Pueblo chieftain., 1921-04-24
now IS THE Time OF YEAR
when We YAWN and WISH
FOR SUMMER COTTAGE time
Also We Figure On improvements IN Camp and the Summer
Resort Begins to Emerge from Its Winter
Desolateness.

lulled to sleep by tho whispering
mountain streams. 1t is also that
time of the year when such owners
of summer cottages take occasion on
nice Sunday afternoons to motor to
tho hills and SEQ il the cottages sur
vived tho heavy mountain SHOWS or
tho cold mountain breczcs which
sometimes become so exasperated with
tho extreme cold that they blow
stronger than ever They also desire
to SEQ IL bandits broke in and made
off with the tin spoons and the half
slab of bacon that was by accident
left hanging behind the kitchen stove.
Oh. this thing of owning n summer
cottage in the hills is something great.
There is such a pleasant feeling in
the thought that somewhere in the
mountains you have a place where
you can get away from the noise of
tho city and the bothersome neigh
bors and can read all day long il you
want to, Just so some visitor doesn't
come in about lunch time.
oh. yes. and this is the time OF
tho year when you like to figure on
what improvements to make on the
shack this summer and, oh, there are
so many things to think about that
no wonder we all have spring fever
and arc unable to do a thing salts
factorily.
can Just imagine how tho cabin
looks at this time of the year. There
is SONS snow, no doubt. piled up on
the north side of tho shack. There are
a lot OF pine needles and pino cones
lodged on tho front porch. Tho win
door locked with paddock that is
totally uninviting. The house may
need little paint and probably there
Is branch of a tree broken on by
tho wind lying at a disgraccful an
gle across tho path. II by chance
you can look into the windows you
may 500 n few well-thumbed maga-
zines lying around on tables or chairs
and perhaps a dilapidated carton that
once contained cookies or crackers
right In the center of the kitchen ta-
bic. Perhaps there is skillet hur-
riedly slammed onto the stove. When
you left you may have had 10 leave
hurriodly and maybe you didn't get
all OF tho dishes washed. But what's
up n bit when you motor out this
summer. say in May or June. and set
ready to stay till fall.
A summer resort in winter time Is
a dcsolato joking place. Imagine a
summer resort of about 200 cottages
scattered hero and there and only
about seven of them occupicd-by ma
ttNFS. no anu WlnIo"S
boarded up. barred and locked. The
hagpolcs havc bits of rope dangling
in tho hreezcs. Tho aspens are bar
rcn, so arc tho bushes. Snow covers
tho ground and iciclcs hang from the
caves. Tho wind has blown down
dead trcc or two and there's nothing
inviting. Tho cottages proha bly, have
no foundations underneath. only lit
tie lattice work to form a sort of
,sap ~ hn la es 70
whistle thru tho lattice with a drcary
sound. 1t makes YOU shuddcr. The
chimneys instead of sending out curls
OF bluo smoke are covered with snow.
Imagine hundred such cottages.
The whole scene is ono OF desolation.
But wait until the warm spring
winds tako away some OF tho snow.
Tho natives who depend mostly upon
tho vacationists for their taxable in
comes como out of their winter hibcr-
nation, tako hammers and saws and
buckets OF paint and look over the
cottages they own and rent In the
summer. Soon therc is the noise OF
hammer and saw and preparations
are under way to entertain tie folks
from tho city who want furnished
cottages at 50 much per week or
month. according to tho contract.
Then thero arc some of these natives
who arc caretakers for homes owned
by tho city folks. and each spring
they go over the shacks with paint of
the required shade of red. yellow or
green. and get tho place ready for
Mr.. and Mrs. So-an-So who win be
out about May II.
And there arc the other natives who
sell wood to tho summarizes and they
look over their wood piles to sec "
thero Is enough to supply tho trade
and begin to hll what orders they
contracted for in the fall
And now comes that timo of the
year when tho grocer In tho summer
resort begins TO check up his stock
and sends in an order to tho whole
sa1er for So many cases of ginger
snaps. peanut butter. jeviled ham.
marshmellows and other picnic goods
to supply tho trade, while tho farm
ers around arc coaching their hens to
lay their darndest for five moro
months. and are giving the old COW