The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1915-08-12
NEWS OF
KENOSHA COUNTY
SALEM.


Monday, August End, we reached
Denver early in the day and after a
stop Of two and one-half hours left
over the Burlington road for Colorado
Springs, beautiful city where many
tourists make the side trips to the
Garden of the Gods, South Cheyenne
Canon, Pixies Peak and other trips.
A sad accident occurred at this place
to some tourists While mother and
young lady daughter were crossing the
street an automobile ran over the
younger woman and she was apparent
" fatally injured Pueblo is largely
given up to factories and the build
ings show the effects. Late in the
afternoon we passed through the Royal
Gorge which is rightly named. The
Arkansas River passes through mar
row gorge and the railroad track fol-
lows close beside for eighteen miles
through this narrow pass where the
overhanging rocks in many places
send thrill through the average
sightseer, as we rush along often be-
ing able to see the engine ahead and
two or three Pullman coaches in the
rear. 1t grows dark soon after we
leave the Royal Gorge and we miss
seeing Leadville Of which we have
heard so much and the Tennessee Pass
where Is located the Great Divide of
the western country.
Tuesday, August 3rd--We are slow
ly moving on through the desert where
the sage brush is the only vegetation
and the cotton tail and jack rabbit
the only animal to be seen. Occasion
ally small place is passed where some
irrigation has been put in and the soil
readily responds to the water provided.
Then we see what looks like an early
fall Of snow in November, but they tell
us it is Alkali. The tourist is ever
with us and new party took the
places vacated by our friends Of Tues
day. During our trip through the
mountains and over Soldiers Summit,
where we pass in sight of the depot
four times in making the descent, we
seen the wreckage of an accident on
Monday where several cars were de-
rallied and number hurt that were in
the diner for lunch. A Miss Strong
of our party Sunday was on the train
when the accident occurred and came,
back, to us Wednesday, but had loS
her berth and went into the chair car,
At Salt Lake large part Of our tour
list car passengers leave the train to
spend : day in this city, but we go on
to Ogden where we left the coach for
lunch which was so delayed in being
served that four of our party were put
aboard another train going to San
Francisco and for time there was
considerable excitement at our camp.
But when they were interviewed by
the conductor of that train they were
put off at. flag station out in Salt
Lake and we picked them up and con
graduated all parties on their good
fortune. At Floriston, Cal, Wednes-
day we are where the spruce and pine
trees are sawed into lumber. We soon
enter the snow sheds and have forty
seven mile ride through the sheds built
on the summit of the mountains and I
think perhaps one feels little safer
when looking down from the top to
have the sheds there. The Southern
Pacific sustained loss of one and one
half mile of snow sheds, the railroad
ties and freight train Of cars by fire
few weeks ago. We got into Oak
land too late for the coast line train
and are parked until Thursday morning
when we start down the coast and are
soon in the beautiful Santa Clara val
ley which one needs to see to compre-
bend its great possibilities There are
so many tourists that nearly all pas
senger trains are made up of several
sections and must be run with great
precaution. We were from seven a.
m. Thursday until twelve-thirty a. m.
Friday in getting into Los Angeles and
our car was parked and the passengers
allowed to keep their berths until eight
a, m. where we said good bye to our
genial tourist conductor McClurg and
obliging porter whom the Burlington
road furnish for their patrons.
J. M. J.