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Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
CTVRTY SIZED EVANGELI.
CKE JEDNoTY.

V nplynnlycb prdy6 dnech ko.
man byl Y Omaze JIM Omaze
IGtyrt$ sjezd "EyaBgelickG Jcdno-
Ity' presbyterHich u reformova.
Ingch cirIfyi Y Americc. Prvui byl
Racinc r, 1893, druhy v Cedar
Rapids 1896 a tfeti Y Chicagu r.
1901 Clenem Jest kazdy tesko-
americky presbytorni n ref0rmo.
yany (eoz jest totem sbor zastou.
penim gy6ho farafc a jcdnoho pres.
bytera (starsih01 Vaech sb0r6,
stanic q misif jest 90 q 0rdinoya,
IDgeb kazatelh IS. Podobna men
II organizace eXistuje je5tG V To.
xasu. Jinych dosud v Americe
neaaya. Ce5ti konmegalist6, me,
th0disti . baptistG d0sud nejsou
njak organizovani dohromady
mai meme sborn kazatcI6 nezli
presb. a reform Jednota.
Omazsktho sjezdu Ey. Jednoty
.MGastniIi 80 ndseIdnjici bratfi .
+, Pokorng NJ Silver Lake, MINI. :;
J. Bfe1 Il Hopkins, Mimi; Dr. A..
Barta, prof. Gcs. bohosloycckG
.skoly v Dubuque, Ia; V. IIlavaty.
Ne Cedar Rapids; +. Noydk \ Wa.
hoo; A. Syoboda Il Clarkson; j..
Linka 2 TyndalI, 50. OAK; J. Nj
ksoysky 4 Cuba, Kans,; *, Mol,
mar 4 Braddock, PA, - Jako no,
ste; Rev. G. Edwards \ Kansas a
j. Ruudus h Munden, Presbytefi:
d. Hlakl ne Silver Lake, Mimi, j.,
Empenger 4 Hopkins, Mimi, j. V.
Nepodal a j. Matousek Z Eagle,
SO. Oak, j. Jasa Il i. Palas q
Thurston, j. Trutna \ WahoO, v.
NoFdk Prague, raye ii Stepau
n Cuba, Kans,. V. Rundus \ Nun,
den, Ostatni fardfi sborov6 po.
slali omluyy, Sbor omaiskf zastu-.
poyaI fardf b, \. Filipi a prcsb.
NJ, Fotaya. dihoomalskf sbor fa,.
rhf V Miniberger a presb, j, Ma.
tttika JmenoyanJeh 23 cizieh po,
slancd , man2elel farafa uhy
toyino bylo y rodindoh dlena sbn.
ri mistnich Obtdy a re1efe poda,
ydny byly v ptizemi ehramu.
rrym schhzc potala Va stfeduI
Nrier duc H.. latupadu y amai
sktm chramus paslauee uyital ~
yorend Mlnihereer itmui odpp
vfd}l DE- narta rak naslednyalnI
kazAni DIP. pokorntho. Ma 10 "a
psdui byli deleratt a Wolrni no,
nj ufadnirts ta pfrdsgdu rev To-
kornj, tairmnika dr, nirta, mi
stapHdsfdu preah hfrantk, mI
pisogatrlo rgV Miksovakt a rey
Mnihereer vf tttrttk ied
uhu0 telt tldpolytlu6 @ utppebl q
hinnejAi afmnIEaer nttli iaka iuI
tlasud 4 ~ Fnani ,stWuntFhI
selikSrh ,thosl takoytho talgsa
= prAW i paKinuaslmi ahRIleh ghI
pfash}laH lsgHl0rAia na.lsgna a
tshlasa ftalan ytkapHt ythafI
0mt nh6 iiArta pukarat AL
prah. nerAnsk L nr#snsh
pFoKisll ts9ehn Wlfshha knk9
\ alYalsnl eesht pushtlgte e ia
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
Polar skladiBt6

VeIik6 skladist6 Acme Harvest.
er Go. v Aberdeen, s, d., zniGcno
byIo We ctyrtek minuIGbo tgdnc
pozdrm Hfizenci zayodu We
chyiIl yypuknutf poz6ru nalGzali
Sc Gfadovn1ch a nemaji M do.
sud ani tu5eni, jakgm zpdsobem
poz6r yznikL Celkoya skoda jest
100000 u kryta jest pine pojistG-
MIN. RGzugch strojd byIo yc skla.
dist w 100000.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
Katolicky kongres v Chicagu.

