The news & observer., 1897-07-18

exchange. Cripple Creek, Colorado, and
the mining towns and camps had arge
and magnificent exhibits, but Holmes $
North Carolina exhibit took the cake
We were beseiged ut the hotel to tell
them of the Golden El Dora
do of North Carolina, and no evening
did our Holmes leave his stand. III the
exchange until after 10 o'clock, and ne
and his stand was always the centre OF
attraction. He carried with him the bull
letin issued by the Board of Agrlcul-
ture on gold, and this was eagerly sought
for by all parties interested Ill gold NM
ing. | am satisfied that Prof. Holmes,
than whom there is no better man. uld
great things for North Carolina. rms
being the first session, the work was
largely formative. The work of TINS
session will show largely at
the next. which meets next year mt Salt
Lake. The convention is strictly non
partisan: no discussion in anywise poll
tical is permitted. Persons in this and
in other countries interested in mining
are welcomed. Delegates from ten or
twelve foreign countries were present at
the convention at Denver.
'I'hc West never grew Il finer crop,
both of wheat and oats. At many rail
road stations | counted from ; to - large
storage barns filled with last years corn,
while the growing crop will excel any
grown probably since the war On one
route l was shown field said to contain
corn rows two miles long. The field
was represented as being seven miles
long by three miles wide, all in corn. The
most of the farming done is by irrigation;
the lands naturally being dry and thirsty
and unproductive unless irrigated. Prop
erly irrigated their production is simp-
ly wonderful. Water is the one thing
needed. No fertilizer of any kind is
ever thought of.
The women, as well as the men. work
At the railroad stations and sometimes
at the hotels in the cities the entire
force is female. The Antler's Hotel, at
Colorado Springs, has the most efficient,
obliging clerk l think / ever saw at the
desk, and she is a lady, as obliging and
as handsome as she is clever. She is
head clerk and | think general manager
of one of the largest and handsonest
hotels in the West. She can tap bell
and cry Frank, show the gentleman to
512.' with as much grace and manner
as any clerk / ever saw.
''The climate and scenery | must leave
for you to see for yourself, for the rea-
son that they are beyond my description.
You could mighty nigh live on the eli
mate and scenery. as a great many there
do. A trip to Pixies Peak, drive
through the Garden of the Gods visit
to Wyoming Cannon, and a rest at the
'Antlers,' Colorado Springs. or at The
Manitou,' is enough to repay one for the
long, hot, uninteresting rides across the
long and dusty plains.
"One of the most useful and infiuen-
tial delegates in attendance upon the
convention was Mr.. Samuel A. Henry,
of Cumnock, Chatham county. For
years he resided in the West, where he
made many valuable friends, and he was
swift to turn everything to the good
account of North Carolina, and when he
arose upon the convention floor, no one
received a more respectful hearing. To-
gether with Prof Holmes, Mr. Henzy
helped much to advertise North Carolina.
He is a most valuable citizen and a
capital worker at convention of miners
where he feels thoroughly at home, and
never forgets to add Il good word foi
North Carolina