The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1915-06-22
SAW SUN RISE
OUT OF SNOWBANK
E. D. Camp, Vermont Automobile Tour
list Bound Westward, Had Unusual
Sight for Mid-June-Has
Glimpsed the Rockies.

Editor, Times: fJune Is, 1915, at $50
a. m.l | am writing this seated in our
Ford car using windshield, as usual, for
desk, in eommodious school shed 20x30.
All schoolhouses here in the West have
horsesheds as well as other outbuldings.
The sheds are rooted and boarded up on
three sides. The side left open is al
ways to the south As it looked like
rain last night we stopped little earlier
than usual. about o'clock Drove our
car and set up our tent all under cover
under this shed and were well prepared
for rain, which they say is quite nee
essary in this part of the country. 1t
did not rain here, but a thunder shower
passed northeast of us and it is fair
and nice this morning.
| got up in time to see the sun rise
out of snowbank in the Rockies. We
first began to see the Rockies at about
2;30 p. m. yesterday and they loom up
pretty high this morning. They look
from here good deal as the Green
mountains look in Vermont in the win
ter. We, with our car, camped alone
last night for the first time. Dix peo-
pie wanted TO go by way of Bennett,
Col, so as TO visit cousin of hers, and
we wanted to 90 through Greeley and
look over the vast irrigation plants in
this section, and we are to meet in Den.
yer to-day at > y. m. We are now
about 40 miles from Denver and can
easily reach there in two hours IN we
have as good roads as We had yester-
day afternoon, and thsy say there are
as good ones.
Irrigation here is on a large scale
from the South Platte river. The
bitches, where they leave the Platte
river. probably pntain as much water
as there is now in the White river ~
Royalton, VT. and guess a good deal
more. We probably passed 100000 acres
IF irrigated land yesterday. At the edge
IF this school yard. within 20 feet Of me,
there is small irrigation ditch with
'wiftly running water.
After we stopped last night. before
supper. Mrs. Camp took advantage Of
he near supply Of water and did the
'amily washing. Alksli water is excel |
ent for washing. she says. Requires
little soap.
Alfalfa Is the principal crop in this ir.
.igated section and they are harvesting
md stacking the first crop now.
Yesterday forenoon We passed thous
.nds Of acres Of beets and visited q beet
ugar factory and were shown All over
ne plant. which. Of course. was not in
peration now. a. in the fields the bects
re only about two inches high and men.
romen and children arr hoeing them.
he women on the farms here seem 20
rork out Of doors TIE same a. the men.
nd DO most Of the milking IT the COWS.
Monday and Tuesday We passed over
robably over TOO miles 81 prairie road
ever worked by man. and found good
raveling on most ~ them. and could
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