The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1910-09-20
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tJlher Texas Delegates to the' + ".
I Of A Supreme Lodge ct Denver.
Colo Leaving Fort Worth in the
nigat VIC saw none Of the country
until arriving n. Henrietta satur-
day We passed over the great plains
country of the panhandle aud 2 good
lily portion of New Mexico. beins
ordered to turn the hands of our
1 watches back an hour at some little
| town near the Texas and New Mexi-
( 60 linn. During more or less
I checkcrad career OF SO years | had
many times been cognizant of the
fact that / had lost hours and even
days but it YVES the first refreshing
/ realization of having gained even one
! moment, | was tempted to stop a,
! the first station and phone that poet
! who sang something about turning (
/ back the wheels of time and telling
1 him 10 go west. As We giidcd over
/ tho smooth track of the Fort Worth
/ and Denver railway and looked out
over the vast eSpanse of virgin soil
| With only IN occasional farm house
! wGs made TO wonder what had be-
come Of the multiplied thousan Is OF
| home seekers who had gone from all
| parts of the south, east and north to
| the west. In the plains country we
would pass through few miles ~
| fine sorghum. maize, kaffir and oc-
casionally a field of fine cotton and
| then for time would witness the
| hlghting effects of drouth, The
panhandle and New Mexico com
prise an empire in area and there
are many millions of acres of I'M
! broken land. as fertile, almost, as
| the alluvial bottoms of the east but
| the ingenuity OF man must be taxed
| to its limit before the REQUISITE sup
ply of moisture can be obtained to
make agriculture a safe and lucra-
| consider the aggressiveness of man )
| inventive skill and think of the
| great number of the seemingly I'M
| surmountable obstacles of nature he
! has surmountcd we are forced TO con-
! clude that he will yet conserve the
! rainfall OF that region and supple
ment il with water from the bowels
of the earth until the plains of Tex
| as and New Mexico will become n
| yeritable garden spot of earth,
4 have decided though not to settle
| out there until more is accomplished
\ in that direction than | have seen
! any evidence OF yet and if consulted
| would advise all who contemplate
| migrating to that country to not
| only count the cost, but to make
! thorough investigation of its rainfall,
! learn how often crops fail and then
| stay away unless they have money
| propose to buy and have some left
| besides a great reserve of patience
! to abide In peace while the process
| of artificial watering is being de-
veloped. fear / have fingered too
! long on the plains and must hasten
on to the mountains of Colorado
Five of our party dropped off at
Colorado Springs Sunday morning
to spend the day. AS we rose from
our berths DR.. Warren of Brookston,
| Texas, looked out TO the west and
said. look at the mountains"
| peered through the mist and said,
The those are not mountains,
they are clouds" On closer invest
cation | found that towering thou
sands of feet above the beautiful
little city were the mighty peaks of
the rockies the sublimity aud
grandeur of which | had often heard
and imagined but had never seen.
After breakfast we started to walk
out that way and some of us pro-
posed that we scale the height of the
nearest peak. oontending that It
would be but the task of a few
minutes, We walked couple OF
miles out toward Colorado City
boarded car for Manitou and after
riding end walking about seven
miles, actually arrived at the foot of
Mount Manitou. Manitou is 8 verti-
able flower garden. In the yards
and by the roadside beautiful flowers
grow In great profusion. A cleai
mountain stream flows through the
town. A cool breeze rustles the
leaves OF the mountain ash and other
trees. Pavilions cover springs OF
mineral water for the healing or
nations. There are large hotels. and
small ones. Restaurants are plenti-
full. There are houses in the valley,
houses on the mountainside and
houses SO high up as to seem almost