The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1915-07-02
DR.. G. A. Dahl Gives Some Side
Lights On West Trip
From Tuesdays Daily.

From Tuesdays Daily.
| DIR. and Mrs. G. 4. Dahl returned
yesterday noon from very pleasant
western trip. having been absent
since May 25. when they left Man
kato with party of tourists on Il
, special car, joining the Minneapolis
special at Omaha. making fourteen
cars i'm all. filed with pleasure seek
ers bound for the California eNposi-
tions. In the Mankato party were
DIR. and Mrs. Dahl, Rev. and Mrs. n.
, Nordgaard. Mrs. Henry Hanson. Mrs.
o NJ. Sundt. Mrs. NJ. Gjestrum. of
! Rhinelandre, Wis; Mr.. and Mrs. II. Pc
tersOn of Amboy. and Mr.. and Mrs. 4.
Eckle. When seen at his office this
morning by Free Press reporter Dr.
! Dahl told of number of interesting
things which had been observed en-
| route. The first stop was at Colorado
Springs, where day was spent in
viewing the sights. The seven falls
! ut Cheyenne proved n most beautiful
sight. and the Cave of the Winds was
very wonderful place, hut the famed
Garden of the Gods" proved rather
disappointing to the sightscers, as
they found that IL required quite an
effort of the imagination to see in
the irregular rocks of the garden the
forms of the many animals which
| they are supposed 20 see. One of the
things that amused the party was the
attitude of the western people in the
show places"
Charge TO See Scencry.
When strangers come to Man
kato. said DR.. Dahl this morning
when speaking of the matter in an
amused way. the city has band out
to meet them. and the Commercial
: club arranges a free automobile ride
around the city to view the points cf
interest. But out west they have the
scenery CoTrallcd. and people travel
ing through must pay dollar In see
the cave Gnd similar fees TO visit any
cr the o,nCr famed sights. Even ko
oaks are barred. as man Is on the
grounds. who will take any pictures
you want. and sell them to you"
Pixies Peak was not receiving
visitors when the Mankato party
were there. A big blizzard was rag
ing about the mountain. and the tour
lists were not allowed to go up. When
Salt Lake City was reached 1t was
found that concert had been ar
ranged in the Norman temple In
honor of the tourists, and the rule Of
] only playing at noon was broken and
the concert given at nine o'clock.
The Great Pipe Organ.
The great pipe organ proved a very
, wonderful instrument. and the guests
were treated TO n short sermon on
MoTmonism. having the Mormons
people on Garth" The sightseers
( found the town of Salt Lake City
quite nicely laid out. but not much
, to IT, and then proceeded on their
journey through the Royal Gorge
and Grand Canyon. The Rocky
mountains were found to be i'm truth
mass of rocks and boulders, and
bare OF vegetation. At Tennessee
Pass, an altitude of 10000 feet. the
I highest point on the trip, the car
| was stopped for awhile TO note the
effect of the altitude upon the tour
/ lists. Some complained of buzzing
| in the ears. but others stated that
, they felt but little difference. Fealh
or River canon was found to- be a
beautiful place. and the scenery was
pretty all the way to San Francisco,
where the party broke up. and after
visiting the exposition took different
routes home.
| Visited the Fair.
| Arriving at San Francisco on the
evening Of May 80 DIR. and Mrs. DAHL
spent week visiting the fair. They
saw many artistic and beautiful
buildings, may ci them with closed
doors. and signs. No. open for cx-
hibition." The Canadian building was
among those that were open and con-
tanned an excellent and complete eX-
hibit. DIR. and Mrs. Dahl started on the
return journey by way of Canada, com
ing on what is known as the Shaska
route from Frisco TO Portland At
Portland the rose carnival was on. and
vas held i'm spite of the rain and dis
~ Teeablc weather. While at Tacoma
Br. and Mrs. Dahl visited the formers
sister and number of beautiful au-
tomobile drives were taken into the
country. Leaving Tacoma by steamer
they stopped at Victoria and Seattle.
and Vancouver. The west was found
W bt hutu oppttSStu III DuSIntSS tOti
ditions owing to the war.
Soldiers Drilling In Canada.
The western states, although suf-
fering from the general depression
appeared to. be boosting. but in Can
ada people owned that times were
very bad. and that they were unusu-
ally hard up" Soldiers were drill
ing everywhere, and all bridges were
guarded. One OF the prettiest bits OF
scenery encountered during the
homeward journey was Lake Louise
at the station of Lagoon in the Can
adam Rockies. which greatly impress
ed the tourists. After leaving this
portion OF Canada the country was
found to be prairie land. bare and
sandy. all the way to Minneapolis.
The middle states are uadoubt"i-
lly the best" stated DIR. Dahl. land
wouldn't trade one OF our counties
for all the western land that spe lila =
tors could give me. One thing that
struck me about California was to see
the immense orchards and fruit
farms. and then the tumble down
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