The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1909-09-10
OUR BACON
WRITES AGAIN
he $ Charmed With Denver. A
Place That has Grown to
225,OO0 People Since
1860. Its Parks and
Capitol.

1t mi. ht not be without interest Il
say some things about Denver ant
il then you have subscriber left
may tell yCu sonnet hing Of numbe
OF side trips" made from Denver an(
co orado Springs that were memora
BILE to me, whether | snail be able t
interest others or not Denver IS il
some respects the most wonderful
city | ever visited. Think if on car,
OF city Of 225, 500 that had no exis-
tence prior TO April 1860. IL is true
there was log cabin erected in what
was destined to be Aurcria by a man
with the singular and eur. eni0us
name OF Smith" aid stranger stlll
John-Johr Smitn-'as far back as Qc!.
1881. Iii kstgMttt 1857 Denver "; S
lheUrpot1tea, This city had an early
e4pefisaee similar to Grenada. In
AeEsi 1860 Denver and Auraria WI re
married just as Grenada was the ouL-
come OF union Of two rival towns.
Thus Denver in 1860 began a growth
chat has had no equal that know of.
Say it over to yourself. A town less
than fifty years old with population
of 225. 900. And all buildings Of the
most substantial ma teriai. l don t
recall seeing solitary frame house
while there. | was told there were
Just a few wooicr. houses that we're in
existence before lire ordinance mace
it forever impossible to build wooden
structure within the Incorporated Inn
Of its city. Think, too, that Denver
is not on the shores OF the sea or any
great lake or even RsOn any consider
able river just little strlam that
we would call d creek, the South
Platte river 1T is Ses UuJ upon all
open plain Originally bare "f tree or
shrubbery. Bat today its broad AM
beautiful avenues are boriered with
majestic tres that give to tie city
the most delightful side walks that
can be imagined. Unlike the city
fathers uf Gfenada tneSe Denver tOlHs
appreciated trees. Ii e city fathers Of
Grenada with a ruthlessccSS worthy
uf a yandal cut down all tie trees the
property owners would let them The
Denver officials set themselves u pat
trees in every place IL ey tOu'd aId
in Consequence have one t the
most beautiful, attractive and cum.or
table cities L ever saw. The city
fathers of Denver DO not mind spend
ing money to beautify their city and
make it more attractive The CITY
has a number OF beautiful parks o..
of these known as th3 "Jity P..fA
contains 32O acres Of land worth eas
today Thousand dollars per acre.
aaention this TO show you that the
people of Denver do not mind spend
ing money to make their city attrac
tive In this park is perhaps the
largest collection of pheasants in the
world. As venture | should sly
there is not less than forty varieties
and some of the most beautiful birds
I ever saw except in the Smithoula,
museum in Washington CiJy. I !,
have here one Of the few ~
herds of buffalo and -t'ft' 4 ~
baby buffalo ." -efa'FPp't,:E Li2t p :
that is --~""' LGcT H4U.lOuN "a"
ho quite '1't't9arestihg. A large
"a Of rchfe elk is kept here besides
uaa,v other species Of animals. Re
.Sfrses City park, Denver has ter ottel
lharks. The city believes IN the ou'
Of door lite. !.
As soon as one gets outside OF th'
>snlendid un,on depot he isgreeted bJ
"a magnificent Welcome Arch" Q
bronze that cost many Thousand ool
iars-I would be afraid to say boz
many as havn't TIE figures at hand
r. is quite as handsome a structure a
the triumphal arch of Titus at Rom
is REPRESENTED TO be. The fist thin
ta greet every visitor in the beautiful
city of Denver is the great arch wit
the WORD welcome" in huge letter
at the top of which by night is ou1
lined in electric hghts. The erect
striking and one instantly feels Q
most at home as he enters the gree
e'ciNv. At any rate there is heartlhes
IN that very word that puts over u
> stranger feeling that he has ia ente
sno no other city in the land. 4 wol
der that no other city ever theugf
of cutting up greeting like that Il
the way-eearer whose foot Steps ma
heen turned in that direction-a gree
ino that cost that city thousands al
Thousands of dollars. TWish> L d;
tho {; yures, You can't imagine 3
seslincs that come over the strasg
as that great welcome greets bin
And when he passes through tn
mag magnificent portal and turns rms, to .l, 10
1T ;t-for turn he surely will. the
he f;nds the good bye and blessing
IN loved ones left behind in the &c
old ole Bible watch word ''Mizpah''whl
1Tan .rd me when we are separa1
@ "re from the other. Il am quot
from memory this word ''Mizpa
in huge feytsrs, outlined ny nlgnV
.electrit iieh&e Is at the top OF