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The electric light system is now introduced in this city; many lamps have already been leased to our merchants which have proven very satisfactory. The wire used is of copper, and is: heavily woven with white twine; and it is conducted on pri- vate poles from the manufacturing establishment to where it is wanted.
There has been organized in our city a company known as the Sanders Gas Machine Co. For lighting city, country and suburban residences, stores, i churches, manufactories, hotels, opera houses, seminaries, asylums, etc., this machine makes a soft) clear and steady light. One of the greatest luxuries, and
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Contractor
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Builder,
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EARLHAM STONE Que
LIME WORKS, 1
-Also Wholesale and Retail Dealer in-
Port Byron and Wisconsin
WHITE LIME,
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Hair, Cement, Stucco, Sand,
FIRE BRICK and BUILDING BRICK.
Orders by Mail Solicited and Promptly Attended to.
100, 102, 104 Fifth Street, One Block South Postoffice,
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one of the greatest necessities of the times, is a good, cheap. and safe light. |It is the latest patented, and from its simplicity and improvements is acknowledged to be ahead of all other: machines. 1 ICE COMPANIES .- The Des Moines river furnishes during the winter an ample supply of clear, pure ice for the use of the city in summer, and this is furnished! to our citizens by two companies. [ Besides, supplying the city these companies also ship large quantities elsewhere, and in addition to the immense quantities stored by the ice | companies, thousands of tons are put up by the pork packers, brewers and other large consumers. HOSPITALS AND FREE DISPENSARIES :- The Cottage Hospital is located in a pleasant and comfortable
building in the northern part of the city,'is sustained in part by voluntary contributions, and has accomplished a vast amount of good .. Such patients as are able to pay for treatment db sp, but any others are re- . ceived and given, the best of medical skill and nursing. . The medical treatment has been furnished by the Polk County Medical Society.
There are also in the city two institutions known as Free Dispensaries the object of which is to give free medical ser- vices to all who present themselves, and are unable to pay. The druggists generously co-operate with the; physicians and furnish medicine gratuitously. .. The dispensaries are open daily from one two two o'clock, except Sundays, and two physicians are in attendance each day.
FIRE DEPARTMENT .- Des Moines claims to have one of the most thorough fire departments in the State; the. companies having a large membership, with houses on each side of the river. The horses are kept constantly harnessed, and the driv- ers sleep in'a room immediately above, in which is a gong that sounds .By connection with the telephone. "The harness is fast- ened everywhere with snaps, so that hitching up is the work of an instant. ' The department is well equipped with all necessary appartenances for protecting and saving 'property, and the members are uniformed in a neat and attractive manner. The .fire department is well disciplined and very efficient.
CEMETERIES,+ Woodland cemetery, our beautiful "city of the dead," is situated in the northwestern portion of the city. The land is gently |undulating, uplands and dells and shady groves abound, and a small stream lotfietly pursues its way through the grounds. Immediately north of Woodland ceme. teny is the Catholic, and the Jewish cemetery adjoins it lon the
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northwest. | New grounds have been recently purchased by the city, and laid out for cemetery purposes for the accommo- dation of that portion of the city east of the Des Moines river.
PARKS.+ Public parks provide health and sunshine for the. people, and at happy play ground, for the children !! They are " cheerful resorts for the old and young, rich and poor, where all are free to go for recreation and happiness. .. It is unfortunate that the city was not provided with park grounds years ago when grounds could have been purchased at comparatively moderate: cost, for the time is rapidly approaching when con- venient and suitable grounds will be difficult to find. We have two parks, the older of which-Elmwood Park-being the site of the State Fair Grounds, is described elsewhere in this work. | Prospect Park has been laid out more recently, and arrange- ments are now being made to commence work as soon as possible in the spring, . The land lies about three-quarters of a mile north of the north limits of the city, and between Sixth ! and Twelfth streets; and contains in all about sixty acres. The site selected is a fine one, and gives an opportunity for every- thing which goes to make a first-class park. The land lies in
fine shape for drives in all parts of it! | The bluff cuts off the north twenty acres, making out of it ja fine valley, in which it is expected to have artificial lakes, rustic bridges and elegant drives. The bluff will also give a splendid opportunity for some of the finest kind of drives, and it will all be utilized for park purposes. It is proposed to expend several thousand dol- lars on improving the place at once, and Des Moines may have a place of resort for pleasure inside of a year, not completed of course, or hardly begun, but a fine place for drives.
