The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1917-03-28
HANSON Home
HANSON STRONG FOR WEST
BUSINESS GOOD ON
THE COAST.

ern United States was briefly an
nounced last night in The Daily
Leader, fully appreciated the fact
that this is a great country. He con
firms the opinion expressed by a eli
mate fan Of California. that, had the
west coast been the one discovered
by Columbus. Massachusetts would
still be a bowling wilderness. and
New York a very poor goat pasture.
Mr., Hanson left Madison i'm COM
pany with ID. McKinnon about two
months ago. and accompanied him
on the greater portion of the swing
through that part of the universe.
They stuck together pretty well until
Mr.. McKinnon decided he'd seen
enough and came home. Mr.. Han
son. however. had not had quite
enough he played the whole game
through to the dizzy finish.
In "A description of the trip this
morning. Mr.. Hanson said that their
arrival at New Orleans was Just a few
days previous to the opening of the
Mardi Gras, hat great festival of all
Catholic peoples. and the greatest of
the kind celebrated i'm the United
States. They did not remain for it:
the hotels were fun. and the prices
and limits of tenure were such as TO
make a person lie prone and wag his
paws helplessly.
Alabama made no hit with the
travelers-to too much waste. and all
strange to them. The country be
yond Houston. different. with its
sand. sage and sunshine. struck them
as being Just made to join the east to
the west. and did not appeal TO them
at ALT made a good solid bridge.
rs was said, for them to pass over
from the moist east to the waterlcss
west.
The mountains aroused enthusiasm
in them, as they do to all plainsmen.
The railways strove aimlessly toward
SUBMITS. then cautiously sought
ways to get down again. turning upon
themselves repeatedly. The quick
transition from snowy SUBMITS to
gardens of flowers and waving palms
was almost magic.
Santiago is a city somewhat
choked and kept in bounds by being
what is described as a 'one-man
town" Spreckles, OF the sugar in
d%ustry. has always directed the des-
TIMES of the city. Now. however.
other interests are building trans
p~ortation lines leading TO the city.
and the development OF the place is
thought TO be assured.
The city of the rich Is at Pasa-
dena. Great houses. clubs. hotels.
parks and drives characterize the
town; millions of money is represent
ed in its citizenry-thought 20 be
the richest city i'm the world.
The travellers spent most OF their
time al either Santiago or San Fran
cisco. The composite population.
with its huge oriental districts i'm
close proximity with those of the oc-
eident. are amazing in the sharp de-
narration between them. In The
city the travellers visited the great
Chinese department store of Sing
Fat-dealing exclusively in goods OF
oriental make. Mr.. Hanson does not
see how hostile warships could harm
the city much. Cruisers patrol the
coast continually; great guns in great
lines of forts and hidden places com
mand the straits and approaches 10
the Golden Gate. To a civilian il
seems an impossible place to force
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seen at all ports of any importance
on the west coast.
OF the Japanese situation. Mr.
Hanson said that the people liked the
Chinese best. The japanese are ven
~turesome, aggressive, acquisitive and
deceitful. while the Chinese are more
tractable and easy to get along with
The japanese are more feared by the
people, they are acquiring valuable
land, and are absolutely exclusive in
their dealings and business relations.
From San Francisco they went
north by rail. through the Shasta
route and the Royal Gorge. This.
Mr.. Hanson thinks. is one of the
four. or possibly five. great scenic
features of the country.
In the cities of Puget sound work
is described as being scarce, the
sawmills running full blast. For
merly some Of the mills were always
idle; now lumber mills, big and little,
are working at full capacity crying
for help. Shipbuilding has suddenly
sprung into prominence as being one
of the main industries; there are
more than $50 ships being built in
+ the SlTHlGu ldtnHld anu
Bellingham-and that is only part
of the Sound coast. Any kind of an
old carpenter can get big wages in
the s%hipyards: a shipwright is paid
whatever is necessary TO keep him
from $40 a day up.
Real estate. for a time slow, has
jumped suddenly out and has been
acting particularly alive since last
year. Business in all lines is describ-
ed as being the best in many years.
At Salt Lake City they visited the
temple, with its giant pipe organ and
Brigham Young's tomb. Salt lake
has gradually contracted by evapora-
ton and insufficient supplies of wa
ter, due to the use of the streams
for irrigation. This year. it is said,
greater quantities of nov than have
ever before been known will raise
the lake a great deal, and postpone
its threatened disappearance.
Mr.. Hanson saw the sights of Colo
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