Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1918-07-19

ing an opportunity to write more
than a postal card on the train, so
now / will tell you all about the trip
to the present moment. We left
Camp Lewis Friday the 28th at l p.
M, from there we went over the N.
P railroad, and going to Tacoma, we
turned northeast Continuing from
Tacoma we went through Yakima,
Ellensburg. then at Pasco we stopped
and took a short hike and after VIC
returned to the train the Red Cross
women treated us with tobacco, can
dy and cigarettes.
We went to bed leaving Pasco,
about 3:30 a. m. We arrived in Spo-
kane the 10th, we only stopped long
enough to change engines, starting
Jut again in a very short time we
had crossed the narrow part of Ida
no. All through Washington and
Idaho we were going through very
large mountains covered with timber,
most of the time having two or three
engines ON account of the steep
grades, the scenery being simply won
derful
At Missonla. Mont, we stopped for
about two and one-half hours. We
we're certainly treated royalty there.
w . lO0h q SilOIt HIRE luGu LuS pSOpIe
If the town who had cars picked us
up and took us all over. showing us
the place, although some OF the boys
were entertained by girls, taking
them to the ice cream parlors and
showing them around The Red
Cross ladies also treated us with
fruit, tobacco and postal cards. They
were very nice to US all across the
continent
We stopped next at Helena, where
we again took a hike, and received
donations from the Red Cross women,
and at Logan we again stopped. 1t
was about one O'Clock a. m. the 30th.
The Red Cross treated US there also.
The next few towns will Just men
tion and note the ones where their
Red Cross were out to meet us. There
were large crowds all along the way
cheering and waving at u.s. Boze-
man, Laurel. Billings. (hike and Red
Cross donations1. Forsythe (stopped
and received Red Cross donatiOns) !,
Gfendive 1--WE stopped and stood mus
ter ROLL. Wibaux I've stopped and
received Red Cross donations). Yates
(this Is the border line between Mon
tana and North Dakota, also the top
most part OF the mountains, we start
ed down from there and across the
great plains.) About midnight we
arrived in jamestown, N. d.
We went across North Dakota in
about eight hours. July 1st we cross
ed Minnesota, going through Moore
head. Detroit and Staples, also Min
neapolis and st. Paul. We stopped in
each place for a hike and received
Red Cross gifts.
The first town in Illinois was
GAINESVILLE. which we arrived in on
July End. 1t rained from there to
Chicago, We did not get to see any
thing of Chicago. We stopped there
for an hour and took a hike. but we
were down in the very southern part
of the city. so we practically only saw
the large stockyards district.
IN Ohio we stopped at Toledo and
Cleveland, both these are large places
and on the Ohio river. the Red Cross
women treated US at both places also.
No we enter New York July Ord. Buff
falO was the first stop. Sometime dur
ing the night we were all in bed and
sleep, so we did not see it. We
stopped at Syracuse and Utica, but
We did not get on the train. We also
won't through a small portion OF New
Jersey before arriving in New York
City. One town called Weehaken
we could see New York City across
the Hudson river. From Weehaken
we took a ferry boat and rode for
about forty minutes and saw praeti-
cally the business part of New York.
The Woolworth building. the tallest