Arizona republican., 1903-11-23
A TOUR OF THE COUNTRY
Washington Linotype Operator Seeing
 All That is to be Seen.

When Samuel Murray a printer, who has been holding down machine in the composing room of The Republi- can for the last three weeks, reaches Washington, D C., he will have crowd ed more intelligent travelling into the same length of time than perhaps any other man in the country. MT. Murray left Washington Feb. 21 of this year. intending to see the chief points of interest in North America that were worth seeing and which he had hot seen. He mapped out a tour of about 21,O00 miles and figured that he could com plete it with sufficient leisure by the latter part of August of next year-a year and a half. One of his objects was to make the trip like a gentleman, ride in Fullmans when he felt like it, pay his expenses at hotels and, alto Gether, enjoy himself like a man of means. In short, he meant to live up to the dignity to which the mechan- ical department of newspapers has been raised by the invention of perfecting presses and the Mergenthaler lYnotype machine. He was also going to earn his pleas ure tour as he went along, and he has
  instance. when he had to send home for money to cover a slight miscalcu- lation he had made in mapping out his journey.
 Mir. Murray went directly from Wash ington to Los Angeles, 3151 miles. His next stopping place was San Francis co, 4s2 miles; the next. Seattle, 95S miles, and then Victoria, E. C., and re- turn, 160 miles. From Seattle he went 10 Portland. Ore. 1S6 miles. whence he returned to San Francisco, 773 miles. A trip to Eureka. Cal. and return ab- sorbed 4Js more miles.
 One of the most enjoyable incidents of his journey was his visit to Yosemite valley and the Mariposa Big Tree grove from San Francisco. He spent some time in that wonderland and pre- pared one of the most interesting ac- counts of it that has yet been writ ten. The trip to the Yosemite and re turn took up 532 miles of the journey.
 All this time he was easily earning enough to enable him to carry out his plans. Then he crossed the mountains to Salt Lake. which he made his base of operations for an invasion of the Yellowstone National park. That is not only a long journey, Ss4 miles to and through the park and return. but it is an expensive one. One has to depend on stages in Yellowstone. and every time it becomes necessary for one to put his feet under linen. whether in a bed room or @ dining room, it costs a dollar. It was at tnls stage of his Journey that MT. Murray had to send for money. Returning to Salt Lake. M. Murray went to Colorado Springs, 666 miles. doing Pike's peak and taking in most of the scenery in that vicinity. and thence to Denver, 75 miles. His next stopping place was Pueblo. 11S miles from ColOradO's capital.
 lie went from Pueblo to Canon City, Colo, more for the purpose of seeing the Royal gorge, one of the most scenic features of that state. That was S6 miles. From Pueblo he went to Albu- qurque, W. NJ. 4O5 miles, and from AL buquerque to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado. without which his terms of agreement with himself would not have been fulfilled. His idea of the Grand canyon is much the same as that of all other visitors. It is in his opinion, the wonder of the world. Its grand deur is beyond description. But, while Yosemite could be buried in it and for Ever lost. yet Yosemite car never be forgotten by one who has ever seen it. Ii will remain the scenic gem. It is a great natural wonder. The Grand can yon is SO big and awful that it Is un- natural.
 From the Canyon Mir Murray went to Prescott, Ariz., IA miles, and thence he came to Phoenix, 136 miles, thus completing 1O,533 miles of the entire journey. He has been here three weeks wi faa iorht IT.. and from there to the City of Mex ico. where he expects to remain about month. In his schedule his next stopping place was to be Monterey. but he will cut that out on account of the prevalence of yellow fever. He will probably go to Vera Cruz instead and thence by water to TampicO. He will visit in order San Antonio. Houston and Galveston, Texas, and will reach New Orleans on Feb. 1. His visit there was timed with reference to Mardi Gras. He vii! remain there d month and then he will go to Jacksonville. Palm Beach, St. Augustine. Fla. The next towns on the tour are Memphis, Tenn; Little Rock and Hot Springs. Ark, and Muskogee. I. T.
 From Aruskogee MT. Murray will go to St. Louis. about the opening of the exposition. He will remain there long enough to See the great fair and will then so to Louisville, Ky. whence he will visit Mammoth cave, afterward go- ing to Cincinnati, Cleveland, Buffalo and Niagara Falls. He will also visit the Canadian cities of Toronto, Otta- wa and Montreal. He will go to the Thousand Islands, St. Johns, N. B., Halifax, N. S., and. returning to the United States, will visit the towns of the Maine coast. going thence to Bur