The Glenwood post., 1909-12-18
THE BEAUTIES
OF GLENwO0D
Prominent Guest Of Hotel
Colorado DiIates on
Rocky Mountains
PRAISES FRUIT SECTION

The following story printed in re
cent number of the Omaha Bee gives
the experience of Gen. G. NJ. Dodge
who spent much of his time the past
year at Glenwood as guest of the
Hotel Colorado. The letter speaks for
itself.
Gen. Grenville NJ. Dodge, who re-
turned home Thursday night after
spending the summer in Glenwoo1
Springs, Colo, talks enthusiastically OF
the country out there and he sees
great future for it.
In speaking of his visit he said:
81 have spent eight weeks on tho
west slope of the Rocky mountains at
Glenwood Springs, which is $3.50 feet
wood Springs was laid out by Isaac
Cooper of Glenwood, Ia, who took the
Iowa name for the town early in the
sos He still has ranch near there
where his daughter spends her sum
mers.
"Glenwood Springs is delightful
place. A valley surrounded by noun
tains 9 900 or 5000 feet higher than
the valley level. There is fine hotel,
which is well kept, and has beautiful
surroundings. The springs are sulphur
and salt combined and the waters are
inexhaustible. There is an extensive
swimming pool and taking everything
into consideration, ] do not know or
u more delightful place anywhere in
our country to spend summer than
there. We did not suffer one day
from the heat or from hot winds and
the nights were invariabie cool. The
town is situated in the valley Of the
Grande river, right where the Roaring
Fork joins it. This valley. together
with the Gunnison and the Ouray and
their laterals, comprise the great fru'.
belt on the western slope Of the Rocky
mountains. While the valleys are mar
raw, every foot of ground is occupied
und | was informed while there that
in these valleys there are settled about
5000 Iowa people, many of whom l
saw. They raise fruit of all kin1,
such az cherries, peaches, pears, apr'-
cots and apples. and these products are
going out of there by the train load
daily 1t is a singular fact THAT they
meet their sale east of the Mississippi
river. They don't seek Chicago mar
ket as the California growers do All
the fruit is handled by one organiza-
ton and they have their agents IN
Omaha, Kansas City, st. Louis, etc
The fruit crop this year Is certainly
record crop. The orchards that VIC
visited were loaded with fruit. They
also raise a large quantity of vege-
tables, especially melons, and they
claim to raise a melon equal to the
Rocky Ford, at any rate they have
challenged the Rocky Ford for con
test as to the quality of the melon.
~ was surprised TO sec the value
placed upon the land there. Bearing
orchards are held as high as $4,000 or
$4,000, and one party informed me
that his income would be between
$50 900 and $4,000 this season. The
celebrated Gunnison tunnel that Pres
ident Taft is to inaugurate the twenty
third of this month, drains the water
from the Gunnison into the ouray val
Low. which is one of the great fruit
valleys. and which is said to lack s"'
aicient water to cover all the avallao'e
lands.
"During the last six weeks the rain
fall in the mountains has been unpre-
eedented. 1t caused almost daily wasa
nts and wash ins and land slide after
aide where the railways cut the edge
of the mountain. This made tfame
on the roads crossing tho mountains
very uncertain and it was unfortunate
for there was this year the largest ira
vel across the continent ever KNOWN
Trains often ran in two and three see
tions and always behind time. There
have been more wash outs, slides, ETC.
in th;s ak weeks than have occurred all
together before in ten years. The
water from these mountains IL now
doing its damage on the plains fron
the overflow Of the Arkansas, Canadian,
Rio Grande and other streams and 1t
is q singular fact that this rain belt
ba. bsen confined to the south portion