The mirror. (Stillwater, Minn.) 1894-1925, 1907-09-19

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of Easterners turned loose for vaca-
tion in the middle of July, with the
thermometer ninety-six in the shade,
and the snow-capped Rockies in plain
view, and the next scene that will come
before the vision of your minds eye
will be bunch of amateur mountain
climbers.
Pixies Peak, eighty-five miles to the
south, looks like huge, white cloud,
with it's base resting on the horizon
and its peak towering upward, Ton
bright clear morBing when the atmos-
pheric conditions are just right, and
looking from east to west, Pixies Peak
can be seen with the naked eye from
distance of three hundred and fifty
miles).
1t didn't take my chum and myself
long to make. up our minds how to
spend our vacation, for we each thought
that to scale Pixies Peak would be just
the proper caper. So after visiting an
outfitter's store where we purchased
everything we would need-and by the
advice of the merchant great many
things that we wouldn't need, we se-
lected as our guide one of the Indians
of the company, "Chisf Sheponka," by
name, an old battle-scarred warrior
who was familiar with every mountain
pass in that region (which knowledge
he had gained before he began earning
q livelihood by leading the "grand
march in an Indisn war.dance given
twice day by the "Kickapoo Sagwa
Co.. and that same evening we took q
Denver and Rio Grsnde train for Colo
RADIO Springs. l am sure that Sir
Thomas Moore had in mind just such .
place as Colorado Springs when he
wrote "Utopia," for it is as near ideal
as it is possible for nature, wealth, and
human ingenuity to make it. So in
passing want to say just word about
this beautiful little city. Colorado
Springs is situated in beautiful val
ley five aud one-hatf miles from the
foot of Pixies Peak, and had at the
time this paper treats, q population OF
about ten thousand people, among
whom were twenty millionaires. 1t is
a city of villas and palaces, and every
! street is a boulevard; there are trees
, flowers and fountains on every hand
while every building is an inspiration
1t seems the architect and landscape
gardener have Wed with each other in
making this little city paradise, and
( to know how well they have succeeded
one must see the place.
) After spending one delightful day
; here, we took the stage over to Mani
> tou. There was no trolley line con
t Meeting the two towns at that time
{ or three towns rather, for Colorado
!, City is about half way between tn,
3 other two) Manitou is right at tn,
t base of Pixies Peak, and is strictly ,
s summer town; here is where the spring.
n are located, not in the city of Colorado
f Springs. During the summer season
9 Manitou is quite lively place; it
9 many summer hotels are crowded witt
9 tourists. People come here from al
d parts of the world to drink the waite
e of these famous springs. The spring
d are three in number, namely, Soda
s Sulphur and Iron. The Soda and SUI
phur springs belong to the city o
II Manitou, while the Iron spring is tn
n property of the Iron Spring Hotel Ct
+ The first two springs are right in th
J. center of the town and not more tina
q sixty feet apart. They are eac
y equipped with granite basin abou
le Ave feet in diameter, and surrounde
,e by beautiful arbor, rustic seats, ct
" There is boy in uniform at each {
70 these springs whose business it is
G. dip the water up and serve it to tt
~ visitors. You may drink as much {
IN you want, and as often as you wan
K besides being allowed to take qua
is / of the water away with you free (
Or charge. II you want to take MOI
Df than that, you must pay for it. To n
g. mind, the most wonderful thing abol
ii these springs Is their proximity