Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 13, Number 39, Decatur, Adams County, 16 February 1915 — Page 6

MADE LONG TRIP Ed Ellsworth Writes Interesting Story of Trip to California. PLACES OF INTEREST Were Visited and Are Weli Described by Young Man from Adams County. I left Decatur on the Chicago & Erie railroad to Chicago and left < h<cugo on the Santa Fe fast train for California on Wednesday morning. Arrived in Kansas City Wednesday evening and met my brother, Leon, o.

Fort Scott. We arrived at Dodge City, Kans, at 7:15; stopped 25 minutes for breakfast at the Harvey House, and turned our watches back one hour, as the time changes here from central to mountain time. We saw large beet sugar factories all through western Kansas and saw cbout fifty car loads of baled hay stacked in the open fields. We arrived In La Junta at 11:30 a. m. and ate dinner at the Harvey House. As we now began to strike the mountainous country, we had two engines to our train through most of Colorado, and from Trinidad to Raton they had to use three engines, as we had a three

per cent grade, and were from 4,000 to 7,000 feet above sea level. At this point we went through several tunnels. As we were now in New Mexico we began to see the small mud houses, as these are about the only kind of houses there. We also saw quite a few store buildings, churches and schools made of this material. The country through New Mexico is mostly desert, with mountains in the back ground. At one place our track was so crooked that we could look down and se where we had gone five different places. We also saw quite a lot of cattle grazing on desert land, and sawe one herd of sheep which must have contained 25.000. Through this country we saw a large number of dead cattle lying along the tracks, supjxredly dying of starvation and thirst. Through this part of the country the railroads have no fences along the tracks, but the cattle are so wild that when they see a train coming a mile away they run. We arrived at Las Vegas at 6: !5; Thun-tay night, and had supper at the Harvey House. At Albuquerque, New Mexico, we saw Navajo Indians weaving genuine Navajo blankets. Also saw Fred Harvey’s Indian store in connection with the depot at Albuquerque, which must have contained $25,000 worth of Indian curios. Friday morning we were in Arizona and at Adaraana we saw the petrified forests. We could see the San Francisco peak, near Flagstaff, Arizona., which is 14,000 feet above sea level. We also crossed the Continental Divide, 7,000 feet above the sea level. At this point we saw large red buttes, on which you can find sea shells, which is positive rr"-' et one time this the but i he ocean instead of the highe p nt in the United States. We arrived in Seligman, Ariz., at 2:55 Friday afternoon and we turned our watches back another hour, as we changed from mountain time to Pacific time. We also crossed Devil’s Canyon. near Winslow, Arizona, which is about 1,000 feet deep. At Kingman. Arizona, we saw a large monument made entirely of gold, silver, copper and lead ore. We arrived at Needles, Cal., al 6 o’clock Friday evening and stopped twenty-five minutes for supper at the Harvey House. This is one of the largest repots on the Santa Fe system, as it is one-fourth mile around the same. Until we arrived at Need-

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---— - - "■ “ I *!les we had not noticed much dist- r * ence tn the climate, as It had !>■ n very cold all the way, owing to the ' high altitude. But at Needles the altitude i» hut 480 feot above sea 1 v- , ei. We saw Indian squaws in their bare feet, selling beads, which they had made themselves. Krom Needles : until we arrived at Glendora Saturday morning we noticed the climate being , much warmer. I Glendora is twenty-six miles east of , Los Angeles and is in the heart of -lie | orange and lemon country. It is lo- | cated in San Gabriel valley. Ij is on , j the ocean to ocean highway, and is | connected with Los Angeles by as- , phalt boulevard, main line of the S n - ta Fe and interurban street cars. It | is a town of about 1.500 populat m ( and contains many beautiful hou: s, , mostly bungalows, it Ims a pqjv to , ‘ IMUk, which is owned by Juuge ( lent, and is one of the finest thi' ;s j r In the way of pa”' ’ ' hlch we c.er ( t saw. It is situu I: ‘ the foot hills i 1 of the mountain ."al 18 - 11 11 • kinds of flowers, tree.', and Lru.t !•' m , . . _ ij n ‘fl

