Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1905-09-12
ON! THE WING.

ON! THE WING.
Prof. Herndon Writes of His Swing
Through the West.
.orrssuondenee Of the YorkviIls knoairss. .l.,,
SALT LAKE CITY, Utah. September
6.--I landed In the city Of the Latter
Day Saints this morning at IL o'clock,
after long, pleasant, Kaleidoscope RIDE
from Denver. Colo. i fl
/ spent last Saturday afternoon and
night In Kansas City, the guest OF Mr.
Reg M. Grist, formerly Of Yorkville
and his wife. They entertained me
most delightfully."-, and showed me
some interesting sights Of Kansas City
The most beautiful place In Kansas
City. probably is the electric park. The
place Is as bright as day, and all sorts
Of amusements seem to be going on at
the same time. To give an idea OF the
brilliancy of the place, ! mention the
circumstance that Mrs. Grist picked
up dime at her feet while we were
watching a performance. ~
At the electric park had the pleas
ure Of witnessing "the Resurrection"
performed on an immense stage. This
production Is after the style OF the
famous Passion Play" rendered an
nually by the peasants OF Oberammer-
gau In the Tyrol. The music for this
play was furnished by the Banda Rosa
(Red Band) Of Italy, an organization
second to none In America, and II Is
needless to confess that / drank 1t In
greedily. Blood Is thicker than water,
you know. 7s-t tN
Il left Kansas City over the Union Pa
cific, up the Kaw Valley, which Is
undoubtedly the richest farming land
i have ever seen. Not acres; but miles
and miles of rich black loan. The sur
face of the ground Is as level as
floor, and corn. corn corn, nothing but
corn. It looks as II there Is enough to
supply the world. Ordinarily the price
Ia from 20 to 80 cents bushel: but at
the present time I understand that the
farmers are getting fifty cents. and
that means about the same as IL or 10
cents cotton. ss .t ..sst. .5..
/ passed through Topeka, the capital
OF Kansas: but with the exception OF
II Lawrence and Saliva; there are no
towns Of any consequence between
Kansas City and Denver, q distance OF
$50 miles. Along the route are to be
seen numerous cattle ranches ana
more than I have ever seen before In
all my life. There are cattle chutes
along the railroad at intervals OF every
few miles to facilitate the loading OF
cars. a sT
Along this stretch also Is another
curious sight that interested me just
as IL would the little children at home.
refer to what seems to be millions or
little prairie dogs. They occupy great
villages, and as we draw near to them
we can see them running about ana
a. ~ &tnaf f A q
the train gets real close those nearest
will dive down out Of sight, while those
quite a long distance away viii con-
tinue to sit and watch with curious In
terest. An old gentleman who has long
been. familiar with this country says
that forty years ago he remembers 10
have seen these same plains literally
packed with buffalo. ~
We got into Denver several hours
late It was. because Of the tremendous
crush on account Of the Grand Army
OF the Republic encampment, ana we
found the city literally crowded. 1t Is.
estimated that there must have been
$4,000 or $4,000 visitors In the city.
Every hotel was jammed.
/ find the Union Pacific road over
which I came to Denver great road;
but really 1t Is no better than the
Southern. In fact have Travelled over
many big railroad systems and con-
slider the Southern equal to the best
OF them. It Is young yet; but II ID
certainly keeping pace with Its older
At Gienwood Springs, Colorado. I
stopped to enjoy the beauties OF the
Rocky Mountain gorge and the famous
warm springs. Here there Is q pretty
pool go feet wide by 2l0 feet long ana
is clearly visible has been paved with
vitrified brick The natural water as
II comes from the mountain is from
125 to 127 degrees Fahrenheit and /
could hold my hand In II but second.
AS II flows into the pool have referred
to n is tempered to 80 or 95 degrees
for bathing. The water contains q lot
of sulphur and has a salty taste. :.
Glenwood Springs Is the place to
which the presidents party came on
bear hunt in the spring. am told
that they killed seven bears. Yester-
day morning we crossed the Continen-
tai divide. 10000 feet above sea level.
Here at point back Of the depot you
can see where the Arkansas river rises
in a spring on one side and the Grand
river in another spring on the other
.ide I never saw such grand noun
tain scenery and don't believe ! ever
will anywhere else on earth. have
seen the Hudson Hills, the White
Mountains of New Hampshire. the
Green Mountains of Vermont; but as
compared with the Rockies all are
tame, disappointingiy tame.
Salt Lake City has beautiful wide
streets, wide pavements, all cemented
from house to curb. and mountain
water running through the cutters con-
tint,ally. The water keeps the
streets almost clean and the white
wings which are numerous do the bal
ance with brooms. / went out to the.
Great Salt Lake this afternoon. 1t Is
about lS miles by rail, and I am told
that II Is about 110 miles long by go or
70 broad. The water contains about
20 per cent salt. I saw a great salt
making plant where they run the
water into a shallow cistern and leave
Ii to evaporate.
All the concessions at the Salt Lake
pavilion are held by Mormons. While
was standing talking to two work.
inemen. getting information from them,
a fine looking, portly man came up and
asked a few questions about some
broken window lights. When he went
away one of the workmeh told me that
the mans name was John Henry
Smith, one of the twelve apostles Of
the Mormon church.
The regulation of Salt Lake City,
understand is about 10000 or 10000,
half Mormons and half Gentiles. There
is no way by which a Mormon Is to be
distinguished from anybody else; but
there is no doubt OF tne tact taas tney
prising people.
After I registered at the hotel today,
I noted the names Immediately under
mine were Mr.. Tillett OF Charlotte, N.
G.. Mr.. Thompson and Miss Smith Of
Charlotte and Congressman Patterson
of Maxton, N. c. We were not slow
in getting acquainted, and I am sure
we were all pleased with the meeting.
Travel is very heavy out this way.
The train on which leave here con-
sists of Is cars. including four sleep
ers, drawn by two engines. We are
all bound for California and the Port
land exposition. I shall probably write
again from San Francisco.
R. ]. HERNDoN