Nappanee Advance-News, Volume 29, Number 40, Nappanee, Elkhart County, 2 June 1921 — Page 4

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HAROLD JOHNSON WRITES ~ FROM LIMON, COLO. GIVES DESCRIPTION Or TRIP TO THE WEST. Equgjs World s Record in Running to Top of Stairs 300 Feet High. ' _ (Continued . from Page Cfne) cause he t hQughl.thejdYf r_,K.ns.Mueh larger than itjls. - Our next stop was at lowa City and we were 40 minutes behind time at that city. We changed engineers there and in the next run of 15:’ miles we made up the 4tl minutes. We rode the observation plat fortp and the brakeman said we were running 70 miles per hour. We arrived at Des Moines on time. ’The' state house is -afr-ttwt-frlnqc" nad' t h>y fe - making* some very extensive improvements around the grounds. The grounds are two blocks each w9y apd they are spending $10,00(1,000 on the grounds, and house. On the roads the state has appropriated otm billion dollars. If our legislature at home would send some of the-automobile tax back to ' where it came from we could * have better roads, too. The brakeman told ns lowa was one-of the richest states in the union. 1 noticed a very large plant there and’ asked what it- was and was informed that Mr. Ford had a plant there and was running 24 hours a day —three eight hour shifts. Yes, we have some “flivvers" ' otir here, and such cars as tlvev have! Am engine and four wheels, with a box for a seat. Not all the cars are that way, though. We - were asleep- when- we -=erssed the Missouri river, so cannot say anything about that. At Phillipsburg we -had to change our watches to mountain time. We arrived at 7:40 and left at 6:50, turned our watches back. O.ije thing I noticed in particular in Kansas was the wind mills. Every home bad-one. It was rather a “strange sight to see a town where every home -had a*-wid pnmp.r-TMfiey'iWg ■ * wcW first and then lay the-foundation. No water —no house. About this time we: the fewer trees we see, ancrit is that way until - you get ' to Colorado Springs, and near the mountains. There you yyill find trees and very pretty grass. • We arrived at Limon at- 1:20 on Friday and were met at the train *by Mr. and Mrs. Albert Matzdorf in their car and went ti) their home till Sunday evetnng, when we finally found a -—well, they called it a room, ‘but we were very glad to get it, such as it able to get another room. We have a very pretty place now,, right on the main, road, and now the tourists, are _coming through. They have a camping ground list west of us several blocks and every' evening there are dozens of-cars and they tell me a little later it is a common sight to see 50 cars parked there for., the night. .. _ ' Mrs. Daugherty, the two girls and Harold were at the train when we arrived_and I want, to say. that the peo-

