The record-union., 1898-10-16
THE EDITORIAL ASSOCIATION
"BESELINA" WAS DELIGHTED
WITH DENVER.

How the National Association Will
be Treated in Oregon Next
Year.
Especial Correspondence Record-Union)
PORTLAND (Or), Oct. 12.-The Ma
tional Editorial Association this year
held its annual meeting in Denver, Col.
The trip to the capital city OF Colorado
is over one of the most picturesque
roads in the United States. The eye
is greeted by fresh beauties at every
turn. The grand panoramic view winch
spreads before one as the train Whlrls
over the smooth, polished rails is truly
awe inspiring. Towering bluffs climb
up in majestic Splendor to meet the SKY
line; We are hemmed in on every side
by high walls of rock, the valley mar
rows, a river tumbles feverishly over
its rocky bed; the sun is almost OBJ
scured by the massive hills, and only a
small portion of the sky is visible. Pres
emily the rocks begin to assume differ
ent shapes; here fortified castle with
minarets, towers and spires stand out
in bold relief, churches, steeples-it is
impossible to take them all in at
single glance. On through these ever
changing, Kaleidoscope views, the train
rushes, through hamlet, village and
town until at the end Of the third day
we reach our destination.
Denver is at once the capital of the
State and the largest city. 1t is a
wide-awake, bustling town of some
100000 inhabitants. The people are
among the most hospitable in the world
All manner of clubs, conventions and
| assemblies meet there annually. The
| city is one Of rare attractiveness to the
tourist. The mighty peaks of the Rocky
! Mountains surround her on the west,
| while on the east the Missouri River
winds its slow length along like a great
| golden coil. Denver can we'll afford
to boast of her wide, busy, well lighted
streets, her parks and her imposing
public buildings and hotels. The Tabor
| Grand Opera-house has a seating ca
pacity of 800 and was erected at
| cost of $3.50 900. The new Capitol
building, now practically completed, oc-
cupies three blocks. 1t is built of native
granite, while the floors and interior
| decorations are of Colorado marble.
Guarding the entrance to the grounds
stands an imposing figure of an Indian,
| his foot resting upon a fallen buffalo,
| his spear as yet undrawn from the
quivering hide. This piece Of statuary
| is the work Of one of Colorado's native
sons.
| City Park is tract of some $40 acres.
ell under a perfect state of cultivation.
Unlike the Pacific Coast, where the
gentle rain from heaven droppeth on
| the just and the unjust alike" a great
deal of irrigating has to be done in
| Colorado, yet in no city have l seen
| greener lawns nor finer shade trees.
Congress Park, given the city by Con-
gress, is another fine park. Among the
parks owned by private individuals
Elitch's Gardens may be said to be at
once the prettiest and the best kept
The gardens are under the personal su-
pervision of Mrs. John Glitch, Jr Mrs.
Glitch is a woman of rare attractions.
| a brilliant conVersationalist, a perfect
hostess and a thorough business wo-
man Her gardens contain sixteen per-
fectly cultivated acres, an aviary full
Of feathered songsters a pond full of
hundreds of of glittering gold fish, a
vaudeville talent may be heard, and last
but by no means least a geological gar
| den.
Denver is also rich in buildings de-
voted to religious and philanthropic
works: the city contains 122 church
| buildings, besides numerous hospitals
and homes" and a Public Charity Or
ganzation Society.
| Denver is pre-eminently a city of
beautiful homes, which are built OF
either brick or stone, both of which are
local commodities. Very few wooden
! houses are to be seen anywhere.
True to their reputa ton for unbound
ed hospitality, many Of the leading wo
men of Denver threw wide the portals
Of their doors and invited the stranger
guests within, giving them afternoon
teas, receptions. etc. besides numerous
trolley rides and a banquet at the Wind
sor. After the business sessions We're
at an end many pleasure excursions
We're given the visiting editors. A corn
roast was given at Loveland, on the
| Union Pacific. Denver and Rio Grande
| Railroad After an old-fashioned feast
/ in which immense ears of corn and
| sweet potatoes played an important
| part the guests were taken around the
| adjacent country in carriages and given
| an opportunity of seeing some OF the
| finest farming land in the State. Col
orado Springs and Mantou. the famous
| Cripple Creek mining district, Leadville,
| Glenwood Springs and Grand Junction
We're among the many places of interest
| visited. Each and every one of the
editors left the State with a warm glow
I of gratitude in his heart for the good
people of the State who did so much
| for their entertainment and pleasure.
! Next year the editors hold their an
| nual meeting in this city. We think
we can show the visitors some of the
finest scenery TO be found anywhere.
No finer scenery can be found anywhere
| than along the line of the Oregon Rail-
way and Navigation Railway or trip
on the Columbia River on one of their
river boats; theny too, this State boasts
of containing the Venice of America"
| Astoria by the sea. 1t is from this
place that the world famous Columbia
! River salmon is caught and here, too,
| are the canneries where this fish is
| canned and sent all over the United
| States. ride on the Pacific has also
| been planned. We are awaiting anx-
| iously an opportunity to prove to some
| of the Fasteners that we are really a
few centuries ahead of the aborigines
and the redskins that while our civil
| ization may not be as effete as that of
the East, yet, at the same time, it is