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Show A PERPETUALLY FROZEN LAKE. Sheet of Water in Denver That Never Thaws Out. While the peoplo of Denver are sweltcilng in tho first hot weather of tho summer, says tho Denver (Colo ) Republican, a little mountain lake on ly forty five miles awa) lies calmly enjoying Its perpetual freeze tho lake Is solid ice This Is what was found l) C A. Parker, In charge of the telegraplit construction of tho Moffat Mof-fat Railroad, in the shadow of James peak, on tho continental divide Perpetual snows blanket the mountain moun-tain on the sides not reached by tho sun. and amid the wintry scene of glacial gla-cial whiteness lies tho llttlo lake, one big lump of ice Somtlmes it melts, lut this year It has not shown any signs of succumbing to the higher tempi rature Mr Parker enjoyed the cooling proxlmlt) of the lake when Denver was receiving the first real share of hot wenther He also Inspected tho enormous banks of glacial snow, some of them extending hundreds of feet on the mountain side and scores of feet deep |