The Houston daily post. [volume] (Houston, Tex.) 1886-1903, 1901-06-30
rip 10
CloudcrOft.

|s' ,sed 70 continue the de.
LW r'pp1 excursion 10 Clcudcroft.
,n rurncr. general passen-
iu n NJ Texas Pacific Railway
NJ n.,,e We waited at Fort Worth
NJ y shore was whispering
w" an Of money among the
f'n'. .nd inc Invited guests. After
w ..acsed 4 toast 70 our host and
NJ. p's sn words, presented him with
4 pes w esteem. In the form Of an
Y 8 ! ~ r,ne appropriately inscribed,
X ~ 1'norcd With appropiate tqasts,
|fc lep one from Mrs. I'M OF Waco
,.tcFng words
q Turner health, wealth anu
ies sl ,m our gratitude In tue crystal
Ifls. from Heaven. Nh -
|lnqs tne roads Of TeNas VIII give
b naI ner hearts forever TO the Texas
|sss, Y
u, responded With words in
\ W ISppreclatlre MIND was wen ue-
.,..o0olders" signed q petition re-,
NJ Turner to ACCOMPANY Ne ~
M !, This he found lmp99sslple 10, 10
|tlp,s: ns In charge OF MI. Hurry,
II flaeee sistaut genclnl freight and
|piN III of the III pnso and North
|1nF ssad He more than hlled the
N alayed hy Mr. Turner and we
NtuWreery agreeable and obllging,
Dbl an, duestions with smile,
|,aae ~ ,n;npresent as Mr., Turner's.
n a sdturday our president re.
NJ hv s,onranl from the mayor of FL
n ,sn. us 10 attend band concert
nVnnss IN their city. rendered ny
N sIlnnf No MAYORS wife. We were
lnp no mayor ana wife and a
~ thor ladies and gentlemen or
VI "a vi Paso clubs. From there
HI" snndurted TO the plaza and list
|Fe s'b or,r TO the soft, sweet Spanish
NJ ssn w was passed very quietly
n n,g'" sheldon. Monday we were
x ln.ioos sJ A part of the day we
4 ,,hrcuch sand aud dirt. but every
" N IA enioy even the sand, with
ss Nv ,ssrc desert plant growing as
Az About noon the mountains
| had viewed from afar, brown
X ..t segan to change to pale green.
'Fs elimbed IN and up. round and
" mountains they became dark
|. "a MANI and many a fertile valley
\ = rsw. The little rustic homes
.rnne the mountains gave the
I, uren women" a feeling OF resttni-
,,,n,sordo we changed our coach for
|t,srailon ear The Wild cries OF de-
<hleh hurst from the MSS, ecnolng
N the mountains and returning 70 us
IN sweet music Az one point there
|NySe four tracks, Two heioW, one
!, rd the one over which We are now
|ass ..ss sIoudcroft, land of the
Y NV NJ Mad donned our wraps long
20 reached the station and now.
!. needed them. we did not find
M ,s cold as we had expected: the
I-'Ssier ranging from 90 TO 20 de.
\ n tbe DAYTIME and falling TO 30 and
|ks,fes at hight
KIN prospeetors and hunters had for
\, Nonaht In glowing and wonderinl
III n the beautiful Sacramento
|s.Ius Il was not until the spring of
I'm i'londeroft received It's name and
|anilon 10 the world, and 10, before
n and turkey. or the hundreds OF
Mai had learned TO fear the click
\, rlnp the silence was broken by the
4 the telegraph and hello OF the
,aors the Joyous shouts Of the children
NM song aud dance of the lads and
n most wonderful the growth Of this
I'M summer resort 1000 feet above
srpl II the seal for while lart year
a, pct more than a park, II has now
,ns BEAUTIFUL little hamlet. The
In called Cloudcroft Lodge. just com
X md furnished, in fact. the Texas
rms Press association were its first
"a Il is comfortably and we might
lsndfomely furnished throughout, con
MI h all Its surroundings. The large
hi II an attractive feature and savors
\, Apafhe Indians In its decorations
m he Remembered that ut one time
4mche Claimed the Sacramentus a'
va PECULIAR property aud is still 4
'rnd NJ limited numbers inhahitinG
M Of the mountains lying north OF
ENoft.
ne Northeast and southeast corners
His roiunda are great fire places ~
v sre rolled from three to eighN logs
ianr 10 six feet in length and con
|sar hnrnIng either fercely or smould
h according 10 the time of day and thC
4 VI the thermometer.
\ plrlllon hHs hceu enlarged and nov
cmieroft Lodge dining hall un
~ management Of John W. Fisher
|lcpalar proprietor of the sheldon hote
Y easo Texas.
~ are also cottnges and tents 10
y Ahe wish to be more quiet Then al
\ hs natural park are many natura
n and bride paths,
ne eastern slope everywhere arr
|as IMMERSED ny delightful grass,