Evening star., 1941-04-20

much-touted climate, grow up to
z inches in diameter.
AS the dogwood blossoms fade,
azaleas stage their white, yellow
and pink show along the stream
banks and in the meadows, scent
ing the air and deighting the eye
during June and into July. From
late May to August, meadow flowers
take up the chorus in the 1000
5000 foot areas-shooting stars,
godetias brown-eyed Susans, wild
orchids, gilias, Mariposa lilies and
scores of other varieties. Higher on
the rim of the valley are blooming
Queen Annes lace, mountain blue
bell, forget-me-nots, mimulus,
pentstemon, asters, phlox and Wash
ington lilies. Their season is from
late June to early August.
Nearly one-half of the park lies
at or above the 8.600-foot level,
where are found alpine flowers of
vivid hues. They bloom profusely
on the Tuolumne Meadows, which
is typical of the high wilderness
visited by tourists. The flora at this
elevation includes lupines, shooting
stars, elephant heads, mimulus, in
pink and red; gentians, heather and
cinquefoils. Shrubs typical Of the
high area complement the .flowers,
notably ocean spray, pale laurel.
twinberry. Labrador tea and red
eloerberry.
The book, Smoky Joe Says"
tickling essays in Bahamiam dialect
written by Eugene Dupuch, Nassau
newspaperman, takes the reader
closer to the colored folk than the
ordinary traveller would go. But
the colloquialisms. amusing digres-
sions from the Kings English, fire.
quently can be heard in passing. and
being in the know intensifies the
humor
A classic among the revelations,
which yet may find its way into
American slang, is gully got yuh."
1t means nothing less than that
you're destitute. "Chock" is an
other 1t means all the way; for
instance, 'chock to Fox Hill"
Bad head means irresponsible,
taffia Is Haitien rum. The jumpin'
dance is the forbidden fire dance
performed to the beat of the TOM
tom; obeah is a form of sorcery
formerly practiced in the West
Indies.
Designed to please the home folks
or to satisfy the yen of travellers
from the East to see expert cowboys
perform with wild horses and steers,
Colorado has sprinkled its program
of summer events literally with
rodeos. Whatever the motive. the
Denver Convention and Visitors
Bureau has adopted as its slogan
See the Old West in Al" and calls
attention to these events in the sky
scraper State:
June Hip, Koshare Indian cere-
monials, La Junta: June 12-l4,
Black Diamond jubilee and rodeo.
Walsenburg.
July ga, Range Call rodeo.
Meeker; July 4. Lands End highway
auto races. Grand Junction: July
4, Steamboat Springs rodeo, Steam
boat Springs; July As. rodeo.
Cheyenne Wells; July 5-26, play
festival and opera, Central City:
July 7-13. professional golf associa .
ton tourney, Cherry Hills; July IL
II, cattlemen's days and rodeo,
Gunnison: July 13, free fish fry, Al
mont; July l5-16, Montrose rodeo,
Montrose; July 1918. free open-air
opera, Chocolate Soldier" Denver.
July 1919, air show, Denver; July
27-29, pow WOW days, Boulder: July
30-August l, Ski Hi stampede,
Monte Vista.
August l, early settlers reunion,
La Junta; August 9-19, Spanish
trails fiesta and rodeo, Durango:
August 9-l0, Estes Park rodeo, Estes
Park; August 1915, Upton Cup
yacht regatta, Grand Lake; August
10, trip to Arapahoe Glacier, Boul-
der; August 1915, Kids rodeo, La
Junta; August 14-17, Colorado
Springs rodeo Colorado Springs;
August 1915, pioneer festival and
fair, Loveland; August 1921. Logan
County fair and rodeo, Sterling;
August 20-22, Northern Colorado
fair, Longmont; August 22-24, Trim
idad rodeo, Trinidad August 1928,
Colorado State fair. Pueblo.
September l, Pixies Peak auto
races, Pixies Peak; September 4,
watermelon day, Rocky Ford.