Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1922-08-04
J. NJ. NEWTON ON wurr,s

En- route to San rancisco July %
C!inch Valley News: ''''
told you ] might send Won somo
items of my trip. Today was spent
IN Chicago. Bill Thompson's papeont
ct progress was the big feature Of
the day. The biz parade was ANNOUNCE
ca by the gigantic Deagan chimes
placed on the head building of the
municipal .pior. the largest tubular
chimes to be found anywhere in tho
world. This parade must have boon
three and n half miles long. Ms es-
timated by the press. First the city
oiiicials, Mayor William Halo Thomn.
son ana others, also Governor Len
Small and Postmaster General Work
ana PRESIDENT David Kinloy, of tho
University of Illinois. Afterwards Tho
city, police, post Office officials and
employees in all departments. Nom
bers of tho board of aldermen. stroot
cleaners and no telling what other
organizations formed II part OF tho
parade, followed by the City FiGo De-
partment with former fire fighting
apparatus and modern apparatus
me l.. .. department. also had dis
nlays of former methods Of convex.
ihg mail, etc, as compared to pres
ent methods. The century of prog.
rcss was erempliiicd in fino stvlo. Tho
lioats of various business concerns
showed the ingenuity OF tho advertis-
ers. 1t would take some descriptive
powers to do them justice. 1t wns
study to notice the number cmploved
IN police department, street cleaning
department, post Office, etc, all in
uniform a gfeat army OF men.
An automobile drive over Michipon
boulevard (lakc 'front.', Lincoln Park.
trip to Chicago. Miles and miles of
dams road and other points is worth
built up land on the lake front where
once was the big lake, hundreds of
private yachts, probably the most ex-
pensive in the country, bathing. fish-
ing, motor bus on the beach full of
passengers, tall buildings of present
day construction surprising the fn-
nous Masonic Temple. Tho stores
are Il wonder, Marshall Field Co.
covering two squares, Sears Roebuck
Montgomery Ward & Co. and many
others. The Wrigley chewing Gum
building one of the latest and most
expensive buildings is an ornament to
the city. 1t rained this morning and
n
Chicago
From Cincinnati to Chicago is nl-
most continuous corn field. And the
same is almost true as far as l have
travelled West. Have passed Kansas
City and several stations since. Great
fields of corn, stretching for miles
and miles. Land level or rolling. Crops
look like they are abundant, tho sea-
sons having been fine throughout the
territory travelled.
This is solid Pythian train from
Chicago to San Francisco over the
Santa Fc5 and has ID coaches. Only
Pythians and members of their fam
ily aboard. Representative from all
the domains from Maine to Missis-
sippi are aboard, including our three
from Virginia. The Supreme Lodg,
officers are aboard, including some
Past Supreme Chancellors of the Or
der. We will spend the day Monday
at Colorado Springs, and will talk,
in Pixies Peak, Cave of the Winds
and other points there. We may also
look up Mr.. Slemp and try to find
out just why he would not run fol
congress. Tuesday we will visit San
ta Fe, the capital of New Mexico,
and one of the oldest cities in the U.
S. Wednesday will be spent in the
Grand Canyon. Thursday we will
reach Los Angeles, where we spend
two days in sight seeing, leaving aSt-
urday night for SanF rancisco. The
train is due to reach there at A. M.
on the 9th. Tho Supreme Lodge will
assemble on the 9Th, and be in ses-
sion week, or perhaps longer. Geo.
G. Cabell of Virginia will be the next
Supreme Chancellor of the Order.
j. M. N.