Show AS AN interesting letier LETTER BROTHER HEBER J T ghant ghast hean heard erom madiou MM OP OF THE GODS pime nimes PIKES PEAK prak THE oli oln STATE cono COLO RADO bado SPRINGS HAS A UNIQUE LIQUOR LAW A HOTEL THAT thaw IS ONE OVER THE D B goi gor G oi ON THE MORMON QUESTION A SHOT AT GEOEGE GEORGE casar albuquerque AI new now mexico november ad 1683 1883 editor deseret lemu jegu leaving home on monday on the regular D Ss E R G train I 1 arrived here this thib morning about 1 I expected to join brother and bister sister young at pueblo but upon my ar rival there wt our esteemed friend miss nibs ida I 1 cook of logan from whom I 1 learned that the trains did not connect at pueblo for qute and that I 1 would find brother and bister sister young at colorado springs springe where they had bad gone that morning preferring to await my arrival there rather than at pueblo miss ida and I 1 reached the springs shortly after 6 pm and were met at the depot by brother young the evening was spent pleasantly visiting and in listening to brother a and Ud sister youngs description of a drive they had that hat afternoon to man maui tan tou and the ff G garden arden of the gods I 1 was so much interested in their description that I 1 pro proposed 0 sed bed to miss mibs ida that we 99 c turn ou out bright and early the next morning and avld enjoy as aa much of the drive as aa we could before the departure of our tram train to this thia proposition she assented and the following morning wednesday we drove to manitou Man itou via colorado city and through a portion of the garden of the gods we had the pleasure J of tasting the waters of the boda soda and iron springs at manitou Man itou the entrance to the 99 garden of the gods reminds me very much of our dixie country also some of the country I 1 baw saw during my trip through arizona red sandstone cl cliffs inh a and ad boulder boulders s on el either elther t h e r 81 side bide d e of the road the boulders were named in many cases and by the stretch of ones onea imagination provided it could stretch as much as some menya mens con eon sciences when writing about what they know of utah and the mor mons monh 1 the resemblance between the boulder and the animal or object from which its name was wag derived could be discovered cathedral rocks bocks and other interesting bights flights seen in the garden would form sufficient matter including a description crip tion of the residence of general palmer for fora oora a lengthy letter returning from the garden ono one sets gets a superb view of pikes peak although we were 12 or 15 miles away we were near enough to have 1 it 1 11 appear p pear to us ua AS though a number 0 of f 0 ther other peaks in the vicinity of pikes were considerable higher notwithstanding it is feet an s much higher than any of the others pikes peak Is very fa millar familiar to me not so BO much on account of what 1 I have heard or read about it as by seeing a picture entitled pikes peak or but bust the picture certain ly showed that it was faust bust on our way to maulton and as we were passing through colorado city our driver pointed out an old vacant tumble down framer frame and log building part one and part two stories that he bald baid was once the state house of colorado colorado city reminds one of a half deserted mining town in utah manitou la is a pleasant little place and la is called the saratoga of the west and like the garden of the gods Is ia worthy of a letter all to itself colorado springs springe la Is a city ot of about inhabitants it la a taul place nna and reminds one of our utah cities being located in wuk a valley between the mountains mount aings and having wide streets and a great many shade trees there to la one remarkable and praiseworthy feature viz no intoxicating liquor of any kind i sold in the city and I 1 understand that none can be sold under penalty of the land on en which the sale is made being forfeited to the original owners such a provision having been incorporated in the deeds at the time of the bale baie among other plessant pleasant pleas pless features of colorado springs I 1 must not fall fail to mention the elegant hotel the antlers anglers Ant lers the building and its fittings are of such a splendid character everything is kept in such apple appie pie order and last but not least the meals aro are so excellent and served in such an attractive style s that I 1 consider it by far the most delightful hotel that I 1 have ever stopped at not excepting the palace vf san francisco my exper experience lence lance in hotel life has been quite limited as I 1 have only been to maw mav he w patk und ang chicago mud and to california I 1 feel quite sure my opinion expressed with reference to athe the antlers authers Ant Aut lers ibl ibi correct as brother and sister young and miss ida agree wl with th me perfectly on ork the subject I 1 understand the tho house is managed by a lady she certainly understands der stands ds her brial business ness neEs much better than most moat of the lords fjords of creation that are managing such institutions should good luck luek or misfortune cause any of my friends to be obliged to stop a day or two in pueblo I 1 certainly would advise them to spend that time at colorado springs we left the