Alma record. (Alma, Mich.) 1878-1928, 1912-04-18
CALIFORNIA LETTER
Mrs. Myrtle Francisco Writes OF weS.
tern Trip
IN LOVE WITH WESTERN State
Visits Various Points Of Interest while
J0urneying Westward

This Office is in receipt of letter
from Mrs. Myrtle Francisco, former
ly of Alma, but now resident of
Los Angeles, California, which will
be OF interest to our readers describ-
ing as it does her opinion Of the
Golden state Mrs. Franklin says:
I'VE left Alma morning OF Octo-
Der 9th over Pere Marquette and
Chicago a party of twelve of us
my parents included; spent night
and day in the Windy City, sight
seeing-visiting the board of trade,
Union Stock yards particularly;
Swift & Co, through Marshall Field
& Co, the largest. retail store in the
world up % stories in the Mason
ic Temple and in the evening board
ed our train over Chicago, Milwau-
kee & st. Paul 10 Omaha, occupy
ing our berths at once. Pleasant trip
to Omaha, on to Denver over Union
Pacific where we visited friends, also
the capitol and L. S. mint, Next to
Colorado Springs, this is the most
picturesque place of natural scenery.
Seemed as we could almost reach out
and touch Pixies Peak from our room
windows though miles away from us.
Here we enjoyed a beautiful drive
sight seeing. Colorado Springs, Col
orado City and Manitou, are so close
ly built together making one continu-
Gus city for three miles Wonderful
the handwork OF our Creator, we
could but feel He had been partial
in lavishing on this part of the
earth, with a most lavish hand in
shaping the Garden of the Gods.
Balance steamboat rocks upon which
were telescopes 10 view the scenes
in the far distance,
From here we went on to the Den
yer & Rio Grande r. R. First Of
interest the Royal Gorge. All pass
engers heads out of windows to see
the wonders upon wonders. Walls of
rock on either side, with the Rio
Grande river running in fury along
side the railroad track for miles and
miles. Oh! the great and wonderful
Gorge must be seen to be apprecia-
ted and comprehend its grandeur, as
tongue or pen cannot express its mag
nitude. On and on we go, through
gorges made through the great
Rocky mountains. climbing higher
and higher - three engines on our
train all putting and pulling, SEEM
ingly to the limit of their capacity.
Saw mount of the Holy Cross-high-
est elevation passed; it is over 1924
feet above sea level After 80 hours
ride on train, six hours late we reach
ed Salt Lake City, where we spent
Sabbath October Is.
We visited the Mormon tabernacle
grounds, which l see by columns Of
Record Mr. Moody has told you
about in January II number. I
might add a little, suffice it to say, l
much enjoyed Mr. Moody's descrip-
ton Of it. Though am reminded Of
the story of the boy telling how good
the pie looks, but the other little fell
low telling how good it tasted-so
with me- Mr. M tells of it all and
the wonderful pipe organ, but had
the pleasure of hearing it, as we at
tended the Sabbath services and we
heard the choir Of five hundred vol
ces, the largest regular church choir
in the world, each member giving his
services free. They secured prize
at Chicago of 100000 in choral
singing. This wonderful organ con-
tains 5000 pipes ranging in length
from one quarter of an inch UP to
thirty-two feet costing $125.000.o0
Altitude forty-eight feet dimensions,
thirty by thirty-three feet, one hun
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