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Journey to the Great Northwest As Described by Mrs. G. J Crook Correction, Owing to a typographical error my article In Iasi week’s Tribune stated that Pasadena, ('ala., was the “Venice of America." ll should not have read that way. Pasadena is a suberb of 1 *>» Angeles and a beauti ful little city; while Venice Is situ ated near the const and patterned from the Venice of the old world. tlllS. (i. I. nitooK. Soon darkness shut out the vision and sleep claimed tired bodies so that the eastern part of California I did not see very much of. Put when we waked up the next morning we were on t lit* desert all right a dreary waste of sand, without a liv ing thing in sight but the cactus. That varied some; in places it was low and dwarfish and of the broad leaf variety which we know; then it would be the cactus palm, some large enough to give a little shade in the broiling sun for it soon grew hot- oh, BO hot, it seemed as if the breeze watt from off a hot stove. The stations were very few and far between and they would be principally just a station house, with possibly a well and water tank for the use of the railway. In a few places the agent would have a small garden or flower bed. These seem ed veritable onsises in the desert. Hut we traveled on and at some where near ten o'clock we came to Isis Vegas, Nevada, quite a good sized town with some yards and gar dens, but not many, ns the water problem is a perplexing one. • * * # * Finally we came to a level scope of country with short grass ami much cactus, but actually some cattle. About this time we had reached the boundary line of Utah. For at, or beyond Modena, the first station in Utah on our road, we came to a piece of plowed land, a small farm j They told us It was the first plowed land for over 400 miles. It looked good to us you may know. When we waked up next morning j we were In a sandy section again | and sometimes mountains, 1ml wel wen* on and on until about eight: o'clock we came to the Great Salt j Bake We skirted the southeastern | shore for a few miles on this road before* we reached Sail Bake City.; at nine a. m. Another great tuecca | for tourists. The Nebraska girls and j myself had talked over our plans and none of ns thought we would take but one day here, so we must make the most of it and see all that we could, so on arriving we went to a hotel, got rid of the dust and sand of the Mojave Desert, got ready for sightseeing, for we wish ed to see the city first of all. Salt Bake City Is a fine city. Many of you have been there, but for the benefit of they who have not, will say It. is the county seat of Salt Bake county and the capital of the great state of Utah. It covers an area of fifteen square miles, has a population of near 100,000, was first settled by the Mormons with Brig ham Young as leader in 1847, and has had a steady growth. There is a public school system now thorough ly established, never to be uprooted and all Christian denominations are represented by beautiful church build ings. But of course visitors always wish to see the Mormon structures. The city is situated at tin* foot of the Wasatch Mountains, from which site gets her water supply and it Is surely adequate We were taken to the "Temple Block" a ten acre square surround ed by a stone and adobe wall twelve feet high and three feet in thick ness. The grounds are beautifully laid out and contains the four main and noted buildings of the Mormon people. The Temple, Tabernacle.As sembly Hall and Bureau of informa tion Building. The Temple ot course, is world famed and very beautiful and emblematic, tint not a place of worship. They say it i.; simply a place to solemnize marriages and perform sacred ordinances for the dead and for baptism. We were told that not all Mormons are allowed within its sacred walls and no gen tile since its dedication April ti, I SB!!. Tin* tabernacle is tin* place of worship. It was planned and erect ed under the direction of Brigham Young, It is IP'iO feet long, 1 fit) feet wide and so feet in heightli---vaulted or rounding celling built without a nail; you may hear a pin drop any where in the building; a whisper at the rostrum you can hear anywhere in tin* great audience room, which has a seating capacity of over 20,000 and when there is a full choir, ii is 500 -lust at noon every day there is an organ recital and for that we staid. That great pipe organ was constructed over thirty years ago, but it is given up by great musicians lo lie the finest instrument in Amer ica. if not In the whole world. To us it seemed magnificent and thin ended one half of our day, so the next tiling was dinner and then to Saltair depot to go to Great Ball Lake, Oh! what a wonderful sight The green tinge of I In* waves. the mountains and valleys, all combine to make nature seem perfect. Then, to see the works of art also. The Saltair Pavilion is a beautiful struc ture. Tile bath houses are fine and everything is made for the comfort and convenience of visitors. The wat ers are life giving and they tell you that here indeed is the "fountain of youth." The time rolled round all too soon, when we must