The Brattleboro daily reformer. (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1913-1955, 1919-09-27
HAMILToNS'S TRIP.
Continued from Page IL


former to give story of the complete
trip in today's ISSUE but when the repre-
sentative interviewed Dr. and Mrs. Ham
ilton yesterday afternoon it was found
that it would be impossible to give any
lang like comprehensive outline in one
article The story today contains only the
high spots" of the trip from the time
tie family left this town until they
ire ready to leave Seattle later article
will deal with their Pacific coast tour and
<he return trip.
! A stop in Buffalo gave Dr. Hamilton
and John an opportunity to visit Niagara |
Falls In that city Mrs Hamilton attend |
ed meeting of the Eastern Star chap
ter, when between 500 and 600 members !
were present, the grand patron of Ontario
and Mrs Hamilton being the guests of !,
honor. Three days were spent with rel
atives of Mrs Hamilton in Bloomington,
H. At Yates City they visited two days
with a college friend of DIR. Hamilton,
and it was here that the Eastern Star
matron of Yates City arranged a meeting
to be held in Elmwood the evening of the
second day, as they We're especially an
] xious to receive a grand officer from Yer
! mont, none of whom ever had visited the
! chapter in Yates City, whence several
! people went from Vermont. Mrs Ham
| ilton is grand Electa of the grand chap
ter of Vermont 1t was necessary to hold
the meeting in EEmwood, as the Masonic
| temple in Yates City was being used by
/ one of the Masonic bodies that evening.
In Chicago stop of two days enabled
! the travellers to visit friends and to see
the new municipal pier, which is the larg-
est commercial and pleasure pier in the
world 1t was built at cost of $4,000, 900
by the city of Chicago and is controlled by
that city 1t is three-Quarters of mile
long and is located at the mouth of the
Chicago river.
Thence their route took them through
northeastern Wisconsin and into north
ern Minnesota, fishing in the lakes, and
remaining there two days. Fishing was
good, but the great fishing advertised for
the lakes was disappointment. While
in Wisconsin they visited the magnificent
new state house which was made of Yer
mont marble and granite. The new struc-
ture was built inside the old state house,
: the old building being occupied through
e out the construction of the new building.
While admiring some of the marble a
man stepped up to the party and said
ton replied that she had noticed the prod
;, uct looked rather familiar
/ Fergus Falls, where there had been a
| big hurricane, was open to travellers for
the first day just as the party reached
| that point. That day g. dead bodies were
found, and go were in the hospital. Two
thirds of the town was destroyed. lror
bridges were twisted in all shapes, auto
mobiles in the streets were almost unrcc
ognizabe as such, houses were lifted from
their foundations and carried a quartz
of mile away.
II Two days after visiting this scene, al
the party reached section in Montana
II there was terrific wind storm. They wer
unable to get out of the Indian reserva
II ton until about 10 o'clock at night an
| when they reached the first house the
asked for a place to camp. All slept o
the ground under the tent but the ten
had to be lowered and the party wer
obliged to hold it firmly to keep it owe
them. The occupants of the house wer
alarmed, expecting hurricane In tn
morning they were told it was not sal
to ride in such windstorm, but the Han
Iiiltons were an adventurous trio and the
started out The wind was so stron
however, that Mrs Hamilton was oblige
to ride in the bottom of tile car nearl
all day
The dells of Wisconsin were among I'll
: scenic spots, the wonderful formations
: time showing sand and pink shades of III
usual beauty. A cranberry bog was visi
cd near Black River Falls.
Then the first Indian reservation WI
reached in South Dakota, and here tt
party motored l40 miles in 10 hou
through rutted roads, the sand reachir
nearly to the hubs. In many places a
tomobies were stalled and had to
helped out, but the Hamilton car pass'
through this section without assistance
was along this line that they saw Thu
derbolt, an old Indian who is feared
everyone. In this section, too, many
dams died during the influenza epidem
t At Aberdeen South Dakota, they spe
two days with j H Chamberlain and s
= ter, Mrs Maverette A. Fisher, form
. residents of Brattleboro After crossi
ii the Missouri river they came into anoth
Indian reservation, where huts and sm
houses were all there were to be seen f
JAG miles with the exception of an aba
doned Indian school which once was
very popular school This was sal
plain with nothing but sagebrush.
ii In northwestern South Dakota a
Montana, the next state on their tour,
rain had fallen for three years in the s.
ton through which they passed, and
some places none had fallen for FIVE yea
condition which had resulted in t
ranchers abandoning their places and sh
II ping away their stock The situation
came so serious that 400 head of hor
II were sold at $3.50 each and so head
II heavy draft animals which had been h
dened by work were sold for s35 ea
II The poor farmer in these sections
Il helped by the government. One farm
II had gathered but two crops since 10
II In one town where the party stopped
secure provisions they had had no but
- for two years on account of the lack