The daily sentinel., 1908-07-16

Charles TrlSler, the Well known
fruit grower who recently sold the Lo-
Gust orchard, one of the finest in the
valley and started with his wife and
daughter on an overland pleasure trip
from Grand Junction to the Yellow
stone national park and then on to
Seattle, writes a most interesting let
ter describing the first days of the
long and interesting journey across
the country Knowing that this let
ter will be of interest. not only to the
many friends of the family but to the
public generally. The Sentinel repro
duces it follows:
Rawlins wyo., July 13.
Walter Walker.
Daily Sentinel.
Grand Junction. Colo.
Dear Friend.-As / had promised to
write you now and then as to our trip
I will try to give you brief account
of our trip so far.
We are now 13 days upon the road.
We left the Locust Wednesday morn
ing. July l. s o'clock. and went through
Pafisade and had to stop there and
have a few slight repairs made on the
wagon. We reached Rapid creek for
noon dinner. 1t was a hot place.
We went up une Plateau creek.
through wild mountain country. and
camped within 3 miles of DeBeque We
went over miles of very rough road
and without water.
At last we came upon an irrigation
ditch and there stopped and watered
the team got our supper. We thought
we would put up our tent there, but
TO our surprise found the ground so
hard that we could not drive n peg.
So we camped in the open under the
stars. and that was our first night
camping out in the Rockies. The Rev.
Berry came to us, and we found
that we were very near his place.
We thought we were too heavily
loaded; so in the morning we drove
over 10 town. secured dry goods box.
fIIcd IL and shipped it on ahead. We
stopped there until noon. when we
started for Parachute.
We camped the next night within
:; miles of Parachute We were up
early and on our way to Rifle.
We passed through some very fine
farming country. but the most of it
was very undesirable till got to
Rife. The water was very poor and
not much of 1t.
We reached Rife about 4 pm. That
is a very nice little place.
by this time we were out of the fruit
belt. We saw very few fruit trees
and very poor what we did see.
We looked for camping place, and
went miles ahead to Cooks place and
there stopped over night That was
July 3.
We left Cooks place early in the
morning of the glorious 4th. Water
was scarce all the way. We drove to
within 13 miles of Meeker. and on the
road we overlook a schooner with {
We camped Saturday night there
and drove on in the morning to within
miles of Meeker. where we campe'
over Sunday and cleaned ourselves VI
bit, and stopped over Monday ant
rested.
We left Tuesday morning. We drov,
to AfiI J. w. Hugus * Company have
store there and a spring of water-i
is a dry town
We drove on miles to Mill creel
and camped. The "slSeeters'' nevel
left us They have been very attentive
all the way.
The next morning we started fo
Craig. We met an old man there VIII,
said he was travelling with pony cart
He said he had travelled with it owe
1900 miles last year. He was starting
for Oregon. where he can live withou
work. That would suit us. too. Th
pony is % years old. He is old enough
TO vote for Bryan or Taft this fall
We left Craig early and followed NJ
the Fertilization creek We We're gla'
to leave the "skeeters."
when we stopped for our dinner w
saw coyote. but could not Kill him
We drove on to Rainy road hous
and there put up for the night Tha
was July o.
Next morning 1t was cloudy an,
looked like rain. All along the roa
the prairie dogs We're thick. They al
seemed to ask. What are you lcavinl
Grand valley for?" I could not tel
them.
We ate our lunch miles fror
BagR $, which is 3 miles over insid
the wyoming line. We got into Bagg'
about 1 pm, 1t is "A smnll town an
sot much force. We bought some mea
here. but II was too tough to eat an
we gave it to the dog, and he. l thinl
divided with the coyotes.
We camped on the great and famou
Snake river in wyoming and wer
caught in big rain storm. We stoppe