‘ all over the world. It is the priv e home of Mr. Silent, but it is open o the public at all times. Near the v k is also the home of IL 11 Brink y. the artist. On taking the interurban line to Los Angeles you can see near P: adena the home of Mr. Hunting! n, the railroad man, and also his hotel, called the Huntington House. We also saw Baldwin ranch, which contains 27,000 acres. On this ranoh is one of the largest race tracks In the west, iind Iw has stables to care *oi at least 5,000 race horses. He is deceased. but it is managed by his daughter. We also saw sere, al

plants where they make moving picture films, as nearly all these are made in and around Los Angeles. Saw several fields of spineless cactus, which is raised for feed, and u ;od for other purpose also, one of which is making candy. Along the main roads near Los Angeles the county has built wire trellises and has planted roses to vine on these. They ere 6 feet wide, 30 feet long and are pla <>d on both sides of the road about ev ry 100 yards. All through the country through the southern part of California palm trees grow along the road, and this is th nr most common shade tree. Thcs»' grow to a height!) of about 35 feet. We visited Venice, which is on the beach about fifteen miles from I.os Angeles, and is the Coney Island cf the Pacific coast. It is mostly an amusement and bathing beach. We saw people bathing in the ocean in January, but the ocean water there does not vary more than five degr es from summer to winter. We a'so visited an aquarium at this place where we saw all kinds of fish end large sea lions. We also visited Pasadena, which is the home of many millionaires, and is the most beautiful city in California. We w; nt. through Bush’s summer garden at Pasadena, which is a wonder?:! sight, as here they have all kinds of flowers, trees and shrubbery, growing to its best advantage. This garden covers about 500 acres and was built by the late Adolpheus Bush. We visited other oeaches, including Ocean Park. Santa Monica and Long Beach. These are popular summer resorts and at Long Beach is located the largest swimming pool in the world, as they can either use the pool, which is filled with ocean water, or the ocean itself. Near Glendora Is located the Sera

Madera mountains, which we climbed. They are about 12.000 feet above sea level. From the top of the range you can see Mt. Greyhack, which is 100 miles distant, and can also see several other ranges. The highest points of these are covered with snow the year round. During the winter time in California they have ripe oranges, oliv. s. grape fruit, strawberries and all kinds of vegetables. At tihis time of year strawberries sell, two boxes for 15c, but in the summer they are 50c a crate. We also saw large groves of English walnuts. These grow hi

southern California, but oranges and lemons predominate in and around Glendora. We went by interurban to U>s Angeles and from there to San Pedro, which is the harbor for Los Angeles. Here we took a large steamer for San Diego, Cal. The ship was “The President,” and was 500 feet long, and had a capacity for 600 puss ngerß. We had a nice trip to San Diego. as we left San Pedro at 10:30 a. m. and arrived at San Diego at 5 p, m. After looking over the main part of the city we took a street car for the fair grounds. We found that all the buildings were very beautiful. We visited all the exhibits and returned the next day on the steam ship Yale, one of the finest and fastest steamers on the Pacific, lais ship had a capacity of 1,000 passengers and on our way back to San

Pedro we ran into a storm and about one-half of the people were sea-sick. We arrived in San Pedro safely, returned to IjOS Angeles, then to Glendora. The Return Trip. We returned on the Southern Pacific, the route of a thousand wonders At Ontario we saw 4.000 acres of white California grapes in one fieid, growing without arbors or any other support, as they are pruned back every year and by so doing arbors are unnecessary. There were groves of English walnuts, oranges, lemons, most all the way through California. Going through Arizina we crossed one desert which was 500 miles across, and cactuses were so thick that it looked like a forest. Went through Tuscon. The population is 20,000 ,and we changed our watciies ahead one hour, from Pacific to motin tain time. The desert still continuing. we saw another kind of cactufc, which grows like trees; have limbs and are ten feet high. After leaving the desert, on both sides of the railroad track the waler was standing like lakes for about five miles. The next stop was at Lordsburg, New Mexico, and the scenery here was very much likt that of Arizona. All desert land and rocks. Saw some cattle and sheep. Changed cars at El Paso, Texas, and crossed the line into Old Mexico, getting quite a few relies from

this place. Went to bed on leaving here and were in Alpine, Texas, the next day. This is the highest point between California, and home. Lots of mountains, cactus and rough co entry. Better grazing land for cal le and sheep, of which we saw in gr it numbers. Ate breakfast at Sanderson, Tex. and at this place there had been a hold-up the day before. Two bandits had help up a train, and two detectives got on our train, going io Langtry to "identify them. Before reaching this place a valve in the engine broke, and we were delayed two hours, so we got off the train and gathered some resurrection plants and some Satall, or Mexican dagger, as it is more commonly known. Al o some Megue, used by the Mexicans for making liquor. After the engine arrived, it had to push the train to the next station. Wo crossed a deep cut, called “dead man's" cut. It is one of the most dangerous places on the line, and is a great place for hold-ups. Langtry was the next stop, and at this place the detectives found the train robbers. They were captured and hand-cufied together. A few days previous to this the Mexicans and rangers had some trouble over some cattle, seven Mexicans were shot and three were hung. This happened at Del Rio. At Spoffcrd, about 43 miles from Del Rio, a train had been wrecked to draw all the people there, and tlr-n the robbers had robbed another train of $7,000, taken from passengers and baggage car. One man in one of the Pullmans, who had been overlook' d, had $35,000 in gold, and after the trouble he divided his money with the other passengers, who had not been so lucky.

