A TRIP TO THE GREAT WEST
E. J. Magness Writes of His Trip to
Colorado and Tells of the
Western Country.
To The Newark Journal:
Thinking perhaps some of our
friends would like to hear some
thing of Colorado, I will, by your
permission, relate a few of the in
cidents of our trip.
We left home July 12 and made
connections at Newport O. lv. but
were caught behind a wreck at
Poplar Muff, putting us into St
Louis six or eight hours late. W e
were in St. Louis several hours,
leaving there at lo p. m. over the
Missouri Pacific. Our trip through
Missouri was made at night, so we
saw very little of the country. We
j;ot breakfast in Kansas City, and
■were there long enough to permit
them to clean the cars, then we
took the same car. One thing in
particular that impressed me was
the number of railroads through
the city: it is certainly a great
railroad center. We traveled
through the best part of Kansas in
day time, and saw some very tine
country. Of course wheat is the
principal crop and we saw im
mense fields of the yellow grain
that is, where it had been, for
the harvest was about over and
everywhere the big steam thresh
ers were busy turning out thous
ands upon thousands of bushels for
the market. The eastern part ot
the state is as line a country as one
•would wish to see, but the western
part is devoted almost entirely to
stock raising. We were all day
and night in Kansas, arriving at
isugar City, Colo., about sun-up
next morning, where we changed
our time to Western time. Sugar
City is only a >mall place and de
rives its name from the big beet
sugar factory at that place. Not
long after leaving Sugar City we
aaw old Pike's Peak, but the dis
tance was so great if looked like a
small hill or mound. We saw
thousands of prairie dogs on the
plains, perched on their mounds
ready at the first sign of danger to
dart into their dens. The prairie
dogs, owls and rattlesnakes all oc
cupy the same home, at least they
tell me so here, and as 1 m a ten
der foot" 1 must take it for grant
ed.
As we neared the mountains the
3tir became clearer and much cool
er snd we could see the -now glist
ening on the peakes. We arrived
at l’ucblo about It o’clock Saturday
morning and found we had only
about 20 mimites for breakfast,
which seemed a very short time to
a crowd of starved Arkansas
travelers. ' We crossed a small
stream at Pueblo and were sur
prised when told it was the Ark
ansa' river. We would call it a
creek in our country, for at Pueb
lo it was no larger than Dotn. W e
were now in sight of the liockies,
and the air is so clear and dry they
looked much nearer than they real
ly were. At one point we were
discussing with other passenger.
as to the distance to t h«‘ foot ot
Pike's Peak. Most of them agreed
it couldn’t be over one mile and a
hr If, but we were told by an old
settler that it was at least nine
miles. We arrived at Colorado
Spring- and stopped for lb or 2i
minutes. We didn’t see any ol
the city, except in the immediati
neighborhood of the depot, but ex
pect to see it later. Our next sto|
of any consequence was at Denver
where we arrived about l o’clock
There we met my cousin, J. Bed
ford, formerly of old North Caro
lina, but now of Oklahoma City
Okla., so our short stay in Denvei
was very pleasant. This being the
only time but once that 1 had seer
him in *24 years.
We saw but little of Denver but
was favorably impressed with!
what we did see. The streets arej
clean and it has some splendid j
buildings. There are hundreds of I <
tourists coming and going con-j:
stantly. We expect to spend aj
few days in Denver on our return.;
We left Denver at 4 o'clock and
arrived at Greeley at ♦>, where we
were met and welcomed by Mrs.
Hail and her family. We had a
pleasant stay in Greeley, for two
weeks. It is a beautiful little city
with splendid wide streets shaded
by hu ge trees and lias a tine park
near the center of the town. I his
is strictly a “dry" town, no !i<|
uors sold or given away, it has
17 churches and three ward schools
besides the high school: also the
State Normal School. It ha- about
r;,uoi> inhabitants, all white, and is
surrounded by one of the finest
farming countries in the world.
To tell the truth I'm "struck" on
the town and don’t know but what
1_
1 ma.) 11 i ll * it uuiiit: swtinr tja.i • j
They have electric lights, gas j
lights and a fine system of water
works, sewerage, etc. They have
a good fire department and 1 snv
them demonstrate its usefulness
last week. One of the ga- plant
had an awful explosion and was,
soon all aflame. I was only a fewj
blocks away and 1 got there about!
the time the tire department arriv
ed. They soon had two streams1
of water playing on it and in a
short time had it under control.
