The Mankato free press. [volume] (Mankato, Blue Earth County, Minn.) 1879-1924, 1920-08-27
NOTE IS FROM WEST
MRS. M. A. GILMOREWRITES
MAPLETON FRIENDS
Splendid Trip and Interesting
Description of Scenery
En- Route

Ali Home Town Friends: Perhaps
you would enjoy reading of our trip
west. We left Mankato "Wednesday
night and arrived in Denver Thurs
day and secured rooms at the Rigas
The city is crowded with tourists.
In the morning We started on TRIP
to see Renxer. The afternoon we
srent at Golden with our old friends,
the Fettermans. Mr.. Fetterman hau
,I..e ulIu his SON. law Mr. Cos
geshall of Mankato to see Mt. LOOK
out. We had fine visit with MIS-.
Fetterman and Mrs. Coggeshall. MI
Fetterman is doing fine business
They have nice home ana seem
very much taken up with the coun
Try. The School of Mines is located
al Golaen. the foothills stand very
prominent to the west. There is an
"Ms seventy feet in size painted on
the mountain side representing the
school Of mines. When they initiate
new students they are sent up 10
paint 1t. Mrs. Fetterman says the
boys look like small bugs when at
work painting. Back In Denver we
went to the Ehtchi gardens which
"a beautiful spot. We spent the
afternoon there. When We got hack
we heard the tramway was talking
strike. We were going up to Pixies
Peaks but Sunday morning al nVe
the last car stopped. Tho strike was
on 40 Mr. Gilmore said no telling how
long the strike would last SO we
made up our minds TO start 10 Dur
sngo where George and Bud i've. we
LEFT Denver at seven over the ID. ana
r q. DIRTY, ragged ard greasy moth
ing of importance until we reached
Aiimosa. There we changed from
the broad TO the narrowgage road.
I cannot begin to express how the
scenery affected all Of us Qf l am
a Rocky Mountain girD. At the top
of Cumbres Pass II is ten thousand
fifteen feet. We stopped on top OF
Che pass to see Garheld's monument
which was erected at the point OF
at the time OF Garfield's assassina-
ton. We also saw the point where
they have made the survey for the
broad gage. Ards and Crete felt
the effect Of the altitude but 1t new
err affected Mr.. Gilmore or myself.
We found George and family fine. al
so Bud. Helen and children looking
like Rocky mountain bears and as
happy as the blue Jays. George took
which is beautiful. We drove on up
the state highway and at the point
where we turned George asked us
how we all felt. W said fine and ne
informed us that we were nine thous-
and feet above sea level and we were
surely astonished. On our way back
we visited Thrimble Hot springs.
This is a resort for people who are
afflicted with rheumatism and other
ailments 1t il pretty sight TO see
boiling water bubbling up in places
from four to six inches apart. 1t will
boil and egg in some places. George
proffered us cup of the mineral wa
ter but the girls declined while |
fas usuaD never fail to take good
drink. We then drove on to the
cherry orchards which were 30 heaV-
lily laden that it seemed they could
never bear up under their burden.
We stopped and after eating all we
could we filed our buckets ana
came on home. Well we surely had
worked up a good appetite but tell
you Helen Is equal TO satisfy anyone
who ever comes her way as all the
people Of Mapleton can vouch for.
Today Crete, Ardis and some other
girls and the children went for hike
and climbed two of the foothills Odd
brought US q basket of large choke
when they reached here. We are
talking of going to salt Lake City
before We locate. II this interests
any Of my kind friends ! may write
again later. We are indeed pleased
with the climate, an abundance OF
sunshine, warm days and cool nights.
Almost out Of a clear sky there will
DO q little shower and in five or ten
minutes the sun shines as bright as
ever. tell you we all have warm
spot In our hearts for our Mapleton
friends. Wishing you all the very
best in life, / ann as ever, Mrs. M. A.
Gilmore.
The Harvest sale is on at Grefners
and tho dissolution sale at Albrechts
Miss Francis Pagel and Gertrude
Johnston are assisting Abrechts.
Eugene Hadley, z. Hadley, .Jr., Mr.
and Mrs. Ross Johnston and Miss
City and back Monday evening.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. q. Benton and son
Owen left Friday by auto for Tracy
and other points for visit with
Mrs Benton's people.
The free concert at the Pastime
Monday evening was one grand sue
cess. The crowd was so large that
when the first performance began all
seats were filed and many stood out
side waiting SO 1t was necessary
TO repeat the entertainment at IL
!.
Misses Jessie Mcqueen, Rose Dor
ebert, M,yrle Greedy and Julia and
Sophia Borchert arc camping at Bass
Lake for the week end.
Mrs. John upeRrt was at Mankatc
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. ]. r. Albrecht enter
tanned the Albrecht Sonve clerks al
a picnic supper at Lura Lake Tues
day evening. All report a delightful
evening.
Mrs. Guy Hendricks was called to
Mankato to help care for here sis
ter.
Mrs. J. Fl. Dobie returned from
Rochester Monday. Mrs. w. Nc
Queen is staying with her a few
lays.
Mr.. and Mrs. T. Howieson drove te
Minnesota Lake Thursday,
Two Mapleton boys left their sin
gle state during the week. Merle
Cornell, youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs. Jud Cornell, was married to
Miss Olga Haugen at Huron S. d.
where the young man is located in
charge of the Oldsmebile business
Miss Belle Cramer Of Beaufort and
Avis Rinehart Of West Concord we're
narried at Mankato Tuesday Both