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IOWA STATE FAIR GROUNDS !! . The Iowa State Agricultural Society, ht their last session, decided to hold their next Annual Fair here! , The last fair was the grandest exhibition of the pro- ducts of the soil and dairy, agricultural implements, and manu- factured products, and fine stock ever held within our State. The State Society has been controlled, as a rule, by the best minds in Iowa; its affairs have been conducted . mith intell- igence and prudence its annual volume of transactions has, accomplished a great work toward inviting- immigration; it has given wide circulation to a knowlege of our resour- rces toother State and counties; it's compilation and preser-
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ECLIPSE
COAL AND MINING GO.,
MINERS SHIPPERS AND DEALERS IN ALL KINDS OF
SOFT AND
HARD COAL.
Have recently developed a third vein of coal, of
Superior Quality for Furnace Use;
Special and prompti attention given at all times to shipments by car loads of a superior grade of well screened
LUMP, NUT and SLACK COAL.
FROM SECOND AND THIRD VEINS.
Your Patronage is Respectfully Solicited.
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vation of statistics, its collections of the products of the field, and its library, are valuable .;
The fair grounds are located at Elmwood Park, one mile west of the city limits. The grounds comprise about one hun- dred acres, including a natural lako covering about four acres, with an average depth of sixteen feet, and for beauty and har- mony of arrangement surpass anything lever used as fair grounds in Town. The carriage ways and walks are kept in good order, and have ornamental entrance and exit gates .. There is abundant shade, and a bountiful supply of pure cold water, there being a system of water works, operated bya powerful engine, and pipes laid out throughout the grounds. The 'buildings are ample, tasteful and convenient for the use of exhibitors, officers and visitors. The ampitheatre will easily seat ten thousand persons, and the track is pronounced the best `west of Chicago, The location is very favorable, being easily accessible from all portions of the State. The C. R. I. & P. R R. has a double track extending from their depot on Fourth street, Ito the entrance of the Fair Grounds, and the Wa bash also runs regular trains during the State Fair. Other · railway companies expect to lay tracks to the grounds, to be ready for operation at the opening of the next State Fair.
CITY : BUILDING., The new building on the West Side is probably the best as well as the handsomest building of the ..
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DES MOINES Surgical Institute ama Dispensary
N. E. COR. EIGHTH AND WALNUT STREETS,
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Foster's New Opera House.
Established and fully equipped for the treatment of all . Chronic diseases, Surgical cases of every character, diseases of Women, diseases of the Eye and Ear and deformities of every description, and all cases requiring skill and experience. .
SURGICAL |CASES.
Of every character receive special . attention. All
operations in Surgery performed, after the latest and most successful methods, . Tumors, Cancers, Amputa- tions, Hydrocele, Varicocele,, Hare, Lip, Club Foot, 'Curvature of the Spine, Fistula, Fissure, Piles, etc., Cataract, Cross Eye, closed Tear Duct, deformities of the Lide, etc., successfully operated on and treated.
CATARRH
In all its stages and complications successfully treated with the Vitalized Oxygen and specific remedies. Par- : ties suffering from this trouble should investigate ouf method of treatment.
All medicines used are carefully prepared by us in the Laboratory of the In. stitute, warranted fresh, pure and free from any injurions substances. : This method insures remedies certain in action, producing safest and most speedy cures.
Call or send for the following circulars: Illustrated circulars on Surgery, Deformities, . Diseases of the Eye and Chronic Diseases. Special Circular to Ladies. ' Special circular to men. Ad
DES MOINES SURGICAL INSTITUTE;
SURGEONS IN CHARGE,
C. W. OVIATT AND S. F. MEACHAM.
Office Hours, from g A. M. until 8 P. M. CONSULTATION FREE.
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kind in the State. The offices are furnished in a style in har -. mony with the imposing exterior of the edifice. The whole ar -. rangement is convenient, elegant and tasteful. The East Side, building is quite handsome, also, and the city officials are now provided with a perminent home, besides having a safe depos- itory of the municipal records;
RAVING, SEWERAGE AND SIDEWALKS. - The year 1882 will be : memorable in the history of Des Moines, as"having wit- nessed the commencement of the work of paving and sewering the city. | The principal part of the pavement laid was of cedar blocks, the balance being macadam. |The work so well begun was continued with energy during 1883, and the time is near, it is hoped, when our principal residence streets as well as all our business streets will be. paved. | The paved streets were all previously sewered, besides some of the streets which : 'still remain unpaved, and the contracts have been let for more sew- erage to be done this year. We have about four and a half miles of paved streets, about one and a quarter miles of paved. alleys and eight miles of curbing. . There are nearly ten miles of sewers which range in size from twelve-inch pipe to sixty -. inch brick! We have also twenty-three miles of gas mains.
