Semi-weekly herald., 1910-01-17
Apples, Apples
Colorado Apples!

When the train pulled out of Chama
on the lone-interrupted journey there
| were four coach loads OF people crowd.
ed 10 an extent that another car could
have easily been filed. The chair
car had camp stools in the aisle and
the smoking compartment was turned
into a day coach for the time being
Most of the trip between Chama and
| Alamosa was enliyened by a story.
| telling fest in which Il. c. LIghtner
and Mr.. Irving. the Chicago newspa.
| per man. on his way from trip to his
| Pennington interests. DISTINGUISHED
themselves II was the jolliest bunch
| ever. and the stories they told were
immense. Most of the travellers were
| from Durango and vicinity which made
the occasion even more enjoyable.
The trip up the. hill was interesting,
| the train winding IL and out of a
scene that was magnificent as It was
| unusual. The snow was banked on
| either side of the track. in places,
| above the car windows, and spread out
far beyond the eyesight in a simmer.
ing expanse, that sparkled coldIy in
the rays of the setting sun. One grove
of trees was ''ridged inch deep in
| pearl which gave them a curious
| grayish look from the car windows. In
| places the pine needles were silver
with frost, and on the southern ex.
| posures where the snow had fallen the
| trees appeared velvet black against a
gray sky. When sunset came Sc.
ries of pictures gorgeous enough to
| make the glowing colors Of Turner
seem pale delighted our eyes.
One was study in orange. vividly
deep. which merged into flaming yer.
million as we watched, bathing sky
and tree, snow and rocky gorge with
a light such as no mortal painter could
hope to reproduce with pigments. An.
other was In tones of pale pink which
shaded TO deepest rose, and rioted
over the hillside above us. far out into
the winter sky. Pink snow and trees
| sound like barbarism-but in reality
l. was beautiful, the colors blending
so harmoniously that there was not
even a hint of the bizarre Another
scene in tints of gold and pale prim
rose. though less SNOWY, was Just as
effective. The delicate shafts OF light
played over the tree tops turning their
black and white to gold. and making
the field of snow as bright as II butter.
cups were in bloom.
1t took three engines-two in front,
and one behind--to pull the train to
Cumbres. where the snow piled to the
tops of the windows and blocked up
the extra doors of the little station
house.
We reached Denver Saturday morn.
ing at 10 o'clock and after arriving at
the Albany were turned over to the
care of Mrs. Tyler, the resident chap
eron, the well known Denver club wo.
man. Mrs. Tyler received us very
graciously and piloted Miss Blake and
the writer 10 our rooms TO remove
little of the dust OF travel before
leaving with the rest of the apple
| queens for an auto ride around the
city. We have fifteen minutes in which
to make ourselves presentable. which,
| considering the nature of the task,
was none too much time. Then ad.
| journing 10 the parlor. we were pre-
sented to Mr.. Miller. the manager OF
the apple queen department of the
| apple show, and as many OF the maids
as possible. For after the queen was
elected, the county queens were de-
NOTED and became the maids OF honor
OF the reigning monarch. For some
reason 1t seemed much easier to re-
member their counties than their
names, and evidently more than one
were of the same opinion, for during
| that day 1t was Grand Junction" I"
| 'Paonia" and "Montezuma." rather
than Misses Cady or Duncan.