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Show The World's Fair An Economical Economi-cal Trip By Karl Banks Anyone contemplating a trip to 'he Century- of Progress Exposition at Chicago, should not hesitate, since the trip can be made by automobile auto-mobile at small cost, and is very much worth while from the recreational recrea-tional point of view. In our recsnt trio we planned Dur itinery so as not to retrace any of the route, and to vis't as many points of interest as pasaM-s. We -.vent b way of Evans'.ja, k. " ; Springs, Rawlins, and Cheynne, Wyoming; Wy-oming; North Platte, Grand Island, Is-land, and Omaha, Nebraska; Council Coun-cil Bluffs, and Davenport, Iowa.; and Aurora, Illinois. Returning from Chicago we visited Joliet, Blooming:on, and Springfield, Illinois; Ill-inois; St. Louis and Kansas Cit'y, Missouri; Topeka, and Manhattan, : Kansas, and Denver, Colorado; ; thence over. Barthoud and Rabbit Ear passes and through Vernal and Duchesne, Utah. Our total for the entire trip was nearly 4,000 miles. In most of the cities visited, business bus-iness conditions were improving ! and this fact seemed more evident las we proceeded eastward. A gen-ieral gen-ieral feeling of optimism prevails !and the people feel that better times are here at last. In all sections, sec-tions, except the extreme western part of Kansas, the crops are ex-j ex-j cellent and farmers happy at the ! prospect of better prices, j To those like ourselves, who are 1 accustomed to the wide open spac-!es, spac-!es, the city of Chicago is nothing short of awe inspiring. In this : great metropolis, now the world's third largest, are collected almost as many people as the combined population of eight states similar to Utah. To the rural minded individual, in-dividual, Chicago seems almost limitless lim-itless in extent and countless in population. Here as in all great cities may be seen almost side by side the splendor and luxury of , wealth and the misery and squalor j of object poverty. In a few short blocks one passes from Marshall Field, with its 67 acres of floor space and 13,000 employees, to the slum markets where vendors dis-ply dis-ply their waxes on a few square ' feet of the reeking street. A few minutes walk carries! one from the palatial hotels to the squalid tenements ten-ements where every rule of health and sanitation is defied. Chicago is withall a beautiful city with its , 160 public parks and recreation ! fields, and wonderful Lake Michi-. Michi-. gan, whose blue expanse and cool-ingj cool-ingj breezes add much to the joy of living. The Century of Progress Exposition Expos-ition itself is well worth the time and expense necessary to make the j trip to Chicago. Throughout the I fair an effort has been made to 'show the progress of civilisation since 1833 when Chicago first became be-came incorporated villages. The theme chosen for the exposition is ! "Progress through Science and its Application to Industry and Civilization." Civil-ization." As one should expect the fair is ultra-scientific, which is en- j tirely advancement in scientific research re-search and achievement during the past century. Even a brief description of the various exhibits and demonstrations would be impossible in this article, the writer being able only to mention men-tion some things that are popular because of their common interest and universal appeal All who visic the fair should not fail to see the Adler Planetarium, Field Museum, the Shedd Aquarium, the Art Exhibit, Ex-hibit, the Transportation Puilding. the General Motors Ex'.iibit, the Chrysler Building, Hall of Science, House of Magic, Ripley's Auditor-. ium, Sears Roebuck, the Lighting ; Ceremony, Hall of Religion, Old j Fort Dearborn, and the Firestone Exhibit. In Chicago itself one may profit by spending several days visiting ; such places as the Merchandise; Mart, Union Stock Yards, Swift: and company, Navy Peer, the Hull f House, Marshall Field, Lincoln Park and the Historical Museum : and the University of Chicago Cam- pus. I Enroute considerable information j and entertainment may be secured by a visit to Lincoln's Tomb atj Springfield, Illinois, Illinois State ' Penitentary at Joliet, Forest Park J Zoo and the Jefferson Memorial : containing Lindberg's trophies atj St. Louis, beautiful Jackson County; Missouri, and the gold domed capi-j tol at Denver. The grandeur of the scenery over ! the Rocky Mountain passes west of Denver and in eastern Utah is a fitting climax to the homeward journey and completely satisfies snes longing for the mountains so ' lear to the heart of all Utahns. , a I |