V t6chto dnech zahajcn byl V
ChIcagu misionafsky katolicky
kongres za G6asteustyi mnozstvi bi.
skupd a preldt1 " ysech konGin
SpojenJch Statn, Kongrcsu jest ten
piitomcn zastupcc papCzdy vo
Washinetonu archbishop Falconio.
Jednani kongresu budc hlavnG
yztahoyati So ma pom6ry misijni
pracc We Spoj. Statcch jejich
kolonii, iak by Sc pomtry ty daily
zlcpsiti a iak V zdjmu misijni pra-
90 ma Sc propagoyaG.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
Manielska tragedie

Naslpdktm manielska hadky "a.
sifell Oscar lluhrr yp Wichita.
kausa syuii man1eIku ktfri rfa
81 drfela y aan6i syt imtsitni
dteko. rfi padu klrsla ngsrssiut
tgua ua syt dIE5 De- tihn ieil
tala ulrptlp mrtelua Erauiui lin
hpr ~ n phmtil fhfa0 pnli soht
L nrn.lInlLL a mnlaA
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
Znstane v urade.

u hodnnyerutho prumRne Sc %.
mamuie, le sekretaf Wilson od
zemtltlsktho odhoru gnslane We
SVEN dfad6 az do yyprseni presie
deutskt lhnty Rousovcltoyy Od
stoupeni jeho hylo by yseobecne
lpleno. upbpf jest ieduim Z uei
schapntisich ifadnikut kdykolty
n trlr nnnhu tJhorn pusubirirh
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
BALKAN

Afkoliy zahraniGny 1fad rnsk5
zachoyayd zdani zeynGjsibo kIidu,
jest pfece jen znamo, NJ balkan.
ska otazka dospGIa ted X akutni.
mn stadiu Vsc zdyisi ma obsahu
noty, jez oGekdvdna n VidnG, cd
vysIedku zprostfedkoydni. jez na
zadost Rakousko-Uberska pfevzaIy
Rusko, Francie Il Angle, ably sna.
lily SO pdsobiti ma srb. ylddu Y
zdjmu zastayeni yaleGnfho zbroje
nj Jestlize sprostfedkoyani TO Sc.
tkd 81 nrzdarcm, pax jest kru.
zieh rOzhodtjicich moznost Yalky
poyazovana IN vice nczli praydt.
podobnou. Die panujieiho nahledu
vztahy mczi RakouskO.Uherskem q
Srbskem isou TAX napjatG, ~ ny
ntjsi pomtry nedaji se ma dlouho
udrzeti. Nota od Rakousko-Uher.
ska 1bsahoyati hude definltlvnl Ie,
ho postayeni ohIednt stanoviska
yzhledem ku anekci Bosny a Her
eegoYiny k otazcc molnieh kom
pensaci pro Srbsko a Cernou llo,
ru Ton noiy Il bude take rozho-
duiicim pro- to. mali So odbfvat
inclinirodui koufrrence ohlednt
HaIkanu aueha ne,
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
Resoluce proti Cannonovi.

V Des MoineB, Ia, odbyyan byI
Y ttchto dnech kongrcs ligy proti
salouickG, v ntmz byla pfijata re.
soluce, odsuzujici nayrzeni kon.
gresnika Cannona za pfedsedu po.
sIaDeckG sntmoyny. lIIaynim cd.
plrcem Cannonovym jest gen. su-
perintendent ligy, Barker, u Wash.
iugtonu
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
Ztraceny uceneo nalezen v bIa.
zinci.

Asi pred desiti lety znizel nevy.
sydtlitclnym zpdsobem ze sytho
domoya v Mount Vernon. Y. j.
Mark W. Harrington, sytlu easu
sci poyetrnostni ufadoyny Spoi.
Statn ye Washiugtouu a uznanf IL
tcnee We vtdecktm sytt6, Marnt
hylo nsiloynt patrani rodiny po
zmileltm, iukoby do yody byl zns
padl Tepryr v ttchto dnerh syn
llarrinrtnunv, Raymond tetl y ie
dnom ~ zdpadnirh 5asapish znri
va O ehpganci y dslaUu ehufomysls
uyeh " Morris Plains, iehol Wy
pudobntni sbnd0tal1 sp uplnt i
ieho ntcem Eu5al tudil salelltost
sysetfnyati a uistll, d skuteent O
Dec ieho n nsiHyn tom 70 naltxa,
Harrington hyl nalrfen as
pred rpkrm m plirifh mtsta tfcu.
tuu, NJ j 4 ui2bdn{m Epaaohem
nenuhl upamaiaNatl Jan ime
niif aneb aslkud pfistl 4 prnlo hyl
dam ID hlathre kdr hyl nselfoyAn
pol Imtnam iahn noe Sc
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
Roosevelt nebude senatorem.

