Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1909-01-07
From Qaiacy, Washington.
| wiIl hand THs PRESs a few l,cms

WIN hand FHE PRESS a few i'etsss-
! Al ie m.. Dec. 8, We taardSd a trasa
at Glen Allen. for Washington. aaa so,
into Sc. Louis At 7 p,m. Frpm 'l'erc vt
proceeded se Kansas Cs:y, ~'',s;.--, ..ts4es
a wait oi two hours, we got a Train for
Pueblo, Cole. passing through >ome
sne country In eastern KAesas Nad Col
sado and some that Was not 40 tine At
pachIo No changed cars ard started 80
cross the Rockies,
Oar train pulled oas sl=eas noon sra.
although We had considerable aAy,8gh3,
We are ssII Fe2gvtting shat ~e tats-se& !,
greal deal 81 the magnificent society
on cor route. Caayoa Gay. ehteas
mioing town ara iocaiien ot Nr4ng b at
The Colorado pssitsntsa9. was tpe hrs
i,agprtans psins ard tine ueyt was t'rsaj
Junction. tlne city in the ecoSag 81 tYc
great Colorado gruit belt
TSen c6rttata brought uS ttyageh 'ba
yoa'Eal ps,rt u t''sh ard The GFeas s,!l
Lake valley Utah Is teau,isal s.ass
ard hUe fatntaR rogusfy W. ass gs.e
Gyrat Ssd iske sna lbcn .ys>.csj s-srs
/ She ecouutgl elgy @. the saqc ramc.
From 'berr we ratsr 10 Ogden, ~ se
changed nags aad 4sad ttuse so i,ss& 3ser
tsge ctiy, Il a ~ !stes Nv fopr,
Froia ebetr il.ru idaho and Ottg9u ta
sposaue, Wash, SPOKANE. Though fsot,
as large a. Seattle. IS thr ,pos, ts.snsb.
taI et;y tn ,)ie stair aod is spBea3id5s
located.
Our nexi pa!nt wEs Everett, HHteaGa.
a;eIy hAving 10 erpsss thc Cascade H,eun-
tains nj night. ,ioprie.ug us Of yiew al
the country.
We reached Everett Tuesday n,oFn-
ing, Dec. Is, and remained ,here until
Dec. q |, tsa flne city OF about Al.sssl
inhabitants and IL principally engaged
in Misunderstanding and ~ located ON
Puget sound. where thcr la splendid
view.
The people there claimed sha times
were harder than year ago, ba, there
seemed TO be work al from s. day UP
for everybody who wanted II, The cosi
VI living, though, II much higher than
In Missouri.
WAS in Everett twelve days and only
saw the sun one time. From there we
came back. ii0 miles. to Quincy, small
town oi 800 population, iss miles from
Spokane and located la the central par,
Of Washington. near the great wheat
bend. This is prairie country and has
been settled in the last seven years, The
principal crop Is wheat. and that was
failure last year. Land in this vicinity
is held at s2s to $50 and upward per
acre.
We are living in Quincy now, and are
all having very good health. tind here
more people from Missouri than from
any other state, and every one thinks
there Is great future for this country,
as il is expected to be irrigated. In that
event | do not see what can hinder rapid
advance to the front. II Ia level and
water can be secured, II grows 10 to 30
bushels Of spring and ~ bushels and
upward Of fall wheat per acre. II ia be-
lieved also chat great fruit bel. is here,
as there are already three and four year
old orchards that are begisning TO bear
fruit.
While this is hne country Il IL not
as far ahead Of Missouri as some would |
have us believe. II 10 heaithial, but | |
am no. going 10 run Missouri down until |
! see some more OF the West.
With best wishes for The PRgss and |
its many readers.
r. o. zmSKRmAs.