Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1905-09-29
John Quill Describes True
Western Hospitality.
Guthrie, Okla, Royalty Entertalns
the Newspaper Men.
Brief Visit'to 81. Louis Exposition Grounds
Shows Many Changes.

In my previous letter, 1 piouSi' ''iO
Journal readers in imagination from
tbs. East through the Middle states anu
,ha Middle West TO the banks OF the
NIissiscipnj 1T St Louis. | VIII now
,aL.. IN The tangled skein and continue
~, tourney 10 the Pacific slope. After
4 good BATH which | sadly needed anu
;; dreamless sleep on q comfoftdpie COY
that was stationary, not on Wheels, l
starred ont bright and early. on Moh-
DIV morning TO do st. Louis. NOW 10
.jo rhis hustling western capital IN Il
CIV. DAVIS or even a week, and see All
.b4r,. j. worth seeing is quite a PROPOSE
ian Nv previous visit some twelve
months ago familiariZed me with the
north. east. south and west OF the VII
Iaoe. 50 WAS better able to grasp the
situation. After starting som" OF the
marty. whose minds were dwelling nap
,,ily or forbidden things i'm Maine, suS-
restcl that We visit the AnheuSer-
H1sch brewery. The day being torrid,
md tho name. of AnheuSpr. having 4
roulin- sound we boarded an uptown
car for the brewery, which is SAID 10 be
tl,r largest in the world, ana covering
some 125 acres, equal To about 81 ordl-
nary titV blocks. and giving employ
luent 10 something like 1000 people On
arriving at the office. and presenting our
t.trds We were very cordially received
and taken oyer the entire plant from
IN. brew house to the bottling works,
and saw the process of beer making
from A TO Y. Eight thousand five hun
bred barrels and SD0.0O0 bottles is the
daily ontput. Some of our party tested
ht- finished product, but charity draws
i veil over my action at that time.
From the brewery We visited the old
fair ground the famous $G0,G1D,HO
worlds fair in 1904. the ivory city Of
yesterday.
or ne beautiful buildings which
praced the avenue of the Plateau Of
states only the New Jersey structure
remains The Palace of Agriculture
was half torn down and the grassy
slopes above which it reared its MAN.
moth roof was thick with broken tim
Dor. The lagOons i'm the Filipino vii
lage We're but boys; the huts weather.
rent and tenantleSS.
The Ferris Wheel reared its giant
form above the site of Japan's tea
houses. where the President dined.
Workmen swarm everywhere. They
are tearing away the rare beauties of
Art Hill with its crown of periStyle;
ripping out the cascades, carting away
the halustradcs and staff work.
Many of the buildings We're standing
while some were shorn of their glory,
and were fast being devastated. The
Tyrolean Alps were preserved In all
their quaint beauty, and were being
turned into a beer garden. The old
Pike, with its various attractions and
its army of bankers, was thing of the
past, and the streets of Cairo. with its
long train of followers, had folded their
tents like the Arabs and stolen silently
away, leaving nothing but backened
.. ruins ana debris i'll their train. The
beautiful Venetian lagoon, with its mil
lions of various hued lights in its palmy
dGys. was dry and unsightly. remind
| ing or quite forcibly that the world
moves. Putting locomotives with long
train of numbering freight cars at
tached ware pushing their way through
| the streets and avenues that once re-
| sound ID with the tread of millions, who
| came from AL quarters of the globe to
nav tribute 10 this monument of thJ
| natior's progress. Across the park
facing Delmar avenue. workmen were
f.shionine the by ways and hedges into
beautiful drives and walks an addition
| to St. Louis magnificent park system
After doing the wreck and ruin 81
this million upon million of expendi-
| ture we caught a downtown car and
rode through the residential section OF
the city to our hotel.
| Tuesday morning, we paid visit tC
| Shaw's garden. one of the green spots
in st. Louis. This botanical show place
was originally private property. but
| through the generosity of the donor. st
| Louis possesses one of the finest gar
dons in the world. We fingered long
| within its borders 10th to leave. but
alas, our time was limited. and at noon
we joined the National Editorial Spc-
cial for the trip across the continent
Our train was made up of 16 Pullman
cars, two chair and two baggage, di-
videG into two sections. Our route was
over the famous Missouri. Kansas &
Texas Il. r., Familiarity known rs tht
| Katy. the popular route through tht
southwest. We We're not 10th to leave
ST. Louis. for Old Sol had turned on the
hot air faucet and this western metrop-
oils was sizzling.
| The eSatern delegates were assigned
to the Luzano. and placed under thu
protecting wing of Robert, the bes
lportc" who ever toteh grip and who's
lsmile was contagious and would no
lrub Of. He was an encyclopedia
bound in calf. giit-edged and flexible
back, with sort of an inquire within
!. depression whenever you wanted any
thing. Other cars had their porter, bu
IalaS 40 Robert. We crossed the Mis-.
siSSippi over the famous Fades bridge
land journeycd out into the open coun
TRY. thence along the scenic Missouri t,
Portland. where we fingered for lunch
THE Katy's management. evidently be
Ilieved that the way 10 reach the tour
lists heart is through his stomach. an.
hight royalty aid they reach ours. TIL
Cuisine department of the road is OF
1.-The same broad, liberal management n
1.-THE motive power and when one put
his feat under the mahogany. of any O
1.-The Katy's lunchrooms he is pre,t,