1922 EPTrail, part I - Estes Park History Rescue Project

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1922 Estes Park Trail
[Information from 6 January 1922 issue: Office hours for the Estes Park Trail 8:30 a.m.
to 9:00 a.m., in Dugald Floyd Godfrey store in Josephine Hotel building [a block 5
business]. Telephone #27-J3. Production shop in Estes Park Trail building, Prospect
Heights, above the Big Thompson Hotel.]
6 January 1922 – Headline: $200,000 Worth of Buildings Planned for Estes Park during
1922. Probably more building operations are planned for Estes Park this year than for
any previous ten years in its history. Practically everything will be of a permanent
fireproof nature, and a handsome addition to the community as well. The Hupp Hotel
will build a two-story brick 44 feet by 100 feet of fireproof construction adjoining the
present hotel, where the Cornelius H. Bond real estate office now stands, and the two will
be connected. The first floor will be built for mercantile purposes, and the second floor
will be given over to hotel purposes, containing handsome rooms with private bath for
each. Linen closets will also be located here. The hall will connect with the present
building. An ornamental front is planned, and the building will be a handsome addition
to the business blocks on Elkhorn Avenue. This building will represent an investment of
$35,000, and will be steam heated. [I don’t think this was done right away, in fact, I
don’t think it was done until 1927. It is possible this would have taken up the full extent
of their block 2 lots 15, 16, and 17.] The Estes Park Bank has tentative plans drawn for a
beautiful two-story structure on the site of the present bank building, and the building
will extend north to the next street [Cleave Street], which will necessitate the removal of
the fire tower and the comfort station [this strongly suggests that the fire tower north of
the Estes Park Bank was still standing in 1922]. The bank will occupy the corner room,
and store rooms will be built facing the Hupp Hotel [on the east]. The second floor will
probably be fitted up for office purposes. According to present plans, this building will
represent an investment of $60,000 [I don’t think these plans were ever carried out]. The
Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company are having plans drawn for a two-story
office building of concrete construction. The first floor will be occupied by the ticket
office, waiting rooms, baggage, express, and freight rooms. The second floor will care
for the business, offices, and also provide quarters for those in the employ of the
company. In addition to sleeping quarters, there will be a dining room and kitchen. This
building will occupy the ground now used by the company’s present offices, and will be
strictly fireproof. This building will also cost $60,000 to erect. [Of the three planned
building projects thus far mentioned, this one was the most likely to have taken place,
although properly-dated photographs of the Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation
Company are rare, so it is difficult to know when, if ever, this was completed.] In
addition to these buildings, the apartment house being built by Dr. Wiest will cost in the
neighborhood of $30,000. Several other buildings of a smaller nature are also being
planned that will approximate in cost $20,000.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Road and Trail Report. All roads and trails to and within the
Rocky Mountain National Park are open and in splendid condition. The Fall River Road
over the Continental Divide is closed by snow at present. Two hotels open. Maximum
temperature this week 45 [degrees Fahrenheit], minimum temperature this week 7
[degrees Fahrenheit], minimum temperature Thursday night 10 [degrees Fahrenheit].
Precipitation this month 0.08 [inches]. – Report from United States station at fish
hatchery.
6 January 1922 – Illustration: Hand-drawn sketch of Continental Divide panorama.
Caption: Pen drawing by Dean Babcock, from “Songs of the Rockies”, courtesy
Edgerton-Palmer Press.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Golf Enthusiasts Go Nine Holes New Year’s Day. A number
of Estes Park’s golf players spent much of the day New Year’s at the Country Club on the
golf links. The weather was good, and all report a fine time with some good scores.
Those out were Ed Andrews, Sam Service, Lee Tallant, William Tallant, John Sherman,
Arthur K. Holmes, Al Hayden, Rolland Reed, and Howard James. While the golf game
was in progress, a few miles nearer the Continental Divide a party of ski runners were
having the time of their lives. It is expected the ski and toboggan courses at Fern Lake
will be in tip-top condition with the present fall of snow for the Colorado Mountain Club
winter sports carnival to be held there next month.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Come on Everybody – Malted Milks Twenty Cents. The
new year brought new joy to the hearts of malted milk lovers and other soda fountain
drinks in Estes Park. The recent action of Congress in withdrawing the war [World War
I] tax from soda fountain drinks became effective 1 January 1922. The price in effect
heretofore was 28 cents for the above-mentioned drink. Mr. Tallant informs us that the
kids, and in fact, all lovers of ice cream cones, will no doubt be pleased to hear that
delicacy has also tumbled into the rapidly accumulating pile of pre-war [World War I]
price articles – they now sell for five cents. The war [World War I] tax is also off of
articles usually found in the drug stores, and silk shirts, fine shoes, and other wearing
apparel. Express shipments, parcel post packages, freight shipments, and passenger
tickets are also tax-free. Documentary taxes are retained, as are also income taxes, with
slightly larger exemptions in the case of actual heads of families.
6 January 1922 – The annual report of the clerk of the Larimer County court reveals the
fact that during the year just closed, 37 persons were arrested and brought before the
court on liquor charges, and that in each instance a conviction was secured, carried a sixmonths’ jail sentence and fine. Total monies collected by the court were $22,753.42.
Total number of cases handled during the year was 547.
6 January 1922 – Read the Advertisements Contest Created Considerable Interest. Last
week’s contest [see 30 December 1921 issue], in which our readers sought out the
misspelled words in the advertisements of that issue, created considerable interest in the
community. There were a number of contestants, and those not winning prizes all had
within two or three words an equal list. The smallest list submitted contained a list of 14
words, and the winner of third prize had a correct list of 18 words. There was not a single
absolutely correct list submitted. Many overlooked the harvest of words used in the
possessive case spelled without an apostrophe. A number offered criticisms of
grammatical constructions, which, of course, could not be allowed in a misspelled words
contest. A number of criticisms of grammatical construction were incorrect. We are
pleased with the result of the contest, and are sure our readers enjoyed the novelty of it.
We are also of the opinion that it tended toward a closer observation among our readers.
There were a total of 61 words misspelled. Elmer Lester wins with a correct list of 52
words. Miss Lois Griffith is second with a correct list of 23 words, and Mrs. Dugald
Floyd Godfrey third with a correct list of 18 words.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Woman’s Club Holds Annual New Year’s Dinner at the
Hupp Hotel. The Estes Park Woman’s Club held its annual New Year’s Dinner at the
Hupp Hotel, with 50 in attendance. The color scheme was cleverly carried out in
decorations in green and white, the club colors. Six-handed euchre was played, and an
enjoyable evening had. Mrs. Derby served a very fine dinner that was the cause of much
favorable comment. The next meeting of the club will be held at the library [presumably
the library in Anna Wolfrom Dove’s Indian Store] next Wednesday. The program will be
in charge of the parliamentary law committee, and the entire hour given over to
parliamentary drill.
