North Park union., 1900-06-29

lust as bad Us srves. ,VheA WIT oul
Commissioners or road oyerseei
change that sand iaoap to good roadf
We reached JOHNNY Prce's and
turned in !. for the might The teic'
pbone line Is about finished to his
pasce, and il pushing On rapidly to
Walden. Here we met ous fellow
townsman f. r. Davies and tie Hon.
John Sargssson (pronounccdss sarjus-
ssu). He l. our new county Commits
sicncr, and is on trip u the Park
Tor the solo purpose of seping our
poople and asccrtaining the actual
condition of our. roads and bridges.
A visit that we hope our people will
sppreciate, and that is in every way
commendable. He seems to realize
for one that the immediate neighbor-
hood of Fort Collins is not all Of Lar
inner county. Let our people aid
him in every way to bring about
needed changes and improvements
in roads and bridges.
I We continue our trip through the
mountains. Old Mountain Homo has
changed hands again. 1t is now un'
der control of our energetic young
business man Floyd A sipes. Hope
be will mako it better than ever.
jack Grcene's mine on the dat near
the jack pines was still. When hay
ing is over work will probably be re-
oumcd.
The ride down Beaver creek was
monotonous; but after we left Pol
locks the mosquitoes came in such
numbers that life was q burden. 1t
was indeed a relief to get to Laramie
and put our suffering horses in 3
barn. We took the train for Chey-
enne at noon on the 22nd and were
soon at Sherman, the highest point
on the u. p. railroad. We learned
from a trainman that Sherman is
s,247 feet above sea level. To the
right OF the road rs you go Fast a
granite monument 60 feet high has
been built to the honor OF Oakes
Ames, one of the projectors of the
u. p. road. 1t has Medallion OF
Ames cut in sand stone on its East
face. Both east aud west of Sher-
man the country is one succession OF
granite knobs, much bare rock; an
occasiona! narrow valley, with here
and there pine tree and q grove oi
aspen. A tunnel is soon to be cut
beginning near Tie Siding and ending
at Bedford. 1t will shorten tho road
between Laramie and Cheyenne, so q
railroad employee told us, about L.
miles. The tunnel will be several
miles long, and will require threc
years TO build, and will cost NOR,
than a million dollars.
At points east and west of Shcr
man are vast beds of decomposoc
granite that the company takes ou'
for ballast. Acres and acres have
been taken to depth Of from one te
ten feet, and still the work goes on
At wayside station we took {
drink from the famous granite spring
near the head of granite canyon, 9
beautiful little valley, and were soor
after in Cheyenne. Here We have
twenty minutes for dinner, and oul
train for Denver is made up. VIZ
| stroll around in the level yard, under
a burning sun, and watch the passen
gers hurry about. One car is full O
u. S. soldiers of the 9th cavalry OF
their way to San Francisco to embark
for the Philippines more than eigh
thousand miles away. How one be
gins to realize we are great country
An old woman sits in rickity lit
tic wagon and rings a small bell te
invite the hungry to come and bu,
her boiled eggs, doughnuts, sand
witches, etc. We don't see many
purchase. We wonder IL that is he
only source of income. Possibly
The train whistles and We start fol
Denver. The first hours ride il
through an arid, unsettled desert
Then we come to Eton. Through
the energy of man, with irrigation
the desert begins to blossom, and W,
see fields Of alfalfa, wheat, oats, bar
ley, q little corn, and potatoes by th,
acre, trees, shrubbery, large houses
pointed barns, and irrlgating ditche'
everywhere, the great rcclaimers o
the waste places. From there OF
there il no more desert. Greeley II