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Show HOME FROM THE COAST Geo. W. Mickel Tells of His Trip to the "Golden Gate." An Evening Spent at the Lick Observatory, Locking at the Firmament. Geo. W. Mickel, one of Provo's prominent contractors, was seen by The Disi'Atch man yesterday, and asked regarding his trip to California, from which he has just returned. Mr. Mickel expressed himself as having had an enjoyable time the three weeks he was away, and transacted considerable work pertaining to his business in this city. Vl had the pleasure, incompany with Mr. F. F. Bee, who went with me to San Francisco, of visiting the Lick Ob servatory while I was away," said Mr. Mickel, "and I tell youi t was a treat. Imagine yourself looking at Mars through a telescope sixty-seven feet long! Objects near at hand could not come near the glass. The instrument is arranged on a revolving platform, so as to keep pace with the motion of the earth, and thus permit the student or spectator to follow the orb the glass may be set to. It was a fine affair, and a treat of a lifetime. We were courteously cour-teously shown around the observatory by the professor in charge, who took great pains in describing the various astronomical instruments there." "You transacted considerable business busi-ness for yourself while you was away, did you not?" "Yes, mostly orders for redwood and some choice pine. I took a trip from San Francisco to Humboldt Bay.about 240 miles, by water. It was a pleasant ride, and greatly appreciated. Humboldt Hum-boldt Bay is a very pretty place. It's shores are girdled with numberless saw mills, that turn out daily several million feet of lumber, I went through several of these mills." "How did you find business?" "Well, very tight. The recent storms, however, have helped out matters considerablyr and when I left things looked brighter than they have done for some time." "I presume vegetation looks different there than it does here?" "Only so far as the grain is concerned. con-cerned. That is up from three to six inches. Fruit trees had not budded. The hills were fresh and green." Regarding the local situation, Mr. Mickel viewed the outlook as prosper-oiH. prosper-oiH. and said there would be as much building done this season as there was last. |