NEW CAPITOL OF IOWA.
The new Capitol edifice is a magnificent structure. It is built of white stone, elaborately trimmed and ornamented ; there is a tower at each corner, and a gigantic dome in the center. . .. The structure occupies a double square in length, reaching across one street, and is surrounded by what will soon be transformed into a magnificent park.
Length north and south, including portico, 363.8 feet
Length east and west . 246.11
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Length north and south, fronts,
118.8 «
Length east and west, fronts
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top of balustrade
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of top of ball of main dome. 259.04
Height of basement story floor to floor, 13.1
Height of office story, floor to floor, 23.9
Height of second. story, flbor to floor, 22.9*
Height of third story, fl or to ceiling, 20.9
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Height to top of cornice.
Height to of 'coping on stylobate
Height Height top of stone workon dome. 171.4 Height of top of outside dome balcony 219.1 Height Height Height to top of finial.'. 275.
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CAPITAL CITY ? Woolen Mills.
Formerly Marengo Woglen Mills.
SHEUERMAN BROS. Props
-Manufacturers and Jobbers in --
Flannels, Cassimeres. Blankets,
JEANS, YARNS, ETC.
Mills cor. Eighth and Vine Sts. )ffice 507 and 609 tocust St.
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THE GRAND METROPOLITAN HAIR CUTTING, DRESSING. SHAVING AND SHAMPOOING PARLORS and BATH
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Hot, Cold and pure Sea Salt Baths.
515 and 517 Walnut, bet. Fifth and Sixth Sts.,
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·Height from office floor to dome balcony. . .. 101.6 feet Height from office floor to ihner dome of balcony 153.2 Height from office floor to canopy .172.5
Height from ground line to dome balcony 115.7
Square feet of ground covered. 54,850Į : "
House of Representatives floor 74x9114, height. 47.9.
Senate Chamber 58x91.4, heigh 41.9 Library .$2 6x108.4, height 44.9 .: " Supreme Court Room 35,5x50.2, height. 23.9 | 4 Diameter of rotunda .. 66.8 The top of foundation is 100 feet above the grade of East-
Second and Walnut streets.
Fourteen granite columns in rotunda Twenty-four Scagliola columns in dome, Seven bollers for heating purposes.
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Its cost when finished' will be about three and a half millions of dollars. The interior is more elaborately decorated and ele- jgantly finished than that of any other capitol in the Western States! The building was dedicated, and the Twentieth Gen- 'eral Assembly took formal possession of it January 17th, 1884. STATE OFFICERS .- Buren R. Sherman, Governor: Welker Given, Private Secretary to, Governor; Orlando H. Manning,
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1870.
IOWA JOURNAL OF COMMERCE.
Weekly Paper Devoted to The Business, Commercial Manufacturing, Agricultural,. Dairying, Mining, And Railway Interests. Local, State, General News, and the Political Issues of the Day. SUBSCRIPTION --- One year in advance, $1.50. Four copies, one year, : 5.00. Subscription and extra numbers always payable in advance. ADVERTISING-Reading matter, 30e per line, each insertion. Local notices, 20c per ' line, firat insertion:' subsequent insertion, 10c per line. Ohe inch, "first insertion, $2.50. Special rates on extra space and time given on application.
Journal of Commere Co.,
S. J. LOUGHRAN, '. itditor. Des Moines.
Publishers. J.P. BUSHNELL, Advertising Manager. Iowa.
Journal Printing C
ARTISTIC
JOB PRINTERS
All Kinds Commercial and Show Printing Done
In the Best Style of the Art.
Journal Building, 513 Mulberry Street,
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Lieutenant Governor; W. P. Wolf, Speaker of the House of Representatives; J. A. T. Hull, Secretary of State; William T. Hammond, Deputy; J. L. Brown, Auditor of State; Samuel F. Stewart, Deputy; Edwin H. Conger, Treasurer of State; D. W. Smith, Deputy; John M. Davis, Clerk of State Land Office; Smith McPherson, Attorney General; G. B. Pray; Clerk of Supreme Courtt Ebersote, Reporter of Supreme Court;', John W. Alkers, Superintendent of Public Instruction; William L: Alexander, Adjutant General and Acting Quarter Master General; Parke C. Wilson, State Inspector of Mines; Mrs. S. B. Maxwell, State Librarian; George E. Roberts, State Printer; Matthew Parrott, State Binder; Nathan R., Leonard, Superin- tendent of Weights and Measures.
