The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-07-27
SCENIC VIEWS NOT MADE PRET
TIER NOR AS VARIED AS OVER
NEW RAINBOW LINK, WITH
FINE TOWNS ENRouTE.
BALMY MOUNTAIN
BREEzES BLOW
tBY PETER sTERLING).

scenic beauty or majestic viewD. II
only bears out the fact that man
can md unparalleled scenery and in
back door IL he cares To mix up in IL.
road could not be made much bet
ter no matter how much money should
be spent. and the thousand and one
awe-inspiring views that greet the eye
at every turn in the highway could
not be imagined by a million artists
in billion years. You appreciate
that old Dame Nature is some little ar
tist herself and rather has monop-
oily on those heart gripping master
pieces which embrace peaceful.
grain-laden valley sleeping quietly in
the bosom OF rugged and stormy noun
tains, Our artists may paint these
scenes. bGt that's about all they dc.
The pigments don't carry the iife-like
punch; the thunder and the hghtiIns
and the balmy breezes.
: Leaving Canon City that little glide
across Eight Mile Park gives man
about all the scenic sensations pro
sale soul can absorb in a life time.
The massive picture as tier upon tier
of mountain unfolds itself makes you
realize that speech is weak and The
pen but broken steel. And that's the
one trouble with this western country
You don't know how TO get out that
description after ycu feel IL. our old
standby slang comes 20 the rescue.
however. and ~ Is with great relief
that you below forth. Gee whiz. but
that's sure some hot stun. It's enough
to crack your ribe with ickled-to-
death Joy"
Did you ever notice what big help
the devil was in naming some Of those
uncanny places along the routeg Just
about two blocks away from our
Main street we meet up with Devils
Gap" which. besides It's grotesque APP
peal. makes you think that IL would
be good place for wreck. Then
you amble on ways and are intro
duced to the Devils bungalow, $
which is no more than a few yawns
in a long stretch Of Steering rock. The
points themselves may not amount TO
much. bat the picturesque nomencla-
ture adds n certain touch or deViltry
to an otherwise angelic scene.
At the foot of the shoot.the shoots
down Parkdale hill you greet Parkdale
itself In tire person OF Mr.. W II. Muir
ray. who sits complacently on the rat
ting bridge as you glide up and in.
forms you that he has 'sot" himself
there to wait for "hearso' To take
him to Canon City. "a heArse?" you
wonderineiy enquire. Yes. hearse.' .
he replies. "one of these d-d things
you call an AUTOMOBILE calls 'em a
hearse.~ He might have TO wait an
hour. he might have TO wait two. but
what does IL matter7 There Is all
that stirring. beautiful scenery to keep
you occupied. OF course Mr.. Murray
has lived up there SO long that he
knows scenery don't make bread aud
butter. but we are sufc that for oni
time at ;east we could have enjoyed
a walt there at Parkdale bridge for a
"hearse."
After you skirt along the ragged
edge for a few miles with velvet
carpet for pathway you come to the
sluice box Clipped from the solid
rock. Il is there on the gigantic slab
made by the carving process that you
sac the granite tablet dedicating the
road forever and a day as a monu
ment to convict labor. II gives you
the information that the road was con
structed in 1914 and 1915 and further
tells you that the Federal Granite
company of Salida placed the tablet
there. Soon a tunnel looms up ahead
and you are all expeotant until you
whiz through 1t in about two seconds.
IT'S Just like lodging under and out
from under n parasoi on n rainy day.
1t don't take long. but there is salts.
faction In knowing that you have been
through tunnel. anyway.
You notice Echo Siding, where tons
and tons OF silt and rock slide tiown to
block the D. & Il. G. railroad Just at
the busy tourist time each year. You
see the point where Lieut.. zebuion
Pike rested when on his baptismai
trip up the canon OF the Arkansas.
This place is easily found because It
Ia logical camping spot and was util.
ized for the staging OF the dedicatory
ceremonies OF this road few months