People's voice. [volume] (Wellington, Sumner County, Kansas) 1890-1917, 1897-12-30
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Observation-Disclosures
WanawatO, as this name is pro-
nOunced, is nearly three hundred
miles north Of the City Of Mexico, on
mountain side. The railroad baked
at Wardl. Here the traveller may
elmo afOOt or he can take street car,
drawn by four stout mules, the re-
naming three miles.
| boarded the front car Of three that
stood waiting aud our driver SOON had
his mules in a gallOp toward the head
of the gulch. Only one street reaches
the top. This is the car line in the
center Of the city. 1t winds its
crooked way like the body OF a
knarled tree and all other streets
branch out like its limbs. The road
this morning was lined with burr0S
laden with ore, hay, fruit, pulks, milk
cans and all needed articles TO main
tain city Of $4,000 people. After
riding two miles up this stony path,
jumped of and walked to the end OF
The Car line and far beyond. Looking
back from the mountain top one can
see the shelf city Of this continent.
Hundreds OF houses perched on the
mountain side where it would discour-
aye goat TO climb are frequently
covered with vines and flowers.
Scarcely any of this large city is as
level as the bluff opposite the union
depot at Kansas City. The promi.
nent Points in view were the water.
works, aqueduct, bridges, theater,
prison, palace, mint, cathedrals and
panteOn, or catacombs.
Returning toward the center Of this
long narrow city, determined to el e.
plOre the mint, the panteOn, the
theater and the prison. Now thi,
would be easy 10 Wellington, but moi
80 where not word could be spoken
During the whole day / saw just three
men who spoke English. One Of
them | hailed at the mountain top a,
he buried past. He was a large
mine owner who had no time to waste
on me. A good share of my life ha.
been keeping time like this good fel
low.
One man, | had been told, clerkeC
in the Bank of London and spoke
English. 1t took NE nearly one hOul
TO find this bank. You would doubt
less have found it sooner but yoU
would have failed several times in The
attempt. 1t is all real funny to ChinE
about. | went into large mercan.
tile establishment where four Smar
men saw me print Bank of London OF
a sheet, then one OF them quickly lee
me over the crooked street to thC
door. My only friend, Mr.. Riefkohl
could not leave his desk but he kindly
gave me letter to the director of thu
mint and showed me the way.
The mint is a curiOusly constructed
rock building, where hundreds o
millions 10 silver have been coined
| During che decade from 1890 to 1910
it is said, One-eighth Of the world
product Of silver was mined in thi
gulch. Scores Of the heavily ladeI
burrOs were unloading when | 90
there. No enc could speak to me no
could | 10 any one In the mint. The.
Use improved machinery and the pro
cess Of melting the silver bars, mould
ing into blank dollars and dnall,
the stamping, is about the same as a
our minis. Two Indians or Mexican
quickly grasp with almost unerrin,
certainty twenty dollars at each tim
and stack it, if free from flaws. Lon,
service has made them eXceedingl
clever at this. The dollars are the
sacked and weighed. At the STAN
and counting corner was very brigh
lot of men. Here l made effort t,
talk. All | got out Uf it was tina
they reversed placard and read
"VisitOrs are asked to not carry of
either blanks or dollars" We min
gled our voices in a hearty Spanish
American laugh as | passed on wit
my guide. The visit TO the mint wa
purely journey Of sight TO me.
The theater here is one Of the hun
ldred and seven wonders Of the world
1t was built two years ago To bea
anything of its kind. 1t ought +
rank high. Five galleries make il
circular sides. Twenty weight hun
dred electric lights brighten ii
StuccO, silver and statuary adOrn ii
Wishing to know its cost, | said t
the keeper: "Finem "Cnst?" RI
said, millions. l held up two fin
gers. He held up seven fingers.
am ready to believe it cost $1,000, OOC
1t was now near noon, while owe
the stony street pleasant voic
called: "Are you not an English
man?' The speaker proved to b
Rev. Ira c. Cartwright, "a missionar
Of the ME-. church. He very cheer
fully appointed an hour in the after
noon to show me through the cata
combs, dnd also arranged with a re-
taurant TO prepare me dinner. Ate
dinner | looked through the Larry
cathedral, always open, and wher
candles have not gone out for probs
bly, two hundred years. Rich furr
ishing and rare old paintings ar
attractions.
The street Is lined with women an
men selling Christmas toys, pottery
cakes and candles. They spread the
wares on the stony street or on boz
It might be there were one thOusan
thus engaged at that hour. Rushin
along the streets were men carryin
packs heavy enough for hOrs'
Women were carving large water jal