Cañon City record., 1909-01-21

Glfts and surprises. came and went,
Ihanks to Mr.. Berry. we had q beau
1fal silver spruce tree. for the young
sters, followed by an oyster treat from
q. n. Polhemus and a family dinner
aext day for Ms all.
On New Years eve w. 8. Polhemus
took Miss Ada and Clara to Cripple
Greek to take train for Canon and l
took Clarence to Florisant to go to
Canon via. Colorado Springs Return
ing to camp I found that Mr.. Bouch-
or and his little son, Robert. had. ar
rived from Canon, 30. the next day, he
checked up the books and paid off the
men, distributing about two thousand
dollars for the work already done.
= The first Sunday OF the New Year
some OF US started. bright and early,
to drive to Mr.. Kingsbury's ranch.
We expected to get back by l O'Clock
have luncheon and go down to preach
aing service in the school house at
~hree. but "the best laid plans" you
know. for we found IL twice as far as
We had expected, and the last half of
the road slanted up like a roof. We
went up and up till 1t seemed as
though we were ut the very top OF
the world Looking backward we were
greeted with such dazzling vista Of
mountain scenery, Alps on Alps" as
~ r,h ona far arhEla 81 .ha ,.x..r ~
speech Mt. Tarryall, Crystal Peak,
the Continental divide. The mountains
near I.eadyille, Massive and the Col
iege Peaks. | ihink-the Sangre de
Cristo range. Pisgah. Copper Mt,
Pixies Peak the Incompatible. and so
many another OF snowy and surpass-
Ing grandeur that even to name them
would take too much space II was
Inspiring. Surely no one can look up
on such beauty and not have the heart
list.
When We had climbed till We could
90 no higher without wings. NE de-
scended. swiftly and steeply. to the
Sfteh. utaI AAt
ranch house stood. Reaching thereI
discovered In the bachelor owner an
fold time Leadviiie man who used to
drive a grocery wagon for VIII Fran
chs. my brother-in-iaw, twelve years
ago He requested Mr.. Allen there. to
prepare a good dinner for dozen,
(There were six OF usD While this
was being done. Mrs. VIII Polhemus
and I climbed the stupendous rocks
across the creek. These were immense
and OF all the grotesque shapes-as
three gigantic toadstools-a huge and
perfect saddle, ten feet high from the
down hill side and into which we
climbed from the uphill side. The last
OF all. however. was the best. the
view from an apparently impossible
perpendicular rock, as high as a
house.
I'm out OF adjecuyes and have left
my dictionary at home in Canon. so
I'll Just skip the view. You may be
assured that the outlook from the top
OF this fortress. which Is really four
enormous. cubical rocks piled togeth-
or. two below and two above, with
only vertical crevice between. and
up which we climbed. was fully worth
while. On the fiat top was a perfect
foot print a yard long. Just then we
were called to dinner. and such 4 din
ner! No one need ever tell me that
men can't cook better than women
whom they try. for that was one OF
the very best dinners I ever ate. After
inner. rapid drive through the Slor-
U0us panorama OF a Colorado sunset
brought rs again to camp and the
aert day work. which. quite wonder
tul to tell. has gone on without the
loss Of an entire day except legal
holidays. since Thanksgiving.
There have been some additions to
our number. Mrs. Bell and Clyde,
also Earle Evans. have come mp from
Canon. C. w. King, the surveyor. has
put up tent and he and his pretty
little wife are going to housekeeping
for the winter as the law requires the
engineer where n reservoir dam Ia in
process OF construction.
w. 8. Polhcmus and wife leave soon
for Canon. on account OF other busi-
ness demanding attention.
The boss. George NJ. Polhemus. told
me the other day, when I stopped at
the dam with mail that an average
days work had added about five hun
dred cubic yards to the embankment,
90 any one can see that II keeps grow