La Junta tribune., 1917-08-02


900 inhabitants. built up on . high
mesa above the river. Its chief in
dustries are large cooper shop.
two big smelters. = factory for the
manufacture Of rolled oats. and
some other smaller factories. It b not
nearly 20 pretty city ~ Quincy. Ill.
About 1880 I board . Burlington
train and start up along the river.
The dam at Keokuk backs the water
up In the river for twelve miies.
forming Lake Cooper which b two
or three miles wide In places. Along
the lake we come to Fort Madison,
Iowa, where the Santa Fe railroad
crosses the Mississippi. 1t II the first
time I have seen the Atchison. To-
peka and Santa Fe railroad. or any
thing appertaining thereto. since I
left Kansas City over q year ago. The
Santa Fe has shops and a round
house here. Here l also see big pa
per mills and thousands and thous-
ands OF bales OF old papers.
The next jump is to Burlington,
Iowa, one OF the three towns from
which the Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy railroad. commonly known as
the Burlington" or 90" received
its name. The 90 has large shops
here. II is a railroad town OF 24,-
900 or 25.0O0 inhabitants. l change
cars here and take the east-bound
train from Denver. l only have ten
minutes. so cannot see the town. And
now I start on the last leg of my
journey. through Monmouth. ILL.,.
where the big harvester works are;
Cameron. the site of the factory for
stoneware and earthenware: Gales
burg. a railroad town for fair. etc.
Galesburg has all sorts OF -foun-
dries and machine shops. and what .
bunch of people did get on here. The
train is crowded. Again we pass along
between the fertile fields OF Illinois.
Illinois is truly a beautiful state
With its many green fields and pret-
ty trees. It is a differnet kind Of
beauty from that OF Colorado. tits
true. but none the less beautiful. The
two states are not to be compared.
Next comes Kewanee. the place
where the famous Kewanee boilers
are made. and then comes Buda.
and so I go on 10 Chicago.
How well l do remember the first
time went to Denver. What Won
derful place II was. and how big.
How long IL did take the train to
arrive at the station after We were
seemingly right in town. And
thought. what a glorious thing II
would be to be able to 20 around
alone there and TO know the names
Of tho streets and street car lines
and all that. After had lived there
awhile. and became accustomed TO
the city. Il did not seem nearly such
wonderful thing to know. Again.
when went to st, Louis ] was awed
with its ''bfgness" as ! looked at the
rows and rows OF tall buildings. and
then once again I settled down. be-
came accustomed to Il and am now
right Mt home there. And now ]
come to Chicago. But here ! sur
prise myself. am not awed at all
The city seems big-much bigger
than any ever saw before. but even
so I feel quite at home. For the
first two days do nothing but wan
der around. see the sights. and get
acquainted with Chicago. ! did not
know thing about the city when
came and yet have not asked
a single question. for directions or
anything else. and would unhesitat-
ingly undertake TO 20 anywhere In
the city without aid or assistance.
My. but CHICAGO IL = big place
nearly thirty miles OF lake front.
Think OF . city reaching from Fow-
Ter TO La Junta and nine miles wide.
Big? Well. I should say Il is biz
There are 80 many things for one
to nee here-for instance. the ele-
waited railroad. on which you can
ride . hundred miles or more for n
nickel n you know how and when
and where 10 transfer. Then there
Ia the lake. the bathing beaches. the
government pier, the art institute.
the public library. the museum Of
natural history. the many parks. the
auto speedway. the stock yards. and
thousand and one other things ]
have neither time nor space to men
tion here. Indeed one could spend
weeks Just night seeing and then not
see all Of Chicago.