The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1882-07-18
WILDS OF THE WEST.
A Talk With Billy Bard, Who
Returned Saturday
Night.
he Tells Of the Former Soda
lians He Met and How
They are Doing.
Both He and Mr.. Beiler are En-
thusiastic Over What They
Term Gods Country.

Sundays BAzOo announced the arriva
home of MIR. VIM. Bard and Mr.. q. II
Beiler, after an absence of month in tn,
wilds of Colorado and New Mexico
whittier they went in search of pleasure
and recreation. This morning a BAzot
reporter called upon Mr.. Bard at his stor,
and asked him for brief description o.
his trip, feeling assured it would prove O
interest TO the thousands who peruse 9TH.
paper published for the people now or
earth"
The gentleman was perfectly willing e
comply with the request, and started on,
with an Introductory that convinced the
writer that he was
ENTHUSIASTIC OVER THE TRIP,
and had good opinion OF the country
through which he had passed, his friend
Mr.. Beiler, sharing the same.
Leaving Sedalia, they proceeded to Kan
sas City, and thence direct to Las Vegas.
New Mexico, where they spent three DAYS
at the celebrated springs there. At this
point the A., T. Il 5. F. X. r. Co b ave
erected a magnificent and commOdious
hotel, some $4OO, 900 having been expended
upon it and in identifying the grounds.
The house is under the management of
Mr.. Clark Frost, formerly of the Lindell
hotel, st. Louis, which is a sufficient guar
antee that guests are cared for in first
class manner. A large number OF visit
ors we're there. and all expressed them
selves delighted with the beautiful sur.
roundings.
Leaving Las Vegas, they proceeded to
Albuquerque, New Mexico, which place
MIR. Bard desiguates the
FASTEST TOWN IN THE COUNTRY.
Real estate has experienced boom
never before excelled anywhere, and still
the boom is undated Lots which, but
few months ago, we're worth from $75 and
500, now range in price from 81 600 to
$4,000, and handsome buildings are being
erected on every hand, giving employment
TO a vast number Of mechanics, all of whom
receive good wages.
The town is fast" in the broadcast sense
of the word-a regular frontier city. At
night anu in day gambling houses are i'm
full blast, and large banners ale stretched
across the streets to inform the passers- by
that keno can be found here and poker,
etc., there They are, az in all frontier
villages, patronized literally, the pro-
prietors
REAPING RICH HARVEST.
At this psint they met Lum Hall, late
of this city, and Mr. kirkpatrick, who
held forth with Blair Bros. They
also ran across Conductor Frost, who at
one time ran a freight train on the NJ, h.
Il I. road. Both Mr. Kirkpatrick and
MIR. Frost have their families with them
and are we'll pleased with the country.
Another Sedalia boy, in the person of
Clay Wells, was seen. Clay is running a
restaurant and is said to be making money.
On the trip over from Las Vegas to
Messrs. Bard and Beiler had
as fellow-passenger Gen. John e. FIRE.
mont, who was proceeding to Old Mexico
Tor the purpose OF
BUILDING A RAILROAD.
Gen. Fremont informed the Sedalia
gentlemen that he remembered the Queen
City when it was but a village-a wilder
ness, as il were and spoke of several
parties with whom he was acquainted in
his section before the war.
hey met Judge Thornton, late of Clinton,
rho married sister of Arthur and Will
The judge is prac,icing law, and
s largely interested in mining. He is
Icing we'll and likes the country, as does
his estimable wife They also met Mr..
frank Engels, who married Miss Carrie
laughter of Charles Meyers, of this city.
He is engaged in the hardware business
md is thriving.
From Santa Fe they proceeded by stage
o Espanola,
THE TERMINUS OF THE ID. q r. g. r. R.,
ghere they met several former Sedalians,
Billy Usher and Conductors
cooper and Lewis. All three were mt one |
ime in the employ of the NJ, X. & T.
Dad, but are now on the ID. Il r. e., and |
10 ng we'll.
Del Norte was next visited, where
'rother of DIR. Depp's vas met. He is
argely interested in mines, and in addition |
$ carrying on business. Mr. Depp enter |
aimed them handsomely, shutting up his |
lace of business in order to accompany |
hem on trout fishing expedition. Mr.. |
Bard tells pretty good joke on his friend
Keller, in this regard, but the BAzOo man |
5 enjoined to secrecy. They heard of Capt
I'd. Kent, who is reported to have made |
ONE money cut of the mines in that Sec
ion.
They then returned to Alamoosa and
PROCEEDED TO PUEBLO,
7here DIR. Hull and his sons were glad
O meet them. Here they found
hos Gest, formerly a druggist here, and
ar. Holland, At one time a city father,
9th of whom are in the employ of the d.
r. q. road. They also ran across Mr..
as. Burress, brother of John Burress, esq,
tho thinks he is good for $1,000, 900 out
{ his mine. Mr.. Isgrig, late of Marshall,
TO-, who is in the drug business there, en-
ertained them in good style, and accom-
anied them to Kansas City when they re-
lrned John Stewart. E. Hogue and John
1Keefe, all old Sedalians, are there and
D business, but were not seen.
Denver came next, where 8. ID. and s.
I. Morrison and families were visited and
,und to be thriving. John Morrison was
.en also, and is doing we'll. Besides being
,e owner of valuable mines in the Gum
ison conntrv he Ia the father of