Evening journal., 1897-10-29
WESTERN IMPRESSIONS
Ex City Solicitor Elliott's
Rambles in Colorado.
SOME OF THE BIG THINGS he SAW

WOOLLY HOME OF THE FREE
SILVER MOVEMENT.
Ex-City Solicitor George A. Elliott,
who. few days ago, returned from an
extended Western trip, was in a talka-
tive mood when an Evening Journal re-
porter called on him at his ofice yes
ferday afternoon and asked him for an
interview on where he went and what
he saw.
eyes. | am back from what was called |
the wild and woolly West" he said. |
This was my first trip to the Rockies, |
and / was sorry to find that the coun-
trv had lost those characteristic ele- !
ments Of former days, and could no lon
Ger be called wild and woolly' Busi- !
ness took me to Kansas City, st. Joseph |
and Denver; the rest of the trip was
sightseeing. l was delighted with
Colorado and / believe that Denver
has a great future. At the time of our
visit IL was crowded with visitors from
ali parts of the state to see and take
mart in the Grand Carnival Of the Hills
and the Plains, which continued for
three days and evenings. Gorgeously
decorated floats, descriptive of the ad-
vance Of Colorado from the days of the
pioneers TO its present position, were
Drcminent features The diversified in
dustries Of the state enable them to
make these carnival parades very at
tractive One afternoon and evening
was given up 10 a masked parade and
bali. A dozen bands furnished thel
music and the ball room floor consisted
of an asphalt street 100x600 feet, COW
cred with canvas. Grand, stands en-
abled thousands to witness this most
novel masked ball, in which at least
1000 persons took part. disguised tol
represent every nationality on earth.
Great preparations had been made
for all these affairs, and the costumes
were wonderfully effective The Indians
came down from the reservation inI
large numbers and, with the cowboys,
military, hremen, secret societies and
Chinese, you can imagine what va
riety we had before us. And with all
OF these elements taking part in this
carnival | did not see a single instance
of rowdyism.
but the charm of Denver and of
Colorado is the delightful climate. I'll
has attracted people from all over the
world and the result is street after
street, mile after mile, of handsomel
residences-ma of them as attractive
as any in our large cities of the East
The Office and public buildings are also
on a large scale The mountains fur
nish building stone Of every desirable
color. and the clays will produce bricks
of almost every conceivable color.
Given all of these in abundance IL is no
wonder that with good architects Dem
yer is q city Of beautiful homes. The
Capitol building is a magnificent struc-
ture almost finished, at a cost of 81
100000 In it are to be found the hand
soonest combination of native granite
and marble. The appropriation bill
contained the proviso that not one cent
was to be expended for materials other
than what Colorado could furnish; so
they naturally point to 1t with a great
deal OF pride.
"When one remembers that not more
than forty years ago herds of buffaloes
were roaming around within sight Of
these magnificent buildings we appre-
ciate the push and energy of the great
West
Everything out there is on grand
scale, and when one remembers that
Colorado is equal in size to Pennsyl-
vania. New York. New Jersey and
Delaware. we can appreciate what fu-
ture she has.
ID j. Moffat. president of the First
National Bank of Denver, told me that
when they opened the bank for business
that morning October 81, they had
S11200000 on depOsit-in that one
bank. More than twice as much as all
of our Wilmington banks put together.
"Then sightseeing took us down to
Colorado Springs, through the Garden
of the Gods so well-known to you all,
.f ~ H. xtrff,
its wonderful springs, around which the
Utes and Arrapahoes had many battles.
and then late one afternoon we walked
up the famous. Cheyenne Canon. The
passage between the towering cliffs is
just wide enough for q little stream
that comes tumbling through an OPEN
ing forming in its fall OF 800 feet, the
charming Seven Falls, and on a narrow
path from which we gaze almost
straight up at the many colored rocks
whose rugged tops, 1000 feet above ua
are still bathed in the light of the set
ting sun. Il was on one of these cliffs
part Of her favorite mountain, that
Helen Hunt Jackson asked TO be buried
The next day we took the Cog road
up Pixies Peak. From the balmy ain
of the plains we went up, up into the
snow drifts and piercing winds that il
20 happened were that morning max
ing the SUBMITS atmospheric cOndi.
tions like a January blizzard. But
from a sheltered rs)k the outlook was
grand. Away of in the south and wesi
snow-clad peaks innumerable, forming
the Snow Range bounded the hOri
zOn for hundreds of miles. while on the
east stretches the bOundless prairies
all bathed in the clear golden eunshins
while cur faces were tingling from th'
cold and driving snow. But to be NJ
in the air 14,100 feet above our usua
level in Wilmington made me just f;
little short Of breath. and ] was willing
to start with the first car for th'
charming city OF Colorado Springs
which seemed to be spread sut almOs
at our feet.
Two hours later I sat on the porcl
Of the Antlers hardly able to realiz
that fierce winds could be howlini
around the top Of that rugged noun
tain. which looks so near and so beau
tiful in its Winter garb.
"Our trip to Cripple Creek exploring
the mines the inepection OF gold bear