Free press. [volume] (Hays, Kan.) 1888-1908, 1907-09-07
Excursion To Denv ar.

If you must associate unharmoniOus
sounds grating to the ear, car crowd
ed and famed full of mortals, with no
opportunity to avoid any of the fumes
that come from the spirit of corn and
rye and that which makes Milwaukee
famous, then this trip on Friday night
was not an excursion but a pleasant
fight. After we reached Ellis, two
empty coaches were added to our train
and no more stops were made for pas
sengers. During the night many made
refreshing trips to Sunderland
5:45 a. m. mountain time is carrying
Kansans through country that cannot
be called pleasing except in spots. We
see stream; no. it is not stream,
but the sand where it became lost. At
stop, the State Flower of Kansas is
picked and converted into badges to in
dicated' the state from which we hail.
''Oh, I see Pixies Peak" some one joy
fully shouts, and sure enough it was.
Lonely, majestic, awful, does the King
of Mountains appear. To the north
west are seen a system of mountains
bubbling up not unlike the clouds.
break the nlonotony, and the outline
has pleasing effect. We are rushed
into Denver Union Depot and the
great and massive "Welcome" arch
greets us. Here for the present is
parting of the ways. Saturday
COv,oea xrrovx+ &< tho Y1oV11c oEx IL,
city has many, some went to Pixies
Peak and others went on the Moffat |
The same was true on Sunday. And
whether one saw the Loop or the Peak
or winded up the Switzerland Trail, |
only grand sights and lovely views |
greeted the ewes. Often when one |
looks at the pictures prepared by the |
railroads one is led to believe that the |
mountains are tinted too much but |
they are not. After you have seen
them you will have to admit that the
pictures are not overdrawn. On the
Switzerland Trail the passengers see
three rainbows. That figure of pro-
mise is always lovely, but to see it's
base on earth is beyond description.
Looking out through the windows of
the car, we see little wells and mines
like badger holes on the sides of the
mountains, where countless children
of hope in years past have sacrificed
money, time, hope and oftimes life it
self to satisfy the longing for gold.
Many of the holes and excavations are
mere monuments to stranded optimism,
frustrated plans and disappointed ambi-
tions and a death that came too soon.
The fate of the thousands did not
hinder others from being ''grubbed''
time and time again and. so they are
working '"They toll and hope till they
fade away, And each of them knows
where the hills are lined, And scanned
and streaked by a wealth untold, And
each is rich in his simple mind.
Did you see or have you heard of
Lovers Leap? tits only few miles
from Boulder. 1t is a large pyramidal
rock separated from the rest of the
mountain, a mountain in itself. A mad
and rushing stream laves three sides
OF this curio. Here the Indian legend
says was enacted countless ages ago
climax to love story rivaling in sus-
pense and excitement any chronicled in
ancient or modern lore Who did the
laundry work In Mr.. Giants family? t
The men did, of course. Did you not. t
see those massive f1atirons? They an
peared as though they had been used /
and the ironer had placed them around
the stove to get warm.
But wonders, marvels meet the Kan
sans wherever he goes In Colorado and
he finds pleasant change wherever he
casts his eyes. And it is no wonder
that those who can afford go thither as |
often as the opportunity offers. 1t |
would be great blessing if the Union |
Pacific would run many fights, for it
would give countless numbers a pleas