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Show J. R. dinger Visits Mesa Verde Park J. R. dinger has recently returned re-turned from a trip into Colorado by way of Grand Juncton, Whit? Water, Delta, Olathe and Montrose. Mont-rose. There is where the so called Million Dollar highway starts and runs from Montrose to Durango, by way of Ouray, Red Mountain, Silverton and Molds Pass to Durango. Dur-ango. The elevation of these places pla-ces run all the way from 4500 to 11025 feet. Mr. dinger says that you haven't hav-en't seen America until you go over this great highway. He paid a visit with h:s nephew, Theodore Parker at Durango. Then he went out to Mancos and Thompsons Park and visited with a sister and a mdece, Mrs. Elsie Pilcher and family and they went to the Mesa Verde National Park. Mr. dinger says: "The park la enveloped by the mysterious enchantment of a bygene civilization, and is easily laccessable to the Twentieth Century Cen-tury traveler. The Rio Grande Motorway busses maintain regular daily service to Mesa Verde over the Chief Ouray Highway. The Mesa Verde Park Company, under the management of the Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad provides pro-vides excellent accomodations for the sight-seer. Spruce Tree lodge) nestles In the shadows of prehistoric prehis-toric ruins in an atmosphere saturated sat-urated aura of a vanished race." "Nowhere in America," says Mr. Clinger, "is there a spot more interesting in-teresting for the traveler who selects se-lects the Grand Junction Gateway to Mesa Verde. There is also a delightful all day motor trip across the western slope of Colorado. A highly improved highway reaches into the height of the h'gh mountains. moun-tains. The arresting beauty of Red Mountain, 11000 feet above the level of the sea presents the Colorado Rockies in full glory. Every moment of the Mesa Verde trip inside and outside the park is one filled with interest, especially if one loves beautiful timber belts and more beautiful wild flcnrers which line most of the highway." Mr. Clinger then went to a town called McPhee where he ays: "There is the best and by far the most up to date and weU equipped saw mill in the west, not aren barring Washington, Oregon or California. It is a double compartment com-partment mill. One side has the band saws and tlie other the double dou-ble circulars and there la an tnd-less tnd-less chain which pulls the logs out of a large pond Into the roll-way, roll-way, and a steam nigger turns them to either banb saws or circular circ-ular saws. Of course all slabs and lumber are carried to tha other saws such as poneyeders and gang edgers by . line rollers; and out into the lumber yard and dry houses to the lurfacera and planers." plan-ers." "The timber ls all a yeUcnr, or long needle, or Ponderos pine, and their best lumber goes to the Chicago market." Mr. dinger was told that the mill cut around one thousand feet per ihlft board measure, and much mart of lu-jo ' timbers. ' And then Mr. dinger says he must not forget to tell about the fruit he saw when he visited the . fruit districts of Colorado in Cor-tez, Cor-tez, McElmo and Farmington ' which is right on the New Mexican border. He says, "I have not seen finer apples, peaches, prunes, wa- termelons, grapes, cantalopes, to- matoes, and in fact lots of other , crops that thrive in that wonderful , climate which is low and warm." |