Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1915-09-10

WAS worth more imam inc price palC
! for same. The various parts of tbs
city that were shaken by the earth
quake in 1905 and ourned were point.
ed OUT and :Iany buildings much more
= handsome than the others were erect.
Ell. Yhey don't cal! it the eaith0uak,
o.. the lire.
On returning from tine zone of the
exposition last night, where TOOK il
the Yellowstone Park, Grand Canyon
of Arizona, Panama Canal. etc, stopp-
to see my cousin, Mrs. j. l.. Frankel,
and husband on Van Ness avenue
who was Miss Nell Fcrrcil, of Stee.s
bug. Her husband is Il handsome
and popular merchant here Sal made
Sn excellent impression OH the writer.
lhis splendid couple had retired for
the night, but soon came down and
spent a couple Of hours most pleas
antly together. Mrs. Frankcll looks
younger than ever and us sister
O'keeife says "l'm feeling line" and
is thoroughly captivated by this coun-
try.
For fear Ely letter will be too long
will just touch on the different points
and tell of the various relatives Wis
tied, beginning where 1 left off in
my other letter of July II, which was
written ut my aunt's, Mrs. c. b. Has
lis, at Gentry, Mo-. My stay there.
rs well as ut othor places TO which
| was invited, was so pleasant that
hated to leave. One breads to tell
the aged ones goodbye, knowing its
the parting till we meet in the Great
beyond, ii we are faithful, where
thercll be no more goodbyes, no more
tears. My next visit was to see my
cousin, Mrs. Joseph Birbcck, near
NIng City, one of Gods beautiful
places. She was Sallic, the only liv-
ing daughter of Rebecca Claypool and
lInos Doughten. Their farm is being
tended by. their youngest son, Ray
and their income from loaned money
Is almost $4,000 per year. She is
President of the w. c. +. IT,. of Island
City. My cousin drove me over part
OF Empire prairie, which is Wonderful
| saw large wheat and corn fields of
10 acres each-wili say that since |
leit Anderson, Ind, on June 18th, that
| nave struck harvesting in the fol
lowing States: Kansas, Missouri, Ne
Draska, Colorado, Utah, Idaho, Neva
da and California. My next stop was
at my uncle's, Jno. L. ClavpooPs. who
farms on biz scale-had i'm 100 acres
IN wheat, (all one field, 65 acres i'm
corn, 30 in alfalfa, 25 i'm oats. so in
timothy, and clover and 80 in prairie
one and Il half acres in potatoes. rs
head horses, l6 head of cattle. s cows
8 wheat binders, 2 cultivators. throo
Duggies, etc, wagons galore, one used
to haul all sorts of tools to the field
while at work, also Il school convey
ance. lie remarked that he had about
one one, conveyance to every member of I
me family. Three children grown.
MISS Helen, Marcus and Johnnie. who
are Inc musicians and play ut CITY
nan Tor various performances. The
young men accompany the piano with
lheir violns. They can waltz, etc. as
wei as farm, which was manifested
one night by home dance of invited
friends to meet their cousin. Tho IN
ing nall was cleared in a jilfy and The
waltzing on before your writer cot
fairly walked up, AN aged rentlcmnn
and wife played the "Virginia Reel"
winch was INDUCED in by all cxccpt
yours truly. Several of the younp
ladies were teachers and tits said
could teach rs well as they could
waltz, Our trip to Lincoln, the state
capitol, by rail, IS miles away, was
pleasant one. The state prison was
also visited but unfortunately ladies'
were prohibited from going into the
prison Sightseeing, except the recep-
tioh rooms, Libraries, etc. My cousin.
MISS Claypool, accompanied me to |
brush, where we went off the Main
me to Sterling, being DELAYED bv
washouts, as was the case in Mis-,
souri, finally reached Fleming.
Colo, and found my cousins. Arthnr
and Carl Glaypool are getting along
spiendidly on their homestead farms.
the latter owns q header and was
heading his other folks wheat. used
ten horses and took swathe ten feet
WIDE. He had rs acres in wheat and
Arthur rs acres i'm rye, besides some
corn, beets etc. Carl also owns 400
acres of land between Fleming and
Sterling: They have about 20 head of
horseS, including colts, and ms fine ~
par OF mules as | ever saw, which
rode behind in going to the station
seven miles distance. They have sew
eral calves that have never been milk
ed, preferring to buy their butter and
Savin gwork. They call it living out
OF paper bags and tin cana. They
nave all sorts of canned fruit in the
aug out and better meal one
would not want. This country is a
VIC, Inc pralrlcS beng COW
cred with cactus and every kind of
beautiful flowers. | slept alone in
this big building 9x12 feet, was n III
tie scared" at first, but the boys de-
cIared there was no danger, whatever.
tthoy taking their covers and sleep,
ing on piles of shelled corn in the
pig grainery nearby.
My next stop was in Denver, where
took in the city on a sight seeing
car, also by auto to Mount Lookout
over the crooked road overlooking the
city of Golden, which was once a gold
mining country and claimed to be the
old and first capital of the State
which Colorado also claims, a small
log. house on Main Street in this CITY
which perhaps was the real capitol I
spent several days at Colorado Springs
and MAINTAIN. The springs, iron and
soda, are really in the last place, with
Colorado city between. From here |
went by cog railroad to to Pixies Peak
ana was In snow storm while on the
top. Here you find the beautiful
blue and pink forget-me- nots, which
are sold by a yOunp oir1 ,ubo boa.,i,.