Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1898-10-06

| 'AA0ho hSobou tuOnB LuO locks. we
cHmped one and one-nRlf mile up the
canon beside mountain stream the
water OF which In the hot days Of
August was so cold you could not
bear your hands IN ii, We renamed
here one week. While there we Wis.,
tied Cripple Ureeb, We went by team
up the mountains to the divide where
we could look away of in every di-
reCtlon. We climbed the famous
Cripple Greek Hui, four miles in
length, it took us about two hours to
ascend it.
From Green Mountain Falls we
went TO Denver via Palmer Lake;
here We enjoyed a day in the clouds,
or endured 1t rather; one hour the
sun was shining warm and hot; the
next it was raining and slestinR; but
all this this was preferable for just
about dark we came to the summit
and began the descent. The distance
il more than eight miles around
curves, under hanging rocks, down,
down. Here Kansas wagon is not
just what IL wanted; had u strap, bolt,
Or anything broken we would have
gone koWn over the preCiplCe hun
ursds Of feet; but We went on and
about 3 p. m. We came TO q BASIN
where We found beaver dam and
largo lake Here we pitched our
tell, fed our teams and passed fair
~ comfortable night. IL would not
have been 30 comfortable hAd VIZ re-
Hllzed that the end Of the hill was
not YET, but where ignorance Is BLISS
els folly TO be wlse." such WAS the
case with us for when daylight came
we discovered that we had only COM
menced the descent. But finally
about lOA. m. we reached the base Of
the mountains and heaved a RreaG
sigh of relief and gratitude that we
we're once more on the flat prairie.
In due time we reached Denver.
Here we spent week Of Sightseeing
with many pleasant experiences.
From here we went to Greeley, where
attended the SDnual conference
then in session, and TeCeivedaSn ap-
pcintment, unsolicited, here at Silver
Cliff.
Oar journey from Greeley to this
place was made III jost one week.
From Colorado Springs to Greeley
ID q beautiful drive bus when we lefI
tho Sprlngg We discovered that mo
road was SOl6nk that there was no
turn" we found rocks, mountains,
rivers and almost everything we might
wish to or not to encounter! bus all
seemed small when We came 10 tho
Damon City grade. This ia, q road up
around over the mountaih into this,
the Wet Mountain valley. We are
hemmed in on all sides by lofty peaks.
On the southeast are the Wet Noun
tsins, 90 named, an old settler here
told me, beCRuse it never rained there.
On the west and south are the "San-
gre de Oristo," (The Blood Of CHRISTI,
so named because Of the first words
words uttered by the Spanish ex-
plOrers who discovered them. In
these mountains are deer, mountain
lions, mountain sheep, elk and bear.
Bear meat and venisOn are no rarity
here. Last week Fred and Guy, my
boys, and another young fellow went
out aud killed three yeRr-old buck.
so we have been living on yenisOn
since.
We were most kindly received by
the people OF Silver Cliff and we hope
to be useful here. The people OF the
mining camps are very kind hearted,
and seem not to know the worth Of
Of money. l suppose this is to be
attributed to the easy matter it is to
make 1t. For instance, after my boys
had spent three days on their hunt
last week they made in the remaining
three days $12, with our little mule
team, and this is no exception. A
man and team are not considered very
good rustlers il he doesn't make 81
pOr day. The men, about one hum
dred in number, in one mine here
receive $3.50 for eight hours. It
never closes, runs night and day; hes
three sets of hands besides their ma
chinlsts and ore sorters.
To say we are pleased with Colo
RADIO does not express our feelings
and yet there comes to rs As we look
over the snow capped peaks toward
the east a kind Of homesick feeling
aud a longing to see those many kind
friends whom we have learned TO love
and will never forget their many acta
OF kindness az they endeavored 20
make US comfortable and our prayers
will ever be for the good people OF
Phillips county, aud especially OF
Dana circuit. Will you pray for M
in this far.off mission field that God
may use Us to our good and his glory.
Oar prayers shall ever be in Your ba-
halfihat He who marks the pparrow's
falln will ba mindful OF you al and
that when the great day Of reckoning
shall come you may he among the
blest. Until acme future time re-
man, yours in His name.
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