La Junta tribune., 1913-07-05
PACIFIC COAST VACATION TRIP
Lee GiiIen Tells Interesting Tale Of
Experiences and Observations on
the Pacific Slope.

states. My first stop was in Sal,
Lake City. which is surely most
beautiful place. Business conditions
were exceptionally good, as the city
has big territory from which to
draw trade, and there is much life
and animation on the streets from
morning till night. left Salt Lake
/ City over the Western Pacific for
San Francisco. and II was one of
the most delightful trips have
ever taken by rail
! The scenery along the Feather
river, which runs through a chain OF
mountains. is simply grand and be
yond my powers 10 adequately de-
scribe. The mountains slope from
the river bed. which the railroad fol.
lows, at an angle OF about forty
five degrees TO heighth OF several
thousand feet The mountains are
covered with a dense growth OF tim.
Der. and the foliage on the trees Ia
beautiful to behold | counted thir.
1 ty-seven tunnels that We passed
through Some Of them were quite
short. while others were long enough
in which to say Good Night" In
the daytime
| arrived Al Oakland at s O'Clock In
the evening and took the ferry over
TO the Grating city OF San Fran
cisco. | spent several weeks there.
but was not very much impressed. l
made many trips To the Cliff House.
Golden Gate Park. the Preside. where
Uncle Sam has small army station.
de. and the Panama Exposition
grounds. whichs sre located on a
very wet anl swampy piece OF ground
and 1t impressed me az being a very
poor location. II 10 necessary 10
drive piiss 1Dr . feunda,ios for he
,builAisss. and tAaee We osly . vssy
'few at the vresent time nnder con.
structtoa. II looks to me 40 though
they would have to 20 some to get
the grounds In shape and the build.
ihEs erected by the time specified.
In Frisco they have what they call
the trade winds every afternoon. and
I believe they would blow the whis-
ker off Of n billy goat. In the ev.
eninr the fog drifts In from the
ocean. and the atmosphere In not
what you would call at all agree
able. They say. however. that the
climate II very healthfui. and Il
must he 10 Ms every one appears to
be- hearty. healthy and happy. with
unusually clear complexicnr. 20
suppose II must be 30.
Frisco In \ good city to stay away
from unless you have plenty OF mon.
ey and can do your competitor In
business. Small stores on Market
street rent from $500 to $500 per
month. and from that up. One Of
the great attractions to me wAA the
Washington Market. Il IL one of
the finest stores of It's kind ! vas
ever In. II you had just eaten .
hearty Christmas dinner and then
lrisurciy dropped In At this store
you would become hungry. The gas.
tronomic attractions are 70 many 49,
- tempting that II u impossible to
resist them. Anything on Aad a.
~ that has ever been produced you
viii find on tap At this store. and
everything II very reasonable. -.
pecially fish. meat. oysters. clans.
crabs. vegetables and fruits of ev.
~ Kind. Large boxrs of delicious
stsawbesries sell for cents. and
threc large bunrAes Of radishea fns
csnts. Everythins IL arranged With
much taste and n makes = Grand dis
play.
On June 18th I leSt rrtsco for Port.
lad on . large steamship called
"klanssh." artsvias ia the. natter
place on June 33d. . distance Of III
miiss aioas the coast. With land In
sight ali the way. os most a the
way. The klamath makes regular
tr1ps between asa Diego and Port.
laal. bus I can't say that an In
vesy raptsroas mood ov~r ny
tftp. hsA . hersA In . sssteroom
on ne nIAlle lerk. and we Ieft
Frisco shout 10 O'Clock a. nisht. A
passenger fcii overheard Just - ~c
started away from thc wharf A
sai,or resrueA him. but hc vas sick
from the sAork for several days.
On our first nisht ont We were al
assembled n the parsor while = van.
devtlie artist was seated ~ ne
ne piaao pisyins rastime m,Nir. The
purser cane n sNl announced NET