The Montgomery tribune. (Montgomery City, Mo.) 1892-1910, 1903-08-14
Among the Rockies.

tinent! The plateau upon which
the mountains stands Is perhaps
5000 #. high and the mountains
5000 to 5000 II. making their lofti-
est peaks about 1000 #. How IL
thrills us. Our first sight of n
great mountain! The awe.-in-
spring pile can never be forgot
ten. Huge, gorgeous, stupendous!
What words shall ! use to describe
IL. AS | gaze ON the monstrous
pile from the n window II awak-
ems thoughts Of the great Creator,
Of how In his wisdom he hath
created this earth and hath given
man dominion over all, after hav-
ing created him in his own image.
oh that beautiful image now mar
red by sin. God breathed that
pure soul into man and when we
contemplate the greatness of 1t
0f 1t had not ~fallcn) we stand In
awe, as we do before those gil
gantic rocks before US. However
man has redemption through
Christ, and may still be n power
Intellectually. As we ascend we
realize the decreasing density OF
the mir. We wonder as To the
soundness OF our lungs or heart.
What is this strange fcclingp This
queer sensation In our ears? They
feel M II they had been filed with
water. When | look over to Rim
ME and little Julia | am ready to
ask, "TIavc you been painting
your chccksp" Tho Rockies, the
attitudes the thin air and scenery
Of the Rockies have an irresistible
charm.
There ARE 80 many surprises OF
mountain grandeur and beauty
that rs we Hit by Wa try to see II
all, in it, varying characteristics
of beauty, OF ruggcdncss, and awe
inspiring grandeurs. The quccnly
|, city OF Colorado Is Greedy. Alti-
) titudc 1910 population, 1000.
Not a saloon in the place. llur-
, rah! Horace Greedy founded II
, with II colony OF farmers and il
: credited with first suggesting that
the sale of intoxicants be PROFIT =
, bitcd In the title deeds To the land
r Not a drunkard factory or murder
:. mill in Greedy. Hurrahl Wish
@ every other place was like II.
a Having glidcd down the mouu'
c tain In our sleeper lhcad foremost
= We passed into a desert land for n
a whole day with here and there
. foot hills and occasionly n iloocl
n OF sheep, | do not know how the,
g live. We have passed through
y three tunnels which stops IN,
x writing ever now and then. Littl,
:. julia was afraid aud cried whci
= We dartcd into the first but ate
d that came out laughing cverytimc
= She Is n very sweet little travelling
i companion. We will get to Og
IT den at 3 o'clock to-day.
o We are at this moment crossing
N into Utah. The almost smoot
hills have just a thin spread O
green. However some OF them ar
VI or look like a pile Of yellow clay
We are now passing throug
Echo Canon. The hills are beau
-, tiful to the right and to the lief
- It would relieve the eye to sc
" some trees In all this barren vast
For two days our ewes have search
.,lcd for n big tree but We must wa
=, till we get TO California. "
r must leave oil writing now for Il
cindcrs, wind and josie of III
40 fast flying train seems to defy OF
writing more, yet there are
No. many things | would like to tc
you. We are now at the "Devil
Slide," and DEVILS tunnel.
look up from my writing and 81
en- some little cedars on the hills, Il
@, first / have seen. Things are &c