Middletown transcript., 1915-09-18
TRIP TO CALIFORNIA
Mr.. Harold L. Wilson Visits the
Panama Exposition
SEES MANY POINTS OF INTEREST

| low very interesting letter from the
pen of her brother Mr.. Harold l.. Will
son, who is principal of the pubic
schools of Rodman, Iowa. Mr. Wilson
is the son of Mr.. and Mrs. Manlove d.
Wilson Of this town and his numerous
friends here will read with interest the
account of his trip to the Panama Expo-
sition.
Oakland, Cal, Sept. I'd.
| Dear Sister:
l suppose, that probability may be
possible for me to interest you all by
giving you few ideas of the wonders,
| saw on my trip to the Worlds Fair.
On my way out, had chance to see
oats, cut, threshed and bagged, all at
the same time with one piece of ma
chinery.
also noticed COW boys herding cat
tie. Then we passed over that dry
plain east of the Rockies, where moth
ing was growing but sedge grass. The
people that live in this region, in little
one and two room shacks, were mighty
glad to sven get chance to wave, as
the train went by. Everything was so
isolated the shacks being manv miles
apart. Next we passed over the Rock
les and fully agree with the man that
named them. They sure are rocky. In
places we could look up the sheer side
of cliff for over 2000 feet. In other
places, we could look down into what
| "a
one side could be seen the swift noun
tain stream, while on the other, the
| Jagged edges of monster rocks seeming
ly piled one upon another, to a height
in some place of eight, or nine thousand
feet. At Soldiers Summit, which is
the highest place that the railroad goes.
And also the highest Post Office in
the world, the height of 10000 feet is
reached above sea leaVeI.
The mountain scenery in some places
was so variegated and gorgeously color
ed, that had to get amber glasses to
protect my eyes. The sunrise and sun
set in the Rockies was Simply magnif-
cent.
We also passed that beautiful noun
tain Lake Frochoma, which Is said to
rival Lake Geneva. The water being
perfectly clear you could see the bot
tom as plainly as looking through
glass, and the reflection of the stately
pines along its shores was a beautiful
sight.
Several of the tops of the mountains
were covered with snow, while down in
the bottom Of the canyon, where we
were, it was hot enough TO perspire
freely, tanning yourself We passed
through several tunnels in the noun
tains, but the greatest novelty was
when we passed through fifty continu-
GUS miles of snow shed all inclosed.
They say that this is the only possible
way that trains can travel through
these regions in the winter.
After long but interesting trip, |
landed late on Sunday night on the
shores of San Francisco Bay. 1 was
put wise to staying in Oakland, the eli
mate is so much better although only
eight miles across the bay to Frisco.
The next morning crossed on the ferry
and was surprised to find men wearing
overcoats, and women frs, right in
} August. But wished l for my own, be-
fore | was there long. After another
ride through Frisco in street car fin
ally reached the Fair-and now if you
will give me time for a good nights
, sleep, | will endeavor to tell you few
of the many things that saw at the
fair. After depositing my fifty cents
at the gate, was allowed to roam at
random among these millions and mil
lions of dollars worth of gold, and pre-
cious stones; without having a strong
guard OF police about me. After what
seemed to me ii half mile walk, sue
ceeded in finding door to one of those
big buildings. l saw written over the
door "NIines' | walked right in, and
the first thing that struck my eye, was
two large gold balls, representing the
. out put of the U. S. per year in gold.
next came to precious stones of all
. kinds, and immense size. Then wan
: dering around finally ended up in
| llllAlG NAlCiN NtiOy Aioh a SOlh HltClllt III
operation. Scattered about in different
parts of the building were all kinds of
metals in the polished and ore state.
= In the next or machinery building,
: found automobiles, railway trains,
steamships, huge pumps and engines of
all sorts. was greatly interested in
the gas engine, that draws plows. Also
\ in the eight cylinder Cadillac car Its
a peach. | saw them build a great
=, number of Ford cars. They had mov-
. ing platform fifty yards long. BY the
. time the car had passed to the opposite
end of the platform, it was completed
> only taking a few minutes for the entire
:. construction. 1t seemed they had a
. man for every bolt, add as it passed
. him he just put on his part.
n l also examined the big double rail
n road engine. In the Agriculture build
a ing Iowa, there was a mountain of corn
v with the name of the state written
= with red ears, on the side of the noun
A. tain. saw grains 90 all kinds and of
v immense size.
Is In the California building l saw a
a. beet weighing twelve pounds, punches
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