to get on the train. Got to bed about 3. a.m. tired and all used up with colds.. Had no trouble with the Imigration Officer. did not have to get out of bed. only answer a lot of questions and pay $16.00 head tax.. Got up about 8 a.m. crossing Michigan. put our watches back one hour. arrived at {unsure} at 10:20 am where they make the Red cars & trucks. seems like a large city. at Battle Creek at 11:30 where they make the corn flakes also went through Flint Mich. where the Chevrolet cars are made. The plant must have covered thousands of acres. arrived at Chicago at 410 p.m about 80 minutes late. The weather seemed about the same as home with a few inches snow most of the way across Mich. until we neared Chicago. in Chicago. it was mild and foggy. Got our sleeper section at San Diego cost $42.53 and was $11.15 from Hamilton to Chicago.

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