The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1919-06-07
DOUGHBOYS' THREE DAYS OFF
NElJWLED IS ONE RIOT OF JOY

island Urmitz Worth, on which the
Romans once camped during the period
when bronze was first used by these
ancients, appears. Next comes En-
gers, Rhine village of 5000 people,
the home OF famous Prussian mill
tary school. Then Bent!orf, manu-
featuring city of 5000 people, and soon
the giant fortress Of Ehrenbreitstein
looms up around bend in the river.
The bally-hoo man explains that
"once upon tlme," the sheer rock
cliffs, which rise abruptly from the
water, supported Roman fortress.
AS he remarks that the FL ench cap
tured Ehrenbreitstein in 1890 some
doughboy remarks "some job" Look
ing across the river they see Coblenz.
The boat passes up the river
through the Coblenz pontoon bridge
to Oberlahnstein, scene of thirteenth
century ruins, and glides below Stol-
zenfels castle at Capellen, built in
1862, destroyed by the French in 1888,
rebuilt by King Frederick Wilhelm Nv,
and owned up to November II, 1911,
by the ex-kaiser. Again upstream is
the very ancient and picturesque vii
Notifications 700 years old. Braubach
Il town first mentioned just 1897 years
ago, and Maksburg castle, the most
imposing castle on the Rhine peaks,
are next.
Past Bornhofen, village Of legend
and pilgrimage; Salzig, small town,
surrounded by forest of cherry trees
Ehrenthal, Of lead mine fame; Well.
mich, with it's famous Gothic church ;
st. Goar, village of 1000 inhabitants,
containing church built in 558 by
| Frankish kings, and eventually the
famous LOrelei is reached, that impos-
ing rock overhanging treacherous
Rhine rapids, on which the beautiful
woman of legend used to sit enshroud-
ed In veil of mist, sometimes comb
| ing her golden hair, and, more often
enticing lOvelorn Rhine sailors onto
the rocks as they drew near to hear
the strains of her golden harp.
Passing many other points Of inter
est, the doughboy is shown the little
church at Clemenscapelle marking the
spot where Kaiser Rudolph Won Haps
burg beheaded 80 robber knights in
1882. And there is usually doughboy
comment, "Some kaiser" Finally, hi
passes the Mouse Tower, built on ar
island, and reaches Blngen.on-the
Rhine, that famous Roman town sait
to have been built by Drusus thirteen
years before Christ. A trip beyond
Bingen to Rudesheim and the excursion
boat turns it's PROV homeward, racing
with the swift Rhine current back u
Neuwied.
More Ice Cream and Cake.
There still remains time for Uncl,
Sans theater and the movies befOr,
supper time at Uncle Sans hotel
where ice cream and cake wind up tn
evening repast. Then back to the rec
reation hall for the big dance. Ic
crealn and cake comes again at 9 81
p. m.
The third and last day there are al
the features of the first and secon
, and boat trip down the Rhine to
ward Cologne for those who care to &c
Historical sightseeing is repeated, In
GLIDING the beautiful city of Bonn
seat of Germany's most famous un
versity and once home of Beethoven
Then back up the river to entertain
ment, ice cream and cake, athletic.
sports, games and recreation, windin
up with the grand tng-of-war in RI
creation hall between picked teams
Then more ice cream and cake and
bed, ready for duty again back some
where in the Coblenz bridgehead.
Clean recreation has beaten the &c
man open saloons in Neuwied ard /
addition TO that the ice cream, pie an
cake factory, now producing 100 ga
; Ions of cream and 800 cakes of variou
5 kinds each day, soon will double ii
: present output.