Morris tribune. [volume] (Morris, Minn.) 1880-2000, 1920-04-02
MY TRIP TO CHICAGO
DECEMBER 1919
Henry Busch, Morris, Mimi.

1.-The night l left for Chicago
felt very happy, and could hardly
believe l was going to the Interna-
tional When we arrived in St. Paul
the train was two hours late, but
when we got into the depot there
stood Mr.. Erickson our State Club
Leader, and Estelle Schwarz and
Gerda Lexvold, club members who
were also going to the International
We followed the Mississippi River I'M
til we came to Lacrosse, Wis. We
saw very big bluffs, and it was very
interesting. About II o'clock we ar
rived in Chicago. When we got off
the train we met Mr.. Fudge who took
us up to the Y. M. c. A. Hotel.
did not know what to make of the
city; so much noise, and so many
people, street cars, and elevated cars.
When we got to the hotel Mr.. Fudge
got me a room. I looked the hotel
over little and decided to go to bed
but l could not sleep at first on &C
count of the noise. When I looked
at the street l saw big trucks I'M
loading groceries all night In the
morning l got my breakfast, but
could not find Mr.. Fudge, so l went
alone to find the stock yards. never
saw such horses, cattle, sheep and
pigs before. l was there about three
hours when 1 met William Brady,
Minnesota Champion Live Stock
Judge and President of the Boys and
Girls Clubs of Alberta.
1.-THE next day was Armour Day
and we all went through the pack
ing house. l never was in a pack
ing house before and I was very in
terested in how they butchered the
hogs and cattle. Then they gave us
a lunch. Next we went to the Soap
Factory where they make all kinds
of soap. There were bars about five
feet high and two feet wide. These
were cut into small bars by means of
about ten to twenty-five wires. 1t
was now about two o'clock and we
went back to the Office building
where Armour and Company gave us
a big dinner. Mr.. P. D. Armour and
some of the club leaders gave us
little talks.
1.-The next day we went to Mar
shall Fields store. They have a part
of their store under the street but it
looks just like the other part. We
went through the various depart
ments but the store was too large to
go through all of it. We had dinner
in the dining room here, at the ex-
pense of Armour's Farm Bureau, and
then we went to the Art Institute.
Later in the afternoon we went to
the movies as the guests of Mr.. Hop
kins, and saw Mary Pickford in
Heart of the Hills
''The fourth day we went to see
Lincoln Park. This was very inter-
esting I had never seen buffaloes,
giraffes and many other wild animals
that we saw here; also all kinds of
birds and flowers from all parts of
the world. In the evening we went
back to the stock show where the
horse parade was going on and we
saw many pretty animals.
con the fifth day we went to the
big plant of Sears, Roebuck and Com
pany. We saw the big engines and
how they sorted the mail. About
o'clock we went to the hotel to get
ready to go home as our train left
at $50.
ct learned by my trip the different
parts of the animals of the beef type
and milking type. The beef type is
broad across the back and big in the
ham, while the milking cattle have
a straight, light ham and do not have
broad backs.
"Club work has helped me very
much in picking the right kind of pig
and teaching me how to feed them
balanced ration and taking care of
them. 1t certainly helped me to be-
come a better farmer. I shall never
forget my trip to Chicago"