The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-24
f. I. WHITNEY SAYS 1T HAS ALL
THE OLD WORLDS ATTRAC-
TIONS.
WITH BETTER FACILITIES
FOR THE TOURIST WHO WANTS
TO SEE ANY THING ON
EARTH.
SCENIC srLEsDoR IN THE WEST.
And the CosmOpolfte Cities OF the
East Are Among the Varied
Sights.

f. I. Whitney, general passenger
and ticket agent of the Great North
ern, is man who thinks there are
plenty of things in America to see to
keep man busy for life time, with
out going to other countries. Mr..
Whitney has seen it all himself in his
extensive travels. and knows whereof
he speaks. He has very little sympa-
thy with the fad of doing" Europe
before seeing the wonders of America.
Mr.. Whitney has prepared an interest
ing paper upon the wonders of Amer
lea, from east to west, from north to
south.
With many people travel means
to go abroad, and the traveller" in
the common meaning Of the term,
is usually man who has taken some
body's superficial excursion around
the globe, and who frequently knows
as little of the wonders of his own
country (outside of the cities) as if he
had never been in it, The people of
foreign lands take pride in pointing
out their natural, historical and Gre
ated attractions, and Americans are
alphabetically disposed to run away
and see other lands before they be-
come acquainted with their own.
George Washington, in a letter to
his step-son, young Curtis, discussed
the question of foreign travel, saying.
1t is to be expected that every man
who travels with view of observing
the laws and customs of other coun-
tries should be able to give some de-
scription of the situation and govern
ment of his own"
Every true American should visit
and investigate all parts of our con-
tinent, much of which is now of such
easy access, before spending money
and time in other lands. Hundreds
OF millions of dollars of American
money is expended annually in Euro
pean countries, with more discomforts
of travel and speed than is possible
in America, because it is the fad. or
because our people are ignorant of
what we possess.
America was the first continent to
rear it's head above the primeval wa
tiers, and while it is the Oldest geolog-
ically. it is the youngest in the new
civilization, in which are concentrated
all the best forces of the earth,s
brightest century
AS a sight-seeker, what do you want ?
Do you want antiquity? See the
mounds of Americas prehistoric peo-
pie scattered throughout the Ohio val
ley, along the Mississippi, by the
shores of the Mexican gulf. in the
Minnesota park region, and by Devils
lake in North Dakota.
Do you wish to delve in the GENE
teries of prehistoric animals? Go to
the. bad lands of the Black Hills In
South Dakota and Wyoming. Go to
the Smith river and Arrow creek bad
lands In Montana, where the mastodon
rh1noceros, camel and other monsters
OF past ages have been found. A solid
cliff of shells and fishes is to be seen
on Arrow creek. Go to the John Day
river country in Oregon Go to East
sern Washington, near Spokane, where
the largest skeleton of the mastodon
ever known was eXhumed, and during
the Worlds fair was exhibited in the
Washington state building.
Do you want solitude? In the Rock
les, the Cascades and the Sierras are
cliffs and streams and caves and can
yons, yet strange to human feet and IN
seen by mortal eye, that await the
coming of the explorer.
Do you want to see a salt lake? One
as salty as the historic Dead sea of
Judea is found in Utah; deep, tide
less, lifeless and higher above the
ocean than the top of the Allegheny
mountains.
Do you want to see deserts? Go to
Arizona, where, as some said: THE
Almighty dumped the scraps after
making the earth There is the
lutte as tie Sahara Not wide
reach OF sand, but country scanned
with ragged. barren hills. extinct vol
canoes, expanses of black lava beds
and yawning casms. 1t is hotter there
than anywhere else in America. In
the smooth wastes the winds play
havoc, sitting and burying obstacles
in it's sandy path, lifting the keen.
sharp particles as with. SCOOP and
scattering them aloft on the mountain
cliffs. In some localities the desert ia
worse than others, hence the local
names of death Valley" and Land of
Thirst" where the surface lies below
the level of the sea.
Do you wish to see natures most
awe-inspiring work? Go to the ap-
palling canyon of the Colorado. where
Charles Dudley Warner, after visit
ing many of the remarkable places Of
earth, was seized with fear. when left
alone in the presence of the massive
gorge with its awful and gaudy ar
chltecture: Where Maj. Powell risked
his life in most startling VOYAGE. in
a fyy0 SO t.
IKE mere ribbon from its lofty
banks: Where nervous people are SO
impressed that they burst into tears
or fits of laughter. See the Garden Of
the Gods, Avalanche Basin, Yellow
stone Park and other spots in the
west for further manifestations of ma
lures wonderful grotesqueness and
disorder.
Do you wish to see the mirage. lift
ing the distant places into view? Go
to the American Northwest, where the
summer time is perfection, and the
winter time presents the glories Of
cloudless sunny days, and nights radf-
ant with stars and northern auroras.
and breathe the purest air in all the
great, round globe.
Do you want to climb mountains? Go
West and Northwest and see twenty
Switzerlands, where the wild, white
SUBMITS Of the Rockies. Selkirks, Cas-
cades and Sierras pierce the thin air
of eternal winter and dwarf the White
mountains and Alleghanies into hill
locks.
Do you want to enjoy an earthquake?
California has reputation for getting
up a scare or downright shake ev-
cry once in a while, and up on the
high peaks OF the Cascades in Oregon
and Washington you can find rocks.
close up to the snow line. as hot from