Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1920-11-10

Again l asked does it rain here? She
answered not much, then | soid YOU
can't raise anything why do you stav
here? Why we raised 80 to 35 bushels
of wheat to the acre This is what we
call dry farming. There is enough
moisture in the air to make the crop
and we have excellent corn over in the
draw too, she replied. Then looking
around we could see the fields were
dotted with small piles of straw where
they had threshed toe grain all being
cut with a header, they didn't have
very large straw piles. Then, too, as
We travelled on we came fields of oats
that wac perpetually green Ind some
just turning. On inquiring l found
the oats yields as high as so bushels
to the acre and of good weight and
nothing unusual to nave three or four
SHOWS on them before they were cut.
Never too old to learn are we?
We reached Denver and camped in
Overland Park about ten minutes ride
from the heart of the city. 1t contains
100 acres and is owned and operated
by the city and county of Denver. The
tourists is assigned a lot and block
number and is furnished with camp
site water, fuel mail and package de-.
livery free. There are also free baths
laundry, reading writing and rest
| rooms and q dance hall. The park is
policed and lighted A grocery store
restaurant and filling station are
maintained where moderate prices
prevail. Tie Auditorium at Denver is
| the largest municipal building in the
U. s., seating capacity of 10000. 1t
cost $4,000 to construct the pipe or
gan and is one of the largest in the
| world. The stage in this building
would accommodate a three ring circus
and 1000 couple have danced on the
floor at once. There are thirty-nine
parks in the corr crate limits of Den
yer with total area of nearly 1900
acres. There are no keep off the
grass" signs consequently thee are
lots CT basket picnics and the shrill
voices of the children testify to their
happiness. In August the tourists
averaged los cars day, high day
Ito cars. Up to this time they had ac-
comodated 10000 tourists. We met
Clarence Horton and wife from Patch
Grove at this place.
There are many interesting things
we might write about concerning the
great Chicago of the west. Didn't stay
! there long enough to get on to much.
One thing | muct write about is the
free municipal scales, established by
the city inspection department as a
protection against profiteering by short
weights. SO far rs is known Denver
is the only city in the U. S. that is pro-
tected in this w2y This went into
operation in March 1920. Whenever
a short weight is discovered the pur
chaser is given certificate upon which
is marked the actual wight This is
returned to the me! chant where the
purchase is made and all complaints
| have been quickly adjusted Any
| package weighing from one ounce up
to one hundred pounds is handled by
the city employees stationed there free
of charge.
My letter is getting somewhat
lengthy and perhaps monotonous as
well so will stop here and try and give
you the rest Of the journey in your
next paper will say, that | have visited
the Mauers formerly of Fennimore,
also Luther Wenchel of Lancaster and
| Will Jones, brother of r. j. Jones of
Mt. Ida, found them all well and ready
to speak good word for California.
Our near ncighbOr is g cousin to the
late Ed. Lowrey of Lancaster.
| In the seven days ending last Thurs
day there were 492 traffic accidents
in the city of L. A. In the thirty days
ending the same tire there were 2066
| traffic accidents.
Sincerely,
| h.