Omaha daily bee., 1911-08-13
FORTY YEARS AGO IN OMAHA
Z. ". blackburn GlEes Vivid De-
scrP1on Of TUx1 IN 1879.
COMMENTS ON sTRAH0RB BOOK
A. . Rsporter the Lay Of the Tg-A-
-arh Its Lack 81 Facilities and
Coavenaen-ea Are Imprewsed
On His Nina

puhbca1 In 18N and Rad q room N ne
strahorz horns a. Eigrteen1h and FHrnarr-
WHERE ne Wesd building nov Is said 7
W Blackburn. speaking q the published
GAspEsr q Ma slrRhoru'E book. -iF'lfleer
Thozszas Miles, b. stage Coach" Ny
roo-znaas was Hon Alexander c. Troup.
nov Judge q the district court tasn 3
struggling young lawyer 5ust 0u1 % the
school q law Al Iowa CITY We had beer
rouurnAzes some years aarHer 81 the Ne
braazA state Norma school 81 Peru IN
, ons q ne WAYS past fndl1g on Among
youths each cane 70 call the other -pard.
and % THIS day each Addresses the other
~ EisDEly pE-lEnue pzr1' Erz- sra
horn and her husband R6op1sd or term
ard from the day we two entered the
household --PAnd- has been the alEut1ed
tern af enssarneut between the now dis
-SauEuistsed rzIlrnad builder and hls ac-
coupHEhsd v1fa.
Ms srrnhera Not = W1dSw-
The book reviewer u n error IL mag
trtnE ths wrd1sr q that interesting book
Ct western experiences IL . widow Elar
hnEtsnd Robert Z srrAhu-n- famous IN
the eArner days WAY correspondent q
Writer On rhe west and nov the silent
genius who BULK the North C0azt railway
from Spokane toward the s0und for the
f5arrirzan people. Is not only active, but IL
better health thHn he enjoyed when e.
EzEad WIKI General Crock IN 1ns last great
Sioux wHr Re IL wealthy and the TWO
paTdE have an elegant home IN spokane.
He looks scarcely D day older than when
we lived IN En- HEnsy'E new house Al 1885
FarnAn street DsArly uhirTy-tUo years ago
Fgis set black hair has rstainsd ia hue VIII
but tsE gray srrREEle-E here knd there
and the color Of the plains and 1he mOua-
tAinE continues IN his strong. almost beard
2ess fsGa.
IA Pen Names Popular.
-Strzhoras nom De plume, II the Gays
when Newspaper correspondents never
signed rnsir own names 70 Canmznica-
lions. was, Alter ESQ Ny Newspaper
name a. cor-espunden1 ~ The Omaha Bee
Omaha Republican. 81 LOUIS Galobs-Den-
ocrAz and occasionally the Chicago Times
ana other newspapers was 'IAno. Judge
TrDup had also 3 brlsf newspaper career
il the field for The Bee and he eEose
. tie souhflqnst Of -GuEta- ]. J Points
vas Ixion and the Late MAJOR 3 d
Slaughter who was the Sua1s journal
state writer. signed himself CAD willis
Sweet Of The Bee. who vsn1 10 Idaho
about ISS8 and there RchieVsd Distinction
NJ the bar, on the bench IN pOlI1irs and
a congress- concealed his identity Under
q name which have entirely furgOr1sn-
ssBut coming back 70 srrRhurD- I5e
q printer BY trade and pronistzg coo-
szzxupsava by inherrAacA- He went 10
Cularado 70 avoid n white plague cemetery
ana MAS q contemporary Of most every
hnay VINO stz-4sd and stirred ~ things
II Colorado daring ma formative -BeuSsd
az ne CentAnr4zl Bra1A. Jo1n ArkinEs
a1terwards OWrner q The Rocky Eous1Eln
News was ms especial side partner and
close corupHrion- In Omaha Sr-A-hGr1 was
known chiefly by his work "a rhe Ao-
vsrtastng department u the Union PAcific.
bu1 be was = most charming coupani0n
And the brief housekeeping sxperasDce al
1sE FzrnAm is tul OF pleasant memories
70 those Of II VINO we're nclnded n the
favorsd circle
= one Days WORK
y remember the day General Grant was
the guest u Omaha On thEz particular
aav winch was saturday MI Casper f
Yost. manager Of tire Republican was
called east by The ssr1uiuE Illness Il his
turher ! was ler1 n charge Of The bus
mess office WIFE Or. Joshua 6 De Nrlss,
now q Fremont then q boy. my sole
RssiEtanr I WaS also responsible Tar The
CITY page Of the Sunday paper We "a
pscted 10 spread ourselves on the Grant
rscepu1n- Billy Edwards Was assigned =
60 70 Grand Island 70 meet the sK-prA-
ldsut ana party and furnish copy tor
nat part Of rhs business Af1sr making
ID the pay roll and paying CT the boys,
: to0k the Omaha functions my assign
Elen- II WAS my dury also 70 furnish
the Associated Press report I had 4
handful q business you mHy vsn inaglns-
Everything ran along according To pro-
gran until s p m and everybody got his
wa uuy error Eily'E eouv1vRl desperation.
combined with his pay snEsloDe. ellu1inH1sc
An fur the evening special reporter
Al D n. ] cisc0Eened mat the CRY
editor and Rrring business manager was
the whole Ting for the Sunday paper
TIE last COPY VEN In al 2.W a n End
rs A. n the proofs we're read End me
Associatsd Press repor1 was oEt ttOO late
Gor the seEVlcsl and ] WsE1 home. The
SrGhuTns had 5uE opened their new home
Mad Troupis Rs ny rOOnuE1s wEs called
~ su= h0stess and / we're ne first
guests. Noon found ne trying 70 set out
Of bed Al exhausted reporter. whose Gay
prsusStng had been twenty hours q con-
stAu1 lEhur- Al me dinner. which was
nnns1 palarahly and HrrrRcuvsly served
Wa present. bur unable ID saz & u0Urhful
and the Young housekssper Wa properly
disguised WIN her guest Whistler me
Eo0d lady ever actually farsave me for
beinE HCk on thar particular dEy I have
nepsr been certain
Whe-r Theg --aFed Thea
In rhoss dEyE Captain 7. a T Richards
apsd the site q the L,aE1cge hiock. bur
a. least rifty feet above 5ls present level
WIliAzn A PaXlun house Yrs the sam
dsrs dwelling. where the cry hAl nov
HtEndz Harry deuel. faced east On seven
tseuth street On rhs o0ur1 house site. and
EaWE1d RassWAtHrE modest nrtle white
outraEs stood On rhe Bee building are
Nicrur Rosewurer. IN knee pants. wEs q
cunEpicu1usly active yuulEs1sr iu ne neigh
b0raood. and among ais pharmacies were
WINE Paxton Charley Deuel. Pau Burnley
WI MiuErd. WfIlis EHney the F-undr and
EtEsr1n boys and Tom Creigf. some older.
orhsrs younger thar himself
-Ou the soulh sds Of FETuEm s1rosl
Having Alfred Burisy on the southsas-
curner q Seventeenth ana running west
4 card ever ne hfl we're the Residences Of
Harry p. Dsael Mrs Grow Afterwards
Mrs Shrupshire- Marta DunhRln- and Al
Nl1stesnth street was the home Of e. a.
OEsrEl long q uruEuinsnr nnlurHd cirtzsn
whose daughters graduated from lhe High
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