Charlevoix county herald., 1906-10-06

| fnto santa re Dy the SpdnlSH Sol
diers. Pike was imprisoned first a
Santa Fe and afterward conveyed to
1 chihuahua, where he was brought be
fore the Spanish governor
AT this time his papers and rec
ords were seized: but he had been
cautious enough to prepare duplicates
and these were saved by being dis
tributed In the barrels of the guns OF
the party, and from them Pike after
ward furnished the government with
an accurate account of his expedition.
He arrived at Natchitoches July /,
1907, having been released by the
Spaniards, and received the thanks of
the government. He was promoted
from rank to- rank until, in 1913, he
was given the rank of brigadier gen.
eral in the United States army.
In the same year he was selected
to command an expedition against
York (now Toronto), Canada After
taking one redoubt at the head of the
attacking column and preparing to
take another redoubt, Gen. Pike, with
many OF his soldiers, was killed by
the explosion OF the powder maya
zine in the fort. Thus ended the
career of one of the most daring eX-
plorers and soldiers in American his
tory.
Pixies Judgment of the future OF
his country, however, was not up to
the measure of his courage in eX-
ploration. He pronounced the coun-
t,,.y TIL 4
ward from st. Louis so devoid of sus
tenance for human beings that il
would serve as barrier for all time
against the expansion of the country
toward the west. Now the ground
traversed by Pike is covered by rail-
road in one nights travel with all
the luXuries incident to modern rail.
way conveyance. The wide plains
that staggered his imagination by
/ their desolation, are now covered by
valuable FARMS.
In Colorado Springs there already
has been erected a monument to the
memory of Zebulon Montgomery Pike.
The remains of the distinguished sol
dier-explorer lie at Madison barracks,
New York, where they were inferred
with military honors nearly a century
ago. A modest stone shaft marks
the resting place of Pike and a num-
Der of soldiers of the war of 1912
who were killed with him in Canada.
On his body were found two SEN
fences. dedicated to his son: Pre-
serve your honor free from blemish, a"
and BE always ready to die for your
country"
Beautiful Colorado Springs.
For several reasons Colorado
Springs is the most charming resi-
dencc city in America, particularly
because of its climate, scenery by
which it is surrounded, and the So
ciety. Fortunate is he who is able
to take advantage of these attrac-
tons. The population is composed of
two classes-those who are compelled
to live in this climate and those who
have come here by choice-and it is
city of homes, unique in several re-
spects. There is nothing like it any
where else. 1t resembles Simla, the
summer capital of India For scenery
no other city can compare with it
except, perhaps. Geneva, in Switzer-
land; and it has sunny, cheerful cot
tages instead of gloomy, old-fashioned
tenements like the Swiss metropolis.
AS Geneva is the gateway to the
Alps, so is Colorado Springs the gate
way to the Rockies.
The number of tourists COINS to
Colorado should be ten times as
large as it is, and this increased num-
Der might be easily accommodated.
have kept record Of round-trip tick
cts to Colorado points, and it is an
eye-opener The largest number in
single year was only &c, 155, and that
was in 1902 when there were sew.
eral big. conventions held in Cali.
fornia and elsewhere in the far west.
The total in 1900 was PITTS In
1903 it was 57,776. and in 1904, 62,912.
During the last two years this mum.
Der has steadily increased, and the
number for 1906 will exceed any pre-.
vious year.
Brick Pomeroys Tunnel.
Among the things Of which visitors
! TO the Pixies Peak centennial heard
was the resuscitation of the old
Brick Pomeroy scheme for boring
tunnel through the base of the Rock
les for railroad and other purposes.
Pomeroy started the scheme 80 years
ago, and sold stock all over the