The Holly chieftain., 1900-07-27
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Miss Ruth Hoffman. who with her
mother went TO La veta Pass with
the excursionists last Sunday and
thence to Monte Vista to visit rela-
tives for a month or so. wrote a letter
home giving description OF the trip.
She did not write for publication but
perhaps those Of our readers who did
mt go will be glad to read about it,
and We will. therefore, publish some
extracts from Miss Ruth's letter;
mo doubt you wonder where weare
now. We are way out In the mour-
tains dashing along at great rate,
ARE now passing a big bunch " horses.
We ate breakfast about the time we
always do. Most everyone slept until
pretty late. The train just swings
and jolts so can hardly write. We
have passed SO many stations and side
tracks; no one got on al any OF the
places that We knew. There is not a
very big crowd; all are comfortable;
several OF the chairs are empty In this
car, the biggest part of the Holly
crowd having gone into the car ahead.
81 got of little while at Pueblo.
The mountains are great big and some
have snow on them l can't notice
the chan.e at all; it is very hot. We
.ee lots OF cowboys, mostly Mexicans.
We just stopped at Walsenbury juno
ltion. tell you it is no little place:
there are lots Of things In it. We just
passed sixteen houses, all exactly
alike. Passed mining camp bit
ago; their houses were all alike. They
lodk good deal like the Santa Fe
section houses. We are jnst sailin'
NOW. l tell YOU.
( THE air is sweet with fragrance,
4but ain still hot. oh, those lovely
fpeaks! Some OF them just look like
&clouds. We lust passed some bushes
Fnith the luveliest flowers on them.
I'D wouidn,t miss this trip for many,
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| The air is kctting some cooler. We
are going through lovely valley, but
there are mountains in front of us,
way up there. There are all colOrs OF
| flowers, by the acre. I'd love to get
hold of some. but expect they are
rough and coarse. The air feels like
1t was going to rain andI guess it is
up in the mountains. There is Il great
high peak of west of us that Is just
covered with snow. 1t looks like we
are going to run right through the
mountains. We have stopped again.
at La Veta. 1t Is Is or I6 miles yet
TO the Pass.
''La Veta is pretty, too. There are
lots OF streams, and so clear. We are
moving now. found that peak was
southwest OF us instead OF west. 1t
lis getting cool. The scenery gets
more beautiful every minute, and it
steadily gets cooler. They hitched
on another engine at LII Veta. We
are going over gorge, now through u
cut. Well. we have come and come
and come and we are Just now even
with that mountain, and close, too.
| There is lots OF trestle work now.
Elf my breath is any shorter it is
/ Just because there is 50 much to see.
We are going over just awful places;
lust got out Of tunne.; 1t was pitch
dark. Tie people chcered and yelled.
Well, here we are in the Pass, waiting
for the train to pull out. After we
hal dinner rot quite collection Of
flowers. will send You ten kinds OF
blossoms. didn't get any Of those
tree flowers. but may, after all. The
engine just gaye five big whistles for
the people to get ready. 1t Is just
pleasant, neither too cool nor too
warm. suspect we will go down a
whizzing
"Where we are now there is t0ler-
ably high mountain covered with trees
on the south Of us, and a lovely grassy
slope upwards with trees at the top.
The gorges, trestle work, cuts and
tunnels are simply appalling; they
make me sick at my stomach"
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Additional Local.
w. NJ. Wiley attended the ditch
meeting In Pueblo on Tuesday.