Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1912-07-25
Hamilton, Montana, July 13,

Hamilton, Montana, July IL,
1912. Dear Folks: Here We
are at Hamilton with Aunt
FEMME and Will, arrived last
evening FRIDAY at 6:30) found
them we'll and enjoying life to
the fullest extent. This is GER
] tainly a lovely Valley one of
finest and richest in Montana,
situated between the noun
tains. The town is very pro-
gressive and beautifully situat-
ed. Every thing is right up to
date, fine homes, splendid bust
ness blks. OF course they have
% irrigate here, just the same
as all the western country.
| cannot begin to describe
our trip through the Park,
words fail to express the won.
derful formations, you feel you
would never tire of looking at
the grandeur, the different
colors, the lava forms in run.
ming down the mountain sides.
Among the beautiful things in
the Park there is scattered
horrible sights, one especially
is the Old mud Geysiers throw
ING mud several feet high
oelching forth in two large
holes all the time, reminding
one of what the lower regions"
might look like; the ground for
several feet around it is so hot
is quite uncomfortable to walk
IN, and yet there WIS some
thing so facinating about it, |
felt 10th to leave it. Put for
beauty there is the Old Faith
full squirting up and throwing
the water from one hundred to
a hundred and fifty feet, ard
We were fortunate oae evening
to camp within 200 yds of the
Geysier, and from the hotel
hey turned the search light on
when it played forming all the
lift arent shades you can ina
| zine, about the loveiest sight
me ever saw and worth going
niles to see as we did.
Later
| didn't get my letter finished
so will add a line and tell
you of our trip up to Medicine
Springs Since arriving at Ham
vlton. 1t was a forty mile drive
Up through the canyon and
over mountains. There were
seven Of us in the auto, and had
a fine driver, but going around
and up the mts. where the
river was below us Oh one side
and solid rock on the other ex.
lending hundreds above US and
the road just wide enough for
the auto to pass through, you
| felt some times the driver held
your life in his hands and |
know we all We're gayer when
We arrived at our destination.
The springs We're situated in a
beautiful valley between high
mountains The water is fine
just hog enough to dilnS with
! }ut bslng uncomfortable. YOU
would have smiled to see the
rush for the p unge all to see
which would be the fist ip.
After some time spe MT in the
gentlemen trying to teach the
ladies' to swim, they finally
gave it up as life was too short
for the ordeal. After a fine
dinner and wondering over
mountains and valley, the time
to start on our homeward drive
had arrived We enjoyed the
day to the fullest extent arriv-
ing home without any serious
accidents, barring punctured
tires which occurred several
times, but the mystery to us in
going over so many stones how
we got home with any tires
at all, thus making drive Of
over 70 miles.
Tomorrow we 60 out to see
some of the large irrigation
bitches, costing all the way
from $250,000 to 81, 100000 but
could you see the large or
chards and M eadows it bene fits
you would think they were wise
in doing so, bat time is up,
more anon.
Mrs. C. C. Lahman
Logan, Ia, July 20 About
l60 nor cont of tho normal ra-