Thomas County cat. [volume] (Colby, Kan.) 1885-1891, 1890-09-25

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and is 225 miles from Colorado Springs.
This heal&hful little spot is under the
management and control Of the Colora-
do Land and Improvement company and
thousands of dollars have been expend-
ed on the ground and sanitarium build
ings. There are ten large springs and
many smaller ones. sending their steam
skyward The flow is estimated at 5000
gallons per minute and the half of this
is sent out by one spring. named the
| ''Yampa." The temperature is 127 de-
gress F. Another point of interest is the
hot cave formed in the side of the noun
tain. Here the company has erected
beautiful brick buildings for bathing
purposes and the ladies department is
in charge of colored lady known as
Rose but whose real name is Mrs. n.
E. Collier She is very kind to the pa
tients and treated us with great hospital
ity. By the side of $500. 600 bath house
is the Big POOL The house is fine in
all its apartments and arrangements. BY
the kindness of the company were shown
through the building and then invited to
take swim in the pool. Bathing suits
were furnished us and for couple of
hours we enjoyed the most exhilarating
bath of our lives. The water is clear as
crystal and tempered down to about IS
degrees. While we were ''dabbing
aroand' in the rich mineral water E. E.
Van Epps of The Selden Times and our
special photographer, caught fine like
ness If us as we appeared in the water.
As health resort We firmly believe that
GlenwOod Springs is the best in United
States but there is lack of genial hotel
accommodations The company realizing
this fact will build hotel cos ing $780,
600 at an early day. After spending one
day at this delightful spot we left at 4
O'Clock p. IN. for Manitou. A number of
the party wished to stop on our return
at Leadville buI as we would have to
stay "a hours, it was voted to pull
straight for Manitou. The press of Lead.
vile was very generous and insisted on
our stopping TO be entertained BY them
and shown the city, but night was upon
us and it was desired to reach the point
of destination at the foot of Pixies Peak
early the next morning. We reached
there safely and our car being side track
ed We obtained all the burros we could
get for a trip up Williams canyon and
over the mountains. 1t was great sport
at first but before VIC got back most of US
were exceedingly tired. The various
springs were visited after dinner and
zen we left for Colorado Springs We
were billed for there at o'clock and ex-
tensive preparations had been made for
our enter tainment but a smart tram dis
patcher caused us to fail to keep the ap-
pointment. 1t was dark when we reach
ed the Springs and our weary bodies"
found rest at the Alamo hotel The next
morning we left for Denver where we
spent Saturday and Sunday This great
city was taken in or a; least so much
of it rs was possible to do in the short
time we had to stay. Monday morning
the old reliable Rock Island brought US
back to Colby. our starting point. At 8
O'Clock that evening a meeting of the
association was held and resolutions
passed thanking the Rock Island and
Colorado Midland for the many cour-
tesies extended to us. To say that the
trip was one continuous round of pleas
ure, is expressing il mildly. Only one of
our party. r. A. Dague of the Phillips
burg Herald, met with an accident. He
was thrown against window by the
sudden swinging of the Car and his hand
breaking the pane was cut badly at the
base of the thumb.
FOUNDED ON FACTS.
Miss Helena Stewart of the GoOdland
was the life of the party and
when she. with her mother, left US at
Springs to return home on Fri
day evening. it was with regret that they
could not complete the trip with us.
c. E. Cosby. our worthy secretary. was
q splendid conductor of the excursion
and though this was his first experience
in this line, he worked hard and all were
pleased with his success
!. T. Purcell never had better time
in his life than he did on Saturday even
ing in Denver.
1t has been decided by the association
that no member shall purchase new
pair of pants before returning home.
Nearly all '.ye editors pronounce As
pen Junction the best place
IN the road to get lunch. The lunch man
gave back more money than you gave
lin and in some instances be did not
get any at all.
Brick" Trimmer was the first member
% take back track. He returned when
We reached summit and we were all sor-
y to lose him.
Several of the party came home from
Springs and did not visit Den