, 1874-08-08
q" A Wonderful and Beautiful
Country"
THE People, tito Mountains, the Climate
---Agrlcu!ture and Irrigation.
The Rev. IT. N, Powcrs' P0etfcR1
"N:lreyycll to tho Nlolln-
tnins."


sand over Rgan, that his ttmo was ours
tsnd wo might just nu well stny nnothor wenk nj
'slot. Dit 10 1t was, md that givoB touch
disappointment to Tho recollection OF "a
nn.0ur AND doop TINE
':s party of pcoplo bont on having holiday
could wisl, for. Wo lind superb woathor, In
cudng n magnificent thunderstorm j In tht
mountains md another on tho nlninB. Tllt
folks were giad to 200 us wherever wo wandered
md did their 1oycl best. aa rule, in tho way o1
good yictnals. We tllo.a lodgod like Princes by
MIR. Pullman for tho Journey, and We all Ban
enough III our swift glance to mako ua want tc
60 again mid take II cosy.
Not that tho mountains Of Colorado, 40 for as
wo woro abIo to see them, aro onual to tho bcsI
In tic Amino ranges, Their outlines aro not Ne
Grand, Tho SNOW covers mona Of tlem with a
white glory. NJ Il covers Mont Dlnno and the
Zupgfruu, It Ia vol worth n 1nurnoy
Ia Eurono Inst to soa tl,o n,hono G,nc,a,
fo Auruat borc ;ta 1,oort of on,orold mt l.; fro
III oguro o,1 .;1var. r,,t to e.,..oa 1,a., 1o,:
nco a1ld I Ios ~ mao.;oa .no motnn m'n ~ te
hnto Blu oo"n tne hocklea. Neltaor 10 TUG
lakos onthrall you like those of Lucorno and
Genova. The whole la,ld as yet il baro. Genius
has not touched IL, as It has touched tho Kat-
eh;l1a horo ,r;.,, yo;rd t,a,t;ora ~ srnc, ~ T.
in atra;na 1'o @ thnao @ ~ nrrom mi 1s n,e,1aa " "
Yot it impresscs you rs IN Old land,- $50.
TIE VERY OLDEST you EVER sAw,.
Tho rocks and cliffs soom to 10 crumb,ine away
,ns you look at tho,u aud YOU ind yourself doubt,
;inr tho fI,uesg Of that serlpture-torm. "Tbo
everlasting hi,1sn ma vol; atudv tim atr,ct.
nro ~ IL ,no,rt,;ns A ro,t,e,n,n ,.,,,
WAS with III in tho Garden OF the Gods quoted
.ominont authority to show tIat tho curious red
rocks thero aro tho Inst rc1nnautso Of ynst fora-
ton Which oaco covered all tLe mouptaina like
u baaolo. 1on eake pleco OF this 1ock, aud
.hurl IL against any Anrd substance and It 1lios
to pieces like gluBs. 1t IN but tho dry bono Of
arocls the ufo las goro cut orit. Andso. whor-
end nor S"a w." t, ,.n nSonns OF death
.ou uo'.s ~ Io.uo.taon WIN substances you haVo
always thought Of boforo as the sturdleat antag-
onstH Of timo and tido.
ia q wonder and f1olrht. Thorn urc th,ug. -
a,o thnt vo,, a., aa: no,s1,eso o,.a . ~
A' 1eo e'Ao .es a""no'o e.ot' o@cele
ron aroa 10 uot,;no yn e ree,o ~, ovo 1oas ana
labor, or money, for tho sight. You are yuatly
Interested, first Of all, IN
THE PEOPLE.
