Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1919-01-31
MRS. SHEDD WRITES
OF THEIR TRIP SOUTH
Are Now Located at Muskogee, Okla.
After Journey Full of Delays
and Annoyances

Muskogee, Oklahoma,
January 3, 1919.
A years leave of absence both
from a professional viewpoint and
that OF pleasure seems, in looking
forward, filled to the brim with in
teresting experiences and associa-
left our home and friends in Pull
man bound for the southland by
| way of Corvallis, Ore, where we
| joined in the wonderfully delightful
| celebration of the golden wedding
| anniversary of my parents. 1t was a
| family reunion as well, for every
member was present. But even then
| the bitterest enemy of humanity
| throughout the world today was Sc
| lecting from our group, and on De-
cember 8 we joined the ranks of mil
lions in paying our toll to the influ-
enza tyrant, when we laid to rest the
eldest brother Of our reunited fam
lily,
| The worlds work may not be frus-
! trated, only delayed therefore, late
| in December we continued the Jour-
| ney we had planned. We left Port
| land by way of the Union Pacific on
the early morning train. The day
was clear and bright as we passed
through the scenery of the Column
| bia river. Its white mountain peaks
| its chasms and gOrges, its frozen
waterfalls, its rapids, the palisades
on the Washington banks and, es-
pecially interesting from an engin-
eering point Of view, the Columbia
Highway and the canal around the
cascades, the snow-coyered noun
tain forests of the Blue mountains
were a real joy.
The next days trip was pleasantly
monotonOus. One might thoroughly
enjoy a magazine story or article
without the constant fear of missing
u worthwhile glimpse from the car
window; although the pleading cry
| for water over those rich sage brush
! plains could easily be heard, and in
| places it is being answered, more or
less successfully, by great irrigation
! projects After crossing the line
from Idaho into Wyoming the first
thing that attracted our attention
was a big liquor dealers sign. Just
a few years ago we would not have
believed that in 1918 such sign
would have riveted our gaze as this
one did. The world is surely rush
ing ahead.
As we rolled along the snow-cov-
cred wastes of Wyoming toward
Green River we realized that it was
getting cold, but the car seemed COM
Portable and the diner inviting, so
we didn't worry until near morning,
when we became decidedly chilly.
Upon inquiry the porter informed us
that our car had been "froze up
solid for two hours, and the Chicago
sleeper behind us since midnight. We
were at Laramie and the thermom-
i eter registered % degrees below
zero, in which temperature We dress
ed, but no water for additions was
available until we reached Cheyenne
several hours later, where our car
was thawed out. Despite this care
and thoughtfulness on the part oil
the railroad company, an hour after
We left Cheyenne the water pipe il
our Pullman burst and made a skat
ing rink of our aisle, which was an.
moving, as skates were not amone
our available travelling equipment
To assure another delay just here the
, engine broke the coupling connecting
it with the baggage car, which had
? to be turned around and hitched To
| the rear end of the long train. An
? Orpheum troupe offered us the hos.
| pitality of their coaches until we
reached Denver. There we spent one
happy hour with Mr.. and Mrs. Ralph
) Lowery and som We were mutually
/ glad TO see friends from home. We
S left Denver about $50 in the even.
S ing and when We awoke the next
= morning it was New Years day. The
e sun was rising clear and beautiful
= above a horizon very, very far ava,
> across the frozen white prairies OF
= Kansas. A few miles farther on we
= stopped at Sharon Springs, a little
town OF 500 inhabitants, and we were
e told that it would be our abiding
y place indefinitely so far as ANYONE
0 knew We ate breakfast. wrote soma
: post cards las many as We could get,
e and went up town to mail them In
S cidentally We asked the postmistress
"here the springs were She said
she had lived there a good MANY
e years and had never seen any ch.