6 January 1922 – Rocky Mountain National Park Chief Ranger McDaniels has been
driving a new Chevrolet since the first of the year. We haven’t heard of the sheriff
looking for a car of that description since, so take it for granted everything is all right.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Perilous Days Ahead for Predatory Animals in Estes Park.
At a called meeting of the Estes Park Fish and Game Association held Thursday
afternoon in Odd Fellows Hall, it was decided to open war on coyotes and mountain lions
with the idea of practically cleaning out those pests from this district. Rocky Mountain
National Park Superintendent Toll is anxious to see the game of the Rocky Mountain
National Park and surrounding territory protected from the destructive animals mentioned
above, and sought the aid of Stanley P. Young, predatory animal inspector of the Bureau
of Biological Survey of the United States Department of Agriculture, who has
headquarters in Denver. Mr. Young brought along John W. Cook, trapper, and those
gentlemen met with the association, which pledged its fullest support to the work. In his
address to the association, Mr. Young told something of the work accomplished along this
line in various parts of the United States. He said that previous to 1919, the federal
government had spent in the state $112,000 in the attempt to exterminate coyotes,
wolves, and lions. Since that date, the state has assisted the work by additional
appropriations. Mr. Young asserted that one-tenth of the annual lamb crop of the state
falls a prey of the coyote, and that mountain lions yearly destroy an average per animal of
19 head of two-year-old cattle. He also stated, and was strongly backed in the assertion
by Shep Husted, that the coyote was the greatest foe of the bighorn Rocky Mountain
sheep, although the lions also preyed on them to considerable extent. Coyotes are said to
kill many young fawns. Mr. Young in his remarks commended the local association in its
real efforts to protect and propagate game within the Estes Park region, and stated so far
as his knowledge went this was the only association in the state to make a standing offer
of rewards for evidence leading to a conviction for the illegal slaughter of game within
the region of its activities. Yea, verily, the weeks ahead are happy ones for the trappers
and hunters, and sad ones for the outcasts of civilization in these parts. Poison bait will
be used freely, in addition to traps, and dog owners are asked to keep their canines within
the bounds of the farmyards. Dainty morsels of horseflesh will be served Mr. Coyote and
Mr. Lion a la Grubb [sic, a play on John Frank Grubb’s name] fresh from Frank’s [John
Frank Grubb’s] pastures, and the local Newhouse wizards Hayden [either Albert Hayden
or Julian Hayden] and “Bobcat” Becker [Robert Becker, the barber] will give trapper
Cook all the necessary pointers. It is planned to stage a few lion hunts immediately
following each fresh snow, and those who observe lion tracks or know of coyote runs
should call the Rocky Mountain National Park office immediately, so that Mr. Cook can
get on the trail at once. Mr. Cook has a pack of nine trained dogs, and we anticipate there
will be fur flying ere long.
6 January 1922 – Masthead: Estes Park Trail. Published every Friday in Estes Park,
Larimer County, Colorado. Arthur B. Harris, editor and publisher. Office hours: 8:30
a.m. to 9:00 a.m., with Dugald Floyd Godfrey, in Josephine Hotel building [a block 5
business]. Telephone #27-J3. Shop in Estes Park Trail building, Prospect Heights, above
Big Thompson Hotel. Subscription rates: One year, cash in advance $3. Six months
$1.75. Three months $1. Single copy 10 cents. Advertising rates: Display advertising –
Contract rate for one year, 125 inches or more, 25 cents per single column inch per issue.
Less than 125 inches, transient rate. Transient rate – 35 cents per inch per issue. Local
reading notices – 10 cents per printing line per issue, blackface type double price.
Classified rate given on want ad page. Regular local reading rates charged for all notices
of entertainments, socials, etc., where admission fee is charged. The Estes Park Trail will
not print any communication or news note that is sent in unaccompanied by the signature
of the author as guarantee of good faith. Application made for transmission through the
mails as second-class matter 15 April 1921, under congressional act of 3 March 1879.
6 January 1922 – Editorial headline: “Danger Ahead”. The press last week carried a
startling story of the inevitable result to the drinker of moonshine liquor. Chemists who
have been testing samples of moonshine captured in various parts of the country
announce the stuff carries a high percent of fusel oil and other poisons that attack the
oxygen corpuscles of the blood, resulting in the death of the consumer, because his blood
can no longer take up the oxygen from the air he breathes. The consumption of
moonshine is even more of a tragedy than many of us have ever realized. Many
consumers of home brew thought they were cute in outwitting the law, but failed to
realize they were outwitting themselves, and literally cutting years and years from what
their natural life should be. Many have thought themselves fairly safe when consuming
stuff apparently “bottled in bond”, but the Department of Justice has revealed the fact that
millions of labels and revenue stamps have been forged and placed on bottled moonshine,
and that it is just as dangerous as the stuff openly sold as moonshine.
6 January 1922 – Editorial headline: County Press Generally Safe and Sane. The
Raymer Enterprise deplores in an editorial the level to which the city newspaper has
sunk, and has the following to say: “The city newspaper is today too much a journal of
propaganda and colored news. It does not care to reflect the opinions of others. Its
policy is often the policy dictated by the business end of the newspaper, and the editorial
writer is a hired servant to put out what will be good for the business end regardless of
what he feels is right. His work may be brilliant, but it lacks heart and soul, despite his
claims to those attributes.” The passing of the strong moral tone of the personal editorial
writer of the metropolitan newspaper presages a stronger hold on the American public by
the country newspaper. The public will never embrace the modern city daily with full
confidence, because of its easily apparent commercialized editorial policy. It is human
nature to have someone in whom we can place our confidence and confidences, and it is
natural for the public to seek a publication where that confidence can be placed.
Fortunately for the public, the country press has not been subsidized editorially by “big
business”, as the Socialist press pleases to term the large corporations, and, while his
labors do not give the same opportunity for the tremendous breadth of vision that the city
editor has the opportunity of cultivating, the country editor generally is a safe person in
which to place public confidence. One thing only need the country editor be careful of,
and that is that the unwholesome influence of the city editor be not unduly exerted over
him. A few years ago, the man that could the most violently denounce the capitalist was
welcomed by the big public press, now the putrid vomit of the propagandist, who
endeavors to live not by the sweat of his brow, against the laboring classes, holds forth
largely in the city press. The attitude of the city press is usually on the extreme, and
therefore usually harmful. Take, for example, the Denver Post’s activities recently.
