Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1898-09-22

;ay may be. expected for six weeks
Dr. so. 1t is cool night and morn
ng, but warm i'm the SUM in the
middle of the day.
membering Colorado Springs
broad, beautiful streets and hand
some homes it was our intention
to have our domicile there during
our vacation. A visit to Manitou
the morning of our arrival changed
our plans. 1t is at the latter
place the springs which make
Colorado famous are situated and
from which most of the points of
interest are more easily reached,
and it was found that the differ
ence in cost of hotel accommoda-
tions was more than made up by
saving of car fare, to say nothing
of time. The two towns are six
or seven miles apart and connect
ed by an electric and two railroad
lines-fare ten cents.
Colorado Springs, a city of
twenty-five thousand, is situated
on a high, level plateau, and in
laying out the town there was no
false economy in the matter of the
width of streets. This is the first
thing which impresses the visitor.
Another distinction which the
place enjoys is that of having a
larger number of millionaires in
proportion to population than any
city in the world-one to every
thousand. 1t would naturally be
supposed that the other nine hun
dred and ninety-nine are strug-
Cling to become millionaires also,
but this is not the case in the
sense that there is an attempt on
every side to "hold up" the visi-
tor. The methods of robbery
which have put Niagara Falls and
other eastern points out of the list
of popular summer resorts, are al
most wholly wanting in Colorado.
At Manitou the "season" is short
this year out four weeks-and of
course hotel accommodations, liv-
ing, etc., are high, but there is no
"gouge." The maximum rates
are fixed; shrewd trader can gen.
orally get off for less, however, if
time is not too great an object.
At Manitou the normal popula-
ton is 1900 to 1000; during the
past summer it has been increased
something like 700O-the greatest
number in the towns history.
With the first of September, when
the schools open at home and
cooler weather is to be expected,
there is a general hegira and the
trains cannot carry the visitors out
fast enough to please them. In
two or three days the population
will have shrunk five thousand. A
considerable number of invalids
remain all winter-in fact become
permanent residents-but all agree
that through the winter Manitou
is very lonesome. At Colorado
Springs the expansion and con-
traction is not so marked, this
city with Denver and Pueblo be-
ing the home of Colorado's sue.
cessful business men-if Denver
has any rivals, or even peers. A
gentleman on the train who has
been a great traveller, stated that
there were only three ideal places
to live-Colorado Springs, Denver
and Salt Lake City. Perhaps you
will infer that the writer has
formed a very favorable impres-
sion of Colorado Springs. 1t is
true and to his mind there are
great things in store for the place.
Business in all lines seems good
and a material growth to be as
sured. And it must be recollected
that an ideal place to live and to
do business also, is seldom found.
Manitou is nestled in a narrow
valley-very narrow-at the foot
of Pixies Peak. Although 6600
feet above sea level, it is still a
mile and a halt, straight up, to the
summit of this most famous peak
of the Rockies, seven miles by the
cog railroad or nine by the burro
trail. The town is at the opening
of the old trail traversed by the
Utes in crossing the mountains,
known as Ute Pass. Very natur-
ally the Colorado Midland railroad
found this pass 1.-The most acces-
sible, and traverses it on the way
towards the Pacific. A number OF
mineral springs are grouped to-
gether within a half mile or so and
their medicinal properties, in con.
junction with the pure and very
dry atmosphere are a specific II a
oraat p,any of the ills of the hodV