Mount Vernon signal. (Mt. Vernon, Ky.) 18??-current, 1913-07-18

Ql1efent In CHARACTER, IuSSeu III
some places, fat in Others, barren
and almost totally uninhabited.
they present picture of such
utter loneliness that the travler
having ono. seen will always
carry it with him. We had not
seen a human being or An
animal for DO miles or more.
For s or 10 miles around, the
surface was level and wind swept.
In the midst of this level tract
there arose one solitary hill, so
bleak, so barren, so completely
without companions and SO
utterly without apparent reason
for being there, that 1t re-
minded one of a lost traveller.
Upon the crest of the hill stood
a group of half wild mustangs.
huddled together, their names
streaming, their noses III the
air, they gazed into the distance
longingly as if they would give
all lEejr boosted freed ON for t he
sound of a masters voice and
the touch Of a m4stEr'a ham,.
4. Although much Of North Dakota
and Montana is such beautiful
country it is all so different from
our Kentucky lands that O
Keutuckiap finds it constantly
interests him. The absolutely
treeless plains give one almost as
wide a range of vision as if he
were out at sea. This is my fifth
trip across the Rockies but they
have lost nothing of their grandeur
ana facipatiop for We. There
lis majesty in their size and
ruggedness that makes them
typically American and in pro.
portion to the tremendous scale
upon which Americans do every
thing. But besides such mount
aims, glorious specimens of Gods
handiwork man feels his in
significance. Our first stop over
gas iA the heaft Of the RRckiessl
at Livingston Montana, tbs nsar
est railroad point to Yellowstone
National Park. am not going
to attempt a description OF the
worlds greatest National Park,
with its supurb mountains,
canyons, geysers lakes and wild
animals, because most of you have
had from various magazines
much more graphic descriptions
than I could give. 1t takes aheut
tHfHe weeks 10 60 through all
the places of interest in the
park but 3 or 4 days suffice to
see the greatest features aud
get a general idea of the whole.
Comparatively ftw peaple take
the entife thfes weeks journey as
it is very expensive as we'll as
fatiguing. Of course in the park
one must spend the night in
camp,
After we resumed our journey
the ne4t point of interest was
BlOssburg, Montana, which
marks the Continental Divide
with an elevation at the railroad
track Of s57a feet and the mount
aims all around towering thous.
ands of feet higher. IT was quite
cold here with snow almost every
where,
Helena the capital city is :ar
attractive little city but at glance
it represents no features out of
the ordinary, The most inter,
esting place in Montana to me Il
! Missoula, city quite tar to the
, West OF the State nestled among
the snow covered mountains like
, beautiful gem in a platinum
setting. We reached it just il
, the early twilight and spen
about an hour drinking in the al
that was SO cold and sweet au'
pure. I wish I GOULD tell you
' just how beautiful the place is
No figure l can call to mind
n adequate. Missoula is situate'
, at the head of the famous Bite
!, Root valley, whichis one of tn
3 most celebrated fruit regions il
4 the world. The Land in thi
+. valley is worth two THOUSAND
dollars an acre and las wa at
of the fruit grown Mere, whie
o. is so big and luscious coul
y understand why men are williu
y to pay such prices. But lik
every other good thing thi
!, valley has its bad side. In th
grass and bushes there is a tic