Labor leaders assert, and their assertions seem to be borne out by the report of the
committee of the Churches of Christ in America, consisting of the evangelical bodies and
the Catholics, which investigated the streetcar strike in Denver, that the above-mentioned
newspaper incited the men to rebel against their leaders, and egged them on into the
strike. Again in the present packer strike did the same newspaper by false statements, the
labor leaders again assert, incite the trouble that probably would never have occurred but
for a press that was not wedded to the highest of ideals. As long as the present conditions
exist in the metropolitan press, the country editor need not fear a further waning of
power, but on the other hand, if it will maintain high ideals and a strong editorial policy,
the present reconstruction period will see a gain in his power and a just recognition never
before accorded him.
6 January 1921 – Editorial reprinted from the Raymer Enterprise. Headline: Revive the
Whipping Post. It is one of the misfortunes of good and bad times that the human
vultures are always active. We sometimes wish that the whipping post could be revived.
Not long ago, we were solicited to make a collection for an Iowa City, Iowa, concern, that
would make the James and Younger gangs look like saints in comparison. Oh yes, they
had legal contracts. It was doubtless ironclad, and not a loophole in it. Some legal mind
had prostituted the knowledge of a noble profession to help use the machinery of the law
to steal with, instead of protecting from the thief. The contract was taken by an agent
who talked so fast and smooth that the victim listened all right, but forgot to look at what
he signed. We ought to have a law that would make it necessary for everyone of these
vendors to have a license, and file a copy of the contracts with an authority before they
were allowed to solicit business. Since we do not have such a law, try this: The next
time any stranger wants you to sign up an agreement of any kind, and you are interested,
tell Mr. Agent to come to the bank and explain the thing to your banker. If the agent
balks at your suggestion, set the dog on him. While we are at it, we might suggest
another fellow that we think the whipping post would be good for. We are told that a boy
not yet out of the grades was drunk recently on moonshine. Some older person gave it to
him. That older person would be dealt with too gently if given 40 lashes across the bare
back. If the father of that boy would shoot the older person, and we were on the jury, the
father would never be convicted. Still, we have spoken and written against mob law. The
above does not seem consistent. It is not. There is no reason in being consistent when
you deal with a rattlesnake. The whipping post is a relic of barbarism. But barbarians
have a wholesome respect for such relics.
6 January 1922 – Column title: People of Our Town. Charles Sughroe. The kid is a
combination of pep, curiosity, devilment, goodness, fun, trouble, and noise. Some days,
he brings his father’s gray hairs in sorrow to the grave, and other days, he brings back
Dad’s lost youth. The kid is hard to get along with sometimes, but still we can’t get along
without him.
6 January 1922 – Photographic advertisement: Corner dining room Grand Lake Lodge.
Operated by Lewiston Hotels Company.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Tallant’s [a block 5 business] confectionery and
fountain service. Fine cigars, Johnston’s chocolates, Baur’s hard candies, malted milks a
specialty. We use only the purest of fruits and syrups. We sterilize our glassware. Try us
once, and you will be steady customers.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: For saddle horses, telephone #31-J. Grubb’s Livery [a
block 4 business]. We can furnish at all times reliable horses and first-class equipment.
John Frank Grubb.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Real estate, insurance, loans. Cottages sites and
improved property. Cottages for rent. Notary public. Cornelius H. Bond [a block 2
business]. Estes Park, Colorado.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Ethel Clayton in Picture next Friday Night. Have you been
following Ethel Clayton’s travels lately? In a picture recently, you will remember, she
was an American secret service agent trailing some opium smugglers to China. In her
latest from the Paramount studios, “Sins of Rosanne [sic, subsequently Rosanna]”, she
has her adventures under the soft South African moonlight. Cynthia Stockley, author of
“Sins of Rosanna [sic, previously Rosanne]” and quite an expert on South Africa
fictionally, has laid her story near the famous Kimberly diamond mines. The opening
scenes show the heroine as an infant. When she is severely ill and is given up by the
English doctor, she is taken in hand by a native Malay woman and cured. At the same
time, the child is impregnated [sic, not literally] by the Malay with a craving for bright
stones. This leads her in later life into a strange alliance with an unscrupulous diamond
smuggler, and nearly shatters her romance with a young English baronet. “Sins of
Rosanne” was directed by Tom Forman. Jack Holt is the leading man, and the cast
includes Fred Malatesta and C.H. Geldart. It is a screen novelty and well worth your
time.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Kick, We Don’t Blame You. Kindly inform us if your
newspaper fails to arrive, We check our mailings, and hereafter, we refer all complaints to
Washington, D.C., so that the difficulty may be ascertained. We had 16 complaints
during December 1921. You pay for your newspaper, and we intend to see that you get it.
6 January 1922 – A.J. Robertson of Loveland, who has the contract for putting in the
three concrete piers for the new Larimer County bridge just east of the town limits,
returned to Loveland Wednesday with his gang of workmen, where they will put in a
railroad bridge before returning to Estes Park to finish the work here. There will be three
piers, and the total length of the bridge will be 86 feet. It will be built of concrete and
steel, with plank flooring.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Valley Forge. In the picturesque valley of the Schuylkill
River, 20 miles northwest of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, there is a sacred spot at which
every American should give himself the privilege of worshiping sometime during his or
her lifetime. It is the then unattractive site, lined with barren, frozen hillsides, where
General George Washington and his little army of about 10,000 half-starved, poorly-clad
patriots bivouacked, suffering unthinkable hardship, from December 1777 to June 1778,
following the tragic battle of the Brandywine, and the occupancy of Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, by the British. This circumstance of history bequeathed to this hallowed
place a glory and a fame which will attach to it throughout the ages to come, as will the
more recent struggle to the region of the Argonne in France. A tract of about 500 acres
has been purchased by the state of Pennsylvania, and the government, with patient
determination and admirable completeness, is restoring ancient landmarks and
transforming this historic campsite of the Continental Army into an everlasting national
shrine. The Daughters of the American Revolution have erected a noble shaft to the
unknown who sleep here, and the Valley Forge Museum of American History contains
many relics of the day. One fills with emotion as he enters the little cottage where
General Washington had his simple headquarters, and feels the odor of sanctity as he
steps into the Washington Memorial Chapel, sometimes called “The Westminster of
America”.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Gooch’s [a block 2 business] pre-inventory sale. To
close out several lines of merchandise, we offer some wonderful bargains heretofore
unheard of in Estes Park. Ladies shoes! 60 pairs of high top shoes, values up to $8,
closeout pric $1 per pair. Men’s Scout shoes! Values up to $4.75, closeout price $3.50
per pair. Silk teddy bears! Values up to $7, closeout price $3.50. Arrow collars! Several
styles, in all sizes, 5 cents each. Ladies’ hose! One lot cotton hose, 35 cents values.
