Grant County herald. [volume] (Lancaster, Wis.) 1850-1968, 1925-09-23
Sutherland and France

Hotter and several others were pre-.
norpd nv the writer while abroad put
We're slow in transit and have not
hapn Dublished. Feeling our readers
will he interested in few more I'M
nressiOns OF Europe we will cOnclude
the series Just as written on the other
side.-A. L. s. 90
Hotel Savoy, Paris, France, Aug. 20
Dear Herald readers:
This NAV be my last letter from
+his side and as I leave in 80 minutes
on a taxi ride to Fontainbleu forest
and palace it will have to be prleI:
left London for the continent last
Tuesday arriving at lntefIakeH,
Switzerland, Wednesday noon. l
awoke Wednesday morning to ma
the train rolling through the Alpine
foothills. The way led up ana up
through a beautiful wooded region
lodging in and out OF tunnels anu
along the course of rushing mountain
streams. One thing | saw was an
immense number of sawmllls ndlca-
TING a thriving lumber industry YET
the forests seem not to nave peeh
touched. This must be due TO thrill
tv European habit of conserving ther
resources and planting Two Trees
when one is cut down. That S the law:
Getting out of the mountains the
train proceeded along the shores Oh d
beautiful body of water called Lake
Thun. Mountains tower on each sue
of the lake. We pass a charming Guy
at the head of the lake ana proceeu
TO Interlaken, the great resort IoWn'
living as one can guess, between wv
mountain lakes with a fast hoWlnS
river connecting.
Arriving and getting located at the
Victoria-Jungfrau hotel, L TOOK a
steamer ride after lunch, down the
lake few miles to view natural
grOtto which extends into mountain
for a mile or more. You climb several
hundred feet up from the lake tne
path following a waterfall through
the Alpine forest. Then entering the
grotto you follow the stream 10 us
source in the interior of the noun
tain. Paths have been cut ana the
going is easy. The cave is noted for
it's wierd stalactite and stalagmlte
formation, snakes, bears, men asleep
trolls, goddeSSes, etc., Inc gulue
called our attention in German to the
various formations and they closely
resembled the. poetic naming of them
which followed a long and c1rcultous
path up the mountains from Inter
1aken nearly to the top of the jung
Frau. which is we'll described as one
of the most beautiful mountain peaks
in Switzerland AS the name indl
Gates it symbolizes maidenly purity
and beauty The jung Frau is 14,OO(
feet high and rail line extends tt
within a thousand feet Of the summit
The route leads through the beauti
full lower country, richly farmed ant
containing wonderful orchards anC
fields, past charming hamlets, to
gorge Then you follow the torrent
up ana up, changing cars to funicu
lar type of road as the track ap
breaches an angle of As degrees. OF
the upper part of the trip the electric
motors connect to a gear which en-
CAGES a rack in the middle of the
track. Ordinary traction would no
do in these cases. [ would say tina
all in all the length of the road from
Interlaken to the hotel at Jungfrau
jock, near the top of the peak, I:
about Is miles.
You finally pass through the heav
lily timbered belt with waterfalls OF
every side, into the Alpine meadows
thousands of feet up where the grass
grows luxuriously and mountain
flowers of all kinds bloom wild Or
the steep slopes the cattle and goats
are feeding. This is above timber
line.
The last part of the trip is beyond
the line of vegetation, say 5000 fee
and upwards, and mostly through
tunnels on account of the ice anC
snow which lies the year around The
road is superbly engineered and the
Accommodations enroute are perfect
The round trip, including lunch at the
top. costs Sc Swiss francs or about
$40. But it is worth it.
The hotel at the end of the line is
a fine structure on the chalet style
with every appointment. The prices
are high probably on account of the
altitude and there is no joke about
that. Everything has to be brought
I'D thousands of feet from the valleys
below but the fare is excellent. They
have even elevators at that hotel. Al
the high altitude you feel rather dizzy
until you become accustomed to the
rarefied air
No one in the party of hundred OF
IlO1G NdhlCu W tame TIC u ~ Ou u
the top of the mountain as a snow
storm was raging and deep fog pre-
vailed. So l and a couple of lads
from Columbus, Ohio, threw snow
balls for an hour. Just before we de-
parted the fog lifted and the blizzard
stopped. We had a fine view of the
white peak and the snow white glac-
Ter stretching away for miles down the
3 mountains.
A couple of days before an Amer
lean girl and two Englishmen made
the climb to the top, conducted by
guides. They rented the necessary
warm clothing and had a great though
strenuous experience The pluck OF
the little American girl in making a
trip the majority of men shy at was
particularly subject for commenda-
ton. 1t takes two days to make the
round trim if Won want IN oet cIoar