The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1888-02-24
THROUGH COLORADO.
The Experience of Drummer at
MOntr0se and 0uray.

Salt Lake City, as a manufacturing
and supply centre, is unsurpassed by
any city in the west, and several OF her
manu- actures are waking up to this
fact. The writer, youth insured to
The slow-going ways of Utah, was
selected by one of them, and sent out on
she road TO drum up trade. Arriving
at Grand Junction, town pleasantly
situated on fat near the Grand River
he had his first taste of the pleasures of
drumming, by being packed into
"a rickety old omnibus, and
iriven to an equally rickety and
tumble. down house, called by
courtesy hotel. The town has had
boom, and while waiting for the bust
ness and population to catch up with
1t, the citizens are paying per cent.
axes for the privilege OF enjoying the
improvements" which consist of
.mptv stores. The trade IS soon
worked and then comes the fun of
Val lug for the midnight train for
dontrose. The time is pleasantly
oass.d however, in telling the denlZens
of the desert how light the taxes are IN
Salt Lake; ryiDg to find out how
many believe in our coming boom, and
the practice of staring cowboys out of
countenance.
Reaching Montrose, somewhat
liveiier town, situated in the centre of
another greaseWood fiat, at 3.39 am,
the experience of the previous night Is
gain gone through, the only differ
ence being that we have less sleep, a
more rickety "hotel," and a tougher
beafsteak Business, however, is good,
and the five year old town is spending
$50 100 in the erection of an opera
1ouse, dancing hall and shooting
gallery confined. From Montrose,
branch OF the Denver Il Rio Grande
takes us TO OuIay, situated thirty eight
miles southwark. The road travels
up high mountains. passes through
the uncsml ahgrie Valley, the head
quarters Of tie Uncampahgrie Ute
Indians before they were moved into
Utah, and the place where their famous
chief, Onray. died. Following the
Uncampahgrie river through winding
canyon. into tie old Ute summer re-
sort, beautiful valley, not unlike our
Parley's Park though not as wide.
Here are seen large tracts of beautiful
meadow land, through which meanders
the river. Here and there small cluster
of farm houses come in sight, and again
groves OF pine trees may be seen, which
seam to have fOrsaken their usual posi-
ton on the hilisides and mountains. On
either side of the valley are seen red
sandstone bluffs, which increase in
height until lost in the snow forming
deep, narrow valley. After four
miles of steep, winding canyons, We
reach an Their little valley, III which
there is lake that is almost the exact
counterpart of Brighton's, or Silver
stands the new and commodious
Beaumont Hotel, which is lighted
by electricity and heated with
steam, and 0ostiEg $4,000. Here is
situated Uuray. ths most prOprs siIve
town IN this section OF the couutrF. The
own enjoys incandeScent lights
complete system OF waterworks. a
$4,000 schoolhouse and an excellent
hospital together with not mineral
primes and bath houses. The business
man ara en-rgetic and capable and
4 yof he mines pay handsomely. Tie
a.4u' airs Surrounding the Town
re grind and beautiful, and
yer one of these comes bubbliDg
Gam of water, making a waterfall
everal hundred feetin height.
1t is Sunday morning, but business
oes on just the same. ard the saloons
are in full blast. while the bells from
two churches are ringing loudly, try
ing to notify the populace that it is the
Lord s da and that there is another end
better road upon which they should be
travelling. But the bells ring III vain.
or the children of men here are not as
sensible of this fact as are the people
my own dear mountain home"
More anon,
GREEN HORNE.
OURAY, February 10Th.