trolley lines. In Ohio. the railroad mileage on steam roads Is only cents per mile as a result of recent act. of the Ohio law makers. Until this act the trolley car fare was about half the regular railroad fare. By the use of the troll ley. the farmers of Ohio are findirg their lands raising in value at enor- nous jumps. Lands out 20 and 30 and even so miles from city, fcrm- eriy worth $40 to $65 per acre. have incr6ased until there is scarcely any for sale for less than 575 per acre, and $fOo to SIPS are now the prices tte farmers as generally being offered fof4hstf lands. f vas talking to sev- eral sclever and vsn-to-do farmers along the. trolley National Pike south of colgkbus. and to each one. ] told h5wx cur Monroe county improved land could be bought at from. SIS tc S3oIper acre; that one crop oHof the iandw0uid pay for it: that our town Brinkley w9x a nights ride soi St 4 lsoals. Kansas City, Chicago. Louis vfiies New OrleaHs.- and in a few hours ride of Little Rock. Memphis ani Hot Springs that our lands were never .fertilized. etc. These showed deep interest in what told them One sq them. a fine lookipg old fellow, who dwus 200 acres of this land which he can sslla any day for $l5o per acre, ss;iid 10 me: Fl ana anxious to see that Arkansas country. want my boys to see it. Land Is so dear here In Ohio that a young fellow can never hope to own farm except 1t be lei him. by his father. My boys are farmers and love the farm but there Is no show flor them to satisfy thei ambition to buy and pay for them farm up here. Won't you tell me more about that Arkansas country Send me some reading matter abou #, please. promised him l would Shad turn his name over to our req estate man.
 Here the engine whistles and We ,phsssve our approach to the. city Q Dayton. As we ara to stop off ther' md visit friends we get our grips to uother and here sep writing.