go back to tin* city and get ready for travel again. Soon we were on our way to Grand Junction. We did not gel to see near all the noted and interesting things in dltis great city, founded by a system of which we could never approve. And some of our town's people live there whom we would like to have called upon, but we were pressed for time. My next stop was ut Delta, where I was to leave the main line and go to Paonia for a week’s visit with my husband's brother and wife, and oili er old time Richardson county people. We arrived at Paonia. a thriving town of two thousand people situ ated 011 the north fork of the Gun nison River, just at the foot of old Mt. lauuborn, and found a warm wel come awaiting ns and had such a good visit wit It our brother and wife, 'ye old time postmaster” W. R.Crook, also Mr. and Mrs. Abner McKee. This town is in the heart of the great fruit country of the Gunnison Valley ami (lie great fruit packing establishments, evaporator buildings. The great Baking Powder of the country— used in millions of homes—never failed Fifty Yozii'*® the CREAM FY& ' ■ ' ••" ■ • ■ Ip ^ ^ m | Received the highest award at Chicago World’s Fair canneries, vinegar factories and all accessories of fruit makes wo "tender feet" open our eyes. The land here ranges in price from t;!00 to $3,000 per acre. You may think l am over estimating it, but try to purchase it and then report. My week or ten days expired ail too Boon and I must bid dear friends adieu and continue my journey. On a lovely September morning 1 came from Paonla back to Delta, a ride of some forty miles, to take up my Journey where I left off. We came from Delta to Montrose and there changed to the narrow gauge road for the trip over Marshall Pass. Some of my old time friends were on the train and I had the pleasure of their company from this point until we reached Pueblo. They were the only people whom I hud ever been acquainted with before that I trav eled will) on my whole trip. But I met and got acquainted with congeni al people everywhere. We followed the (iunnison River for many miles and saw wonderful mountain scenery; passed the wonderful (iunnison Tun nel, which was opened a few days later by President Taft. Well, we went, on and on; crept around the mountain peaks and skirt ed canyons inilil we came to the long pull and up and up lo Marshall Pass, altitude 14.000 feet. My friend felt much inconvenience from the ringing In the ears and the rush of blood to the head, so we were glad when the train stopped and took off tin' extra engines tightened wheels, burs and brakes and made ready to descend. At nine o’clock we arrived at Salida, a prosperous and up-to-date town or city of 7,000 or S,000 popula tion. It is tile junction of the Den ver At Rio Grand standard and nar row gauge lines from Grand .linic tlon. \\ e went to a hotel and stayed this night so that wc would get the "Royal (Jorge" hy daylight. Oh, what a word. Oh, what a ride. Royal Gorge! Who has not heard of it? Yet ft w very few t an describe it. There seems to be miles of it and one could only gaze anti wonder at the awful, overwhelming majesty, and grandeur of this place. it surely gives one new sensations and now thoughts of tin1 Creator. We reached Canyon City; had only a short atop and two hours more brought us to Pueblo, the Pittsburg of the west. It is a large and fine city and lias many beautiful build ings. There is much enterprise and thrift. Hut their great pride is their immense steel works. They maun fact lire everything here; but the leading articles are mining appara tus and tools of till kinds. The next day l went on to Colorado Springs, a beautiful city, the home of more mil lionaires than any other city of like size in the Halted States. It is sur rounded liy mountains, the highest one being Pikes Peak, which is in plain sight and seems very close, al though it is really nine miles away. There are some fine side trips to be taken from this point which are very enjoyable. * * * 4) * (lien Eyrie is the home of the late (leu I’almer, who laid out and found ed Colorado Springs. The dwellings and other buildings are magnificent. It is situated on a sort of flat sur rounded by mountains and the same fantastic shaped rocks as Garden of the Gods, and are in great abund ants. Here irrigating ditches have turn ed barren rocks and sand into a Gar den of Eden, and one of bis ideas in bis will was to pension his faithful helpers in this beautiful county seat. Hitt the good he did lives after him. for he made the deeds to the city lots so that never a drop of intoxi cating liquors can be sold upon them. So Colorado Springs is a temperan ce city and always will be. ’ 1 came on to Denver, the greatest tourist city in America It is tailed ‘‘a city of Sunshine.” 