La Junta tribune., 1903-09-26
Jim v.o.s'. See. tn. Elephant.
CHICAGO. ILL, U. S. A. |
September ~, 1903. ,

Ed lpR kibuNk. wen, We
been seeing the sights OF the
Windy City and find that instead
OF being about size or two larger
than La Junta that there is about
as much similarity as betweeh a
blade OF white clover and stock
of full grown alfalfa. Have heard
quite goo deal of the rush OF
city life, but man has to see it in
order to fully appreciate what il
means to live in a large city.
! have seen good many OF the
sights tina: visitors usually are
taken TO see, among which might
mention Jackson, Washington and
Lincoln Parks, in the second OF
which | saw more flowers in beds
of various sizes ant desigi than
ever before in my life. AT the last
mentioned park we saw cage of
ancestry (monkeys) whose antics
were a show all by themselves.
OF course we made some mis-
takes. amusing to the natives who
are all ~ise-after several expert.
ences of the same kind. About the
meanest thing in the city, to my
notion, is the elevators in the sky
scrapers. Going up was all right.
but the coming down would make
a man hate his mother-in-law, as
it makes you feel as il the floor had
suddenly dropped from under
you and yon were poised in space
and holding your breath (and any
thing else you can grasp waiting
for the jolt that would finish the
story. Coming down in "The
Fair" one day had an exciting
experience. thought l was fall
ing and grabbed the nearest thing
| could. In this instance it hap
pened to be the arm of woman
who was an entire stranger to me,
and the look she gave me would
have scorChed wooden man. /
got out alive, however, and have
avoided the blamed things as much
as possible.
We all notice the denseI air here
and fad that we take cold quite
easy-in fact all OF us have been
fighting colds since our arrival.
Sunday night we attended the
Woodlawn Presbyterian church
and listened to some very fine
music on the pipe organ and sing
ing by paid quartette.
My cousin. Will Johnson. who
was formerly clerk in the master
mechanics Office at La Junta,
whom we have been visiting part
OF the time here, only lives eight
miles from. his work, but OF course
he don't walk very much of the
way-only to the elevated line at
each end OF the trip. He is with
the International Salt Company,
commonly known as the Salt
Trust, and has a position in the
credit department Of that concern.
Sunday afternoon we were all
over in Jackson Park out on the
lake front watching the sail boats
and people. A perfect stream OF
people and vehicles were con-
stantly going up and down, cross
ways and back, making a fellow
wonder where they all come from,
but when you think OF the popu
Iatiol here it becomes apparent
that most of them are cityites out
for the air, to show off their clothes
and see what the others of their
particular coterie are wearing
Tuesday we took Bessie to a
specialist, who made an examina
tion Of her neck, and said he
could effect . cure in two or three
months.
With the exception Of colds we
are all we'll, but -fearfully tired Of
the stone walks, dodging street
cars, automobiles and the mob
that continually keeps a moving
r. om one store to another, and will
relish . chance to rest when we
get out in the country again We
leave tonight for Buffalo Prairie
and expect to take in the county