The Oskaloosa herald., 1917-05-31
ENR0UTE To WEST
EXPERIENCE OF AN OVERLAND
TRIP TO WYOMING.

Butner, Wyo., May 23.~-Pine Bluffs
derived its name from the immense
| bluffs for miles which run along the
edge of the town.
They are very high and completely
covered with pine trees. They are
| beautiful and it seems strange to us
| see so many evergreen trees grow
ng on the rocks when it is impossible
almost to get them to grow and live
in good soil with the best of care.
Everything thrives in its own native
place the best, we suppose from the
looks of the pines for many miles just
covering the high rocky bluffs.
An enterprising garage man at Pine
| Bluffs had built new establishment
Tor cars and had fitted the upstairs
rooms into bedrooms for travellers. 1t
was sure fine and we were the first
)nes to occupy the rooms, which when
completed will be as up-to-date as any
| lotel.
1t was storming in the morning but
We started on finding pretty good
,oads for long ways, then we found
| few bad places, but not many of
! hem. The roads were gravel and san
| iy so did not have mud.
| We came to very pretty little town
called Berne where we had some re-
| pair work done on the cars, ate our
inner in the garage. Berne is beau
| iful little place, not a hill anywhere
near We met several Iowa people
| here and the greetings were natural.
We had good roads and saw much
beautiful country all along the way
o Cheyenne, our next stop.
This place seems fully alive and up
.o-date. We did not stay long but saw
he capitol building and were in an
exposition building in the depot, where
Ill the grains, minerals, oils, woods
md everything in the line of Wyoming
resources were shown, a place was
;iven for wild animals and birds of
I'll description, of course they were
lot alive only stuffed creatures.
We had to lay in a supply of gaso-
inc here as our next town was fifty
niles away and we were hoping for
GOOD luck and we sure had it, for not
one car had fiat tire.
We came through some OF the wild
ast looking country anyone would like
0 see-foot hills, high bluffs, steep
;rades and so forth for miles.
Only two houses on the way that
ooked like a person might get to re-
main over night in. A number of very
mall shacks were built along the
DOT hills.
Often times we would see a covered
wagon fitted up as house, and near
t pile of coal and a barrel of water.
These were sheep herders' outfits and
surely those men lead lonesome life.
Vt dark we drove into the little town
If Cnugwater, which is the trading
post of Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Van Trees
veil known to many of our readers.
At the garage we met more Iowa
people who seemed glad TO see us.
they told us the large motel had re-
Gently burned and if the people who
we're keeping a small hotel could not
ind rooms for us to come back as
they never turned anyone away. We
nave no idea where they could have
nut us, but as we did not need to re
turn we will only know that their
hospitality was grand.
The People at Hotel de Fox were
lOttumwa people named Christy and
Abba people named Hart, and they
gave us the best accommodations pos
sible with their limited rooms. Mrs.
Christie is a sister of Prof. Stokes,
formerly of OskaloOsa. They have a
wheat They run the hotel at present
and Mr. Christie is also in the real
estate business.
At this hotel were three bankers
who stayed all night. One of them sat
|up until two o'clock. One of the 9TH
er men arose to meet a train, which
did not come, and when he returned
the other Fellow had his bed, so he
sat up the rest of the night. There
arc some places in the world where
someone else might have been aroused
in order that the banker might sleep.
but not so in Chugwater. Everyone is
treated on the level.
One banker from Missouri had pur-
chased two thousand acres of land for
Speculation so he said. OF course | do
not know, but-he may be among the
many who get stung. -Nannie X.
lClarke.