The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1912-01-27
S0n1n RS Satire

Mr. E. h. Sommers, chairman of the
Greater Colorado Highways association,
has written spicy letter to Tx speaker
Harry Lubers who was the Spokesman
for the RAINBOW Route crowd at the
Pueblo convention. The Greater Colo
RADIO Highwa5 s. association rs composed
e1o believed that the mountains Of
Colorado had points Of attract on from
the north 70 the south borders and that
there Has room for several routes across
them Hence when they parted the
ways at Pueblo they organized thi-
Greater Assoc a ion and 1t has received
the epproyai Of the american Autcmo
ii e Association, the Motor clubs and
commerci i association Of Denver and
OF the people vino believe IL liberal and
generous action The letter i printed
because We believe 4ar readers VIII e.
JOY aiding t:
"Mr II. l.. Lubers, Chairman Steam
Roller Dele egatiou, Consisting of Thirteen
1 OUT of Fifty one counties represented at
/ Pueblo, Ny Dear Harrr Your preach
ment on steam rollers, Santa Fe trail
Rainbow route, etc. before me.
1--WE, thirty eight counties, have a
splendid organization known as the
Greater Colorado Highways association.
Note the word highways inasmuch as
IL IS not in thesnguiar. We stand for
all The intercon'inentsl highways across
one alon5
y on can come along now and jump
inte the Big band wagon. We have the
music. Ihe Santa te trail iiddiers' reats
are taken by blowers of the big bassoon
for all Colorado.
As you lay ia your letter, the Santa
I'e trail steam roller was we'll oiled. but
the oil was put to a bad use and being
not of the standard grade, ruined the uia-
chlnery by cloggrug the wheels
You are the goat in he brush il th-
case, as probably you already have dis.
coyere /, and you and your band, when
scared up Will hit three trails instead of
enc over tue bills to Grand Junction, II
am not badly mistaken.
We from tho central, north east and
ives of Colorado do not at this tine
agree that the Santa + e trail is the main
artery for travel across the state
Neither does the Denver Motor cluD,
with its I5J members. Note action OF
this club in condemnlng the Pueblo
convention as unfair and announcing Its
afiihauou with tue Greater Colorado
highways association
The Greater Colorado Highways
blazes the way as did the pioneers of our
great stale when they came to find viii
Qeru IS before them
Did they lnase one trail, and ore
trail only:
No, indeedy. Harry, dear, because
they We're too wise. 1t occurred to them
that If they cut only one tran across
Colorado they might miss numerous
points. such as Cripple Creek, where
gol4 ra- pe'u found; Russell ,,ulch ard
Lcae .. ,9Lefe gold and silver have
been iu4Aa, I.)utt county, where the re
are large deposits of coal; Rocky Ford,
where watermelons and cnntoluup,s are
raised and the Grand valley, where
there are large peaches on the trees.
One tran, of course, might have
struck one or tgo OF the aforementioned
| points, out not all of them.
/ ''SO Harry am pf tho mi pipp that
you are wrong 10 travelling only one
/ rail
Come and bring yonr delegation to
the convention Of the Greater Colora o
Highways association. which will be held
perhaps in Colorado Springs or in Del-
yer. Be sure and bring along the steam
roller, but | fear me much that its ust-
fulnrss is tradition and no longer a
fact. II you want to get anything out
of it at all call the jung man or some
Denver arecking company. because IFS
rusty nov.
In conclusion, dear Harry, let me
suggest that it might be well for you to
have your ears spooned so that you can
hear the rumble OF the thirty eight and
more counties as they advance to de
clare for all Colorado and, as a start. !
three intercontinental highways. Yours
in all kindness.