Think of the thousands of dol
lars that could have been saved to
Newark if we had water works.
1 took a trip out in the farming
country and saw some up-to-date |
rnnches. 1 saw hundreds of acres
of potatoes (Spuds they call them
here), sugar beets, wheat, etc. < )f
course everything is irrigated. 1
saw great reservoirs a mile long
where they store water for irriga
tion. The rivers art* drained till,
they are no larger than a small ^
creek. There are six or seven
sugar factories within .'>b miles of
each other. They have one here;
also a large Ilnur mill, two starch
factories, pickle factory, brick
yards, etc.
()ne morning we took the Colo
rado and Southern for Boulder.
Nearly the entire di-tance was
through a splendid farming coun
try. Every town between Gree
ley and Boulder has a '■cigar fac
tory. 1 was particularly mpre
ed with Fort Collins a town of
7,000 or S.OOO people. 1 he State
••<r t'il/drfiii safe, sura. Jio aplates
Agricultural College is located
there and the town is surrounded
by a fine country. I saw some
beautiful cherry orchards near the
;ity. The Agricultural College is
i splendid institution, teaching up
to-date farming, stock raising, ii
ragation, etc. We were met at
Boulder by Mr. and Mrs. I t ie,
.Mrs. I Vie was formerly Mi>s Le
ra Hail) and taken to their home.
Bonder is right at the foot of
die mountains, and is a town of
ten or twelve thousand people,
supported chiefly by the mining
•amps in the hills. 1 he State
L'niversity is located in Boulder,
rhey have an annual chautauqiia
which attracts people from all see
ions. But Texas >eems to be the
jest represented of the states; in
fact it was established by 1 e.xas
people. William Jennings Bryan
wul Sam Jones were two of their
speakers, but 1 was in tireeley at
the time and could not go, on ac
count of sickness in the family. 1
was told, however, that the big
auditorium could not accomodate
the immense crowds that wanted
to hear Bryan. He seems to be as
greatly in demand as ever and al
ways attracts great crowds where
ever he goes.
k
li
vi
vi
vi
\i
Vi
Vi
Vi
V
Vi
Vi
VI
V
VI
■
Vi
Vi
Vi
Vi
VI
V
Vi
Vi
Vi
V
V
V
V
V
V
V
\\ hile at Boulder we were very
greatly, as well as very pleasantly
surprised. !>y witnessing the wed-j
ding of my cousin. .1. Bedford,and
my sister-in law, Mrs. M. A. Hail,,
They will most likely reside in Ok
lahoma City, Okla., where Mr.
lied ford has Business interests. ,
We were royally entertained by i
Mr. and Mis. Trie, one of the
pleasant features of our visit to;
Boulder being a trip to some of j
the towns and mining ramps up in .
the mountains. \\ e made the trip
in a “mountain hack" and at some
points the road was not much wid
er than til' wagon Just ?l bobble
and we wouhl be dashed to death
hundreds of feet below, while on
the other side the -olid face of the '
mountain rose above us till it seem
ed to touch ti e clouds. At these
close places most of the party lost
their nerve, but weie excusable,
for it would make your bead swim
to peep over and see the rocks so
far below.
The first place we struck after
leaving Boulder was Sunshine, a
mining camp. Most of the mines
are in operation and we went in
the shaft In u-c of the Inter-Ocean
mine and watched (hem draw wait
er from the mine which was flood
ei'\ ,
From Sunshine we went- to Row
ena, another gold camp. On the
way we could see the “Devil’s
C< INTIM'KI) < >N l’A(
Special Clubbing Offer.
-o—
The Twiee-a-Week Republic of St. Louis, the best semi
weekly newspaper in the country, and Farm Progress, one
of America's leading agricultural and home monthlies, will
be sent to any address—or seperate addresses when so re
quested—for $1 a yea I.
