ving springs and mud baths. Note the fantastic forms of the rocks
and trees, carved by the hand of nature, then go to Colorado Springs and
climb Pikes Peak and behold the world stretch out before you in valley,
mountain and plain. Visit the mines of Leadville and Cripple Creek, the
store houses of a part of the nation's wealth. Visit Denver and see the
strides made in the improvement of the west in a short time. Board the
Denver & Rio Grande train and note the magnificent scenery of mountain,
canyons, gorges and the beautiful mountain lakes and streams, note the
Grand Canyon of the Colorado, the royal gorge. Now note the great white
expanse of the great Salt Lake, as it lies glistening in the rays of the
setting sun, and think of the stories you have heard of it until the
conductor brings you back to earth with the cry of "Ogden."

Note this bustling railroad center in the heart of the Rocky mountains,
and acknowledge our country's greatness. Visit Salt Lake City, the "City
of Zion," the Canaan of the new world. See the beautiful city nestling
within the protection of the Warsatch and Oquirrh range of mountains.
Walk its wide tree-lined streets, visit the tabernacle and hear the
sweet strains of the world's greatest organs. See the Mormon temple.
Visit Saltair and sport in the waves of the briny sea. Board the San
Pedro, Los Angeles and Salt Lake westbound train and cross the end of
this same lake, one of nature's wonders.

Cross the desert of Nevada, which was only a short time ago a desert
waste, on and on until you smell the orange blossoms of sunny
California, and the train emerges from the mountains and brings into
view the grand Pacific Ocean. See the big trees of California, the seals
and the scenery of the Yosemite valley. Visit the orange groves and the
vineyards, and partake of the orange and the grape. Visit Catalina
Island in the Pacific Ocean, and try a couple of hours fishing in its
waters. Then take the Southern Pacific and return to New York by way of
Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, New Orleans, Florida and other southern
states. Then again let your chest swell with pride that you are an
American.

I think you will agree with me that this grand country of ours is the
peer of any in the world, and that volumes cannot begin to tell of the
wonders of it. Then after taking such a trip you will say with me, "See
America." I have seen a large part of America, and am still seeing it,
but the life of a hundred yea