Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1898-06-16

Or as soil when it is baked. At a dis
lance looks like lake. A sample OF 1T
looks white and when put to the tongue
tastes like salt or soda. At 8:15 Wads-
worth is reached. A beautiful town OF
1900. 1T is an oasis with desert and
on either side Here we saw
cows and calves, and heard the COW bells
ring, to our delight, A beautiful grass
plot with fountain in it lies just east |
of the depot. Many indians are here.
This is on an indian reservation. Talked
with some of them. Asked the name OF
one little fellow years old and the
mother said it was Arthur. You know
I'll not forget that. Another one was
Johnny. asked Johnny who?" and
how they laughed. For carrying the
little children they made little back OF
willow about 6 or inches wide at bot
tom and or IL at the top and about ~
feet long, to this the child is closely
bound. Most of these have woven with
willow kind of shade at top to cover
the child's head. The little things look
ed we'll aud happy. The men looked
strong but lazy and are very slow. We
are now in river valley, irrigation
transforming the desert into a garden.
AT 1905 we are 254 miles from Sacre
mento. Many snow capped mountains
to the south. At 1920 Reno is reached.
This is an historic place. 1t has pop
ulation of about four or five thousand.
The people received us enthusiastically
as at Wadsworth and as all along the
line. We leave the desert from this on.
At 11:15 we passed Marwole and on
mile or two we entered California. From
this point an irrigation ditch starts from
The bed of the river and leads its way
down the valley around the mountain
edge across chasms by aqueduct, at one
point it goes through tunnel half way
up small mountain until at last it
reaches Reno. 1t is there used to send
water in all directions through the val
| ley. The sights are wonderful. Great
|
lumber camps are located along the val
ley as we ascend at the small stations.
To get the logs down the mountain they
make slide by placing two lines of trees
or boards few inches or foot apart
from the top of the mountain to the bot
tom. This makes kind of trough. In
to this the log is placed and it slides
down of it's SELF The logs are then float
ed down the river to the mill or are
hauled on a log train from the more dis
tant places.
At 80 we are at Summit on top OF
the Cascade mountain TOLL feet eleva-
ton. We are on level with the snow.
Some of the boys went out and got some.
We ate dinner in the snow sheds. AT
2:30 we start down grade toward Sacre.
mento at very swift speed. The trees
now are larger. The sheds hinder our
view. At 1886 we arrive at a small sta.
tron, Blue Canyon. 1t is rightly named
J The canyon below us looked blue. The
grade is ia feet to the mile. There is
an awful gulch to the left of this vii
liage. We soon look across it and see
the tunnel we passed through. East Of
us is gold mine. At we pass Shady
, Run, from here we see the run away
} down in the valley. This is grand. W.
5 pass many gold washes. Here we saw {
: | ntn hiph in fbn r
fall back and form small lake. The
7 mountains are Of red clay. | suppos,
. clay. 1t is real red. AT 4:15 we pas
! Alton and at 4 ID Dutch Flat. At tn,
. latter place we saw many Chinees'
a houses houses built right against eacl
!, other and very small. From appear
\ ance they must be awfully dirty. Her
' we see where at one time gold was oh
l tanned in great quantities. At Coll
S Run we passed church and cemeter
S on top of tho mountain. We now sc
a orchards on mountain sides. At A
D on left side are almost perpendicula
: bluffs all the way to the bottom of tn
S valley. We paused II minutes at Co
Q fax 81 miles from Sacramento. There
h one Protestant and one Catholic churc
4 here. SAB at Auburn 40 miles fror
u Sacramento the fruit country begins
Q Two and one half miles farther on
" never freezes. At New Castle at 5:5!
t This is a great fruit shipping point. A
n Locklin are the great stone quarries o
1. The top of the mountain.
From this ON there are less orchard
IL and more farms. We soon entered tn
9 great wheat fields. Much of it is alread
II cut and others are being cut. We hay
o entered the most beautiful countr
'e Imaginable. The large pastures wit
IL shade trees scattered over them are ide;
indeed. At 100 we entered Sacrament
d A vast crowd with brass band met us ;
he the depot. The reception was the mo-
IN cordial and enthusiastic. The Red Cros
S. society gave us supper i'm the dan6