Milford chronicle. [volume] (Milford, Del.) 1878-1974, 1907-01-18

e. time, but did not change cars theI
. but had to wait over three hou
y for some delayed train to pass tn
- was going east. We would have hs
= to wait over five hours, only lucki
7 our train was two hours behind tim
y AS many of our party were able
walk and could stand the blea
!, mountain winds, we got off to loo
at the city. We were surprised
see that so small a town was tn
capital of Montana. There was onl
e one street that had car; it ran OF
l. to a mountain. l suppose it wa
h for the amusement of the traveller
who had to wait over as long as W
o did. 1t took twenty minutes t
' make round-trip fare twenty cents
! During the afternoon the lamp
r were lighted; we entered the Muller
Tunnel, one and one-half miles long
1t took five minutes to pass through
it; the cars were closed tight, but
the smoke and gas were disagreeable.
Then night Overshadowed our vision,
but we knew were on down we
grade from the rockies.
November End, Friday morning,
we were in Spokane, Washington,
for several hours. We rode smoothly
on through a lovely valley during
the day. We saw Indians in their
native costumes; some were wearing
long gay colored blankets with one
end pinned around their necks grace
fully with the lower end dragging on
the ground, and around their heads
were a crown of horns. We passed
through the famous wheat-growing
land of Washington. We saw large
wheat fields with the grain still in
the shock. Some of the wheat was
grown on such steep hill-sides that
it looked almost impossible to have
seeded or harvested it there. Near
the same place we saw advertised
seventy-fve thousand acres of land
for sale.
In the evening we were on the
Cascade range and passed through |
the Stampede Tunnel. We were
told it was two and half miles long. |
The smoke was almost unbearble.
We passed through the Yakima In
dian reservation, saw the squaws
riding, the men hunting, the young
men lying on the ground resting.
We were at Tacoma at midnight
safely down from the mountain
heights-altitude forty. six feet above
and so near the ocean we
could feel the salt sea air. There
our train turned southwark down
The coast.
Dec. Bird, Saturday morning, three
J clock, we were at Kalama. Our
section of the train was run on
cry. We were taken up and across
he Columbia river and landed at
5oble without jar. The sleeping
and many that were
wake were not aware that our train
vas passing over water in a boat
We were in the rear car at the time
nd at the open door and looked
nth wonder at the blowing of that
lommoth ferry through the dark
eep waters of the Columbia. Our
rain then ran down to Portland and
five O'Clock we were there in the
-nion depot
This is the rainy season in part of
RECON. 1t is always warm when it
Inns; SHOWS are unknown only in
nall quantities. There have been
few cool days and frosts at night,
ut the roses are still in bloom and
ANY other flowers blooming; the
-ass is green, and the leaves on the
mes. The price Of land is advanc-
g all the time. Building lots, 80
Y 100 feet, sell for 5000 out six
lies from the city proper and more
they are near the car line.
Those within the city limits sell
r thousands of dollars without any
lprovements if they are in desira- n
e localities.
The Willamette valley is dotted
til beautiful fir trees and are as
mmon here as the pine trees are
Delaware. While we like here ~
ry much indeed, we miss the ranch "
tn the herds Of stock and thereon oh
d freedom ont enjoys on the roll ar
2 prairies of Nebraska But we of
: glad to miss the frigid winter
ather and billiards. with the mer- oil
ry down to twenty, thirty and oc-
even forty degrees below II
o. LIZZIE B. Roach. tn