Devils Lake inter-ocean. (Devils Lake, Ramsey Co., Dakota [N.D.]) 1884-1905, 1903-04-03
CALIFORNIA TO UTAH.
Inter-Ocean Correspondent Describes the
Country AID Cities Visited.

Sacramento.
At an early hour this morning we
pulled past the wreck and continued
our journey across the Mojave desert
and up the Tehachapi mountains.
Once across the tops of these noun
tains with the descent commenced a
change in the surface of the country.
Green grass, trees, and once in a
while a field OF garden spot rests the
eye, and soon appears the famous San
joaquin valley, with its vineyards and
orchards. The valley has many phases,
where there is irrigation and along the
few streams, are fertile fields, but
away from these we encounter sage
brush, sand and rocks, The Sacra-
mento valley is a pleasing change,
with it's green fields, b%lossoming trees,
and numerous we'll built and prosper
GUS looking farm or ranch houses. It
is a delightful strip Of country to
travel through, and reminds you of
June in our own North Dakota. At
no point in u journey have we seen
farm buildings that can compare with
North Dakota farm houses, until now.
The general run of ranch buildings
are poor, with possible exceptions Of
a few near the towns. But the quail
ity of the buildings and the general
character of the country here reminds
us Of nome.
just before we reached Sacramento
we encountered a beautiful spring
shower, that continued with us dur
ing u short stay in the city. Some
of the gentlemen went to the state
capitol building and witnessed the
final ceremonies in connection with
giving California her beautiful pop
py as a state flower. The pen that
signed the bill was a quill from a Cal
ifornia eagle, and was afterwards
presented to Mrs. Lennon of Oakland,
who had been one of the foremost
leaders in the movement. The room
was %gorgeously decorated with the
brilliant blossom.
My last view of the cal ital city wa
one Of green grass ard acacia trees il
full bloom. The first view on Marcel
3, was snow, and the inevitable Fl
trees on the mountain tops. After tn
descent comes Nevada; wild, barren
forsaken rocking Nevada. The Hum
bolt lake is SO very still one question
if there is any water there. The riv
err by the same name is SO sluggish tn
water is stagnant in many places
All the inhabitants visible were In
dlans, squatted in circle on the depo
platforms and playing some game
And the buildings on the main stree
that faces the railroad, bears tn
signs of saloons conspicuously aboy
ali else.
Ogden, Utah, is a aourishin,
place of more than 80, 900 inhabitants
The city is growing rapidly. TIL,
magnificent union depot surpasse
anything of tho kind in Omaha or tn,
"Twin Cities"
An hour ride out from Ogden ani
the train pulls into the "New Zion,
Salt Lake City. The city was found.
ed in July, 1847, by the Latter Day
Saints under the leadership of Brig
ham Young. They numbered twenty
thousand people, and came from Nau.
VOC, Illinois, a two thousand mile pill
grimage through the then wilderness
of the west. In the Holy Land of
Asia we have the sea of Galilee, fresh
water and full of fish, and flowing
out of it the river Jordan, emptying
into the Dead Sea, which is so salt
and acrid no living thing can be found
in it. Here at the New Zion,"
Provo, or Utah lake is fresh and we'll
stocked with fish, and flowing from
it is the river Jordan which empties
into Great Salt Lake, the saltiest body
of water on the earth, surprising the
Dead Sea by one and one-half per
cent. In the Holy Land the Jordan
flows from north to south, the Utah
Jordan from south TO north.
Salt Lake is about 100 miles long
and with an average width of 81
miles. 1t is almost surrounded by
mountains. The snow capped
Wasatch being on the east and south
east, and lower ranges to the south.
There are many mountainous islands
scattered through its water.
The "sea bathing" a thousand
miles from the ocean and one mile
) above the sea level is said to r
: pass the ocean bathing proper. The
: bather is perfectly safe as the human
5 body will not sink in it. If you can
5 only keep your feet down and head
: up, and they claim it is an easy trick
! to learn, you can enjoy yourself.
Anyone can float upon it at first trial,
but to swim is different. The rule
given me was to keep -FOUR feet cross
ed. But how can one swim with
their feet crossed?
q Tho oi&r 10 %uo1ro r,;1oc ero,p 4he