Close out price 15 cents. Men’s undershirts ! Choice 50 cents. Ladies’ Georgette waists!
Values up to $5.75, closeout price $2. One lot values up to $8, closeout price $4. One lot
values up to $10, closeout price $5.50. Men’s dress shirts! One lot with French cuffs, in
collar attached and neckband style, closeout price $1 each. Middies! Bob Evans, red and
green wool middies, $7 values, closeout price $4. Ladies’ voile waists! Values up to
$2.50, closeout price $1 each. Ladies’ wool scarves! Your choice at half price. Boys’
Scout shoes! Values up to $3.50, closeout price $2 and $2.50 per pair. Boys’ winter
underwear! Values up to $1.50, closeout price $1. Ladies’ winter weight underwear!
Values up to $2.50, closeout price $1.65. Ladies’ wool sweaters! Your choice at half
price. Leather vests! One lot values $9, closeout price $7. One lot values $10.50,
closeout price $8. One lot values $18.50, closeout price $14.50. Ladies’ white dress
skirts. Values up to $2.50, closeout price $1. Values up to $8.25, closeout price $2.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Lumber, building material. From the log to the
consumer. Everything for the building complete. Estimates cheerfully given. Albin
Griffith. Telephone #27-R2.
6 January 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside. Mr. and Mrs. Kenneth Evans
moved from Fort Collins Saturday to one of the Glen D. Baird’s cottages east of the
village…Mr. and Mrs. George Wyatt returned to Estes Park Tuesday, after spending the
holidays in Longmont and Kimball, Nebraska…Henry Toll, brother of Rocky Mountain
National Park Superintendent Roger W. Toll, came up to Estes Park with the Rocky
Mountain National Park superintendent and party of hunters from Denver Thursday…Mr.
and Mrs. Homer Owens and daughter Lucille of Arvada, New Mexico, are occupying one
of Glen D. Baird’s cottages this winter…Semi-advertisement: Kodak finishing for sale at
Francis [a block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films for sale. The Estes Park Trail
proved to be a popular gift among Estes Park people. Twenty-eight people will this year
read the Estes Park Trail as gifts from Estes Park friends…Howard James left Wednesday
for Texas, where he will spend the rest of the winter…The Estes Park Trail wishes to
thank those who have so kindly assisted us by thoughtfully contributing news items to
our columns…Semi-advertisement: The barbershop will be open from 9:30 a.m. to 8:00
p.m., except on Saturday…Following the investigation of the United States Department
of Agriculture into wholesalers’ and retailers’ profits, the Department of Justice has
ordered the entire Secret Service department to gather data looking to the arrest and
prosecution of those exacting more than a reasonable profit. Attorney General Dougherty
claims there are two federal laws that will enable him to successfully prosecute retail
profiteers, and he asserts there will not be a single hamlet to escape the activities of the
department’s agents…A letter from James D. Stead says he and Mrs. Stead have arrived
in Long Beach, California, after a voyage of 25 days through the Panama Canal. They
touched many foreign ports and enjoyed the trip…A letter from Mrs. F.P. Kerr of San
Bernardino, California, says they recently made a trip to Long Beach, California, and had
the pleasure of meeting many of the Estes Park people. She reports they had the privilege
of visiting the Marches [Dan March and Minnie Brown March]…Orders are coming in
nicely for “Song of the Rockies”, the book of verse by Charles Edwin Hews. As one
person stated, the book is well worth the price for the woodcuts by Dean Babcock alone.
These advance orders make is possible to know how many of the copies to print to care
for the demand…Alfred Lamborn and Cornelius H. Bond started Tuesday for Fort
Collins, but found the sleet in the canyon [likely Big Thompson Canyon] so bad that they
feared to attempt to continue their journey, and returned to Estes Park…Howard Wood,
caretaker of the Boys’ Camp and Dr. Stone’s cottage, Mrs. Maddison, and Miss Maddison
went to Denver Wednesday for a few days. Mr. Wood reports that they have completed
the ice harvest there of 50 tons. The ice was 15 inches thick…A letter from Judge Tallant
says the rain in California has prevented much outdoor work.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: The January clearance sale at Macdonald’s gathers
interest every day. Our determination to reduce stock to the minimum before inventory is
apparent to everyone in the big price cuts throughout the store. Additional items are
marked down for clearance every day, and real bargains will be found in almost every
line. Stationery. One lot high-class writing paper and envelopes, various tints and white,
75 cents to $1 grades. Your choice 69 cents a box. One lot gold engraved initial
stationery, box consisting of paper, envelopes, and correspondence cards, broken
assortment of initials, real value 75 cents. Closing out price 35 cents a box. One lot blue
engraved initial correspondence cards, only a few initials left. Closing price 25 cents a
box. Textine and Royal Linen tablets, ruled and unruled, regular price 15 cents. For this
sale 10 cents each. Buy aluminum ware while it is cheap. Special offering of aluminum
ware. About 60 pieces aluminum ware, including teakettles, percolators, double boilers,
pans, and kettles, worth from $1.50 to $2.95. Your choice at $1.25. All better articles in
extra heavy aluminum ware including large preserving kettles, etc., all at greatly reduced
prices. Overshoes for men, women, and children. We are well supplied with overshoes
and rubbers in all sizes, and the prices are right. Special items here and there. One lot
good house brooms, while they last 48 cents each. Yard-wide taffeta and messaline silks,
$1.98 per yard. $1.25 embroidered voiles 75 cents. Georgette crepe and crepe de chine,
reduced to $2 per yard. Men’s leather palm gauntlet and knit wrist gloves 35 cents.
Men’s good weight cotton gloves, two pairs for 25 cents. Splendid values in men’s heavy
lined mittens at 75 cents to $3 a pair. Men’s work shirts. Men’s blue and gray work
shirts, regular price $1.25 to $1.75, sale price 98 cents. Men’s flannel shirts, gray, khaki,
and brown, regular price $2.50, $3, and $3.50. Sale price $1.95. Black sateen work
shirts, the Black Beauty brand, last season’s price $3.75. Sale price while they last $1.95.
