The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1906-09-17
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lu'lWN'H ~ lhUbl UNA bl bV,VVV HVhdl'
mile. taking la the Ration and Span
ish peaks ON the south Pueblo and
Canon Clty ON the southeast; san
.grt dc Cristo range on the southwest;
.Grays and Longs Peak on the north,
aud Denver and the plains ON the east.
Looking into the distance We could
sea. cccly realize that yonder small
hill wds u great peak, and that whlcI
seemed tu be rough folds In the earth's
.sG,iacc was mighty range of noun
taius
'OI. the summit the barometer
stands at seventeen inches and water
bells at 1874 degrees.
ia the building on the summit IS
"a cmic shop. restaurant and several
bedrooms. TIP here the price of every
.thinL is much higher than down in
Mauutiou on Colorado Springs. Tue
souvenir postal cards that are 70"
BE- or for Sc i'm Manitou, were lOc
each up there. The clerk told me they
sold according to altitude, the higher
the altitude, the higher the price.
While looking down upon smalla:
peaks and into the canons, ! saw an
eagle soaring along. 1t was grand to
think that was up higher than the
eagle dared to fly
"Out near the edge of the summit
W. noticed little space inclosed ia
non rails. In here are buried some
Masonic secret paper buried there IN
1893 to be left there one hun 'rei
Nars
"fbCve the timber line on the peaE
is nothing but large rocks At a dis
tancc the sides apparel to be one
soltl wall without break.
we had noticed several days be
fo e.. while in the valley snow storm
ON The peak. There WIS snow aroudl
tha north side of the buildings auc
in ,rcviCes of rocks. After staying tap
the forty minutes We started b't.
to Manitou, arriving there at five
o'clock.
Summing mp all Of the trips in Colo
orado We couldn't say anything bette:
alcut the state than the little girl in
IJ9mcs Barton Adams poem,
Its just like Colorado, ain. it
Me-"
The preacher on his visit read chap
ter from the book,
ITLca oifcIed up a prayer to the Lord,
An T. with the rancher's family ds au-
dit6rs, he took
A lc,t for exhortation from the Word.
lie talked about the beauties of the
blessed Promised Land,
The living streams, the never fading
flowers.
The trees of deathless beauty waving
cheer on every hand,
ITus usic Of the songbird in the bow
ors.
lie, dwelt upon the virtues of the resi-.
dents up there,
They all were men and women fair
TO see.
The ever golden sunshine the pure
and balmy air.
The little rancher's daughter sat and
listened, open-eyed,
Her face rejecting reverence and awe
And when the preacher finished
in childish rapture cried:
ITS Just like Colorado, amt it, MAJ
Il join the others in praising Colonel
Suggs and his wife who We're so kind
and entertaining TO see that each one
was enjoying themselves.
The trip was well worth WORKING
for and think it was very consider
ate also commendable in the Ardmore
iute in thinking of such trip that af
forded MS so much pleasure as vel
as being so instructive to us.
Resides these trips given every
year. the Ardmoreite is keeping sew
eral boys and girls in business col
leges. So We see that the Ard
mo.cite is doing a great work, giving
u. a good paper to read every day rnC
helping others to get an education L
III themselves for their life work.
My wish is for the Ardmorei'o &,
flourish in the new state and tha
in It's next contest Il may be - svc
cCssgul as in this last one,
LILLIAN COLLINS.
"DavisI r.