Oxford eagle. (Oxford, Lafayette Co., Miss.) 1876-current, 1905-01-19
MY TRIPS TO THE NORTH
WEST.

WESl.
Ii was in the summer OF 1901
that | made my first trip to
Americas wonderland, the pic
turesque country OF which Yell
lowstone Park is the center of
interest for the tourist; yet this
grandest of all the worlds parks
does not comprise all that is beau
tiful in this country. 1t seems
here that nature was most lavish
in her cunning yet at the same
time the country round about
furnished an elegant setting for
The gem the loveliest of all in the
universe.
In this short article | shall
sketch only the main points of
interest to the traveller and later
| hope to take up a more COM
plete description of the chief
points in this great section Of the
country.
My trip was made not alone for
what I could see in this section
but to learn something of the
people, their manner of living.
their occupations, industries, and
the part they play In the govern
ment Of this repu bic.
In all af these they are in many
respects different from US. In
the first place every nation in the
world has its representatives
there and hence their ideas of
government are varied and the
result of this is a clash between
party interests resulting in po-
litical wrangles of the gravest
sort. This feature, however, de-
ponds solely upon the section
and many times upon the COM
munity. This mongrel race has
developed in the peopls ideas as
to the superiority of RACES not
unlike those in the south. We
Americans wherever you find
them look pretty much upon for
eigners, especially of the lower
sort. as We do upon the inferior
races in our section. Even there
they will tolerate no equality of
races though in many instances
the foreigners are in the MAORI
ty. AS to their mode of living
that depends wholly upon The To-
cality; in the Dakotas they raise
grain and cattle and so it is in
Montana and Wyoming as well
as in Washington and Oregon.
Yet this is not all they do. They
have other industries: mining and
numbering. Butte, Montana, is
the greatest mining town in the
world and there is much mining
in. this section and south of there.
The great forests OF Oregon and
Washington are known all over
the world.
But to give you a more correct
idea of my trip it is we'll that
begin at the first and point out to
you some of the things saw.
My route was not the most di-
rect but the best taking all things
into consideration. No route can
surpass the one | chose in pictu-
resqueness and rarity OF scenery.
From here l went to st. Louis
and from st. Louis to Chicago
over the Chicago & Alton r. r, .
from Chicago to st. Paul over
the Chicago, Milwaukee aud St.
Paul Ry., and from st. Paul to
Portland, Oregon.
The trip carries one in a "round
about way" you say. Yes, but
what you go for is to see the
greatest variety of scenery and
not the matter of getting from
place to place.
Along the c. & A., it was not
unlike a great corn-field, the
rows narrow and the corn plant
ed very thick in the rows. The
com grows about as high as a
mans head, as We express it.
The land is black and very level,
no more beautiful corn belt can
be found.
In Chicago l visited the Uni
versity Of Chicago, a great uni
varsity only few years old and
the pet of Mr.. Rockefeller, the
Oil king. visited Lincoln Park,
pronounced one of the loveliest
parks in the country; also went
out on Lake Michigan and before
our boat returned We iwere
caught in a severe gale and the
sensa Ion was not very pleasant,
especially to Gland lubber."
| From Chicago to st. Paul most
CT the way is along the bank OF
the Mississippi, and one never
lgrows tired Of the scenery since
it is a series of pleasant surprises
iall the way.
| The iells OF Wisconsin, "a fan
tasy IN rock and foliage" is fas-
cip afipsr and fpIl re ,rto~1c& A ,