Mexico weekly ledger., 1917-03-29
DR.. ]. C. PAsQUEIH TELLS
OF HIS TRIP WEST
deer snecial Correspondence

A1ltt lEAN ~ "a
February 21st, (nO, Miss Ger
trude of the Society Column, that
don't mean that l left X. c. wed)
but it reminds me that the Ledger
once printed a joke on me when Ellie
Locke saw a notice on my door, I'm
st. Louis, be back We'd and he and
viii Hutton printed it, "
be back we'd" which, when they
changed the capital letter "W" made
quite a difference from the meaning
conveyed as l left the notice on my
door.
After the above brain storm |
just want to convey to you the dry
fact that we noted all across Kansas
and Eastern Colorado, the absence
of snow and dryness of the ground
clouds of dust along the country
roads like after a hot couple Of weeks
in summer.
leaving Pueblo, Colo, at noon on
February 22nd, We passed through
and noted the cement covered build
ings of the towns of Concrete and
Portland at which are very extensive
Portland cement works. Next the
oil section of Colorado at Florence,
and passing the State Penitentiary
at Canon City, we round a curve and
rush into the Grand Canon of the Ar
kansas.
This canon, through which the Ar
kansas river poufs from the high
country to the low, is ten miles long
and has become famous to tourists
the world over, especially at its mar
rowest portion-the Royal Gorge,
where it is half a mile deep. In pass
ing through here at the Hanging
Bridge, | was reminded of several
years ago when my brother, Gus, and
| walked from Canon City up to
the Hanging Bridge and then climb
ed the walls of the Royal Gorge to
to the Royal Gorge Rim Park at the
top. 1t was some strenuous climb,
and | have a funny story to tell any
one that asks for it, of how skinny"
helped fatty" up some of the perilous
places near the top where we were
hanging out over nea nothing nearly
three thousand feet above the river.
The train winds its way up and
up, following the crooked course of
the river. In chatting with a rosy
checked, healthy physically fit young
specimen of manhood, | found he
was from Roswell, New Mexico, and
well acquainted with Mrs. Ruth
Durkee Cottingahm, formerly of
Mexico, and later Of Roswell, New
Mexico.
Dark anne on and / saw the new
moon over Mt. Massive, Colorado's
highest mountain - altitude, 14,402
feet - and just shortly after, the
lights of Leadville were pointed out
to us, the town being 5 miles north
of the main line Of r. r.
My home" from Kansas City for 4
days to San Frisco is Lower Berth
2, Observation Sleeper of the Scenic
Limited.
The observation car is the gather
ing place Of everybody from the
Pullmans, and there many a friend
is made and many pleasant CONVERSE
tons carried on There I met Mr..
and Mrs. j. E. England Jr., Of Lit
tie Rock, Ark They chaperoned me
as FAR as Salt Lake City, where thew
stopped for a day. Mr.. England IS
president Of the England National
Bank, and knows Aaron and Nell
son Frank and the other Little Rock
members of the formerly Of Mex.
leo, Mo-, Club"
was up early the next morn. and
saw them put on the 'helper" engine
at Helper, Utah, which is to assist
US on the ascent Of the Wasatch Noun
tains. At breakfast I sat opposite to
a gentleman that formerly Travelled
through Missouri in the interests Of
the brick industry, and asked after
Col A. P. Green and the brick
plant. I had a chance and told him
OF its fine growth, and he was mucb
pleased to learn of the plants growth
and Col Green's prosperity. Surely
1t seems to me everywhere I 20 moqt
'everyone I chat with knows some.