The West Virginian. [volume] (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1914-1974, 1922-08-08
that they were all taken
by gentlemen in OIL from Tulsa,

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Not being "a gentleman In oil"
had to go to lodging house,
where got nice room for two
of us-for So. True, we mad to walk
up couple OF flights Of stairs and
! there was no bath, but there was
gramaphone in the hall. to the
music Of which the porter and
chambermaid danced until late
hour, and it listened just like a
cabaret at Coney Island. We en-
joyed 1t very much.
When we landed at this place we
thought it would be nice to nego-
tate for an auto drive about the
Vicinity, say for couple OF hours.
We weer promptly informed that
the way to go was to take "the cir
Gle trip" that is to the Garden Of
the Gods,''"Cave of the Winds, :
South Cheyenne Canyon and home,
about two hours
A Slight Retreat
t.And the charge?" l queried tim
reply, but j thought detected a
weakening Of the firm but sweet
mouth Of the landlady as she fol-
lowed with: Would that be about
right"
No" decidedly, sit would not
be right" And SO she promptly
dropped to 50. II had kept firm.
doubtless we would have obtained
our auto at quite reasonable
price. That's the Colorado Springs
10 ethod--simple, pleasant and eff
fective.
Arrived at the Gave Of the
Winds we We're informed by
our driver that it was truly Won
derful and would cost US s1.1O eacn
as it sis owned by private parties"
have read good deal OF late
about "holdups of travellers in
have ever seen more thorough
.hoidup" system than in Colorado
Springs, but the game shows signs
of weakening.
On the door of our room was a
card giving the rates at .'s5 the
day for two persons" asked the
landlady what that card meant and
she said: "Oh in 1920 everybody
had money and those we're the
prices then, but we have had to
come down since.
At that. Colorado Springs and
Manitou furnish most delightful
and even thrilling two days recess
to the transcontfnental traveller.
Nowhere else on the continent pos
sibly are gathered more interesting
natural beauties and wonders than
here.
It Went "Rust''
Like all gold and silver mining
regions. this one presents unlimit-
ed evidences of former and fallen
greatness. When Cripple Creek
camp was discovered, a little over
l2O years ago, there sprang up, al
most over night. away up there
5000 feet above Colorado Springs.
wonderful mining camp with ho-
tells. opera house. innumerable
dance halls and everything
And presently a wonderful sky
line scenic railroad. called the
Cripple Creek Short Line, was bull
from Colorado Springs, 20 miles
awav
When I went over that line 10
years ago. thought it the most
beautiful ride had ever taken. But
Cripple Creek went bust and the
line which had cost millions to
build. was abandoned, and now
consists OF a hundred costly bridges
and two streaks of rust falling to
hopeless decay.
wonder how much good the MIL
lions taken out of Cripple CreeE
really ever did.
The richest; mines in Cripple
We're the independence and STRAIT
ford. owned by the late Mr. STRAIT
ton. who gave Stratton Park to
Colorado Springs and also splen-
did home for orphan children and
INDECENT old people. They tell me
the institution is filled to capacity.
, One would hardly think that pos
sib!e in community as small as
this.
| Figure On This
They proudly point to the fact
that the Cripple Creek district
alone has produced 1869 100000 in
gold since its discovery in 81, Now
there never were more than $4,000
people in this entire region. men.
| women and children. workers and
1oafers. Assuming that there was
not one dollar. income ever receiv-
ed from any other source in all
this region-a perfectly absurd con
tention-and you have s6o.150 cash