, 1873-12-25
TIE NARDSCRADDLE SlLYER.DlINES,
How Prices Range nt Positn--Tlle
Presiding Genius Of tho
. j.. Town,

IlU" EFtCCS 1e&ll1Ec Az IOSl Gt~-lll0
Presiding Genius Of tho
~ j.. Town.
Fatc Of tho Chtcago ('crman Colony in
tho Wct-Mountain Valley.
sutcfdl CorrtsrcmAcntt n The Chicago 1rf6nnA
CANON Cry, Col, December, 1878.
Nos tlod as 1t Ia, almost at tho aumlnit Of tho
mountAins,
has no communication with the outside world,
except through the medium Of bull teams and
paok-mulca. Tho most direct route Ia va Canon
City, Up tho Oak Creek Pass, although manv
supplies aro brought in by wny Of Wet Mountain
Valley and up tho 1tardscial,blo Canon. And
yet, with tloso Imperfect mohns Of .ransporla-
ton, tho Htaples Of lifo and ovcn tho
luxurtes, arc not oxorbisnnt ut rosita.
Flour rotails ut $3.50 per hundred:
potatoos, $1.20 pcr bus11el; oats, 81;
for from 60 to "a per week. Dry goods aud
loy-towns: Wills pltgiblo bulldtng-lots, situated
gvcn away to any ono who will pnt up log
TO DO actuacd by the right spirit, at,d their lib
erality deserves q rnpi4 and permanent ,mm!-
gratiyn.
siding genius of the town.
RICHARD IRWIN. ESQ.
Like many othass one stunbles ACROSS In thss
EfnA 1.n t,t
cventful history, and fully deserves bioe-
raphor. Dick, although comparatively young
man, has boen eyoryShore. no has trampcA
through California and Montnua, and slipped the
alkaii~sprlngs Of Utah aud Novada ho has
mined above tfmbcr.linc. and brased tue
Acaohes; aud yet NTH all thoso adventures,
Osck Is modest and rarely ostr spealts Of him
se!f. lilo is OF medium height. fair complexion,
:lcar blue eycs, thin lips, aud las rathcr an In
tollectual cast Of countonauco. IT.
writer. and many OF tho nigh-1own,
Erandiloquott paragraphs, descriptive Of
Southern Colorado and It's mining resources,
proceed frem his pen. Ho las ono Of the most
a1lstocyaic-]ooking houses III towr,-ll,e domo
bcug built of hown logs hcatlY matolod to-
sothor; md, upon Tho occnson Ut our VISIT was
scatod upon stool in trout OF the Fireplace,
vigorously pulling Ills brnr-pipo. and giving dis.
Interested and 1atlerly aayico to the group Of
nluers who haa assembled to drunk III woros OF
Sheer and co.soatiou from. Dicks lips. lie
5 very enthusiastic over tlie futtlle pros
Fccts, Of Pos'ta, aud lad tho utmost iatl,
IN the Senator and other lodes. and
yot, us we took our departure, with his coidlal
!. Good night" lingering in onr eurs, We
.ou'd not rcsist l1e CONVICTION that Dick
Aould cell out aud cnigrato to soluo other To-
:ality, # )le lad goou GLANCE, Dick stands
T.; ~, Nv ,nf1 1,fa
ligutost word IL regarded aa iaw III poslta.
TAe return to Canou City was mado by way Of
MOUNTAIN VALLEY.
This is without doubt QUO OF tho most fortile
and ii worthy by fair majority Of
The Wiley lies 1t the eastern
laso of tho Snowy Range, which runs through
AAe backbone, separating, 1t from the san
age 10 miles in width. IL .Ao centse gu"s q
bright. sparhIins creek. the Antelope, filed with
trout. while myrlalH OF waterfowl rcpose upon
tho surface Of it's sheltered pools. Sono four
}sa,s 49, Gosmaa eolouS ,.asdn aaadsa hy Que o.
turn Als hand ut little OF ytlllng, and WHO
has edited u newspaper and rim saw mill in tho
same township,
EailonA1Ep fnoM CHICAGO,
aud eattlel down in that mountain valley, With
tho ln:eniou Of starting now DoElln. hr,
Cnrl Wnis1cin was President. Tho plains vera
nI ~ nu, haes % ero a. cnnte,ts5 nna
IN hre5 s s,nson. eVervthine was briui,t and
roge-colorea in tho nc! new Easn: But c9mplica,
sotIind sI NJ Jnmesown' Va. air Germnn frjeuds
sccnsc1 thair presitc,t ~ Wasting ,hcir nnh.
aGuo ai%ncc. and comnainrd. a,so t1nt villa t11ay
w. - ,,,iia,rc cnhna n,,t;n~ !, c,nna nnd ovnr.
satceScd Ar1 ppcaaSnt carl W%tsic YAK dsyatiap
L;a t;mo n writ,u,, 1oorn ca essaya Ia ia nnnyos
an ' pnoh,o ws,ono,s ~" i,o % nnortniitv n tno
an',, 'T,o th.n ator ~ in. n,cio 1T;sftn;a ~
Wr' San, MoI,ride, took nm IL tho CHI cunse % op a tl,oa
sa T., rathor h vroroNs Tho " 1wn l, nurt"z
soon .Itnr net =; fr,''t ~ tio puah,, p,s
Soo" Geo ona law 49, A1'0' ~ ''S "S0'0
''es' MANA WIN r,u7rn
,t~ v.,a.a,o ;,,.,na,n @ nS ttat str at,,,v,,. ,vna
ousiy. Ia tic @ tcrse uud oxprsssiye Language q