Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1928-01-14
A LITTLE GOSSIP
BETWEEN OURSELVES
OF THIS AND THAT
On the Way To Washington.
Quick Change from
Summer To Winter. -
Pleasant Travel on U. p.
interesting Places on the
Way.-Culls Gone From
Ogden.-Outlook for the
Boulder Dam.

When one has some little ex-
periences II Is always pleasant to
share them with others and that
is my only excuse for writing
these letters-exsept perhaps. that
they will help the folks at home
| to get out the Age.
OF course on a mission OF such
uncertainty as this, one leaves
home with come misgivings- The
question comes to mind, What
can | do, and will 1t do any good p
Yet. looking back over the years
We have all been working and
hoping for the building OF the
! Boulder Dam, 1t is really worth
while to do whatever Is possible.
A great enterprise such as this
/ Is not a one-mAn job. but to bring
Il about requires the earnest ef-
forts OF a multitude
The bill, when II p1sses, viii as
/ always in such cases, be the re-
suit of a little change here. a lit
! tie concessi on there, a little bar
/ gaining over this. a little con-
ciliation il that-and the thing Is
] uOIC. A@AhC tfC IA cAAA[AD Va 49,
| Constitution, none of US viii be
entirely satisfied; but again. like
the Constitution, the Boulder Dam
legislation will probably prove TO
/ be an admirable piece OF work
| which will meet every need for
which the great project was con-
I ceiYed.
For the first few days in Wash
ington my chief duty is TO get the
lay of the land and see what is
doing. When the fight begins to
| get hot Nevada will be wel rep
resented. | expect DR.. Roy w
Martin here about the middle OF
| January and Ed Clark a little
later and of course our friend
George Malone Of Carson City will
/ be on the job. and it is a fore
gone conclusion that with such a
delegation we can help much.
| left home the evening OF Mon
day, January 2, after a bright.
warm. sunny day. but l insisted
on taking my long, warm, old over
coat. much to the embarrassment
/ of my wife. | awoke the next
morning in an entirely different
climate-the cold, snov-clad noun
tains and plains OF Utah. and |
found need for ware clothing.
/ The day was dark with threats
( of more snow. The smoke hung
low over the .smekers OF Ttntic.
Garfield and other great mining
camps. On the way We passed
7 An ~ Chonn nnCinU
| in the snow for their forage.
The train.the Gold Coast Limit
ed. was An hour late into Salt
Lake City. We had time there 10
go into the fine station building
! and look again at the great paint
; ings at each end of the waiting
room. At Ogden we made a stop
OF half an hour. giving US time 10
walk about a little. Generally the
station at Ogden is ornamented by
row OF sea gulls perhced on the
roof peak with several walking
about the platform looking for
stray bits from the dining car.
But this time there were no gulls
in sight, which, somehow. took
little OF the glamour from Ogden,
Whether the gulls always leave
there in winter l do not know.
The Gold Coast Limited Is a
! fine train to travel on, with every
comfort and convenience even TO
barber shop and baths. And in
one respect ii is cheaper to travel
than to stay at home. for a shave
on the train costs 25 cents and
haircut so; and the barber is
good one. There is no ground for
! the fear Of being cut which so
rany have, This barber was quite
confidential and assured me that
he has been a train barber for
wears and never yet cut a face.
Spealzing Of trains again. the Un-
ion Pacific is a great railroad and
| Is second 10 none in the United
States In the travel comfort 1t pro-
vides.
Leaving Ogden We climbed We
Der Canyon. now buried In snow.
quite in contrast to the red, green,
and gold of last autumn. or
course we all saw the Devils
Slide, a great trough OF rock down
the steep mountain side. formed
by projecting strata. Dark came
on as we crossed the line between
Utah and Wyoming and came to
Evanston. At Green River we had
tue for alittle walk In the icy
wind before going to bed.
In the morning we ate breakfast
in Nebraska and Colorado. begin
ming with the coffee In Nebraska
and finishing up in Julesburg,
where the railroad, lodging south.
cuts through the northeast corner
/ of Colorado. It was at Julesburg
we are told that many Indian bat
ties were fought during the ten
years 1S65-75.
At North Platte. we stopped a
fel minutes and set our watches
on Central time. so that II is 11:O0
there when 1t Is 900 in Vegas
Near North Platte Is the old Buff
falo Bill Ranch. where the old