Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1915-07-22
VISIT pARABOO
FRIENDS IN WEST
Mr.. and Mrs. George B.Mc
GilVra Find Much Plea
sure in Ira
vel.

Sioux City, July, 12-The principal
crops raised between Los Angeles and
San Francisco are lima beans, sugar
beets, olives and walnuts. We greatly
enjoyed the ride on the Southern Paci-
fc and saw many missions which were
established between the years 1869 and
1776 by the good Father Sierra. Post
Gritty honors this man who travelled
thousands of miles over the hot sands,
founding practical Christianity.
At San Jose we were guests at the
Jacob Werlich home, a beautiful mod
ern structure. The Weirichs have a
twenty acre prune ranch and raise as
we'll oranges and all kinds of small fruit
for their own use. We visited Clara Gil
lem and her mother at Los Catos. They
have pleasant home and the former
has all the sewing she can do at $500 a
day and dinner. At Palo Alto we visit
ed DR.. Arthur Meyer and family.
DR.. Meyers who teaches Leland
Stanford university being broth
er-in-law of Mrs. Ethel Nc Gilvra Mey-
ers. We visited the university and the
church and museum. The buildings
were badly wrecked by the California
earthquakes but are gradually being
rebuilt. We noticed many trees planted
on the grounds by notable people from
several states.
At San Francisco the first thing that
| noticed was the state prison, situat-
ed on al island in the bay, which was
crowded with fishing boats and one or
two large vessels, among them the
warship, Oregon. We greatly en-
joyed being near the ocean but one
needs winter clothing.
The fair is a great success and to tell
all | saw there would fill large sized
volume. You had better go and see for
yourself and advise everyone to visit
the Oregon and Canada buildings as it
seems to me that they have the best ex-
hibits. Many of the state buildings
are chiefly for rest rooms and meeting
places for friends.
In the Wisconsin building we saw on
ly one, a anong all the thousands, with
whom We were acquainted and that
was Mrs. Matte Haines. We ate lunch
together and it seemed delightful to
meet friend where one sees 80 many
strange faces. We walked beneath a
red wood tree which was 30J feet high
and had a diameter of 20 feet at the
base. Nine cars were required to trans
port the lumber to the mill.
Among other interesting things, we
saw flowers made of butter, and we had
a pound Of the largest cheese ever
made. The authorities of the Monta-
ma exhibit offer ST, 900 to whoever finds
q worm in an apple in that display,
Oregon's apple display was the best,
however. They had been out of cold
forage 10 weeks and were still firm and
of good color.
On Midway, or the Zone, we saw a
reproduction of the Panama canal. Day
ton flood, ostrich farms and Japanese
buildings. We saw Arthur Smith, one
of the worlds great masters of fancy
flying, reach speed of 100 miles an
hour. He turned the machine upside
down, looped the loop and executed sew
ersl other feats while flying.
We spent five days at Yellowstone
park, magnificent be yond description,
saw the Canyon, "OId Faithful gey-
ser, boiling springs, paint pots number
less andaof every color, mountains, lakes
and every kind of animal. think we
enjoyed the bears most, we saw one
mother with three cubs, another with
two. We went with the Powell Shaw
Tenting company. which we found quite
satisfactory.
Just now we are at our son, Arthur's.
in Sioux City. but we will start h ,me
next week.
EDITH NC GILVRA.