The Yale expositor. (Yale, St. Clair County, Mich.) 1894-current, 1903-04-17
A Pleasant Trip.
Ellensburg. Wash April q.

EDITOR ENP0SITOR.
Dear Sir:-As | am not very busy to-
day will write To you rs agreed. | must
first tell you of our journey out here.
Before We reached Chicago we were
met by Mr. y. W. NOyes, WHO Is travel
lug passenger agent of the Chicago "
Great Western R'y. lie very kindly
assisted as from the Grand Trunk to
the Chicago n Great Western depot
where we boarded trUu and had
very pleasant ride FROM Chicago tO ~.
Paul. We could not see much OF the
country ON account of foggy weather
Arrived In ~ Paul iu the afternoon,
had quite "a long time 20 wait but the
time seemed short as there were so
many people coming and going, all ap-
parenty going west. Early ia the ev-
ening we boarded the Northern Pacific
train aud Immediately retired, having
secured our berths ia a tourist ear a
week before and we did not change
cars again. \ tourist car Is a iinc way
10 travel for person with "A limited
pocket book, az YOU can carry your
own provisions and are provided with
table 90 eat from also cook stove on
which you eau cook anything you want.
The scenery Is grand. although ln
lands iu Dakota were something queer
90 lu0K a. One would think that some
time iu the past "a great earthquake
had visited this section. There were
piles of earth like has stacks and great
rocks as big as good sized houses We
thought that surely this part OF the
country had been rightly named. Then
coming through mountains We were
kept busy looking out first one side of
the car and then the other. lu crossing
the mountains we had three engines on
our train. One place we crossed "a can
yOn over which the conductor said the
bridge was 226 feet high. rs We ira
yeled night and day we saw only half
of the sights
On arriving here we were met by
our friends who were very kind tO us
and had "A small house ready for us 10
move into, rent free, until we could
look around and find out what we are
going TO do.
Now, as 10 this country. Il is very
strange 10 "A person who has been used
20 level country. This valley is about
fourteen miles wide and twenty live
long, surrounded by foothills or noun
tains, as we would cai them I'm Mich.
There is one place where you can see
the snow capped mountains. They
look close by but are sixty miles away.
AS To the climate we have not been
here long enough TO say how we like IL.
The first week we were here IL was
lovely-no wind. Lately we have
had very cold winds every day coming
from the same direction and that is
right down from those snow-capped
mountains.
Since coming here made trip over
the Cascade mountains 10 Seattle, Ia
coma and Everett. On account of "A
street car strike nc Seattle / did not
get around the city. Seattle. Tacoma.
and Everett are all built on the sound.
Seattle has about 10000 inhabitants,
Tacoma $1,000 and Everett about 90
600. All of these cities seem To be ex-
ceedingly good business places.
y great many of my Michigan
friends wanted me 10 write about this
country with reference To them com
ing out here 90 live. To all such |
would say, tine trip out here is Il very
pleasant one, the change no doubt
would do you good but as TO making
living any easier here than in Michigan
] doubt very much IL you can. The
ranchers are all hustlers and seem &c
be- after the money rs fast rs possible.
Wages for labOring men about $50
per month for farm hands. $3.50 10 $500
per day for carpenters, and other labor
about $500 per day and board yourself.
Now as | have already written pref
ty lengthy letter | think ] had better
stop or my work may be in vain and
this epistle may find its way into the
waste basket III this goes through all
right will try again.
Respectfully yours,
j. +. IMPIIRFY.