Norwich bulletin., 1916-01-29

Going tnrough the tSocfky MountalnS was one fine view all the way. Pen | can not describe the tressle works the train passed over. What a tumble q 1 train would take if an accident hap pened One large tunnel took us twenty minutes to go through.
 At one place in the mountains we were up s,323 feet The mountain l streams looked pretty small. but 1t was glorious.
 At Donald, where the train stopped | for water for the engine It showed hard within a foot of the train. and rained hard on the cars. It was cold. and we were all glad when the train pulled out. ---.s-s
 One small village was most under water from break in a reservoir in the mountains.
 Going through Idaho the northern part was fine, green fields. rivers, lakes, and farm houses built in among the hills, gave it cozy look.
 All along the route the train would stop for ten minutes which gave us treatments. pick wild flowers, batch elor buttons, daises, etc.
 Spokane, our next stop was a clean. nice city. with as excellent bridge work is bottomless. They have tried many times but gave 1t up in putting bridge across by the depot Changed watch here to Pacific time. At eight in the evening of Friday we arrived at Seattle. Wash. It was all bridges until we got into the de- pot. We had an hour to wait before going on the sleeper, so went out and had supper. I liked the appearance of the city very much and my intentions were to see more of 1t.
 The train pulled into Portland, Ore, Saturday morning about ' o'clock a. m. Here we waited until eight thirty for a train to Salem, Ore. Every one seemed to carry roses and such beau- | tiful bouquets. I didn't know then it | was the Rose City, Along our route every house had roses of all | descriptions and kinds; saw one beau | tiful bush in a pig pen. 1 thought they must be pretty plenty when such | were as large as a quart dipper. | At Oregon City. they were having | some kind of a celebration, boys car- | rYfng cloth baskets full of roses. When we came into Salem, it was all roses; | the air was full of the perfume. I man. i aged before the next week was out to have a large bouquet given me. was | just wild over them. and told the lady | O. che house, unless I could get one, I | shGslld take it. She told me I could have all I wanted of them any time. I wouldn't try to describe the beauty, | and size, of some of them. We don't sec any thing like them here in the East.
 Salem is the capitol city of Ore
 gon. Also the county seat of Marion county.
 The L. S. Indian Training School
 is few miles out; also the state in stitutions, are only short distance from the city. Penitentiory, Tubercu- losis Hospital, Deaf Mute, Blind, | Boys and Girls Reform Schools Hos pital for the Insane. The grounds are
 the finest I've ever seen, anywhere, and the flowers, and fountains make
 the place attractive. The buildings
 are all upto date and in fine condi-
 court buildings are near the center
 of the city. These are fine buildings
 too. City Park is between the state
 grounds and postoffice. I heard the
 new electric fountain is the fourth in
 the United States. It is beautiful,
 playing water constantly, and chang ing in form and color. This is the
 Cherry City. They hold a cherry fair
 every year. Some cherries are as
 large as plums. and there are cherry
 delicious. The strawberries grow very large. You have to cut them in two
 they are rich favored.
 The convicts work on the roads, al-
 so in the flax fields. I don't think
 they have been raising flax very long.
 This industry seemed to be something
 new, they were trying to make suc-
 ceSsful. Dat fields and wheat looked great. They cut three crops year, At the insane farm, the last crops
 were heavier than the first.
 The thirty-day corn. Is the only corn
 they can raise. Turnips are no good
 but they have Chinese radish that
 beats anything I ever ate. I had one
 that was eighteen inches long, six inches through, tender and sweet. They have cannery and hop fields where a good many find employment
 but work only lasts for a short time
 For stranger to go there and get
 work, it's pretty hard, as they take It is a beautiful climate in the dry
 season. Old settlers don't mind the
 rainy season, they take to it as ducke to water.
 Left here September 1st, 1915, for
 Portland, Ore. I was much interested in that beautiful city, so clean, and
 everything about it, would give you l home feeling. The Willamette river runs through the city, dividing it east , side and west side. Grain vessels come in and load up for foreign ports
 It has a nice harbor. The Spauldine building Chamber of Commerce, al l the department stores, Portland Acad- ] emy, Washington High school, Oregon
 Dental College, are beautiful buildings
 The armory, library. postoffice, city ) date. Take it right through as c
 whole, Portland is Q. K. There art
 in the city 175 churches of all denom-
 nations. Portland has the larges : Young Mems Christian Association 1T the world. And the third larges Young Woman's Christian Associa
 ton. Five magnificent bridges spar , the Willamette river. Also have { . large meat packing plant. About sis big lumber manufacturing plants The rainy season started in about thu 9 middle of November. l got enough O . rain, night and day, no let up to speal
 of; so decided I'd make tracks bacl East, where there was a little sun : shine once in three days, anyway. g December 18th, 1915. I took thu e Limited at 7:10 for Spokane. Go t there o'clock Monday morning ant
 it was showing hard. Then the Grea a Northern thundered into the depot s and I started for a new route home !, It was a wild snowy country. all tha s day. About four o'clock in the after r noon we commenced climbing tn }. Rockies, and 1t was fine. In the eve
 ming the porter called attention to tn p fact we were nearing Glacier Nationa @ Park. What could be seen was grand s Should liked to have seen 1t by day light We left the snow somewher