The Beaver herald. [volume] (Beaver, O.T. [Okla.]) 1895-1923, 1907-10-10
Colorado, as We Saw Ii.

the best advantage. The Union Print
crs' Home attracted our attention II
is an elegant structure and one which
any knight of the shooting stick and
malct' might well he pleased to call
home IL is almost self-sustaininp
having its own farm, dairy, garden
laundry, ice, heat. hospital, etc.
Colorado Springs is noted for its fine
homes. on one strees alone, are the
mansions of seventeen millionaires
We didn't put up on that street.
The great climax Of the trip was
reached when we saw how the world is
puilt, from the summit of Pixies Peak
Words fail us whhn we try to describe
that journey. 1t was lawfully grand"
aud "grandly awful" They told H.
we must see the sun rise, from Pixies
Peak summit 10y all means, or miss the
most beautiful sight of the whole Rocky
Mountain glories or course we didn't
want Ia miss anything but the only
thing Ia WAS To make night trip. We
were undecided how to make the tril
whether by burro, train or a-foot
This wns our first ascent land may
lie my lasD So we decided the NOR,
novel way would be to climb. We ~
coriingly equipped ourselves and Sc
out a-foot about 1 p, m. Such "A joll
aud gave those whom we met the laugh
when they said we'd never reach the
top. We told them we wo::ld be pp
and see the sun rise all right. We
reached the halfway House-which
10y the way, is only one-third of the
distance-not much the worse for wear
Had supper and felt better but our
lrvity gradually abated the higher we
climbed. Fact is, we needed that eX.
ira wind and before we reached the
top, one would easily have mistaken
us for "A bunch of mutes. Such con
irast Ia the mood in which we started
But, though faint we were yet pursu-
ing, 81 ,tarted on our way rejoicing
The printing office, which is really hall
Why was '''ll iltAi SUPP w v tall'u WI
the editor in his sanctum sanctorum
and, in order To convince him that !
was n printer, set up the following
which he published next day in The
Pixies Peak DAILY News;
Miss Maude D. Thomas, editor of
Tux BEAVER HERALD, Beaver, Oklaho-
ma, was caller at the News office
Friday night. She was on her way to
the Peak and was accompanied by W.
II. Thomas, Beaver, Oklahoma, Fred +
Hilton, Paris, Illinois, Misses Erma
Crahtree, Beaver, Okla, Hazel Murphy
and Iella Jones, Green Ridge, Mo,
aud others. Mrs. Annie l.. Jones and
Mrs. w III Thomas accompanied THE
Bunch" as far AS the Half Way House,
seemed tn be having it rs they came in
singing and not down ut the mouth, as
many of the tourists do. This item
was set by Miss Maude, who was INK
ious to stick type, on the highest pa
per in the world-the paper above the
clouds
\ short ways nut from the printing
office found us at timber line and there
is where the fun ca commenced, The
steep grade we had been climbing grew
sleeper and there was only one direc-
ian--straight up, Two steps forward
and slip back one, made progress slow
and To- make bad matters worse, our
breath came like the small boy-in
short pants-and we could only 20 "a
few steps until we had to stop and wait,
for oNr breath to catch up And
windy II was good thing we hailed
from Oklahoma else the wind would
have turned Us back. Let me say right
here, Oklahoma winds are a gentle
zephyr Ia what blew that night, We
were bound for the top though and did
not hesitate for well we knew, "IIe
who hesitates is lost" especially he
who hesilates enroute To the summit
of the Peak, Those blankets that were
such n burden at first now came in
pretty handy. 1t was cold enough to
tre"ze the ears off brass monkey
We stopped three hours ON the way
mp, at intervals, but little did we rest.
lmagiue an all-night's walk through
the wind and cold and halt for rest
whore you must lie down on the warm
60 side OF a massive pile of sharp edged
granite never kissed by the noon-day
sun and which for. cold, would put an
lceburg out of business, and see if you
can conceive any rest. But, even at
that. We could have slept had it no.
been necessary for us To be up and do |
ing Ia see the sun rise We had hard !
trouble to keep Iela and Erma from
falling by the wayside, but finally we
arrived at the summit, tired, worm
out set, too tired almost To appreciate
the heauties of the sunrise and not