Forest City press. (Forest City, Potter County, D.T. [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1913-11-07

uy0I sue uA0 0voG u06IVs
She clapped her little brewn hands,
Done comet Michigan. I reckon We
found some Of them states and coun.
tries with tho music names. Ws-aAl
to tho land o'joy!" Il
CHAPTER II.
WHEN I WAS A KID.
In September. looking from the court
house square Of Rome. one sees the
ripening corn like Q bronze shield on
the hills which close every street ena
beyond the archtng sugar trees. the
the corn. and the church spires and the
ragged sycamores along the roadsioSs
rise out of this opulent sea Rom IA
river to the bluffs a. II drowning In
tho perfume Of the tassels. THESE
west bluffs alone eem TO vad tho
conquest: one sees q road w1noing Hp
red gap among groves Of eak. hickory,
walnut; with the crimson eu1nac q
alders showing q lighter soil, the up
and groupings Of sliale. clay and stony
ridges. Here ono has gaimpses OF
clover and oat stubble, rounded 49,,
wire fences about shaded pastures.
But beyond. the triumphant sea OF the
corn stretches north and west ACROSS
the Iowa midlands, for there 10 no trace
Of the virgin soil, short grass az the
Indians rode It when the settlers o. the
|fortieS came.
It il q Land tat to bursting Nth
numberless rich and complacens nteie
cities. The county annals show ~
that the people e. have
fought nor suffered. From the nres
every man had his bag OF silver
under the %puncheon floor o nis cann
and went forth to buy the acres as the
Sacs and Foxes moved away. The Sec
! ond year they ate their own corn with
the venison and prairie chicken; their
/ schools and churches were Duilt Detore
the oak in their own cabin homes wa
dry; and the first grand jury OF TINS
/ Iowa county sat In the ~untrodden RAJ
I of what IL now Rome's main street a
/ indicted a territorial commissioners Tor
| ~malfeasance. It was Significant; the
| first Midlanders were insurgents OF
| conscience and not hunger rebellious.
for never had they felt want or known
sacrifice. q.
| Beautiful Rivers" and Few towns there
| are which have not a stream lettering
near. over clear pebbly bars and long
| blue stem margins. where h wild
grapes and crab apples lure the cnild-
rem autumn long. Through: Rome
therefore flows Sinsinawa creek. sleep.
ing the summer In leaf nneo. ewees
where the boys ash for sinners with
their hats: and where. In October. the
water having dried. the oak and maple
leaves drift deep 30 that, by .60lloWe'en
ali the town II filled with the pungens
smell Of the smoke.
Rome IL In q continual Grandmother
~ nuarrel with Sinsinawa creek: new.
ar has it been able 70 reason sobttety
into tho laughing jade. which t3mblee
ita Tune freshets down from the bluns
filla every hollow Of the wandering
streets ana vacant lots. plays mischief
with fences and walks and goes IL way
to tho Mississippi across the bottoms
| ancient dame Of town with it, VII.
fuiness. Yet Rome 20 loves the want.
on that when Earlville wanted to d.
vert its waters In the uplands. 70 ~ Z
factory for that aggressive metropo1ii
Of the county, tho protest that went NJ
echoed for years In local polttice. Earl.
williams called e "Sln Croek" or "Skunl
CreaIs" hut what could one expect o.
NariviIlef y.
IN Rome when q tree interferes Will
a sidewalk the walk u not built: Il
Earlville the tree - cut down and TN
cement laid. That % Why Earfville ha.
the railroad. the furniture factory ant
tho Elks' club. while Rome ha: only 70
Fmemories. tn rusty fences and it, bes
families. And the county court house
Tho court house offices ana tho hes
families were q tradition a. venerabh
intertwined a. the Ivy and bricks Of tn.
walls. Rome knew it, position. !
would have sat with dignity on IL
hills. only skunk reek- beg pardon
Yet none In Rome moro than midi.
censured Sinsinawa. Not even Vile!
4. Curran, Of the Rome News. VIII
was always bother1ng the town boar
about street improvements. He ough
to have known better. Every one hav