Pueblo chieftain., 1921-09-11
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The Spot Light

or professional, tell me why it Is that
Whcr you ask the wav of any man
n,cng the road, he always tacks on
10 what he tells you, the absurd and
& useless statement, "fou can't mss
s'i,.' He'll toll vol 5tx.cc1 different
things to do, and sixteen others t.
avoid, with more turns than n COM
bination to q burglar proof safc. aud
then, with the air of man who has
directed yoy to the cigar store across
the street, ell say, ''You can't miss
IT, But you can.
In August | had the opportunity
Of travelling more than thousand
miles over the Colorado mountain
roads. and believe you me. oil that
I have written about the value OF
Colorado scenic resources, and the
Importance of road building rs an
instrument in state development, falls
far short of the truth. travelled
over some highways that are nearly
perfect. over some roads that are
pretty good, and some that are
scarcely passsble, and there were
some places 7 wanted 10 go to and
didn't because the road hadn't been
built yet.
Enough has been done so that il
10 IL MT
of the grandcst and most beautiful
mountain scenery in the United
States. and enough also to provo all
that has been said about the value of
roads and scenery, when mixed IN
proper proportions, 10 bring people
and their good money into Colorado.
I have been from Pueblo to Rifle
both bv way of Canon City and by
wsy of Colorado Springs, I have
been from Gunnison to DeBeaue By
vsy cf the Black mesa, Hctchkiss
and the Grand Mesa, I have been
new road up TO within two miles OF
Trappers' Lake. I have seen much
of tn. hest scenery in the state, and
som. of IT'S richest agricultural dis
tric's. And wherever ! have been
] have seen Colorado people and Wis
itcr, 70 Colorado from other states.
travelling thru the mountains and
using the highways for the purposes
for which they we're planned.
One thing noticed was that tn.
Eres. majority Of tho automobiles
were small, in majority oS cases.
Fords. and these seemed to be most
numerous in the most rcmot. places
where the roads are the worst. And
IN almost every car there wer. chill
dren. and on tho running board or
bracketed behind was camping ont
A. that made the party Independent
of the hotels.
II anybody thinks that the only
tourists in Colorado are those that
are staying at the city hotels or camp
ing in the municipal camp grounds,
that thinker has not seen the folks
that I saw this summer. It was .
funny thing too, sometimes. to see
how ignorant some of these parties
~.rc of the art Of camping. There
was ono bunch We called the Splinter
Boys, from the way they collected
Sheir frewood, and quite often ve
would see party BY the roadside in
most uneitractive place, when a
abort distance away there was a
camping place with every natural
convenience.
II is only when you &c. around In
these out-bf-the-way places that you
appreciate how much the Forestry
bureau is doing in opening up Colo
rado 5 summer Fairgrounds, pnrticu-
larly IN the matter of road building.
Here in Pueblo We arc all beginning
10 talk about San Isabel, and all We
hear and say about San Isabel is none
too much. But San Isabel, with all
its features, is only one of Colorado :
National forests, and wherever / vent
the foresters were active IN the work
of road building and trail making,
Aud fire protection. and other things
that are helping to make Colorado
the summer playground of the west.
1t Ia much moro important 10 go
somewhere in Colorado than it is to
60 anywhere In particular. In every
mountain county there is scenic
beauty and grandeur, summer clims,e
that makes outdoor living n delight,
folks to welcome your coming, plea
SAINT ncqns'ntancc7 TO make along the
way, prosperous farms and villages.
Wild flowers and birds, shy snimsl-
that one rarely sees and fish in plenty
Tor those that know how.
Colorado is coming up on the high
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