The gold leaf. [volume] (Henderson, N.C.) 1881-1911, 1905-06-29
COAST TOUR
Preparations for a Most De-
lightfuI Railway Trip.

The Seaboard Air Line Railway Ar
ranging for Personally Conducted
Tour That VIII Afford Rare OPP
portunity to Those Who Desire to
See the Great West.
Here is an item of news that will be
read with interest by people who desire
to see the great West of our country:
The Seaboard Air Line Railway is ar
ranging through Mr. c. H. Gattis, trav-
cling passenger agent, Raleigh, y. c., for
a personally conducted tour to the Pa
cific Coast, to the Lewis and Clark Expo
sition at Portland, Ore, and other points
Of interest in California.
This party will leave North Carolina
about the first week in August and will
be under the personal supervision OF Rev
VIM. Black and wife, OF Davidson, n. C..
No pains will be spared to make this trip
| a pleasant one and all arrangements will
be complete, as it is expected this party
will be of sufficient size to justify Oper-
ating special Pullman trains all the way
through.
All mmodations will be looked af-
ter and transfers of baggage at hotels
| and on side trips will be taken care of
over the entire journey.
The fare for round trip from principal
| points in North Carolina will be the small
sum OF $50. so, and this trip is through
| the most interesting and prosperous por-
ton of the great West, and will cover
about nine thousand miles.
This trip will include all the points OF
| interest, among those being st. Louis,
Kansas City and the great cornfelds OF
| the West.
The first stop OF the party will be at
Denver, Col, thence to Pueblo and Colo
RADIO Springs, including Cripple Creek,
Pixies Peak, Garden of the Gods, Chey-
enne Canon, Manitou, with it's many at
fractions and fine springs; the Royal
| Gorge, Glenwood Springs, Leadville, Ten
nessee Pass, 300 feet above sea level
| where the train crosses, Salt Lake City.
| Los Angeles, and San Francisco, the Won
derful Shasta route via Shasta Springs
and Mt Shasta to Portland, where a
stop-over will be made to visit the Lewis
| and Clark Exposition, returning via Sc
attic, Puget Sound, Butte City, Montana.
| the greatest mining city in the world
Stop will be made at Livingstone where
| a trip of one week will be made through
| Yellowstone Park, thence through North
| Dakota via Minneapolis and st. Paul to
Chicago, down the Mississippi River to
st. Louis and then to Memphis
The route through the West will be
! over the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific
| and Northern Pacific, taking in practic-
ally all the points of interest, and those
who join this party will be shown every
attention.
Those who take advantage of this trip
will secure one OF the cheapest and most
attractive that has ever been offered from
| this territory.
1t will be remembered Mr. Black took
| party to the coast last August for the
Seaboard, which consisted of about one
hundred people, being the largest party
ever taken from this State On such an ex-
tensive tour.
Those who would like information as
to the trip will please communicate at
| once with Mr.. Black or Mr.. Gattis, who
will be glad to advise them and also for
ward them copy of literature as soon as
it has been completed