The daily morning journal and courier., 1904-09-27

to the hotel and bathing beach, where many of the party took dip in the Pacific ocean for the first time, others took a swim in the swimming pool un- der cover. Resuning our journey We arrived at Los Angeles at s o'clock in the evening, and were transferred to the Eollenbeck, where We were to stay for the three days allotted to that
 The papers were very welcome, as they contained the news Of the city and state and enabled us to keep in touch with affairs at home up to within week.
 The next day many of the party went
 to the Catalina Islands, the famous re- sort on this coast, where one can view the bottom of the bay and see the mar inc growths and the fish and shells,
 through the glassbottomed boats. Oth- CTS of the party took the ride over to Pasadena, to the ostrich farm, and saw the ostriches and the eggs and plumes
 there for sale. From there they went to Mount Lowe and took the ride
 Up the mountain. over the crookedest
 railway in the world. When the car run along the edge of the precipice from 1000 to 2,O00 feet deep it would make some of the nervous ones lean over to the inside of the track, while others more philosophically thought
 that as the road had been carrying people over the road for twelve years
 without an accident it would still con- tinue to do so, and looked off and en-
 joyed the fine view. Many former resi- dents of Hartford came to the hotel evenings to see if they could find a fla miliar face and were glad to do all in their power to make the stay pleasant. Leslie Mcclure, formerly of Hartford, came around with a large automobile land took a part of us through the best residence part of the city. Here We saw many fine residences and pub lie buildings, and some of their parks which are very fine with their palm trees and southern vines. .. ....
 We left Los Angeles in the evening land reached Monterey early in the morning. After breakfast we found Icarriages waiting for us, which took Jus around the famous seventeen-mile ldriye along the bays and inlets of the ocean at this point. We were much lamused at one place, wrere a young Ewhale out in the bay was having 3 lgood time blowing, flashing the water
 with his tail and diving as if at play lThe drive ended at the Hotel De Monte, where good lunch awaited us lin the beautiful dining room. Inthe aftel in the beautiful dining room. In the af- beautiful dining room. In the after iternoon we strolled through the ample grounds of the hotel, which require fifty men constantly working to keep I them up in such fine shape. Later many of the party went over to the old town of Monterey. and out into the bay to see the sights there through Eglass-bottomed boats. After leaving
 Monterey, run of two nights and a l day brought us to the Lucien cutoff
 across Salt Lake. This has recently been opened and is quite interesting
 being thirty-flve miles across the lake land when in the middle one can say that they are in a railroad train, and yet are out of sight of land. They are EstilI at work at 1t, as the track keeps Isettling down every few days. They have been putting 200 carloads q day 2I for a year and d half into the lake tc try to get 1t to stay, but have not vel Succeeded.
 We spent a day in Salt Lake City stepping at the Knutsford hotel and
 viewing the points of interest. At o'clock we were invited to atl organ re-
 cital in the Mormon tabernacle, which is said to contain the largest organ in the world. The music was fine and
 much enjoyed. Thursday we crossed
 the Rocky Mountains by way of Eagle
 River Canyon, Tennessee Pass, and
 the Royal Gorge, arriving here last
 evening, crossing, just this side of Pueblo the trestle where the bridge
 was recently swept away, drowning a
 young lady from Hartford To-day has
 been spent seeing the Garden of the
 Gods, going up Pike's Peak, and by
 some going to Cripple Creek. Tonight
 we leave for Denver, and tomorrow Saturday. we are to take the ride over
 the Georgetown loop, and take a troll Hey ride around Denver, after that
 three days at the Worlds Fair, and hnra fo Q arr.iVn bo,1on Y1eyt Irrjdav