springs on wednesday morning and saw nothing of interest on our journey to this place flace aliss ida remaining at the springs she expected to return to denver in the afternoon and start home the following day I 1 shall not attempt to di scribe the wonderful scenery along the D ar G line ws I 1 do not think it can bo be done by any one so ns ca to do it justice no matter how gifted he might be in the descriptive line I 1 enjoyed my trip over the road last april but not nearly so much mach as the one of this week the weather was as delightful as aa one could debiro desire I 1 formed the acquaintance of anum a number berot benot of the ladies and gen gentlemen on the train all of whom I 1 found to be very pleasant and agreeable traveling companions the pleasa pleasure re of the ride through that portion of the grand canyon of the Arkan Arka urno urao paa raa called the royal gorge was greatly increased by the addition to our train of an observation car Perhaps llam liam an I 1 do think that all who are able to stand the expense of a trip tri trl p over the tb a denver and rio blo grande railroad Eail road from salt lake olty cily to denver should do so the scenery must be seen to bo be appreciated it beggars all description perhaps the fact that that I 1 was leaving home homeard and the happy and peaceful cities of utah may have caused me to pay more moro attention to the pleasant homes and ga gardens adens the fruitful fields and the grand old mountains one ecea meb in riding through salt lake and utah counties whether this was tha the cause or not I 1 must bay eay that I 1 enjoyed the ride from salt make lake lakato to the thet mouth of spanish york yolk canson canyon more than lever I 1 ever remember having dond done fore in the many times I 1 have pi P ed and re passed through those el i friets while lelam leiam I 1 am partial to L Q scenery when the trees and gar barq ark the fields and side hills are gr and the tops of the mountains i c ered cred with snow enow nevertheless I 1 elees c bider alder that what I 1 saw last mon mom was most enchanting The counti were covered with snow enow but tb was not sufficient of the be ticul on the side and hills to caver cover the shrum with its autumn tints somo bome which were mere glowingly on account of never having vial switzerland I 1 am not a judge judged I 1 am persuaded that the au antuni tuni tints of utah would rival those that country so eo far famed I 1 among other items of inter intel during our journey to this pla pia were tho the articles art foles ioles in the den dell papers on the mornion mormon the old familiar head lines national die dib disgrace grace the F mission fraye that the mormon pr pi tices cices should be prohibit ei vidi ing log social duties and laws ull uli the guise of religious freedom polygamy must go etc etc C cant blame the denver papers J 1 taking up with what such men na as utah commissioners may say eny they have national reputations f we are obliged to laugh and conf that the tools are not all dead va y when we discover them adalio swallow W the trash of that I 1 gaail fossil geo C bates who is a llo rio now wedged ledged to be about half chael or of the most unmitigated falsifier earth I 1 profess to be chapital char ital and so give him the benefit of tl 1 crazed condition tho the healt it I 1 bates eates bugle bugie 1 I it sounds bounds 1 tocsin of alarm against morn lam ism are too good they are i mense it is really amusing think of the cracked foghorn fog horn ot of tl old humbug alarming anyone T papers to use usa a slang phrase gil gai cri gri CC I themselves away b by y endorsing il I 1 remarks as aa their own published hed 11 I 1 absurdly ponts ports shows them to be absurd will give one example the den be zie publican saye i i the lecture gives a sta synopsis of the products of the T vegetable and mineral a especially speaks of the wonder developments develop menta ments therein of mounta 12 sulphur bait balt iron silver and go assuming sumino Ae that the description correct utah Is ia beyond one ont of the most moist healthful and delightful territories in c union ecat icat at the close of this the t lie fie lecture ends with this euphal declaration tsuch hsuch was the tho state eden when the and nud tsuch mas was utah in ill july when brigham young the bigg devil on earth with chis his advar guard of about it to talk 0 of the tho wonderful devela ment of the products mineral a vegetable and say buch such was tl state of utah when brigham yoa yo entered its ity it is so BO ridiculous thai tha am surprised at exen even a bung hung newspaper man swallowing it a 3 man smart enough to a jfe lie and expect people believe it would ever be guil gull of talking about utah beli beil an eden in 1847 surely burely no one b a soft sott t brained fossil like bates wol woh over think ot of making such a etal atil mant I 1 I 1 pasa pass it without with out me that it was the first of a i ries rles to ba delivered for the benefit the humane society some george friends belonging that society would do him an act charity by seeing that hia his bugl bugi is not blown on the moimoi question again as aa he may bonvin folk foik B th that t k know ow him that ne he Is n one halt hait but at least two thir gone hener HEBER J grant I 1 |