Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1898-01-29


the depo. there is an Indian bazsr.
l; consists OF Indian relics and fine
taxirdemist's collection. Is is 8
sight worth going many miles to see.
Oae OF the collections that pleased
me was q finely mounted wolf, hold
iog prsisie chicken In its mouth
and was very true to life. The eu-
lire collection was from North d..
to:s, Montana aud Minnesota. New
Salem, y. ID. Is typical western
town. I sew Z bicyclist fitted
out with duck suit, som orero hat snd
backskin leggins, forming q1ite a
con,ras. to eastern vheelman.
The village in general resemble, the
account Of Washoe revisited as p1r-
trsyed in Harper's magazine. At
Sims We enter the coal regions and
numerous SLOPE can be SEGA on the
bill sidcs. And sod houses r, igu su-
preme. i. i. quite s pleasant relic:
when the tram reaches Msdors. TIE
buildings are ali modern ard nicely
painted, reminding one that they are
stili within the limits OF civil zstion.
The Bad Lards'Uf Dakota arc right
fully named. a person can form no
idea OF their bsrreness. without s.e.
;ng them. a stockmal tod me that
the BAD Lands Afforded good graz
log in some places. bat the percent
aye Of strsying cattle was so large
,aat s,oekuea we've forced 10 Ggi,
using II.
5 .Btinei Butte is the last town in
North Dakota on this line. Bach
TIE first station in Montana, is a
ctsary place. indeed. JAS. east Of
GleBdiyo iheIe is \ large stone mon
umcnt erected by this herd,rs ,hst
they may nave guide to keep their
she p Of tho bsc lands. The North
crn Pacific has large shops a, Gen
dive. The railroad follows tie yell
lowsiono river from here 20 Liyipgs-
bn. We passed through the tirs:
mouuiain tannel 10 the night. A
great deal Of beautiful scenery is
passed. We arrived a. Bczsman
early Ia the morning. and it seemed
rather odd to see electric lights away
up in The mountains.
Moaatsin sosnssy.
Logan is higher than Bozcman.
ani one whilT of mountain air in tie
carly morning is a great suiliciency.
aiScr leaviog Logan We began to [ e.
-cend the mOuutaiB. aad after going
taroagh numerous high stone Gu :
we catered t comparatively level
valley where there were thousands
u cattle grazing. a lonely little
cabin, standing All by itself. with I'LL
imposing sign saying 'Ted's Place,
and q pie Of beer kegs in front tdr-
nished considerable amusement for
The passepgcrs, grea. many smil-
iuGly expressing surprise aud Joy a,
seeing Cousin FED so comfortably
located. saw my FIRST stage coacs
at Townsend, ana noticed the s:rik-
ing resemblance to our eastern rag
buyers wagons that used t. be IL
vogue. On the depot platform a.
Helena were some Indians selling
Indian relies. The traia stopped
here 90 minutes, aad it gave as q
chance TO get out onto the platform
and get some ire-h air as well as see
tie sights Alter leaving Helens
he lamps are all lighted preparatory
TO SoiDg through tunnels With h
mammoth Sd;ivc wheel engine the
train slowly winds It's way up tne
mountains side, with the plnt,ui ME
Of tue cas- crowded with thJse ak
;Ous TO see the scenery, which il
grand q: this point. We crossed s.v-
eral high bridges and passed severa!
PAGER mines. After going through
several tunnels, one OF which Vas
oae mile long, we again began to &c
scend. Here is where one gets L
chance to appreciate the value Of The
air break, for II is IN almost constant
use while descending. Missouri il
quite = city. and Is the end II h
uivi.i)D; the company also has STOPS
at this place. Two mountain CLIMB
ing engines were attached to our
train here and again We start TO
climb the moo ntsiHs 10 reach the
highest elevation VIC will attain dur
Ing our journey. We crossed two
iron bridges, which were a, the very
less: so fee. high. ard at several
places could look below Us aud see
two railtoad tracks, but they were
The same ones over which we had
just passed. Near this place the
gold spike was driven when the rosd
vas completed. The mountains are
all covered with STOW, and the green
hr trees form Z pretty cuatras.. The
scenery from Helens to Joco is all
thatthc mes. Ias lidious could ask for.
Har.oc is strictly Chinese town.
aud laundry signs may he seen in al
directions. 4; rhom psOn's Tails our
train was s!de-,rscked Two hours on
account Of washOut, and in pour
ing rain We wandered about the
little iowS until the g ing rang, when
II was q race TO the Train through a
foot q mud. sttbe mex. stop, Hone.
ltalo, we we're informed that the
train would not &c able 10 60 any
farther until the ne1t dag at 10
O'Clock. Hope is beautifully iocsied
on the mountain side. q. the bottom
Of which lies Lake Pend d. O'Reille.