Devils Lake weekly world. (Devils Lake, N.D.) 1911-1914, 1912-10-25

maker Of happy homes" is here. E. w.
Gilbertson has returned, and brought
with him enough knowledge to operate
first class furniture and undertaking
business for years without growing stale
Ed is quick at perceiving the good there
is in the world and he is always ready
to learn more. AS a result his recent
trip Of months duration has instilled
new life in him to carry on the work 81
his ten cents day furniture establish.
ment without faltering.
AS delegate from the North Dakota
| funeral Directors association to the Ma
tional meet at Chattanooga, Tenn, Ed
had to see everything and mat he left
nothing undone can De imagined from
the following report which he has given
the World:
Arriving at Chattanooga We were met
by a reception committee. and escorted
to the Patent hotel and the National
Funeral Directors association headquar
| tiers. Chattanooga is a great city, and
can show her visitors a great many
thin"s of great interest
| In the afternoon. We were given Il
ride through the Chackamaugua and
Chattanooga National Military park, and
airy post in the United States A trip
to Lookout Mountain, famed in history,
one of the most historical spots in the
United States from w.l.ch a beautiful
view can be obtained of seven states, as
we'll as all the famous battle fields Of
Chattanooga. For the next two days, we
were busy visiting the famous battle
| fields, and other points of interest such
as the Incline Railroad. This road is
} 1850 feet long, steepest grade; G. feet to
100. Average grade 80 feet to 100 This is
| one of the longest incline cable roads
in America, and was erected at a cost
of 100000.
/ Point Lookout, where on the morning
Of November 18th, 1863, as Hooker had
defeated the confederates on Craven's
! farm. the Sth Kentucky regiment scaled
Il the bluff and planted the union flag on
! the rock. Previous to this it had been
j! occupied by the confeuerates as a signal
point. This is the only point in Ameri-
ca from which you can see seven states.
), They are Georgia. Alabama, Tennessee
Carolina.
/, We next visited the Bloody Pond on
the Crowish Spring road, near Widow
! Glenns 1t is the only water to be found
! on the portion of the field. and during
the battle. its banks We're covered with
the wounded.
! We next visited Roper's Rock, SO calico
because a corporal Of Company c, 18th
Pennsylvania regiment, by that name
stepped backward off the rock and was
/, killed.
/ October Est we bid Chattanooga good
/, bye, and started for New Orleans over
the Queen and Crescent. We also made
, short stops in the following states, Ten
nessee, Georgia. Alabama, Mississippi
Florida and Louisiana. Through this en-
tire stretch of country, did not see a
: single township in the farming district
that would take in ,xchange for one
: of our North Dakota farms.
: Arriving in New Orleans, we proceeded
: to the Grunwald where We ere to make
, our headquarters Seeing New Orleans i
2 like seeing two cities-on,. typical of al
: that is modern and full of pirit of the
: age; the other a city riie with associa
lions Of Old Creole days Ind poturesqu,
! with an old world environment. Cana
: street, the famous broad and beautiful
5 thoroughfare, is the dividing line. Day.
: may be spent wandering among thu
: scenes of the French quarter that arr
E reminiscent Of epochal events in the hi!
tory Of the city. and whene the street,
names partake of the old French regime
e Indeed. some of the inhabitants Their
: today speak Of Rue Royale, Rue Car
3 tres, Rue DIberville. etc.. and answe
l your questions in the soft paAois that /!
essentially Of Louisiana. Across Cana
> street the scene is as changed as pos
4 sibe and there is the excitement, ant
r hustle Of hurrying life in plenty.
Y The Cabildo-S"anish Court Building.
= Here the transfer of the Province o
n Louisiana from France to the Unite,
:. States took place Dec. Goth, 1903. Nov
8 occupied by the history department o
a the Louisiana State Museum.
8 st. Louis Cathedral-Rich in historical
: associations Of the Church in early Am
y erican Colonial days. Several time