Men’s pure wool olive flannel shirts, last season’s price $6.50. Sale price $3.95. Men’s
olive twill O.D. serge shirt, last season’s price $8.75. Sale price $4.95. Mackinaw coats
and leather vests. Men’s sheep-lined vests, reduced from $6.50 to $5. Vests full leather
lined and leather sleeves, reduced from $12.50 to $8.50. Extra heavy leather-lined vests,
$16.50 and $18 grade, reduced to $12. All leather vests finest quality, last season’s
$28.50 and $35 values, reduced to $15 and $19. Men’s mackinaw coats, all wool, heavy
grades at $12.50 and $15, reduced from $18 and $20. Boy’s mackinaw coats, reduced
from $5 to $3.75. Men’s crown bumper overalls, blue denim, sale price $1.25. One lot
children’s overalls, small sizes 59 cents a pair. One lot children’s chambray and gingham
dresses and rompers, were $1 and $1.25. Sale price 50 cents each. One lot ladies Madras
and percale Coverall aprons, were $2.95. Sale price $1.75. One lot girls’ gingham
dresses, sizes 8 to 14, were $2.75. Sale price $1.50. Pyrex ware. The balance of our
stock of Pyrex dishes at actual wholesale prices.
6 January 1922 – The Rebekah Lodge will hold its next regular meeting Tuesday
evening. At this meeting will occur the annual installation of officers…Mr. and Mrs.
Ernest C. Gooch returned Monday evening from Loveland and Denver, where they have
been visiting friends and relatives…Boyd’s Market has purchased five as fine porkers as
it has ever been our privilege to see from Albin Griffith…Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Denby
Lewis and family left Estes Park Tuesday for Idaho Springs, where they take charge of
the Hot Springs Hotel just purchased by the Lewiston interests. They will remain there
the rest of the winter, putting the hotel in shape for the opening of the tourist season.
6 January 1922 – Certificate of authority no. 37. Report of condition of the Estes Park
Bank at Estes Park, in the state of Colorado, at the close of business 31 December 1921.
Resources: Loans and discounts unsecured $102,610. Loans and discounts secured by
collateral $27,602.61. Loans on real estate $9,850. Overdrafts $394.24. United States
bonds $16,175.68. Other bonds and securities $10,983.94. Furniture and fixtures $3700.
Banking house $4700. Due from banks (not reserve banks) $522.62. Due from reserve
banks $24,944.71. Liberty bonds and certificates of indebtedness (reserve) $11,324.32.
Checks on other banks $721.09. Cash on hand $8.437.29. Total $221,966.50.
Liabilities: Capital stock $25,000. Surplus funds $3750. Undivided profits (less expense
and taxes paid) $4477.70. Individual deposits $134,510.86. Demand certificates of
deposit $2500. Time certificates of deposit $51,604.06. Cashiers’ checks $123.88. Total
$221,966.50. State of Colorado, county of Larimer, ss. We, Albert Hayden, vicepresident, and Charles F. Hix, cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best of our knowledge and belief. [signed] Albert
Hayden, vice-president, and Charles F. Hix, cashier. Attest: Albert Hayden, Charles F.
Hix, Samuel Service, directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me 5 January 1922. My
commission expires 25 August 1925. [signed] Cornelius H. Bond, notary public.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: We treat your car as we do a friend. A good way to
keep your car fit is to bring it in regularly – say every month, and let us go over it. You’ll
like our businesslike way of handling it. Our way with it will be friendly and thorough.
Some time you may, through mischance, break a windshield or body glass. Drive around
and let us replace it with genuine plate glass. It makes driving easier and safer [sic]
because it is clear, true, and kind to eyes and nerves. Osborn Garage [a block 3 business].
Telephone #17-R2.
6 January 1922 – Column title and subhead: Legal Notices. Notice for publication.
Publisher. Department of the Interior, United States Land Office at Denver, Colorado.
17 December 1921. Notice is hereby given that R. Jack Dillon of Estes Park, Colorado,
who, on 2 January 1915, made homestead entry No. 020843, for the northwest quarter of
the northeast quarter of section 14, township 4 north, range 73 west of the 6th principle
meridian, and the southwest quarter of the southeast quarter of section 11, township 4
north, range 73 west of the 6th principle meridian, has filed notice of intention to make
three-year proof, to establish claim to the land above described, before the register or
receiver, United States Land Office at Denver, Colorado, on 7 February 1922. Claimant
names as witnesses: Mr. Gordon Mace, Mr. Charles Mace, and Mrs. Robert H. Lindley,
all of Estes Park, Colorado, and Mr. Julian Johnson of [Estes Park but now living in]
Eagle, Colorado. [signed] Mary Wolfe Dargin, register. 37-6t.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Notice of Annual Meeting. The annual meeting of the
stockholders of the Estes Park Bank will be held in the banking rooms on Tuesday, 10
January 1922, at 10:00 a.m., for the purpose of electing directors for the ensuing year,
and such other business as may properly come before the meeting. Transfer books will
be closed for ten days previous to said meeting. [signed] Charles F. Hix, secretary.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Reward. The state fish and game commissioner will pay the
following rewards for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of killing game in
Estes Park: Elk $100, mountain sheep $50, deer $50, pheasants $25. [signed] Gaylord
Harper Thomson, deputy warden…The Estes Park Fish and Game Association will pay
the following rewards for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone of
killing game in the Estes Park region: Elk $50, deer $50, mountain sheep $50, pheasants
$25. [signed] W.A. Gray, secretary.
6 January 1922 – Column title: Estes Park Trail Classified Advertisements. Read them
for profit – Use them for results. If you want to buy, sell, or trade, want help, want a
position, want anything, lost anything, try an Estes Park Trail want ad. They usually get
results, and the cost is only 2 cents per word first insertion, 1 cent per word each
following insertion. Minimum charge 25 cents. Subhead: For sale. For sale – All kinds
of wrapping paper, bags, and twine. The Estes Park Trail…For sale – 120 acres,
splendidly situated for cottage sites or hotel. Gravity water system installed. Number of
other springs. Well wooded: Yellow pine, spruce, limber pine, aspen, cedar, etc.
