Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1909-08-06
SOMETHING OF
 COOL COLORADO Monsiglor Lucey Describes Scenes in and Around
 Colorado City.
WALKS 4 FEET WIDE
Tte Usefulness of the RarrO--Natural Scenery and Some of the Gus
 tens of the Residents.

Monsienor J. M. Lucey, pastor of St. Josephs Catholic Church in this city and vicar general of the Catholic Church of Arkansas, who is now so- jOurning at Montcalm Sanitarium, Manitou, Col, has written the Gra- phic the following interesting letter. ip which he describes three ideal Western cities:
 Editor of Graphic:
 Colorado City the connecting link between Colorado Springs and Manl- tou, with a present population of D. 500. is one of the oldest towns in the state It was the outfit point when the gold excitement broke out in Lead vile in the early 70s. Four large re- duction works are located here, where are treated ores from the Cripple Creek district. which is twenty-five miles distant. \ great Telluride plant and other factories make the place bustling city. It is wide open as 
 ous for obvious reasons.
 Colorado Springs is a closed town no saloon can ever be operated in Col orado Springs as under the original charter any land which is used for the sale of intoxicating liquors is for feited back to the original town site company from which it was purchas- cd. Several years ago this company secured 10000 acres of land, plated the city of Colorado Springs and be- gan selling lots before railroad ar rived Many capitalists who built the subsequent railways and operated mines in the Cripple Creek district, whose mines produce annually $20,- 00O,000 in gold bullion. made their homes in Colorado Springs rather than in Coloardo City. The latter at times was rough place.
 Manitou, which adjoins Colorado City and is four miles from Colorado Springs, connected by trolley cars, is noted for it's springs. The water of the principal spring, called the Soda Spring, is highly carbonated and tastes like weak selzer. The Iron Spring, further up the mountain side, and the Sulphur Springs below the Soda Springs, are literally patronized
 Pike's Peak is twelve miles from Colorado Springs and about seven from Manitou. It is reached by rail- road This is 14.1O1 feet above sea level and consequently has some snow on the ground here and there almost all the time. Those who possess sound lungs and stiff backbone take pleasure in demontratin@ their prow- ess to those less favored physically, by riding CT walking to the summit. To Lieutenant Zebulon Pike, who dis covered the peak in November, 1895, q poor monument stands in front of the Antler's Hotel, Colorado Springs.
 The great elevation Of 6.0Q0 feet above sea level of Colorado Springs and of G5G0 Of Manitou seem to in dicate a cool temperature in sum- qner and in winter a severely cold one. It is claimed, however. that the mountain ranges which circle the three cities form a perfect shelter In the summer, while the sun strongly burns the skin, the air is light and has not the suffocating influence that expresses people of lower latitude. The winters are said to be mild for the same reason, the snowfall being light
 The public utilities of Manitou are good, with one exception. The side walks are only four feet wide and with streams of people stretched along iN Indian file the sensation is any