Denver labor bulletin., 1915-08-21
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TOa0. ID miles from DeHNer, IL
undoubtedly the greatest scenic
trip on the American continent. After
residing in Colorado for eight years the
O. T.. considered himself sufficiently ac-
cimated to negotiate the altitude last
Sunday, as guide" for a parcel OF ten
derfoot.' from down East. Having ira
veled over the road most OF which cost
s2J0,0OO per mile to construct. one ceases
to wonder about Dave Moffat going
batty and sinking his personal fortune
of sl2.OoO.ooO in the gigantic enterprise.
This road has been written about more
extensively than any other in America,
and vet one never can appreciate the
great engineering feat until the trip is
made. In climbing TO the backbone of
the Rockies it il one continuous chang
ing panorama OF mountain grandeur.
There is one section OF twelve miles
where thirty-eight tunels have been
bored thru giant ribs of the mountain
sides. After the timber line l. passed,
about 10000 feet high, there are many
showsheds to enable traffic TO continue
during the winter months. Corona is
on the very summit OF the Rockies, H.
GG5 feet above sea level. and here one
experiences the novelty OF riding on the
highest railroad in the world. Sunday
when we reached Corona a regular bliz-
zard was raging. with snow and sleet
heavy as to impede walking. Yet the
tourist travel over this scenic route il
not heavy. The automobile craze Is
given a. the reason, for nine-tenths OF
those who come TO Colorado this sum
mer see only those parts OF the Rockies
which can be covered by gasoline carts.
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Taft came to Denver Tuesday and was
met at the union depot by just four
persons. one of whom was Crawford Hill,
who once hoped to be- AN ambassador to
a foreign court Governor Carlson and
the mayor OF Denver were not ou hand
g. extend greetings TO the former chief
executive OF the nation. Not a single
shout went up from the usual depot
crowd Taft seemed 60 feel the frigidity
srd tarried ouly ten minutes taking
train for salt Lake City. where boz was
scheduled 10 address the National Bar
a--nciation. His coming and going was
iu marked contrast TO previous vi-it- 20
Denver. To lonely reporter of daily
paper. TAFT made his stercot yped crit
ieism OF Chairman Walsh Of the United
Statrs industrial commit ION, beginning
with 4 say nov, a. 1 -aid before, that
lNf chairman Ni tue fhNlllllr~AhlN AAfhN
Judicial poisc' and his conclusions will
have little weigh, with judicial minds.
meaning himself, Fred Fanr and other
lawyers who uphold the Rockefeller -y>-
TEN. For the benefit OF those who may
have forgotten. It probably j. well to
state that Taft NOW holds the Job OF Kent
professor OF law at Yale university. II
j. not an arduous task and permits him
TO iunket over the country cNpounding
the graocs OF men who control the ma
tion'- resources.
Denver was visited this week BY Harry
Thaw. slayer of Stanford White and
husband of Evelyn N..bit Thaw. liav-
ing been confined in jails. lnnatic asy-
iums and Canada for the past nine years.
therc may be- some excuse for Thaw
making a crossthc-continent public eN.
hibition of himself. But there !. no
sensiblc reason for the throng OF mawk-
ish. morbid curiosity seekcrs who follow
IN his wake Women especially are the
yreatest offenders OF deccncy In this re-
spcci. The daily papers tell of a great
,hrong" of them gathered at the Brown
Palace to gaze upon this moral dcgen-
crate ~ he passed thru the lobby TO
the public dining room. Here in Den
v.r's most expensive and exclusive hos
tl.ry he engaged the bridal suite" and
made display of himself that led sane
people to wonder il he had not better