Show IV IVl pit Jin r l BLUSHING OR INDELICATE 1 d A Roston Man binn Says Colorado ie Ii Everything It t Moons Manna 1 h Y Y WIN J Ca Colorado IB II tau a 0 word wont wort of ot the Ih h hand m male to II tog sn n and the tha Spanish In lr a u g tutu tho needs of ot a pro peo people pron pie Ille Colorado me means n cither red r d or n ll or Indelicate according to 10 the tilt then n t whims of or the man who uses use It In ap al applying plying tho mho won word u tie a name to 10 th Ills IIII huge huu 1 pile that Ihal forms forme the th western common commonwealth commonwealth wealth It IB la desirable to relate nil all these meanings and then some Olne f Denver DOIl IB I enormously und and andr r knows 1 00 how to 10 make mako clean modest t beautiful b UN Uta of ot her hur wealth Most Mont u uthe uthe of the riches In evidence have come coin COlli out of lIt tot the miner the i amongst th the ld rich men lIIn are Almost without exception n n mining kings those who ore are not kin kings n nare are 1110 j dukes duke or some leaser folk tolk nd of ot the blood l royal No other othir city In III Anodes America Am ha 1104 BO 10 much of ot downright ur splendor to so decently displayed Thora Thera I Iare a nr are miles mile upon of ot tine streets I uh lined with and the down town t districts too are nothing short bort of o pal palatial I fo atlas It II IB le hard to realise that only a n halt half Av century ago ORO there wa war not nut a II sign of ut RD this thin magnificence in the span of little littlemore on more than a tl generation Denver has han Hs Ill r s sen vii en In III the heart of ot a sagebrush h wa t tand and some of oC the men man who stood stolid bj by Ii when the brat stone atone tont was wan laid lull are arv ar living i That It is a story atory essentially American I Where ease In all the Ihl world could such things happen And a further mark of tI It Its III IB Is In the tact fact that sonic Home of ot time the Ih men who bull built then these iii grand nd cures tum now walk the before the thO In pans ra II w ao o capricious I is hi Fortune In lit a n Wining mining country lOtry A lucky IU year yes a lucky month may rady n y smut put a II roan man In ut lit mil millions lions mi on unlucky day duy may tike take It away aWa front from limn him himIn In Denver Denser mutability Ie Is I the stab tab A JIh 1 order of thing things despite the ap liP apparent parent paren t contradiction In terms term and no noone uric one seems weina I to except to It TIP TIll lives ot of of ot Denver men are fitly to Lit bl VAs an as with many ninny niter alter mating of plumy plenty and penury not nota I Ia a tell few taw have been a half dozen time Ume In III with In of ot beggary between lit Knowing the tho beginnings and 1 the ends this of ot those how thing thin social nodal hoes are not lIot drawn as an hard and fut fast according to ones present financial standing at III In III some BOme other and older places In Denver snore more th then than n In soy other turn town I know knowlE lE are graded according to their or According to their potential achievement ot of That seems items rather Ht at first mr glance fiance considering that Denver It Is us c cI t I a It creature of newly And host hom hosty homily d l ily lIy y roads made richer but the plain tAct net It II that the dollar IB is not much regarded h for tor Its It own oun tike sake ke t hut You crone come upon Denver with a sharp shack dwelt of surprise after lIev ev I a U orol hundred miles of or deadly level plain n Tutu Tin monotonous prospect ct gives you no 11 reason to 10 expect exp t anything nut Jut nn an model continuation of semiarid waste i ti and anti dispirited little cattle towns Then ihen 0 the whittle Is 18 tooted looted Mill and butwin wn winks III 0 to In by lIy a cunningly contrived l transformation an than tion the tho dreary d iry 1 stretch of at plain gives gleB ciati I l way wn to 10 this Ihl superb of oC III I ru Iu But the plains plaint unpromising ns nil they tg IS I appear have their own story a story quick with Interest nod with deep hu liu I inn innman AI U Uman man Just now lOW they ar arall are all with excitement II ud il by the of the national irrigation bill The Till Bite U he for the th tint Orel reservoir rs to hi Iw constructed under the th Jill hill Adjoins the thi town lown of Sterling In III the Platte Pin tie valley valle not far from Denver completed this work will 11 reclaim nearly or quite arid and acres acre Of course the i pe If pepie o opie pie ore are ur wrought ht up over It are hurrying In from evory to la Set IIO e poH i CM II of the lands a Year yem lira were pre all 1111 but worthless l A mill million KM 11 l acres acre ac will au ur jK sort r In hI an Rn additional Jj of ot H a hundred thousand smi Is 18 only a 1 beginning No Ho one In hla his senses darns dan to doubt douht that thai these there lain nand nuts MutH are soon oon to blossom bloum aa as the rose rOle KI giving Ing birth to tAl a a odd which will trill b lito be absolute master mantel of its It own destiny It U was through this very bit of country thia Ihla lien Hen W dr once traveled although the same lame story atory Is II told of Phil Sheridan Ih ri and ud Texas In ape III company of ot an on enthusiastic na ns native live tive w who ho wt iii s expatiating upon the glor glories lor leu ies of ot Its 1111 Inevitable future All the th wants wanta said Id the na native native tive Is I water and a II little good soy ito 11 clety To which Wade Rade brusquely retorted re retorted r That all RII hell wants Colorado prinI too In la wonderfully taking tutu Into account her hervery hervery very fr limited of Ir activity which h almost almont nothing beyond the exploitation of tourists Is III n a floe art rather than a busl hlll nr und anti the Ihl of or the place are all masters of 01 the art Three of the shops shop wholly depend upon thi tho patronage of ot strangers they ore are ar conducted con conducted ducted by men who know exactly how liow to lu sell nail you jou OU something you ou dont want nt III all 1111 at al live five times time the price you would tv he Ii willing to nay fray II l I It you did want It making you feel the while that by b the process of purchasing you Juu tire ore incurring Ill eternal to themselves Resides the tHI there ore uie the tour tourist let It und atul the for lor conveying y you u out amongst the I he lonely f of It the rocks find hulls hills Hotel Is III nothing less lew than n vocation and hack h driving Is III a II profet ilon donIn In private IKc INe I I the t ht aru leaders of ot society and und men of ot wealth and Influence between them theta aril Jehu can call certainly extract from you whatever v r loose loo l wealth has haa been overlooked o by the venders of souvenirs It II Is a 1 good goal I graft grall With no other othar resources or Industries I worth mentioning Colorado Springs Spring maintains a II chamber of ot commerce tin 1111 elaborate school sy and a R municipal municipal pal government that Is 14 l almost alm t metro P When the tho summer season 4 t Is and mId the pilgrims are 1111 gone lone the business port part of the town goes Into Inlo a 1 sort 1011 of or hiber hibernating naming retirement after the manner lit If f fa a n tat lit hear heal fucking Its lis paws for tor the winters These folks talk are lue tint not savages savage nor yet they are life us as one a IWI of an nut you ou wild could wish to 10 meet The gravest charge against them Is I flint they Ihy are onto their Job AM As 11 President Slocum of ut Colorado cot col college 10 lege l e An eastern man now thoroughly Imbued With the Ihl spirit of ot his new lIew home hall hag said Bald We Wf may ron our oara that our tasks are art that thaI easy RIY accomplishment will trill be lie un no unknown known to u us 1111 The mastery of oC gigantic Is III the making of ot men Nothing that has won on nothing that the lie west weft has won has hils been won without full rull In blood and tears lears nail I Hl still the west welt la is passionately passionate p In love with mightily ml scorn scornful ful Cut of ot ease Are reo not those these good signs Boston loton Transcript |