Mexico weekly ledger., 1915-09-02
MEXICO PARTY IS
NEARING ST. PAUL
Mexico Party Visit Tri-Cities and
Take Motor Ride Over Beautiful
B~ouIevardes.

On Odr otedmef-Rullcy1 wear
Dubuque, Iowa, Aug. 25, 19915.-It ID
a good thing we all brought our over-
coats, as the weather was around so
at Davenport, yesterday, and while
the auto ride through the tri-cities,
Moline Rock Island, and Davenport,
was fine the air was sure bracing.
This is the country for factories
cheap water power and cheap water
freight.
We are nearing destination, and
quoting from the same writer and ON.
lifting about a dozen small villages the
route of the upper river to st. Paul
from Muscatine follows:
Crock Island. ILL.,, Davenport, Ia,
Moline, Il,-These Tri- Citiee' form a
most important manufacturing and
business center of over one hundred
and fifty thousand population. Bridge
connects Rock Island with Davenport
its center resting on Arsenal Island.
This island was used during the Civil
War as a prison; is now a Government
arsenal and army post, the large
buildings on the island being devoted
to the manufacture of arms, equip
ment and ordinance.
This is the greatest manufacturing
point for agricultural implements and
vehicles in the world, having seven
miles of buildings devoted to the man
ufacture of wagon and farming imple-
ments, alone. Davenport is the inan-
eial, educational and jobbing center
of central Iowa,
Leaving the Tri-Cities we pass
through the big Moline Rocks-a raise
Of nine feet-into the Upper Rapids
This lock is ~necessitated by the darn
on the opposite side of the island,
which produces the power used ON
Arsenal Island as well as for all the
street AR and electric lights in the
Tri- Cities.
The upper end Of the rapids is TWEEN
ty-two feet higher than the lower
end.
The next seventeen miles of river
are called the Upper Rapids. A spec
ial pilot is taken aboard for this part
Of the river and an exciting fifteen
miles ride through swift water fol-
lows. The neatly built stone piers
seen along here are "Signal Islands
and many floating buoys will be seen
which serve as channel markers.
Dubuque, Iowa, is called cold Held
elberg,' because Of its colleges and
churches. Population fifty thousand
A live, hustling center of business
activity for wide scope of splendid
country-one of the most progressive
Of our Middle West cities, celebrated
for its scenic surroundings, parks and
drives, as well as being in the middle
Of the most picturesque section of the
Upper Mississippi. High on the bluff
will be seen the gigantic monument
Of Julien Dubuque.
La Crosse, Wisconsin.-Populatior
fifty thousand. One of the best towns
on the river and remarkable for the
beauty of its residence streets ant
homes as well as its surrounding dis
tricts.
Winona, Mimi, is a splendid city o.
twenty-five thousand population, 10
Gated in a mountainous section Of rar,
and picturesque beauty. The leve'
here is beautifully parked-the hand
soonest frontage Of any point alont
the river.
Winona is in the center Of the oil
Indian country and many legends Q
historic and romantic interest refe
to places in this locality.
Just above we pass the Mouth o
the Chippewa River, through a pan
toon bridge, into beautiful Lake Pepir
The river widens here into a lax
four miles wide and rel thirty mile
long-is quite deep and SO clear tina
fish a be seen far down in the water
The Steamer is never out of sight o
land, as the same high wooded bluff
SO characteristic of this section Of tn
country, surround the lake entirely.
Midway through Lake Pepin, W
. stop at Lake City, Minnesota, a spler
: did and beautiful little city of CON
mercial Importance and in the cente
; Of a very popular summer resort dis
trict.
/, Maiden Rock, Wis, is famed IN II
!. dian legend as the rock from whic
! Winona, the beautiful Winnebago Il
: dian maiden, leaped to her death b.
/ cause of her lost lover.
Red Wing, Mimi, with its fine co
|, ling activities is the next stop, the
at Prescott, Mimi, we pass the mout
of the st. Croix River and we are RAJ
idly approaching the young giant
8 the Northwest, St. Paul. This la
section of the river is remarkable as
bit of engineering skill. Over 200 VIII
r dams have been placed between he
4 and st. Paul to confine the cham
within navigable limits.
We have a full day in st. Paul al
n expect to reach Mexico on the mig