Show I by C. C C. C Goo win I il The Evolution of Fifty Pipe Years t A railroad advertisement contains a spirited picture of six r flying horses attached t to a coach with of barren an and l story attached is that overland coach from 4 a reached St St. Lo Louis is f five fifty years ago that since then has been reduced hours between st. st the time tim for the journ journey y I Louis and San Francisco We suspect that thatis Is all true but to those who v sa that first coach pull out ut f fOr th the long journey and who have watched the evolution that has been going on since the matter is of a good i d deal l o of interest After ter tb the Rom Romans ns inva invaded led Spain France Germany Ger- Ger f to round those many and England it required almost years i nations into such form as to gIve kive them much uch sIgnifiCance on the map 91 the world The The coach traveled tWIce as far to reach st. st Louis t as is the distance between Rome and London for a long longer distance distance r-distance r than it itis is between London and Rome the coach passed through an almost trackless wild wilderness eBs When th coath left the west people wondered if the time would ever come when the horses would woud make for the locomotive When the coach reached S St St. J Louis t is isit it was by a procession a martial art al b band nd and exultant speeches tor foz it looked like the he beginning of the fulfillment of old Tom Bento s d dream m ot of a gre great t highway from the east to the wes western ern seashore beyond which was that other Cast which was the dream of Columbus was vas vas' steadily nursed until the development of our own country caus caused d India to be dwarfed by comparison And nd now though only five fifty years have passed all that mighty space has nas been filled with homes and with temples to justice jus tice t to industry to to learning and nd to peace t the frontier iron fron- tier h has b been en pushed b back ck sov sovereign reig l states state have hav rounded into form overall v fall Ul the long way Christmas s carols will be sung in chorus by the children in unbroken melody elody over all the space between the th seas and ajia there comes come R a can call of tJ the e ro roll 1 of f th the states the he heS Steam and ty and American only i. i t will viiI b be Here S energy have made all this possible so that the new v year welcomed welcom d' d from Portland Me to Port Port- Portland this year will not miss one land nd Or I |