The daily morning journal and courier., 1905-11-04

dustries, Mines, SmeIters-The State
 hood Question.
 To Editor of the Journal and Courier:
 It is well recognized that trip across the country nowadays, when one can step into a luxurious room on wheels and be whirled from ocean to ocean without change, is a common place affair and occurring daily. But how many of our daily travellers are aware of what kind of country they are passing through, what its indus tries are,, whether they are growing or decreasing, except, as they learn it from a native, a visitor or a newspa- per, and then they are but slightly inn pressed with what they read. Seeing is believing, and as the writer had the good fortune to be with a party which was especially invited to see things, perhaps a few lines regarding the trip and some of the things that were seen will be interesting to your Intelligent readers.
 Let me call attention to the fact that statehood has been and is the aIl-im- portant subject that agitates the bo- soms of our western feIlow-citizens of the territories of New Mexico and Ar izona, and as the matter is again lia- ble, in fact almost sure, to come up during the next session of Congress, the reason for having things seen in these two territories becomes apparent.
 THROUGH THE LAND.
 In response to an invitation from MT. Frank M. Murphy, one of the most prominent and enterprising citi- zens of the territory of Arizona, party of Congressmen, Representative Taw- ney, "the whip of the House." at the head of it, together with few personal friends assembled on the morning of October 7th at the station of the Atchison, Topeka and Santa Fe railroad in Chicago. A special train, consisting ofengine, two Pullmans and an observation car, was in readiness, in charge of officers of the Atchison company, who also accompanied the party. -.
 Talk about corn! Go out and see the silent sentinels as they wave in their glory mile upon mile! Ride through it hour after hour until your eyes tire of the golden color! But you have all seen this !, so We will pass it by with out further comment Corn becoming an old story, the attention turns to the splendid roadbed on which the train is smoothly rolling at the rate of mile 8 minute. Truly the Atchison is a wonderful and magnificent railroad system. Double tracks, stone ballast, heavy rails, all tend to make the trav- cling delightful. At the rate the dou- bieltracking is increasing, it will be but a short time before it will be double system to Kansas City, and in fact 1t will not be many years before this great system will boast of four shining strips of steel away to the Pa ciic coast. It will certainly need esls vii itIa -ass numerous fesders multiplying and lengthening rapidly, the flood of business could never be handled on single track road,
 An early morning view from an Atchison train is one of uncommon beauty. The sun just beginning to throw it's rays across the boundless prairies affords 8 picture to talk about, and one that would discount any of the imagination spread on canvas by the most up-to-date impressionist painters. Blue cows, purple trees, red fences, in fact all things in sight, are enveloped in shades of blue, purple, yellow, brown, until the whole is a naisty-tinted picture which no artist can portray and no canvas reflect. Like an arrow speeding from it's bow fhe train flies on across the States. The 200-ton engines, signing and Wheezing, work their way along and up until the guage says 7,800 feet above the level of the sea, and after passing through the tunnel of the Raton moun- tains at this height the train draws up at the station for rest
 RATION, LAS VEGAS AND ALEU-
 QUERQUE.
 At Raton, New Mexico, the popuIace are alive to the situation. Live Con- gressmen are about to look them over. They welcome, and no doubt their bo- sons swell with pride as they point out the prominent residences and pub lie buildings. The procession of car riages forms the Congressional march through the town, Judge Booth, for merly of West Haven, Conn.,, doing his share of the entertaining as proudly as if he had been born and brought up in -he thriving town. At Las Vegas, the next town on the list, although it is six in the evening, the party is well comed by throng of citizens, Chief Justice Mills formerly of New Haven, among others, extending the hand of welcome The party is at once ush- cred into the banquet hall of the new and modern Harvey station, station and a banquet hall that would do credit to any of our New England cit fes. An elaborate banquet, statehood and anti-statehood speeches are the order for the hour or more, and then a trolley trip to see what can be seen by the light of silvery New Mexico moon. But Las Vegas does not need to be seen by daylight. Its record of growth and advancement is too well known. The cordiality and liberality of the reception at this placewere thor oughly appreciated, and the sentiment expressed claiming that statehood was deserved and desired was taken fully into account.
 Early the next morning, as the sun rose over the ancient Mexican town of Santa HNe inc nartv might havn hnap