Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-02-23
EXPERIENCES OF
4 GLOBE TROTTER
BY J. Nj. White, Ft. Scott, Kansas.

Kansas, has been a trip of interest
romance, danger and happiness, the
contrast being sharply drawn. My rul'
ol lie on the trip has been, battle
frequently, eat great deal of fruit
.ea liquors and narcotics alone, and
ont worry, although darkness may
ind me on a desert, away from all
dwellings and a wilderness Of sage
brush stretching away on either hand.
left Ft. Scott on September II, with
my knapsack on my back, flag way-
ing proudly, with S2.25. 2 dozen pho
ographs, and forty postcard views o.
TT. Scott, TO make my way around
the world.
My first historic point Of interest
was Osawatonic, the home of old
John Brown, the warrior of the
Marais des Cygnes. His old cabin
stands on the farm Of his nephew,
Rev. Adair, northwest Of the town,
west of the battlefield where the bat
tie of Osawatonic was fought Aug
lst 30, 1856. Afterwards l reached
Lawrence, the city that was ravaSed
by the demon Quantiel, and has
twice been smitten hard by the terri
BILE floods of the Kaw river. Today,
Lawrence is a garden of beauty amid
the trees, and she is one of the lin
est towns in the state. Upon the hill
where Quantiell's sentinels stood,
brooding like the commissaries of
Satan over the Turing city, stands
the great state University, eighteen
fine buildings and the Museum OF
National History is one of the finest
in America. The Haskell Indian
school, so buildings and teaching 700
pupils from 6S tribes is another
Of Lawrence's great institutions OF
which Kansas is proud, our other
Indian school being near Arkansas
City, and known as the Chilocco
school. At Manhattan, the state ag-
ricultural college is another of our
in 1862, has % buildings of native
stone, 24O0 scholars and an auditori-
lm seating 1000 people. Near this lit
tie city on the Blue, is the Odd Eel
lows home for the aged, crippled
and orphans, at Eureka Lake, ana
this is a monument to the kindness
Of the Odd Fellows lodge.
At Ft. Riley the troops of this grea
garrison showed me pleasant time,
and at Salina my shoes gave out,
.orcing me to wear gunnysacks as
.ar as Russell, Kansas, where ] diu
we'll enough to get to my supplies az
ellis. Kansas. l met with big re-
,eption at Sharon Springs, Kansas,
he band turning out and honoring N
With a concert on my arrival in this
lustling little town. N
The last ten days were wearisoIhe
the plains, and at Hugo,
colorado, l turned off and crossed
o Ranah and went to Colorado
Springs first, seeing Pixies Peak Oh
he last Sunday of October. How
majestic and noble the grand old
,eak appeared looming up against
he sky like a monument Of granite |
lgainst the azure sky.
At Denver l received royal wei
,ome, the Post giving me big no
ice and the whole city honoring me
is a king on a royal tour After
eaving Denver 1 reached Cheyenne. |
md crossed Wyoming under great
difficulties. After losing my CARDS,
was forced to sell some necessary
.rticles of apparel to get along. My
,est friends were the sheep herders,
signal maintainers and telegraph
gents. The day before Christmas
had to ascend Aspen Tunnel hill
is no one was allowed to go through
he tunnel Amid two feet OF snow
went over it, three and one half
niles but did not get to Evans on
.ntil Christmas day. Here | visited
he Chinese josshouse. Mormon
.hurch and other places of interest.
to me, looked as If neith-
II an umbrella or a disturbance could
,e raised there, and when the fer
lie valleys of Utah lay spread be-
ore me 1 entered gladly, for the
lay, cattle, and prosperous homes
md genial people we're a great con-
rast to the barren land and inhospit-
lble towns of Wyoming At Salt
AXE l was ordered out Of town
because 1 associated with the Nor
mons, so I returned to Ogden,
Whence came up the o. s. L. to
oocatello, Idaho. Since entering
his grand state my treatment has
'een of the best, my stay on Satur
lay night being at the home of S. G.
Tucker, Notus, Idaho. The hot cakes
Ind other good things 1 got there
ire like a dream but they showed |