French Broad hustler. [volume] (Hendersonville, N.C.) 1916-1919, 1917-03-08

In H~endersonYiIle and all Western n
North Carolina we all a there is no =
more picturesque scenery in all the :
world than in the Blue Ridge Noun /
tains and out in Colorado they say the +
same thing. They boast OF mountain l
spring water, but with our region along /,
this line, they cannot compete. The
hotels and boarding houses are SINH
lar but we must admit they have more
miles of auto and other drives than
we have. for the eXpanse and stretches
these are greater than ours in the APP
palachian region, but our drives will
impart more genuine pleasure to the
! tourist than those in Colorado because
it is not a barren waste, while n most
OF theirs is exactly that thing.
The Rocky Mountains in Colorado
are mostly a series of crests and crags,
! boulders and granite piles, but the re-
! gion of the Garden of the Gods is in a
I class to it's self, the world over. Where
is it, and what is it? 1t is East of
Pixies Peak and Northwest of Colorado
! Springs and is an irregular slope of
undulating ridges, steaded with high
er and more kinds n shapes of rocks,
than is found in ay other imilar place
on earth. Out from the Springs to-
ward Manitou, you leave the. cars and
enter the Park. over whati is called the
entrance or Bridge road where i'm
mediately a strange kind OF vision
seems to take possession of the visitor
and this he is unable to explain, or
give n reason for. He goes the road
a short distance and comes to Winged
or Yelled Victory Rock and all he can
81 say is, it is q tall rock with wings out
: spread-passing, he comes to the Vista
, in the distance and ahead he sees and
comes to The Greek Am~phitheater
: Rock, with rows of seats n above an
other capable of seating several hun
dred on the natural rock. On a knoll
: to itself stands q tall round rock call
ed Sentinel Rock" because it appears
: to stand and watch owe all other
j freaks around. The road through The
r Coates Ajar," and you find yourself
8 face to face with the Three Graces, or
three Cathedral Spires, which taken
e togetrer is called n Of the wonders
v of earth. The reader a get no
clear conception of what is here before
n him. by reading unless he had the &C
tual pictures we brought away. Pho
n itographers take their tents and sleep
e around these wonders. on the Govern
IS ment Park and it is astonishing how
;" many views they present of these three
" .Graces, none Of which views look
& alike. The one called Needle Pointis
1.-The highest and how such Attenuation
n with the earth melted, crumbled and
IT washed down, was left standing sever
lie al hundred feet high, n ALMOST
n sharpe as a needle at the top. is al
'Most unthtnkable. On the side of one
al IF these graves was placed by the mil
t. ~l!oraire. Mr.. Perkins a steel tablet. OIL
engraving, on which Mr.. Perkins has
IS. had engraved his sentiments and ad
wee to the American public: Lei this
re a~we-inspiring work of Creation alone
is :just as it is. for future generations
you cannot improve on God-it is tot
r. wonderful for man-tell 1t to you
nd children and let them come and see.
MT Another mystery arises when you wall
lie I'D to this tablet, which is rather higl
is up, and undertake to read with you
FL spectacles on, you are blinded an
o. cannot see the letters-you are told t.
nd take off your glasses and read in IN
ep presence of Jehovah with the natura
eye and to your survrise, when a reao
Is er through spectacles, removes then
he the letters are plain and distinct. Th1
IT, ln2ulaT 0ApSIlSACSy LIZ OOOON
n brought about on account Of the hefgh
n of the plate, the color of the rocks an,
the refectin of the light and of cours
to is no miracle. =.
on Hidden Inn" is a house or pavtl
r. lion cut out and made in n of tn
rocks and is one of the most uniqu
e. houses in the world and in it are ken
Iev curios for sale to the visitor and ais
7fs refreshments are served to the hungr!
You are 10th to leave this spot, bu
when you do depart, you are 500
passing through what is called tn
Coates Aiar" again 4 the o a goe
ssh between balanced ock" and Steam
he boat Rock-Balanced rock is ,compos
ed of three rocks-one is a foundation
on anther on it's edge, high up, so that
would tumble off, but for the fact TN
ing q third rock on it's opposite edbe ba
.ng ances and holds all from tumbling.
in looks fearful and wreckless to so III
ingj der and about them, n cl1ngtng
Nand supported by the other, but con
it mon usage and custom has made it
zen that everyone risks it and proWls. !
ert his satisfaction. How many thol
aw sands of years those rocks have bee
in this wonderful condition, no morris
Nv, can tell. After your exhaustion. thel
OF is nothing for you to do, but pass OF
s l and feel your ins1gnlncance ana mel
cry lessness with a voice IN you sayln
cen "What is man that 1hou ART mlnu!-
err of hip1?"
cal If a man has rheumatism and DO
it! i~sesses the ability to go and, battle !
Glenwood Springs, for a %sufficiel
lly time. he will be cured. The wate1
are hot with several different minera.
and people go there. carried on stretcl
to ers and go away perfect well ar
En- whole The town is beyond the ca
for Won of the Grand River, on the Denvt
he and Rio Grand R. R. and is one of II