The new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1876-1904, 1899-08-16
INTERESTING EXPERIENCES
Dr.. Raymond Tells of His west
ern Trip.

Delightful aud other Kinds Of Expert
ences-CaIifornia People Very Hos
pitable Notable Gatherings Attend
ed-Impressions In Mexico and III
States Of the Southwest.
President Raymond OF the Univel
sity has arrived from the wester
trip which has taken up the tim
since the FIRST OF July. He left her
together with Mrs. Raymond by wa
OF Chicago for California Mr.:
Raymond stopped on the way bacl
in Illinois to visit her mother an
will not he back in Morgantown 70
week or ten days
One OF the chief reasons for tn
trip taken by DIR. Raymond was 4
aid in the selection of a number o
new men for the faculty of the Uni
versity. Chairs to be filed are a
follows:
Domestic Science, History, Biolo
gy for one year during absence o
DR.. Hartigan who viii take yea
off for higher investigation, Materi,
Medica, Physiological Chemistry
Stringed instruments and assistants
in Vocal Music, and Chemistry, Tn,
professorship in Mechanical Engi
neering will not be filled this veal
but Prof. Jones has been promoted
in this department and the fact thai
there will be no work done in tn,
shops will relieve the pressing nee
essity OF man to take Prot. AL
drich's place for the time being.
Prof. Emory will have genera
charge Later it is the intention
not only to elect IA man in the Me
chanical department but also II
Electrical Engineering.
4 he Burlington Route was takei
tward from Chicago through
inois, Iowa, Nebraska and tolora
do to Denver. The first part of thil
trip was delightful being through |
garden The latter through dcscr
of sand Then south over the Den
yer and Rio Grande through til,
Grand Canon IA most beautiful
scenic route and one full OF the mos
absorbing interest
+ Leadville was one oil the places
visited on this part of the trip
There were no Indians nor othe
savages at Leadville and the travel
ers were interested at finding tina
the state OF Colorado produced an
nually more gold than silver al
though it is usually thought of as
great silver producing state.
From there the road went int
Utah and here some OF the most DIES
olate parts of the United States wer
seen. Salt Lake City aud Ogdel
were the only towns Of any size en-
countered. The people were pecnlia
and the institution of polygany !
not only not dying out bnt is spread
Ing The President OF the Agrieul
taraI College Of Utah is man hay
ing three wives aud seems rathe
proud OF that fact.
The railroad ran around two side
OF the Great Salt Lake and the eifec
Of the basin on the eyes was yer
hari. The basin is composed G
sand and alkali It's white in colo
aud the reflected light was awfu
u tab was desert except for til
oasis at Salt Lake City and Ogder
Passing into Nevada the sag
brush, coyotes and jack rabbit
made up the landscape. The deser
was something awful and the scene
OF desoIation were indescribabl,
For hundreds Of miles there are n
trees, no grass, no water, nothin
but wastes OF sand covered with tn
things mentioned above.
The Humboldt river was one Of Tia
many peculiar things about this sec
tion of the country. 1t flows para
lei to the railroad for forty or fit
miles and then disappears. 1t sink
out OF sight in the sand accordin
to the eople out there but the prot
ably true explanation of it is that
evaporates. Along this river ther
are some pretty places but back {
| it the sand has every thing.
In California the meeting OF Oh
Associ ton Of Agricultural College
and Experiment Stations togethe
with the meeting OF the National Et
vocational Association were ATTENDED
The former met in San Francisc
and the latter in Los Angeles. A
the former meeting there were bu
one hundred and fifty delegates
Prof. Hite was very highly spoken {
by the delegates and it was foun
that he stood very high over til
country by reason Of his attainment
in Chemical research. Prof. Sander
who is now president of the Ne
Mexico Agricultural College wa
in attendance.
A paper was read by Dr.. Ra,
mond on university extension fc
Agricultural Colleges.
In San Francisco trip was mad
to China town which was very grea
ly enjoyed. Here we're thousands (
Chinese in their dens in the yer
heart of the city. fhey burrowe
like rats until in some cases the
went far under ground and out III