The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1905-10-31

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west and lis Opportunities.

Dispatches from Portland state
that the Lewis and Clark Exposition
closed on the night OF October Is.
When we, who attended this fair,
think of all the magnificent build
ings that are to be torn down a feel
ing of sadness comes over u.s. While
there | met gentlemen and ladies
who had attended all the principle
Worlds fairs and they were Of the
universal opinion that this was the
prettiest exposition ever assembled
Another remarkable thing about this
fair lies in the fact that the stock
holders made money out of it. some
thing that had never before happened
in the history of big fairs. In the
beginning of this exposition the stock
holders did not anticipate an attend
ance exceeding one million people.
but before the gates were finally
closed two and half million people
had passed through them. People
of this country had very little knowl-
edge of the Pacific coast states and
thousands from all over the union
ayailed themselves of this opportu-
nifty TO see the Northwest After at
tending the exposition they spent
some time visiting the different
points Of interest in the states bord-
ering on the Pacific. There liz no
doubt that rs a result Of this fair
thousands upon thousands of people
from the eastern states viii emigrate
10 the country explored by Lewis and
Clark one hundred years ago Since
my visit there | am persuaded 90 be-
lfeve IL in destined TO become the
richest section Of the United States.
The tickets of myself and wife
were good 10 Denver. but we found
that after leaving that place we
would have TO come right back over
the same road 70 Pueblo before start
Ing across the Rocky mountains
Consequently when We reached Pueb-
10 az ] ? o'clock we decided that the
thing for us 10 do would he to get
out as soon as possible Thousands
OF people filled the big depot. aud
each and every one, like us, seemed
intent on proceeding westward Many
of them were lined up in front Of
the ticket office asking all sorts of
questions and four men inside we're
kept busy as bees giving out infor-
nation with reference To trains.
bided nay time till | caught the eye
of big fine looking fellow inside
the office and beekoned him to me.
Pardner said !, II am an orphan
child from Texas: never been far
away from home before. and me and
my little wife arc trying TO find our
/ way over 10 Portland, Oregon win
I you kindly see thar We are billed
out Of here Oh the right eyar?'
bad not mistaken my man, for
could see that / had touched tender
chord In bis big heart, and he smil-
inEiy remarked by the eieTnais I
0iii do Ii. He came out OF that
ticket office and we both took after
him. following him 10 three different
Shoppers on as many tracks before he
found a berth for US. Once in this
/ sleeper We were at home until we
stepped off OF II q few days later al
/ Portland We shall never forget that
big hearted Mr. Jones who quit his
post TO show US our sleeper. and Ia
less than one hour after we stepped
aboard we were off for our desti-
nation On that sleeper were people
{ from all over Colorado. several from
/ Nebraska. Iowa, Illinois and one man
& from Dallas. and a toIiieE OF more
genteei crowd of travellers never met
when we reached Salt Lake. as
have before stated. we had the rail
( road authorities cut out our sleeper
/ for twelve hours In order that We
might see the great Norman city OF
/ rs COO people 1T IL among the moss
prosperous cities west OF the Rocky
mountains II Is about $50 miles
/ through the Rock mountains where
We crossed them and IL must have
! cost millions OF dollars 20 build the
Z Denver and Rio Granda road, the
one We went over In several places
away up in these mountains the bed
+ OF the Arkansas river would be only
about sixty feet wide. and the noun
talns on either side about three
+. thousand feet high. After we crossed
/ the Texas line into New Mexico and
thence on through Colorado. Utah
Idaho and the eastern parts OF Ore
gon and Washington NO crops of ans
kind ara made without irrigation
when water sufficient TO irrigats
{ with is piped out of the mountains
on TO the desert land In the above
named states then that land Ii al
once worth from sa5 to 500 pei
acre After getting down with In II
or 100 miles Of Portland the umbel
region sets in aud from there 20 tbs
Pacific ocean. a distance of shout eos
milea an abundance of rain falls In
the winter months and the Yield frou
this land Is simply Immense. Aftel
crossing the Texas line going north
mountains are In view all he way q
Purflaad and then they extend 80 ths