Connecticut western news., 1915-07-08

We went to Sau Diego next. On the way we saw groves of olives, lemons, oranges, English walnuts, grapes, peaches and apricots. We saw inc numerable oil wells, one of which was burning furiously, and was burning week or more later when we returned on our way to San Fransisco. We also saw great many old missions built by the priests, who first came over to Christianize and civilize the Indians. There are 2l of them on the Kings highway. road built by the priests. These missions are huilt of adobe and straw and still have the old original bells in the towers. The San Diego exposition was very beautiful and much more so than the one at san Fransisco but much smaller. Each state has its own building and exhibit which is Rr- ranged very artisticully. The greatest outside organ in the world is situated at this exposition. san Diego is well fortified, having forts, large cannon. suD- ma ines aeroplnnes and wireless sta- t,ous and government troops on all points extending out into the sea.
 After leaving san Diego we found santa Barbara and Sa0ta Cruz very inc re-esting and beautiful. Monterey, which was once the capitol of Cali. fOrnia was one of the most interesting of the small places. The Monterey, Cypress which are hundreds of years old, are the only ones of their kind in the world except in Egypt The sub. marine gardens seen through the glass bottomed boats were both interesting and beautiful. On reaching san Fran cisco we spent our first day at tho ex- uusition. The most artistic and origi- nal of the foreign exhibits was spoken by every one to he the Canadian, In one place they had beavers making their homes in the water, farther back they had the stuffed bea CTS put in a working position, aud farther still the painted beavers, but the line between the painting and the real thing could hardly be seen The courts were very beautiful especially the Court of the Universe in which stands the tower of jewels. On the towers are 35, GOO hand cut prisms. At night this tower is il. luminated by the strongest colored search lights in the world. Fireworks are sent up nearly every night from the bay. An aviator, Arthur Smith. who is the greatest in America, is paid S2, ,000 week for flying. He loops the loop and makes great circles and gots so high sometimes as to freeze his hands. The streets in San Fransisco are SO steep that the horses cannot climb some of them. Tn any direction one may look, they will see hills.
 After leaving San Fransicso WIG went to the Yosemite Valley. All the way into the valley we saw gold mines. Some of the other interesting things were the Widows Tears, the highest falls in the world, the Bridal Veil Falls and Fl Capitan. which is a great sheer cliff hundreds of feet high. We had to take four horse stage coach and go 20 miles through the Sierra Nevada Noun tains. On rainy day we counted 60 deer. We changed horses half way up. We picked up pine cone 2i inches long and II inches in circumference also we measured sequoia tree 62 feet in circumference which was not the largest. The cones of these. the largest trees in the world, are about 25 inches long and two inches in diameter.
 We next went to Sacramento. Here we visited the capitol building and Fort Sutter. Continuing across the Rocky Mountains.
 We next stopped at Salt Lake City, Colorado Springs and Dc-ver. At Colorado Springs we visited the Cave of the Winds and the Garden of the Gods. The Cave of the Winds is full of stalac- tites and stalagmites. The Garden of the Gods is full of curiously shaped red rocks.
 We then went through Denver to Lincoln. Here we visited the schools, the capitol building and the military academy. Then we went through Kansas City, Chicago, Buffalo, the Great Lakes and Niagara. The Niagara Falls were indescribably beautiful. Our next stop was Pittsfield and finally Canaan, which was indeed glad to see again.
 Through gorges, over mountains and
 deserts of sand,
 Ger rivers and canyons and wide ocean
 strands,
 I've wandered and wandered all day
 and all night,
 But there's no place like Canaan, old
 Canaan's all right.
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