POLK COUNTY OFFICERS. , Bruce E. Jones, Auditor; M. P. Givens, Deputy : C. B. Worthington, Treasurer; . W. G. Harvi -: son, Deputy, Frank Baylies, Second Deputy; P. D. ' Ankeny, Clerk; L. A. Wilkinson, Deputy; W. D. Foote, Deputy in Pro- bate; J. J. Payne, Recorder; J. |C. Painter, Sheriffs John Brazle- ton, L. A. Shaw and C Compton, Deputies; D. A. Kent, Sup- erintendent of Public Schools; Frank Pelton, Surveyor.
CITY OFFICERS .- P. V. Carey, Mayor; G. B. Hammer, Treas- + urer; J. M. Laird, Auditor; W. D. Christy, Clerk; Wm. C. Hillis, Police Judge; Frank Pelton, Engineer, J. H. Smith, Marshal; M. |Kavanagh, Jr., Solicitor; Adam" Hafner, Chief Police; R. C. Johnson, Chief of Fire Department; Wm. Dicker -. son, Street Commissioner; I. A. Hammer, "Sidewalk ICommis- sioner.
Councilmen. - President pro tem, M. H. King; At Large, C. P. Holmes, Des Moines Twp .; At Large, George Garver, Lee Twp .: 1st Ward, M. Brady; 2nd Ward, S. A. Robertson; 3rd Ward, C. Youngerman; 4th Ward," Lewis Hyland; 5th Ward, Archie Christy; 6th Ward, M. H. King; 7th Ward, M. Kavanagh, Sr.
BUSINESS ENTERPRISES NEEDED.
Manufacturing is admitted to be the basis of success in the growth of a city, and this is fully realized by the citizens of Des Moines, who are desirous of giving all the encouragement in their power for the establishment of new enterprises here./ 1 Every citizen takes pleasure in noting the growth of our vari- : ous manufactories, the astonishing strides which the whole- sale and jobbing interests have taken to supply the increasing dem ind for their goods, and the many new gateways opened for I.the. entrance of other industries, which are bound to follow.
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DES MOINES DAILY
WEEKLY NEWS,
Established Nov. 9th, 1881.
DAILY, PER COPY.
3 CENTS
DAILY, PER WEEK, DELIVERED 10 CENTS DAILY, PER YEAR, BY MAIL, IN ADVANCE $4.00
WEEKLY, PER YEAR, IN ADVANCE:
$1.00
Des Moines is the largest city in Iowa; and is the capital of the State. The DAILY NEWS is the official paper of the city, and has the largest city circulation of any paper published in Des Moines, and a large circulation throughout the State.
The Daily News
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INDEPENDENT EVENING JOURNAL,
And gives all the news, both
Local, Telegraphic, and Full Market Reports At a price within the reach of every one.
Published Every Week-Day AT FOUR, O'CLOCK.
DES MOINES NEWS COMPANY GEO. L. MCCRACKEN, Pres. JOHN J. HAMILTON, Sec'y. CHAS. S. PAINTER, Treas.
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Nowhere in the west is there a better point for the receipt of the raw material, the production and distribution of manufac- tured goods, nowhere can a multitude of workmen more eco- I nomically support themselves and families, or more easily pro- cure a home. We have shown the great advantages, natural and acquired, which Des Moines possesses for a manufacturing 1, center, and we desire to call the attention of capitalists and manufacturers to the needs of the city. Althongh Des Moines has a large number of factories in successful operation, engaged in the manufacture of a variety of products, yet there is room for many more industries in various branches of manufacture! There is an excellent opportunity in Des Moines for the. es- tablishment of any of the following industries:
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WHOLESALEDRY GOODS .- There is no business so much needed in this city at the present time, as an exclusive wholesale dry goods house. The merchants all over lowa and the States and territories west of us, are asking for it, and promise their. support to any reliable house that may establish here; most of . the wholesale houses of this city have united in an invitation, pledging their support to the establishment of: an exclusive wholesale dry goods house in this city.
ROLLING MILLS AND NAIL WORKS .- Nothing would be . more cordially welcomed by our railroads, jobber's, contractors and wholesale dealers than rolling mills and nail works. It is said that the cost of returning rails and, car wheels to Eastern mills for re-moulding, would pay the expense of re-manufactur- ingithem at this point, and nails can be made at the same price as in Eastern States; and by obtaining the ore from | the Iron mountains of Missouri, or Lake Superior regions, one half the `the freight paid for eastern products would be saved. 1
STOCK YARDS .-- One thing which we need, and the demand must soon be supplied, is good convenient stock yards. Not only ought this to be the great central feeding point in transit, buf efforts should be at once put forth to make Des Moines a .notable stock market. The yards should be large and conven- iently arranged. . Here the butcher and the packer should be able to find at all times what their business requires.
