Show nu missionary editor news I 1 have been transferred and I 1 would like you to change my address to the tha western vestern states mission stig bis east sevc seventh ath street denver colo I 1 aavo been laboring in the country district during the last six weeks and when I 1 got back to ray MY former rest residence I 1 found several papers waiting tor for me I 1 do enjoy the paper paper because it gives me the ane news in general of our county and its conditions as compared with some ot of the counties and their conditions out here I 1 in the august paper I 1 found aej an interesting column the heading was arg Dr ighac liams a excellent financial con that is something which concerns the individual as well as the public in regards to taxes and other assessments the people out hero here on the plains in the country district are in a pretty close circumstance the taxes are high because they have to pump their water from to feet they also have to generate their electricity from steam then they have the bonso conso consolidated 11 schools which I 1 think is quite nice but then it is awful expensive because they have to haul the chil children dren in from miles around they are using autos tor for this purpose one tiling thing they have got and that is good roads no hills and not many hallows tho the texture of the soil is coarse sandy gravel and it makes nice roads they raise beans in this country as a chief crop also some corn wheat and gardens but they dont have many trees nor many canals and fruit is out of the question in this section of the country I 1 had the privilege of going to polo springs which Is a tourist town or a town for its many wonders one of f the big drawing cards is pikes peak which has an all elevation of feet they have several roads to the summit of this mountain it sure is marvelous structure just west wes t 0 of it lays the gold mines which arc re located right in the tops of f the mountains one town which Js a min mining ing town 1 i 13 s feet elevation I 1 had the privilege of going down in one or of the mines milies which was fifteen hundred feet deep and I 1 must say they have some wonderful stuff in some of the tunnels they have tunnels about every hundred feet so BO they can work a vela to the next tunnel some of the vains vaina are 30 to 40 feet across and when taken all out they generally haive some pretty big dinning rooms the mine I 1 was down in was controlled by electricity that Is this the machinery 1 these mines were counted the richest in the world at one time yours truly ELDER THOMAS IL HARPER |