Gilpin observer., 1918-09-19
FORMER cENTRALITE WRITES
ABOUT TRIP TO THE COAST
Monida, Mont, Sept. sth, 1918.

| 10 the observer:
Enclosed ycu will find check for
$500, to apply on my subscription
! to your paper, and please change
! the address to Monida. Mont, An
stead cf Dillon, as am located here
fer the comirg school year.
Lloyd, my youngest son, is with
here. He is learning telegraIhy
and has taken his first examination
at Fooatello, Idaho, and is almost
ready for his firal Exam. and will
This town is on the Idaho border
and derives its name from both
states, tie first syllable from Mon
tana and the last Fart from the Id
large town but they do Wonderful
business, being a supply station for
all of Centennial valley ard part of
Idaho. Whole tIairs of cattle and
sheep are shipped from here every
week and a U. S. stock inspector is
located here all the time.
We will welcome a Central City
rerer as VIE have not seen one in a
lorg time.
l have just returned from Califor-
MIA, where l spent most cf the sum
mer. My daughter, Mrs. D. B. RAN
GolIh and babies, cf Argenta, ac-
comranied me and we certainly had
o very interesting trip. We went
out by way of Butte, spending a
ccu1le of days there and then 60
ing to Spokane, visited the parks
and Toints of interest and then pro-
ceeded to Seattle, city / have al
ways desired to visit and l am
glad to say We were not disappotnt-
cd in it. A clean city with the wat
er and boats and beautiful parks.
A great many people are employ
ed there at present at the ship
yards. The public markets are the
finest in the world. We took boat
Ht Seattle ard went across the bay
to Tacoma and took in Point De-
fiance, one of the most beautiful
rarks, with its beach, flowers and
animals.
From Tacoma we went to Camp
Lewis, the isrgest training camp in
the U. S. About 40, 900 men were
there at the time. We saw some of
the Dillon Toys and the Hostess
H ouse was in charge of Dillon
girl, Miss Lamont.
The next stop was at Portland,
Ore, with a trip to Vancouver,
WASH, to see the barracks. The
ride from here to Frisco was very
picturesque. We crcssisd the Sac
ramento river eighteen different
times. Tie train travels around the
tops CT mountains ard thru lorg tnn
nels and the cancrs below with their
deree growth of trees and little
streams are certainly attractive
looking asrd at last we are in Fris-
CO, the city Of earthquakes; the city
of buildings. Naturally we were in
terested in it fer it was. here our
boy was sert to join his ship aud
where ne Iarted frcm David, he to
go out on the water, boy who
knew nothing All cut the great ocean
ard who lad always lived inland.
We saw Mare Island and here was
David GeMmell smiling his welcome
to u.s. David locked we'll and has a
dear little wife ard they are both
very happy. Thru the kindness of
Cayid We received passes to Goat
Island on inspection day. The is
land looks like small mourtain sit
ting out i'm the water and it is
about thirty minute boat ride
| from San Francisco. Fer about three
hours the men ware drilled in front
| OF the inspectors and 1t was some
thing l woUld not have missed for 1t
was wonderful to see such large
body of men drill as perfectly as
they did. New recruits came in
| while we were there and we saw
them come out after changing their
civilian suits for Uncle Sans and
carrying their paraphernaiia on their
backs, bedding, han n ock, etc. Ev-
STythirg worked as evenly as a
clock. .p! l.l !.l,r-
II was while we were in Frisco
that the San LEGO went down and
| amcng the names of the missing
was Chester Hamilton, of Black
Hawk who enlisted when Harold
and David did. Harold sent me
New York paper With the list >and
he wrote "Pocr Chester has gone to
Davie Jones locker. am still in
the darger zone. and Cavid Is still
L In E,rIenn y oil Ia l,a