The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1889-08-06
SALIDA, COL, July %.
SUNDAY, JULY 81.

SUNDAY, JULY q.
We arrived at Colorado Springs at
11:15 last night, but the town was
not asleep. The night was very
warm, and the guests at the hotels
were counting comfort, seated in the
open air and on the versndas. In
going from the depot to the Antlers
Hotel the omnibus was full FIRST one
full in the memory of mani. and ]
took an elevated seat with the driver,
who seemed to be known at the hotel
by the cognomen of Shorty"
"Shorty" said they had only three
rooms left, and that if / wanted to
get place had better rush in and
engage it. AS soon as the omnibus
stopped / hurried to the hotel Office
and interviewed the clerk, who did
not sport the regulation red necktie
and diamond.
81 can give you room in the an
Mex" he said, as the tive deacons'
names went Oh the register.
s'The annex" said, whats
that?" having visions of a saloon be-
fore me. "Is it gin MILF" be was
Intercepted.
"No, sir! No saloons in this
town. and the annex is an outside
house we use. Give you nice large
ground floor room with two beds. only
81 per day each"
We took the room in the annex,
and an elegant place it was.
The clerk was named Martin, from
Canton, o., and was in Colorado for
his health. He treated us so nicely /
hope bis health and vigor may be
abundantly restored.
This morning we breakfasted about
$50. Breakfast nothing extra, and
the blacklist negro that ever looked
in q coal bin did the chief Donors of
the dining-room, in showing the
guests to seats.
The Antlers is one of the hand
soonest hotels in the United States,
built of stone, designed and construct
ed with an eye to combining comfort
with elegance and beauty. 1t was
built seven years ago. 1t has plenty
of airy corridors, and broad covered
piazzas are on the east and west
fronts.
PIXIES PEAK
And its snow capped summit, is in
plain view from the Antlers, and is
gazed at by the hour by the guests.
and while the heat is intense in the
middle of the day, it looks verylrefresh-
ing to see the snow and you imagine
you are cool. A gentleman from St.
Louis, who was on the summit on Fri
day, the 10Th instant. told us he en-.
countered snow storm.
Colorado Springs, delightful city
of 10, 900 people, is situated at the
foot of the Rocky mountains, 5000
feet above the level of the sea, and is
byIreason ofsits marvelously attractive
scenery, one of the most picturesque
towns on the continent. This place
has no saloon. 1t is the Mecca of all
temperance people. No local option
here; but few people ordained it,
and drunkenness is rarely known in
this beautiful city. 1t happened thus:
A few years ago, party of gentle
men bought four miles square of real
estate and organized it as the Colo
RADIO Springs Town company. In the
deeds given those who bought the
lots, was provision to the effect that
if ever there should be liquor sold as
a beverage on the property, the title
would revert back to the original own
ers, and it has proved a success.
''Cne fellow" said the proprietor of
the Antlers, "was foolish enough in
an early day to open saloon here.
He carried the suit through the courts
and was beaten at every point and
his lot, costing him a few hundred
dollars, was forfeited, and the same
property to-day is worth 100000"
1t is wonder to me that the Kansas
City Times don't send somebody to
interview the inhabitants of Colorado