Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1906-01-12

When | got back to Denver Ielt
that l ought not to come home without
seeing the famous Montrose valley,
concerning which l had heard so much,
and to which some of our PoweShiek
way. l consulted my map and found
1t meant winding and tortuous jour-
ney over the mountains, of about $50
miles, and as Denver is centrally To-
Gated, this will give you an idea of
the area included in Colorado.
1 interviewed the officials of the
Denver & Rio Grande. When l told
them where l had been and what my
object was l found that had interest
ed them, and they received me with
every courtesy, and gave me all the
information they could, and directed
me to what places and to what per-
sons to go. They assured me that they
could make the trip a delightful one,
and that would be charmed with the
scenery and country, and they made
good all they promised. We had a
friend in Denver who urged Mrs. Nor
ris not to make the trip. He told us
that the road was a narrow guage,
without Pullman accommodations,
without dining cars or eating houses,
and that when we got to our destina-
ton we would have to rough 1t, as we
would find no hotel accommodations
anywhere. His idea was that we would
have to take pot luck. But 1 recalled
some of my far west experiences. I
remembered receiving at Fallon card
II al n invita- tinn
to the "opening" The enterprise had
been ninety days begun and the card
read "Goldfield's Newest Hotel; Hot
and Cold Water in Rooms. Located in
the Business Center. Private Baths,
Electric Lighted Turnout. Bus Meets
All Trains. Rates Moderate. Bar and
Wine Rooms Attached" And I was
not afraid. They have way Of doing
things out there.
The fact is there are no second class
accommodations anywhere in the west.
1 got hearty meal and clean bed in
the desert and at the starting point.
and at the end of the journey. True.
the room was not carpeted, and our
light was a tallow candle, but the ac-
commodatfons We're in no sense second
class They were the very best OBJ
tainable, and they were fit for king.
At Laramie we sat down to one of the
most elegant dinners that we ever
found anywhere. I say without
hyperbole and without hesitation, that
l never enjoyed a New York City dim
ner any more than 1 did this one. 1t
was a midday meal. The linen was
snow white, the silver was FURNISHED
until it shone. the tables were loaded
with carnations, the service was SUI
perb, the soup, the fish, the roast beef,
the veal, the vegetables and pastry,
were just as delicious. all of them. as
art could make them And at Ogden
we dined at the While Elephant Cafe,
and the menu and the cooking would
put Des Moines to shame. Never were
Little Necks" more nicely served or
more deiciously steamed.
We left Denver about $3.50 p. m. We
very soon found ourselves comfortably
settled in our berths in standard
Pullman and we passed the entire |
night in complete ignorance Of the
hardships we were enduring. Then we
passed thru Colorado Springs and !
Pueblo, and up and over mountains.
At $50 in the morning, our sleeper !
was detached and side-tracked and our
train went steaming on to Salt Lake. /
at a. m. we We're called and found a
splendid breakfast awaiting US. AS
the day dawned we found Salida a
beautiful little. compact city. built of
brick. and nesting here at an elevation
Of 1000 feet. We saw no country to /
a population of 5000 but there /
they We're. and as everybody seemed I
to be busy and happy and prosperous I
we concluded that the problem of sup
port had been solved.
At 80 we began our journey over
the mountains. From here on the road /
was narrow guage, but we found that I
oy paying 80 cents extra, we could get /
seats in nice little parlor car. with |
an accommodating porter. and so we
we're oblivious to the hardships we had +
oeen told about We crept on, turn
ng and winding around the Lodges. 4
nearly all day. 1t resembled walking +
xire-now slowly steaming UP a steep \
grade. now rushing down hanging on
always Remgg.ber the EglI Name
I axafive Bromo Ouinine