Gloucester County Democrat. (Woodbury, N.J.) 1878-1932, 1906-11-29

room for two horses to pass through. Sit
ting in the wagon one may touch the sides
of the mountains. This drive takes you
up then on what they call the temple drive
to the Cave of the Winds, and standing at
this point one can look over this Canyon,
: and words cannot express the grandeur.
The trip in the Cave of the Winds takes
thirty minutes for you to go throngh, and
the various mineral formation is such that
) no mechanic or artist could reproduce
simply beyond description. The sad part
r of this is, that some sixteen years ago two
boys discovered this cave, and their fathers
undertook to open it up to the public, but
} not being known over the country, it was a
failure, and was sold for one thousand
dollars. At present it is mint to the
present owners.
J drive through the Garden of the Gods is
another interesting study. These various
formations forming and looking like monu-
ments of various kinds of animals and of
man These grounds are all owned by
General Palmer, and it is supposed that
some day it will be given to the city. I
had the pleasure of driving to the Generals IS
home and over his grounds which extended
for miles,
Travelling through the State of Nebraska
l went through the great corn belt | find
by investigation that there is only an aver
age corn crop, putting together with our
own conditions would say to the farmer
there is going to be good market for corn
this winter, and would advise not to be in
hurry to dispose of it. look for good
strong grain market. / find that here men
are planting grass called Alfalfa. This
grass grows SO rapidly that from two to
three crops can be cut season, and it lasts
indefinitely. 1t needs light soil with a
slight amount of moisture. I know of a
large tract of land, just recently purchased
for three dollars an acre, and before a
month they were offered five an acre for it,
but they refused, as they figure on getting
twenty dollars an acre a year from alfafa-
On our return trip we stopped at ST.
Joseph, and while there William Jennings
Bryan talked that evening, but as it was
several miles TO where be was gong TO
speak, and as time was limited, we did not
get to hear him.
/ Texas, TO my notion, is the coming State,
and want to be on record as saying that
Galveston, Texas, before many years will
be the greatest seaport in che world, and
the State Of Texas leading State. Calves
ton is the nearest seaport in America to the
Panama Canal, and will be the outlet for
all this great territory, including Mexico.
Stopping into the State of Missouri, the
| farmer there is making lots of money also,
since coal has been found. One farmer
heard of on small farm will realize over
500, 900 in royalties from coal shipped of
his place.
st. Louis is in the lead of progress. Since
the time Of the Worlds Fair she seems to
be jumping by bounds, she has several large
buildings now under construction, and Of
all the cities that was in, the building
construction seemed to be more solid and
I.built on more secure basis than any other
city. One Of the largest buildings under
construction there is the building of the
|SanitoI Chemical Laboratory. Company at
st. Louis, which is company Of over 5000
leading dentists over the United States,
who put up some Of the finest dental and
toilet preparations on the market to-day.
The writer was entertained in this city by
the President of this Company, Mr.. Her
man G. G. Tuytus ST. Louis has a great
future.
In passing through the cotton belt find
the crop short, and although the papers
predict low cotton market, it is impossi-
BILE, and as the present market shows, we
will have before long IL cent cotton if not
more, and another season of II cent cotton,
and this section Of the country will be
swimming.
/ The Western people remind me Of plum
gers, but they seem to win out. When
we stop and compare ourselves with them,
we begin to have very slow feeling, and
must confess that we are not in the race.
Meyer before in the history Of the world
has there been such boom in building
construction as is now taking place in the
| United States. From all parts Of the coun-
trv reports show that billions of dollars are
being spent IN an endeayor to provide
homes for population which is increasing
by leaps and hounds. St. Louis and
Chicago are enioving boom without paral-
lei in the history Of those cities Balti-
more has just been celebrating It's remark
able rise from the ashes Of the great fire.
San Francisco, believe, bids fair to excel
Baltimore's record. New York is con-
structing new skysorapers representing
investments amounting to 500, ,0oo, 900, so
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