The Oskaloosa herald., 1907-12-26

pretty smells. You hear so many peo-
pie speak of the pretty shells. They
never told the tourists that they got
those shells on the tops of the noun
tains and put them in the bottom of
the ocean for the tourist to see and
make remarks about, and tell their
friends when they go to Catelina to
be sure to make trip in the glass
bottomed boats and see the pretty
shells.
But what's the difference If they
did not grow there? In fact, they
did not tell you that they did grow
there. They know you think they did,
and all they are after is your money
and your friends money.
After visiting friends and relatives
for few days in Long Beach and the
city went back to Mendoza, Cal, and
went back to work again. Now in
April was the earthquake. While l
was 175 miles from San Francisco,
the shock was so great it almost threw
me out OF bed will not say any.
thing about the disaster, only that |
was there fifteen days afterwards and
saw the city at its worst. In August
/ quit my job and started east, not
sightseeing but on a visit, going as
Tar as Indiana, and back to Winnie
mucca, Nevada, to go to work again.
The territory | Travelled over had
been over several times before with
the exception of Salt Lake City, and
will only say this, as you have all
heard about Salt Lake City, it's a
beautiful city. But | have since that
time learned quite little about the
Mormons, Just recently, in fact. But
am getting ahead of my story. ]
must tell you about Soda Lake. /
was running mixed train out of Ha-
zen, a branch to Fallon, only sixteen
miles distance, and we had no tele-
graph wires, no dispatchers, no moth.
ng, and was the only train on that
line. | was simply IT. | went when
got ready naa came back when J
got ready and came back when ]
two, just as | liked just so | got the
work DONE Soda Lake is nine miles
from Hazen on the branch and about
w miles from the track. One Sun,
lay got in in good time and | went
over town and followed, Free ex-
,ursion to Soda Lake. Everybody,
bring the kids. Free ride" And quite
\ crowd went. Soda Lake is in a
funnel shape about Ia miles in di-
tmeter. from all sides you can look
down about 200 feet to the water,and
then the water is 700 feet deep and
clear as crystal They built a dyke
q guess they call it, around the out
ar edge, let the water settle anu
Train off, and then they harvest a
crop of soda They get about 1900
% 1400 tons a year. That would
make lots of soda biscuits, wouldn't
it?
Yellowstone National Park.
Well, | left Winnemucca July 26, to
AXE the trip of my life, a trip that
have been planning for seven years.
have been building air castles and
wondering if the right time would
,ver come for me to take a trip
through the Yellowstone National
Park, and it did finally come. They
ay all things come to him who waits.
Ny air castles were fulfilled almost
20 the letter, and more, too, as 1t was
better than | had dreamed. even
had it down so fine that | imagined
hat we would have team, one horse
| gray and light covered wagon, etc
A fellow can plan and imagine lot
If things in seven years, and that's
lust the kind of a rig we had eXactly.
went to st. Anthony, Idaho, and
made inquiries about parties going
to the park and in doing this | got
in conversation with gentleman and
I found out he was socialist. and as
am a socialist, too, of course we
we're friends right away. This gentle
mans q shall not mention his name)
parents were brought from England
nv the Mormons, and Bill (Bill is TINS
gentleman's first name) was a bapy
IN his mothers arms, and she carried
gill on her back from st. Louis 10
Salt Lake and she did not ride lO0
niles of that distance. Although Bill
was stranger to me, in way, his
manner and earnestness of speech
we're proof enough that he was telling
the truth. the whole truth and moth
ing but the truth, as if you had the
evidence right before you. II Bits
mother were living, she could tell you
better than anyone else how Salt Lake
was pictured to her in England, OF the
mansions, and the comforts
II living in Salt Lake, etc, etc, ana
after that long and weary journey,
Journey that tried the souls OF the
most brave in those days, II Bits
mother we're living she could picture
to our minds better than anyone else
how Salt Lake looked to her as she
got the first glimpse of the CITY, as
the party passed over the Wasatch
range. Huts of adobe, instead OF man
sions. anything but what it was repre-
,ented to be to them in England. Bits
mother and father we're heartbroken.
Turn back? Think of it! This was
the place where the Scriptures were
fulfilled where 1t says, Work out your
own salvation"
Well, on the other hand we must
give Brigham Young great deal OF