Evening star., 1903-09-14
Newspaper Special Flashes
Around Colorado's Domain.
GLORIOUS CLIM ATE
BANQUET IN DENVER RENDERED
BY REAL ESTATE EXCHANGE.
Side Trips and Rare Entertainment Of
the Correspondents on Their Way
to the Irrigation Congress.

Special From a Stnr Correspondent.
DENVER, September 1O.-One feature of
| the western trip, which the Washington
correspondents are each day becoming more
to value, is the opportunity it affords to
make the personal acquaintance of the most
| prominent men in every section which Is
| visited
At all of the cities and towns of this
| western country where the special train
stops, the visitors are received and enter
tanned by the leading citizens, the men most
prominent IN politics and business and who
are building up the magnificent empire west
of the Mississippi river. The correspon-
dents are manifesting keen interest in all
of the questions affecting the country and
in reality their excursion is travelling
school
They are receiving distinguished consid-
Grafton at the hands of boards of trade,
chambers of commerce and the social clubs
of the cities. Between cities prominent citf-
zens travel on the special and reply to the
questions propounded by the inquiring
newspaper men. The result will be that the
newspaper men will return to washington
equipped with knowledge received at first
hand of the most important questions con-
corning dozen western commonWealthS.
Entertainment in Denver.
In Denver the correspondents were met
at the train and escorted to the Athletic
| Club, where breakfast was served. After
ward they were introduced to the leading
business men and taken for ride over the
beautiful city in automobiles Then they
were Quartered at the Brown Palace Hotel,
and in the evening were rendered banquet
| by the Real Estate Exchange. Among
| those who sat at the head of the table were
the governor of the state, two United States
senators, the representative In Congress
from the district. the mayor OF the city.
| and all the leading bankers and heads OF
great business enterprises. Speeches were
made by the governor and Senator Teller
to which responses were made by MAJOR
Carson, Mr.. a. w. Dunn and Mr.. E. C.
Snyder.
Press has organized chorus, which. under
his leadership, renders topical songs, a Ia
Gridiron Club The irrigation song was
given at Denver with notable success.
The side trip from Denver to the great
Cripple Creek gold district was the most
interesting experience which the corre-
spondents have had thus far. They were
the guests at breakfast Of Mr. w. H. Crit
fifth and the Press Club, and then boarded
a special car to be transported across the
mountain and around the entire district.
The region was under guard of the state
militia on account of strike of the min
ers but all the great gold properties were
visited Another chapter will be required
tor description of the American Golconda.
Grandeur Of Scenery.
The Washington men were absolutely
overwhelmed with the grandeur and sub
Unity of the scenery which flashed into
view in one magnificent panorama during
the succeeding four hours. They were on
| the side of Pixies Peak spur of the Rocky
| mountains. and to the west of them lay
| the Continental divide. or main ridge Of
| the Rockies visible up and down for a
distance of two hundred miles The crest
was snow covered. and at frequent inter-
walls towering peaks reached into the cold
steely blue of the sky.
At Victor the party were met by President
Howbert of the Short Line and the special
train was boarded again for the run to
Colorado Springs. In distance OF forty
miles the train dropped nearly five thou
sand feet. requiring two and one-half hours
to make the trip.
Running special the train was stopped
at points favorable to viewing the scenery.
No one can describe the scenery on this
run and the delighted visitors were spell
bound. From Victor to Colorado Springs
there is stretch OF mountain country
which for wildness. grandeur and sublimity
of aspect cannot be eXceled In the United
States. The railroad is new and in con-
struction is a wonder of engineering Skill
At Colorado Springs the visitors were re-
ceived by the mayor and board of trade,
and entertained at the Antlers Hotel at
luncheon, afterward riding over the city
III dUlOIllODlleS oHe Ol lIlt HOotS was Sos
George Nox Mccain. late of Philadelphia.
well known in Washington. He now is
proprietor of the Colorado Springs Gazette
The late afternoon was spent at Pueblo,
visiting the great plant of the Colorado
Fuel and Iron Company, steel manufac-
tory covering 1900 acres and employing
| 1000 men. The pay roll is $4,000 month
In the evening the Business Mems Asso-
citation gave an informal supper at the
hotel.
Edge of the Desert.
At Pueblo the party were not far from the
desert. In fact, the magnificent Spanish
peaks, twin mountains rising as high as
Pixies Peak, were plainly visible to the
southwark, where they stood as sentinels
over the approach to the deserts of New
Mexico and Arizona. For two centuries
these sublime mountains have been land
marks In the southwest. Visible for 200
miles across the sand and cacti, they have
| pointed the way for the Indian. the trader
| and the soldier to the sparkling stream
which dashes down the canon between the
| two peaks.
The newspaper men are busy set on this
| trip. Most of them have typewriters along
| and between towns set them up in their sec
| tions to write their letters to their papers
| They are up early, as most of the towns are
| reached before breakfast, and the days are
| so full of incident that the men are ready
| to turn in early. and 10 o'clock each night
| finds the sleeping cars dark and silent.
| Thus far the men have kept in good health
| and are enthusiastic to the last degree over
| their experiences, both from the standpoint