Evening Republican, Volume 16, Number 244, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 October 1912 — MORE WESTERN NEWS FROM G. L. THORNTON [ARTICLE]

MORE WESTERN NEWS FROM G. L. THORNTON

Visited Indian- Reservation, Mountain Peaks, Caves and Took Trip in Garden of the Gods. We wrote of our outing a short time agS and we will finish now. On September 20th, leaving the Sparling farm with Chief Lone Wolf in his big car, Mr. Sparling, Mrs. Harve Miller and son, Billie, we arrived at Chilocco at noon in time to see 560 Indian girls and boys march to the dining room and take their places at a -table laden with good things to eat, furnished by Uncle Sam. Leaving there on Monday, Ive arrived at Colorado City Wednesday morning, in time to visit Williams’ Canon. We went by carriage and reached an altitude of 7,475 feet. There we entered the Cave of the Winds, which we will not attempt to describe, for to get a correct idea of it one has to see it. We will say, however, it is a wonder of wonders. From there we were driven through the Garden of the Gods to Glen Ire, which is an old English castle. Here we beheld nature in all its glorj. The castle and grounds have been protected and cared for for years by the keepers. The castle with all its grandeur and the driveways are just as the old places in England are. This took In all of our first afternoon. Tuesday we visited South Cheyenne Canon, which is another beautiful placer Here the seven falls come thundering down the clifts and here one can really look on the-wonders of nature. We ascended the canon some hundred feet by steps, at the top of which is the grave of Helen Hunt. Wednesday, the last but not least, was the trip to Cripple Creek. We went by rail to the summit The post office here is of the highest altitude in the world. At the summit we qhanged cars and went the rest of the way on an electric car. Returning to Colorado Springs, we turned our course homeward, stopping in Vinton, lowa, for a few days to visit our son, Earl, and wife. This is the seventh state we have been in while on our outing and not one of them has surpassed old Indiana in our estimation. We are fond of our old home and will be at -home after this week to all callers. Yours, Mr. and Mrs. G. L. Thornton.