The River Falls times. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1894-1933, 1897-02-02


until after daylight. Among the Mexi.
cans waiting were three Mexican
girls whom the ticket agent informed
us were wort h each over million dOl-
lars and as one Of them was young and
good looking | suggested to MI.
Klein that he might make n mash,
but he seemed to have no desire iii
that direction. They were very
| plainly dleseed and no American at
least would Judge them to be million
aires. The train finally arrived
! about IL a. nj. and we got aboard
Pullman car having had all we
wanted of the Mexican first class cars
from Ell Paso to Chihuahua.
About hundred miles or more
south of Chihuahua the country be-
gins to assume a different aspect; the
soil grows ricl err and more productive,
which is evinced by it's cultivation, and
crops of most all kinds in their differ
ent stages of ripening may be seen
The towns and villages become more
numerous and the country more
thickly populated. Every mile of the
Journey increases i'll interest from
this on. One interesting place is left
behind only to Don reach ano hel F.;
new scenes and views are con- nually
| L ~ ton .,cf
After travelling for hundreds of
miles through y mixed, comparatively
level country in which corn, cotton,
wheat and barley is grown on the
haciendas or farms, many of which
cont ain from 60, 600 to 1900 acres,
the country gradually becomes more
billy and rough and the train makes
many turns and windings, constantly
but steadily climbing up higher and
higher until we reach IN elevation OF
over eight thousand feet above sea
level, when all Of a sudden the train
stops and one Of he great est cities Of
Mexico is reached it is "Zacatecas,
the Silver King, HE oldest mining
city III the Republic. AS the tram
stops at he dep ,tyou are disappoint
ed us scarcely any signs OF a city is
visible, but the moment he station
is passed, by getting on the rear
platform Of the cars, you will see the
greatest sight OF tie journey, full
view OF the great city OF $4,000 people
living, With its thousands OF whit e,
flat topped stone and adobe houses
and many churches with their grace
ful towers, dones and ere sses, fully
two hundred feet below, spreading
along the mountain side, a $; ght SO
imposing, grand and beautiful, that
| shall never forget it..
The railroad runs along the side Of
the mount ain passing directly over
| but hundre Is Of feet above some o
the mines and smeIters, and for half
an hour the great silver city is in Il
view.
South of Zacatecas we again ent er
a fertile reg on and the green fields and
valleys between tie mount aims lCok
| refreshing and beautiful From this
on the road passes at times through
barren hills and mountain slopes Q
again emerge into fertile plains and
valleys, dotted with towns and vii
lagos All the railroad stations
seemed to be crowded at train time
with the natives who come to offer
for sale fruit OF all kinds, such as
oranges, bananas and otrawberries,
every day in the year at very low
prices. Others sell opals and precious
stones and again Others offer for
! sale fine hand-worked linens of all
kinds and descriptions.
On the morning of January 9th We
got out of our bert s at day light for
we were already in the valley OF
Mexico in which the capital OF the
Republic lies, and in less than one
hour we were at the end OF our jour
ney, the greatest city in Mexico,
! Mexico City. In few minutes we
were transferred from the depot TO
Hotel Iturbids, the only hotel in
Mexico, it is said, that has an eleva-
tor. After registering and being
as, igned to our rooms We started out
TO hunt up restaurant.