Hopkinsville Kentuckian. [volume] (Hopkinsville, Ky.) 1889-1918, 1909-08-26
UNCLE JAKE ABROAD.
Denver, Col, July 2e. 1908.

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left the old Kentucky home July Is
Charlie en- route for the Golden Gate
via. Los Angeles, California, and we
scribe bound for the the far and
woolly West. Nothing worthy OF
note out of Hopkinsvile until we
strike Kelly; Charlie asked for name.
next came Crofton, Empire, etc. AT.
ter passing one, two or three sta.
tions Charlie says: Uncle Jake,
believe | will keep a record of the
stations en- route" Jake replies 0. K.
SO after inquiring of me and my
memory being deficient, he rubber
necked for station names until after
( passing Sebree Springs and perhaps
some few others. including all Of
them until near Henderson. From
Henderson said, Charlie, look out,
this is solid field of corn for twelve
miles each way to Evansville" | told
Charlie | had been travelling over
this route for a number of years,
perhaps Is or 20, and had always
seen large. fine growing crop of
corn in the entire belt. Charlie got
interested and asked who owned it,
mot thinking that perhaps more than
one). Charlie saying that if he owned
that twelve miles of corn it would be
all he wanted. Of course it would
be all he wanted. SO was afraid to
look for the owner for fear of losing
Charlie for the balance of our trip
as far as Denver.
Crops, after leaving Evansville on
to St Louis, did not look so promis-
ing; too much rain, and all streams
being terribly out of order. WEI
reached ST. Louis at 7;30, leaving at
8, over the Burlington. Going out
ST. Louis our train ran perhaps ten
miles with the back water up over
the first step and nearly to the axle
on our coaches, Charlie keeping
sharp lookout. reporting the gauge. !
| remarked she was feeling her way
very slowly, and thought the length
of our train, with all the ballast, |
would hold her down, if the railroad |
ties did not break and let her scat
ter. All were near enough to terra
irma to escape. All along our route
through Indiana and Illinois streams
had been on a rampage, Big and Lit
tie Wabash, etc., and crops of all |
descriptions were showing the dire.
full effects. After leaving st. Joseph |
on to Denver we got out of the rain |
belt. Leaving your city Thursday, |
the 18th, at 10 a. m, arriving at
Denver at $50 a. m. Saturday, the
17th. My oldest failing to get my
notice by card until after our arri-
val, did not meet me with his auto,
as he desired, but knowing his adj
dress, we took street cars to same
and found him with his two sweet
little girls quite surprised and said
he was,sorry, as he would have met
US. So after lunch, which is the
noon meal here, and dinner at 6 p.
M, we took an auto ride over the
city and out for two or three hours,
this being my first auto ride. | re.
marked we must have travelled 10 or
II or Is miles, when Charlie and my
son replied we had gone over 40 or
so miles. After dinner at $50 p. m.
we drove out to one Of the beautiful
parks of the city. In this park there
was large lake with a fountain in
the center throwing the water up in
a spray 20 or 80 feet high, showing
all the coors of the rainbow in string
shape and then in solid mass of the
different colors. Steam gasoline
launches plying all across with
number of skiffs or canoes ad libi-
tum. We'll, Charlie got so anxious
to reach the Golden City through
Los Angeles, my two boys with their
families and myself 10 importuDe,
could not prevail upon HIM to stay
one night, so he left me Sunday
and on arrival at Los An (
geles wrote a card. But | was sorry
Charlie couldn't stay longer with US
in this beautiful, clean city.
More anon, UNCLE JAKE.
WHO HE'S.