The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-05-20
FROM 0AKL AND TO THE
PANAMA EXPOSITION
A Description of the Trip Tade By
Marylanders.
JOHANNES.
SECOND LITTER,

SECOND LITTER.
We left Newton Kansas, Nav s. at
2-30 p. m. The first liz miles was
made in just two hours, without a stop.
The first stop was to take water at
Bellpre, Kan. Here we saw our first
Indians. This is the center of the
wheat and corn belt. The population
of this town is 700. There were one
and one-tourth million dollars worth of
farm products shipped from this town
last year. From Newton to Dodge
City is as fine country as one would
care to see. The farms are large.
with very small houses and stables. All
the houses are but one story. Here
is where you can see as far as your
eye will let you look" Crops are look
ing very fine, for the time of year.
Wheat and corn are the principal crops.
We saw quite number of cattle and
mules. | would guess that between
the two places mentioned, there are a
million or more stacks of straw and it
seems that their method of getting rid
OF il, is to purn it. We saw quite a
number Of stacks burning while pass
ing through. We also saw quite &
number Of Jack rabbits in Kansas.
We arrived at Dodge City at $50 p
m. Had dinner at one of the famous
Harvey restaurants. We left Dodge
City 1t G-45 and woke up in New Mex
leo. We arrived at Los Vegas, New
Mexico at s a. m, Sunday morning,
where we found breakfast waiting
US, which we all enjoyed very much.
Los Vegas is city 6, 39S feet above
sea level and right back of there is a
mountain peak l4,l76 feet high, it is
called Badly Peak We left Los Vegas
at $50 a. m. About q miles from Los
vegas we passed starvation Peak. 4"
9, 800 feet high, it is very small peak
and during the Indian troubles, there
were about 100 whites driven on top of
this peak by the Indians who surround
ed them and starved them out. This
is the reason it is called Starvation
Peak.
The scenery through New Mexico is
very fine, but it is a barren country in
deed. Here and there you see a small
settlement, mostly MeXicans, and
nearly all mud huts. We passed
through number of small Mexican
villages in which the houses were all
built of mud. There are some fine
prairie country through here. but not
much vegetation.
Before reaching Albuquerque we
passed through real Indian settlement.
They have some cows and quite num-
Der of ponies. All dav Sunday we
could see the white capped mountains
in the distance. At Albuquerque the
thermometer registeredabout 75degrees
in the shade, and twenty miles distance
the mountain peaks are covered with
snow and ice. We arrived at Albuquer-
que at LIS p M, where we had lunch.
Left there at 8 p. M, and at 3-20 we
crossed the Rio Grande River and pass
ed through another mud village. At
3 p. m, we had very impressive
service, conducted by His Excellency,
Governor Goldsborough. The services
opened by singing, Nearer My God to
Thee, and closed by singing, LEAD
Kindly, Light"
After the services ceased we passed
through the Lava beds, where there
are thousands of acres covered with
lava which flowed from the mountain
side during the eruption.
Some time ago young lady went
over this route, she was one of the
very inquisitive kind and asked the
conductor a great many questions.
While passing through the lava beds
she said to the conductor that it must
have been awful hot when this lava run
down the mountain. He replied. yes.
indeed, it was so hot they couldn't run
train past it for five days.
At $40 p. m, we crossed the con-
tinental divide, 7,248 feet above sea
level, one side of this divide the
water flows to the Pacific Ocean and on
the other side to the Atlantic. Passing
through this prairie we saw quite a
number of pairie dogs. This country
is settled by the Mexicans and Indians.
We arrived at Gallup at 7-1O p. m,
where we were served dinner, at one Of