Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1920-03-18
Mrs. George B. McGilyra Makes an
Interesting Journey, Visiting
Along the Way
BASKET SELLS AT SOCIAL
FOR RESPECTABLE SUM
Passes Over the Columbia River
Highway, One OF the Most Re-
markabIe Drives in the World

started on January 10th for Sioux
City to visit our son, Arthur's, family
| started by way of Madison and was
delayed one day as the trains did not
run the same on Sunday. | had to
stay over one night at Mason Cir
and Canton but as ] was to surprise
them it didn't make much difference.
The six children, two daughters and
four sons, are having excellent school
advantages, including music. Besides
other school sports. They have their
large school grounds made into a
skating rink in winter, which is cover
ed with happy children, and affords
good exercise. Arthur is Railroad
mail clerk between Sioux City ana
Aberdeen and had just finished his
examination on Minnesota, missing
only one card in the many hundred
that he had to throw. After visiting
and sightseeing for five weeks | start
ed for Draper, South Dakota; found
Mr.. Griffith and daughter Ethel well
but Bessie sick in bed with tonsilitus.
In two days she was up and around
again. The weather was dike spring
which made the "gumbo" rather dis
agreeable. We always had oul rub
bers loaded down when we went to
church or any other place and they
were not in very good shape to put
back on, but it had to be done. They
were glad to get the moisture as 1t
means better crops The farms have
doubled in value They had plenty
Of hay and much was bafled and ship'
ped out; stock generally looks we'll.
The church needed $50 to pay on
| the parsonage so we got up a pro
gram and basket social and made
$145. Mine sold for $6.25 They had
an uncle Sam hat basket trimmed
with stars and stripes which held sup
pers for four couples and that went
for $2100
After staying two weeks | started
on to Portland expecting to surprise
Clarence but did not. The editor at
Draper had little write up about my
trip, and Clarence, still taking that pa
{ per, having lived there ten years be-
fore going to Portland read that !
was in Dakota.
For fear I might change my mind
and not come, he sent me a substan-
tial check; urging me to come on
I visited one day at Aberdeen with
Mrs. Emma Pratt Scott's daughter,
Mrs. Brennan.
Mrs. Scott is spending the winter
in Florida with Mrs Kirk. The days
passed pleasantly, visiting and looking
over Old time friends pictures Of the
Ipioneer days in Baraboo-hfty years
ago.
| spent half day in Spokane and
after being on the train four nights,
treached Portland / stood the trip
well. saw some wonderful scenery, es-
lpecially over the mountains, and met
som lovely people. c. T's folks like
Portland very much and have pur-
chased a new home He is in the fuel
. business with two other men, having
two large yards and doing a big busl-
ness. They have one daughter and
three sons, which are having the best
advantages. Portland has popula-
ton of over $4,000. / have seen Mt.
| Hood. Mt. Helens, and Adams many
| times plainly but Jefferson and Rain
| ier can only be seen on very clear
! days. We are out sightseeing nearly
every day. We went to Vancouver
Wash, saw the u S. Army headQuar-
| ters there, and rode through the Swift
and Union packing plant grounds, tax
! ing trip to Mt Tabor in Oregon first
Then riding through the college anC
residence districts. Have been up or
the Heights; Counsel Crest; and Ter.
williger drives, 1900 ft. about the city
which is the best place for observa-
/ ton. Portland has no alleys, hence
! a clean city. The roses will not be
out for some time, which is disap-
pointment; but there are many early
bulbs in bloom, and they are planting
| pansies and SO forth in the parks
The shrubs and trees and English IVY
(which is everywhere) are new ano
beautiful to me. The holly tree is very
/ beautiful with its glossy green leave;
and bright and numerous scarlet Der
ries On February 10Th | went te
Hood river with my neice, Grace Tur
ney Laraway, and her husband ant
daughter, whose ranch of fifty acres
five miles from the city, is covered
with orchards of apples, peaches
pears and prunes. Many miles of or
chards may be seen here In the valley
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