The Leon reporter. (Leon, Iowa) 1887-1930, 1907-08-08
Boards TAKE EASTERN TRIP.
Former Residents of Leon have re-
turned from an extended East
ern Trip.

turned from an extended East
ern Trip.
|. N. Beard and wife, former we'll
known residents of this city, now resid-
at Osceola, where Mr.. Beard is manag-
er of the Kraft Clothing Co., have re-
Gently returned from an extended tour
of the east, and in the last issue of the
Osceola Democrat we find the following
interesting description of their trip by
Mr.. Beard, which will be road with in
terest by their many friends in this
county:
"The city of Niagara Falls is nothing
but hotels, selling booths and graft on
the unsuspecting sucker. But the falls
and scenery about are grand and won
derful on both the American and Cana
dian sides. Excavation has been made
SO the visitors can so under the falls.
The one on the Canadian side is safe
and beautiful. You first go down an
elevator some 100 feet, then start
through rock tunnel. At every hun
dred feet you pass through side tun-
mel out into the falls. Then back and
on your way further under the falls.
At last you come out and are back un-
der the heaviest fall of the Horse Shoe
Falls. Then you start back and this
part of your delightful trip is over. 1t
costs you SOC. Again on the American
side you can go under the falls. This
time it costs you 81. American goods
are worth more than other countries.
Once under the American falls will be
all you want. 100 feet down, then follow
double banistered walk down in front
of the falls to where there is a slight
break in the falls. Then if your nerve
has not left you, you pass through
hurricane Of wind and water that takes
your breath and makes you wonder if
you will ever see home again. When
through this first tour you are in the
cave of the winds. While no water is
falling on you, yet a wind so strong is
striking you with such force that you
find difficulty in keeping your feet. By
this time you see why the guide had
you put on heavy wool suit and an oil
suit in place of your own, for you find
that you are now so cold that you need
more clothing, From this cave Of winds
you must cross through a greater water
fall and again wish you were back in
Osceola. At last you are Throughout
are glad you went but you do not want
to go any more. There are many other
places of interest about the falls, such
as the Royal Gorge, Goat Island, etc.
From Niagara Falls we went to Clayton
by railroad. Here we took fine boat
to go through famous Thousand Islands.
This is one of the most beautiful places
in the world. The name of the place is
correct. There are more than 1000 is
lands here in the St. Lawrence
river-some very small and some very
large. On the Islands are beautiful pri-
vate mansions, fine hotels and pleasure
resorts. Here you can spend as much
money as you wish. You will find they
are waiting for you and will be glad to
see your money. From here we went
down the st. Lawrence river through the
rapids to Montreal. The rapids are
wonderful but dangerous for boats.
The boats go through there only in day
time and on clear days. There is a
canal along the river in which the boat
will go at unfavorable times.
Montreal is the great city of Canada
There are many places of interest here
but | will only mention two of it's
churches, Notre Dame and the Cathed-
raj Notre Dame is the grandest
church in North America. 1t was built
in 1924. Its beauty and granduer can
not be told in words. 1t is open all day
to visitors, Many people are there at
all hours worshiipping. One of the bells
on this church it requires twelve
great occasions. The cathedral is a
duplicate Of the one at Rome. 1t is
made of white marble. The broad
expanse of pure white inside helps ones
attention. The streets are all very mar
row IN Montreal. From Montreal we
went to Boston. This city was dis
appointment to us. The streets are all
very narrow and extremely crooked.
They are not numbered but are named
each way. This makes it quite difficult
to go about. Some one has said tha5
the streets were once the old COW
paths. Yet Boston is place of much
interest. Cambridge near by is the
seat Of Harvard College. A visit to
Harvard square is attractive. The air
OF age and learning is all about it.
From Boston we went by railroad to
New York. Here is the city of the U. S.
We staid week. We were not near
through looking. You will never get
through finding things here that will
interest you. If you want to see a
large city, large buildings, palace
homes where untold wealth is spent
each year, you can look for days and
still find more. Perhaps the most in
teresting thing is to see the system
of transporting people by elevated,
surface and subway cars. They
are now making second Sub
way for cars just under the
present subway. When finished the
first subway will be used for local bust
ness, the lower one for through bust
ness. In addition to this the railroads
are building tunnels under these two
subways. All wires of all kinds are un-
der the ground. Many buildings have
two stories below the ground. From
this you may see how well the people
of New York use the ground. From
New York we went by ocean steamer to
Norfolk. This was of much. interest to
the tenderfoot. We had tender feet
but were lucky enough not to be sick