The Julesburg grit-advocate., 1915-10-28

ten, MctOIlillth, Oh lEttTnitlClil .'&--
place and such like. They ccrtaiu-
ly looked grand. seemed all that mon
ey could produce, still ! sometimes
wonder how much real misery il costs
to live that way.
While way down in southern Chic
ego one day l took run out TO Cag
Forest lnfirmary to see Chas. Wulf,
the man l corresponded with in sioith
Africa. He is now an inmate OF the
infirnary suffering from Ortiular
rheumatism, contracted in the mirrs
Of South A;ricc. He has becl -
months right there in one room. This
IS surely grand institution. H.; w.cl"
business being the care oi such un-
Fortunate. one oil the inmates Is Lu
thority for the statement thatthey have
over 900 patients now The building :
are nice. commodious press brick.
pleasantly situated on quite hill in
the midst OF the natural Oak Forest.
Thr spacious acres being kept l:K' \
,arh
Our ro;l:rn fru,i Southern & .ici:;p
was fnro,Ig'l ,h' suburbs, Pun na..
a1~s;inl, he great imam Car Nnrn~
ana >Dctli ,'l1.a?u. ..assinG the -; i
Works Another tir.o We pass"l -"
!'.'"rlilrul.ia:r i:g!y. .cr Work
Chicago. alsu ti.rcIeh the brr..)n
"Lllat "i.:I,.c iic!!''. lad through '''r
dcnsely populated Urlions OF Ghr CITY,
the streets OF which are commonly
termend "incuhator alloys" Really
don't believe orr chicken yard, are
nearly SO denScly populated. Those
s.lrH:'ts the day We were through there
Z, ,ssrYs.~ Of the hot sirImcr day; on
hose pavements Ii ever was than,-
II, that cur Ford" didn't balk or uhat
Ne did not haze tire trouble It vas
while in the midst of this Incubator
district.
We took ons day for a "trip on t,e
Lake. About 10 a IN. we boarded the
"'i'huodorc Roosevelt fo:' Michigan
city. Ind. Was fortunate in having Il
smooth lake and 40 ore got sick We
we're ont Of sight OF land probably two
t2u!a both going and coming the boat
making the trip one Nay in short three
hours. Ii r;,inod most OF the time We
Torc in Michigan City. 50 saw little OF
ii" town. but it seemed nice little
La. ,,,t,
Tie Theodore Roosevelt" seems Il
good boat and quite large 273 feet
;cnG. :" feet wild" four decks. whit IL
,ra" OF SO. For across lake" worl,
!. permitted b. government officials
"a cry .G.l passengers and for
coast work il mi:ty carry 1900 persons
Tie usy We wc.a On it tlc passargc.
st va; light but on Sundays it is
iC-Gai 20 Tie limit. 1t docEed in the
Chicago river about Dearborn street
Il locked odd to ..cc Il iit,:s mite Of :.
IT," probably 40 feet long. side up
"a :; big boat like this. Lake On the tow
.i"o and pun and snort and twist a.
round urtil il gets II" victim into mo-
tioI and ,:acn tow it alcng out to the
open lake. When entering port the
no.. j. again taken in charge by tho
~. and escorted TO its mOo:ing J..
Hh@n these boats pass into or oIt OF
,..c ri'"r scmc of the bridge: turn on Il
ccn5I'al n:n Ia a position parallel With
t'ta oanhS. others arc in two sections
h'; q" Giridcd over the cGntc. of the
stream ana hinged" ut TN. banks %
Ira; She sections arc raised 70 4 per
""ndi, ula" position while The hos &
pass.
va tic side o. thc hli,d'rg 1t Tn,
"u,!l end Of III" Rusl Street Eri,Isr
- = tablet" marking tao location OF
Fort Doarhorn and giving data con
/ corning il. Va, told tnat lDis Eu
S rcCt Er,dce carrie, NOR. traite tna u
~ ether bridge n the wor;d. Or
-n.ne noticeable in his locality is the
1h.1nrc OF tie sluggish. vile. foul
irn.li;c Chicago river of old. also that
r,.c G,GTren, is up stream" OF course
i" .jTa:Dac, Canal is the EeXt thought
1.e an imagine TIE fiat condition OF
m. pur;ion Of Chicago when you know
NIX tho crrrsn; of inc river was re
,+rsCL or turned up stream" in tho
r;G channel for possibly four miles t.
viter. the Drainage Canal leads of
:rou the south branch of the river
In driving arounl Chicago we were
Impressed by the continuous string
- cars one was always meeting. lI
.,n'uS cu. sheridan Road at one TIM
a.:r, Ne lad lot Tire hrSy part, o
tom scnio Z; q: u;nc. -or'H, " me-
80 c,ra in tus, 10 rmn;es. HoN
may would pass On a aoTn 'o"'