The Savannah morning news., 1903-08-18
MAYOR MYERS IN THE
4fl. ,MOUNTAINS OF IDAHO
His Trip to the Far West and His Impressions
Of the Country.


Morning News; Having, promised {
humber of friends to. write to then
kou will pardon my taking advantag,
Of the Morning News as medium Of
Communication for a brief resume OF
Inv trip. My first stop aft
r leaving Savannah. was at Nash
lille, Tenn, where ! was pleasantly
Entertained by Mr.. j. H. Fall, a gentle.
man well known in Savannah. Pass.
ng through St, Louis and Kansas City
arrived at Denver. IN Kansas anC
Iowa our train was delayed thirty-si1
hours on account of heavy floods. y
spent one day in Denver and was
greatly surprised ats the, fustle ant
prosperity of Colorado's capital city.
Denver is beautifully located on. a
plateau at an elevation of $500 feet
above sea level. For several miles
around the city the, open level coun-
Sty prevails. The population of Dem
yer is about 100000. The streets are
&all paved and kept remarkably clean
5The business blocks, built largely of ma
8tve building stone, would do credit tc
Many Of the larger. Eastern cities. II
Ms hot-bed of mining men, congres
gated from all parts of the world. In fact
II is doubtful If there is any other city
west of New York where people from
any and every quarter of the globe
may be met with. The city has been
built up by money extracted from the
Colorado gold and silver camps,
Crpble : Creek, EeadviIlepas ASPEN,
and scores. of other places. The peo-
pie are money spenders ana live Fin
luxury and sstYAess The Brown P;alace
Hdtel, largely owned l3s the late 5John
u. Stratten, the carpenter who dis
covered the famous Stratto1i fInde-
pendence mine at Cripple Creek and
Ater sold it to- an, English .syhdicate
Hbr $4,000, 1000. is an elegant hosiery,
EQUAL to any 1 have ever visited.
4 Denver's Great Future3 r. -
! The city seems to have wonderful
future particularly as a railroad G,cen-
4 ter new line now under construc-
I ton being the Denver and Northwest
Z ern Railroad, s.to run from Denver ito
Z Salt Lake City, which win shorten
( the run from New York to San Fran
cisco twenty hours. The Street car
Service is excellent, a feature being
Seeing Denver Car which enables a
tourist to see the city for rs cents
Automobiles of the latest design .and
most expensive make are much an
evidence. Within the past three months
gambling has been abolished, and the
elegantly equipped play houses are for
sale.
Leaving Denver over the Union Pa
CHIC system via Grand Junction and
Cheyenne, a two days trip landed me
at Weiser. Idaho. The country between
Denver and Cheyenne is rolling and the
land is adapted to agriculture and graz
Ing purposes. 1t is well populated
and dotted with hustling towns OF
rom 500 to 10000 inhabitants. From
Creyenne to Weiser the country is most
hhospitable in appearance, but ! am
informed that irrigation renders the
soil most productive. At Weiser. 4
met my brother. Weiser is a small
Dut fiourishing settlement. Here, as
along the route from Denver, mines
and mining is the chief topic ofscon-
Versation. y & ~
Everybody Talks Mines and Mining
You hear about mines everywhere
ana every man owns the richest mint
III the country. al. 4.
From sweiser to Council, sixty miles
Ine' trip is made over the so-called
Fln Railroad, which for conveniences
and time bears striking likeness t.
some of the Southern roads of years
ago The sixty-mile run is usually
made in three hours, unless as otter
happens. the train4 rs stopped In the
open fields to drive cattle off the track
or take on a struggling passenger
council is the end of, railroad travel
from this latter point to Meadows
Is thirty miles. The trip is made by
Iour-horse stage over rough mountain
!oau and is a most enjoyable one. The
uoAen passengers with me were con-
eenlal lot, including two women. Al
were interested in mining and were
gu gu route to Thunder mountains. Among
Wy passengers was a constituent o.
'ex-Gov. Hunt of Idaho, who afforded
Us hearty laugh at the expense OF
himself. Along the road we met tall
sdnky individual of the typical Con-
teuerate type. He was poktng, in tine
s,ass with long cane as we approach
Gu, and was apparently in search OF
Scomething. Our lnquisitive friend, the
sGGVernor' s. enthusiast, hailed the Con-
i1eqerate by asking, What have you
~, .Ust pardner?' and received the reply;
i have lost a grasshopper." The re-
o eoi5 was made in a most serious tone,
s sI was very true. inasmuch as oui
Trend was chasing a grasshopper., 10
use as bait for catching mess OF
trout for his supper.
'rHNeled by Moonlight in the
500 Nodntnins.' ''->.i',e -. -.
after a good supper at the Meadows
S H,e end OF the stage trip, we travelled
o Wy moonlight four hours In eprivate
..oonVeyance. The road is called good
!. mountain road. in this country but
y. reminded me Of Savannah's paved
Sv' .sts only by the difference. Our rig
s .os OF blackboard type, light, but
.I,o9hgiy built, and drawn BY two heavy
@nountain horses or cayuses, as they
fos Termed here. Our stopping place
p Dr. I'M night was on the shores Of
Ia pyetis lake a beautiful body Of wa
g. mat reminded me strongly Of Lake
~ tse' ". Y, but the recommendation
m m. me hotel ware aboIninable, so lnd
tha even the natives and miners avoid