Wauwatosa news. [volume] (Wauwatosa, Wis.) 1900-1948, 1919-05-30
FROM DENVER.
Denver, Cole May %. 1919.

Denver, Cole. May %. 1919
Editor Wauwatosa News:
| Inasmuch as Mrs. Alboi-n and my
self are enjoying this splendid trip
through the courtesy and generosity
of Wauwatosa friends we feel like
sharing ouI enioyment with them so
far as possible, and so am writing
you in the hope that you may feel in
clined to make this letter public.
The trip out here, lasting two days
and one night was enjoyable because
Of the privilege of association with a
| jolly group of fellow-travelers bound
! like ourselves TO the Northern Bap-
fist Convention at Denver. The first
day passed amidst familiar scenery.
The morning of the second day found
us traversing the broad plains of Ne.
braska, having crossed the big Mud
dy'' at Omaha about midnight. The
| salient features of the scenery were
sage-brush, prairie-dogs, windmills,
cattle, irrigation bitches and alfalfa.
We also 1oticed several unfamiliar
varieties of wild flowers, among them
a sort of begonia, yucca, and prim-
roses.
About 3 p. m. we came in sight of
the now-covered peaks of the Rock
les md journeyed almost parallel to
the range for nearly an hour. Longs
Peak, the highest in his part of the
Rockies was quite D ably visible.
Contrary to our expectations, the
city of Denver is lot located in the
mountains, but or the plains about 20
miles east of the mountains. From
various points in the city one can see
about $50 miles of mountains, from
Longs Peak on the north to
Pixies Peak on the south, each of
them over $4,000 feet above sea-level.
We have made one trip to the noun
tains-an auto-ride to Lookout noun
tain. This was three-hour trip, Gov
ering about so miles. The arst six
teen miles consists of splendid con-
crete highway. We covered the 16
miles in about II minutes. Passing
thro the edge of Golden, Colorado's
first capital, the climb begins Al
though the mountain is only about
5000 feet above us, the auto travels
nearly 6 miles in getting there
traversing the Double Hair-Pin
Curve the Engineers Lariat" and
other curves which would make
snakes back ache At times there is
nothing but a wire cable fence and
half mile of climate between us and
Clear Greek Canyon.
At the top of the mountain is the
grave of Buffalo Bill"; looking out
over the four states in which he spent
his life. There is also rest-house
and pavilion for the sale of ice
cream, post cards, etc.
AS to the convention, it also is
great. About 1900 delegates and
visitors are in attendance. We have
listened to some great addresses, the
most prominent being those of Presi
dent W. H. p. Faunce of Brown Uni
versity r. l., and DIR. j. w. Gambell,
of Texas. We have seen about sixty
young men and women set apart as
foreign missionaries to sail during the
coming year We have listened to
magnificent music from chorus OF
200.
The convention has created cen
trail board for the directing of all de-
nominational affairs, and established
denominaticnally owned paper to be
the national organ of the denomina-
ton 1t has also approved plans look
ing toward the raising and expendine
of $S5,0OO,OO0 within the next five
years,
But cannot tell it all This is just
taste of the good things on which
We are feasting.
Yours cordially,
GEO. C. ALBORN.