The Columbus courier. [volume] (Columbus, Luna County, N.M.) 1911-1920, 1916-08-18
BLAIR TELLS OF
TRIP EAST
Fort Worth, Tex.
August @, 1916.

Nll't wv HUNt pIutll'HllN cuHl-
p.rted our trip but have not decided
lust when we will return home. we
think it advisable to mike YOU a
brief report of our trip. 1t has been
lust two months ~.ncc we left Colum-
bus. We have been in thirteen diff.
icrrcnt states and Canada. It would
be- an imposition to tell You of all
We have seen if We had time to do 81.
viii mention in brief that most
interesting to Us. The first Lake
town we saw was Cleveland. We saw
the greatest steamer ON the Lakes
THE Bee and See" which has 500
state rooms besides the public and
,thcr departments. We took IN the
other Sights to be seen in the city and
vent from there To- gainesville where
We visited the writers sister. Pains.
Vile with It's surroundings including
parks, the lake shore, shade. flow
cps. tine residences. ETC., h. the most
Irautltul city we have ever seen, not
barring the cities of the boustcd Cal
i0oruia.
Among the other places of interest
visited here l. the cod Garfield
Home the "llomc of the Author of
Harvey Grammar, The Storrs Il
Harrison Co. Nur-crig-' the largest
900 the world. In these nurseries. can
h. seen acres of the most beautiful
flowers. Sidewalks and payiugs at
pa.uc~yillc could not be cxccllcd in
amy city of it, size for quality and
amount. There j. one stretch Of
paved road which runs through the
city that * 80 miles long. For
churches and schools it is not cX-
rrllcd.
From gainesville, Ohio, we went to
Buffalo, y. Y. Outside of the wond-
crful power plant and lake shore, we
found it about like other cities cN-
copt larger than many. No n can
explain the sight of Niagara Fails
and surroundings, 80 you would und-
yr~tuud them rs you would by seeing
tlcm. We saw about all that is to be
seen ut the falls and in the city. We
crossed the river to the Canadian
side which was all scenery to US. The
soldier camp, their uniforms, and
w@anoeuvering was all interesting. We
visited at the falls these places of in
tcrcst: American de: Small Fall,
American Rapids, Bath Island, Amer
irau Falls, Cave of the Winds, Horse
shoe Fails, Three Sister Islands,
Goat Island, Luna Island, Bath Is
land, Prospect Park and Rock of
Ages. Canadian Side: Steel Arch
Bridge across Niagara River, Gencrai
View of the Fails, Queen Victoria
Park. general view of Horseshoe Falls,
great Scenic Tunnel, NJ. G. Cuntiley-
err Bridge, Great Whirlpool Rapids.
The next stop of importance was
Albany, the Cupito! of New York IN
the Hudson River. The % creS of
city Park is beautiful beyond des-
eruption. The state educational
building j. Il mammoth structure of
marble, ike the Governors mansion
and many other buildings We only
viewed the outside. We were shown
through the Capitol Building and in
troduccd to many Of the prominent
officers of the State. Among them
was Judge of the Court of Appeals,
Mr.. Farnnell, who il Il willing talker,
and is personally acquainted with Mr.
Hughes, the Republican nominee for
President. Ills office was next door
to MIR. Hughes while the later was
Governor of New York. Mr.. Farm
nell expressed great confidence in Mr.,
hughes rs being our next President.
We were told that this elaborate
capitol building, which is constructed
of various kinds of marble, cost the
state S25, 600, 900. If there is any
difference in any of the various diNi-
Slons of this building, we think It Is
IN favor of the assembly room, and
that of the csurt of appeals. The
honor of sitting in the chair OF the
presiding officer of each of these
rooms a extended to Mrs. Blair
which she accepted with pleasure. In
the assembly room mentioned, our
attention was called to wires stretch
ed across the room which aided
greatly in conveying the tones OF the
voices of the speakers, that "uthc"-
wise might not be distinctly heard
This we did not notice in any other
in the building or any other
building on our trip.
Leaving Albany, we went down N,
Hudson ON the steamer, "llendr'rk
Hudson" to New York city. We took
we saw the Hippodrome, the largest