The Elk Mountain pilot., 1921-06-23
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(OOuLIuueQ from poBe OueJ
just two hours ahead of the flood and
had beaten it to Canon City. They
had intended to go, like us, over the
Springs cutoff, but again, like US
were compelled to take that God-for-
saken Guffey road, and so far as the
writer is concerned, it was mighty
lucky that they did.
The following morning, early, we
started for Fairplay and for twelve
hours fought the worst mud and the
most atrocious grades we ever strug-
ming we made Fairplay, Assistance of
81 miles, in twelve hours. During the
day we got Mr. Deans car in mo-
rass where it took three hours to jack
up three wheels, build a rock road
fifty feet and plate the rocks in spec
tally bad spots with pine toughs, to
let him out In another choice spot
ran Lizzie into bog where it took
dozen men with block and tackle
to draw her out backwards.
At Fairplay we were housed at the
Windsor, another swell little country
town hotel, where the management
made US comfortable and grateful.
Mr.. Dean camped out in beautiful
little grove, being outfitted for that
purpose.
The next day gave US about twenty
miles of good road to start with and
then a good big stretch of worse than
we had yet seen. Earlier in this
story we have mentioned that Mr..
Dean was a good scout. Along the
road we passed Mexican packing a
roll of blankets and as the road was
good there Mr., Dean told him to
climb on the running board and sit
on the tool box and he would give
him a boost. We are satisfied that
Tom acted from purely humanitarian
motives when he picked up that
smoky citizen, but mad, ertently he
entertained an a-gel unawares"
A few miles farther down the road,
or rather up, we needed that Mexican
as badly as Old King Richard ever
did q horse When it comes to push
ing Lizzie or an Oakland up 459e
grade you need help and that Mex
was sure some pusher.
Mr. Dean could talk his language
End we cannot, but our observation
of his actions satisfies US that he has
earvo1 a e,CoI 1oncr onnrapf;cac1s,~ -
starting loaded freight cars on an up
grade. Mr.. Dean carried that Mex
ican right along with the balance
of the tools, into Denver, that is he
carried him when he was not engaged
in pushing the Lizzie or the Oakland
up hill.
Right here we want to partially de-
scribe Mr.. and Mrs. Deans camping
outfit Their tent. home manufac-
tured, is made of balloon silk, light
ard very strong. A kitchenette,
designed and built by Mr.. Dean, on
the running board, rot over twenty
four inches high, ten inches deep and
eighteen inches wide, is as complete
for its purpose as Hoover cabinet.
1t has room for two burner gaso-
line stove and Mrs. Dean can turn out
p mighty good meal for four people
md one Mexican in just twenty min
utes by the watch. She proved it
several times. They are also fitted
out with light folding camp bed
suspended by springs. camp chairs.
light folding table, and an electric
light attached to the batteries of
the car, which gives them a bril-
liant light in their tent. All in all
they have the most complete, handy,
and comfortable equipment for camp
ing we have ever seen.
At Bailey we were so we'll along
that the writer phoned Denver and
asked the publishing house where our
contract was made for book binding
if they would be open after FIVE
O'clock, we not believing we could
reach t'ere earlier. Twenty minutes
later we were stuck on apparently the
worst hill of the trip. Around nine
c'clDck we got to Confer. and as a
heavy rain was threatening, we per-
suaded a Mr.. Dulmage, who has a
very nice residence there, to house
our cars and ourselves. And just in
time too, for soon the rain came
down in torrents. Mr.. Dulmage is
bachelor and when he found out We
needed supper he turned over his
kitchen to Mrs. Dean and Mrs. Rawalt
and they soon fed the hungry in fine
shape. Mrs. rean became so i'm
pressed with the beauty and conven-
ience of Mr.. Dulmage's residence that
she began to scheme how to bring
him in touch with n wife TO manage