Il Washingtonu dochdzi zprdya,
~ president Roosevelt "a zddnFch
okoInosti nebude kandidatcm spoil
koy6ho senatorstvi po nyn6isim
sendtoru Thom. &. Plattoy. - O.
hlednt ieho kandidatury senator.
skt po sondtom Depew-oyi Y roce
1911 yyiadfil So Glen narodniho
rep. vfboru pan Ward, ze jest Jc-
Std pfills brzy q tom hovofiti.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
NEAIElKO

4 llammu So Westfalslu uzua.
muie 81 due T. listopadu V dolo
lladhod nedalcko odtud udal So
dues yclky p{bueh plyun. ~ 100
horuik0. kteri - dnbe a naltla
III rraci bYln al losud ieu NJ W.
talfno IA pnNrrh ysIehni isnu SEA
SIMON ltkee poran6ni d iedeu nieh
umtel rukou taehruuutho mui
stta n stulp z sam1stuauu hy
Ia $50 hurnlkn 4 tito nepoeht but
byll ssiehnl usmfrem nle poadt
sieh spray hylo iii 81 mrtyul Il,
tatsnn "a payFeh d srdmdesat p0
rantuseh hyln,zaehranfnu, Al 900
bornika narhAti - ieAtt Ne stolaeh
iuiu iek bFlt mnrl ythnehn Neli
re pasknnn} i'u sRFast e nestt
al eh9hli 81 haFniel a. soussd
nleh nhelntth dido ihnea sapa
tatu hNlp : pfaeemi aaehrannt lul.
hlyrt sasb "a yvlkteh phliii ~
kratuealt isu r,ulna saehla =
nltlharim k8em Nshoftla 0plnb
assa4 o1amiiS h,l opalien jas
ka faehrauaf maistso nei
vftsl hnrllNa ais maf.la s. aehfA
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
Zm6na Y armadnim velitelstvu.

Die zpr6yy associoyanGho tisfu
byl ustaDoyen general major Leo.
nard Wood yeIitclem atlanticktho
departnentn, general major +. d.
Grant ycIitelem chicazskGho de
partmcntn a briRadni general w.
g, Carter yciteIem miss0urskGho
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
Hfieka pflrWly

MaulrlAm AFch tnndallot ri
narmlllp Sc piel 4 mtsici l5eke
isl Nalila pWnte is,im Thru a mo
hla hlii pahal.n1 amistlu0 i kef
Ntn ma tai n1eka hym apln3 hlrA
Fa . E1ehnssna hflo n ralsiAfh u
H1mi htla lAhes lspIoa ,ml9u 4
Khll abfIVanl IHt to urimensl
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
osudny polar

Y Lead, =. D., vznikl pozar We
yykfifenGm dome, kterg zpdsobiI
poranfni osmi osob, a pet dalsich
os0b Sc dosud pohfeBuje, NGkterG
osoby poranfni podIehnou.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
osudna srazka vlakh.

PH srazcc nakIadnich yIakn
dr6hy unIon Pacific II Boric,
Wyomi1Ru, pfi6lo o ziyot dev6t
osob, yesmGs zelezniGnich zfizen.
cn, V troskdch poystal oben, kite
ry diIo zhouby dokonal a zp1sobil
opozdGni 6tyf Haslcdoyaysich via.
kd.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
OtAzka zlutGho plemene.

Pfcdseda kalifornskG uniyersi.
ty, BENJAMIN ldc Wheeler, pred.
naSeI v Ann Arbor, Mich, 0 rozlu.
stGni plemcnnG otazky na pacific.
skGm p0bfeM amcriektm. W. syt
feGi prayil, ~ ne1f TO odp0r W.
hradD6 KaIifor1and proti zlutGmu
pIcmcnu, Japonchm q Ci1andm,
nSbrz js0u proti mn ! obyvatelG
yanconycru, Valparaisa, NoyGho
IGIandu ! Australia. Japanci ne.
jsou spokojeni se zGkony. jez 10
yztabuji na Ci1any, q v tom spo.
eiyd hIayni HegDdze. A CinanG
naproti tomu jsou uzite1nGjsimi
d6Iniky, yytryaIejsimi u stalejM.
nj On uzndya, ze je tfcba pro
mas, abycbom p6st0yaIi n mimi pf1
teIskf yztaby obchodpi, kupoyali
cd Mich y prod6vaIi jim, uGiIi jc,
ay5ak yzdor tomu bude prg lGpc,
kdW ma pddt naU ncbudon 10
houfnG usaz0yaG.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18

