Wausau pilot. [volume] (Wausau, Wis.) 1896-1940, 1915-08-17
FROM THE GREAT WEST.

The PILOT has been permitted to
publish few extracts from letter
written by DR.. Harriet Whitehead to
a friend in this city as follows:
"Will give summary of events since
my last writing. AS my ticket took
me through Sacramento, decided to
stop off few hours and see Califor-
MAS capital. Visited old Fit. Sutler,
the library and capital building.
Went up in the dome of the latter
and secured a fine view of the city
and surrounding country. This build
ing was very fine one in its day
(lS60) costing $1,000 100000, but it can
not compare with new capitals like
the one at st. Paul, Mimi, and our
own new one at Madison.
AS | couldn't board my sleeper I'M
til nine O'Clock that night, l went to
see Tolstoi's "Kreutzer Sonata" in
moving pictures.
When | awOke next morning |
could see high mountains and rung
my electric bell to ask the porter if
we were near Mt. Lascen. He said
we'd be there in about an hour. So
| arose, in order to see it if possible,
as it is in eruption. But it was too
cloudy and smoky for us to see it.
However, put in glorious day.
fn IN
Route on the S. 2. r. r. We came
through the Sacramento River Valley,
crossing the river Is times and pass
ing through 10 tunnels. AT one place
we assembled 1000 feet in u miles.
At about noon we came in sight of
Mt. Shasta and Black Butte, an ex-
tinct volcano not nearly as high as
Shasta. We were not out of sight of
the latter all the rest of the day, ex-
cept for a few minutes while going
through tunnel or around a noun
tain. Once we were only u miles
from it and it looked as though we
could walk to it in few minutes. 1t
reminded me of Mt. Rainier, with its
snowy peak away above the clouds.
| shall never forget my last glimpse
of it, with its pink-tinted head tow
ering above the clouds, kissed by the
last rays of the setting sun. 1 spent
most of the day on the rear end of
the observation car.
We arrived in Portland at O'Clock
next morning. One who hasn't tray
eled it, doesn't realize the distance be-
tween San Francisco and Portland
This is fine, new tireproof hotel,
picture of which you see on this
paper. l like my room here the best
of any l have had yet. Everything
is so fresh and new, ''spick and span"
Such a good bed. I'm writing on the
dearest little 'deSk-table," where l
found plenty of stationery, pen, ink,
laundry list, telegram blankS-every-
thing right to my hand. OF course,
I've had the telephone, hot and cold
water, steam heat and electric lights
in other hotels. l notice that they
employ lot of Japs to run errands,
work the vacuum cleaner, run the
etc.
When l came from lunch Saturday
noon, l found bouquet Of beautiful
pink roses on my dresser, with
card attached saying, Compliments
Of the Oregon Osteopaths." Wasn't
that nice ?
Saturday afternoon l took a trolley
ride up TO Portland Heights and
Council Crest, where one gets tine
view of Portland.
Then l took q sightseeing auto
trip around the city and through the
parks. Here l had more roses given
me. This surely is a "City of Roses"
You see so many hedges of them.
Sunday, yesterday l took trip on
the steamer Bailey Gazert up the
Columbia River to Cascade Locks
and back-leaving at 9 and returning
at 6. Many think this q finer trip
than the one up the Hudson. But if
l had my choice M take my daylight
ride up the Hudson from New York
10 Albany over again, rather than