Daily new dominion. [volume] (Morgantown, W. Va.) 1897-1906, 1902-08-28
FIRST HOME.
M. S. Garrison and DR.. Ira E
Hall and Wife

The first of the twenty persons
who left here for the Knights Of
Pythias Conclave at San Francisco
California, July 31st, arrived home
August 10Th. They are DR.. Ira E
Hall and wife and M. S. Garrison.
Mr. Garrison was seen by rep
resentative OF this paper to-day. He
enjoyed the excursion heartily, bul
was glad to cut it shorter than he al
first intended and return to Nor
gantown and home folks. He could
get no communication with home
except by telegraph, and seldom re
NAMED in one place long enough TO
wait for message over the wires.
Mr.. Garrison and Evans Price
were the first of the party to arrive
in San Francisco, having gone from
Salt Lake by another route, while
the others were waiting for repairs
to the railroad over the route they
had selected after a big washout.
These two gentlemen arrived at San
Francisco on Sunday, August 10th.
Mr. Garrison remained there till
Thursday when he found DR. Hall
was ready to accompany him to
Los Angeles. Several members of
the party cut out this trip from the
program, though the tickets were
good to take it in. Mr.. Glasscock
desired to get on up north and see
his brother in Washington state.
Messrs Garrison and Hall left
San Francisco Monday. August
18th, and went by way of Sacra
mento up through Oregon to Seattle,
Washington. Here they decided to
give up the trip through Yellow
stone Park. Mr.. Garrison says he
had seen canons, waterfalls, gorges,
mountain peaks, spouting springs,
buffaloes and the Garden OF the
Gods. He was not expecting to en-
counter many new things at the
National Park. 1t would require
ten days more time and cost $50
additional to make the trip, and he
was getting more anxious to see
West Virginia than Yellowstone
Park. So they boarded the train
at Seattle and rode continuously
three days and nights to st. Paul,
Minnesota, where they had little
rest and sight seeing and then has
tened on home by way of Chicago.
Mr. Garrison says the states
through the Middle West, Ohio, In
diana, Illinois, and Nebraska are
like one world corn field He was
somewhat disappointed to find so
much of California barren desert
country. Over much of the surface
they do no not have much more rain
fall in a whole year than we have
here during one shower
He SAYS there are vast herds OF
cattle grazing where there seems to
be nothing green but scattering
lunches OF sage brush, but there is
enough grass in among this to keep
the cattle in very good flesh. One
peculiar difference Mr.. Garrison re-
between the cattle ON the
California ranches and those In the
Mississippi Valley. On the Pacific
coast they scatter out over whole
ranch as individuals or two and
three in a place. In the prairie
states of Illinois and Nebraska they
Craze in herds close together as they
do in this country.
Many of the homes or shanties oc-
cupied by people along the route
were little more than log
huts-evel in the cities "a great
many of the houses in the suburbs
are of the cheapest kind. A great
many along the railroads are built
of railroad ties that have been used |
once and replaced by new ones.
The homes through the Middle
West in the fine farming country, |
Mr.. Garrison says, will not compare
with those in West Virginia and
for comfort and ap.
pearance.
On the trip east, they travelled
night and day, but it was dark onl,
VA q houio Oue vi CdCn ZH, ~ tuGE
got to see most of the country.
W ashington state is a timber conn
try with rich wheat growing valleys.
The western portion of Montana il
dry and barren, while the eastern
portion is grazing country. When
they reached Dakota and Minnesota
vast fields of spring wheat and oats
we're seen in every direction, 81, no
'ruit. Not until they reached j. u,
gan was there any fruis or ,nru
worth anything.
Mr.. Garrison did know of lr. /
death till to-day. |
They told him at home yesterday,
out he did not understand who it (
vas and was greatly surprised at
The sad news.
DR.. Kelly left San Francisco only I
about one day behind Mr. Garrison
md DR.. and Mrs. Hall. He is ex-
Dected home in a day or two
The party was broken up very |
much at Salt Lake City where there |
vas delay from the storm.
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