The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1921-08-19
MISSISSIPPI WOMAN
WRITES FROM COLO.
Describes NaturA's Wonders in That
Section. Delighted With What She
Sees But Longs For Home.

Sees But Longs For Home.
Longmont, Colo., Aug. 6, 1921.
Editor Sentinel:
Sometime ago you extended me ar
invitation to give you some observa.
tions as to the section over which my
duties carry me. At that time was
on the heated plains of Kansas, Ne.
braska and eastern Colorado and il
was difficult to think Of anything else
save more disagreeahle places and the
fiery furhace. But now looking back
in my imagination over the endless
fields Of waving grain in that section,
it is hard to believe that any part Of
the United States could ever suffer
from lack Of Bread, to say nothing OF
starving Russia. And, too, there are
still those long, big pens Of corn along
the railroad and all over the country,
seemingly just waiting to be hauled
AWAY, and yet such low prices and
high freight rates, there it stands a
monument to somebody's business
folly and as silent sentinels Of both
plenty and poverty. The price of
hauling the corn a few miles on the
railroads is'more than the farmer can
get who made it.
We, my companion and (my COM
panion is Miss Willie Boyet) are in
sight of and not far away from per-
petual snow While the hot sun hur-
ries pedestrians along in the streets,
once in the shade, the air is crisp and
cool and the nights wonderful for
sleeping.
To spend day and night IN Estes
Park, situated about 70 miles By auto
from Denver, amid these snow-caps,
is worth years of hard work and sac
rifce. The Park is 25 miles north
and south and Is miles east and west
and has a total area OF about 400
square miles. The Continental Divide
crosses the Park from north west to
south east. Fifty one peaks more
than 10000 feet high; 200 lakes, un-
numbered canyons, rivers and glaciers
are within the Park. The highest
mountain 'is Long Peak, more than
$4,000 feet above the sea level. I'm
mense groves of Douglas fir, aspen,
lodge pole and yellow pine cover the
slopes, while great fields of wild
flowers. blue sentians, cOlumbines,
wild phloX, prin1roses, mariposa lilies,
daisies, larkspurs, Indian paint brush
es and alpine buttercups brighten the
= landscape.
Government regulations protect the
wild animals and as q consequence
bear, deer, Rocky mountain sheep,
elk and beaver are increasing nurne--
ously.
Automobile roads radiate from Estes
Park in all directions, while trails
for the hiker and horseback rider
paths lead to wilder directions. Sew
eral modern hotels provide the COM
forts OF civilization. CAMPING grounds
are set aside for those who travel
in their own equipment. ASto fish
ing, l am quoting here \fro1n.a news
story sent 10 the press of this date
from this Park:
"A rainbow trout, said to weigh
from ten 20 twenty pounds, which in
habits the waters Just above the
waterwOrks dam in the canon, has
become the object OF attack for all
anglers IN this section of the state
since 4 Loveland clothing man, who
says the fish has cost him more
than the prize offered in hooks, flies
and leaders, has offered big Stet-
son nat TO the man, woman Or child
who Will safely land the daddy fish.
~"Ths trout has been hooked many
times, but always has succeeded in
getting away. He is distinguished
by his peculiar approach to flies
cast on the water. He approaches
it after the first cast, and then backs
away, instead Of turning around and
leaving it. This procedure is re-
peated two or three times before
he finally attempts to take the worm
or fly.
More than a dozen men have
claimed to hook him, but none can
land him.
Of course / had to try my hand at
fishing but soon found that angling
for trout in clear, tumbling noun
tain rlver is quite a different propo-
sltion from catching perch and cat
fish from the slow moving drifts of
my native State and the sequel was
that l came in empty handed but
withal having enjoyed the thrills of
anticipation.
We sleep in tents, and with double
blankets and quilts enjoy the cold
night air and do full justice to the
exquisite food that tastes good allthe
way down." A good big fire burns
in the big rock fire place in the liv-
ing room for those who prefer that
temperature. Gathered around this
old home-ike fze, surrounded with
the best periodicals at eventide
one truly comes to the end of per-
feet day." listening to the experiences
Of the, guests, among them on this
occasion is Enos Mills, the famous
naturalist and ranger whose life is
too well known to need further in
PRODUCTION.
We rambled around Sunday until
time for church, when we heard from
Rev. Mr.. Bobbitt, of New York. a
most beautiful and helpful sermon on
'How and why God does always al
low US to enter the land of our
dreams" Acts 16, "The land We
may not enter" sand Paul essayed
to go into Bythnia but the Lord In
fired him not" -