Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-10-26
A VISIT WEST.

this time they travelled 100 miles b,
rail- and 25O miles by water.
Sept. 19 they left for Racine wher,
Mr.. Knoke has three sisters whom h,
visited; from there they went t
Chicago where they spent day; from
chicago they went to Colorado
Springs, distance of over HOO miles
One OF the points of great interest
along this trip was the splendid
farming country and the great corr
fields. A fact worth mentioning is
that Iowa had the best corn exhibi
tion at the Panama exposition. They
stopped at Colorado Springs for a day
where Mrs. Knoke has a cousin
While there they took In a sight
seeing trip, including what is called
the High Drive, where they Travelled
a distance of % miles by horses and
\ carriage, for the reason that it is too
dangerous to go by auto and climb
around the mountains. Taking in
Pixies Peak, Cheyenne mountains,
Garden of the Gods, this is wonder
which can not be realized unless it is
seen;) the Seven Falls, and the city
of Manatou which is a beautiful
resort built in the mountains where
the Sulphur Springs are. They went
through the Royal Gorge to Salt Lake
City, distance of nearly 700 miles.
Some OF the points of interest there,
was the Tabernacle, which is a 81 ,OOO.-
OOO structure, and the Norman
Temple with seating capacity of
10000, and also has the largest organ
in the United States; they also saw the
Salt Lake which is eight miles wide
and forty miles long; this is said to
be the largest salt deposit on the
continent. Utah is a dry state.
| While there they saw glass factory
where they manufacture glass-eyes
for blind pigs. From there they went
to Los Angeles through the Nevada
deserts, a distance of 784 miles.
While there they travelled by auto
forty-seyen. miles, taking in the seen
cry and went by auto to Pasadena
which is city of rich mems homes,
one of the streets having fifty mil
lionaires. This is place for flowers
and pretty scenery. On this trip they
visited the ostrich and alligator
farms; the oil fields and the ocean
beach; from there they left for the San
Diego exposition and back to Los
Angeles and then to San Francisco, a
distance of 476 miles, where they
spent four days at the fair which
was great. A few of the interesting
places are the Palace of Machinery,
with floor space of seven acres; the
Festival Hall, which was taken in
in one evening had three hundred
and fifty people in the chorus.
On the zone they took in the Battle
of Gettysburg, Creation, and the
Panama Canal. Wisconsin did not
show any dairy stock on account of
the hoof and mouth disease. Some
of the western states had a fine ex-
hibition of dairy cattle and Belgium
had the heaviest draft horses, weigh
ing 240O pounds. From Frisco they
crossed the bay by ferry, from Oak
land to Portland, which is called the
road of thousand wonders. On this
route they came through nineteen
tunnels, one of them being three
miles in length, coming around Mount
Shasta; the elevation of this route is
200 feet to the mile for Is miles and
it takes three heavy locomotives to
make the grade. The scenery along
the Sacramento river is reported as
very fine. They stopped at Portland
day and took in the sights and from
there went to Tacoma and visited a
cousin of Mr.. KnOke, and then to
Seattle where they were shown the
city by their friend, Rev. w. E.
Brinkman. The Yucan-Alaskan ex-
position of 1909 still has some of the
buildings which are occupied by the
State University; one of the interest
ing points there was the Washington
building which is built out of large
logs said to contain million feet,
which is used for a museum. From
there they left by boat to Vancouver,
and through the Canadian Rocky
Mountains. On this trip they saw
the National Park at Banff, and going
to Winnipeg by the @. P. R., dis
tance of 1900 miles, they stopped at
Moose Jaw and Regina; but just be-
fore reaching Regina they were in a
wreck but fortunately no one was
injured. They visited Mr.. Knoke's
brothers at Moose Jaw and Regina
This country all through to Winnie
peg has bumper of grain crops this
year. Thrashing is late owing to the
wet weather, and it is very doubtful
if the grain is all thrashed before
snow falls; and from there they came
across the border to North Dakota,
where the atmosphere seemed better
owing to the war conditions. A COM
mon scene along the G. 2. r. from
Regina and Winnipeg to see soldiers
in their uniforms. There are recruit
ing stations and winter quarters all
along. From Dakota to Hatley, the
best place they came to on all their
trip was, "Home Sweet Home"
From HATLEY.
On complaint of Frank Hanke who
had one of his eyes dressed in mourn
ing, Herman Schluetter of the town
of Rib Falls, was arrested and brought
before Judge Marchetti Wednesday
afternoon, to answer to the charge of
assault and battery of the aforemen-
toned complainant. The defendant