GRAIN ELEVATORS .- The three which we now have are inadequate to the demand of this, the central portion of one of the greatest grain raising districts of the Mississippi and Mis- souri river valleys. To those who build them, they will prove profitable investments, and their convenience to farmers [ about us will not be realized until we have them, and see their vast importance.
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Chicago & North-Western RAILWAY.
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DIRECT ROUTE FROM
DES MOINES TO CHICAGO, And All Points East. 1
The Best and Short Line for
ST. PAUL,
MINNEAPOLIS, ! Cedar Rapids, Webster City. Marshalltown, Clinton! Eagle Grove, Tracy, Huron, Pierre, Redfield, Columbia, Milwaukee, Waukesha, Escanaba and Marquette
This is the Route to
Council Bluffs, Denver, San Francisco, And All Points in the West and Northwest!
CLOSE CONNECTIONS! FAST TIME! :
Palatial Dining Cars!
Palace Sleeping Cars!
For Tickets and Information Apply to F. B. CARVIN, Passenger and Ticket Agent, C. & N-W. R'y,
405.W. Court Avenue, DES MOINES, IOWA
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A PAPER MILL-For the manufacture of both(news and wrapping paper, would be a valuable acquisition to our city. An abundance of the material required for its manufacture is shipped from our city or wasted on the adjoining fields. The entire product of a large mill can be used here, and every con- venience necessary for its operation can be had at small expense. CANNING . ESTABLISHMENTS .- No soil excels our own in pro- ductiveness, and few regions can compare with us in the boun- tiful harvests of the field, the orchard and the garden. |Instead off importing for consumption during the winter months, we ought to can for preservation our own sweet corn, peas, beans, tomatoes, small fruits, etc. We have the best |facilities in the West for exporting these foods. . A canning establishment, hliving all the needful accessories, would be a remunerative business, and should be built, and men of enterprise should not permit the city to be long without this important industry .. -
MISCELLANEOUS INDUSTRIES .- One thing most desired by every citizen is available and convenient Market Houses. Every resident of the city is interested in this, and the farmers : and market gardeners of the vicinity are demanding it, with sufficient reasons to be successful in their plea. A Cheese Fac- tory, also a Creamery, in or near the city would be remunera- tive industries, if their capacity was sufficient for all the milk : which could be supplied. . The product could never exceed the 1 demand.
Des Moines is, one of the best locations in the west for. the manufacture of all kinds of Agricultural Machinery. A first-1: class Wagon Factory would be a profitable, investment, as our . . agricultural implement'dealers sell annually nearly one thousand wagons, which should be manufactured here. The manufac- ture of various farm implements is in operation here, but can not supply one-fifth of the demand, and there is encouragement for , one or more first-class factories, The Best quality of salicious sand for the manufacture of flint glass is found in the immediate vicinity of Des Moines. . No better location forglass . factories can be found in the west than at Des Moines.
There are many industries that would prove remunerative'. which, should be established here, and we believe there is no better locality in the west for manufactures of nearly every variety; than our city affords. We might' mention many branches of business and manufacture which would be success- ful if located in Des Moines, but enough has already been said to induce anyone who is looking for a new site for business, or home, to visit our city before locating elsewhere. We might mention, however, that a factory for the manufacture of articles
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N. C. TOWNE.
H. M. MCFARLAND.
TOWNE & MCFARLAND.
REAL ESTATE.
226 FIFTH STREET
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Mercantile®
NEWS JOB ROOMS. JOHN O. BOOTON, Manager Legal Printing
ALL KINDS OF JOB PRINTING DONE PROMPTLY AND. AD LOWEST RATES. 1.
Lawyers BRIEFS & ABSTRACTS
A SPECIALTY.
Over 120 West Fourth Street,
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produced from flax straw would be a good investment here, where so much straw is wasted; the flax seed only being utilized. bylour linseed oil mills, which consume fiye hundred bushels per day.
1 factory for the manufacture of baskets, tubs buckets, and the various articles of wooden and willow ware, would, no dojibt, be a successful venture." There is no better site for the establishment of a large boot and shoe factory than Des Moines .! Several houses here are engaged in the business of hides, pelts and furs, and a first-class tannery, is necessary to prepare the' leather. A factory for the production of hats, caps, furs and gloves could be operated, here where there is great demand for all such goods. Furniture of all kinds should be more extensively manufactured, there being black walnut and other varieties of woods . necessary for such purposes, found in this vicinity. Establishments for the manufacture of stoves, shelf hardware, druggists materials, sewing machines, cotton mills, also a good cutlery factory would do well here.
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