The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1897-10-23
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Life 10 ons great panorama, in
which We are all pictured in the
moving scenes. There Is no such
thing - stop. We must all keep
moving until By and by We pass oui
Of view never 10 be eesn again. The
only rational moral | can draw this
bright, Denver Sunday morning ie.
10 u,ske the best Of life and get out
Of il all the good that il in it while
the panorama is ON. for you will BE-
in the procession but the one time.
Thus ends the FIRST lesson in phi
losophy. :.
It is very easy matter to travel
these days if you can secure full
lunch basket aud ticket. The
conductor aud the engineer attend
to the rest. Tickets do not always
include smashupa; these are only
thrown in ~ surprises to tourists,
with no extra charge. So far we
have had but two Of these surprises,
aud they did no great harm. Alta
school house above Ogden several
boys hurled stones at the cars. aud
one, which seemed aimed ut me,
smashed = car window in good shape.
I would like to put my XXX ray
camera on that boys stomach fur
u minute or two to see what be had
for breakfast.
The other surprise assumed the
shape Of . ecars and walked up the
sleepers. In nearing Pueblo at day
light ! COW undertook to buck the
train off and nearly succeeded. A
wheel or two got off but pulled on
again in time to save wreck. The
contents Of the brave animal were
scattered and besmeared over the
cars; and \ bystsnder ut the depot
remarked that the train looked as
If it had cut its way through . herd
Of alfalfa-fed steers.
As an example of rapid transit,
you secure = ticket at Ketchuiu,
the jumping-off and jumping-on
point. You get glimpse Of Ginlet,
HALEY, Bellevue and the lava beds,
and take breathing spell aud sup.
per ut Shoshone. In the morning
you are in Ogden, and the next
forenoon in Denver. barring acct
dents. l came by the d. q r. g.,
as | have never been over that road.
On some portions Vi the route the
scenery is grand, and on others it IL
very dull and monotonous. There
are many pretty towns and rich
agricultural districts here and there
in Colorado. but the most beautiful
as we'll as most thrifty sections to
be found On the entire route, to my
observation, lie in Utah both north
and south Of Salt Lake.
reached here during the festival
week vi Mountain aud Plsin," q
kind Of annual harvest-home cele-
bration of the people of the ,noun-
tains and plains far and near. Den
yer has fixed population Of 1907
OOO, and $1,000 were in attendance
from the outside. 1t was the great
est gathering of people / have Wit
messed in modern times, in time OF
peace. Such grand parades. mas.
querades, floats and pavilione. shows
aud exhibitions. hurrahs and excite
,nen.s, cannot remember seeing
since the days when the Romans
pulled Jerusalem.
/ was one Of the original Pike
Peakers or bust, and Was around
here for three seasons; but the
town has grown out Of my knowl-
edge in the past 81 or 50 years, aud !
saw none vi my old associates Ut the
pick and shovel amoDg the pariici-
pants uf the festivities. Probably
many of the old-timers could be
located by consulting the cemetery
directory, but that is = last resort.
| was surprised to meet our old
Kelchumite, John G. Rumeey. He
is stopping in the city. His parents
reside here. John sold out his store
business and turned his attention
to mining at Cripple, and has some
good mineral territory which he Is
about 10 sell. The ground Frank
Weaver had leased turned out to br
valuable, aud yielded about $50, 600
to new parties. also lnet the
Hon. J. e. Fox, Of Challis, on his
way home from Chicago.
Thought knew everything worth
knowing when | closed the doors
Of the Observatory At Ketchum to
take this town. | could not think
Of solitary thing | did not know
and was happy in the thought that
had got ali the knowledge going.
both ancient and modern. But |
found there Was one thing not Of,
nny knowledge list, 20 stopped of
here to 60 70 echool awhile again.
What want to get now IL q knowl-
edge Of extracting the precious met
ais from rocks, ores, tailings, ETC.,
by the concentrated powers Of cleo.
tricity perneating cyanide solu.
ton holding in les sweet embrace
the aforesaid precious stuff known
~ gold and silver. II may come in
good play to give this new knowl-
edge to the Observatory students