y eoIni otdzec, jest toho pdbledu,
10 clio ncmtIo by Sc sniziti, ably Sc
zabraniIo zdpIayt lacingch pro.
duktd Il cizozemsk0, jcz p0skozo,
yaly by pax yyrobu amenekou
americk6ho d6Inila. Jsou y5ak
pro snizeni ncb zruseni Ella na 81.
royiuy, jez teprye We Spojengch
Stdtcch jsou spraeoydDy . do OBJ.
ebodu dAny.
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18
Zavrazd6nl bIyall senator.

Vrazda, sp1cbaDa na bgyalGm
spoIkoyGm Hcn6toru CarmacItovi
pdsobi znnGnG roz6iIeni Y Mem.
pbis, nebot proyedena byIa M ne.
obyGejngch 0koIn0sti. u. w. Car.
mack narodil se Y listopadu 1868
Y CastiIIIan Springs, Tenn, STUDIO.
val prdya q r, 1884 staI 80 Gienem
lcRisIatlry, po tt byl 6lenem kon-
Rresu Y letecb 1s07-100l o V 80.
ndtu zasedaI po d0bu sesti rokd
pred rokem byl porazcn guycrnf.
rom Taylorem, kandidatem pro
tyz Grad Jako zIrnaIista p1sobiI
Carmack 0d r. 1886 ayr. 1889 IN.
loziI Gasopls Nashville Democrat.
Ienat byl cd roku 1890 No JeGnou
j., &, DunninRoyou
Pokrok zaÌpadu. [volume] (Omaha, Neb.) 1871-1920, 1908-11-18

university ndsIedoyati budou ! o
statoi ntmeck6 yysokG skoly."
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

yond stretches the Sangre de Christie
range, dim, white, ethereal, appearing
not unlike the thunderheads which
rise above the Great Smokes at the
head of the Little Tennessee.
From this point the road is almost
climbing, and that is quite easy; there
is, in fact some little descending.
There are a few abandoned cabins
along this part of the road, left by
miners at prospect holes. A mountain
lion jumped from the window of one
of these cabins not long before our
trip and took his way sullenly to the
crags Of an adjacent hill. The road
follows a range that stands about the
heads of the Fountain, and only where
this range is broken down is there
any view to the east. At two points
there are magnificent views out over
Colorado Springs and the Great Plains
Up there nothing grows but towering
MOSES and a short hardy grass which
occasionally gains thin footing. The
flowers of this moss are profuse and
lovely, though very diminutive and
growing almost on the ground. In fact.
in Glen Cove, above timber line, we
found wild asters, forget -nots, and
many other flowers of various colors.
their vigor and fragrance far in excess
of the cultivated varieties.
Passing ''the Little Peak" or Little
Pixies" a cone little lower than the
main peak, the real ascent of Pixies
Peak begins. There the surface
changes. Beyond this point there is
nothing but broken granite. The peak
rises rough and forbidding. The sides
are abrupt, and the road winds end
lessly around seeking passable grades.
Along this stretch of the trail exertion
is painful Our climbing was inter
spersed with many stops. But these
we did not mind. for the views were
magnificent. This part of the trail is
on the west side OF the Peak, and the
Royal Gorge OF the Arkansas is plain
ly visible. And at the head OF a branch
of this mountain rift is Marshall
Pass. Above this famed pass rises
Oursy Peak, seemingly suspended in
the sky. and beyond is seen again. the
Sangre de Christie, airy and light,
forming an indefinite skyline as deli
cate as the silken veil of a bride. The
expanse of mountain, gorge and valley
lying far below and rolling up to the
foot of those white mountains was an
ocean of changing color. Over some
Of it masses of dark clouds nung, cast
ing broad and threatening shadows.
The blue haze of mountain lands soft
ened all outlines. A higher elevation
up the trail would change the whole
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

