The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1911-03-02
SIGHT Seeing.
Clarence R. Shore Tells Of Interesting
Things Seen in a Trip 10
Kansas City.


of twenty minutes for breakfast
After The twenty minutes was up
we were again rollIug ahead, aud
it was not long until we were
crossing the Mississippi river;
and, when across, we we were in
Missouri.
| sPy we, because there were
others on the tram, but uufortun.
ately no one that l knew.
The Burlington Route, all the
way through Missouri, as rule,
runs through a very nice farming
section with few exceptions Of
undulatlng prairies. The farms
are level, black soil, and they
looked as if very productive, and
had nice up.to date buildings.
After an all. day ride, we rolled
into the Union Station, Kansas
City. AS it was getting late in
the afternoon, the first thing TO
do was to find a good hotel. l
stayed in this city two days aud
nights and saw many places Of
interest. Among them were the
Union Stock Yards aud the Pack.
ing Houses.
While at the stock yards, I saw
them load and unload, sell and
buy, weigh and feed, stock of all
kinds. | also saw the stock driven
through the shutes to the slaugh.
ter houses. | was told that these
stock yards were the second in
size IN the United States.
At the packing house | was
gwen a guide that first took me
to the slaughter pens, and then
proceeded to follow up the meat
as 1t went through It's various
processes until 1t was loaded on
the cars for shipment, the guide
explaining every thing as we
went along, This was very lu-
teresting and well worth any
mans time if he gets the oppor.
tunlty to visit packing house.
Kansas City is the greatest city
for passenger traffic | ever saw.
1t seems to be the gateway to the
Southwest and people are con-
tinuously going IN and coming
out of the Union Station like a
hive of bees that are working at
their best.
1t is to be remembered that
Kansas City Is situated on the
Missouri river which is termed
"the treacherous old river" |
was told that it quite frequently
changes its course, and farmers,
who live along 1t have gone to bed
IN the evening possessing a fine
farm, and awakened next morn
ing to find that during the night
the river had removed almost the
entire farm. But possibly the
next night it would rob some one
else of his farm and leave 1t with
you. So, this is why it is called
the "treacherous old river"
Thinking l had made my stay
long enough here, boarded a
tram on the Rock Island line for
White City, Kansas which is To-
Gated near about the central part
of the state. After visiting with
| relatives there for a shrot time l
went to Topeka and spent a few
days sight seeing there.
Topeka is thecapltaI of Kansas,
and while there visited the
State House and had the privilege
of going into the Assembly Hall
while the Legislature was IN ses'
sion, and | heard them grinding
out laws.
Kansas, also, has some fine
farming land and some awfully
rough places too. l saw hun
dreds of acres of unbroken pral'
RE land covered with a thick
coat of prairie grass. This was
used for pasture.
left Topeka in the morning of
Jan. 9th, for Galesburg, ILL.,,
over the Santa Fe and again |
saw some of Missouri; but along
this route almost entirely to the
contrary of that which l had seen
olo,o tho Rnrhnuton II was