Show I The Wonders of America a aBy By Br T T. T 7 T. T MAXEY MAXEY I ITHE THE MOUNTAIN KINGDOM OF COLORADO A AMONG IO G all air the mountain kingdoms Colorado the state stands state stands ea easily lly first in physical adornment lu Iu Colorado do square miles contain mountain peaks that are more than feet fet high Colorado Colorado Colorado Colo Colo- rado conta contains ls square miles Of this vast ast area arn an a as ng bl lie big as ns all nil New England Englund with Indiana added two thirds Is mountainous The state Is ed by the main chain of the Hocky mountains mountain the oft oft- quoted backbone of the continent the huge tree roof of our republic Prolific Prolific mother of rivers this great greatt t watershed ter hed gives rise to the Rio Grande the two t the Arkansas m many n lesser er lights and the Colorado that in Arizona passes for OO miles between those sheer red walls was that constitute constitute con con- one of the scenic wonders of the world worl 1 nOt and flows at last lat into foreign foreign foreign for for- eign sins seas There are about miles of running water born of snow and till filled with Ith fi fish sh lakes large and mall some distinguished with a n famous fa f- moue name others still asleep p in mountain moun tain hollows hollo almost unknown It Is a a. stran strange e countr country The ver very verj name Dame is a memento of ot the passing race I that first firt of It I Europeans saw sa these I serene reddish i brown brown pe peaks ks leaning against t the sky The name means menns h red d light brown ruddy florid and may even een be a n synonym for jo joyousness Life is more moie than an existence in Colo Colo- Colorado rado Nature seems ever beckoning one to come and romp with her liar The sun shines with ith almost the same regularity regularity regu larity as tIle the dawn appears Colorado is one of the greatest heritages of the American people |