The Washburn leader. [volume] (Washburn, McLean County, N.D.) 1890-1986, 1913-07-11

Durlng the DAY at Manltou DON
lunches were served to. each
member of the press. Not one
cent could we pay for any OF
this, not even for street car fare
in the city. The law Of averages
got busy though, at another point
of our journey where we paid
the highest price for a light hur-
ried lunch.
! The following day was spent
taking a trip to the Cripple
Creek mining district. This is
called "The one day trip that
b%ankrupts the English language
It is a ride around the tops Of
the mountains, through canons,
over deep chasms and into dark
tunnels. Aside from the scenic
grandeur of the trip, the Cripple
Creek district is widely known
for it's gold fields. More than
$500, 600, 600 in gold has been pro.
duced in this district since it's dis
covery in 1891. Many people who
took the trip this day had never
been down a mine and they were
given that pleasure (O. Others
took a ten mile ride in the Sky
Line street car which passed
through three small mining towns.
The mountain sides were covered
with holes where prospectors had
failed to find the vein of gold
much sought for. At Cripple
Greek the manager Of the I'M
perial Hotel. undertook to feed
the hungry bunch that was on
this excursion and he had some
job. The way the ham sand
witches and other good things
disappeared was a proof that the
lunch was enjoyed.
Upon reaching Colorado Springs
that evening only time for check
ing grips vas given before board
ing the train for a two days
stay in Denver. In that city the
press headquarters were at the
Albany hotel. The first day in
Denver the Denver Motor club
took us out to their club house
which is eighteen miles from the
city. There a dinner was serv-
ed to 275. After the dinner a
drive around the city was taken
for several hours. Denver has a
population Of about 100000. 1t
has a number Of beautiful public
buildings, parks and pleasure re-
sorts. It is a city that is large
enough so no-one need be lone
some for lack Of amusement.
Denver is so we'll advertised that
it is hard to keep from saying TOD
much about the city after reading
only a tenth of the literature
given out to tourists. This city
is the wholesale market for a
large and rich territory and after
a trip to the nearby farms and
towns it is plain to be seen that
Denver will continue to grow ev-
en- faster than it has in the past.
At eight o'clock in the norm
ing on our ninth day we took
the train for Boulder. That town
is only one and a half hours
ride from Denver. At Boulder
every man who owned an auto
was at the depot when the train
pulled in. They were disappoint-
ed because the crowd was not
larger so all the autos could be
used. Here is where We saw the
finest irrigation. The big fields
Of sugar beets, potatoes and al
falfa was an eye-opener to us.
One will get an idea Of the ex-.
tent of the sugar beets raised
when you-know there are eleven
sugar factories in the state of
Colorado. These of course are
not kept open all the year around
but just during such time as is
called the beet season. The first
crop of alfalfa was being harvest
ed and the high rows Of the cut
grain showed that this years
crop was a good one. Many in
our party had meyer seen a
root or potato cellar before.
There were large ones near every
farm home in this district. Many
of the farm residences are as
convenient as city homes, be-
ing equipped with furnace heat,
electric lights, plumbing and tele-
phone. The Empson Packing COM
|pany at Longmont in Boulder
county is the largest pea can
merry in the world, it has a three
thousand acre farm given over
entirely to pea, cultivation. This
company also puts up large guam
Titles Of sauerkraut, pumpkin,
Icorn and beans. The canning