The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1928-04-06

ed in 1891 by Senator Leland
Stanford as a memorial to his
only child, Leland, Jr., who died
in 1884 at the age. of IS. Palo
Alto was started by Senator Stan
ford as a university city. The
story goes that when he establish
ed the university, he made an at
tempt to get Mayfield, to the
southeast of Stanford, to vote out
saloons and clean up in general
Mayfield didn't comply with his
wishes in regard to becoming a
clean town, so Palo Alto was
started, taking its name from the
tall redwood (Palo Alto means
high tree" in SPANISH. As the
years passed Palo Alto grew rap
idly. A while ago, Mayfield asked
to be annexed to Palo Alto, large
ly, i am told, because they were
unable to clean house alone, and
wanted the strength of Palo Alto
to rid the town of gambling dens
and the like.
mentioned the Palo Alto tree.
1t has an interesting history. 1t
was discovered in 1869 by Father s
Junipero Sierra and his band while ,
on their northern trip of explor- s
alton which resulted in the discov- +
cry of San Francisco Bay. This I
tall tree vas then a landmark and f
was mentioned in tho iOurpo1 1vopt =,
by the monks as a gathering 7
place of forces. Originally it had T
two trunks, but one was blown u
dowa years ago. AS the railroad p,
enters Palo Alto from the north. +,
there is a short bridge across San W
Francisquito creek and the tree fe
may be seen on the left hand side n;
on the south bank of the creek. On T,
a large boulder in a little park w
near the tree the Native Sons or n,
ganization have placed a bronze nj
tablet giving the history of the
tree. q.
Leland Stanford was made gov
ernor of California in 1861. In a
glass case in the Museum at Stan
ford university there is the blue
with gold epaulets and gold e.
buttons, the cooked hat, the white
est and gloves, the sword and
cots which he wore when inau- J
urated governor. In another the
of the museum is the first var
connective used on the Central tra1
acific railway. This locomotive Koc
as brought by ship from the cas- was
IN part of the u. S. and made Mic
e trip by way of Cape Horn, II
is being many years before the guas
mpletion of the Panama canal. abol
ctures show the driving of the educ
st spike in the railroad, with II
'vernor Stanford prominently in was
? foreground. In a case are dis Holl
lyed the gold spike itself, a sill men
: spike, that was sent Governor c..
.nford by the governor of Utah, KerI
ong handled shovel, etc. Miss
he Stanford museum is an in An
eSting building with it's col sale
tons of coins, pottery, glass ton
e, bronzes, fossils, and many An
things from all over the conf
Id. There are Ming vases and Fran
suma ware, deliberately carved hired
delicate inlaid work. here
ere are SO many things that Kenr
/, cannot begin to enumerate for I
IN. Two rooms are filled with instr
ngs which had been collected high
Leland Jr. on his trips abroad to b
tn his parents. TIL
all the Stanford univer- signt
V buildings are built of buff bersl
ldstone with red tiled roofs, at.
owing the Spanish mission in T. S
in their architecture. The son,
lseum is different. It's tall treas
Iumns suggest a Roman build tary.
:. On the front of the building clud'
e a number of pictures in mo- I'D )
ic. which at a little distance Geo.
ok like paintings. Cam
yvo,darf,I moeoios oaorn +ba Blu
~ ~ ~ Ctanford Monorio1 weel
lrch and the walls inside the ieeIu
lrch-scenes illustrating Bible 'u t,
There are many beautiful W.
ined glass windows. There is I"e
a church that compares with ~
on the IA and perhaps moth Gu
approaching it in beauty in Il {
United States. 1t is one of IL
points of interest which is 'e
out to all tourists. How vas
er, when the National Editorial
Iociation met in California in
IS, on their tour around the n
tie, they were allowed a five
stop at the Stanford
lrch. In that time one has
rcely a chance to catch ones "
ath at the beauty of the edifice, saw
alone really seeing it. thin
'ipe organ recitals are held at
Memorial church three times ii
week, on Sundays, Tuesdays sule
Thursdays. These are open mn,,,
the public. Last Sunday I very
ch enjoyed a sermon there by FIR
IS Maude Royden of London, a for /
ed English lecturer and preach heirs
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