Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1906-04-14
Mexico, through its president, E. N

Brown, have both construction and
an operating understanding or agree
ment. Mr.. Yoakum's Gulf Coast road
is one of the best constructed rail-
roads in the country and is completed
from Brownsville on the Mexican
border to Galveston and Houston, fol-
lowing the coast line all the way, and
with branch from Robstown to Cor
pus Christi and one from Harrington,
north of Brownsville, west to Fordyce,
also on the boundary. This line opens
up one of the most fertile sections of
the United States, to which homeseek-
ers are now foeking.
These roads are to be connected
with the Frisco and the Rock Island
in the following manner: The Trinity
and Brazos Valley has been completed
from Cleburn, Texas, to Mexia, and
has secured trackage rights over the
Santa Fe from Cleburn to, Fort Worth.
Construction is now in progress from
Mexia to Houston, and trackage ar
rangements have been made with the,
Santa Fe between Houston and Calves
ton.
This completes the new line from
the new through line from Chicago by
the way of Kansas City and Fort
Worth to Brownsville.
She Wasn't Going Away.
She was debonaire young miss who
tripped lightly upon the office window
of Ticket Agent w. S. Parker in the
Union depot yesterday afternoon and
before that worthy was aware of her
presence had collected a bunch of rail-
way advertising matter from the coun-
ter.
Have you any others?" she asked.
Mr.. Parker concluded she was about
to start Oh long trip or tour of the
world, and he saw an opportunity to
throw some business to friendly pas
senger agent.
eyes," he responded. Here are a
more nice trips. Here's a tourist guide
through Yellowstone park. by the Bur-
lington, an illustrated folder of the
scenery on the White River division of
the Missouri Pacific, a trip through the
Royal Gorge on the Denver & Rio
Grande,a side trip to Glenwood Springs
on the Colorado Midland, a beautiful
illustrated folder of Eureka Springs on
the Frisco, pretty little trip through
the Grand Canyon OF Arizona, issued
by the Santa Fe, and a descriptive
folder of California by the Rock Is
land.'
ooh, my; these are lovely! Haven't
you any others?"
Eyes; here is descriptive booklet
of trip to the Canadian lakes, issued
/ by the Grand Trunk, and a highly col
ored pamphlet of Michigan resorts, by
the c. & A.-The Only Way-and pic
/ lures of resorts in the Ozarks, by the
Kansas City Southern; an extra nice
books of trips on the Great Lakes,
and here are few nice illustrated
European trips, but don't suppose
i you are going to Europe" he said,
). hopefully.
"Me?" she said, buoyantly. "Why,
I'm not going away at ALL
mot going away?" said Mr.. Parker.
well, what in the name of goodness
are you going to do with all those
folders and guides?"
/ "Well, you see," she said, "'ie rail.
roads are getting out some arts.
tic and handsome booklets al guides
done in colors. They make beautiful
posters and decorations My brother
is on a vacation and while he is gone
Pm going to cut out the pictures and
maps and paper his den.'
| She picked up her package and was
departing, when Mr.. Parker called to
her
| wait, madam. Here's ono you've
forgotten. Here's the time tsble OF
The Cold Molasses Flyer on tpe Iowa
and st. Louis branch of the a., o. &
X. G. 1t will lend contrast SO your
| brothers room and be easy on s,is eye
| sight TO study the scenery this
line"