Hot Springs weekly star. (Hot Springs, S.D.) 1892-1917, 1905-04-07
THE BOUNDLESs WEST.
Some Things Observed by Journey t.
the Coast--The Land of Flowers.

the Coast-The Land of Flowers.
The "West" is an immensely big
region. The very name "west" has al
ways suggested to the writer a vastness
that seemed limitless, and the more we
have seen of the west the more inn
it's great extent its ineXhaustible and
varied resources, largely yet undevel-
oped, as we'll rs the immensely of the
area that looks worthless and unat-
tractive
Taking the Northwestern train in
Hot Springs and transferring at Fire.
mont, Neb one can go through to Los
Angeles by way of the Union Pacific
and Southern Pacific systems
"The Overland Route''-with all the
comfort and enjoyment that the fine ST
equipped, most palatial train service,
and smoothest of tracks can give. 1t
is travelling with such magnificent ac-
commodations. speeding steadily along
at the rate of from 30 to 40 miles an
lOul IVA CNCl SINNy hOll oSIol U ACetcIl-
ing tho end of land and viewing the
sunset through the world famed Golden
Gate, that gives one the lasting impress
sion OF the vastness of the "West."
1t is principally over desert and
mountains wo trayel-sage brush, sand,
rocky hills. canyons and gorges-dotted
here and there with scenery that is
grand and beautiful, and farms and
| fields that are made fresh and attrac-
tive by irrigation. Truly hero such
spots are oasis in the desert. Iney ara
so few that the lands subject to ir-
rigation are exceedingly valuable. Anil
so also within the most barren AMI
monstrously forbildjug mountains are
found some of the richest mines of the
world A resident OF the Black Hills
can not fail in being Impressed with
his favored location, for there in strik-
ing contrast with the barrenness of
the plains of Wyoming, Utah and Ne.
vada, we have vegetation upon every
hand, upon which range the countless
herds of cattle, sheep aud horses, and
instead of unforbidding, bleak mount
aims the Black Hills are yerdant with
forests OF pines, spruce and grass, from
the depths of which has been develop
ell the greatest gold mine in the world
-withall "the RICHEST one hundred
miles square in the world"
Bat it is the barrenness OF these
great plains and mountains and the
SHOWS that cap the peaks and cover the
long procession of snow sheds through
which we pass that makes one entnuse
| beyong exclamation when they awake
on the third day of their westward
journey as the train winds down into
the valleys of the Golden state of Cali
fornia and is greeted with balmy
spring time air. fresh from the billows
of the Pacific, laden with the fragrance
of orage blossoms and flowers of every
description and where the land is Yer
daut with the rankest OF vegetation.
Being transplanted from region
during the months of winter, and from
the barren deserts of nothingness lex
cept drifting sand and snow through
which one travels, into summerland is
transition that is inclined for time
to make one dumb with delight. But
one soon accustoms to the change and
we can imagine might tire of the per.
petual sameness of June time balmi-
ness and verdure.
Down about Los Angeles, where the
orange groves are thickest and where
there is tropical look to things, as
viewed by one from more frigid zone
1 they have some of the greatest boomer!
: in the world. They know how to ad
vertise there. Their Chamber of Com