The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1917-02-13
SOLDIER HAS
DRAINSTORM. WRITES
TO FOLKS At HOME
Letter Purports to be Description
Of His Trip TO FL Paso, but He
Has Vivid Imagination and
strays Far from the Truth.

4 Pennsylvania guardsman. who
made the trip recently from his homo
state to FL Paso. has written an ar-
count Of his journey and II was pub
.ishcd in his home paper. IL t. not
strange that casterncrs have distorted
IDEAS about the west when they read
such buncombc AZ this soldier dished
up. His letter In fun follows.
camp stewart, Tex. Jan. Ill will
now try to relate some Of the pictures
que county ! passed through on M
way 10 the Mexican burder. left
Harrisburg on December 20 AZ 55
a m. and soon found mysylf passing
through picturesque Appalachian
mountains and around famous hors,-
shoe curve and then on to pittsburg
! After leaving p%ittsburg { ira, clou
through a VIDE valley which Is noted
FOR IL farming facilitiCs. | arrived ul
Chicago on the following morning hay
ing a nine hour wait I left Chicago on
The Santa IL, arriving In Kansas Ctty
the next morning at 40 o'clock. ]
had considerable time here and
thought I would louk about I was
greatly surprised when I went up stairs
TO the station floor and saw one Of
the siucst railroad stations ina this
country today. ! left Kansas City three
hours later and travelled through the
famous Pecan forests of kansas puct
out OF these I hit the ranch country
where one could ride Tor miles with
cut seeing e house. / arrived tt
Dodge City. Kansas, and was informed
TO Cnangc my watch To n hour
earlier From there / travelled upward
over the Rocky mountains. through
one gorge after another
My next stop WAS AZ La Juuta, Colo
a fairly sized mining town In tn"
heart Of the Rockies. In tho distanc"
! could see the mount OF the Holy
! cross which is covered with suo"
probably the whole year round. In the
snow Is u deep crcyice I'm the shape 81
u cross. the Indians giving II the name
| of the Mount 81 the Holy cross.
After leaving here I went 90 Denver
! nut un%fortunatcly ! could not stop OF
here az ! only had twenty minutes ID"
! change ears. After leaVin- Denver Vc
took o southern course and / was soon
in Trinidad. Colo Here : could see
the famous Trinidad mountains which
are completely covered with SNOW th"
whole year round. mat b., above the
Underline. At Trinidad We were given
! four extra engines, making q total OF
xix 20 help Us over the amous Eat9I
| Pass aud through the Ration tuun'i,
which is nearly rve miles tong. once
through tho tunnel ! war told that B
was now going through the san Jaciniu
canyon Of New Mexico. My next stop
was AZ Ration. y. VI. Her, / visited
the old spanish settlement which
datey back as tar as 1905 This Is q
uuaiut old town 81 about 5000 mhao-
itants ] could see the Indians ina their
native attire aclling their carthcn
wares and drilling turquoise.
When I raised my DHmori and tried
to get d snapshot of them they threw
up their hands aud covered their fd'ot
Amer giving onc of them . quarter he
permitted me tu take a snapshot 81
himself
arrived at Albuquerque and l1ytd
over FOR three hours While here ]
visited the famous Indian Pueblo
which Is part OF the clty. I'm tins sec
ton ~ the city they do not use doors
nut have ladders aud climb up over
tho wall and put the ladder down the
other side into their home In some
casc> there are as high as four homes
built on top 81 each other 100 % ter
race. loft Albuquerque al 10 80 pm.
and arrived In ~ Paso the next morn
ing nt iu,3 30 aud reported 60 my com
maud W. ". DcSilycy Co. l. stu
Pennsylvania Infantry. ~ Ilsu, TCNls.