Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1915-02-11

ton with the Gulf of Mexico.
IOae Institution Of the city is of
great interest to all of the
SCI 5hern States and that is the.
Rec Institute of Literature,
Science and Art with such an
endo ament to enable it to be
operated at a minimum of ex-
pense as to the students, thus
making it one of ,he most I'M
portant educational institutions
of the whole country. We were
very fortunate in finding some
more OF Mrs. Hendersons rela-
rions in Houston, an uncle who
is publishing papar there and
ne is fortunate in having a wife
who has her own auto and knows
how to run it 81 we had the
benefit of her knowledge of
che town aud thus become very
we'll acquainted With all of the
interests.
We then went to Galveston
as our next stopping point.
48 miles south of Houston and
one of the most interesting
cities in the United States, not
only On account of it's location,
but on account Of it's history.
However, | will not attempt
TO repeat the history of the city
further than to say that so far
as | could learn the people are
unanimously and enthusiastic
ally supporting the commission
plan OF city government. We
took a ride on the Galveston
pay and saw the big forts and
a number of ships belonging to
Austria and Germany lying In
narbor but afraid 10 start out
for fear Of the English war
ships. | took notes enough of
Galveston to write little book
and sometime may wind the
.machine up and run them thro'
so as 10 give you some further
Idea of what saw of the city
chat is not usually told in writ
ing advertisements of the town
for the land agents. We re-
turned by way of Houston and
the next morning started to
San Antonio. We passed thro'
some interesting country but
there was no great evidences
of prosperity and noticed that
every man with whom talked
had little to say except con-
cerning the hard times. We
REACHED San Antonio that af-
telnoon after having looked at
the COTTON and rice fields with
an occasional sight of a field
where corn had been cultivated;
as usual the size Of the stalks
demonstrated clearly that the
Texas people don't know how
to raise corn. | had long de-
sired to see San Antonio know
ing that it is one of the oldest
cities on the Continent and
that in its history are woven
many very tragic and interest
ing events. 1t is certainly a
beautifully situated city with
altitude such as to make it an
ideal resort and there are all
kinds of accommodations for re-
sorting people, but the resort
ers are not there. Instead II
talking about the hard times
being caus ID by the price OF
cotton, TIE trouble seemed to
be that the health and ease
hunting people are not stop
ping there this winter. The
country surrounding the city is
very picturesque and from Sc
mile automobile trip we took liz
and around the cit5 we had op.
portunlty to get y ~ good
idea, so that when | say San
Antonio is very attractive
mean just what | say. OF
course, we visited the Alamo
and were shown the exact spot
where Col. Bowie was killed
man made famous by inventing
the Bowie knife which c'lt such
a figure in the. Texas NJ lddles
Of the early days. We also
visited the other Missions and
were enlightened by the eXpla-
nations given Us by the guides
who seemed to have nothing to
do except to give all of their
attention ia US as visitors were
very scarce.
Our nexf trip was a long one,
but it was all in the State OF
Texas. We passed thro' many
interesting towns md over the
Pecos river bridge which is
said to be the highest bridge in
the world, being 32l it., high
with a span of 1900 #. | coulo