Norwich bulletin. [volume] (Norwich, Conn.) 1895-2011, 1919-05-21
AFTER WESTERN TOUR,
"NoRWIch LOOKS aEsr~

AFTER WESTERN TOUR.
NORWICH LOOKS BEsT~f
! After trip covering over 5000
miles, r. c. Plaut of the Platlt- Gladden.
company, who returned home Satur-
/ Gay evening, says: TT feels darn GOOD
70 be back in Norwich again. and after
! have seen them all, the big cities and
the small ones. Norwich looks prettyi
GOOD to me. | left New York on Dee
II, attaching myself to the Kronie
family, which consisted of Mr. and Mrs.
Samuel hronig and their daughter
! Rose. Our tickets read New York to
san Francisco and return.
the length of the ticket would reach
from the top Of my head to my knee.
After stopping at Chicago Rochester,
! Minn:, Kansas City. Mo-. we headed
i OUT on the Santa Fe railroad. we had
ia full trainload. They came from
leVerywhere-from peaceful New Eng
land, the middle states, the land of
chewing tobacco, from down where the
is silent, as i'll Moth Calina. and
all OF US northerners and southerners
and fasteners alike were actuated by
a common purpose. We were all going
west to see the country and, to use
!, the vernacular of one of our party-to
rough 1t.
j To rough 1t on the finest overland
trains; the finest that can be produced
Rough 1t at ten dollar a day hotels
3 Rough 1t by touring car over the most
masnifcent automobile roads to be
found on this continent The first
point of very great interest was the
/ Grand Canyon of Arizona. In the
| presence Of the Grand Canyon Ian
guage just fails you. When the Gre
ator made it He failed to coin a word
l. that describes it. At Albuquerque,
, New Mexico, we stopped just long
5 enough to have our dinner and also to
give the native Indians an opportunity
l to try to sell US some of their Nava 10
/ rugs. And really there must have
been millions of Indians to make the
|, stock of rugs we saw on exhibition.
S Leaving Albuquerque we arrived at
s Pasadena, Cal, at about o'clock in
= the afternoon. Aside from the strange
sight of everything we were called to
p see all the people, men, women and
e children. wearing flu masks. You car
bet we did not stay long there. but
went on to Santiago and Coronado
). Beach. Here also is the great avia-
: ton field and the great Camp Kearney
|, which was very active at that time
$ After stay of six weeks at Los An
d Seles and surrounding territory, such
as Catalina Island. which has lately
h been purchased by Wrigley. the chew
), ing gum man, San Beridino. Riverside
IS and Redands, we left for San Fran
= cisco. They get awful mad at Sar
: Francisco if you call it Frisco II
:. Frisco there was lot of rain and colo
Il weather and we did not tarry there
long. Leaving Frisco by the Western
8 Pacific railroad, we followed IL,
5, through Fehther river and were point
9 cd out the spot where DR. Pierce O
T Buffalo sunk three millions Of dollar.
d in trying to tunnel under this river
His idea was that if he could get IN
\ der this river it would be an easie
IS way to find the gold, bat in his nrojec
he was unsuccessful. Following OF
+ this river, We reached Salt Lake Cit,
via Reno. New. I really cannot say
G like Salt Lake City. A depressed feel
ing comes over one on entering tn
Il city While it has one Of the fines
hotels on the coast. all the tourist
like to leave the town behind
All the streets in Salt Lake CITY ar
4 1872 feet from curb to curb, and per
haps this is what the depressed feel
p ing is due to.
Is Leaving Salt Lake City for Colorad
,. Springs by the Denver Rio Grand
IL railroad we passed over the Tennessee
n Path and through the Royal Gorge t
l. Denver. Everyone asks: Did you Sc
Is them make any movies in California
10 Now I can say Yes to that because
re was in one. 1t is to be called TIL
$. American Girl. and Anita Stewart i
II the star. The Alexandria hotel in Lo
Angeles. where I was staying, wa
l. hired for the night after 12 o'cloc
l. midnight and I had heard they wer
to going to make a picture at that hou
Up SO ! was there to see it, and they aske
= l.,,o 7 y L. y
and also to walk up in the hotel lobb
scene. This was my first appearance
in movies.
Los Angeles is dry and those VIII
Indulge in the liquid beverage ar
as forced to so to Einon. Cal. which is :
ne miles from Los Angeles. Here all til
A. movie actors and actresses wend the
IN way. There is bar 1870 feet long an
ne 1t has 70 bartenders to assist
r quenching the thirst of the dry Lc
j. Angelesians. I was fortunate in max
IS ing the acquaintance of a Mr.. Jacob
I'll and through him l met Douglas Fair
eq banks 1t was very interesting to n
ne and I will try to share the entertain
Ell ment with you. Mr. Fairbanks was NJ
G. working that afternoon but was doin
y. athletic stunts with a few ponie
n They were all enjoying the occasio
nd with real enthusiasm. He was mo.
N cordial and said he was about to sta
a new picture. 1t was to be taken &c
location" That is, not in the studi
a g but somewhere in the open countr
no The picture companies have rancho
- on which they stage their outdot
r. stories. Although they often seek Il
n cations throughout the whole country
A. side. He invited us to visit the Lask
nv ranch the next day and see the con
40, 40, pany working.
~ ~ In company with Mr.. Jacobs I wei
nd next day to the ranch. 1t is a beaut
N full loca ton. about ten miles from L.
az Angeles 1t is in a small seclude
"a valley surrounded by various undula
u, ing hills. AS we approached we sa
a. an amazing sight. Upon the hillsit
-. had been built a complete villese Me,
= lean style. of plaster houses and store
ho There were probably thirty building
~, on several streets in the stores we,
- - displayed stocks of goods. 1t was II
: noon hour and the company was ea
Ing lunch. About the streets wei
~ scores of Mexicans and cowboys. n,
III dressed-up actors but the real thin
Horses were tethered in groups ar
vehicles were about waiting their tur
to come before the camera Mr.. Fail
Il banks had Just finished his lunch ar
nd was chatting with a few men, one
T. whom was we'll known New Yoi
ne newspaper correspondent. He greete