The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1905-09-29
Colorado Letter.

Below is q letter from Comrade o.
r. Webster, OF this city, who Is now
enjoying himself In the west:
Colorado City, Sept. 20, 1905.
1 agreed to write you aud II you will
excuse pencil, (for time is too preciou
out here to be dipping into an Ink bot.
tie, l will try aud keep my promise.
This is a great country. With
Pixies Peak on our right and old Ohy-
enne on our left and Squaw Mountain
In our front we stand at bay aud gaze
op the Rockies and wonder. Say, this
would be picnic for Company FL, for
1t could get 900 yard range with a
background that "freshey" could
not shoot over il he tried.
There are but few things that
flourish out here without irrigation.
Gardens do fairly we'll except corn.
Oabbages grow good, but the worm is
In evldepce. Potatoes are no good.
Living is about 10 per cens'higber
thsnAt home, exospt fruit which is
Qua OF sight in price. Apples q cents
q pound; peaches 10 cents per pound,
and 50 on.
There is an electric line that con-
meets Colorado Springs and Manitou
and all the parks that gives the best
service / ever met with and the eiec.
trio light service Is stretched for miles.
Incandescent lights cost so cents q
month. The Inhabitants here are
from all points Of the globe-Japr,
Cinnamon, Mexicans, "Gerasers" wi, h
a fair sprinkling OF Afro-A mer cans.
There are two large plants that are
called reduction plants, which are
supplied with ore.from Cripple Greek
Trains come daily with ore from there.
Business is very dull here; they have
not recoveeed from the strike that
paralyzed everything hereabouts q
year ago. Before the strike every
thing was booming and all had good
wages. Now there are hundreds of
empty houses, as many have had to
move away to find living.
The cog road up Pixies Peak is to
me the most wonderful thing have
seen. IL goes from base to top, IA ,147
feet, with cars that seat fifty persons
and they only charge s5 for the round
trip. They have six engines and have
given service to hundreds each day
for long time.
There have been two good, sharp
frosts, but the days Of late have been
perfect. Today has been a rel star
day In our experience In the west
The sun rose beautifully clear ard
there has not been cloud to be seen
in the sky. Pike has slight sprink-
ling of snow down to the timber line,
but the snow has not all melted from
the top this summer.
A party OF five Of us started at $50
a. m. and took the car for Stratton
park, where we immersed q trip up
North Cheyenne canyon. We took the
burro road on foot and landed at the
top OF Cutters mountain where we
could look down on the beautiful
Seven Falls at the head Of South Chey.
enne canyon, just above and to the
east is Helen Hunts grave on the side
OF the mountain.
/ will not try to describe the beauties
OF the scenery that we pass In getting
there. The rocks lowered hundreds
OF feet above US on our way, the gulch
lay hundreds Of feet below us, where
the mountain stream goes bounding
over Its rocky bed making hundreds
Of beautiful waterfalls on It's way to
the plains below. A days tramp like
this is feast never to be forgotten.
The great rush Of tourists has passed
for this season but on the way we met
many In carriages and mounted on
burroes. The horses looked jaded aud
make one think that the drivers out
here think that the poor horses have
no souls and she poorburroes no liverS.
All who mount animals here
ride on both sides Of the beast
and some of the riders cut a fine figure.
The views one gets In climbing the
mountains are beyond description.
An occasional glimpse is had out
through the Rocky peaks to the plains
below. South Cheyenne canyon is one
mile deep and ends against wall 300
feet high which is only accessible ex-
cept by q narrow flight Of stairs to the
head Of Seven Falls, which viewed
from Cutters Mountains with gloss
as 1T dashes from rock to rock remind
ing one of the butter milk that flows
from Dudley's plant into the Shiawas-
see
North Cheyenne canyon is four miles
long. This has an outlet at top and
you can come back down through Bear
Greek canyon. There is . man known
here to every one as Gen. Palmer, who
owned the land where Colorado
Springs is located. He plotted the
city and has done much to beautify IL
He has been very generous In his
donations of parks.
North Ohevenne canvon belonpS To