The Mellette County pioneer. [volume] (Wood, Mellette County, S.D.) 19??-1971, 1915-08-06
TRAVELOGUE BY THE EDITOR.
Continued from last week.

that they had just made a change ii
their Commercial Club officers an,
there was some misunderstanding re
garding the reception of the party a
this place. However we were met a
the train by good band and marched
up to the Commercial Club room.
through streets lined with people
The misunderstanding with regarC
TO the entertainment was rather EN-
barrassing to good many of Albu
? qurque'S citizens and to some Of The
party but matters were soon righteC
and after good supper at the various
hotels and restaurants in that thriy
ing city, we again boarded our spec
ials and departed for the Grand Can
yOn of the Arizona, the one real scenic
wonder Of this continent if not in the
world.
We arrived at the Canyon about
noon on Sunday and spent the balance
of the day viewing this wonderful
work of Nature. We are not going tC
try to give you a description Of it. fol
we do not believe there IS man OF
woman living that can adequately de.
scribe this titan of chasmS, which is
from thirteen to fifteen miles wide
in places and over a mile deep and
painted in all the colors of the rain.
bow. We would advise anyone max.
ing westward trip to be sure and in.
clude visit to this wonder of won.
ders-its beauty, grandeur and mag,
niicence is beyond description OF
mere man.
Arriving at Williams that evening
about ten o'clock some one conceived
the idea of spending the last evening
on the train in revelry, SO a pajama
and kimona parade was organized and
equipped with combs for musical in
struments. the crowd on the first sec,
tion had one real jolly time for a
couple of hours. 1t was the most
lively and jolly night we had spent
on the train thus far.
Monday morning we arrived at San
BernardinO, California, where we
were met by delegation that gave
us hearty welcome to the great
state of California. We boarded
special electric trains and were taken
to Urbita Springs, "The Play Grounds
of the Orange Belt" where we were
served a complimentary luncheon un-
der the auspices of the following
Chambers of Commerce: Riverside,
Cotton, Rialto, Fontana, Bloomington
and San Bernardino. The luncheon
was put up in convenient boxes and
were handed out by some of the fair
est daughters of this section of Cali
fornia, who also served us with de-
licious coffee, and some very luscious
oranges. for which this sectionis just
ly famous. After luncheon the party
was invited to take plunge In the
sulphur water natorium and many
took advantage Of the kind offer and
felt much refreshed. The party was
then loaded into several hundred
automobiles as guests of the above
named organizations and were taken
for drive through San Bernardino,
Cotton, Rialto, Fontana, Bloomington
and Riverside Just before arriving
at Riverside we were taken to the
summit of Mount Roubideaux, where
we were given magnificent view ot
the surrounding country, the towns,
the orchards and the magnificent
gardens and truck farms, At Bloom.
ington we were provided with more
Of those luscious oranges and bou-
Quet of orange blossoms. At River.
side we were entertained at the
famous Glenwood Mission Inn, one of
the most interesting hotels it has
ever been our pleasure to visit. One
could easily have spent a day or two
very profitably sightseeing 'in this
wonderful institution. Here we were
served with very delicious orange
punch.
At six o'clock we again boarded
our special, arriving at Los Angeles
about 9-p. m. Here is where we held
our convention and \ayr stop in this
one of the most beautiful large cities
on the coast, lasted four days, and
they were four very busy and inter
esting days. AS the Editor visited
with brother there, we were com.
PEELED to pass up part OF the enter
tainment from sheer necessity. On
Tuesday the male delegation of oul
party boarded Pacific Electric cars
and proceeded to Inceville. where we
were guests of the Los Angeles Press
Club at barbecue lunch Incevillt
Is the New York Motion Picture
Company plant, where they
make some Of the best films
shown on the screen in this countr,
and abroad and it is quite interest
ing place to visit. We certainly re
ceived royal welcome there and en-
joyed the barbecue lunch to the full
est extent. There was some speech
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