Dakota farmers' leader. (Canton, S.D.) 1890-19??, 1911-07-07

OUIH DAKOTA, FRIDAY, JUL
which he came, and down over the
trail he came up? You don't seem tC
care at first upon reaching the top
what the scene directly before you
has to offer, you want to see what the
vista is like back Of you which you
have just left behind in your upward
climb. Facing about then, my com
panion and beheld the cities of Col
below us enframed within the sur
rounding foothills. No sound of the
busy traffic and stir Of human life 60
ing on within their boundaries came
to us. They seemed to be calmly
sleeping with the low foothills stand
ing guard over their repose. In the
background beyond The main picture,
the undulating plains of Eastern Col
orado stretched out, away out, till in
fancy one imagined that In the dis
! ! tant eastern horizon we could see
the western border of Kansas.
Turning to the west, the sun is set
tling in a glimmering halo down upon
the spires of the Rockies, resting for
a few moments like dazzling jewel
upon the edge of a rough casket, then
slowly settling into the gold tinted
/ folds. We close our eyes just for a
moment as If better to imprint the
nj hn a1 or
transmitted throHgh the carbon sheet
OF the soul. When we open our eyes
again, the lid has beeh closed over the
picture is safely imprinted upon a
leaflet of our memory.
After the sun had set, it grew Bit
ingly cold. We knew that 1t would
be far into the night by the time we
reached the valley below again, so we
turned to retrace our steps down the
mountain The wind cut bitingly
around the projecting points Of the
mountain. Our fingers were numb
with the cold and our teeth chartered
so that speech or conversation be-
tween us was tacitly permitted to lag,
and then we began to become painful
ly aware of the effects OF the days
climb. BY the time we we're half
way down l was SO tired and my
limbs ached so in every joint and
muscle that l though l could not pos
sibly hold out until we reach the bot
tom. But we got down somehow al
though at times. l did not know
whether l ought to walk backwards
or sideways or crawl along on my
hands and knees or to lie down and
roll My joints and muscles ached
with such pain that | did not know
which method of locomotion to en-
ploy in order TO relieve my suffering
and still proceed downwards BY the
time l reached The bottom, which
was about elven O'Clock that night,
had blister on every Toe joint caused
by the forward crowding action OF my
feet in my shoes. OF course l said
"Never again. but you know very
we'll that when / was sufficiently
rested up again and came within
range of another sky scraper celebrity
lWOuld be as eager as ever to scale It's
lofty peak.
We spent five days in the vicinity
of the springs, taking in the sights OF
which there was a great abundance
on all sides. OF the sight: seeing trips
we made l will briefly mention the
trip by trolly line out to Manitou, to
ManitOu Park, stroll up through
Williams canyon to the Cave Of the
Winds, the trip to the Garden OF the
Gods, in which are found many curl
GUS freaks of nature, among others
the famous Balanced Rock and a trip
over the scenic railway between Colo
rado Springs and that famous mining
describe the things that we saw, the
scenery that abOunded on every side
on these trips, but it would take too
much time and space. Those OF you
who have been Colorado and have
taken in these sights know what they
are and to those who have not seen
them / can only extend the wish that
you may have an opportunity some
time.
Beginning to make casual inquiry
as to the chances OF getting work, my
pal and / found that the apple har-
vest was just then in full blast, so be-
ing directed to an apple growing dis
trict in the Arkansas valley south
east of Pueblo, we accordingly struck
out for that country and getting off
the train at Manzanola, put up at a
hotel for the night and the next
morning struck out to hunt a job and
found one at apple picking and the
orchard was only half mile out OF
town. We stayed with this job for
about week, getting 1925 per day.
Then ny pal decided to go back
home. l kept at it a few days after
he left then feeling rather blue being
left alone, and learning that If l was
quick about it l could take advant-
age OF the low excursion rates out to
the coast, as l wanted TO see Denver
and some of the country up in that
part Of the state. / bought ticket
to Colorado's wideawake, Thoroughly