The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1915-09-30

To San Francisco and Return.
Editor Vidette:-

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Oxford and other North Miss,
towns, ! went to Memphis, where
bought a ticket to San Francisco
and return.
The first stop T. made was in
Chicago. From Chicago | went
to Madison, Wisconsin, rat which
place spent six weeks in the Uni
versity of Wisconsin,. This insti-
tution is one of the best of all
state universities. The Agricul-
tural School ranks favorably with
the best Agricultural schools in
the United States. | was both
delighted and surprised to meet
thirteen other Mississippians at
the University. The pleasant
climate and beautiful lakes make
Madison splendid place for sum-
mer work. While in Madison |
|
visited the State Capitol. This
building has been in process Of
construction for eight years and
will not be completed for two
years more. In height, the Wis
'ccasin Cars' aks second in the
in the world.
rsom A.s.~ went back to
Chicago, where | spent three and
half weeks attending the Uni
versity of Chicago. The Univer-
sity of Chicago is the most popu-
lar University in the U. S. for
Southern teachers The places |
visited in Chicago which interest
ed me most weref he Art Insti.
tute, the Field M, scum and Lin
coin Park.
My first stop after leaving Chi
cago was Denver, Colorado. Our
trip through Iowa and Nebraska
was through a good farming coun-
try, but at many places the effects
of the excessive rains were in evi-
dence.
The second morning out of Chi
Z so VIC were greeted by a vast
treeless plain. About the only
animals we saw were prairie dogs
and few cattle. We were in
Eastern Colorado, the land of sun
shine and blue sky. 1t was sew
eral hours before we saw the>gold
on the Colorado Crpitol. We
were then soon transferred from
the sparsely settled plains to the
Convention City" with its hus-
Ting thousands of population,
Let ME suggest here that if you
are ever in Denver that you take
the Moffott Road Trip. 1t makes
no difference in what month you
take the trip you can have real
snow bali when the train reaches
the Top of the world"
From Denver I went to Colo
RADIO Springs. This is a great
tourist town. The only railroad
trip took out Of Colorado Springs
this summer was over the Cripple
Greek Short Line. This line is
tlfty-one miles of exceedingly
crooked and very interesting road.
AT Vindicator Junction we took
the electric line (Which is said to
be the highest in the world) which
runs through the Cripple Greek
mining district. This one district
is said to furnish one-seventh of
all the gold output of the world.
Official figures for the month of
August give the output as 81, :
242 264. | made several walking
trips out of Colorado Springs
which | will not mention. Before
leaving Colorado Springs and vi
cinity, | made my second trip up
Pixies Peak. A young man from
Nebraska and myself left the foot
Of the mountains at P M, and
reached the summit at IL. so A NJ
This is trip you have to take
yourself in order to get any idea
of what the trip means.
There was much interesting
scenery between Colorado Springs
and Salt Lake City. At Can on
City our train took on an open OBJ
servation car for the trip through
the Royal Gorge. Every minute
of the time for the next ten miles
was full of interest. | do not
think that the wonder and beauty
of the Royal Gorge has been over
estimated. | spent the night at
CaItdo o,d tOc,Iy tha ,,arro,,, e,o,,rro