Improvements: One house with seven rooms and bath, one house with four rooms and
bath. Also fireplace and breakfast rooms. Barn, garage, and cave [sic]. Property is
fenced. Will divide and sell 40, 60, or 80 acres of the unimproved end at a reasonable
figure. Address C.C., care of Estes Park Trail…Subhead: For rent. For rent – First-class
vacuum cleaner by hour or day. Electric Shop. Telephone #395. tf.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: W.T. Hollowell. Funeral director and licensed
embalmer. Fort Collins, Colorado. First-class service, best motor equipment, accurate
work, reasonable charges. All calls answered at once, day or night. Telephone
#Sherwood 390 [Sherwood was a Fort Collins “prefix”].
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Authorized Buick service. Dodge – Nash – Ford.
Michelin tires and Savage tires at Denver prices. Denatured alcohol for radiators $1 per
gallon. Estes Park Garage. Telephone #166.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Specially-trained saddle horses at all times. By day,
week, or month. First-class service and equipment. Stanley Livery. Elijah R. Rivers,
manager. Telephone #56-R2. Estes Park.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “It’s the fellow who works when
there’s nothing to do that lands on ‘East Street’.” Poultry and prosperity are much alike
[sic, this was appropriate for the advertisement that ran in the 30 December 1921 issue of
the Estes Park Trail]. The more hens you have, the more eggs you get. Likewise, the
more dollars you have, the more interest you get. Get the 4% interest that awaits your
dollar here at the Estes Park Bank. If you are not getting interest now, bring in one or
more dollars as a “nest egg”. U.B. Thrifty at the the [sic redundancy] Estes Park Bank [a
block 3 business]. Where your patronage is appreciated.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Printing? Yes, we do it – the quality kind. A trial order
means a regular customer. Estes Park Trail.
6 January 1922 – Column title: Church Notes. Subhead: Presbyterian church. Sunday
school 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening worship 7:30
p.m. 6:30 p.m. [Sunday] – Christian Endeavor topic: “God in Our Lives”. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m….Rev. F.F. Carruthers will preach at the
morning service, and Rev. Albin Griffith at the evening service…Subhead: Christian
Endeavor bible readings (for next week). Monday – Job chapter 23, verses 1-10.
Tuesday – Isaiah chapter 55, verses 1-3. Wednesday – Genesis chapter 28, verses 1-10.
Thursday – II Corinthians chapter 1, verses 1-4. Friday – Exodus chapter 14, verses
10-15. Saturday – Malachi chapter 3, verses 1-3. Sunday – Galatians chapter 5, verses
16-26.
6 January 1922 – Column title: Real Estate Transfers. Myrtle Ruth Franz to Chester A.
Harshbarger, $1, part of lot 2, section 4-4-73…Agnes M. Levings et al. to Grace A.
Ames, $1, part of northwest quarter of section 26-4-73…Ernest C. Ames et al. to Agnes
M. Levings, R1, quit claim deed for part of northwest quarter of section 26-4-73…
George A. Kennedy et al. to Mary Walker, $6,477, southwest quarter of the southeast
quarter of section 33-5-73…Dan B. Griffith to Fred F. Carruther, $1, part of block 10.
6 January 1922 – Mr. and Mrs. Walter Fulton returned the first [presumably 1 January
1922] from Glacier Park…Semi-advertisement: Pork by the side at attractive prices.
Boyd’s Market [a block 3 business]…Claude Erwin Verry and Mr. Hirsch of the Lewiston
Hotels Company spent the week at Idaho Springs, where they have recently acquired a
hotel…Semi-advertisement: Don’t blame us for not having that item of news if you
didn’t give it to us…Dick Pocher returned to Estes Park Sunday after an absence of six or
eight months. Dick says he started the new year right by returning to the best place on
earth he has seen since his departure…State Trapper Peters of Hygiene is making his
headquarters this week at the Brinwood. He has taken a dozen beavers, which are
becoming so numerous as to be a real pest…The snowfall during the month of December
1921 was 15 inches…Semi-advertisement: You make your money in Estes Park, try to
spend it here where it will benefit the community.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: The Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company [a
block 5 business]. Daily passenger service to Longmont and Lyons. Notice. In
accordance with the present trend of business policies, we announce a general reduction
in freight rates of approximately 20%, effective 1 November 1921. Licensed operators
for Rocky Mountain National Park. Call [telephone] #20-W for any information. Estes
Park, Colorado.
6 January 1922 – Column title: Allenspark Items. Scott Vanatta and son Clay made a
business trip to Lyons Wednesday…O.N. Rubendall and family and Mrs. Bishop spent
Wednesday and Thursday in Longmont…Clay Vanatta and family and James Howard
were dinner guests at N.E. Miller’s home Thursday evening…Postmaster Tregemba,
William Morgan, and Andy Hansen were Longmont visitors Thursday…We
Allensparkers seek this avenue of again expressing our appreciation to Mr. and Mrs.
William Morgan of the Crystal Springs Hotel for the grand old time watch party which
was given at their home New Year’s Eve 1921. The Allenspark Glee Club joined in, to
aid in arousing merriment. And without a question, it was the grandest affair ever staged
in Allenspark…O.H. Andrew and family spent New Year’s Day 1922 with friends in
Longmont…The Crystal Springs Hotel served dinner to a large number of guests New
Year’s Day…Mr. and Mrs. N.E. Miller spent New Year’s Day 1922 with Mr. and Mrs.
C.C. Osborne…The Allenspark school opened Tuesday morning with two new names on
the register – Otho [sic] Jones and Charles Miller, who are taking the freshman high
school work.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: That’s my business. Plumbing, heating, tinning. figure
with us before starting that next job. George R. Wyatt [a block 6 business].
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Now is the time to buy a lot and start planning that
summer cottage of your “very own” for next year. Hayden Brothers [a block 5 business]
will show you a variety of locations at different prices. Broadview is an especially up-todate tract – not far from the village – with good water piped to every lot.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Now is the time to commence planning that anticipated
vacation for next summer. The Brinwood affords many comforts and recreations to help
make your vacation delightful, and one of a not-forgotten time. Here you may spend
your time hiking, riding horseback, fishing, motoring, or by sitting on cool verandas in
the daytime and by a cheery fireplace at night. Rooms with private bath, suites, hot and
cold water, electric lights, good meals, telephone and telegraph, automobile and horse
livery, daily mail, shed for automobiles, tennis courts, quoits [a game similar to
horseshoes, but using rings instead of shoes], and swings. Charles Lowery Reed and
Sons. Telephone #14-W. Estes Park, Colorado.
