Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1915-09-22
As A GIRL TELLS IT.
:, ELLSWORTH GIRLS TRIP FROM
' NAME TO CALIFORNIA.
v,s,r TO THE PANAMA-PAcrFrc Ex-
POSITION, AND WHAT INTER-
EsrEp HER THERE.


,sn Ellsworth ut Isl .. m. Friday,
~, . for Mendocino, California. We
'a, rea AT Bangor, Waterville, Portland
ensI pos,on that day, arriving at Boston
sns a,o,ock that night. We stayed there
relative Of Mr.. bennett. We went
WI" w. Ros,on theatre, Filene's great store,
va .sw many great buildings, including
,ss tower Of the new state building which
~ lately been finished. We were on
wssbipcton, Summer and fremont
streets.
sn,n the Hoosac tunnel shortly after.
a.. we're lust nine minutes going through.
~, ,nto New York state at night, and
. .O at Syracuse and Utica. In SYRIA
su.s the train went right through the
s.,,c,,al street, which was lighted up on
f;,hsr side by lights from many shops.
T,s next morning was Sunday, and we
.,..sa Lake Ontario and arrived in Ohio
= ,be forenoon, and saw pastures full Of
horses. cattle and pigs. Stopped at Fort
WUpe. Indiana In that state we
..w many hogs and cattle, too. 1t rained
r,,v hard about $50 p. m. We could
~, ace hill or . house for miles and
miles a vast plain.
Arrived in Chicago at ass p. m, and
had our lunch at the station. We became
.couainted with . number OF people on
our train. One lady who was going to
Minneapolis was acquainted in Chicago
and helped US out . good deal. We
waited in the station until e.35, when we
took the train for San Francisco, and
wen, TO bed ~ soon - We got on the
train. The next morning we made short
stops at Council Bluffs, Iowa, and crossed
the river over . great bridge into Me-
brasks at 10 O'Clock and stopped hal. an
hou, in Omaha. Saw great herds OF
sheep in that state and Is many as q
thousand horses In one pasture. OF
course all we saw were just along the rail-
road but there were many others farther
In the state.
Soon we came to many ranches and
pretty fields aud mountains. The sun
was just setting 1t S.25, and at home in
Maine it was 1925 We stopped at
Cheyenne in the night and we rode
through Wyoming all day. Some parts
were vast deserts, and In others the noun
tains lowered above US. This is the spo;
where Indians roamed about and hunted
bufaloes many years ago. l saw several
cowboys dressed as we see them in pic
lures, and riding on poniesl. We saw
great coal mine with little settlement
around it. We stopped few minutes at
Green River, where lady and little girl
got out, with whom we had become ac-
qnainied. There was big sand storm
there, and some rain.
On the tops OF the mountains along
there are formations which look like
castles. The lower parts of the mountains
are sandy, while the upper is of queer
red formation which looks like loan.
There are many small lakes at the foot OF
these ranges, which are many miles long.
All along the track grows plant called
greasew God, in clumps.
At about o'clock we went through
tunnel between Aspen and Altmont,
which is one and one-hslf miles long. 1t
is one Of the longest tunnels in this part
OF the country, and it is not quite finished,
as men are at work cementing it. 1t will
take 5000 days, ms they can only cement
one foot day, as the trains are going
through. The men stand back in small
alcoves to wait till the gas and smoke
clear away.
Arrived in Utah late in the afternoon,
and passed the "Pulpit Rock", in which
Brigham Young preached his first sermon
to the Mormans. Saw the "DeviI's Slide,
which is a long sort OF shute extending
down in straight line from the top OF
mountain to the foot. 1t is OF cement
formation. This is in the region where
they manufacture the Portland cement.
II is near mine with lot OF little caverns
where the miners live.
Then we came to q place called "Devil's
Gate". 1t is where q stream flows into
gap in the rocks. 1t is rightly named,
for wouldn't like to pass it many times,
as it is very gloomy. We don't think
Utah is very beautiful, any way-so many
awful bills and powders. Twenty-three
thousand years ago lake 3i6 miles long
and forty-five miles wide occupied the en-
tire territory between the Rocky noun
tains and the Sierras. In time the lake
sank below the outlet through evapora-
ton, and the lake became salty, gradually
becoming more salty, until to-day all that
remains OF this vast inland sea is Great
Salt lake, eighty-three miles long and
thirty-seven miles wide-the saltiest body
OF water in the world except the Dead sea.
few years ago a master mind con-
ceived the idea OF direct line across the
lake to eliminate the curves and grades OF
railroad running around the northern