The Birmingham age-herald., 1909-07-25
IN HOIEL LOBBlES
A Six Weeks Tour.

Dr. Eugene Jacobs and Mrs. Jacobs re- turned yesterday from a six weeks triI through the west. They were accompanied on their travels by pr. Jacobs sister Miss Daisy Jacobs of Atlanta, and Mrs Jacobs sister. Mrs A. T. Wise. assistant principal of the Girls High school of At lanta. Dr. Jacobs visited Los Angeles San Francisco and the Yosemite valley four years ago and this time, by way oi varying his touring experience. he took the northern route. Going from here over the Frisco his party went first to St. Louis and from there to Kansas Clty' Denver, Colorado Springs, Salt Lake ana Portland. stopping a day or two in each place. The party visited Seattle. spend ing several days there seeing the expo sition trip was made to Yellow Stone park and a week or so was spent Ill Canada. along the line of the Canadian Pacific.
 We had a delightful trip said Dr' Jacobs. "The Yukon exposition at Seattle is being well attended, the admissions at the end of the forty-fifth day totaling 9oo' 600. The exposition is very attractive. It is small compared with the Chicago Worlds fair and the St. Louis exposition' but everything displayed is well worth seeing and as for the floral exhibit noth- ing of the sort ever attempted has equaled it.
 Seattle is an elegant city and is grow ing fast Its Alaskan trade would DE sufficient to maintain good sized ety. but In addition to that Seattle is the center of important mining, lumber ana fisheries interests. It has a populatioh ol about 3o0000 and when it is stated that it's building operations for the first SIX months of this year represented an outlay of s12.00o 900 to $13000,00o some idea may be formed of the city's wonderful prog ress. There are many southerners in Seattle and all of them seem to be sue ceeding in a material way.
 We spent five days in Yellow Stone park It requires that much time to get over the ground I have never seen such a varied exhibition of nature-nature Tn different aspects-as we found at Yellow Stone. Romantic scenery, beautiful lake, natural hot springs, geysers, can yons-all are there. I was especially in terested in the famous hot spring within the lake near the shore, where one can stand with a fishing rod, catch a lake trout and without the fisherman changing his position can swing his pole around, drop his fish into the spring and see 1t thoroughly cooked. This is no mere fish story, but Is easily demonstrable.
 Many persons who have seen the Rock ies in our country and have been on Pikes Peak think they have beheld the sublimest mountain scenery on the Amer ican continent, but the Canadian Rockies are so much grander and have so many more heaven-piercing peaks that ours look bit tame in comparison. And as for great parks, as beautiful, wonderful and vast as Yellow Stone is the Canadian Ma tional park is little more than three times as large. The area of Yellow Stone is 2O0o square miles and of the Canadian between 6o0O and 1000 square miles.
 "The Canadian Pacific traverses rich. varied and enchanting sections. The soil in that part of the world is fertile and the verdure singularly fresh and velvety.
 Prosperity was in evidence throughout the west l did not hear talk about hard times while l was away. On the trains and in the hotels I made many pleasant acquaintances. Not a few representative business men whom l met twitted me about coming from a prohibition state. This is sample of some of the inter- views:
 Where are you from Dr. Jacobs?'
 " Birmingham, Ala.
 oh, you are from Birmingham! What is the matter with you people down in Alabama that your cities as well as your small towns are placed in the dry column ? Then the westerner asks many ques- tions about the operation of the prohi- biton law. None of the men I happened to meet were in sympathy with the prohi- biton movement"