The Roanoke times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1897-1977, 1898-01-16
SAL |, e, NJ
ISAAC CANNADAY, REPORTER.

ISAAC CANNADAY, REPORTER.
A w. c. T. U. oratorical contest was
held in the Methodist Church Friday
evening with the following programme:
Prayer by Rev. James h. Armstrong;
anthem by the choir; recitation by Howell
Hardy entitled. 1.-The Culture of Civiliza-
tion;' recitation by Claudine Ferguson,
"a Terrible Charge" music, solo by Miss
Mary Wiley: recitation by Lillian Dame,
Farmer Deans Conversions" recitation
By Willie BuIch, Down Into the
Traffic." music, duette bv the Misses
Frantz, recitation by EDpe Campdcn, "a
Christmas Story" Music, solo by Frank
Chalmers. The decision WAS rendered by
the following judges: Judge w. w.
Moffett, Henderson Lee. r. l.. Campbell
The medal was presented to Miss Willie
Burch by DR.. F.V. n. Painter, of the col
lege. The large audience was we'll enter
tanned.
Rev. II. C. V. Campbell was visiting
VIM Cannaday. Of G!envar yesterday af-
ternoon. Mr. Cannaday is said to be
suffering considerably from his recent ac
cident.
Hon. y. A. Phlegar was in town yes
terday on business connected with the
legal profession.
G. w. Chapman and James Ridinger, of
Mason's Cove. were in town yesterday.
DR.. j. p. killian reports that little
Maude Sizer, who has been quite i'll. is
much better and that b. +. Simones con-
tinues to improve.
Logan Martin, of Newport, Giles coun.
ty, who has position with the National
Art Co., leaves to. day.
Miss Anderson, who has been visiting
the family Of w. S. Agner, returned to
Buena Vista yesterday.
Rev. j. w. Hypes has gone TO New
Castle to hold ten days meeting.
Capt. w. w. Brand, of Cataw ba, was
III town yesterday.
G. w. Gose, of Wytheville, who is an
employe of the Norfolk aud Western, Is
registered at Hotel Duval.
A lady in Salem recently received n let
ter from Mrs. DR.. l. u. Coates who is
we'll known here, written en- route to San
Francisco, Cal, from which the follow.
ing extracts are taken:
Zone of the points of interest passed
was Buffalo I}ill's ranch in Wyoming.
Another in Utah just at the entrance OF
Echo Canon WAS Pulpit Rock, said to lie
the spot from which Brigham YOUNG
preached his first sermon to the latter
day saints have ve"doubts AS to
his having mounted such pedestal un
less ne had very high ladder to help
him. DEVILS Gate was another wild SPOT.
fit model for the entrance to any in
ferno. For wild and wierd scenery that
OF the Rocky Mountains surpasses any
thing ever imagined; they are entirely
bare of vegetation except thick growth
OF sage brush, which at a distance serves
only to add to the blackened blasted as
pect of gloom with which they are en-
shrouded. Continuously wa passed
through the Great American Desert, mile
after mile Of bare rock and sage brush
Dr. Coates and Mr.. Duval, who sat up.to
see the old year out, claimed to have seen
two wolves, II coyote, bear and several
jack rabbits. AT Ogden, Utah, the train
stopped for half an hour and we were
glad to get out and walk around little.
believe it was 1t this point that all
watches had to be set back an hour, we
having gained that much time in our
journey westward. Soon after leaving
Ogden our way led us on for quite dis
lance i'll sight of Great Salt Lake, beau
tlfui sheet of water. We were not in sight
of Salt Lake City. however. when we be
gan to cross The Sierra Nevada Noun
tains. The scenery was grandly beautiful
rather than sublime; most of the noun
tains were snow clad and covered with
tall trees, mostly pines, and many mcun.
tain streams ana waterfalls added their
attractions to the scenic effects as well rs
demonstrate their usefulness by turn.
ing saw mills and filling sluices, down
which were floating uniform blocks of ice
ready for packing. Almost Mt the high
est point of the Sierra we came upon
beautiful sheet of water called Donald
lake, whose beauty was partly concealed,
however, by long succession of snow
sheds Tn all we passed forty miles of
sheds). Our road in many cases led us
along side by side with the cold trail CT
the forty Miners" who must indeed have
been Of courage TO brave such difficulties
and dangers. In Utah believe it was we
saw one of the genuine prairie schooners,
drawn by six horses and another on sled
runners with stove pipe protrudip0 above
the canvas cover. There was snow every
where until we reached California and
then orange trees, olive clad Mills, miles
of orchards, Chinese villages, acres of