Evening journal., 1912-11-05
PEN PEN PICTURE
OF THE WEST
]. ]. PIERCE Delighted With
Scenes While Going Across
Continent
WRITES TO FRIENDS
FROM NEVADA TOWN

board OF tuoiC Jtilit4 NohtihiHHl'h
ers. is ON a western trip. lie is
having a delightful time visiting
places of interest through the West, |
and naturally observant. he iotted /
down many interesting notes, and has /
written them in entertaining manner
for THE EVENING JOURNAL Mr.. /
Poirce. IN his letter sent from Reno, !
Nevada. says
Il thought a few lines might inter-
est you BY letting you know what /
have seen, heard and experienced on
my way TO the Pacific coast. ] LETT /
Philadelphia on the 10th inst, arriF-
ing in Chicago the following morn
ing / noticed the corn crop through
Ohio. Indiana and Iowa rs very good.
The conductor, going west ON the
train. from Columbus. Ohio, who has
run OF 1SS miles, told me that hc
did not thing that in all that distance
ssong his run there was enough wheat
grown to feed half dozen families.
hut all other crops were good. / LEFT
Chicago at $50 p. M. on Friday the
18th on the Overland Limited, y. +. and
s. p. r. L., composed only of Pull
mau cars. and arrived in Reno on
Monday morning. The l4th, little be-
hind schedule time. In crossing the
mountains in Wyoming and Utah and
Nevada. there was considerable ice,
and the frost had cleared most of the
trees of their leaves, which made IL
look like winter, together with the
surrounding snow-clad mountains.
Reno is a very pretty little city with
some 5000 or 1000 population II is
situated on the Truckee River and
D.. t..I. fIh.Vn
many fine buildings The streets are
almost sixty feet wide and many we'll
paved. There is good sorviceable
electric street car line. which runs a
considerable distance out Of the city
to places of amusement. such as parks
and Monana hat springs.where a large
covered naiatorium SIS built. The
pool is about 100 feet long and 30 feet
wide It's depth runs from 10 . feet
Tho temperature of water is from so
10 100 degrees It contains regular
bath houses for men and women. on
ono side arc several different private
apartments about 10 to ~ feet square.
They contain water fed BY as many
different springs from 30 TO l20 de-
greos. Many persons who are af-
nicted by rheumatism batho In the
heated apartments and many cures
have been made
"rhe land ina the valley is almost
dead level. and il is watered by
irrigation The farm land sells for
from $500 to $500 per acre. They raise
wheat oats. potatoes, truck of diff
ferent kinds. apples aud pears and
Visited the Mines.
"On last Sunday a party of four O
II US went Gut by rail about II miles Z
place called the steamboat" where
on The side OF the mountain. there arr
many hot springs. the steam from
which can be seen for miles. There are
several pools Of boiling water. We
saw Two mon scalding and cleaning &
pig at one of the pools
1.-THE surface of the mountain is solo
rock and barren. The surface in
many places is cracked open from
ak TO twcnty-four inches wide foi
several hundred feet in length. along
which in places the boiling water
apurts up two TO four feet In places
It seems to be hallow underneath am,
the water can be heard boiling an,
roaring. Many persons go there fol
rheumatic troubles and are general!
cured or benefited
R'"|A'ANNfH
party Of FIVE of us took the $50 traii
for Virginia City, whore the celebrated
Comstock mines are located. opcno
many years ago by two men Nance
Fair and MackeE, out OF which min
Ne were told over $500 100000 In gol
and silver has been taken. We wer
told that the stockholders we're pal
A. one time S3.O0O.000 per month lo
seven consecutive months. II is IA
richest and deepest mine TN the world
Through the kindness of a bank Office
IN Reno. who made arrangements wit
the superintendent of the mine. W
were taken down and shown throng
A.
We were ushered into a big roo
where there were a big bath tub am
shower baths and ordered to disrob
Zach Of use was furnished with a su
OF flannel clothes an old hat an
shoes AT 10 a. M. we. with Mis-
Hazel Lee Roberts. 10 years oll
daughter Of Congressman Robert
Carson City, Nevada, entered tn
cage, which holds six TO eight pei
SONS and descended the shaft to n
2,000-foot level Miss Roberts va
dressed like a man. We were show
around the engine room, which
sixty to seventy-fve feet long an
thirty 90 forty feet wide Il contain
large engines used for hosting an
drilling: also to suck aud distribu
air through the different drifts. III
men wear nothing but the thine
pants. and are naked above the wal.
We were piloted through two or thr
drifts for about three-quarters of
mile. IN places the heat was awfl
from Jos to 100 degrees. Tubs Of /
water are kept ia several places a.
people dip their arms in it, a
throw it on their heads and necl
while some of the workman bi
chopped ice TO their heads tn
have long rubber hip boots on. a
I'll them up with lump ice Sol
workman will squirt with a hose,
water on the ones at work for Il
Hainutes, and take turn about in n
way.
Dawn 300 Feet.
we were then d to another sh
and let down several hundred Il
where we we're pil0ted through sew
al drifts there TO another shaft. WI
we were lowered TO a depth OF abb
2750 feet. Then We were led throu
several more drifts. Some seemed
me to be half a milo ling. The b
in places was almost unbearable.
often would come to a blower,
fresh air from which felt good
were each given a specimen Of Z
The young lady said twice she