, 1925-08-20

How beautiful is the rain!
After the dust and the heat,
In the broad and fiery street,
In the narrow lane.
How beautiful is the rain!
How it clatters along the roofs,
Like the tramp of hoofs.
How it gushes and struggles out
From the throat of the overlooking
spout!
Across the window pane
1t pours and pours;
And swift and wide,
With a muddy tide,
Like a riverd down the gutter roars.
The rain. the welcome rain!
The above is a part of Longfel-
lows poem, Rain in Summer" How
many of u tourists and motorists
thought of our recent rain as beau.
kiful or welcome? There were GER
tainly some who found the rain very
disagreeable, especially when It en-
terfered with pleasure. Last Tues
day a few Hanna and Elk Mountain
ladies returning from Mrs. Otto Fred
erick's luncheon at Parco discovered
that the muddy highway was rather
jazzy and caused a great deal of an
xiety. One party was Obliged to
have her Franklin car lowed some
distance to the Wilson ranch where
1t was abandoned until the next day.
Even IN old timer hat has travelled
that particular part of the highway
hundreds of times, knowing every
turn and twist of the road, was
the left hand gutter, having skidded
found travelling for some distance in
across the entire road. He was very
thankful for a culvert that rescued
him from this precarious plight and
righted the car. Then on Wednes-
day all the invited guests of Mrs. w.
N, Scott, who planned to motor to
Medicine Bow were lacking pep. or
shall we say able chauffeurs, for all
remained at home but two-they took
the train. If Longfellow were living
in the auto age. how would he por-
tray the rain? And when looking
forward years when the aeroplane
will be the age. what will be the
complaint then? The wind. no
doubt.
THE Resurrection Picnic at Elk
Mountain last Sunday was a grand
success. Many visitors were on hand
from Rawlins, Medicine Bow, Rock
River. Parco, Hanna and Laramie.
Som very interesting horse races
helped to make the afternoon excit-
ling while the big dance in the eve
Ming brought the event to a close. 1t
"a estimated that there were $50
visiting automobiles during the af-
rno and evening. The music for
the dance was furnished by Jack
Cooks orchestra.
Mr.. and Mrs. James Buckley OF
Cheyenne are visiting their mother.
Mrs. Robert Cox. who is very ill.
Mr.. Moore representing the "Wyo-
ming Eagle ~Cheyenne's new weekly
newspaper. was in town last Friday
or business.
The Rev. Frank Kraft OF Rawlins.
who now has the supervision of the
Episcopal church in Hanna. formerly
under the jurisdiction OF Dan Thorn
berry of Laramie. spent Saturday
evening and Sunday morning in
Kama.
N'Sam Thompson spent Monday at
the Wyoming Timber Co.
Mrs. l.. A. Rogers and daughters
left Wednesday for McGrath, Wyo.
Miss June Wright. who has spent
the summer with her parents. Mr..
n Mrs. Harry Wright. left Monday
for Wellington. Colo, where she will
teach chool for the coming year.
Roy Cummings left last Saturday
for North Dakota.
Mr.. and Mrs. Robert Williamson.
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Frederick. Mrs.
Florence williamson. Mr.. and Mrs.
d.. Williamson and Miss Caroline
Leroy motored to Elk Mountain last
Wednesday evening to dine with Mr..
n Mrs. John Quealy.
MIR. and Mrs. Albert Aho and fam
lily and Mr.. and Mrs. Fred Williams