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pkv of Nappanee wouldn't know Harold now. He is ns brown as a berry and nuns and plays ball. This climate and wind tan you In a hurry. Junior and I are getting as brown as can be. t, 1 got a little ahead of my story, bit we arrived Friday afternoon and went to- (he Matzdorf home. Mr Matzdorf goes to work at 3 p m and works till 11 p. m., coining, home for supper. About 4 that afternoon it started to blow and then, blew some more. Then the sand began to come, ir you have never been in a saml storm 1 pan hardly'' describe -it. This storm was the worst they have had for seven years, and only one other like it in 13 years. We had the car in mint of the Rouse and-l happened .to look out arnf 1 sit\v tHe car'""moving! T catted to Mrs. Matzdorf and ran out and grabbed the emergency lind then got in front of it and pushed, because it was still moving toward, the iiitle ra vine just north of their hotlTe. I did not understand the gearshifts, but finally the three of us stopped the car and Mrs.-Matzdorf drove it on the north side of the house. Now if ‘you can imagine a wind strong enough to itlow—a-gaik-aml. Urn ovinth „AU.-..kited, with sand storm, you can Jell about what a sand sWm is like. It kept it up until .7:30 that evening. - .• On Sunday, Albert, Junior "and I took the car and drove out to his. ranch. \Ye could see. Pi Peak away. Tiny, sun was shining and the Peak wars one large shining dome, all covered with'snow. We 'had snow here the first. Sunday . Our ride that morning was very nice and Junior wasn't satisfied till we stopped the ear ancThe tried to catch a prairie doc. " . .—- W e made a little trip to Hugo on Tuesday and we had taken the chains out. of,the. car on Monday. Before we got home a little rain came up -and the roads got slippery. . They-call the ground here "Dobie,'' and it sure gets - slippery--jus! like soft soap. We came tu_a-liltle hill and made three attempts to get up before we finallymade it. You should have, seen the women, they -never took a breath till we were on top. Vv'e went a little farther and went in the ditch and there we stayed until two cars came up . and helped push us put. One thing about the people here, they are i.lielp, -une.,..anuUmxThis "dobie” sticks to your shoes till :!Rou can hardly get it off. We finallywould have said we hayl some of the same stuff that the man had who ran in the mailbox wesdy of town some years ago. First- thing we—did., was, to put the chains in the car again. You never can tell when you will get a little shower, and I never vyani to be on the roads when' we have. another. Aristocracy Here is not judged by money so much as by the lawn and trees you have. People have such a hard struggle with grass and trees—- , | ally. Mr. Matzdorf has a beautiful ilawn and trpes. j Last evefting we Were riding oui in ! the prairie and.gathered some wild flowers, sweet peas, primroses, prairie lilies, and soon the cactus and soap weed yyill be blooming. ._I understand the cactus and soap weed will have j very pretty' .flowers,. The cactus has j a flower like a .ros, red, yellow and white.* The soup weed is like our ' water-lily at home, the primrose simiI lar to our May-apple flower, and the sweet peas somewhat like our sweet.

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peas at home. The prairie lily Is it small white flower and vet' pretty. All these flowers are very fragrant. If the trees''and grass grew in libun dance like the wild flowers, this sure would be a beautiful place, for the prairieß are full of these flowers. Colorado is supposed to have Slid days a year, of sunshine It is very warm in the sun but nearly always three is a cool wind coniine from the mountains.. Today it is SO in the shade, .but 1 so cool and a Very nice breeze blowing. Mrs. Johnson just said if We -were at hiHtte atui tile thermometer stood at 80 we would be very warm, but at this altitude it is cool. The - altitude here is 5300. Junior and .1 don't seem to mind it at all, but Jlrs, Johnson has a peculiar cracking sound in her head, due to the altitude. which will disappear in a short time. We are not able to run like we . ilo at home, as we soon start to pant and are out of wind, which is the only way it affects us. Last week I went up to Colorado Springs to see about work and while there I made what they call the circle trip through the mountains, a very nice trip for one who has never seen 'the ’ fit hunt a itrsT -The "trip taketr-ft hour • four hours. We left the hotel in a Cadillac and the first place we came to was-the Garden of the Gods, which contains many peculiar • rock formations, , making the formation of the Kneeling Camels, Frog Face. Buffalo Face, Ruin's of Montezumas Temple, many, balanced rocks. Bear and Seal rock, Needle „ rock and a cathedral spire, giant Mushroom, Tower of Babel and the Three Graces., There' are many' more too numerous to mention. Wo went through Cheyenne Canon, where we have Stratton Park, Helen Htint’s grave. Pillars of Hereu- - !es, height 940 and 740 feet, distance apart, 41 feet, Prespect Dome. 320 feet high, the Seven F’ails, which are seven distinct falls and the top is ' gained by a modern stairway of 267 steps, then 20 stone steps, a heighth of 300 fee-1, While . J was here I equalled a world's record' without knowing I had tied a world's record until 1 Came back down, when the . guide told me that 1 was the second person who had ever been able to run to the top of -the stairs. A lady dancer who played •at Colorado Sprigns was the only other person who had ever accomplished the feat top, the altitude here being nearly 7800 fget. These falls are, very beautia very' pretty summer resort right In the moifttains. (liir driver was. verycareful (?) driving at 20 and 25 miles an hour around bends where you couldn’t see ahead of ypu for 20 feet, and look-mgidowh the side of the mountain, you ('Nild see nine roads below you. We Arrived at the. Cave, of the Winds through The Narrotls. a place just wide enough' for a. car to pass, and we went through it at 3o miles per hour. We had perfect confldanca In mmi flpiYfti;. l have gotten out and walked, although it did make you* hold your breath a great number of times. The Cave of the WTnds - s a rettq. of-different passages and caves,, all electrically lighted. It is visitei by 10,OW: people annually. This cave was discovered in 'IBBO by two small boys, John and George Pickett. It soon became known to the public and a company purchased it and built an auto road and then opened it ttf the public. The cave has sixteen different rooms in it an-djgach ipom is different, very beau-

