The Union times. [volume] (Union, S.C.) 1894-1918, 1912-04-05
An Interesting Letter From Idaho.
Ilo, Idaho, March 23, 1917

lilo, Idaho, March 23, 1919.
Mr.. l.. M. Rice. Editor Union Times. =
Dear Sir: / have thought ever since
came out in the far Northwest,
would write you little sketch OF my
trip and country In which am visit
ing, but every thing is so new and 80
different from what I have seen be-
fore that my mind and time has been
taken up In surveying the wonders Of
this place, that I have not spent much
time in writing. But when The Times
came last week and I read of your
disaster, my mind has been turned
back that way ever since SO write
this to extend to you and your faith
full wife my sincere sympathy in your
loss, and hope ere long you will be
better equipped to fight the lawless-
ness Of Union than ever before.
left Union for Ilo, Idaho, March
third. went to Ashville. N. c., there
Joined party from Idaho who had
been visiting their relatives back in
Ashville and Buncombe county. We
left Ashville, six in the party, Monday
evening, March 4th, on the Caroline
Special over the Southern R. r. Ar
rived in Cincinnati Tuesday morning,
9:55. There we changed cars and
took the Burlington Route out through
Indiana to Indianapolis, up to Chica-
go, and the most beautiful country
and thriving towns I saw anywhere
was in Indiana and Illinois. AS far
as my eyes could reach I could see
nothing but the beautiful fields of
corn and grain and It seemed that
most Of the corn was still in the fields.
could see great droves Of hogs run
ming at large, and the beautiful coun-
try homes showed prosperity. We
arrived in Chicago Tuesday evening
at $3.50 o'clock, too late to see much
OF the city or the lake either. There
we changed cars for st. Paul, MINI.
Next morning when I awoke and look
ed out everything was covered with
snow. noticed the mountains on
one side, and the valley, thought, on
the other, when some one came to me
and said, there was the Mississippi
river. I was SO anxious to see the
Mississippi river. I saw the little
boats and ships frozen along the
banks and soon I saw heavy loaded
wagons crossing over on the ice. I
never saw running stream of water
after we crossed the Ohio river until
we reached Washington. The ground
was covered with snow all the way,
but not very deep. We left st. Paul,
Mimi, Wednesday morning at II
O'Clock, over the Northern Pacific rail-
way, and I never changed cars any
more till we reached Spokane, Wash,
Friday morning at o'clock. I passed
through thirteen states but Montana
was the most desolate. never saw
but two towns of any note, that was
Billings and Livingston, Mont. At
Livingston was the junction Of the ia
nous Yellowstone park and there was
where we started across the Rocky
Mountains, about 4 o'clock Thursday
evening. did not get to see very
much but what I did was beautiful.
I could see miners hut every now
and then in the side of the mountain.
We passed through the longest tun-
mel on the way coming up the noun
tain, the train was five minutes pass
ing through. We travelled nearly all
night through the Rockies. was 30
sorry that had that part of the trip
at night We arrived at Spokane,
Wash, Friday morning at 7 o'clock.
There we changed cars for Idaho, and
then the scene changed. Spokane Is
a beautiful city. I don't know the
population, but quite large city and
coming down through Washington and
Idaho there was the beautiful farming
and fruit growing country. have
seen the peach orchards Of Georgia
and the apple orchards of Virginia
and Western North Carolina, but
never saw any to compare with the
orchards out here. No one would be-
lieve It unless they could see them.
We travelled through that beautiful
country till two p. m, then we chang
ed cars at little Indian town called
Lapwai, there we took the Camas
Prairie Line for IIo, and the scenery
up that road SURPRISING any that
ever saw. Ilo is situated on top Of
mountain called Craig Mountain,
and, to climb this mountain the train