Jamestown weekly alert. [volume] (Jamestown, Stutsman County, D.T. [N.D.]) 1882-1925, 1907-06-13
coUATRY BEAUTIFUL
Trip to jamestown Exposition
Abounds in Interest and Pleas.
urs for Northern Citizen.
Especial Cor.

After months delay early SUM-
mer has at last crept into the south
and the leaves on che trees are max
ing flickering shadows over the grass.
In the highest parts of the Blue
Ridge and Alleghenies, however, the
springs nesitancy is yet seen in the
scarce! ssieaved tree. The southern
farmer Fad his grass started in March
and thesGrst crop Of hay or grain cut
down by frost in April. Frost has
badly damaged the..fruit of the south
and almost if not to The gulf, the un-
usual cold Of the spring has destroyed
the buds and young fruit on all trees.
A few blackberry bushes alongside
the road are in white blossom, but
peaches apples, and all other fruit
products Of value have been seriously
injured, if not totally destroyed. The
condition Of the spring wtleat crop of
the northwest is a subject Of fire.
quent inquiry by the people Of this
region. They all think it has been
destroyed too.
To northern bonn citizen no trip
in our entire country affords more ..of
real interest than run dow, % the
sea shore and few days spent in the
"country beautiful around Washing
ton, the national capital. The trip
com Dimes so mary different and sig
niticant- features Of interest that it is
one continued round Of pleasure and
instruction. History, romance and
new scenes at every turn. rise from
the ashes Of old events. Incidents
whose only impression has been made
on the minds of the northern gener-
ations by the school book and by the
teacher, are unexpectedly recalled
every day by seeing localities where
the events transpired. Every point
around Washington is full of special
interest. And the whole region from
Washington south through Virginia
and east to tide water has histori-
cal attraction that dates back 800
years. It is alive with tle..memories
of the home Of many stirring events,
of the greatest leaders and history
makers of the world, land theatre of
wars that shaped the destinies of the
nation more than once.
To reach the wooded knobs and
the famous spots of Virginia, both
on shore and inland is easy. Any
afternoon train out of Chicago will
bring a traveller into the mountains
by daylight. By sun down he has
climbed the ridges and rolls into
Washington, built on the bank O.. the
noble Potomac, one of the great ocean
fingers that points westward from
Chesapeake Bay.
Any of the trains out of Chicago
are elegant flyers, but none are hand
somer than the "Royal Blue" of the
old B. and O., the train that runs
through Pittsburg to Washington and
New York. Leaving Chicago and
speeding for an hour through the
outskirts, factories, and contributory
villages that seem drawn to the huge
municipal magnet with irresistible
force, the train passes through the
new city on the south shore of Lake
Michigan, which is being built by the
steel trust. Acres OF ground are
filled in. wide streets. and great
sewer system established and prepara-
tions on gigantic scale are going on
for the erection Of the new. steel city.
The lake will be used for transport
alton also and fine harbor built for
vessels. 1t is said the steel trust
will spend 75.000,O 600, on the plant.
The shadows of night soon obscure
the country after leaving the lake
shore, and the train speeds along
steadily over a splendid roadbed.
Youngstown, Ohio, with its furn-
aces and iron mills greet the traveller
soon after rising the next morning
and presently the long train enters
the western part Of Pennsylvania and
finally pulls in to the depot at Pitts
burg Steam clouds, black smoke,
noise, roaring furnaces Of fiery heat,
day and night activity surround the
visitor On every hand are the evi,
dences of coal, iron, wealth, enterprise
and squalor. Hard labor, mo sunshine,
noise Of screaming whistles, reddish
muddy streams. rough, hllly country, /,
high bridges, lie under the somber
mantle that spreads over the city of
Pittsburg, covering its millionaires.
and its misery.
After leaving Pittsburg the scene
shifts rapidly and the train soon
enters into a new and delightful at
mosphere. The mountain sides grow
green, the air IS clear, the streams