Show tWirl Q 1 1 Sometimes its it's fun to see ourselves ourselves our our- selves as others see us For instance instance in in- stance tance L LIn I In In June 1961 1061 one of the visitors visitors visit visit- ors ers to the NEA C convention in Morgan Morgan Mor Mor- gan gan VIM was R R. A. A Nehls publisher of The Leader at Monona Iowa He fie asked a n million questions was was greatly interested in everything ng This week he sent us a a. copy of l j his newspaper newspaper telling of a recent ec nt train trip to Los Los' Angeles Hid Els' I comments are interesting and andIn d l In ln at least one instance instance p puzzling What and where Is Emory This is the way we appear to toa toa a Midwesterner S Dusk was was was' beginning to steal roteal over us as our train neared Ev Evanston Evanston Evan Evan- n. n j I II I I I ston stan Wyo S Sat t. t afternoon D Dec I 29 29 on n our way to tol Los s Ang Angeles les In order to eliminate sharp curves and heavy grades the Union Pa Pac Pac- railroad d built A Aspen pen and nd Altamont Altamont Alta- Alta mont fluent tunnels The former is feet long and the latter feet After leaving A Aspen n tunnel tunnel tunnel tun tun- nel the train passes from the the drainage area of th the COlof Colorado river into the Great Basin which has no outlet West of ot Altamont the train enters a narrow narrow gorge from which It emerges beyond Knight Into the open valley of Bear river We were soon SOn In to Evanston population The rho train stopped here for a a brief moment The neon lights of ot the varlo various s business places were were a aglow aglow aglow a- a glow making it a n pretty picture with near darkness at hand Evanston Evanston Evanston Evan Evan- ston was founded in 1869 and owes its importance to increasing farm fann acreage the extensive livestock interests and to its coal mines Excellent hunting and fishing is found in the adjacent mountains Cross Into Utah Entering Evanston the railroad railroad rail rail- road tracks cross the Bear river Six miles west they the cross from Wyoming Into Utah at the station A short time later we came to the station Wahsatch where the elevation Is feet A short distance westward from It the train passes through another tunnel and enters Echo Canyon cut through outlying ridges of the Wasatch mountains Although It was was getting dark we could see s see same of the formations In Echo cho cany canyon canyon n. n Near the station CastleRock Castle CastleRock Rock Roc the walls on the nor north northside h side o of t the gorge have the form of a castellated tower As the train d descends the red and yellow yellow yel yel- low ow cliffs I of shale sandstone and conglomerate erate frequently In Indented en d by th the holes of swallows swallows' swat swat- lows' lows nests nelta grow higher and higher Weird Formations West of E Emory Emery ry population th the erod eroded walls rise more than a thousand feet above the he tracks The weird formations formations have local names names such as Steamboat Rock the the Teakettle the h Sentinel and th the c Cathedral n JUst Just before the train enters the village of Echo population Echo dam may be seen one half ml mile e to to the south Water is ts used from the dam for Irrigating the Salt Lake Vt Valley TWo Two miles mUes west of Echo on a hillside to the north of the tracks is a a. group of fantastic monuments monuments monuments ments called The Witches It was was now now dark as we were riding tn in the the dome dom car with the lights of at distant little villages dotting the canyon canyon Soon we were traveling travel travel- rig ing through Henefer At this little little village on n. n the Overland trail the Mormon pioneers turned westward west west- westward ward and crossed the Wasatch mountains into Emigration can can- yon Drop In Elevation We Ve were gradually dropping elevation We e saw little of Devils Devil's Slide a village situated a at the junction of Lost Creek valley On the left stand two paralleled upturned limestone reefs 20 feet apart thrusting serrate edges 40 feet above the mountain side The reefs are composed of rock from which cement Is made The reefs reef make a natural trough down the slope thus the name Devils Devil's Slide A chemist from Ogden was was riding riding In the dome car Also a woman and her children from Pomona Calif It seemed everyone was ina In Ina Ina a talkative mood Soon everyone every every- everyone one ono was joining In the conversa tion un Ventures Venture Opinion The chemist informed us that they needed snow in order to provide provide provide pro pro- vide water for that area in the summer Up to that time only 6 Inches of snow snow- had fallen fallenn where normally they would of had two feet or more lie He ventured the statement that climate was changIng changing chang chang- ing lug and ami with the nuclear testing explosions do an the Rocky Mount sins area the normal course of clouds laden with moisture were circling in a another other direction andas and andas as a result letting no moisture fall faU The women from Pomona said she had lived in California for the last eight years and had hadI i been back to Ohio for tor Christmas I She decried the modern educational educate tonal ional theory of California saying that education in the grades in Ohio was of all aU of these frills She was happy about the state of ot California having elected a new state slate superintendent of ot pub pub- He Uc Instruction who campaigned on the platform of ot throwing out the frills and getting back to the fund ament of education Morgan lorgan Sparkles The city of Morgan lorgan 1064 with Its sparkling lights next ned came Into view It appeared to be a much larger city because of the numerous lighted signs of business bUilD places place It U was WM at Morgan lorgan a year ago this last lut June that tM we enjoyed DJoe a achuck achuck achuck chuck wagon agon dinner and aDd a It rodeo while attending the tho National National Na Editorial The hospitality of this little s littletown town will never neVI be aby I I I bi Iw r u us Jt l At Att Peterson the t tracks hacks en e- i l narrow arrow t canyon cut by by the Weber main Weber river through the I Ii i fange lung ge of the Watch moun mountain oun I taint tain It Is most mOlt Imp impressive lve of f the gorges florae through which the Union Pacific enters the valley vahey of Great Sa Salt t Lake Stroll to S Station Everyone was WitS ready toady to take a stroll stroH from the train to the station station stat stat- ion when we pulled Into Ogden population We had a 4 40 minute watt walt here but It turned out to be more than an hour before be be- fore tore W we got going again Our friends Mr and Mrs Russell of Cedar Rapids and andI II III I had a malted matted milk ond and n a sandwich sand sand- at the news stand In the the Station We purchased the Salt Lake Tribune before boarding the trains The air was Just lust a n bit hippy nip hip py here Ogden Is a great railroad railroad rail rail- road center as the Southern PacIfic Pacific Pac Pac- tracks to and from San FranCisco Francisco Fran Fran- Cisco meet the Los Les Angeles route of ot the Union Pacific A few miles mlles north and west at Promontory Utah the Golden Spike linked the last two rails In Americas America's first transcontinental route Second In Utah Ogden Is le located at the juncture junc June juncture ture of Ogden and ana Weber rivers near the western b base se of the Wasatch range and was founded In 1848 It Ii was laid out In 1850 under the direction of Brigham Young It Is the second largest city In Utah It Is Ie an Important livestock ock and manufacturing center grain and flour mills mUla a acan acan acan can factory a rocket engine plant steel fabricating plant canning factories and meat packing plants plante rank first In the value of their products The Tho UnIon Union Un Un- ion Pacific maintains at Ogden Ogdena a large Ice man manufacturing f plant for Icing refrigerator cars Ogden Og den canyon 2 miles east of the city Is one of the most picturesque picturesque picture picture- gorges gorge In the West From Ogden to Salt Lake City the train traverses traverses' the eastern edge of the valley vancy of Great Salt Lake The whole area Is a massof mass mas massof of 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