vast scene. definite color lines advanc--
ing at some points and retreating at
others until We seemed to view a new
empire. 1t was worth crossing a con-
tinent to see.
All roads have an end. and this
most tiresome trail finally reaches the
summit of the Peak. The last turn
is at the cog road. Here L, A. Bigger
stopped. The ladies and young Ever
EFT had gone on before and were long
since at the top of the Peak. Samuel
Bigger and myself walked up the
track of the cog road to the summit.
We were to send the young man GOWN
with a horse for l.. A. Bigger. But
GU rparty had started down when we
arrived. Mr.. Bigger lay down and
From the top we could cloud of
ravens soaring and circling above him,
supposing, doubtless, that he was dead
and their lawful prey.
View Is Disappointing.
From the summit the view was dis
appointing. Black clouds shut out the
country to the east; and wnen they
began to gather over the valley of the
Arkansas in heavy boiling masses
those about the weather station told
us a storm of great severity was I'M
minent and inquired of us our prepa-
rations for II. AS there was no view
to the east but that of banking clouds
in rapid movement, we Samuel Big
ger and myself) started down the
trail. Far below we saw the others of
our party had started down when we
Bigger had decided to not go to the
top of the Peak, and when the first
of our party came down he turned
back with them. Our storm coats
were strapped to the saddles, and 1
called down to have them dropped IN
the trail, but none of the party heard
me.
Descending the Peak does not tire
one, and we came down rapidly.
Clouds were gathering now about the
ranges. lightning flashes cleft the air
like glowing scimitars- Three miles
from the summit hail filled the air
and the storm was so severe that we
sought shelter under a granite boulder
above the trail. In a few minutes
young Everett galloped up and huns
us our storm coats, then turned TO
overtake the ladies' And he outroce
the storms. reaching Glen Cove before
they became severe over that part of
the route.
In Grasp of the Storm.
But not so with samuel Bigger and
myself. We left our boulder and ran
to the cabin from which the lion had
jumped few days before, and we
bolted in, Just little afraid we might
and his lionship quartered there again.
The storm ragged for half hour. when
IL broke away a little. Knowing the
danger from lightning in those mour-
tains, 1 wished to avoid being caught
on the bare points of the rim of the
canyon above Glen Cove, where there
was not even a boulder to shelter us
and where storms were likely to meet.
But the very thing hoped to avoid
occurred. At the second turn down
into the canyon the storm suddenly
broke right around US. Its fury made
it impossible to proceed. Such light
ming / had never seen 1t seemed to
burn and blaze without cessation, and
the flashes had a binding effect and
cracked like they were singefng max.
The thunder broke as keen as pistol
shots all about US, right at and by us.
Torrents of hail hid the road. We
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

had lost our cup. l was suffering from
the condition of my feet. When Ne had
crossed the ridge to the Cascade prong
of the Fountain I felt that l could go
no further. But after short rest we
went on. Here another storm came on,
but it was less severe than any of the
others At Groves ranch We crossed
the swollen creek and drank a little
OF the water, though 1t was thick with
mud A mile beyond we were immedi-
ately above Cascade, and sat down
II was dark, and we could see the
lights in the cottages not a half mile
down below, yet it was two miles by
the trail. BY this time l felt that /
could not go step beyond. In fact,
l thought 1 could not rise from the
boulder upon which 1 sat. 1 was al
most dying for a drink of water. But
we started finally. I took the lead.
That two miles seemed to stretch out
TO eternity I became unconscious at
times from the pain in my feet, and
this gave me some relief. for I did not
then feel any pain. walked mechani-
cally. At a turn in the trail 1 seemed
to see before me an intermlnaole
swamp in which our road was lost, and
was aroused to consciousness when L.
A. Bigger said: THE trail lies here"
and stepped into the lead. This was the
last struggle We arrived at Cascade
utterly exhausted. It had been expect
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1908-09-05

