Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1905-1919, 1916-02-20

relics and repllcas OF customs ant
dress of Indian tribes who inhabited
the sthto I'm its primitive days. The
various grain ana grass exhibits are
stlll compile" and apparently as fresh
as when Installed. The huge proper
tons attained by native woods arc
shown in piece 156 II feet long. rs
Inches square. and another - feet In
length ana a. feet square Fir and
redwood principally abound. but none
OF the latter equal in size the big
| trees al Santa cruz.
This now designated museum is
/ Sald to bc the largest log house" in
/ the world. lts uprights are composed
/ OF the butts Of icdwoods I'm their nat
/ ural state, being five to six feet in
diameter at THEN base and forty feet
In height upou which rests the cross
pieces forming the framework. The
WholC is concrete monument of the
timber resources Of the state.
Al things al some time must have
lhclr ending, and so tines" days of en-
Jc\ablc conquest were nearing their
end We had seen SO much that was
now ana strange ana interesting, each
gay differing radically from its pre-
d'ccssor. thai wo had actually became
lI"d ol seeing things and longod for
The peace ana quiet of nome So on
"Wednesday morning. September /. at
30 o'clock the real start was made
ttWard home. ANA 1t seemed such a
long way Off ono cannot realize the
Fd~tncss OF this gcrat country until
lts length and breadth have been
trHVctscd, nor can the vastness of the
country beyond the Rocky mountains
to the westward be grasped until it,
distances have been cnCompasscd. At
Seattle we had our last glimpse in
AT Da o. 81
mighty Pacific, and We imagined the
Mlslc OF the waves sang "A requiem rs
We began our journey homeWard. The
route cast was over the Northern pa- |
clhc to Billings. Mont, more than
thrty-siN hours from Seattle. the dis. |
tancc being 1.0l2 miles. We left he |
hind us the Cascade mountains !
crossed the Sicrras skirted the Bitter |
Root range and entered and crossed |
a section of the Rockies Tho whole |
length OF the state of Washington was |
tayorsed, n corner of Idaho and al |
most the whole length Of Montana. |
passing through spokane. Missoula, |
Helena, the capital city OF Montana. |
ana Bo2cman. Some of the notable |
points of interest along the route were |
passed during the night, but we rea-
lidcd that this was necessary in the |
economy of time. For the latter rea-
N'I tu' lHl'Ulioil OF spending dHN 1t |
Spokane, which city is I'm the extreme |
eastern pant of Washington, was given !
up. The first day out from Seattle |
was cloudy. and IN addition the smoke
from forest fires was still in evidence.
81 we missed the opportunity of see
ing any of the mountains except at
close range. Among the interesting
peaks en- route IL that of Mount |
Rainier. far to the south, which II IS
said can be plainly seen from the
train on clear day, and the curtains
Of mist added another disappoint-
Iacnt
SlcCpcrs Scarce.
Billings was reached nj 1915 Thurs
day evening. Here we were compelled
TO spend the night, but glad of res
pite from the discomforts of travel
In an ordinary coach. perths In
,lccpcrs were M "A premium on ac-
count of the heavy eastward travel.
fO secure reservations II was ncCes-
'ary to make the application as much
Is two weeks I'm advance. Travelling
ls waits of fortune, We often did not
tnow one day what the next might
nave in store. SO We did not give the
uurc possibilities of Pullman COM
urt any consideration.
The best and the least we can say
or Billings is that for creature com
urts II Is the highest priced city of