The Republican journal., 1909-07-22
,cross The Continent.

c,,c EDITOR OF THE JOURNAL:
- heard from the writer was in
, Montana, and headed for Den
via Wyoming, a journey of
miles through the Gen. Custer
.,i where he and all Of his brave
ID we're killed, the monument of
lBsr marking the spot where
monument to Gen. Custer
rou If the hill and the soldiers
-.r.o over two hundred acres.
.. IMPRESSIVE sight. The same
ems still have a reservation
anil a a little farming. Cattle,
-. lorse ranches and cowboys
cipal sights through Wyo-
ACROSS the corner of South Da-
.s, about the same, and so it was
rc through Nebraska and Col
p. l.aver, except in part of Col
he prairies were large and
.- -ay and land meeting on all
eAtv miles from Denver we
ral lake black with ducks
not too many. They are pro-
H.. Cest part of the year, but
..r rs of them are shot when
.-..uNs. The story is too big to
u... for someone would come
tell a fish story to beat it.
h its 225, 900 people, all
K or stone houses, is an up
p city. No wooden houses
within the city limits. The
ally laid out. The State
ri, and SO are all the public
there are many fine hotels.
e very large and in good
ling greatly to the attrac-
lily. Colorado Springs, at
Ize's Peak, is the next in
-o9. Large and fine hotele
features, Manitou, where
re located, is only six miles
Try foot of the mountains,
ron cave dwellers, both of
carefully examined and
. Pixies Peak. Memorial
rs cool, with very few flow
-..7 except in hot houses. The
more backward than in
-aow-capped mountains Were
Farming all through that
Montana is done by irriga-
o comes next, and is an in
If Is, 900. Then Trinidad,
city, is to be remembered.
... cross New Mexico to FL
Mountains Of a very rough
rts are the main sights.
.le, N. M, mission hotels
The principal sights with
Ians with their art work
l stations of prominence.
from Trinidad, Colorado,
L.Eas, through the most un-
re, N. NJ, that one would
Ell Paso is a beautiful
Yl PEOPLE, 1t is the dividing
the United States and Mex
re every traveller who can
time should cross the Rio
INTO Mexico and note the
aSt between Mexican ways
.r The city of Juraez, Mexi-
o-r mud houses, one story high
ryof and very few windows.
.-s are narrow and dirty. The
ted the old cathedral, built in
still in use, and saw the outside
o. where they hold bull fights
only. One hour there was
W, and | had a glad feeling
a when | recrossed the river
md knew | was in the U. S.
COUNTRY on the planet.
" * my old trail of last:March
81 rprises began, but instead
sd .g that trail | took another
o Doc down through Arizona to
Bisbee, two mining cities.
in the mountains and the
astened to the rocks. Tween
people manage to live there.
/ went to Phoenix, Arizona.
health resort. | was oblig-
+" there three days while the
The ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ITO
.al" and 1902 at midnight. When
D.. # its being hot, the people
..' me and said | ought to have
ara lays sooner when it was III
saaia and | was consoled with
raace that it often reached 12O
shade, At that time | began to
My runk to see what was next.
~mers are all growing rich rapid
-r1wlng and selling alfalfa. The
We're 50 large several miles across
J bad to inquire into their business
-l4 that they cut eight and some
2I0s erops year and get from 2 to
an aere at each moving. The al
.a> '7 be cut every twenty-one to
Three days, for if allowed to stand
III ZONES woody and hard and is
-.a" and sells for 500 to $50 per
.". acre yields at least 20 tons a
winch at $40 a ton is an income of
u. acre. Two men can care for
@ They press it in the field at an
20 cents a ton or can hire it
5l.50 per ton. Two men can