The Greeley tribune., 1905-12-28
ON COLORADO
MR., AND MRS. MCCLURE TO
LECTURE HERE
First Opportunity Given Greeley
People to Hear Well Known
Lecturers who Have Been
Touring East

Tomorrow evening, Friday, Dec.
90, Greeley people will have an op-
portunity to hear the finest lecture
upon Colorado that has ever been
the same lecture that Mr..
and Mrs. Gilbert McClurg have been
giving in every city of any import
ance in the country. No lecturer
before the American people has ever
been given warmer praise from the
press than have Mr.. and Mrs. Gill
bert McClurg, both Of whom will be
here tomorrow evening.
People would 60 considerable
distance to hear noted lecturer
speak upon the beauties of Switzer-
land. 1t Is coming to be we'll re-
cognized fact that. Switzerland can
not compare with Colorado for
scenery and climate. Most Colorado
people have seen more or less of our
own mountains, but they may not
have seen them with the artists eye
as have Mr.. and Mrs. McClurg. Add
to this ability to discern, the still
greater ability Of putting ones i'm
pressions into the finest of descrip-
tive language, and the result is
something that cannot fail to in
struct and please. Then again. add
to this beautiful tale of Colorado
the same story as told in pictures
and it is doubly vivid. Mr.. and
Mrs. McClurg have been telling their
story to the people Of the east for
the past four years and their recep-
tion everywhere has amounted to an
ovation.
The Washington Post, among
other things, says:
Those who have gone to the Alps
with Stoddard, to Scandinavia with
Burton Holmes, or to the star worlds
with Gerrett Services, had the pleas
ure of their visits renewed when
viewing the grandeur Of the Colorado
mountains, through the medium OF
Mr.. McClurg's lecture"
This was after the lecture In
Washington, at which the president,
his cabinet officers and hundreds Of
American and foreign dignitaries
were present. The lecture was de-
livered by invitation of Thomas F.
Walsh of Colorado Springs, who stood
the $1,000 expense of the ball room
at the new Willard hotel. Mr..
Walsh knew that he had something
unusual to offer and was willing to
spend the money to show off his
native state.
The press notices received In
Washington were only few among
hundreds, equally laudatory, that
were given wherever Mr.. and Mrs
McClurg appeared.
Part of the expense Of these lect-
ures in the east has been borne by
Greeley and Weld county people,
and this is their first opportunity to
learn for themselves what they have
been paying for.
The lecture will be known as
Panoramic Colorado, the Empire of
Peak, Pass and Plain"
1t begins with the history Of the
state during the Pre-Columbian
period, when it was inhabitated
chiefly by the cliff dwellers. MIS-
McClurg, who gives this part of the
lecture, is one Of the best authorf-
ties upon that subject in the world,
and has been decorated by the
French government with the Gold
Palm, as recognition for her work
in archaeological studies. She is at
present regent Of the Colorado Cliff
Dwellings association. Her accom-
plishments In literature have been Of
a high order. She wrote the prize
ode upon Irrigation. by the Salt
Lake choir Of 200 voices at the Port
land exposition last summer.
Mr.. McClurg's story Of present
day Colorado touches upon practi-
cally every topic Of interest about
the state.
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