The Republican journal., 1915-02-11
Trir to California.

r.,roR OF The JOURNAL: l
b 80 for San Francisco, Calf. on
Bsfo"n conducted excursion, went
yr''''"a the Boston & Albany R.
lb'n' slbspy to Buffalo on New
tt'n ..sI. from Buffalo to Chicago on
Cen"' Central, via Niagara Falls,
Hen es..o,,gh Canada, Province of On
S's !" Falls we're a grand and mag
with the spray and foam
sD their mighty waters. The
70" .,,ob Canada was quite level
5.ty ,,rs with rather poor look
and buildings and the latter
hf'D' o. as neat and attractive as
n'' !, D ,be good old U. S. A. After
.lrsd miles of travel through
sni aa'T nsssad through long tunnel
''S " nstroI, river and arrived in
' Mich. a beautiful city where,
rog about half the automobiles
% .tis country are manufactured,
.rree hundred car loads
.,sr PASSED through Indiana and
~" ,rs4 Chicago, the great city of
win its hustle, noise and ex-
We stopped there several
4 .,..ag IN the sights of the big
r.oea hanged to the Burling-
y 7- Denver, one thousand miles
W. NJ go through Iowa and cross
'g..,..,rL river and several hours
/ reached Council Bluffs, Iowa,
| a. crosse the Missouri riverinto
N4a rustling city. From
7---r Colorado, a fine city
m 4r@ctions and very beau
s,-. sme. We made quite
/ ,... ..--e rae many points of in
L, ~. Ged here to the Denver
r. ar.r Is. H., the scenic route of
~,. uH.f ussses through Colora-
,,~g. a,o. Pixies Peak, the
e--. 4r Salt Lake City. There
...,-, Wild, grand and majes-
..,... A. we pass Pixies Peak,
.o.er ut-y grandeur, and go on
4,a,,5 ,.y Rocky mountains, up
.,,- a- E.a. Gorge, with the
'.,,,-s weurg thousands of feet
|. al, heads o1 one side and on the
.-, Arkansas river hundreds |
H., IS us. With its rushing, foam
.7,t.-. Grand and wonderful
rtr., . i5rgotten.
ltm.g at the hanging bridge,
.grg- .5- '.u yards wide and the
g..f ea built out over the
.s rt--t.l PUSHES madly through,
.,gi es.s a1w to the right, now
IA. s.t Ejng the train after it,
,ns c.a d. -5E. momentarily blocked,
.n gs. .our sight. 1t is grand
gg lyoaj comparison. The
iri-s sr. gneiss walls sparkle with
d Of -4 0eautiful colors and the
,Ysn .hread far above US, al
s9fs. -ge- ay the Jagged walls. On
.nyu s- -'e are tier above tier of .
s,tas. d. like forts or old castles.
.For. Of Nature is certainly wonder
land 4ll.s.
h q. ur.Cr Leadville, which they
is ta- highest city i'll the world, about
N feet above tide water. We now
4 ttfJ4gl the tennessee pass in
mel half q mile long. At the crest of
nesss4 Pass over two miles above
Qc7ar 81. cross the Continental Di-
sarl GO tum the Atlantic to the Pa
,sot We change from three en-
Is to 11e As We go down grade.
.@0a =a-a= the State of Utah. the
leJt t.- Numous. There is a great /
0. 5rs-. and loneliness. Their
ding ave small and shabby. and it
mot apl-r 10 me that | wanted to
IL my l3g- w. this part of the coun-
Sat -aa7 City is a fine looking
I7it5 ra.g fractions and points of
asst, ca. / among them is its beauti-
Mormon leuple, with its many min
&an1 p.ggs, and its magnificent new
Ne C4Hro
AOgcsr we changed to the Southern
I1l l.. H., and soon crossed the great
RLaAe oa the Luclen cut off. We go
sS The LAKE about 30 miles. The
sH hundred miles long and sixty
les WIDE IL is six times as salt as
ocean, So r4t1ng can live in it. Ex-
s'e SAX -vapyrating beds are passed.
valley III The great Salt Lake is
d, isf,,s ant productive, but a large
'a@ OF The State is desert or noun
We passed through Castle Gate,
''S pas age through the mountains.
Nl tower hundreds of feet over our
= mere IS flag staff on the pinnacle
woe Stars and Stripes are waving far
49, We now pass into Nevada, which
'' lios' part Is not very attractive.
wy DIT vast stretches of sand desert,
s'' az" sage brush. In some places
=, '''1 Is o.own into the sage brush in
\. '' as 'arge or larger than hay
ns. nevada IS very thinly populated,
M l''i0g towns. Reno is quite a
y. boxing cry.
r.s ," We arrived in California, the
sunshine and flowers, l saw peo-
HLgl 0lLng. skating and cutting