Bismarck daily tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, Dakota [N.D.]) 1881-1916, 1907-07-28
n Grip to TIE Jamestown Exposition


were those which have a good be-
ginning we would have considered
our tour a failure from the start.
Tuesday, July 9th, train No. 4, which
was to take us to st. Paul, swas. re-
ported one hour late, but it pulled in
TO the station promptly on timeal-
so out again on time before we
could board it. But we were deter
mined to ride on that particular
train and followed it with somewhat
more Of haste than dignity until we
overlook it somewhere between the,
city and the "Pen.' (The N. P. PEG
pie probably wi not quote this in
Stalment in their literatnre), and
decided to ride the rest of the way.
During the afternoon and early
In the evening we passed over the
beautiful rolling prairies, dear to
the heart of North Dakotans, but
which often fail to appeal to those
who have spent their lives in wood
ed countries or where the land is
set mp on edge and may be farmed
on both sides. Darkness overlook
us before we came to Minnesota but
when the day broke we were still in
her wooded wastes. st. Paul was
reached about eight o'clock, and the
day was spent in visiting the import
ant points Of the city, the most strik-
Ing Of which is the magnificent state
capitol. But I need not go into de-
tails concerning st. Paul, as it is so
near home and Bismarckers are all
more or less familiar with the Twin
Cities.
The run from st. Paul to Chicago
WIS made in the night, and early
the next morning we boarded the
train which was to take us to the
edge Of Dixie land. The region be-
tween Chicago and Cincinnati does
not appear to have suffered from
5drOuth this year, as in many places
The corn scarcely appeared above the
water, and everywhere the crops
seemed fully as backward as they are
IN North Dakota. 3...
The Ohio river was crossed at l0
I p. N. and we were hurried through
the dark and bloody ground on a
on the Chesapeake and Ohio rail-
way, and the next morning, Friday,
we looked out on the wild scenery of
West Virginia. The views from the
train in this state and also the west
;rarn part of old Virginia are simply
magnificent. The C. & O. r.. r. pas
=sses through numerous canyons and
winds along the sides of many rock
ribbed hills. Often on one side there
is an oVerhanging ledge which threat
ems to fall and hurl the train from
the rails, while on the other side
you gaze down a precipice which
has a raging torrent at its bottom.
Some idea of the broken nature of
the ground Of this region (much Of
1t along the New river) may be gain.
ssed from the number of tunnels on
I the road. There are fourteen tun.
gnsls between Charleston, West Vir
ginia. and Charlottesville, Virginia
After taking a trip through these
mountains you understand why the
Applachians so long prevented the
early settlers from reaching the Miss
issippi valley.
Shs,tly after ,oI, we behild thu
eoutaihcs az the Blue Ridge mou!:
stains. and we were soon i'll the Shen
andSaE valley, said to be now Ia,
chest part of all Virginia A crot
i'm flying down the Sh snandoah woui'
not need to carry his provisions W..
III atm ritless, indeed, he had been pre-
ceeded by a Sheridan. 1t was Al
agreeable change after the jcurne
through the mountain fastness
whose wealth, aside from the seer
cry. Is. not on the surface, but his
s s5s ;ien 1eep ID the bowels of the eartf
MI. Troxel remarked that in Yves
Virginia we bad not seen enough a
U able land to produce carload (
graiII.
We realized some time befor
reaching Virginia that we were
the real South. The negroes had
separate compartment on the trai
s:ls.n 1t pulled out Of Cincinnati, an
Ri as We went on it became more an
more evident that between the tW
races a gulf was being fixed so thi
none could pass rom our side ov'
and that none might pass fro
thence to us The street cars all
had their Jim Crow" section, Il
seats at the rear, IN which II
blacks must sit and III which !
whites were allowed. In every e
III Virginia there Is posted q 81
zion OF the state law which ernpo
Ars the conductors to remove al