The Penn's Grove record., 1921-03-25
COLORADO MOUNTAIN SCENES
A dupont Factory In Rocky Mountain
Gully
Mr.. Summerill:
Denver, Colorado,
March Is, 1921.

perhaps oOHlC VI JIG W.
Pont employees, those who have gone,
might like TO hear a little about Lon
viers, the DUPONT plant, near Denver,
| thought | would write of a trip we
took down there last Tuesday. we
went down on the Denver and RIO
Grande Railroad in n hours rlde.
From chair cars the view was Deautl-
full. We got off at the little railway
station which is a mile by road from
the village.
We did not have to walk as a gentle
man in an auto kindly volunteered 10
take us. 1t was very lOnely-the Dad
wound down around to Platte River
basin which is a low bit of land about
four hundred feet across and for miles
Won can look and see it with the green
grass and beautiful cotton wood trees.
In the middle runs Platte River. How
the home folks would laugh II they
could see that tiny stream, clear, snail
low. always with the water running
one way vet called a river. kay says,
"Bv George. mother, be carefuI-lf
YOU fall in you might get your feet
vet" It is invaluable, however, to h
state of Colorado, as it cover hun
dreds of miles OF territory and fQr-
nishes the water for irrigation to the
farms. 1t is fed from the mountain
SHOWS and streams. 1t Is never dry
We reach the concrete bridge that
crosses il. The bridge Is so narrow
only one auto may cross at a tlme
As we 90 round the curve and up
grade and through the pretty clean
original village OF LonViers, 1t Is a
little like Carneys Point. Small frame
f-our-roomed bungalows each with its
pretty green yard. This now Is called
sThe Flats It is very pretty.
We climb a pretty steep hill after
this and come to the new LonVlefs'
Nothing like Carneys Point here. The
houses are nearly all n story frame
with big green yards and neat Wlre
fences. There are small trees IN each
vard and in the middle OF the streets
are grass plots.
We stayed over night with Waiter
and Mrs. Featherer. They have a
very pretty coy home. Walter
seems much improved. LOnviers is
a small place and lies in a valley sur
rounded by hills and mountains.
Such a wonderful picture as we OF
the East can hardly conceive. The
hills Just rising in rolling beauty until
they reach the mountains. Near us
thew appear brown with pines scatter
ed over them. Then patches of snow
and finally the glistening peaks that
+ s~now-covered all the year round.
Raw and | climbed the hill where
the reservoir is built. From here we
can see the works. Not much SEEM
ingly. as they all could be placed 1T
one of our big yards back home, but
very important to the mountain IN
terests. From the village you can
only see the smoke stacks and roofs
Of the buildings.
There is a graded school, a big beau
tiful club house open to all employees
A big yellow building is a department
store, post office, hotel and restaurant
in one. | heard the feminine part OF
on. party discussing the merits and
dement's of spring hats and house
dresses and hams and soaps to be puf-
chased there, so it must be quite a
store.
It is very quiet. Blue birds and
cardinals are flying about the parks
and meadow larks are making sweet
music for us. At night the yelp OF
the COYOTES among the hills Is a
familiar sound. There is a Church
service every Thursday evening held
in the school house. The minister
comes from Littleton, some miles
away. There is a well-attended sun
day School session each Sunday. They
are practicing for their Easter service
in which Grace will take part.
We spent a part of the evening at
the home of Mrs. Harry Taylor. They
were very gracious. On their piano
there was a stuffed horned owl whose
wing tins almost reached from one
end of the piano to the other. Nf;
Tavlor captured it, also a beautiful
COYOTE rug which he shot and had
dressed.
AS we went home we were struck
with the intense quietness OF Jhe
njace The stars were shining and
Tho Young moon was directly over US
Walter SAYS this stiffness IS what gets
We were up early. The meadow
lark's call was the first sound to greet
Ms. Spent the morning taking pct
ures which proved good. And at noon
Walter Joined US in a substantial diu-
ner after which we began prepaf1-
tons for returning to Denver. Ray
and Sara walked to the station, but
BABY Elizabeth and l rode. What a
ride. An old gentleman with TWO 5lG
bay horses and d vehicle-a sort OF a
cross between a buck board and spring
wagon. l climbed up on the high seat
in front with baby beside me and held
nv breath for fear Of falling.
The old man clucked and touched
the horses with a short whip and away
we went. He said: 81 take 1t you
are not from these parts" l said:
"No; from jersey Well, ne opened
up then and | had no chance to speak
He was born in Pennsylvania. Come
to Illinois in his boyhood days and
later to Iowa where his father sui
lives. His father must be a very old
man. He had lived in Colorado
fortv-three years, and over back of
Lonviers about fourteen miles, ne has
q oa,eo hundred acre farm. Lying