Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1893-07-20
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WEATHERLY. Pa. jar 1898.
Since my return frou d Worlds
Fair, | am frequentIy sked a. to
the truth of the stories has we're so
widely circulated reg ling extor,
tion practices in Chie;e,s | have
thought, thereforc, IT, brief state
ment on this point sald be Of
public interest. Bef4ss ouching
upon this point, however, I win en-
deavor to describe our very enjoya-
BILE trip still farther west, to the
convention of the National Asso-
citation of Railway Surgeons, at
Omaha, Nebraska.
On Monday, May goth, at $3.50
p. m. accompanied by my wife and
family, stepped i'm special sleeper
at Mauch Chunk, attached to train
No. ), which carried rs through to
Chicago without change. The
sleeper was secured by DR.. w. l..
Estes, OF Bethlehem, surgeon in
chief of the Lehigh Valley Railroad
Company, for the special use of the
Lehigh Valley surgeons. Our party
was then made up as follows: DR..
Estes, wife and children, DR.. Green
and sister, DR.. Ewing, wife and
daughter, DIR. Zern and wife, DR..
Reber and wife, Dr. Erwin and wife,
DR.. Elexer and wife, DIR. Tweedle
and wife, DIR. Kolb, DR.. Meyers and
sister, DIR. Longshore's son, DR..
Trimmer, DR.. Menning and daugh-
ter, DIR. Weaver and DIR. Dana.
The trip from Mauch Chunk to
Chicago was a very pleasant one,
and Notwithstanding, we were tray-
cling at the rate of from fifty to
sixty miles per hour, we had the
comforts and conveniences of a
home life. We reached Chicago on
Tuesday evening. AT this place,
with very little delay, oux car was
attached tooneof the fass snnuson
the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy
road, and at 1880 p. m, we were
whirling towards Omaha at a very
rapid rate. Burlington, Iowa, was
reached at $50 next morning.
Here, Mrs. Latham and children
left US and boarded train for
Quincy, Illinois, to visit her sister,
Mrs. Marchland.
From Burlington to Omaha the
trip was again delightful. At 4:30
p. m, on Wednesday afternoon, we
stepped from the car at Omaha,
having made that immense distance
from Mauch Chunk in little less
than fifty hours. A wonderful,
wonderful feeling possesses the man
who has never before experienced
the trip. Being anxious to regis
ter, pay our fee, and become MEM
bers in good standing for another
year, we hurried to the convention
hall, where we found q large gather
ing of surgeons from all over the
United States. During the sessions
of the convention we heard many
able papers read and discussed. The
work for which the meeting was
called being finished, we once more
stepped into our Lehigh Valley
special, and were soon travelling in
the direction of Denver, over the
Union Pacific, passing through
some fine farming country, and
many very pretty towns and villages.
But before reaching Denver, We
travelled for miles and miles over
the unbroken prairie, with now and
then dug out or mud house as the
only residence visible. The land is
not worth much for farming pur.
poses unless irrigated, and that is
why it is not more thickly settled.
| have been told, also, that when
properly irrigated ii il the most
fertile section in the country. 1t
seems to me that it would be good
section in which to try the rain ma
chine.
Denver was reached early Satur-
day morning. After breakfast and
short rest, we went with an ex-
cursion party to Colorado Springs,
some seventy miles from Denver.
This place is near Pixies Peak, and
is considered great health resort.
Manitou and the Garden of the
Gods are near the Springs, and are
very interesting places. 1t would