The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1898-09-24
THE WHITE PINE NEWS.
THE EDITOR ABROAD

/ IN MS Wanuef1ngS by the stern manu- VI
8 Necessity, but was allowed to go free
- after promising to return home and be
SEA good editor for year or so to come.
q" He Is now back In his sanetnm a wiser
20 but poorer man. hoping that the Lord
will forgive him for being a politician
: and thankful that there are no more
- conventions to attend for at least two
years.
- The greatest trouble with this part of
- the country is that il is too hard to get
~ in and out Nobody would accuse stag
- ing over our arid valleys of being the
most heavenly mode of travel yet de-
= vised. In fact, Pullman Palace Car
80 possesses marked elements of superior
Fs>ity. We must in justice say, however,
that the line between Ely and Wells is
conducted in manner which reduces
!, the discomforts to a minimum. The
l7seoaches are new and the best that can
sbe built. The line Is stocked with twice
1.-THE usual number of horses, all of whom
rare fat and sleek and an average OF
over seven miles an hour is made on all
&nalt5 Al pnO tOdus 1Dub VIC plCAoahbCoe
- feature ofallis the eating stations. Who
ever heard of plum pudding with whip
.ped'cream at a stage station? Yet such
isis what Mrs. Mollison set before us,
along with young pork and an abun-
dance of all the vegetables that ranch
affords. Then, after a ride of twenty
miles In the early morning from Cherry
ssGreek, one finds a good hot breakfast
a-awaiting him at Phalan's and again af-
ter a ride OF 40 miles over the hot and
dusty desert, 1t Is pleasure long to be
remembered to sit down in pleasant
a.homelike dining-room like Mrs. Cook S
at the Deep Well station, and eat a meal
ssuch as s'your mother used to cook. "
The above is not intended for flattery,
In which we never indulge, but these
ladies completely won our heart Shy
the shortest route'.
r. We approached Wells with some
Ntrepid alton, it being the home of the
editor of the Herald, with whom we
had exchanged a few shots at long
range. We first fortified ourself with
= good supper and then, under the pro.
lection of our redoubtable and valorous
friend Richard Riepe, started out to
ind the enemy. We met him and
iawed by our warlike array, he capitu-
lated at first sight. We found Mr..
.Vardy to be pleasant and genial gem
tleman, inspite of the fact that he is a
little erratic in his political views, and
we accordingly shook hands and smoked
the pipe of peace.
- Between Wells and Reno was the most
disagreeable part of our whole trip.
Going down, we slept through it, but
coming back in the day time, we had an
ample opportunity to observe the eff
forts made by the Central Pacific rail
road to please its patronsin Nevada
From Wordsworth to Wells we had the
pleasure of riding in combination
smoker and day car, not less than 20
years out OF date, which seemed to
scoop up every particle Of dust on the
road and sift it down ON the passengers
When we arrived at Wells, our cloth
Ing and baggage were white with aka
lhdust, our eyes were smarting and our
temper was lost. The worst i'll that we
could wish the officials of the Southern
Pacific Company is that they should be
made to travel through Nevada in one
OF their ownday coaches. But of course,
through passengers take Pullmans and
only Nevadans ride in the day car, so it
issli right, and we will go on forever
naxrfnrr for a Hrot -ala mid
ing In a third.class car.
During our stay in the western part
of the State we visited all of the State
institutions at both Reno and Carson
and will say something OF what we saw
in our next issue.
The last week of our trip was purely
one of pleasure. We left Carson ON
Sunday morning for Lake Tahoe, of
whose beauty we had often heard. 1t
lies. about IA miles from Carson by
stage. The road twists around up can
yons and steep hillsides constantly
climbing to the summit, whence the
waters OF the lake can be seen on the
other side, stretching a way for miles,
surrounded by rocky PERCEPTIONS shores
from which other pine clad SUBMITS
rise on all sides. It is indeed beauti-
full and wonderful phenomenon, this
sheet Of-water 80 miles long by "a miles
widp, peruhed on the tops of the Sier-
ras2 $500 feet above the sea level. The
water issas clear as crystal and when
the, surface is still, every pebble on
thssbottom can be seen at a depth of
fully 30 feet. In the shallower portions
the water is light green in color, but as
greater depth is attained it changes to
shade Of deep blue which would defy
thesnbtlest artist to reproduce. With
all It's beauty, it is exceedingly treach-
erous. A gust whirls down a canyon
and In q few moments the placid sur
facets whipped into foam, and an un-
wary boatman, II once spilled into the
water, is quickly chilled to the bone
and sinks, never to rise again.
There are several fine resorts around
the lake, but the season was about over
20 wedid not tarry, but crossed to the
opposite shore in the steamer and took