Show ON THE SUMMIT OF PIKES PEAK Bronze Tablet Unveiled in Memory of the Explorer of Years Ago SNOWSTORM WAS lJ AS RAGING RAGI NG CELEBRATION TION AT COLORADO SPRINGS Summit of Pikes Peak Colorado Sept 26 What was undoubtedly the highest official military salute ever fired by any army was the brigadier generals salute of or eleven guns today on the summit of Pikes Peak Peal nearly three miles m les above sea level at 1030 this morning It was wa fired by guns from the Twelfth artillery U S A and was in honor of General Zebulon Montgomery Pike who died April 27 1813 after a victorious attack on York now Toronto Canada and who even years previously while lieutenant and head of ot the southwest expedition sent I out u by the me war department made the uie first record of the existence and loca tion of the mountain that now bears his name and Is the scene of the ceremonies nies In his honor today From Crag to Crag Seldom has a military salute been I more impressive than that of this morning the sharp reports echoing and reechoing from crag after atter crag of the rugged mountain top finally dying away In space that was infinite In every direction save below Incident to the formal dedication and christening of Pikes Peak of which L the th salute was a feature there were addresses by President W F Slocum of or Colorado college Colorado Springs General Irving Hale of PhilIppin I campaign fame tame and by Mayor E EID B E Nichols of the celebrated re resort sort port which nestles among the foothills I at the base of the mountain moun tain The un veiling of or a handsome bronze tablet appropriately inscribed was by Nich olas las Caldwell Caidwell a nephew of or Mayor Nicholls Raging Snowstorm As t ugh to give those commemorating orating his achievement something of ot the same Bame conditions under which Pike made his explorations in this vicinity the ceremonies here this morning are arc being conducted In a raging snow snowstorm snowstorm storm The blizzard bUzzard broke on the th summit before the program began and anci I promises to continue all day da |