The Twice-a-Week Republic for nearly u century has
earned and maintained tlie confidence of half a million read
ers. It covers the news of the world thoroughly and accur
ately, and issues special state editions, each containing the
latest and most reliable reports of the particular locality in
which it circulates. Its special departments are edited by
experts, and its artists and contributors are among the best
in the country. It is published every Tuesday ami 1 hurs
day—eight pages each issue—sixteen page* a week.
Farm Progress, issued on the first Thursday of every
month. contains n; or more full standard size newspaper
pages, tilled with up-to-date farm literature, and special de
paitments for the home, fashions, buys and girls, tieiion.
etc., etc. It i- published by the Republic—a guarantee of
its excellence and high character. It will pay you to take
advantage of this special offer now.
Noth—If you want only the Twiee-a-Week Republic
the pi i« e i-h5 cents a war. The price of Farm Progress
almr* is lb cent.- n year. Or you can get The Journal, the
Republic ai d Farm Pi ogress all one year for only $1.75.
-Wto -». -» -«® -«» «• -• «
•0 * *0- *0 0» *0 00-^'00 ^ ^-^'00 'f
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft'
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
w
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
ft
»i
vt?w?wwwwwwwwwwi ??wwwwt????w?i?w?wiwi£:;
~ O. F. Craig,
A. A. Henderson, r^S*.
| Craig & Henderson, |
~ -DEALERS IN - 3.
i Real Estate and Insurance. 3
^ SpLi ial Vlleiilion Given the Sale anil Hunting 3
^ of Agricultural Lands. ^
B Write for our 36 page book, telling all about 3
B the famous “Big Bottom” country. Bz
~ Agents for the New Rubberless Automatic ^
~ School Desk and Gen’l School Supplies. 3
^ Newark, ..... Arkansas. ^
?saaanaaaaaaaaaaaaaa aaaaaaaaaauaanaauaic,
CASHES
OR T
CREDIT.
PRICE
$33
It will pay yoB
to Bend for our Cata
logue No. 6, quoting
prioes on Buggies,
We sell direct from
Harness, etc.
our Factory to Consumers at
Factory Prices. This guaranteed.
Buggy only $33.50; Cash or Easy
[Monthly Payments. Wo trust?
[honest people located in all part®
of tffcie world.
Write for Free Catalogue,
MENTION THIS PAPER.
CENTURY MF’C CO. dept 937. East St. Louis, l!L
NEWARK BATH HOUSE,
Hot or Cold Baths at all Hours,
Fridays Exclusively For Ladies.
When the Kidneys fail to perform their functions properly by not straining out the poison
waste matter from the blood as it passes through them, the poisons are cairied by the
ulation to every part of the body, deranging the different organs. This causes hearl
hie stomach trouble, slusrsrish liver and a host of other ilis, all due to deranged Kidneys,
corrects irregularities and cures Kidney and Bladder diseases in every form, tones up the
whole system, and the diseases that have
pj>ory- resulted from disordered Kidneys disappear,
because the cause has been removed. Com
mence taking FOLEY’S KIDNEY CURE
at the first sign of danger. Do not risk
having Bright’s Disease or Diabetes.
Two Sizes, 50 Gents and $1.00
SOLD AND RECOMMENDED BY
CURED OF BRIGHT’S DISEASE.
N Y writes:-I am clad to hav» an oppor
- - - FOLEY'S KIDNEY
“i. Before 1 began
__ __ I was all bloated up
,» L l.r.piired that i could'scarcely see one of my family
In fact 1 was so badly used up that 1 had given up hope of living when I
w„a o.K.u . friend to try FOLEY'S KIDNEY CURE. One 50-cent bottle worked won
ders. and before I had taken the third bottle the superfluous flesh had gone, as well as all
other symptoms of Kidney trouble. My friends were surprised that I was cured, as they
all thought 1 was going to die. Every few days some one comes from miles away to learn
the name of the wonderful medicine that cured me of Bright’s Disease, and not one that
has tried it has failed to be benefitted.
Mr. Robert Q. Burke, Einora. Saratoga Co ,
tunity of telling what magnificent results I have had from using
CURE after having tried other advertised medicines and several physicians,
it 1 had to get up from 12 to 20 times each night to relieve my bladder. I
with dropsy and rny eyesight was so impair ~‘ T 1 '*
across th«- room
was urged by a
The Newark Drug Company.