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tiful with stalactite nod sttGag-tn-ites They have what they call Canopy Hall, Mastodon Skel\ lon, Diamond lltill, Dante's Inform) andntany more, all very beautiful, villi' their formations of deposits ol lime, etc. One chamber n particular v as Interesting, called the Old Maid Chamber, all old maids vlsittn and .leaving . a hairpin would be nniryed in a year. I never knew that then were so many hairpins in existene > there v7ere intliis chamber. The . a 7, on one : Me were covered, just mm-ed with hairl>ius. One.lady.ln' the party asked the guide if he would guarantee a marriage and he said, “Oh, yes, we guarantee anything,” hfl? the lady was already married, so left "-no hairpin. Front here wee. ; ae back through the-mountain and through some very picturesque places, : -i the cog road which leads to Pik. Peak, also the Devil's Slide. Tie have a cable hooked onto a car au.il if you have any desire, you can 1- pulled up this place blit after look '(..nearly straight up for hundreds of i'eet and nothing Holding you but a < OHe, there were

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none in our party who-had any desire to take the trip, although the driver raid that so far they never have had any accidents. We went back to Colorado Springs from there. This Is a very nice city. The mountains are right at tlfc west side of the City. I had a nice' visit with Isaiah Kreider while there. I started to tell you about the cars they have here, it seems as if every cowboy has ae ur, that is, an engine and four wheels,\v ith a box on top. Not ail the ears tire of this type, but so many that one cannot help but notice them as one never sees any like them at home. Nearly.ail of this type are Fords. The "ranch owners and eaUle men, also the wealthy people of town have large and hotter cars. The roads when dry are, as hard as concrete, /in<| fajrl_y smooth, but when a little wet they are nearly impassable for 'cars. . ' ' • V The other evening we were out rid : inland went to the place. River Bend\ about three miles west of here. • This is,the 1 place where Harold Hell Wrglht came when lie wrota “When A Man’s a Man" and “Their Yesterdays.” llis

health was tmt of tae best and while recuperating ut River Bend he wrote these books. We are all feeling line and like the country pretty well 1 . Limon isn’t a large place but it’s the best little town' anywhere around here. This is a railroad junction, Hie Union Pacific and Rock Island. The Rock Island forms a -V here, one diversion going to Denver undone to Colorado Springs. I w ill send father some'folders ol (lie Cave of the .Winds and the Garden of the Gods and Cheyenne Canons, and If anyone wants to see them, they coin call at the store. Very truly yours, ' Huroid Johnson and Family.— $50,000 FIRE AT WABASH. Loss of £50,000 was: caused,..on Sunday morning -at Wabash when fire destroyed the rotary building of the Unites! Paperhood company. It was tht> third serums lire at the same company in the past seven years, READ EVERY PAGE

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HASTING. Preaching services were welj. attended Sunday evening. Mrs. Hannah Thadetv and son K >v of Constantine, Mich., were visit., over the week end with relatives at -1 old friends here. The Ladies’ Aid met. at the home of Mrs. Cora Fox Wednesday afternoon. Mfc and Mrs. Charles Cunningha: t of Miller. Ind., visited relatives her - over Sunday. -Mr, and Mrs. V.tegll.lßaher.Ot New Pars ,;iltd.Mrs. Welcome Haney and. children were. Sunday, gueseti of Mr % anti Mrs. Irvin Swartzlamler, Quite a few from here spent Decoration day at Milford. MARRIAGE LICENSE. Willard I. Cortuican and Cleo Richmond, both of Nappanee.