1 went to the home of our nephew, an old time Fails City boy. I found a warm wel come and spent one full day in rest and good old-fashioned visit before attempting to see the sights of "the' Queen City of the Plains,” also the capital* of Colorado. My husband’s brother, another old time Falls City boy lives here also and be escorted us to places of interest in the city. The city is beautiful and inviting from the great welcome arch at the union depot to the capitol building. The manufacturing industries are many and varied. The United States mint and the smelters are worth the trip. One day I took the Inter-Moun tain road and went several miles in the country to visit relatives. It was a lovely ride and such an en joyable viist. But I must now turn my face homeward and hid farewell to the kind friends and relatives and the great west, which has such varied at tractions and fascinations for most people. I was delighted with it and bad an enjoyable trip. 1 bade them all good-bye and took th£ train over the grand old B. & M. for home. It was a beautiful day and a fine ride across eastern Colorado. About night fall we crossed the Colorado line and were in dear old Nebraska. On awakening we were coming into Wymore, and of course our own fa miliar towns. The remainder of the way everything looked familiar and good to me, for was 1 not coming home where my own loved ones were? 'Where home is and where tin treasure is, there will the heart he also.” So ends my letter. MRS. «. CROOK. TO SAVE FARMERS’ FRIENDS, Insects and Weed-seed Eaters May Fall Prey to Milliners. New York, April 21 Fighting for the farmers of tin's country, who last year Inst over a billion dollars worth of crops from insect pests, accord ing to government reports, the Au dubon workers of this state are today making final efforts here to protect by law the insect eating birds that tie millinery interests are claiming th>‘ right to slaughter. While Cali fornia, Massachusetts, Oregon, Ohio, Missouri, Louisiana, Wisconsin and Washington have already been in clined to properly preserve these bird crop guards, the feather dealers of New York and many other states are still able to plunder the farmer’s fields for their plumage, which insuf ficient laws allow them-, to sell without fear of prosecution. To show the American people that the $3S,000,000 Industry of the country’s bonnet builders should no longer be allowed the right to menace the pros perity of its $20,000,000,000 worth of agricultural investments, the Nation al \ssociation of Audubon Societies lias today begun to extend to the whole country the campaign of economic education that it is carry ing on throughout this state. Although the millinery interests are fiercely fighting legislation for the protection of tin* -farmers’ feath er'd friends in this state, officers of the National Association of Au dubon Societies declared today that sooner or later the agricultural in terests of this country would force every state to cheek liy adequate laws the slaughter of the birds that are known to be so valuable to American agriculture and forestry. Govern ment investigation lias shown con clusively that the Insect and weed seed eating birds consume and hold in cheek the crop pests that*already destroy $1,000,000,000 worth of Amer ica’s agricultural wealth each year. "The farmers of New York are re volting against the present license of the milliners to kill and sell the birds that form Nature’s greatest protect ion against crop posts,” said William Duteher, president of the National Association of Audubon Societies, at Its headquarters, 141 Broadway, to day. "We believe we can win this battle for the farmers here and shall not stop our efforts until every state has safe-guarded the existence of these birds whose threatened extin ction must mean ruin to the agri culture of our country." WITH OUR NEIGHBORS. News Of Interest From Our Neigh boring Towns. The passage of a paving ordinance is now assured and Hiawatha will rejoice in paved streets before many moons. The Burchard court house lias been condemned by the grand jury. "It is done broke down.” . Tecuinseh is beginning to raise steam for a Fourth of July blow-out. It may be expected to go off with loud noise. Tin I’awm : Commercial club will hold an auction April 2S. Anyone having anything to sell can have it sold by the club for a small per cent. The whiskey ring declares Lincoln must be punished for driving out. the saloons. They want to move the state capital to a wet town. P Profit ANDpl —are your motive* for milking Jj cows. In order to secure them to the fullest extent, ship your 8 cream the I “BLUE VALLEY WAY” I direct from the farm to the cream I ery at the highest price, and Re ceive your Check by Return Mail. Writ* ut fir aur niw J GUARANTEE FOLDER d BLUE VALLEY CREAMERY CO. J ST. JOSEiJ1!I' MO- A Legal Notice. E. S. Pyle, whose true name is Edward S. Pyle, non-resident defend ant, will Like notice that on the 25th day of January, 1910, Mrs. Sarah L. Baker filed her petition, as plaintiff, in the District Court of Richardson County, State of Nebraska, against you the said E. S. Pyle, defendant, the object and prayer of which are u obtain judgment against you on a joint and several note made and de i liven :l to the said Mrs. Sarah L. Baker by yourself and Jennie R.Pyle which said note is dated October 12, ! 