The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1915-09-02
"A Champion Of the Sierras Arises
And Gently Calls Us Down
For Overlooking Most Beautiful
Part of California.


never knew anything different.
they don't want to know anything diff
ferent. they are satisfied in the fullest
sense of the word
Come up to Nevada City. we will
get up some morning and go out over
one of these trails. the effect of which
have given you above. and in an
hour and half we will be on the top
of Banner mountain. 1t is here that
we have one of tie six primary look
outs on the Tahoe National Forest.
We will climb to the top of the tower
which lifts us above the trees and
visit few minutes with old man
Howe who spends three months up
there every summer on the lookout
'or fires. We will see the summit of
the Sierras on one side and the coast
range and the Sacramento Valley on
the other; we will look north and
south distance of fifty miles each
way. And what covers this area of
more than three thousand square
miles upon which We are looking :?
Trees. mostly trees. There they stand,
as far as We can see through the five
foot telescope. not quite as thick as
the wheat stands in Kansas field
put almost as regular; so close togeth-
er that the limbs OF one wind in
among those of another like net
work. We are looking upon the
forests of the Sierras. II our tele-
scope were strong enough and the
month happened to be early in June,
we could focus on some spot near
the summit and watch them ride
down the slope on sleds or skis. Tir-
ing Of this we could turn the other
way and still with the focus on New
ada county, watch them gather or
anges. This is not a fairy tale but
an actual fact. You can go sleigh
riding in the upper end of Nevada
county and pick oranges In the lower
on the same day.
We will come back to town for
lunch and in the afternoon walk out
OF town about half mile and look
over the "diggings." the SCARED relics
OF bygone days. Here we will see
where the young mountains have been
blown down by the mighty force Of
powder, then washed away by that
still mightier force-water. ALI for the
gold they contained. II was a sad
day for the foothills OF the Sierras
when the government said "hydrau-
lie mining must cease; you are filling
up the streams below Many a
Spy" (U. s. marshaD lost his life in
enforcing the law, but now the moni-
tors are stilled and the old timers
sit around the fire and tell of the
good old days when the camps were
booming and gold flowed free.
You are right. Mr. Hardy. when you
state that Colorado offers as many
charms for the man or woman from
the east as does California. but after
seeing Colorado one should not stop
and be satisfied for Colorado is almost
as different from California as she is
from Kansas.
And so. my Colorado friends. when
You come to California. don't look
at the coast towns and write home
telling Of the damp. chilly weather.
and convey the opinion that all Cali
fornia Is that way. The coast OF Cali
fornia is perhaps. like most other
coasts. Just remember that here In
California is a range OF mountains
six hundred miles long which invites
you to rest in the cool, shady spots
where the sun shines just as bright
and the birds sing Just as merriiy
as anywhere else in all the world.
Very truly yours,
w. E. HARRIS.