6 January 1922 – Column title: Colorado in Paragraphs. A mad dog ran amuck in the
business section of Cañon City, and was killed by a city fireman. While the city officers
and Colorado rangers were chasing the animal, it is said to have attacked several other
dogs…Masons from all parts of the state participated in the laying of the cornerstone of
Brighton’s new $35,000 armory. The building, according to contract, will be finished 1
February 1922. It is being constructed of hydrostone, a local product…The second
annual meeting of the Colorado State Board of Realtors will be held in Boulder 12
January 1922. Speakers include Gov. Herbert S. Hadley, A.A. Reed, president of the
United States National Bank, and George W. Loomis and Zeph Charles Felt of Denver…
John C. McShane, pioneer miner and businessman of Gilpin County, and a member of the
last territorial legislature, died at his farm three miles from Arvada. Though he had
announced his retirement from active affairs about 15 years ago, he retained his interests
and conducted his business up to the time of his last illness…The four sons of the Rev.
Dr. David Stuart Dodge, for 60 years prominent in Presbyterian church work in American
and the Near East, inherit the bulk of his estate by the terms of the will filed for probate.
Clarence Dodge of Colorado Springs receives one trust fund for $200,000 for life, and
another of $200,000 for ten years, after which the principal is to revert to his children…
With three children looking on, Mrs. Caroline Rossi, wife of Mike Rossi, proprietor of
the Moonlight Ranch, killed a man identified as Norman D. Gould in her home in
Denver, by beating him on the head with a baseball bat. Gould died in the county
hospital shortly after. According to the statement of Mrs. Rossi, the man was a burglar.
She declared that she wielded the bat after he struck her in the face with a revolver…
Peter Loose of Fort Morgan was sentenced in that town to two years in the penitentiary
for operating a still in his home. Loose’s undoing came about through his attempt to
purchase an automobile from the sheriff of the county, who, becoming suspicious that it
was wanted to haul liquor, invaded the Loose home. Mrs. Loose was found making
whisky in a cave dug into one side of the cellar. Loose, according to word received in
Denver, readily admitted his guilt and accepted sentence…The arrest of two men and two
women at Colorado Springs prevented a bank robbery, according to a confession Chief of
Police Hugh D. Haper says was made by Ralph Demasters [sic, later spelled Demaster],
one of those arrested. The alleged yegg [slang term for a robber] said the plans for the
robbery had been worked out, but refused to admit which bank was “spotted”. Following
clues to a series of small robberies, police placed Lew Cargil [sic, later spelled Cargill],
his wife Mrs. Marion Cargill [sic, previously spelled Cargil], Ralph Demaster [sic,
previously spelled Demasters], and Mrs. Mary Aldord [sic] under arrest…Margorie
Windstead, the 4-year-old daughter of L.B. Winstead, living one-half mile south of
Brush, was burned to death. Mrs. Winstead had gone to a neighbor’s for some articles for
dinner, leaving Margorie to look after the baby, who was in a cradle. As the room was
cold, Margorie opened the heating stove door and, it is supposed, filled the stove with
newspapers, which ignited her dress, and all her clothing was burned off down to her
shoes. Her mother returned and at once called the doctor. The girl was rushed to the
Brush hospital, but died within an hour…A pledge to refuse to assist in future wars has
been taken jointly by Mrs. Julia McCudden, the British war mother delegate at the burial
of America’s unknown soldier, and Mrs. R. Ernest Digney of White Plains, New York,
official war mother. This become known at a luncheon tendered Mrs. McCudden by the
New York state chapter of American War Mothers [this is not a Colorado news story]…
Notice of wage cuts effective in 30 days has been filed with the State Industrial
Commission by the Pueblo Master Plumbers’ Association and the Roberts Mining and
Machinery Company at Pueblo. The Pueblo association consists of eight concerns. The
wage cuts are to affect the wages of nine plumbers and steamfitters of Pueblo, and all
employees of the Denver concern…Fire of unknown origin did $50,000 damage to
Dixieland, a $75,000 home of Mrs. L. Kniffen of Pueblo. The property is situated five
miles from Colorado Springs at the entrance of North Cheyenne Canyon, and is one of
the show places of the Pikes Peak region. The fire spread to adjoining cottages, Mrs.
G.E. Burkett, an invalid, being rescued from one of the burning houses by neighbors…
Plans are being laid for the entertainment of a record number of stock show visitors this
year, according to Harry L. Youngerman, general manager of the National Western Stock
Show. “Advance reports indicate a big increase in attendance at the Denver stock show,
which will be held from 14 January 1922 to 21 January 1922,” he said. “Railroads have
granted us a rate of a fare and one-half for the round trip. The district thus covered
extends from the Missouri River west, taking a larger territory than that covered by the
rates to the Portland, Oregon, show.”…T.H. Marshall, former Kansas oil man, has gone
to Mesa Verde National Park, taking with him an improved moving picture machine,
10,000 feet of film, supplies for a month, and an expert cameraman. Mr. Marshall
recently financed the making of a 2000-foot film of the park, and the effort was attended
with such a degree of success that is has encouraged the present trip. It is the plan of the
party to make a 7000-foot feature picture of Mesa Verde National Park for educational
purposes, to be exhibited throughout the east. Mr. Marshall plans to enlist the services of
Dr. Fewkes, lecturer of the Smithsonian Institution, in his circulation of the film…W.A.
Eagleden, a contractor in the mining district 60 miles south of Grand Junction, was
overcome with a sudden illness when riding through the mountains. He was unable to
walk, and crawled four miles to a telephone to send in a call for a doctor. A doctor was
sent from Grand Junction, and he was operated on for stomach trouble. He is well known
all over the western slope.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Groceries and general merchandise. You can find
nearly all your needs at our store. General merchandise – priced right. Samuel Service [a
block 2 business]. Telephone #15.
