Las Vegas age. [volume] (Las Vegas, Nev.) 1905-1947, 1927-09-10
OF INTEREST
TO MANY VISITORS
mile High" City Is Mecca
of Vast Number of Auto
mobile Tourists From the
Southern States.

HlODiiS Jul 1918 OlIi hilC
Southern States.
Denver is an interesting city es.
pecially so to first time visitors.
1t has a vigor and a spirit i'm
planted by the hardy pioneers who
founded the little settlement on
the plain near the foot of the
Continental Divide.
Governor Adams, the present
governor of Colorado, Is an ex-
ample Of the vigorous citizenship
which is making Denver one of
the great cities of the middle
west. He came to Colorado in
1871 and has often seen the great
plain about Denver covered by
migrating herds of buffalo so vast
as to reach beyond the vision of
the human eye. In all the ad-
vances made by Colorado and the
city of Denver, he has had an
active part and for many years
prior to his election as governor
was a member of the state legis-
l2ture.
GovernorAdams played the part
OF host to the visiting governors
ard commissioners during the re-
cent session of the Colorado River
Conference, aud through his kind
ly and congenial spirit added
much to he pleasure OF the visi-
tors. In the conference in which
Governor Dern of Utah, Emerson
of Wyoming and Dillon of New
Mexico acted with him as medi-
ators between the states of the
lower basin, Governor Adams was
always helpful with his wise, quiet
and friendly counsel.
In 1876 when the Centennial
State" was admitted to the Union,
Denver was a little town OF per-
haps six or eight thousand souls.
From that date began it's great
growth in wealth and population.
Leadville in the late '70s poured
it's millions into Denver. This was
followed by other great camps, the
last of which was Cripple Creek,
all adding to the wealth of the
capital city.
Denver is famous, for its many
beautiful homes. Wealthy people
from over the world have been
attracted to it because OF its
mile high" altitude, healthfUl at
mosphere and pleasant climate
i Brit the greatest attraction is its
cleanliness. Denver claiming to be
! the "cleanest city in the world.
/ The city is making a seriods ef
/ for to live up to that designation
1 It's streets and parks are kept in
fine condition and for several
years it has had a smoke com
mission" which has inspected al
! the hundreds of smoke stacks anC
compelled factories to install
smoke consuming devices which re
duce the smoke nuisance to &
minimum We notice in a Den
yer newspaper a list of smoke
stacks under suspicion" Any
stack observed pouring forth {
cloud of smoke is reported ant
action is taken to abate it. AS &
result not only is the smoke
nuisance removed but the owner:
OF factories have been saved thou
sands of dollars in fuel each veal
/ by the adoption of better stokint
or firing systems
Denver is built of red brick anC
/ stone mostly, although moderI
| business blocks OF which ther'
are many fine examples, are o
reinforced concrete. 1t is tht
boast of Denverites that there il
not one single frame building Of
shack within the city limits. Man.
of the residence streets have wild,
parkings of lawn bordered by row
of elm trees, with stately, OLD
! fashioned mansions on each side
The city parks, connected by fin'
avenues, with their lakes ant
fountains. vast expanses of greer
lawn and curving drives are yer!
beautiful.
Denver now has a population o
about $4,000 souls and is growing
steadily, no longer being depend
ent on fleeting mining excite
ments. 1t has many lines of in
dustry, but is dependent chief.
for its prosperity on the rich agri
cultural regions which have beel
developed to a high state OF cult
vation about it.
The "long and short haul" poll
cy of the Interstate Commerc,
Commission, is, we are told b.
Congressman Taylor Of the west
ern district OF Colorado. one o
the greatest drawbacks in Den
yers' development in manufactur
ing and commerce, operating evel
more to the disadvantage of Col
orado than it does to Nevada. h
says. Like all western states. Co
orado is keeping up the figh
against this injustice and hope
to see the discrimination in favo