The Omaha guide., 1939-11-11

see me off with the wish l
could stay longer"
Ny trip on TO Ell Paso, Texas,
my next stopover, was most com
Portable in those cool, air-condi-
toned streamline trains. Espec-
tally as our train sped through
the Sahara desert, so hot it seems
marvellous that human beings
could live there. Men were work
ing on the ROAD building jobs,
bars TO the waist-broad hats on
The temperature was 100 degrees.
The low houses had two roofs
about two feet apart hoping to
ward off that extreme heat On
this route, we passed many TIA
liam vineyards, going through
Palm Springs, California and
,.ther important places. Some of
which had palm trees an palm
dates.
Arizona is made up with a thou
sand and one scenic delights. One
of the most colorful aspects of
Arizona life today is the activity
among Indian women in produc-
ing h~andcraft, all executed by
hand in the old manner. The In
dian ONE sit on the ground at
the station selling their hans
made wares to passengers, but
cover thsir heads to avoid having
their faces taken by kodak fans.
| arrived IN FL paso, Texas a
$3.50 am. August 2nd for a three
hundred milo round trip TO motor
to Carlsbad Gaverns New Mexi-
co. The UP was historical anu
very interesting sesing wild an
telopes on the way to the Cav
ems, salt flats three-fourths of
q mile long which contains salt
and SO per cent gas and oil. At
n time ocean wa e stood thrae
feet deep.
There is a government radio
station on Mt. Run, no letter,
signals by numbers. At Wathalup
Canon, Texas in 1S49 the Indians
toughs the white mar while six
thousand feet high, a part of the
old trail of stagecoach days from
Upton, Mo-, TO San Flianciseo
from 1858 TO 1861 is plainly seen
TO this day.
We drove over an underground
river-ihe. Black R;ver-which
runs ten miles underground in
Texas. Aft.r three hours wind
ing though mountains and over
plains, we arrived at Carlsbad
Cavern, New Mexico which was
discovered by a cowboy, Jim
White, in June 1901, when he saw
from a distance millions of bats
flying out of this massive great
dark hole. Until this day one
part of tbs Caverns has over five
thousand bats that fly out at
dusk every evening during sum-
mer to eat insects. Carlsbad
Caverns is the worlds most gor-
geous natural wonder in all ages.
1t was the most outstanding part
Of my tour. 1t is $50 miles under
Guadalupe Mountains. Already 5
miles of passages and chambers
and others have been explored.
Huge formations of stalactites
and stalagmites have joined toge-
Their and formed huge columns
as much as sixty-five feet tall.
Many of the magnificent forma-
tons are beautifully colored in
shade of tan, tints of rose, green,
and purple. The fascinating
breath-taking, awe inspiring for
nations are brilliant and are all
the handiwork of God, said to
be sixty million years old.
The government opened this
underground palace to the public
with convenient trails and stair
way in 1880 as a National Park.
There are unbelievable formations
that resemble lhy pools, totem
poles, draperies of onyx. all
kinds of statues. throne rooms,
Green Lake room where there is
a small green pool, Kings Palace
Queens Chamber, Papoose Room,
the big room is four thousand
feet long over six hundred feet
wide and three hundred fifty
feet to the ceiling, Rock of Ages