Missouri Valley times. [volume] (Missouri Valley, Iowa) 1874-1931, 1905-10-05

has many things worth seeing, they ar
not refreshing or soul-satisfying. On
grows weary of the hurry and noise
the glitter and shams of wealth an,
fashion 1T is wearisome meeting da,
after day thousands of people, Will
never familiar face or kindly grasl
of the hand. Then we turn with pleas
ure to the solitude and grandeur of the
mountains We feel with BRYANT tina
ito him who, in the love of nature
holds communion with her visible
forms, she speaks a various language
Thursday, Aug "a, we took the ia
nous trip over the "Nlotfat road
Rollins Pass, then climbed farther up
the mountain to an elevation of about
10000 feet. The ride was fine. almost
frightfullv thrilling in places
through 81 tunnels, 26 of them being
in ten miles Between the tunnels, the
views of the mountain scenery We're
grand bevond description, like beauti
full paintings we have secl and ALWAYS
thought too good to he true" The
heaviest grade up the mountain is ~ l
feet To the mile. We passed many
little lakes, wound around bottomlcss
Yankee Doodle lake followed little
mountain streams, clear as cry tai,
passed the Devils slide, went through
many snow sheds, winding round and
round the mountain upward until we
could see the clouds below us. AS YOU
look above and see the road over which
you are to pass on the steep, rocky side
of the mountain way above. YOU arc
almost frightened and would like to
give up the trip. but when you get
there it doesn't seem SO bad, and it is
only when YOU look below that YOU
realize to what heights you are going.
| On the way up we passed many small
stations. also the strangest little huts
where the section men stay, and rude
and funny looking houses where fam
lilies live How they live did not
learn, as could see nothing but rocks
and pine trees. 1t is wonderful how
these trees grow, seemingly, in many
places, out OF the solid rock. Many
kinds of flowers, but only small and in
ferior ones, were blooming near the
snowdrifts ON the mountain, above the
| timber line
Snow balling is favorite pastime
among the eXcursionsts at this point.
a novel feature in the Eagle parade
one hot day in August was snow
brought from this road in a refrigera-
tor car, hauled in wagons and thrown
among the people on the crowded
streets.
At Rollins Pass the air is cold at all
times, but the sunshine is warm. While
on top OF the mountain, reveling in the
grandeur of the scenery, we had both
rain and SNOW. This is a new and
wonderful road, which is expected to
become world famous The portion
now built is said to have cost 500 600
to the mile. 1t is to be completed to
to Salt Lake City, and was built by
David III. Motiat. who came to Denver
a poor boy, and is now preaident OF a
bank, and a millionaire.
a favoritc little trip from Denver is
to the town of Golden, in the foot-hill
about Is miles TO the northwest Here
is located the State Industrial school
for boys. where honest Ben Lindsey,
the boys friend, the father of the Juve-
has done great work. Here is also the
state school of mines, where three
year S course of study is required to
TO make a success ofthe mining busi,
ness The buildings arc fine and well
proved. We were shown many bcuuti-
full specimens OF rocks and fossils.
We had a hard climb to the top of
the town a.',l is said to resemble the
we did not exactly find 1.-The fountain
so bracing in the atmosphere, SO up
1,o
found our selves climbing around over
ting for the time the years that have
pa scd over us,
From the top of Castle Rock one has
and of the beautiful valley where
llabitants. A nice walk is up Clear
run close beside the roaring stream,
above either side. All the mountain
scenery was wild and strange TO me.
One surprise was that the foothills,
on them, and stock pastures here
cow How they can climb around,
the rocky surfaces, but they are said To
do well there most of the year.
The land between Denver and the
mountains is valuable, and grows fine
crops Of fir its, vegetables and grains,
but it is all irrigated. The middle of
September some fields of oats were still
uncut. The corn saw there would
make an Iowa farmer tired. The
nights are too cold for corn.
The water supply for the towns, and
the mountain SHOWS, lakes and
streams.
Before leaving Denver we visited the
orphans home. Also the Littleton
creamery, where an amazing amount of
fine butter is turned out daily. 1t
fairly made our heads swim to see the
rapidity with which the butter was
hurric from the churn to neat pack
ages, all sealed and ready for maket.
The mott came into myhead that the
girls working there were more like ma
chimes than human beings The work
was not hard, but the never ending
hurry without a let up seemed dreadful
to me They surely earn their wages,
what ever that may be.
found in the city an old friend, a
professor of Oskaloosa college quart
cr century ago. What JOY to talk
about the days Of auld lang syne'
Few western visitors return home
without spending some time at Colora-
do Springs and Manitou, whose env-
rons are. said to be more wonderful
than those grouped in such numbers
about any other cities of the world
Their beautiful settings have made
them famous. Here are Pixies Peak