1905, and is for the sum of $150.00 j with interest from said date at the I rate of eight per cent per annum from said date, and which note be I came due on October 12, 1900, and upon which tnere is now due, in cluding interest, the sum of $201.40. And you are further notified that j at the same time, said plaintiff pur suant to the statute In such cases, I made and provided, sued out an order of attachment against you in j said cause on the ground that you are a non-resident of the State of Nebraska, and have real estate In said county and state, and, that said order of attachment was delivered to the sheriff of said county on said date and that on the 2t»tli day of January, 1910, he, the sheriff, did levy upon said land by attaching the same, which is located near the vil lage of Preston, Nebraska, and is described as follows: Being the i2 acres Of land pur chased by you from llie heirs of John Pyle, deceased, and situated in the east 42 rods of the northeast quar ter of the southeast quarter of Sec tion No. twenty, in Township one, north, Range seventeen, east of the 6th P. M., in Richardson County Ne braska. And you are further notified that unless you plead, answer or de mur to said petition filed in said cause, on or before Monday the 9th day of May, 1910, the same will be taken as true and judgment rendered against you according to the prayer of said petition, and an order by said court will be bad that said attached real estate be sold at public sale as under execution; to satisfy whatever amount the court shall find due from you to the plaint iff herein, and pay the i osl of said action and of said sale and of the proceedings in at tachment. SAR-Yil L. BAKER. By John YViltse and J. 1*3. Ley da. Attorneys. Dated April I, 1910. First publication April 1- 1 times. —Every family and especially thus who reside in the country should l)e provided at all times with a bot tle of Chamberlain’s Liniment. Ther is no telling when it may be want* d in case of an accident or emergency. It is most excellent in all cases of rheumatism, sprains and bruises. Sol by all druggists. HARNESS Bast Harness on earth is made at Wachtels. Saddles. Whips, Etc. Everything for the horse. Repair ing and Oiling. Phone 384. WACHTEL :: [). S. HcCarthy \ :: DRAY AND | TRAN^KIsR t !J Prompt attention i J | \ to the removal of brn-i A \ ' hold jToods. % :: PHONE NO. 2 H ♦ » * +-m « I * -v *-*"♦ DR. C. N. ALLISON DENTIST Phone 24h Over Richardson County Bank. FALLS CITY, NEBRASKA DR. H. S. ANDREWS General Practioneer Calls Answered Day Or Night in Town or Country. TELEPHONE No. :t BARADA. - NEBRASKA CLEAVER & SEBOLD INSURANCE REAL ESTATE AND LOANS NOTARY IN OFFICE WHITAKER The Auctioneer Before arranging' date write, tele phone or telegraph, my expense J. G. WHITAKER Phone* 168-1J1-2I6I Falls City. Nib PLAN EARLY FOR Your Summer Tour Pacific Coast— F rom June 1st, low rouud -trip excursion rates to the Pacific Coast, and on special dates April to Julv, still lower Coast Excursion rates. YellOWStOne Hark—AH indications point to a larger number of Park Tourists during the summer of 1 **10 than ever before- The ! tour rates are very low, and include attractive diverse routes | through Colorado and Salt Lake City TO the East -Special rates will be in effect to eastern cities and resoris. Definite announcements should be made within the next thirt v il.i vs. Rocky Mountain Tours Tourist rates during the summer to Denver. Lstes Park and Colorado resorts, Hot Springs, S. D . Sher idan atid Manchester. VYyo., for the Big Horn region, Cody (gate wav tor Hoirn’s personally conducted camping parties through the park), Thermopolis, Wyo., the coming wonderful Hot Springs resort (railway completed July 1st). Hcmeseekers’ Rates First and Third Tuesdays for investors and land seekers through the newly developing sections of the west. Get in touch with the nearest ticket agent, or with me, and let us tell you what you want to know. L. W. WAKELEY, General Passenger Agent 1004 Farnam Street. Omaha, Neb. JOHN W. POWELL Real Estate and Loans MORTGAGES BOUGHT AND SOLD Money to Loan at 5 anti 6 per cent interest on gootl real estate security. Also money to loan on good chattel security. VI'est of t ourt House 1 Palls Citv, Nebraska j j — ■» »■!—__ Passenger Trains ■ South Bound Tr. lot—St. Louis Mail and Ex press .1:50 p. ni- i Tr. 106—Kansas City Exp., .'i:41 a. m. Tr. 132 x—K. C.local O aves. .7:30 a. m. Tr. 138 x—Falls City arrives 0:00 p. in. "x—Daily except Sunday North Bound Tr 103—Nebraska Mail and Ex press.. .1:50 p m i Tr. 105—Omaha Express. .1:48 a. m. Tr. 137 x—Omaha local leaves 7:00 a in. ; Tr. 131 x—Falls City local ar rive-s.8:45 p.m , x Daily exceot Sunday Local Frt. Trains Carrying Passengers North Bound Tr. 192x—To Atchison.11:10 a. m. | South Bound Tr. 191x—To Auburn.1:23 p m 1 Burlington Route West Bound No. 13—Denver Exp.1:10 a. in. No. 15—Denver Exp. (Local). 1:40 p. in. No- 43—Portland Exp.10:17 p. m. No. 41—Portland Exp.2:25 p. m. No. 121—Lincoln Loc. via Ne braska City.5:00 a. in. East Bound No. 14—St. .1., K. C. & St. L. .7:38 a. m. No. 44 St. J.. Is.. C. & St. Tv. .4:11 a. til No. 10 St. ,1., Iv. C. it St. L. .4:22 p. ni. (Local) No. 42—St. J., K. C. it St. L. .0:52 p. rn No. 122—From Lincoln, via Nebraska City. 8:45 p m E. G. WHITFORD, Agent. —We have some fresh Red Seal flour in now. Come and get a sack. —C. A. Heck.