The Glenwood post., 1908-05-30

race between the preacher AMI
the attorney as to who can do ths
most boosteing in the least posi-
bic time, and secure the greatest
results. A close third in this pub
liclty race is C. L. Todd, and on
his heels comes r. F. Mayor.
Bishop Knight joined the party
here and was kept so busy shak-
ing hands with citizens of all the
towns assembled that he did not
have time to read a big handful
Of mail until late in the after
hoon. Mayor Drach and other
well known residents of Glen
wood also came on late train
and joined their fellow towns
men here.
Editor Carlon of the Rife Re-
ye,lle gave us all warm greeting,
and it was with regret that the
party left the hospitable town ly-
;rg in the shelter of the beauti
full Book cliffs.
They are worth more than a
word in passing, are those cliffs,
and in themselves well worth a
trip to Rifle. No one has ever
done Colorado scenery justice
with pen, and no one, | thing,
ever will. But their ever chang
,ng colors. with their wondrous
changes of light and shading
these alone make deep impress
sion, and one not soon forgotten.
The Home of the
Big Red Apple Il
With eighty Rifement and
their ladies comfortably seated
the special resumed its journey,
each of the newcomers wearing a
long. pink badge inscribed "Sept.
Tri-County Fair, Rife -
Laden with literature, the pub
LEFTY committee of Rifle occupied
a smoking compartment, and
d;shed out TO all comers facts
about their town, and sprigs of
peach and other fruit trees as sou
venirs,
"Did the fruit crop fail?" and
r. F. Ma"or asked the question
to a crowd in a tone of utter
cit did not. We have
so much that we can give away
specimens. "
And he thereupon opened big
box and passed around some of
lie handsomest specimens of hor
ticulture seen on the entire jour
ney. The town has adopted "Ri-
he. the Home of the Big, Red Ap-
ple" as it's motto.
Fun Along the Way.
C. G. Parks was the recipient
of handsome gavel which was
presented to him as the train be-
gan eating up distance after lcov-
,ng Rifle. Austin Gavin, deter
nlned to make a speech TIT all
hazards, and having been inter
rupted in the midst of the first
attempt by the breaking of the
train, seized this opportunity to
cngrave his name high in the tenn
PIE of fame along with those of
Cicero, Ben Tillman, Beveridge,
n lillam j. Bryan and others not
ed for oratory. In a speech flow
inv with eulogies of the presi-
dent of the board of trade ,he pre-
sented Mr.. Parks with a gavel,
dug up f.,om the ruins of some
9 te-bellum butchershop. when
was accepted with neat speech.
Mr.. Parks thought 'Gavin's head
would be a good place to give the
i. tial rap, but the presenter de-
and, in the language Of
l. diplomats. "the incident was
closed"
Il. f. Lucas. manager of the
hotel Colorado. was looking
mournfully backwards where the
smoke of Rifle was fast disap-
pearing in the distance. Asked
by "Noisy" Peisar what the trou-
bic was, Mr.. Lucas told him '.e
had forgotten to shave. The fall
fcrce of this calamity did not
dawn on the rest of the crowd
until Grand Junction was reached
when said gentleman stopped
long at the window of a big hotel
there engossed in conversation
with two pretty girls. He stated