aon nnd thom n some such condition ~ tho
Heto 1iom thirty to forty yoars ago. Denver ia
chicago with 10000 souls in poaaoaston and
nonn1" in;n ~ expeciatlon Further bac You SEQ
c from Eat Il" @ Taifh nf6ns differs oos
fthhr4o1ed tho4loo1 before the Romans cane. Hero aud
s,t sny.o ~ Eny tho antelope lifting along within
T1taa ,vare ~ 49, n gyent herd OF cattle. Tho
in pkirs for storostrnc ,r,t t7";cr there. trad
~ ,nn;os .'I ,Stor ~ Mitm tnear laales Glune
no.d pous9a rnI n1tgg % .no taahion IN which Queen
,y1,;c thov ~ ao,I, I,,a e1tryane amorellas
mht1n eshn. A. 10y pus uomn ~ hurry, was told,
Gi,;n Ghn ~ 'at1s' aoung aenoWs who bnde fair. III
aaa1 'a ~ ~ eano nnuu'. uteeneo ~ DUO uannel
..o. 1nu !SaIah an1 nos oFeimuch OF that mud tell
49, 49, snsy ys ~ n H. eH3Gp - ot tnttlo ~ na!les
tt'o1 amy M uto !lno IL oo5tor than anything
10y t,; u.a ~ t,at 'i 1oou lr1enaa WHO
,o f,61 .6! ;,1 stuE .t III Tc!o loN years aeo,
;,o 'lt ta ~ VIII su H. u: 1noif 1oot' 1ch
h"rdu mud tn1,,;p, nhamt II de Mochs ahn
to whom, % Of eomso, a I'll sIoy eEn'fs belone' aa
came nvor in thn n1a4nn,ro. snoeo 1u"t t1
= y W wv .,,. ~ s,voat sto nj Magao?wef a or tue
rr,ot nnt,er. r" ,h ~ ~ 10 tuo 70 ma
from our Iura wina M init It IN mn uos1 1i1 'no'f 'os
~" ,,r,Tn,, '..,s ... " ahalu
or at 1cast nr ~, - ~" 10 a'J ~.
Tia every voar as ,,,ov hoi;as., "nT Ml!in.ne ~
al CyIurodo sonn,s ~ In tnt Hot ;uo o,ihate
tho world las Losn rcauits abo Ynr u ~ nHa,n nnnn
ee1nul IN o,r trvinc coa+aa .a'a1so.sea not qute
fIn foEa mt fhnrn ,ra ;"i;.,., nottce some OF
OF strohs ~, tho wondo rf W 10y sooo aea1
eptiugy know nothing Of these axcan. ~ 9ne ,Sat
nui Mons nf thom oa,,oi eon very nasty,
hnvorano to r,otn .raII';a., rIId;a., o. seoaty
fure re- ruces fiat IT. vii nnt H. ny ~ von-
Colorado vii rssogn;ze at us iast 10 sao springs
holt in this resnscf Int tint 'ast ~ nor .neae
1ucnnt ntnoauhorn ri,;cI, sao.,n onaoiiui, tEaus-
IT, to ft VIM out nj con,mon ,a,,oa 40 ygn ploasne
Tia kuon dopht NJ In nam1a ~, ;' t na sue6osta
Colorado is Tic aBt nlscs IL, II H. ~ rap, orn pae y;
mau would think Of euinp :. M Toi" ~ t ~ Wn'ch
We know farming dow haro. IVA ~ dse I aaem. as
ton, oven within tic skrts Of ths 's uoso,n- m.n,'
tuius, Sno n'oon-
~ s1nprx APPALLING
Such grass as you uco seo.ns to Aavs been ,o,,
then One Of o,,r co1nnav sn;, T. ~as nu ,o tine
ost country geuo alIy to tic eaunro 'I mia neHa T..
over Ba,y, oxcopt for erauyhoppGrs: nnd hat 10
lilo truth nnvor snw nInaa T.; sh;. u .aas 1as IL
were 90 fow Things running NM, tvlnr su0te 70
mention swi1nmiur.-ur sii'eins to tbcnsoiysp ~
in secret woody coyerts: :: noyar a wi'lnrnoss
with such lack Of wild borries and tinra vo,s
waut to oat, or Of springs gureiu1g from sb1ady b1
places among rocks and tho roots of Great trecs.
While another Of cur clan romurked tGat thn
water itSolr vas tho tl,y,ss water sic over triad
10 drnk Yot YOU noo l,oro aud tl,ore fjaId of
wheat or corn wonderful to bohoId. aud tic cat-
tie seem to be in clover among tho dry grass,