| Show ab V NOTE BOOK SCRAPS fakan on a journey across american continent THE WONDERFUL SCENERY SEEN sights in the R akio the juarch pass pa ss ar ni in K 1 ihas cit ie ti his edior june over the rockie lei tu til fast binl south id hiir lui ai in the and aut ciali vaclev the U R G train suon the temperature falls binl bt come some one u ks the 1 porter to make n fire H davs lie ha no kindrina kind lina then a fine eld aenlle man a commercial traveler wh ise haq cht with kotlier ba gae sits down by the conductor ami tells a story it was briefly thia on the first of thin month I 1 was traveling on the U P railway A freight aind thereby our train was detained itt liht near sherman snow fell abon two inches and it wab fearfully coId The came in and auld ua wo would to mane the beat of the situation till morning hen without ordering any fires made he went to bed in the sleep pr we passengers swore and put it on naper same wag handed to ofle companas comp anys official at eliat con ductor was discharged 1 I ho story was much appreciated by our conductor for soon he and tha por ter were rat tUri r the furnace result A fira and comfortable jath We hadre idof the wonderful scenery this route especially of the black canyon of the gutison Guu ison where a torturous scooped out of solid rock where a rages be low and aher ancarrow walls thousand of feet high seem ready to close up and hide one forever in solitude we hail heard of the grandeur of marshal pass and of how the road winda up the mountain side forbini for mini horseshoes loops and bends and in last worming itself far above the timberline into banks of perpetual snow feet above the sea and wy had heard too of taj famous royal gorge with its and wonderful sights still with all that has been written and said we realize how every description has to convey such impressions na those actually received when brought face to face with natures work the pen ia too feeble a medium to transmit such sublime feeling from one soul to another words will fail the eyes must see and other senses feel in order to properly enjoy the awful grandeur here asti eastern colorado is a despret track save where artificial irrigation has been the of kansas however looked well so far as observed through the centre of the state and for 75 milts the eastern border corn oats and barley appear to be the principal crops though considerable hay wheat and flax are raised the small strain is generally harvested with headers which cut a swath ton feet wide the heads ut the grain are taken from the reaper by means of a carrier mant and dumped into a waon which is drawn by a separate team the wagon with its huge box is kept under the head carrier till full when it is taken to the stack and replaced by another one many herds of fine cattle and horses were seen on the kansas plains and prosperity seemed to be rewarding toil on every hand kansas city is a live and thriving place because of various kinds are working up crude material and then sending the finished warps abroad the substantial way to boom a town in southern missouri the crops are poor while on every side appear evidence of on the part of the people many characteristics of the far south are here observable jai memphis tenn the place where yellow fever lurks during the hot days of bummer and no wonder there is aso much stagnant water and filth lying about summer is well advanced here and with it are fruita in endless variety among which is tho ever welcome watermelon J BK |
