The Irish standard., 1892-09-24
.M'ANITOU ECHOES.
An Excursion Of Minnesota Editors
and Publishers to Colorado and
Wyoming that Memory
WILL NOT SOON DELIBERATE.

Newspaper Men and Their Wives
Accorded Generous Treatment
in the Mountain States.
About thirty of the Minnesota editors
and publishers with their wives and
daughters returned last Sunday morning
from an eight days. excursion to Colorado
and Wyoming. The party numbering
ffty-two in ell left st. Paul for Omaha
in their own special car "Borneo" at 1856
o'clock p. m. Sept. 10th over the Chi
cago st. Paul, Minneapolis and Omaha
road. The first stop was made at Omaha,
where several hours were spent in look
ing over that city and Council Bluffs.
Sunday afternoon the excursion party
left Omaha for Cheyenne, Wyoming,
over the Union Pacific, arriving there at
O'Clock p. NJ, Monday, Sept IL. Here
the party was royalty entertained by the
enterprising and generous citizens,
headed by Col. E. A. Slack, editor of the
Daily Sun. A carriage drive around the
city and to Fort Russell, few miles dis
taut, was followed by reception and re-
freshments at the residence Of Col.
Slack. From Cheyenne the trip was
made over the Union Pacific to Denver,
where the visitors were again accorded a
generous welcome. The Denver Cham
Der of Commerce assisted by various
new spaper men had prepared carriage
drive, and four pleasant hours were spent
in looking over this beautiful and thirty
ing city which in the writer's opinion ex-
cells liz every respect the cities Of Omaha
and Kansas City. At clock Tuesday
evening the journey was continued to
Manitou and Colorado Springs via the
Denver and Rio Grande road. Three
days were spent in the enjoyment Of the
wonderful scenery of the "Rockies,"
among the most noted being the Garden
Of the Gods, the wonderful cayerns, the
celebrated mineral springs at Manitou
and the far famed Pixies Peak, the sum-
NIT of which was reached by the cog
railway recently constructed. The sum-
NIT of Pixies Peak is l4,16D feet above
the level of the sea and three hours are
necessary to make the trip by rail. From
the top OF the Peak ON clear day Den
YER over 100 miles away can be seen. The
trip over the Denver 4 Rio Grande from
Colorado Springs to Salida was made on
Thursday afternoon. Pueblo was reached
at 2 o. m. and dinner served, after which
in short time the Grand Canon OF the
Arkansas was reached. For twenty five
miles the road follows the winding river
through this wonderful gulch whose per-
pendicular walls loom majestically up
wards from one to three thousand feet.
Salida was reached at z p. In. and supper
served at the Monte Christie hotel, the
return trip being made the same even
ing, and on Friday morning the home
ward journey was commenced over the
Chicago, Rock Island K Pacific road for
Kansas City which was reached Oh Sat-
urday morning. Less than an hour was
spent here as the party we're anxious to
reach home Sunday. From Kansas City
the homeward journey was resumed over
the G.. r. I. and T. and Minneapolis &
ST, Louis road. the train arriving at the
Minneapolis union depot at 8 o'clock
last Sunday morning.
The unanimous verdict of the party
was that this was the most enjoyable
excursion yet taken by the Minnesota
editors Every thing possible was done
for their comfort by the various lines of
railway over which they travelled, and
on the honeward trip proper resolutions
were drawn up which will be published
in full in next week s. IEIsH STANDARD.
A more jolly and good natured party
would be hard matter to find and two
better men than Granville S. Pease and
Chas. p. Slime can not be found to I'LL
the position of president and secretary
of the association. They We're tireless in
their efforts to make perfect every de-
tail in order that all might enjoy fully
every pleasure to be derived, For their
splendid work they were kindly renena-
bored by their associates. Mr.. Pease
was presented with a handsome dia-
mond pin and Mr.. Slime with beauti-
full charm with diamond set. The list
of those comprising the party is here
given: President Granville s. Pease and
daughters, Carrie and Russie, Anoka
Union; secretary, G. ?. Slime and sisters,
Northwestern Printer, st, Paul; L. d.
Bissell, Dispatch, st. Paul; Col. Soren
Lietoe and daughters, Northwestern, Fer
gus Falls; Mrs. r. W. Clifford, Brewers
Gazette, st. Paul; F, J. Clark and wife,
Northwestern Miller, Minneapolis; Chas
F. Knight and wife, Daily Produce Bull
letin, Minneapolis; J. Newton Mind and
wife, Lumberman, Minneapolis; j. D..
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