The pioneer press. (Miller, Hand County, S.D.) 1893-190?, 1897-07-22
From the Coast.
San Francisco, Cal.
July 10, 1897.

many of your readers might beinter-
ested in some of the things here i'll
Frisco" We landed here on the Bird
inst. with II coaches, all chock full,
with a double header" without the
least accident during the Tip.
Crops looked fairly well till we got
within $50 miles of Cheyenne, Wyo-
ming; where the north American es-
ert set in; with sage brush, and aka
Ii visible on all sides. Cheyenne is
strictly q rail road city of 10000
inhabitants. 1t is nearly all built of
stone. Here the L. p. shops are sit
uated, where they repair, and rebuild
both cars, and engines. Itseems odd
to see such a thriving city in the
midst of desert; with no signs OF
farms, or vegetation OF and kind.
The next point of interest was the
Ames monument, S247 feet above
sea leyel. This is the highest point
of the Rockies on this line of road.
This monument was erected to the
man whose name it bears, as the
great protector of this road. Here,
and even back a hundred miles We
could see many snow capped noun
tains which was quite a curiosity to
many of us.
Ogdon was the next city OF inter-
est, where we could see Salt Lake, yet
81 miles from Salt Lake City. Here
the Hon. would. be President of the
L. S. VIM. J.. Bryan boarded the train
for Sacramento, where he was billed
to make a 4th of July, Silver"
speech. Of course the people all
along the line knew he was on the
train, therefore did him honor with
fire crackers, flying flags, etc. He
made many short speeches enroute,
gladdening the hearts of silverites,
but getting many Kisses.
Nevada was almost a continuous
desert till we reached Wells; here We
saw lone cow" as vegetation com
menced to make a little appearance
only. Next we came to the Sierra Ne
yada mountains. The elevation was
7O17. Now we will note that we
passed through 43 miles of continu-
Gus snow sheds, besides many short
er ones; also many tunnels. Our
train took on the shape of the letter
S many times; while on IN side the
mountains would be very high and
or the other you could look down
till you were dizzy. Now we passed
to Sacramento with only 26,3S6 in
habitants, but a nice looking city.
1t was decorated very extensively in
honor of our nations birthday, and
the great speaker Of the day. He
was met ut the train by thousands
of anxious sight seers Long before
reaching the city, California showed
up with her many harvest fields of
golden grain, Vineyards and orchards.
Yes, this is surely the Garden Of Eden,
OF modern times. | have only visited
a few of the important places of San
Francisco yet, but they are all Of in
terest to one from such a place as
Hand Co.. Fruits of all kinds
abound everywhere, large, ripe, and
cheap.
One can live as cheapl.y here as any
place in the L. S. Think of tia fair
meal with good coffee, 1Oc.; "a good
meal 15c. The very best, and in
highest style 25c. Furnished rooms,
in good locality, 81 to $3.50 per
week. The. Christian Endeavorers
have beaten their record in turning
out to their annualconvention. The
worst feature is that all have to
land at, OF near. the same wharf
and the baggage has accumulated
till it is just enormous. The transfer
companies are a week behind in de-
livering trunks and vaiises. Many
ladies will be disappointed bynot hay
ing their parapharnalia with which