The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1903-09-18
FROM COOL COLORADO
Innocence Gets High Up In the
Rocky Mountains and Butts His
Head Against the Sky.

cDurcheS Tor the accommodation OF
sick people, and the sick and afflicted
flock here from every section of the
United States and Europe. / was
told by a physician at Boulder that
every sanitarium In the state, so far
as he knew, was full to its limit,
and, said he, with the assistance of
this dry, pure atmosphere we are
! able to cure many diseases and to
stay the dreaded hand Of death; ;
prolong the brittle thread of life in
others who neglect coming
here perhaps till too late.
more of these sanitariums
than all other denominations and
! doctors put together. The Sisters
of Charity are splendid nurses, and
with the skill of the physician, as
sisted by the splendid climate, and
their unceasing nursing, many a
poor soul has been kept in it's body
and life prolonged. We went
through one of the best equipped of
| these sanitariums at Boulder. 1t is
situated right up against the Rocsy
! Mountains, on the outskirts of the
city, and surrounded by a pretty
green park full of lakes of pure
| sparkling water. On the inside OF
this three-stOry building it Is just
/ simply immense, the comforts that
are here arranged for the accomoda-
ton of the sick. This one had ac-
| comOdatiOus for 400 or 800 sick
people and it was full, a. was one
/ or two others in this one city. This
! sanitarium keeps a flock of Angora
! goats close by to furnish milk for
their cOnsumptlve patients and the
meat of the kids is used for all their
patients.
The State University of Colorado
is located at Boulder, and their
/ buildings and pretty grounds are
magnificent. The famous Kentucky
! bluegrass grows on the lawns and
| parks all over Colorado where it is
watered and they have "A great album
| dauce of water in all their cities
/ From this place there Is narrow
! Euage railroad built up into the
heart of the Rocky Mountains. 1t
| starts down at Boulder, at an alti-
tude of something over five th0us-
and feet and circles round and vi
through tie mountains until ii
reaches Ward, a mining camp, q
distance, by the winding railroad
of flity-stX miles, and at Ward We
were $500 feet above the sea level
The circles and curves in this road
were so sharp that we could fire.
quantly almost reach out and shake
hands with the engineer. 10 this
/ road 1t is one continuous mining
camp. The miners have dug holes
into the sides of the mountains all
the way up, some Of which are rich
| mining camps, and this road is
We assembled gradu ally, at first. up
/ Boulder Canon, "a beautiful stream
Of water pOurs down over bOulders
and falls, foamiug and sparkling
1t was enchanting TO look upon but
after following this canon for four
OF five miles, the road turned an
another canon and rounded mour-
tain side, and over a preciplCe L.
our right We looked down chasu
into a gorge that must have been
five thousand feet to the bottom and
we naturally clutched our seats and
leaned away back, rs we timidly
peeped over into this mingly bot
tOmless abyss and from here on up
up the little engine pulled and
bowed as though il would stall. AS
II rounded curves, carrying u 5 higher
toward the heavens, we held on 10
our seats with a desth-like grip and
peeped over at the chasms below
one foot from where We sat, and ii
we had plunged over it was good
bye. Up the other side the tops OF
the mountains frowned down on us
and below as were the gOrges and
deep recesses. We had 10 look
twice to see their bottoms. This
kind of an experience cont uaed for
about one hour and haaf, when we
suddenly reached what seemed to u 3
to be the extreme top of the Rock y
Nj Mountains. A beautiful spot we
landed on; and here by the side OF
the railroad was erected a pavilion
hotel, and it was a place for picnics
and quite summer resort. This
is called Mt. Alto, and here the
train stopped for several minutes
So excited had this train load OF
people become, looking over the
deep chasms, we had not thought of
the high altitude We were reaching
and the difference in the climate,
but the long stop here on this level
spot gave US time to get back 10 our
selves and we at once noticed that
II had suddenly turned cold and the
icy wind whistled through the
car, eau slng every one OF us TO pull
on wraps and Overcoats, and blue
lips and red noses were very much
in evidence. One gentleman with a
straw hat on said he seemed all Of a
sudden TO have gotten up out OF the
season with bis straw head gear.
But IL was too late now and We are
now only nine thousand feet and
mus, 90 five hundred feet higher
before we reach the end Of the road
at Ward. We were all glad when the
engineer blew his whistle to- start
We liked the excitement which kent
as warm, to sitting here in the cold.
IN cIrcllug now one Of thu most
/ dIzzyiug heights on this trip. Some
one asked tue conductor II they had
ever had Wishap on this railroad
His reply was: Yes, have rolled
down these mountains several
times with car loads Of tourists 80
This was not very consoling, but it
was about the best answer he cuulr
possibly have given 10 this particu-
lar crowd and this answer created a
good laugh at the expense Of The
conductor iuquisitor. Atl2o'clack
| We reached Ward the end ofthe road
As 1 have before stated il il about
! fifty miles through the Rocky
] Maintains and