The Ely miner. [volume] (Ely, Minn.) 1895-1986, 1899-09-29

chorus or her irish solo and woke the
echoes of the opera house, as they had
| split the atmosphere of Denver with their
yell:
Editors, editors, wise and great.
| Boom-a-lac-a, boom-a-lac-a,
'Rah, 'rah, rah,
| Editors, editors, Minnesota"
| Col Ady, general agent ana local repre-
| sentative of the Union Pacific, and Mr..
| Edwin r. Griffin, general freight agent
| of that road, in many ways made the way
of the excursionists smooth. 1t was with
| a most grateful feeling to Denver and it's
people that on Tuesday morning the par
train over the Colorado and Southern
road, through whose general passenger
Enjoyment was provided the Minnesotians.
| This road is said to be the most profita-
BILE in the country, and certainly it is one
of the most wonderful. 1t makes a steady
| climb up the mountains, along Clear riv
| er to Silver Plume. AT Georgetown is the
Great Loop, a triumph of engineering
| skill, where the road to gain hundred
feet of elevation winds about, making
perfect loop and where it continues to
look down and back and see the tracks
| below like terraces AT Silver Plume. af-
ter visit to the Mendoza mine, from
taken as delicious lunch as was had in
the whole seven days, lunch that, was q
cor SomP PSne ainner was served at the Hi
| Belle Burt, young woman of great bust
ness ability as we'll as of charming
|
other theater party was enjoyed through
the Kindness of Manager Hagen, at the
Denver theater, where ''Old Money Bags
| was seen, clever play, well given.
At 80 that night we returned to our
| splendid Wagnerian homes and started
for Cripple Creek the greatest gold pro-
ducing district in the world, where enter
t tam h including lunch in the mines m Il
mad ridcs been prepared by number OF the
| of this trip the committe was greatly in
debted to Mr.. w: F. Bailey, general pas,
railroad company, whose chief clerk, Mr..
j. Il. Wiggenhorn, accompanied the par
| ty to Colorado Springs, expecting. to ex-
| tend courtesies at Cripple Creek and
who was a most genial and companion
stopped the train at Colorado S| Springs
| the rest slept the committee was at work
| and when they arose they found day
OF OF IS superb ,td sightseeing ARRANGED. Street
| ter just half an hours warning the Alta
| Vista hotel, one of the best managed and
| best appointed pleasure resort hotels in
| dining room. In the morning the party
divided; Nearly half went to the sum
| noon saw the Garden of the Gods. The
| rest took carriages for drive through
the Garden, which is truly one Of natures
| marvels where the gods had their play
ground. They came back by way of Man
| itou Springs, a delightful beauty spot,
and through old Colorado Springs, at one
"Old Town" Here are many saloons to
supply the thirst of the younger city,
| Saturday nights, and from this origin
ated the saying, .There'll be hot time
barber there. In the afternoon the street
car company gave all who wished
complimentary ride on it's cars to the
great Cheyenne canon. The Colorado
Springs street car system, of which Mr..
Lawton is superintendent and his son
manager, is one of its remarkable feat
| fro M init n
the canons, and including nearly 35 miles
| of track. 1t is a great channel for sight
has 50 many of the marve!s Of nature
| within street car distance Its won
der of wonders, many think, is the South
which was bought from the government
| by two young men, who now make $780,,
600 a year from charge of rs cents for
| Broadmoor Casino, swell resort near
the canon, a banquet was served that
the local press, and Mr. Gilbert McCIurg,
! secretary of the city's chamber of COM
merce, who was a great help to the com
and in the exigencies caused by the
wreck, were present, The editors and
ducton to them by the ever tac af ed
torial Nestor, H. P. Hall. 1t had been
planned that there should be no speech
was so apropos for acknowledging appre-
citation of the spontaneous and generous
attentions paid the party by the mem,
bers of the local press, that Mr.. Hall
briefly expressed the feeling of all, and
snort responses We're made by Mr.. Nc
| Clurg and by Mr.. Wilson, of the Gazette.
| Nowhere else were the members of the
| local press kind and attentive. When
| the committee called formally upon Mr..
! McClurg, eight members of the press,
| representing fully all the city's papers,
called and extended through them to the
excursionlsts the city's greetings and
| had cars in waiting and took Minnesota's
jolly, noisy, we'll satisfied brains back to
on the return to Omaha, via Denver, and
another night and day of ease and social
pleasure, was spent rolling, over the
| Union Pacifics and Omaha's splendid
| road.
| Omaha was reached Thursday evening,
and cars in waiting took every one to the
| Paxton, where supper was at once served
and by eight O'Clock all were at the ex-
position grounds. To say that they were
amazed is but to say the truth. None
| the buildings and grounds AS the party
entered the Court of Honor was ablaze
with the illumination, the greatest cleo
| Everywhere was thousands of lights out
lining the buildings, colonades and la
| the flowers and shrubbery, which in
the utmost profusion, add color and
| brightness to the scene. 1t was fairyland,
| only beyond the imagination of any weav-
er of fairy lore. The buildings too in
their extent and the charm of their archi-
| lecture are WOnC6rIul. mat Omaha has
! not only carried on this magnificent expo
| sition for two seasons, but has made it
| profitable, is proof of both the tremen-
| dous energy and of the business shrewd-
| ness of those of it's citizens who have
had the management of this remarkable
| enterprise. No one has any license to in
: any way belittle Omaha 5 Greater America
! Exposition. 1t was magnificent in it's in
ception, and has in every respect been
magnificently carried out. 1t is well wor-
| thy trip from Minnesota and in many
respects the exhibits are as noteworthy
as they were last year This is especially
| true of the government exhibit, and of
| the attractions on Midway. The Philip
| pino village is genuine, and as complete
| and as satisfactory was the famous
Java village at the Worlds Fair. The
| Hawaiian village, the Indian encamp-
ment, the foreign booths and many other
| attractions are equally meritorious while
| fun is rampant all the time. everyone be-
! ing good natured and on pleasure bent
! No one could have been kinder more gem
| erous and thoughtful than the manage
| ment was to us, and especial thanks are
! due Mr.. j. w. Outright superintendent
| of publicity, and Secretary Smith. On
| Friday formal welcome was extended by
| Mr.. Smith, which was a genuine and
| whole-souled greeting, a turning over of
| the keys of this second white City" to
| the visitors. President Huntington, on be-
! half of the association, responded fittingly
and in excellent taste. And then occurred
one of the happiest incidents of the trip.
| Mr.. E. P. Barnum, that three-score and
| every Minnesota brother editor, in one
| nf lie han dnd hn