The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1915-06-10
FROM OAKLAND TO THE
PANAMA EXPOSITION
A Description of the Trip Hade By
MarylanderS.

narylanders.
Possibly you have said, why are the
Marylanders having such good time
and are being so royalty entertained
by the chambers of commerce and
boards of trader" California is known
as the land of sunshine and flowers. )"
1t is also the home of Boosters.
The city of Los Angeles appropriate
$500, 600 to the chamber of commerce
to entertain the tourists and delegations
from all over the world, en- route to
the exposition.
You could place the states of New
York, New Jersy. Maine. Massachusetts,
Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecticut
and Rhode Island in the State of Cali
fornia and then have big farm left.
The above states have an area of
155. 1928 square miles, and yet the state
has less population than New Jersey.
They are boosting to increase their
population.
San Francisco received the delega-
ton with open arms and gave US a
gorgeous, good time every minute we
were in the city. The dinners and re-
ceptions were most ENJOYABLE. We
met many Marylanders, among them
some pioneers of early days. 1t has
been said that the Maryland delegation
was accorded the greatest reception
and given the most royal entertain
ment.
Californians are generous and hospi-
table. They know how to entertain,
and what they do, they do well and
they make you feel at home.
Anv person who is able to do so. and
can spare the time should visit the
Pacific coast this year, to see both the
country and the exposition. One can
see so much for so little money, the
trip would never be regretted. 1t is an
opportunity that may never come again.
Last night we babe farewell to San
Francisco and began our homeward
journey, our party reduced to SO. Some
of the original party returned by a
different route, and others to leave at
later dates.
l do not boast, when | say, that the
conductors on the Santa Fe and on the
Southern Pacific r. R., remarked that
they have been over all the main trunk
lines and have been with all kinds of
delegations and all kinds of parties on
special trains and locals. but never
have been with any delegation or party
of tourists who were as congenial and
we'll behaved as the Maryland party.
They say and many of you know it is
hard to select even a small delegation
who don't have some one with crouch
on and dissatisfied with something, but
in our party there was not one word of
complaint and every one seemed to en-
JOY every minute of the trip.
Last night we passed through Sacra-
mento Valley and to day we are going
up along the Sacramento River, with
mountain ranges on both sides, covered
with snow. We have Just passed
through Shasta Springs where we left
the river and are now climbing up the
mountain sides. We just passed the
town of Sisson, ten miles from the
timber line of Mt Shasta, which is IA
424 feet above sea level and is COM
pletely covered with snow. 1t is beau
tiful sight. 1t may seem almost un-
believable to many of you that here we
are passing through this range of
mountains, with the snow capped peaks
on both sides, and the sun shining
bright and flowers blooming all along
the way. Mt Shasta is 1856 miles from
San Francisco and 443 miles from Port
land. Oregon. All along the river we
saw the cabins of miners who are
searching for gold. There were several
washouts recently and one of the track
walkers picked up nugget worth $275,
which was washed down from one of
the small streams.
This is Sunday morning. We are
three hours from Portland. After
leaving California and crossing the
mountain into Oregon our first stop
was at Ashland, beautiful little town
OF 5000. Here we were met by the
mayor of the town, who had arranged
to give US 20 minute ride over their
village. This we enjoyed very much
after long days journey over the
mountains.
We received telegram last evening
that arrangements were made to show
US the city of Portland, where we will
spend the day, leaving there about II
p. m. tonight.
May %. 1915.