We arrived in San Antonio two hours late, missing connections, and hud to stay there all night, and until 10 a. m. the next day. We saw there the old missions, the most noted one being the Alania Mission, which was built in 1718, and is still in good condition; also saw the old Cathedral Mission, built In 1713, and got a stone from it ns a relic. There is a fort at San Antonio and has 25,000 soldiers stationed there. This town is very ancient looking, Ute streets being very narrow, and on some of them they are cutting off the fronts of some of the buildings to widen thfi streets, and make it tnor.e modern looking. Took the Katy Limited here and saw lots of cotton growing along the way, and most every large town has a cotton gin. Crossed the Colorado rivet at 1o'clock, noon, into Austin, the capita of Texas. Arrived at Waco, Texas at 4:45 p. m. This place has the highest building in the state, twenty three Tories high. Through this part of the country it is much better ada;d ed to farming. At Houston, Texas, there had beer a bank robbery a few days previous to our going there, and the robberwere very brave, doing the deed in broad daylight. They were chased and lound in a hut in the foot of the hills counting the money on an old table. About forty shots were ex changed, but no one seriously injured Crossed a large river at Brazzo, ant through the rest of Texas and Okia homa saw lots of corn and cotton. Changed cars at Parsons, Kans and the wheat through Kansas looked fine. Arrived at Fort Scott at 10:45 a. bl. Friday. Visited my brother, Leon, and wife, and Saturday morning went to Liberal, Mo., to visit another brother, Merle, and family. He runs a large furniture store there. Did not get to see Merrill, as he was in Hot Springs at the hospital, but visited with his wife and daughter, Maurine. Came back to Fort Scott and stayed with my brother, Leon, who conducts the Great Western Post Card com jany in that place. Left Fort Scott January 31 over (he M. K. & T. and arrived in St. Louis next morning at 8 o’clock. Left there at 6:15 in the evening over the Clover Leaf for Decatur, and arrived home Tuesday morning at 4:50.

MASONIC CALENDAR FCR WEEK ENDING, FEB. 20. Tuesday Evening, Feb. 16, 7:30. Decatur Lodge, No. 571, F. & A. M. Special called meeting. Work in F. C. Degree. Wednesday, Feb. 17, 7:30. Decatur Chapter, No. 112, R. A. M. Special called convocation. Work in Mark Master’s Degree. o MONEY TO LOAN. The Decatur Abstract & Loan Co. is in a position to make all kinds of loans. Plenty of money. We make loans on city property. Low rate of interest. The Decatur Abstract & Loan Co. E. BURT LENHART. Secretary. FOR RENT —House in south end. Inquire of S. E. Hite, 'phone 204. 36’3 FOR SALE—A five-passenger automoblie. Cheap, if taken at once. Inquire at Smith restaurant. 29t3 ——————. v * MONEY TO LOAN :: * ON * FARMS * ::: JOHN SCHURGER * •-I-- ABSTRACTOR *»• »;• •;* •;* •»* V V

BUYS INTEREST? Milt Hower Purchases Interest of Cousin in Gr ocery Store. ASSUMES possession March 1-Chas. Hower Accepts Position With the W. H. Hood Co. A business transaction that will le of much Interest to the citizens of this city is now under way and which wi.l result in the purchasing of the partnership of Charles Hower in the Hower & Hower grocery on West Monroe street, by his cousin, Milton Hower, the deal to be consummated and possession'to be given March Ist. The Messrs. Hower iiave been in the gioeery business in their present loca tion for the past fifteen and one-hat years, during which time they have ormed countless numbers of friends and have built up an enviable patronage by their courteous treatment ami honorable dealings. Mr. Charles Hower has accepted a position in the offices of the W. .1 Hood company, wholesale grocers of Portland, and as soon as arrangements can be made, he will move his home to that city. Mr. Milt Hower will remain at the old stand and will carry the business along in the same satisfactory manner that it has been conducted for the past number of years. It is with much regret that the friends of Mr. and Mrs. Charles Hower learn of their departure from this city, but wish them all the success and happiness in their new’ home that they have enjoyed in their old.

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