Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-09-22

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nsii years OF effort, the cut-off was COM
pieted, the greatest stretch being from
h,.'ie mountain to Lakeside, forty-three
miles. For this saving in time. the
southern Pacific spent Si,50O,oOo. This ia
the route of the Overland limited. Pacific
limited and San Francisco limited, We
went on the Southern Pacific train. We
went over the lake at about supper tune.
1t was not quite dark. All we could see
ior miles were just the vast waters. and
mountains in the distance. Our train
consisted Of eight pullman cars and three
tourist cars, all full OF people.
The next morning we passed through
the Mojave desert, which was quite
sight for me. As we went through
Nevada, the mountains were snow capped
tJuly y. Just think of thati Stopped at
Reno, New, where people go to get
divorces. While we were having lunch,
we went through the snow sheds in the
sierra mountains, which are sheds put up
over the railroad track to keep of the
snow In winter. The altitude at this
point is 7,o17 feet. We passed the historic
Dounar lake, where fifty or seventy-fiye
people died Of starvation in 1919. I. 1t is
three miles long and one mile wide. and
4S3 feet deep-one OF the most picturesque
lakes in California.
We had arrived in California at 1.34 that
morning. We went through many small
towns, and late in the afternoon we
arrived at sacramento, the capital OF Cali
fornis. 1t is very pretty place from the
car window. saw oblong plots OF grass
more than 100 feet long, with palms and
flowers in them, in the center OF the
streets. At about O'Clock we arrived at
Port Costa, and crossed the water which
is the junction OF the Sacramento and San
joaquin rivers into Benica on q big
steamboat, which the train went right
on to. 1t is the largest ferry boat in the
world, guess, and carries thirty-six cars.
From Benica we went to Oakland, then
took another ferry boat to San Francisco.
Then 1t was half past eight, and as we were
not expected until the next morning,
there was no one there at the station to
meet us, as they expected US the next
morning, and we came on a faster train.
We telephoned to them, but they weren't
at home, so we went to hotel and spent
the night, and telephoned in the morning,
and they came after US. Edith Nichols,
whose parents we are visiting, was there,
and We stayed two weeks in San Fran
cisco, and went to the Panama Pacific
international exposition several times,
and visited in Oakland and Berkeley few
times.
The first thing we saw was the Tower Of
Jewels, which is hung with gems cut in
Austria by men who are now lying dead
in the trenches. When the sun shines on
them they sparkle and shine, and at night
when they throw search lights on the
tower it is magnificent. Next we visited
the Horticulture palace, where are
products and fruits OF all the states and
countries In the Montana exhibit is a
place where the apples are arranged in
rows OF boxes and a mirror on each end.
In the center they are arranged in an
American flag, with red and very light
yellow apples and blue plums. You can
look down and up and over, and it seems
as il there were apples for miles and miles.
This is very pretty.
The Food Products palace has canned
and manufactured goods OF all kinds, and
fruit and candy. There is candy market
with meat and vegetables and fruit made
OF candy, and sausages and large pieces
OF meat, like in real market. There are
roses made OF butter in yellow, red and
pink, lilies of white and yellow with
green leaves, and they look like real
flowers. There are the Jello booth,
Heinze's fifty-seven different kinds OF
pickles in jars arranged in tall pyramid,
and many others. There were people OF
all the countries making food out OF
brand of flour which is advertised there.
In the Manufactures building we saw
the children's "Koveralls" made, cut out
and stitched. In the pure foods products
we saw real tea plants growing also.
There were furniture, trunks, new inven-
tions and stoves and ranges advertis-
ing the "Keen- Kutler" knives and
scissors. There is mill with logs hoat-
ing into it and going on all the time, with
he water moving up and down just as
natural, all made OF the knives, and many
things on that order.
We visited the California state palace,
" here all the counties have exhibits.
There are pictures OF the giant redwoods
and beautiful scenes, run by electricity.
In the Humboldt county exhibit there is
a trunk OF redwood twenty feet in
diameter, set upright, forming room
furnished in polished redwood, which is
very pretty. There are rest rooms in this
building, and upstairs are exhibited
furniture and clothing made by the chill
dren of the Sacramento schools. 1t is
life size, and can be used. 1t is for sale.
Near the Manufactures palace is "The
Home Of Electricity, bungalow with
run by electricity, even to the
laundering utensils and cooking and heat
ing. The Canadian building has land
scapes made entirely of seeds, OF grains
and wheat. There are also painted scenes.