Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1916-04-12
Mrs. Andrew Zenz Tells Story of
Their Travels.
ALL AROUND THE CIRCLE.
Colorado the BeautifuI-SaIt Lake and
the MOrmOns- California and
Flowers Again.
Sightseeing in Colorado.


Omaha, where we spent several hours;
left there same evening for Colorado
Springs, and where we arrived the
next morning, and spent the day
viewing the sights Of this wonderful
place. Visited the Garden of the
Gods. where the rock formations are
very fantastic in shape, having the
forms of different Gnimals, birds, ODE
Iisks, and spires, some of them reach
ing to a great height of 100 feet or
more Leaving here we passed thru
the Williams canon and wound up
the mountain sides for visit to the
Cave Of the Winds. Here we saw
mile Of the beautiful works of nature.
The cave is electric lighted and the
different formations, especially the
stalactites growing horizontally and
upward, are a sight to behold. The
cave has several compartments, OF
which the Old Maids Kitchen, Lovers
Lane and the Wishing Well seemed to
be the most interesting. Descending
BY way of Ute Pass we arrived at Man
itOu.
Beautiful Mountain Scenery.
The panoramic views of ManitOu
and surrounding mountains were beau
tiful. Manitou is at the base Of Pixies
Peak, and the ascent of IA, LAT feet is
made by cog road After visiting the
curio shops and drinking from the
soda spring, we autoed on to Chey-
enne canon, vieweI the Seven Falls,
which are a pretty sight. Returned
to our hotel in the beautiful city Of
Colorado Springs, where we spent the
night
Pittsburgh of the West.
Upon arising the following day we
found several inches of snow on the
ground. We boarded our train and,
after passing through Pueblo. The
Pittsburg of the West" we soon en-
tered the Royal ROrge. Here an ob-
servation car was attached which we
tool. possession of and viewed the red
granite and gneiss walls rising TO a
height on either side of 1927 feet.
The sky is a thread above you and
stars are sometimes seen at midday
We saw bands of mountain sheep and
coyotes on the high cliffs We passed
through Leadville and soon reached
the continental divide where we start
ed down the Pacific slope. Our next
stop was at Salt Lake City, modern
city. nicely laid out, with its broad
shaded boulevards, bordered by run
ming mountain water Visited Temple
Square. containing the chief Mormon
building and also saw the great pipe
organ. which was being taken down
to ship to Maine to be rebuilt.
Salt Lake TO California.
Rode for number of mile on the
shore of Great Salt Lake, which is
100 miles long by 80 miles wide, pass
ing the great salt evapOrating beds,
and having a fine view of the Wasatch
mountains Several hours being spent
in travelling over salt and desert, and
through the beautiful Feather river
canon. We arrived at Oroville, where
we had our first glimpse of the orange
and other native trees and plants OF
California Moving along we passed
through Sacramento and saw the gold
en- dome of the capitol building in the
sunlight. Then through the great
Sacramento valley 10 Oakland, where
one of the great boats ferried us
across San Francisco bay. This being
Tuesday night and the last week of
the exposition we obtained quarters at
a hotel and spent the rest of the week
visiting the exposition grounds. 1t
was a great display in all depart
ments. the Canadian display was es-
peciaIly fine. This with a number of
the other exhibits have been removed
to San Diego. After visiting some of
the most interesting points about San
Francisco. we left for Los Angeles,
arriving there about midnight. 1t is
big, bustling city of $4,000 popu-
IatiOn, and a great commercial cen
ter. Preferring to locate at one of the
beaches. we left the following morning
for Long Beach, the finest on the coast,
and the cleanest city we ever saw,
having population of $4,000, and with
the exception of the ocean on one
side a dry town.
The Lick Observatory.
Coming from San Francisco to Los
Angeles we passed through the Santa
Clara valley, and the greatest apple
producing region in California 49,
600 car loads being shipped from here
annually. Saw the Lick Observatory,
which contains the second largest
telescope in world. After getting 10
Gated at Long Beach we purchased a
car and decided to see California as it
should be seen.
Using a sLittIe" Ford.
Our Ford carried us over 5000
miles Of beautiful country, on smooth,
solid macadam roads Tadiating in
every direction, and costing millions
of dollars. Visited the orange groves,
saw the picking, sorting, boxing and