The Pioche record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1908-1925, 1919-11-14
LETTER FROM
INVEST SMITH

H. ID. wife deuarted from Caltente
ahou, n month ago on an extended
vacation trip 10 the east. where ne
lcombininE business with pleasure. mas
favored the Record with the following
| Interesting letter descriptive OF MS
trip:
For some time I have had In mind
IN write something OF my visits since
u left caiiente. was called by tele-
fgram TO Canyon City. Col. on account
Of the sudden death of my Oldest
brother. His age At the time of his
death was q little over ~ years we
removed the body to Denver for burial
IN remained In Denver week waiting
for Mrs. Smith. During this time
was with some Of my old doctor friends
observing the clinics at the dinerent
hospitals The st. Luke's hospital Is
where I viewed and Investigated the
most cases. IL seemed little ike
home TO me. for I used to attend pa
I,ients In this hospital twenty years
Iaxo. The hospital is much enlarged
since that time.
| II visited and investigated a number
of unusual cases by the courtesy OF
lDr. 1. r. Perkins and his two younger
brothers, Drs. J. w. Perkins and A. {.
Perkins. saw a number OF cases OF
appendicitis operated upon without
giving chloroform or ether. using local
anesthetics. In one case ! was con-
lversing with the patient during the
operation and passing few jokes with
him while part of the bowels were be-
ing held outside of the opening FOR
examination. The opening made In the
right side OF the abdomen was four
and one-haif inches. have seen quite
} y number of interesting cases from
medical viewpoint and thought l would
mention the above case. thinking II
! would be interesting to readers of the
: Record.
"rhe day after Mrs. Smith me, me in
/. Denver we boarded . Rio Grande train
!. for Durango. Col. to visit my wife
sister, Mrs. Taylor. We left Denver in
. the evening. passing over LeNeta pass
at night. OF course We were denied
, by darkness . view Of the pass The
! loss In this instance was tenfold re-
} paid by the view of Cumbres pass and
Toltec gorge. think IL leaves the
royal gorge far in the shade. We ar
rived In Alamosa early in the morning
|. had breakfast. changed TO narrow
: gauge road. and after the little engine
!. snorted. grunted and wound arounc
. mountains and over hills. we reached
THE top Of cumbres pass. altitude ie.ei;
= feet. There was plenty of snow. The
:. white mantle covered the ground FOL
J. miles around. Great. large pine tree:
: and the auaking asp were the prevail
!. ing timber.
The railroad track is built higl
upon the side Of the Toltic gorge. af
. fording q view Of the grandest seener,
Of its kind. You can look down til
almost perpendicular walls for hun
dreds Of feet to q clear. sparkling
\ stream abounding in trout. The side
. OF the canyon are spotted here an
there With pine trees
Leaving the Cumeres pass we al
down TO the cattle and sheep range.
Z have seen more sheep than woul
cover Lincoln county. That portion Q
New Mexico the railroad traverses be
fore Il reenters Colorado seemed to
for sheep grazing. while the eatsl
grazing prevails mostly within th
a COLORADO border.
we we're driven by automobile {
+ visit the cattle ranch In which one 6
my wiee's relatives Is interested W
lwere shown over the ranch Som
- ranch. Nothing like IL In Lineol
ecun,y. The Gardner ranch come
nearer 10 than any other in II
- county. What DO you think Of takin
care Of ten TO twelve thousand cattl
besides attending TO the raising Of ~
or three hundred head Of dairy cow
tour TO ave hundred head OF horse
keeping for use about one hundrs
head Of saddle horses. The hay shes
for vsAtsr emergency feeding COW
more ground than All the houses
e Alamo II they were damned togeshe
lilies Of sacks Of pressed eottonse'
cak&s This 10 the mass after the {
has e>sn pressed out II Is press
Iinto SMALL hard souareA One OF
.Iusss % fssdiag IL to young calves TIL
take TO Il like = kitten to milk.
We knocked around Durango fe
jaayss Visited the movies. shelters CO
Iehuees and hospitals The governme
nsA hatchery was Interesting. thir
- thousand mianovss In = small treus
Ny mouth wassred WAen plenty Of q
Hooking ones 10 hres-rcuna rAines
trout SWAN to the edge Of the exhil
ssoa pool for feeding. 50 easy
could have dipped my hand down
1.-THE side Of the pool and grabbed o.
bat I locked ~ the attendant. he "
too elseA He knew I was from ca
onte.
We ealled on xra Bordman's -
satA WAo gave - . Ans young chic
- en- Our next seal was fried chick
-lgeAr Durango you may have
prsvylsGs 81 dAogtag ont coal and IN
in9 Il a6ay for enc dollar per ton
can ~ purchased In tswn and Del
Ard II ycur home for three dolla
PER toa-
|0 AT Durango. = iittis over S.t4> Z
altitude. they raise on their town !
lappleaI peArA puma eAsrrfsA FRA
lAAa all kinda Of vegetables eaeea
- ltonatces aAa neionA The Honey D
mslons prevail ! did not know u
lthiAg about the Honey Dew mel
en- until I got out Of Lincoln county.
Ipeople aroana Durango Are living IT
ATTITUDE 3eee fsst higher than Gales
but their cellars Are ALLIED With
N proauet they raise On their lots
winter consumption Do net n
xAAro n . fruit tree In CAlieAte b