Year: 1870

been made OF adobe sunburned brick. and for the
most part they stand wc but great dispatch and eau


0n required In placing the cOrnice projections
the top Of the walls for OF which the rain running
down endangers the structure at least greatly dsng
it. We may acquire skill enough to build adobe
hOuscs which shall be entirely satisfactory, but at pres
eut they not The best protection yet given is
mineral paint Of several coats One-sory adobe houses
seem more likely 20 be but than twostOry There
two large adobe stores nearly finished. the face OF
the first being burned brick; also fine business block Of
100 feet front part with hard brick face one OF these
is for printing office, TO send out weekly sheet
We have great trouble with lime. II is obtained by
rail from the White Hills Cheyenne, and many cell
lars and foundations have been made OF concrete OF
gravel and Of this lime, but the cement does not harden
wei. Often the lime slakes in the wall and pufs out,
aud in some hardhnised plastered walls there are
Busters Some cellar walls have fallen down in part,
and several have built with adobe face inside
II il security Much Of such work has been done
in such haste that 10 did have time 90 dry, and one
house pushed forward fast that when the first
story was nearly finished It all caved in A handsome
banknghouse Of concrete has been rooted at the


first story Of the supposed insecurity the de-
feet growing y the lime. II is probable that is
not the genuine limestone but species Of magnesite
and yet foundations solid enough. The ques-
tion is OF what shall cellars and foundations be
made Stone can be had by rail from the White Hills at
= per cord. and get small supply among the
bluffs along the river, by teams for something less but
ought not 10 cost than S. There is abundance
along the foot hills 20 miles distant The new railroad
will deliver at low rates, but it is not built yet
and we want houses Immediately Our town is growing
than the material of the country can be
developed II is probable that get brick cheaper
than any other material; hut We must wait until next
wear for the rise OF the river that cord wood may be
foaed though it is not at all improbable that stone will
be discovered in Of the bluffs 1t is pity
the report OF the genius who came on among the


first and went back saying that we could dig no wells,
at depth of only two feet was bed of rock,
was not correct. am free TO state these difficulties, be-
cause they the most real things in present his
tory and because we wish to overcome them. Every
place has its natural defects, and they serious o
sacles until they are remedied Chicago could get no
stone until the canal built, there stick OF
saw-timbcr within 30 miles While need business men
solve how to be supplied with building material,
ought look for them much among those with
among those proposing to and is not improba-
bic that young digging cellars Will lead out and
finally engage in business large scale. The first
thing be and engages the attention Of aD. IL
provide shelter for the Winter and obliged to
whatever material comes handies After that comes
the search for better and easier things Looking
the whole subject IL Is that the rarcst quality IS that
which makes genuine business man-whioh gives en-
pOyment TO many and sets the wheels Of industry in
operation. One endowed is the equal Of the victorious
general the gifted teacher the enchanting orator But
such often stand slippery places. Within the
last 10 years have known many successful business
men running railroads, taking heavy contracts and
p0ying thousands but they learned 10 sip
the fashionable glass OF wne they drove fast horses and
loved the applause of fools and they pennies
and broken hearted
OOLTEACHERs-HOTELs-S ANTTARY ACCOMMODATIONS.


OF school teachers we must have as many 20, per
haps 80. \ primary school started early; it has
been well attended, but yet have high school,
although intend 10 have at the earliest possible day
Several difficulties presented, one being the short
time which has elapsed since came another sa want
Of funds by the colonial contract members under
stand they need not pay their town lots until next
Spring and they prefer to use the money; and another
is the want OF suitable building material for we wish TO
build sehoohouses equal TO any in the land. Whoever
proposes join and to in supplying % the
wants referred to- should members Of the colony
that they NAV share in tie common advantages,
in the management aud have also the confidence


hotel Was built OF rather drawn hither in MAY, but
1t has supplied the want only IN part Tor the rooms are
probably no better location Tor frscass hotel than
here and such may build, suitable lots are held IN
reserve, but 10 halfway affair viii answer The climate
incOmpaTably fine the mountain scenery magnificent,
and for inyads generally, and for consumpyes in par
tcuar there favorable conditions than IN any
other part Of our country The air Is remarkably tree
amount Of rainfall is probably les than IN any other
country the world. Our location l. 500 feet lower than
Denver, and hence is better suited for n'aIds 1t is
no neIuit their ati.rts 10 visit The poUn-
tains should they thither at once the extreme
rarity Of the atmosphere may bring on fatal symptoms
After son Of mine who was in decline went 10 the
foot OF the mountains and stayed few weeks lie grew
worse then he came back to this valley but was too
late-aways every day, somebody 1t is too lateaHd


It's favorite idea Of mine and which mean TO
carry out workmen can be engaged, to buid


first model cottage to cost, furnished with everything
complete, OF $1,000 TO rent TO invahds Accommodations
where mother can take care OF son or daughter ana
where the food nav be prepared 20 suit the taste and
where all the comforts d ones own home may 1e had,
cannot be found il this TccOn-uOr indeed, scarcely any
where except at home. II the modeis success would
square planted with trees and owers, while the water
should run along the paths Ny impression is that II
there a hundred such cottages in our town they
would all find occupants, at hlgh rents.


CRIsT MILLs-wo wooIEN MILLs-NnNIsTERs, LAWYERS, AND


DOCTORS.


Ours Is place Of many opportunities, and those who
wise will improve them. At present there is grst
mill nearer than 25 miles, and yet much wheat is


the valleys Of the Cache Ia POudre Thompson, and ST.
Vran. Were there gstmill here, the greater part OF
the wheat Of these valleys would be brought hher 20 be
ground or to be Sold and this particularly SO because
is their nearest railroad station. In addition our
people Will raise much wheat next year. and mill
absolute necessity. We have several watel-pOwers
control wlch he had most lie terms
by shall invest the end above specified. The
same If 70 be said Of power Tor woolcu-mill Large
quantities OF wool are produced IN Colorado and ~ New
Mexico and considerable III Wyoming, which can be OBJ
started in Denver last summer. and 1t Il doing hne
business. The demand from herders miners and noun
ceedngly large and what j. known as the California
blanket, made Of Plains Mexican wool, IS much in
quest here and also in the States As 10 labor that kind
which has found efficient and profitable ia the
California mills viz, the Chinese, can Of course be lad
here.


We have two or three ministers Of Our own whom we
like much, and would he woll cOutcuted with them
almost every sunday appointment Is crowded in
for the Rev. SO-dndO, who 10 think in an
alarming OF destitutiOn, else that we have no
talent among us; for u be ancied that II is said
"You stand aside, now and let preach; III show
do IT," We had voted To each preacher SlOa
sunday, but our SO bills are growing scarce, and
likely i'm wholly 10 disappear, so that muy be OUr
own preachers may pc permitted 10 preach % us. We
want means 10 build suitable places OF worship. Our
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