The Red Cloud chief., 1901-05-31
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will comply with your request and
tell something ~ our trip and what
little I know ~ the country.
After leaving Red Cloud we did mot
see much until we got to Denver, whci"
the train stops fifty minutes. Here ""
got aboard the ID. " X. q. train. Att
leaving Denver there was enough T.
see that was interesting. Everything
went well until we got within three
hundred yards Of Granite, 259 mile
from Denver Here we had q head end
collision with a freight train. Only tw"
Eersons we're hurt, and the engines
were slowed up some but not disabled
and after putting the front end OF the
freight engine back on the trucks and
patching up q smashed platform on the
third u the last car we were ready to
go ahead, the freight having to back
up to Granite. From there to Lesdville
the scenery was good; after that 1t was
dark and nothing was to be seen until
we got neal Price the nsxt morning
From here TO Salt Lake there vas quite
II variety Of scenery aud also until We
got to Ogden. At Ogden we took the
southern Pacific. There was nothing
to see worth mentioning in this desert
country or until we came near Reno
$50 miles from Ogaep. AT Ii 30 y M
wa got to Summit, 63s miles from Og.
den, which is about = mile inside OF the
snow sheds. Here u loaded fruit car
va oi the track. The "wreckci" soon
came up from Truckee, but 1t took five
hours to put a new set at 'rucks under
and get it out Of the way. You can
imagine how we enjoyed the remain
der of the thirty.six miles OF snow
sheds. After leaving the snow sheds
and until night the scenery was liae.
Arriving at Sacramento at 10 pm. we
were informed that we had missed all
connections and could not continue our
journey until 1910 am the next day
Here they switched the slrcprrs "h 10
one end of the yard and ". enjoyed IA
good nights sleep. In the morning we
ooh a stroll up Town for II few hours
II it were not for the flowers and nice
trees and plants, Sacramento would
not be ms nice AS Omaha. Leaving
Sacramento an hour late we went
through large wheat and barley fields,
which were IA disappointment 10 mo.
II has not rained there for some time,
the grain is all headed out and MT
much over a foot high. In the after.
noon when We got $50 miles from Sac.
%r,rento, crops began To look better
aud near Fresno and Selma about ywo
hundrcd miles out from Sacramento
crops we're good. Every yard WAS
filled with roses aud other beautiful
flowers We arrived nj Los Angeles at
: 10 am. and changed for Riverside
where W arrived III IL 30 AIM. Rirc.-
side is II beautiful place, tine streets,
residences and parks. We were at the
cemetery today. 1t is worth coming
! miles to see. One would not think n
cemetery could be made SO beautiful
This is the orange growing section
Of the state; the hnest are grown here.
The oranges are not all picked yet.
There are thirty.two packing houses
in this valley, Some have shut down,
while others will u another month
WORK is plenty; ordinary laborers get
81 IS to $500 per day carpenters, etc >,
$500; man and team 81, 90 to $500; OF.
ange pickers earn from 81 SO to % so
packing house men from 81 70 to $3.50.
The climate here is tine and weather
not very watm. AT 5 o'clock it begins
to get cool and after sundown Il coat
feels comfortable, while AT 3 u'clock in
the morning one feels warm enough in
his shirt sleeves, II sr,dom rains mere,
but it rained somc last winter and n
few times this Spring
j. n WEGMANN.