The Glenwood post., 1922-08-17

oeselt lanu, which was SO In contrast
to what we have been accustomed to.
We found Fruita very nice little
town, but with lots of hot sun, mos
auitoes and flies. The latter didn' It
seem to appreciate us and pestered us
most of the time. Sometimes while in
Fru'ta it seemed hard to forget that
we were on vacation and while in
conversation with lady who men
TONED that relative of hers had
gone to neighboring town, 1 was on
the verge of asking how long the gen
tleman was going to stay, etc., think
ing I had an item of news. One af-
ternoon when in the dry goods store
We found Maude back of the counter,
which shows that it wasn't easy to
get away from our respective occupa-
tions.
We visited the Methodist church in
Fruita, of which Mr.. Pepper is pastor,
and found a large beautiful church.
strictly modern and with a kitchen in
the basement which is not only used
by the church but also for community
dinners, etc. Miss Margaret Hetzel,
formerly of this city but now super
intendent and a stockholder in the
Fruita hospital, showed us through
the institution which is modern
throughout and 10 meeting the needs
nicely by housing the sick and aftAict-
ed of this community. One Of the
things brought to our attention was
the small circular park in the center
OF the town, where people go after
their days work to rest and relax,
and it is used almost every week for
band concert and an outdoor pro-
gram Of music and public speaking.
One morning we hivvered out to
the Highline ditch and drove along
this ditch for some distance. This is
certainly wonderful project and this
ditch brings water for miles and miles
and irrigates the lands that a few
years ago were dry and arid and bar
rem Of any crops, but which now are
being cultivated. We were glad when
Mr.. Pepper turned at a cross road as
We didn't relish the idea Of driving
along this narrow road with the large
ditch on one side Of US and a bank
on the other. We went through prai-
,rie dog town and saw many of the
lively little creatures hurrying to the
shelter of their holes. We also saw a
number of rabbits, and flock of
young quails The same morning we
motored west of Fruita to Horse Thief
canon and after travelling to where
we thought the road ended we came to
a farm house where we stopped and
visited the apple orchard.
One day was spent in Grand juno
ton, and the time certainly flew as
we had considerable looking around
and calling to do. We found the city
a busy place with number of fine
buildings in the process of completion,
including a court house, and the Daily
Sentinel building. The municipal
natatorium, which was recently COM
pleted and which is the generous gift
to the city by Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Meyer, was being enjoyed to its full
extent by the children and young peo-
pie of the city.
We saw some former Glenwoodites
in the city, and I made call at the
Daily News office and had a most in
teresting chat with the editor, c. E..
Adams, but the folks thought it was
more than q chat and got little i'm
patient waiting for us newspaper folks
to get through with our conversation.
Our trip home was also made by
auto and we left Fruita early Sunday
afternoon, driving through the fine
fruit country near Palisade and seeing
the hundreds and hundreds of apple,
peach and pear trees, which will soon
be picked Of their delectable fruit. On
leaving Grand Junction we rode over
the new cement road which the county
is building to the city limits and which
is another Of the fine improvements in
this section of ~ s1aAA
Altogether the trip proved most
delightful experience and vacation,
giving us the opportunity of fort
night with pleasant associations with
new made friends and affording a de-
lightful opportunity Of enjoying some
of the finest scenery in Colorado, and
hope the rest and relaxation will
prove so valuable to us all that we
may find our work easier and may be
able to do it with more zeal and a
better spirit-but here comes the ed
stor now and guess I must close this
already too lengthy story or there
may not be enough room left in the