Gunnison news-champion. [volume] (Gunnison, Colo.) 1905-1932, 1923-10-05

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. Yet rc-ldc-,- OF the pse, know mo
aao4. the east than many Of tho
ah1 live there.
THIS p rpetI4. American myster
We have never Ha-H an attempt
explanation Tendency 70 seek 1
vest. or the part Of the discomfort
The crtrrpu-rg the adyoutUrcr -
the horn, ecker vas started oy O.
& Columbus several years prior
iaT1 ar. Il has continued ever sin.
s gent. man rans-d II Greeley &
ndEIre a. "a wc=taard migratIn
ssnlrh added 20 It's influence. E..
now the vc,tbogrI aaye has not al
gc,h.r ub.rded.
Vet IN the matter Of general inf
nation AS 20 the turugs Of the "
there De- "a. all umes an astonishing Q
trUt q lgUUrarCr.
No, Only ignorance bg, apathy, O
j, prevails nigh, here In Colorado. v
rhnr q total 'ark u interest as TO ..
far, rr tab and Idaho There j.
h.g and beautiful city Of Salt L.,
,trrr is the smaller but live and
tr4c,l.c capital Of Boise, neither
them often mentioned among Color.
people, who eagerly scan petty n,
item, from Missouri or Kansas
Pens. ,'-aEia- " event west OF {,
.ata worth newspaper space IN.
u De- -owe considerable disaster or 70
usual crime. We DO not care anyth
about things out there
BI, the worst Of il is that We AZ,
stubborn as the east rUeTS in b.
. . -. o. a Hu- FtsE
hold any keen interest even in ACHE
mcnts and requirements that II
Gated east Of the Missouri river "
be- given columns on the first pagc
All these statements are facts,
they are dlscrctitable 70 the Amer
mind. not 10 say disgFaccful. No
there any Pc. bic way 20 change
anomalous condition. except thro
such Cr,.-aie= Jas See America Fl
and III. dissemination Of iliuFtr
tourist literature. There are
.andF Of residents Of Atlantic
who know less about the AmeI
west than they do about Lun'non
TfnpSra-v. Flanders and the Rub
We Think II l. Great
People Of Kansas and Of Okial m
regard rs s"f-sacrificiug heroes los
yenturcEome spirits who in rho.sl a.
two decade have closed the gap IN "a
great American plains BY settlin
them all the way across. They kno'
il has been a wholly different proces
from the Oklahoma rush which pee
Piled the Cherokee Strip IN singi
day. and that is Il different cOuntr
offering more Of risk and les OF r,
ward. The wcstward-ho Of the DRY
landcrs invaded the eastern COUNTIES d
Colorado half dozen times before
was finally made to stick After fiS
or six successful farming seasons
Baca county and nearly As many
kiowa and drylanders ventured int
portions of Pueblo and Huerfaro cour
tics. Now they show booming crop
Of corn in Highland and Rattlesna
But the point to which this Ion
story is gradually and loquaciousl
working around is the remarkable In
vasion Of the mountains II Is 4 pre-
cess or project unlike any of the otf
ers. II has had features all its owl
difficulties of its own, triumphs OF II
own. Life in the mountains OF Cole
RADIO is a separate proposition havin
of this longitude
These agricultural mountainecrs ar
race not at all akin to the miner
who were the first settlers of the bl
hills. An interesting half column coul
be strung out on this point
Apparently there is still much mir
ing being done, but in fact it is cor
fined to few conspicuous points tina
can be counted on ten fingers. The
make a good and an increasing show
ing as to total output of ore and met
ais, but the actual extent of telritor
the mining industry stirs up is insight
ficant, mere tiny patches contraste
with the vast territory where not eve
a prospector sets foot There are hur
dreds Of big or wide-spreading noun
tains, and whole great mountai
ranges miles across, where thirty year
ago active prospecting and some mir
ing were going on, now wholly abar
doned BY persons interested IN tn
mineral industry.
Yet strange to say they are not dc
serted by mankind. A new race Q
hardy settlers has come in, people wn
are as venturesome and as diiig mt !
their way, and who are stayers. Thei
persistent push of farming to hig
attitudes recalls the well known lin
where the free dare to be-this
our home"
Yet the marvel of it is that all thi
conquest has been conducted with sue
utter ouietness. These has been n
boom or rush of any kind-not eve
the plainly seen demonstrating out o
the plains where a sod house or plan
shack can be seen for ten miles. l
the mountains each settler is truly a
individual. He makes his way up
winding wooded gulch almost 8
stealthily as if he We're hunting dee
His log cabin and rock stable are nc
visible around the ridge half mil
away. A hundred cattle could hide ]
the oak thickets nearby and the trave
err along the road could not see one {
them. Indeed the traveller become
aware of only the few visible dwelling
a mile apart along the narrow ira
and imagines the rest of the countr
to be uninhabited wilderness.
The principal and most eonvlncin