The Iuka vidette. (Iuka, Miss.) 1894-1912, 1909-09-30
From The Far West.
Lamar Colo. Sept 10, 1909.

ED. NIDEIIE.
We are having very beautiful
weather now. Rainel all right
Sunday the 18th and Mon day un-
til noon. We have had fair wealth
er since the rain with two light
frosts. Farmers are busy cutting
the third crop of alfalfa, are also
pering fo- sugar beet harvest.
will try to give brief descrip-
ton of a few of the most beauti-
full places in and around Colorado
Springs. Stratton Park is located
AZ miles west of Colorado Springs
at the entrance to North and South
Cheyenne Canon. This park is
the playground of Colorado
Springs. The park contains an
enclosed pavilion with a fine ma
pie floor for dancing and will, ac-
commodate 500 couples. There
are several small lakes in this
park stocked with mountain trout.
The fish are fed in the evening bv
the caretaker and people will
gather to watch them dash to the
surface for food and disappear
agoin to the bottom. In north
Cheyenne Canon is a very fine
carriage road built by w. J. Pal
mer and donated to the county.
This road is known as the Circle
Trip and connects the two gorges
North and South Cheyenne Canon.
Tourists can travel over this road
either by carriage or burro. They
have an old white burro in Chey-
enne Canon that is claimed to be
the oldest known burro in Colo
Old Dick is said to be AZ years old
and is quite an attraction to tour
lists. He was used in transport
ing supplies to the U. S. signal
corps to and from the top of Pike $
Peak 80 years ago when the peak
was used as a signal station. He
is the burro mentioned in the writ
ings of Helen Hunt Jackson. Old
Old Dick is to be found at the base
of Seven Falls and tourists still
use him. They think the best
souvenir of your visit is picture
taken from the back of Old Dick
with the Seven Falls as a back
ground.
In my last letter | gave short
description of Pixies Peak, in this
one | will give a short description
of Mount Manitou. One can stand
in the city of Manitou and see
something that looks like white
cash cut in the mountain side just
west of the city. This landmark
defined the course of the Mt Man
itou scenic incline which is the
Ionge: railway of its kind in the
world. 1t is cable road II miles
in length ascending the SLOPE of Mt
Manitou to its summit rising to an
elevation of 1a mile above the Ute
Iron Springs of Manitou. The
magnificent view obtained from
an open car while making the as
cent cannot be described. You
can see Manitou, Colorado City,
Colorado Springs, the Garden of
the Gods and other points of in
terest lying before you, also the
central portion of Colorado as far
as vision can reach. Ten thous-
and square miles of plains, m )un-
tains, lakes and forests lie in your
range of vision. Upon the sum
mil of Mt Manitou is a very beau
tiful park covered with evergreen
trees of various kinds. Among
and above these trees tower boul-
bers and crags hundre DIS of feet in
height. This natural park is $500
feel above sea level. The city of
Mantle has many attractions. The
Pixies Peak region converges at
this point and the locality offers
facilities for visiting them. 1t is
but short drive to the garden of
the Gods and Glen Eyre. Ute
Pass leads west to Cascade, Green
Mountain Falls and other resorts.