La Junta tribune., 1913-08-09
sEuLAh VALLEY
A Colorado sweet vaIs os Avoea
Thst Has More Charms Than
Some Humans oesss~e

over to our perusal 70 We thought
We ought al least to trade yarns with
the scribe.
Firs, OF all. and no preyarication.
this tangle OF valleys. forests. peaks
aud streams is about good enough for
anyone and a lot better than lots OF
humans deserve There In one spring
within five minutes walk. bubbling
cool with sweet water. that II i
could move down to La Junta. would
keep me In comfortable circum stances
for life Just imagine It's waters
trickling through great cool rocks
into natural tank OF rock. and
that walled in with cement, and COW
! cred over so that when you lift the
/ nd 1t is 80 clear you are almost una
ware Of the presence OF water. but
( dip your cup and up II come as
cool a. II ice were In II and as
/ fresh as from the bottom Of the
old well OF childhood back East and
when you have started 1, down your
throat you are aware that nectar
was not entirely mountain myth of
/ the old Greeks.
Possibly next In order ar tho
delectable little breczes that hum
around among the pines aud play
tag among the crage and peaks, keep
ing the temperature unvaryinEly com
/ Portable About the time you feel
the sun getting little hot you hear
friend huStling down among the
trees and In a minute 1t Is tanning
your face with coolncss and fragranc,
that can be duplicated nowhere else
but IN Dame Natures upper shelf
Then birds. almost the whole choir
is present up here. and as you call
the roll most OF them respond We
have seen the robin. towhee. gold
jay. maspie. nu,hatch. chickadee.
kingfisher crested fly catcher. flax
bird. bars swallow. swift. nighthawk.
flicker. besides varieties of doves,
wood pecker. etc. making continu-
Gus Interest aud delectable music
This is easily paradise for the
nature student and field enough for
long DAYS OF happy Investigation.
The human creatures up here are
divided into two classes-the most
numerous at present being foreign
species found mostly IN larger ci-
ties and towns and the other ma.
tive class whose habitat f. these
hills and valleys The former arrive
when convenient TO themselves and
depart when their cog IN the mill
wheels OF what we commonly call
civilization turns around again. The
native knows no such compulsions
and feels no leash Of organized so
cic,y.
Some OF these folks Who call III.
great hills home are comfortably fix
ed. so FAR as creature needs are
concerned. but many OF them live
more meageriy when compared with
the fare OF the masses toiay. Many
blunder. however. In thinking that
poverty forced these 10 s"eking the
ou,posts OF civilization. Tor when you
look into 1t you find them. as on
any frontier. lovers OF the open
places and freedom from What WAS
o,hcrwis. irksome to them. They
are most all Il deliightfu folk. the
blood OF which will Away furnish
the congestod conters with some Of
it's bes, leadsrships. and ehiefly be-
cause no educational system has yet
III. vretchcd tendencies 90 deEener-
acy when man is too Intimately as
socia,ed with masses OF bis fellows.
| asked one rreyb.ard, Il elastic
step. though more than snyenty win.
t.rs w.r. In his snowy Jrown. how
long he had been here and he said.
more than thirty yesrs lie had
recently sold ou, his business but
bought a little oottag. iu a pinsy
valley to charm away tho hours yc,
Allotted him. Another. uearly his
age. found business roycrses Ia .
nearby city and for twenty six SUM
m.rs has asked tn. valley 70 lull
away IN. effects Of his undoing.
found his sleeping place 10 b. un.
der the starr. though hr lad com.
Portable housing and his eating apart.
mcnt cluster Of oak trees A.
he dreamed over his pipe I chstted
with him OF his valley. and world
things beyond tn. rim. To lind his
tongue carrying smoothly IN. Ian.
suass Of ~id" culture that only -.
hat ed his sunset. or III bis aawns
with new giorics.
] stopped my democratic beast at