Show ye editor safely home lievore before leaving laurel ali mississippi ippi a letter was received it giomi om the record force giving the pleasing information that the three airee park city bonding propositions hadl carried with a whoop which made ye editor edlor edior or smile a real smile while editing an ejaculation to boy harry that he ye editor was wag glad he lived in a western mining city whose community believed in ia doing things i lor for the up building and betterment of of its city by voting tor for bonds whenever given an opportunity to do so thus proving ahe the majority of the park city taxpayers are just right and were always so with but one oae exception that exception being when they voted against making park city the county seat in the days when faith in the future ot of the city was wag not as great as in the latter days the success of the bandl election elections elect ioni was indeed good news to the traveling scribe leaving laurel on the homeward trip a fourteen hour stop was made at jackson mississippi one of the big cities of that state with an ever present increasing growth and a decidedly promising future this city will likely be the location ot of another J C P store in the near future at miss another pretty city of the south the long passenger train was run onto an immense boat and with its heavy load of oe passengers ferried halt half a mile up and across the river this was quite a novelty tor for many on the train who never before had a si millar experience and proved an interesting voyage to all A brief stay was made at shreveport Loul louisana sana andl and points of 0 interest visited there it is a busy railroad center of the south with big business interests a pretty city with ith a growing and prosperous community i from this point it was the intention of visiting in east texas tor for a day or two but because of missed connections amid disappointments a sudden decision was reached to go direct to kansas city ci ty missouri where twelve hours were thoroughly enjoyed in that always busy place in walking through Us its busy business thoroughfares riding in and around its several beautiful parks over miles of its many delightful boulevards boule varde admiring its flue fine residential sections crossing the missouri river to kansas city kansas andi and enjoying a busy otate efte generally in sightseeing sight seeing kansas city is humming with activity always and growing in population constantly six hundred and thirty trains come in and out of the city every twenty hour hours and its magnificent union raila railway ay station Is swarming arming sa wibb humanity iday day and night it has a population of more than halt a million omaha was another city where several hours were spent in ia sightseeing and pretty suburbs of that pretty city visited 0 0 then them one of the fine burlington trains was taken tor for denver where the greater part of sunday was spent it is always a pleasure to visit denver it has many attractions and is typical of the west est progressive on the eighteen hour ride on the fine train between the two above cities many mamy miles of splendid dlly tilled farms were seen through the car window many apparently thrifty and prosperous towns and some large cities were stopped at among the latter two former home towns of national and local celebrities nata canely iely lincoln nebraska the home town ot of the late wm win J bryan and hastings nebraska the I 1 city where mrs C V hodgson on the corner first saw the light of day 0 I 1 there are several park city people living in denver whom the writer would have enjoyed calling upon but time would not as the sight of the snow capped mountains to chave an urge tor for the writer to get home A joyous visit was had bad with relatives now mating making their home in that city anid and a brief brief call made on mrs S E B huy one of 0 the former andl known arid and old time residents of 0 park city whose home is now at a englewood englen the lady was found in good health hut but still unable to get around without the use of a crutch because of an injury re received celvid in an automobile accident while living in ih the park the brief call resulted in mutual pleasure the lady desired kindly greetings extended to her many park city friends al sunday night a rio grande train was waa board edl tor for the last leg of the outing and the tamed famed scenic mountain grandeur gram deur ot of that road again marveled at and enjoyed alighting the train at spanish fork utah lye ye editor was happily thrilled by a welcome elcome wi home from lover ones awaiting at the station to meet him and the thirty one day vacation ot of continual pleasure covering miles traveled over on twenty tour four different railroads and riding through portions of twenty seven different states was wag over and tuesday by automobile we were home again in the best little city in the best big state of 1 any visited on the entire circle prom from Shree to kansas city the pullman rode in was named the hotel stopped at in omaha was mas named paxton and the pullman occupied from omaha to denver was named matheson mere coincidences vanity Is not one ot of our tailings failings or at least we do not think it is yet we freely admit we felt considerably sider side ably raMy puffed up at the cordial and hearty greetings extended us ua the warm welcome evidenced and tie the true friendly handclasp hand clasp given us upon our return home it simply makes a fellow feel proud and happy that he be lives in a which regards him as not a bad sort of a chap and apparently glad to have him as a member andi and worker ini in the community it is a Dle pleasure asure to reiterate that they dont make be better t ter people than those who make their homes in park city and now back to the old brindi with a lanew new vim because of a vacation |