Mexico Missouri message., 1916-07-06
LETTER FROM
COLORADO
The Crops in Kansas-Beautiful and
Cleanly Colorado Springs-NIiss
Bears Wedding.

"The Message family arrived here
Thursday noon. We left Kansas
City at $3.50 a. m, Wednesday stick
ing to the same coach till we reached
Limon, Colo.
Near daylight, we had reached
the western border of Kansas. The
wheat crop in Western Kansas is
immense. Thousands and thousands
of acres in certain localities are own
ed by one man. One wheat King
told us he had 200 men in his har-
vest last year.
"As you enter into Colorado the
lands appear less and less useful for
growing crops. The trouble is the
lack of rainfall.
Scores of miles before you reach
Colorado Springs, the earth appears
parched and vegetation is stunted.
IL lli6dIlOn COulu DS maui pIdCLlCdl
here all would be we'll.
Here at the Springs it seems to
try to rain about every afternoon, but
the clouds bump up against Pixies
Peak and the high mountain ranges
and the rain fails to get over onto
the plains.
Colorado Springs is quite a city.
1t has a population of $4,000. 1t
has nothing to eat of its own; every
thing has to be shipped in except
wheat, which is grown by irrigation.
The irrigation is very limited.
'"The city is one of the cleanest we
have ever been in. They go a step
farther than they do in Mexico-you
must not only refrain from splitting
on the sidewalks but you must not
spit over the curbing into the street.
Carry your handkerchief. They build
ash pits to get rid OF. old rubbish in
the back lot. They don't burn old
papers and such in the open, allow
ing the ashes to rise up and fall over
your neighbor's store goods the next
door.
"The great attraction in the noun
tains, Pixies Peak, rolls up into the
sky more than $4,000 feet, only a
few miles away to the west. The
snow drifts in the deep canyons far
above the timber line are easily dis
cernible from ones doorway.
eve have met many Missourians,
but only one SO far, who ever lived,
or remained for any time in Audrain
county He is DR.. c, E. Richmond,
very interesting fellow he is, too,
with fine practice here. Several
years ago he was a student at Mis-
souri, Military Academy in Mexico.
He sends warmest regards to his old
instructor, Col. W. d. Fonville.
Dr. Fred c. zaugg and Miss Zola
Beal were married here Friday eve
ming at 500 o'clock, at the home of
the brides cousin, Mrs. Ora U. Mu-
sick, Rev. J. F. Barker, pastor of AS
bury Methodist church officiating
About forty guests were present, rel
atives and friends of the bride and
groom.
The wedding guests were assembled
on the spacious upper porch of the
Musiek home, whieh had been at
tractively decorated for the occasion.
The bank of greenery, before which
the bride, entering on the arm of
her father, took her place was so ar
ranged as to have the grand old
Rockies as a background with Pixies
Peak in the distance. The groom with
the best man, the Rev, r, ]. Plump
entered from the opposite doorway.
The ring ceremony was used. After
the cutting of the brides cake and
serving of the refreshments and a
merry evening the entire party of
guests in autos accompanied the
couple to their new home at 11O2
Colorado Avenue.
''An interesting feature of the