Marble Hill press. (Marbel [sic] Hill, Mo.) 1881-1923, 1903-11-04

alssu..lou ei qus.sioa. q isssi ias.,u,
fortune IN ths sold helds of cIlb
fornia never once thinhing of ths
fhture value of tho soiI thsy were
trcadIng.
This q Tuesday and Il ia ralnlng
npIdly--cold and windy. TheEs
stands The besphhul and prosperoul
city Of Empofia, aud hers again vs
are switched harder than ever. bul
At last We aro put on tbsrlghttraok
and started on across ths broad
prairies-so broad that one can
look 70 the end Of The earth, or, "A
least whore The earth and ny ven
| 70 mcet Not . trace n ien %
mark ihs dIsgraeeiul buichsrIea q.
csps psfhsps ths little mounds b
meath vho1e green surface slesp Dc
unlortunaiek
Now wo 90 panlbR ship ! s,pek
raising and feed producing country,
Just a. far as vision exlanSs wo can
Tiow section afltf section OF corn,
aliAlh, Kailr. sorghum etc. eta, for
the thousands Of hogs and cattle
that arc grasIng On che broad pas
turca. Again w are laundering
along. Our grub has all been Do
voured and We can't get any moro
Bat, halo thcrol We have a boz o.
Old Bollinger county apples. and
these, our gnawine aPPetite dhall
appeaso. ~
Here we reach ArkAnsas City.
Our mighty engine Is pulIing 81
carr, but because of shs mountains
over which we arc destined 70 soon
20, here the train ia broken up and
two shorter ones tako the place Of
The longer. Here comes the agent
and says YOur stock must be In
spectcd before crossing the state
line. All night, said i where's the
Inspector Soon > very guntesl
looking man climbed thru thscrAch
IN the door and after asking . fbw
reasonable questions and telling me
Of his business push, saidi Those
mares are all right; give me $3.50
and / bid you goodnight Toot
toot says the engine; now iPs four
and we must be on the road once
more. Three and a-half miles and
we cross the state line into tho rod
name country. Here Is 3 traly
picturesque country. Pastures Of
thousands Of acres wired in and
leased by stockmeB. Limited time
Twin not permit me 70 attsnpt
to discribe this uncnltiyated region
Of vast sxpanse held by the cnos
froe and, maybe, noble but altogstA-
or worthless race, which is now
curbed by, and treated as tho gcp
ernment wills. AL along thru Kan
sas I had numerous calls for HE
souri, Bourbon. Fortunately foI
myself and others like me, ! had
none. Finally I said to q Thirsty
looking fellow, who was question
! ing me, what is the matter that yot
have no Bourbon herel He replied
aOh, this is Kansas you know
: Here Is luck to KansaaI Go thos
4 other states and do likewise.
0 Now we are ascending 3 noun
I tain,--half way up and wemust stol
= for the tired engine to rest ans
k raise steam. Soon she'sup and 60
. ing again; finally the summit j
o reached and down the other sid
. we fairly fly. On we 60 over grea
n deep gulches that appear to hay
p once been large streams that e.
n now dry. Then We SEQ larg
if mounds capped with all sizes 3
10 rocks, many Of them look like ma
le had shaped them with the Pluml
e. Square and Level. Just over q
n way are large basins whore, n
e doubt, the noble buffalo once bat
cd his shaggy coat. His wallov
IA are here, but he IS gone forever.
IL Another mountain il ahead, b
u, ID due time we are rapidly deacen
u. ing and soon cross Che line III
to fowery Oklahoma.
4 Il 4 II ~ ft@&a| |5EI ~
as- Since leaving Kansas City ,
n have been travelling ! Southwest
tie N direction toward Guthrie.
ny ynow We look out over the seenir
u. Ily endless prairie To see oklahon, y!
saI capitol, and at last we beholdin't
'us distance the long looked-for tow
inn 1t did not loom up 4 Silvery 81
ars trimmed in gold, dazzling my ey'
ofEas appeared the ancient City
ith Mexico to the wicked Spaniar'
ide but II il 4 good town, tho the Gov
led try adjacent, Or at least . agreatpt
ing tion, is rather rough.
ing Now itis 4 b. n. Wednesday.
OIL chunk Of cheese, and apples }
ars been our daily rations fortwc a..
eat still we are viewing natures int
esting scenes and cursing the q
j Il y + j.