Cottonwood chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1917-current, 1920-09-17
2ND LETTER FROM KELSEY
Visist Relatives of Many Cotton
wood People i'm East.

Iowa only stayed there for day.
1t is big cattle market, and has
a good many factories.
From there ! went OF Dan
bury, a pretty little town. Here
| was delightfully."- entertained at
the Crilly home, for two days.
They are relatives of Jacob
Welte of Cottonwood. had the
pleasure of visiting the High
land Durock farm, owned by
Joseph Welts, he has 125 pure
bred Durock Jersey hogs, some
of the finest specimens | have
ever seen. With their bristles
glistening in the sunlight of a
winters day, they presented a
beautiful appearance.
Land in this section is fertile.
and sells from 5000 to $500 per
acre.
New Years day found me at
Breda, visiting Tony Tacke who
also owns a farm near Ferdin-
and, Idaho.
The mercury hovered around
20 below zero, and riding in open
.sleighs about the country with a
singing wind was not all fun.
| spent a day at the modern
farm home of Lou Wesling, a
brother in-law of Jacob Welte,
and enjoyed seeing the many
things of interest on the farm.
Most of the farm homes about
here have electric lights, run
ming water, and furnaces. While
the grain they raise is nothing
to boast of, they do grow some
OF the finest corn, and raise
many cattle.
My next stop brought me to
Carol, a beautiful city of about
1000 inhabitants. | met some
relatives of Mrs. John Funke and
Alloys Holthaus, and Nell Coun-
ter a friend of the Lange's and
had pleasant time with all of
them.
In most sections of Iowa,
the highway commissioners keep
the roads plowed out, so the deep
SHOWS, do not have any terror for
the automobilist, ana cars are
used all winter.
Des Moines the capital city, is
Just ordinary, in appearance, but
is great Insurance centre, and
is called the Hartford of the
West.
In an interview with one of
the editors, of a leading daily
paper, / was surprised to learn,
the population of Iowa, showed
no increase in the last ten years.
This was said to be due to the
great exodus of people, from
there TO Texas, California and
the Great North West.
Now they wont even publish a
letter gratis, as they formally
did from old residents, that have
found it convenient to live else
where. | was rather amused at
this. In this vicinity land sell
from S400 to 500 per acre, and
much of it was changing hands.
An hours ride landed me at
Newton, where one-third of the
washing machines of the u. S.
are made. Here ! spent a day
at the big factory of the Maytag
Washer Co., getting much in
struction there-from.
Waterloo, with a population of
about 35,0U0, is about LOG miles
from Des Moines. 1t has many
factories.
| spent few days, on the
farm of Henry Mclaughlin,
brother of Charles Mclaughlin
of Cottonwood. Dairying is car
l'ied on extensively, corn yields
$3.50 bu per acre. This prairie
state of Iowa has less waste land
than any state in the Union. 81
per cent being tillable and sc
per cent actually improved it al
so leads in number of banks.
/ next headed for Winona,
Minnesota, stopping few hours
at Dodge Centre, a small farming
town. Winona is one of the
large cities of Minnesota and
beautifully situated on the Mis-
sissippi river.
took the opportunity of see
ing how the Winona wagons
were made, and spent the day in
a very interesting manner.
Minneapolis was my next goal.
Arriving there at midnight /
found every hotel filled, but fin
ally managed to secure a room,
which was many times too large.
/ spent a week there, with
part of the time at st. Paul.
Minneapolis has a population of
0Qn 400 onl se ATn x,ailac f,.nyx.