Edgefield advertiser. [volume] (Edgefield, S.C.) 1836-current, 1918-07-03
Stanton Lott Writes Interesting
Letter From the Eastern
) Coast to the Western

> Coast to the Western e.
In a trip like the one l have just
taken there are many things of inter
est that one is almost lost for
thoughts after it is over. ,
1t was only a short while after the
start before the patches of cotton
out of view, and acres and
acres of castor oil beans took their
place. Those people of the states
above US have answered the coun-
try's call for more oil for the air
planes. The castor oil beans furnish
an excellent oil for this purpose.
Numbers of you have passed
Through the Blue Ridge mountains
and know how beautiful they are.
fhey are not as lofty as the Rocky
Mountains or the Cascades of the
Vest but far prettier. They are COW
red with a vegetation and haven't
hose bare sides like the Rocky noun
aims. Every now and then you see a
title patch of vegetables or a little
latch of corn growing on a small
at part of the mountain. Sometimes
j is almost on the top. You see a
Mountain lad blowing an OK, and
GU wonder how they stick on such
In incline. 1t looks as though he and
his OK would slide on down to the
bottom.
Farther, I passed on through the
blue grass region. Acres and acres
'bf grass were growing. Hundreds and
hundreds of horses were feeding be-
dide the railroad track. Men cut the
trass and have an instrument that
eakes it up and elevates it to the top
{ the wagon. All you haye to do is
keep the horses straight and pack
he hay as it comes up.
j Farther on we passed the big in
erne camp for German prisoners.
There were hundreds of them sitting
hut under the shady trees smoking.
hey are having an easy time OF 1t
comparison with what we are told
ar boys in Germany get.
s. All through Kentucky and OHIO
he farmers have silos. They live in
mall farm houses. Their houses
Fem to have about three small rooms
hid are not very attractive.
The trains of the North-central and
rough the Northwest are different
om ours of the Southeast. They
run on the right hand track and
of the big roads have double
acks. They pass each other like
iell from big guns. You hear a roar,
whir and you have passed.
Ehe farmers of Illinois and through
he north-central states seem to be
ery short of labor. Corn is their
fincipal crop, and it is plowed both
ays. This method does away with
much work with the hoe. They use
plow drawn by two. horses. The
rises are not alone protected from
e hot sun for l saw two men who
Sd large umbrellas attached to the
1ats of their plows and they looked
1WI
Dol in the shade.
Farther out through the west we
sssed through miles and miles OF
arren territory. AS far as you could
e there was a scanty growth called
pc brush. Great big Jack rabbits
pped along through the brush.
ere were thousands of them, and
hir ears looked like mule ears. Tiny
tive little squirrel-looking animals
ayed along the tracks. believe the
ople of the west call them chip
inks.
Next we came up to the Cascade
hge territory, just mountain after
yuntain. Down in the valleys they
se the finest cherries | have ever
n. They are as large as u small
ms. We rode through tunnel after
hnel. The train ran along for miles
b miles down beside the Columbia
er. Many of the mountain peaks
half a mile high right beside the
broad. Some Of them are a mile
h. Many Of them have the tops
Fered with snow while down IN the
ley the weather is hot. Some one
Am the east told me to be sure and
a heavy o~vercoat with me be-
BE the weather would be very
and l came very near burning
practically the whole distance.
PORTLAND is a beautiful western
/. There are acres of cherries,
awberries and raspberries. We
pped in Portland and ate fresh
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