The Glenwood post., 1906-09-29
A WfSTfRNtR
IN THE EAST
The Post Editor Has Varied and
Numerous Experiences While
Sightseeing
BETTER ROADS, FASTER TRAINS

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I am not quite sure that before
leaving home | actually promised to
contribute an article for the Post, but
have a very distinct recollection that
l was asked by the presiding officer
to do so. which is the only reason I
have for hoping that this effusion
may escape the waste basket or the
'declined with thanks pigeon hole,
for with the strenuosity of the past
two weeks. the rapidity with which
the scenes have chased one another
across the retina of my vision and
memory l feel that l ought to sit
down and quietly mediate upon, an
alyze, segregate and digest the events
of my trip rather than trust to my
pencil to describe them to the readers
of the Post
The trip across Nebraska, Iowa and
Illinois via the Union Pacific and
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul to
Chicago was uneventful except that
one Interested in the general welfare
of his country and possessed Of but
ordinary powers of observation could
not help noting the remarkable degree
of prosperity which that country ap-
pears to enjoy. The great fields of
we'll ripened corn, nearly all placed
in the shock and the numerous hay
stacks indicate splendid yield of
these principle crops while copious
rains have kept the meadows fresh
and the new crop of winter wheat is
now tinting the fields with green.
The farmers throughout Nebraska do
not stack their hay in yards as do the
Colorado ranchmen but scatter the
little round stacks, one in a place.
over the field in the most convenient
places and stackers and bullrakes seem
unknown to the Nebraska farmers.
As was roaming about South Om-
aha with murder in my heart, or. to
be more explicit, desire to XII II
time, / thought l wonld get shaved,
but upon the front of the only barber
shop saw was this peculiar sigu,
Satisfaction Guaranteed or Whiskers
Refunded. The place was not very
inviting in appearance and l did not
consider the rebate sufficient to war
rant ME in entering.
Going east from Chicago was sur
prised at the nearness of the telegraph
poles to each other and this .nearness
continued until | remembered that We
were travelling on the famous and
speedy Nickel Plate. To make sure
that the apparent nearness was not
an illusion, counted the poles and
found the usual number to the mile.
| then held my watch and timed the
train from one mile board to another
and found that we were spinning
along at the rate of 55 miles per hour
and l understand that a rate of a mile
mile minute is frequently maintain
ed for several miles, especially on
smooth stretches while the 523 miles
between Chicago and Buffalo is COW
cred at an average of 81 50 miles per
hour including all stops
In Illinois, Indiana, Ohio. Penn
sylvania, and New York the farms
are generally tidy and well swept
up" Much more so on an average
than are our Colorado ranches. OF
course, there is no law of the land
that they should be so but the owners
have found it Improbable to keep
them otherwise
In Colorado we build bitches to
carry water to our lands while in Ill-
nois, Ohio and Indiana they build
bitches for exactly the opposite pur
pose to carry the water off of the
lands, and the tiling industry has
now become an important business in
this country. Another noticeable fea-
ture of this country and one which l
must confess is quite in contrast with
the general conditions of the west is
the prevalence of good roads. The
country roads are we'll adopted for
automobiles and indicate great deal
of care and liberal expenditure of
public money for their maintenance.
The fruit of this section is very in
ferior to that of Colorado il the sam
Piles have seen are fairly representa-
tive of this great Lake Erie section.
The apples are small and gnarly,
pears ditto. while the peaches do not
begin to compare either in size or fla
vor with the splendid Elbertas of Col
orado but western New York produces
splendid grapes which they ship by
trainloads and poatloads to the New
York market.
While this country has many ad.