The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-07-27
BUENA VISTA
is AN ideal
MOUNTAIN
TOWN
LITTLE CITY NESTING AT FOOT
OF COLLEGIATE RANGE HAS
EXCELLENT WATER, PRETTY
HOMES. GOOD FISHING AND
FINE CLIMATE.
tBY PETER sTERlNG).

can hardly imagine more majestic.
yet tranquil. view as one gets from
almost any part of that ideal little
mountain town. Pixies Peak Is really
no comparison TO snow-clad. pine-be-
decked Mount Pinceton. the king OF
the Collegiate range. which extends
its protecting wing almost down 10
, the little city which nesties at it's
feet. pixies Peak may be more IA
nous than Princeton. but IL isn't as
high nor is IL as beautiful or as in
spring. Pixies Peak is for the tour
lists Mount Princeton is for the ma.
tives. who have learne dto pick out
and appreciate the fine points about
q mountain.
Prime ton has Two companions In
Mount Yale and Mount Harvard The
. three make Up the Collegiate range and
all are said TO be higher than Pixies
Peak. Their bosoms are filled with
treasure stores OF precious metals and
man is busy deIving into their hid
den parts. extracting the rich re
sources. Mr.. Charles Swanton OF Can
men. being superintendent OF the
Mary Murphy mines at Romley. way
UP on the Slopes of Princeton. These
activities all help Buena Vista more
or less. because n toy railroad. the
South Park. with its tiny threads OF
steel and its miniature trains labori
ously haul provisions up and bring the
ore back
The restfui. cheerful atmosphere
about Buena Vista is indeed refresh
Ing II is Just a village. comparatively
speaking. but II has the pride OF n
city. Its clean. pretentious streets.
wide cement walks and beautiful
lawns far outshine many cities. as far
as these improvements go.
Enos A. Mills would delight In those
dominating bull pines which have
come down out OF their mountain fast
ness TO grace this town and add to
Il the finishing touch OF tranquility
and happiness. These towering trees
grow most anywhere about the town.
They greet you no matter which way
you walk and you cannot help but ad-
nhrs them All the other varieties
ehrivei into insignifieance and quiver
in their shadow. In fact. we didn't
notice whether there was any other
kinds of trees or not
The pines remind you that you are
not far from the heart of national
forest in the center OF Colorado. A
pine generally makes you thirst for
cool, refreshing drink OF pure crys-
tai water-and there is no exception
there. BuenR gives you all the ice
cold mountain water you can drink
and places IL conveniently for you in
sanitary, ever-fiowing fountains.
When a guest at the hotels asks
for ice water the bell hop takes n
pitcher, goes TO the faucet and the
guest has II in jiffy. There Is no
tinkling OF the ice. however. for II
has been left many miles away. so II
the guest desires that realistic feature
the boy carries little bell along
= just to please you.
Buena is little over 5000 feet in
altitude. just enough to be cool in
summer and comfortably warm in
winter. II is reached by two branches
OF the transcontinental auto route
and by two railroads--the Denver a
Rio Grande in the valley and the Mid
land on the ridge to the east. AS we
have said. much mining radiates from
here. but the town is Immediately sur
rounded by stock farms and ranches.
II Is well lighted and strings OF vari-
colored incandescent lights. strung
sthe breadth OF the streets at several
points along the main thoroughfare,
gives the place metropolitan touch.
] The pretty. smooth-fiowing dam that
guards the lake Is also illuminated
aud affords a sight that makes you
exclai.n In wonder.
Grain. hay. garden vegetables and
! small fruit do well and thu adjoining
mountain slopes and the grass.biown
canons furnish grazing grounds for
stock.
Cottonwood creek babbles merrily
On Il scampers over lis foliage bound
course through the. town. II affords
good nshIng. or rather Il affords The
nahlnS lncllnsd individual the oDpor-