The herald-advance. (Milbank, S.D.) 1890-1922, 1910-05-06
NEWS FROM THE WANDERERS.

dIlO d SICdI ucdI VI poSouIS ioiAo
constantly in view.
Upon our arrival in Kansas
City we were met by Mrs. . b.
Storms Hattie Prevey) who en-
tertained US at her home, and
piloted us around the city, show
ing us through the magnificent
public library and museum, as
well as through a number OF the
large mercantile establishments,
and on a troIly trip to Kansas
City, Kan, the famous dry city
that was treated to a municipal
cleaning up a few years ago, and
we can say it looked like any
thing but a deserted village. The
Kansas City folk claim that their
town is destined soon to take the
commercial supremacy from st.
Louis, as it has an empire to the
south and west that has hardly
commenced to be developed, and
the city certainly shows wonder
full indications Of growth h..
Among the buildings in course of
construction is a $1,000, 900 union
depot and from the mass of hui
mainly that was moving and
struggling to pass through the
depot when we arrived there, we
should say it is a much needed
institution.
Leaving Kansas City late in
the afternoon on the Union
Pacific we had but an hour or
two to view the fine country thru
which we were passing, when we
arose the next morning we were
on the west boundry Of the state
and soon in Eastern Colorado,
During all the morning ride it
was plainly evident hatthecoun-
try was deficient in the twothings
which the Texan declared were
the only requisites lacking to
make Texas a great country
water and good society-but
which the northern man suggest
ed were the two principal wants
of that other place, the name of
which is not commonly used in
good society, where skating
Kinks n unknown, and where
the temperature is supposed
to never fall below the freezing
point. Notwithstanding the lack
of water there were evidences of
new settlers, in small patches of
breaking, claim shanties and
dugouts. These settlers were
probably taking up the land with
the hope of making a success of
dry farming, or of securing
irrigation in some way, but from
the car window the prospect
looked dreary enough. w e
reached Denver at about noon,
and during the day visited a
number of points of interest
among these being the capitol,
the Masonic temple, Shriner's
temple, tuberculosis hospital, and
two beautiful public parks.
There are probably more million
aires in Denver and Colorado
Springs than in any other towns
of their size in the world. AS
we learned this we felt quite at
ease here, and the beautiful
homes, each with itsownpeculiar
architecture, one after another
on several miles of well kept
streets, present a picture that is
most charming to the eye. We
had a fine view of the city from
the Masonic temple, with Pixies
Peak in the distance. It is a
beautiful city, and if we were
not married to Milbank, and had
our millions made intead of to-be-
made, there is no question but
that we could content ourselves
there.
Leaving Denver at 9 o'clock in
the morning over the Denver &
Rio Grand railway, the scenic
route through the mountains, we
commenced the upgrade in a
short time, and were soon in
what is known as the grand canon
OF the Arkansas river, III e
narrowest portion of which is
known as the Royal Gorge,
where the railroad for several
miles has been chopped out of
the side of the mountain, with
lust room enough for a single
track, and where these almost
perpendicular masses of stone
towers more than $500 feetabove
the track, the boiling water of
the river and the railway being
the only objects to be seen be-
tween the two grant walls.
There are miles Of this scenery
who,o - mountains and hills