found a small boulder overnanging
the upper side of the trail and crawled
under it, though it sheltered only our
heads.
This storm was on the plateau be-
low the Peak, and to our great relief
1t lifted little, though its violence did
not abate in the least. The hall be.
came less severe, and We had a clear
view OF the country to the north to
and beyond South Park. Storms were
raging in every canyon. These were
TAR below us, and sometimes we could
see the sunshine on the storm clouds.
Winds carried these storms upward,
and we saw them meet head-on in
midair and battle for the mastery. The
roaring of the winds, the crash or
thunder, the violent seething of the
agitated clouds as the wind tore them
in its fury, the steady flare and flame
or lightning, made a scene awful in
its grandeur. We were in no danger
from these storms. and we forgot our
danger from the one raging about us
so sublime was the sight of them. Few
men ever see the forces or nature in
action so terrible. We were held un-
der this rock at the top OF the rim of
Glen Cove canyon an hour and a half
No panorama made by man could ever
approach what we saw. We saw
reaches of country become white rom
the falling hail. When the sun broke
through the clouds on an expanse Of
white and green the color effects far
surpassed the aurora borealis.
The storm above us abated slightly,
and we thought best to try to make
the descent to Glen Cove, though the
heads and were as black as midnight.
In a quarter of a mile we came out
on bold mountain projection separat-
ing Glen Cove from other canyons.
Here the storm above us broke again
and in increased violence, and we found
another terrible storm raging in the
canyons under the peak. There was no
protection at all here, and we ran
down the winding trail to a should sr
of the range where we found slight
storm was less severe at this lower
altitude, and at the first slackening we
hurried down the trail to the cabin at
Glen Cove.
Painful Twelve Mile Walk.
We found the ladies already mounted
by young Everett, they arrived there
before it was dark, though in a heavy
storm much of the way. Our wagon
had gone down in the morning, for we
had intended to return by different
route. Another party on the way to the
peak had arrived during the day, and
were now putting things in order for
an outing of some days. After a lunch
and short rest I. A. Bigger, Samuel
Bigger and myself set out to walk to
another storm rolled up the canyon
and the clouds settled upon us. We
could scarcely see the trail at our
feet for a few minutes. There was
much hail and heavy thunder and in
cessant lightning, but nothing to COM
pare in violence to what we had wit
messed at the higher levels. We walk
ed through this cloud, reaching the
Halfway House three miles down in 35
minutes. 1 was wearing lowcut shoes
which became soaked. and this rapid
descent crushed the nails from some
of my toes. When we reached Patter-
sons ranch was pretty well ex-
hausted and suffering for a drink of
water, which I could not get, as we
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almost together in picturesque gorge
known as Glen cave, as fine a canyon
as you will find in the Rocky noun
tains. Here is an abandoned log
cabin, stables and enclosures. The
cabin stands on fiat under the
rounded by fine evergreens. His
satanic majesty was not to be found.
At some time in the past he has
kicked off the top of one of his noun
tains and the debris fills one of the
streams, which is the coolest have
ever seen and as clear as crystal.
The teamster put his horses in the
stables, having heard from another
driver that mountain lions had
prowled about the place the previous
floor of the cabin. But 1 could not
sleep. The altitude (nearly 1900
feet) caused such violent heart-action
resulting in such tumultuous rushing
of the blood that sleep was out of the
question. And, too, the mountain rats
about the size and color of the gray
squirrel. There were ravenous as
wolves and impudent and brazen be-
yond belief. We had to be watchful
of our supply of food, and kept a Ian
tern burning all night. One grizzled
old fellow, a colonel in his COM
munity, have no doubt. perched him
self upon one of my shoes and gazed
with scorn and disgust at the light.
They galloped over the floor making
almost as much noise as burros.
Someone remarked that they either
wore wooden shoes or had wooden
| legs.
We were up at in the morning, the
old cook stove was pressed into ser
vice and by daylight we had a good
breakfast. We took a survey of the
beautiful location before we set out
for the Peak. The cabin stands under
the walls OF the canyons head. These
walls rise sheer fifteen hundred feet
and are scanned with gulches filled
with snow slowly melting from be-
meath heads of the different branches
| of the Fountain. The Devils Black
smithshop is a pile of bouIders on the
shoulder of mountain a thousand
feet above the cabin, and can be reach
ed only by much roundabout climb
ing.
Real Climb Begins.
A quarter of mile above the cabin
is timber line. There the real climb
| begins. To surmount the almost per
pendicular walls of the canyon the
road see-saws back and forth in the
4 form of a w tipped over, and in fact,
is called the w at one point Two
miles OF this road ascends two thou
sand feet to the top of the canyon wall,
but does not get more than half a
mile, air line, from the cabin. The
| road at the top of the canyon walls
| leads out upon a watersheds sort of
| scanned plateau with almost perpendi-
cular walls on the east. To the west
the descent is more gradual, the wat
ers flowing by Cripple Creek and into
| other streams that find their way into
the Arkansas. Mountain sheep are Of
ten seen here and on the crags at the
| heads of other canyons. The view to
| the north Is grand. Ute Pass stretches
around from Manitou toward Tennes-
see Pass. Those high mountain-ways
look like the low-lying valleys of South
4 Carolina as seen from Caesars Head.
South Park seems rolling meadow on
the low reaches of the Saluda. Be-
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