The Memphis appeal. [volume] (Memphis, Tenn.) 1886-1890, 1886-09-29
Los ANGELES, CAL.
A TRIP THITHER FROM MEM.
PHIS.
What Was Seen by the Way-Plenty
OF Desert and a Heap
Dirty Indian.
IooprEsrovprror on rHE ArrEAL. |

Olty, aIteT n pIeN saul tflp luft uRu tDH
beautiful Spring river country a
Arkansas aud grain fields Of Missouri,
at $40 o'clock Tuesday. Alter short
stop at this thriving and progressive
city, during which the Times Office and
other points OF in g est were visit d,
the Atchifon, Topeka and Santa Fe
express was bearded, and the long
j utney 10 thu West fairly commenced.
There is but little to interest the tour
itt or sight seeri in Kansas or Colorado.
The country is rolling prairie land,
very productive, hut very mono.onous
after the first few hours There is no
break in the scene until the Ration
moanti ms are reached. Here the
whole face OF the country changes,
a. d scene Of mixtures que srar deur /
presented which hes but few equals
even in this county Of natures
marvels. Az the old town OF
Trinidad an ezra engine hitched on
behind the tr in, and the ascent up the
mountain comm srcsd though the
old R.ton pas, the ancient gats way TO
New rexico. The scene here pre-
sent d was grand beyo d description.
Hemmed in by mountains ON every
Ell e, in some places reing Thousands
of ieet above on one tide, bare OF veg
ETA ion and composed of solid rock
on the o'hsr he u'iIul green pssluren,
witt herds OF cattle peacefully grazing
by the side of q sparkling st cam,
which dashed down the mountain
side. Here, toe, the genuine Mexican
Fl 81 came into prominence as a
feature of the landscape. The Next
can, by the way, 10 queer animal, a.
most ss picture, que as his constant
companion aud helymate, the diminn-
tive al d demure "burro," or donkey.
Both properly balong to this region. I
suppose. At any rate, they appear to
"i TO-" a, the saying is, a1d go to
m Ike up the perfect picture. But to
return to the trip mp The RatoD. The
higher y u ascend the sleeper b =
C mes the grade. In me places it is
ovsr 200 feet 10 ihe mile, and it re-
quir5s all the power Of the two en-
gines TO crawl up the incline. AL
most at the summit, aud just before
the tunhel is reached, in beautiful
valley and SURF lunded on all sides by
the Everlasting hillg," is the house Of
"Uncle Dice" the Oldest inhabitant
OF the m untains. 1t is two sto'y
SADDLE" structure, plastertd on the
outside, aud presents a very homeliko
but rather inCongru0us appearance
Just after passing Uucle Dicks, q
short halt is made. The windows and
doors OF the cars ore clio ,ed and every
thing ia made ready for the passage
through the Rron tune. This tun-
mel is over 1000 feet in length, blasted
on OF eolid rock, and is Justly COD
sidered Que OF the greatest engineer
ing exploits Of the century. II the
ascent was slow and rather tediou',
the race down into New Mexico more
than ,onpenss ed the weary and
hu cry passengers for the delay.
With shiill whistle we started down
thu mountsin side, Iushi < at an ap-
psrenlly reckless rate around piect-
pice', down inclines and over irtstle,
in a manner we'll calculated 10 cause
the hair Of the small boy to rise and
the nervous woman with the baby 10
clasp her offspring 10 her breast and
silently pray for the end to come. IL
came at lfs5 at Ration, where we had
dinner at the arisioc attic hour Of 4:30
o'clock pm. From Rat1n 10 Las We
gss the QUITE les & rough the almost
limilless grazing la Dis of New Mexico,
csl ed Vegas" During the evening
the ranches of ex-senator Doney and
Boz IuRersoll were passed, as was also
the famous Maxwell grant, We lad
Lost about two hours, and clnse queot-
ly did not re ch Las V sgss until $3.50
o'clock p m whers we changed sleep
ere, aud in shot time were en- route
for Albuquerque, which p'acs we
reached Hb ~ O'Clock on the mcrn.
ing o! urday. Here the country
again change We passed our first
dton town # any szs about z 80
V'cIvtk s.ID., ana bad a large crowd
ont to zee the procession pass. They
ragged themrelyes along The platform
and turned out of their houses to watch
the train go by, tbout the only thing,
should say, that occurs 10 break the
dreaiy sameness Of their mouoioaC us
aud worthless existence. would re-
mark here that have looked faithful.
ly and earnestly for the hand.
some Ii dian b,avs and the lovely In.
dian maiden, tut so far have not DIS.
C vtred anything that fled the bill
All lhs In ijns have 80 far seen are
di GU ngly dirty and incorriRiblt
btggaIf, and II there Is auytbiGg noble
in The "injun" character il is hidden
81 deei ly that iG will never be di, coz.
cred by the casual observer Butt
resume. We weIe now in "aIid apC
ueeess Arizona" (sse guide books)
across VIII. CHI "ls s. bre' king the frs
dawn OF civil zslun." Il got this last
expiessi II Fl, IN a railroad folder, auC
an consequently rot responsible fol
~ We p SEED through q unmher o
WINS, the names Il which have Tor
gotten, and wou not have knoEn q
tneir existence, but for the coGsidela
iioa Of tho railroad company in nail
ing upa bard with ths name OF III,
place ard nun Der OF miles 10 I
+ al cisco painted thereon. This va
the only tvtatnce that there was
town anywhere around. There
were 70 htuse', 10 psoule, olly
eide ,rcG and a sigr, ar
confines water tack. Durinl
this DAY we p sstd through som
lava beds aud taly in the aftern ooI
crossed The Cou,iueutal divide.
know / was the continental d vide
b caus. thee vas o big sign DO rd an
nounting the i2at, a d the course o
the sr, ans, where there were auv
now changed a d hiwed westward I,
TIE Pa iic AN during the sitemoo,
II was the same and, cactus, dato!a
tiou- they bscJme weary o
lookiug at landscape that com
menced nowhere and ended in space
During G afternoon We passed Hal
brook, situated some fifteen mule
from the famous pet'ided forest {
Arizona and tee grand Cauon of e.
Colorado We did rot ,t.p over {
visit them, az the mercury WAS tlyio
20 reach the top notch in the tho,
mometer ard time was pressing. Dul
ing the night Peach Springs, Cano
Diablo and Flagstaff were passed an
the Needles were reached at rs
o'clock Fdday morning. Her
We crossed the Colocsdo rive
aud vera ia the crest Stat