6 January 1922 – Column title: In Red and Black. The vogue for black has made such an
impression on the world of fashion that designers of children’s clothes have taken
advantage of it in the production of new things for fall. It appears in this pretty dress
with its waist of black taffeta silk and hand-embroidered dots of red. The skirt is red and
black Scotch plaid with a wide belt that folds over a narrow black sash of cire ribbon.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Like putting money in the bank to send your old shoes
to us for repairing. For we do the work so perfectly that you get back practically new
shoes at much less than half the expense of a new pair. The different is pure saving. If
you have not yet learned how efficient modern shoe repairing can be, send us a pair and
you’ll enjoy both the results and the saving. E.C. Gooch [a block 2 business], Estes Park
agent. Harold M. Dunning. New Electric Shoe Shop. Loveland, Colorado.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: The Estes Park Plumbers [a block 8 business]. Lindley
and Son. Elmer D. Lindley, telephone #35. Robert H. Lindley, telephone #78.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: The Hupp [Hotel, a block 2 business]. There’s a
Huppmobile/Which makes you feel/That you’re flying through the air,/As you motor
along/With a merry song,/You surely do “get there.”/Get where? If you’re headed right,/
To the Hupp Hotel/Where the eats are swell/And the price just hits the mark./You “auto”
know/That’s the place to go/When you motor to Estes Park. By a guest. Estes Park,
Colorado.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Nice selection of toys, games, and other gifts still to be
had here. Estes Park Drug Company [a block 6 business]. Telephone #41.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: National Park Hotel [a block 2 business]. Mrs. Harriet
Byerly, proprietress. Located in the heart of the village. Open the year round. Best of
home cooking. Rates reasonable. Telephone #26.
6 January 1922 – Headline: Colorado has Learned to Appreciate its Natural Scenic
Wonders. Colorado has learned its mountains and streams and plains appeal more
strongly to travelers than cabarets, races, or monuments. The traveling public is visiting
it in greater numbers every summer. Walter V. Woehlke, writing in the January 1922
Sunset magazine, commends the value of advertising Colorado’s natural scenic resources
that the people of other states and lands may visit them. “Not so very long ago,” Mr.
Woehlke’s article declares, “the average tourist saw nothing of the Colorado Rocky
Mountains except the Garden of the Gods and Cheyenne Canyon out of Colorado
Springs, the view from the top of Pikes Peak climbed via the cog road, and the scenery
alongside the tracks of the Rio Grande railroad. Of the vast natural parks lying two miles
high between the ranges of the Rocky Mountains, he saw practically nothing. Then
Denver brought about the creation of the Rocky Mountain National Park, and helped to
make it accessible, to spread the fame of its beauty among the prairie dwellers and its
own people. As a result of these efforts, the number of visitors grew from 35,000 in 1915
to 265,000 in921, a number greater than the aggregate of all visitors in Yosemite National
Park, Yellowstone National Park, and Glacier National Park during the same year.
Colorado has no cabarets, operas, music halls, Montmartres [plural of the Montmartre
section of Paris, France], monuments, or art galleries. Its known history began only
yesterday, but it does have the colored gorges and silver peaks of the Rocky Mountains,
the song of mountain brooks and swaying pines, the imperishable legend of past events
carved by glaciers and torrents on the rocks in letter a thousand feet high. Unlike New
York, London, England, and Naples, Italy, Colorado lacks the picturesque beehive of
swarming slums, but no tourist ever will see beavers at work building a dam in Chicago,
Illinois, watch mountain sheep scale the cliffs of New York canyons, or drive his motor to
the top of a 14,000-foot peak anywhere in England. And who ever heard of brook trout
or any kind of fish being caught in the Chicago, Illinois, river? In Colorado, the Rocky
Mountains reach their highest elevation, form their deepest, steepest gorges, and produce
their most abundant and varied crops of flowers and animals. And Denver has made the
Rocky Mountain easily and cheaply accessible, both to the home population and the
sightseers from other states.”
6 January 1922 – Weld County, Colorado, unclassified half a century ago so far as its
agricultural values were concerned, ranks as the 26th county of the entire United States in
value of crops and livestock, according to a federal census report made public in Denver.
In a list of the 50 leading counties of the nation, Weld County holds this position with a
total crop and livestock value in 1919 of $23,203,475. Its crop value alone was
$21,198,360, giving it rank as the 23rd county…The charred remains of William Ross, 40
years old, were found by firemen who were searching the debris and wreckage caused by
a fire of unknown origin in a pool hall in Pueblo. Ross, who was employed by the
Hamlin Supply Company, was evidently asleep in a room adjoining the offices of the
Clery Sign Painting Company on the second floor of the building when the fire burned
through the floor, dropping him to the pool hall below…The body of Thomas Flynn, 61
years old, prominent Pueblo businessman, was found hanging from a rafter in the
basement of his place of business by his son. Coroner R.B. Dibble announced that Flynn
left a note in which he bade his friends good-bye, and designated the cemetery in which
he wished to be buried. Despondency is assigned as the cause for his act. Flynn came to
Pueblo in 1884, and had been in the saddle and harness business since that time…Local
breeders of purebred livestock are interested in efforts now being made by Mesa County
Agent McCann and the local farm bureau to secure for Mesa County a three-days’
livestock extension course, to be given at Grand Junction 26 January 1922, 27 January
1922, and 28 January 1922. Mr. McCann is in correspondence with the authorities at the
agricultural college [the present CSU] in an effort to arrange for this course. It is hoped
to have Dick Jay, livestock extension agent from the agricultural college, for the entire
three days. Two courses are being considered, either one dealing with the feeding of
livestock, or one dealing with the question of breeding. The breeders residing on Orchard
Mesa began the movement for this course, and the meetings will be held on one of the
ranches of that district…One of the many sources of receipts through business channels
during 1921 is trace to the 98 national conventions and state gatherings, including stock
show visitors, held in Denver. The out-of-town attendance was 32,835 persons, and they
stayed from three days to a week, or more. Efforts of the convention committee of the
tourist bureau of the Denver Civic and Commercial Association, headed by Chairman
Will R. Owen, to get delegates to stay another day, if possible, and make a short trip by
rail or automobile, were successful. Actual stopovers of delegates routed through Denver
to attend conventions elsewhere were also encouraged, and as a result, about 4000 of the
7500 visited Denver’s system of mountain parks…The University of Colorado hospital
has been given to the city of Boulder for two years, provided that the commercial
association will maintain the institution satisfactorily and without expense to the
university. At the end of two years, the building is to be used by the university for
whatever purpose it may see fit. The building was originally used as a training school for
medical students, but due to the transfer of the medical school to Denver, it is no longer
needed…Andrew Carlyle Carson, state historian of Colorado, designer of the Colorado
state flag, and for 11 years manager of the Orpheum Theater here, died at his home in
Denver. Mr. Carson retired from the active management of the Orpheum Theater in May
1912, because of failing health, and had devoted most of his time since then to writing
photoplays, and to historical and biological [sic] writings. He had been ill for only three
days preceding his death…Fire in the C.W. Daniels furniture store at Colorado Springs
caused about $25,000 damage to Christmas goods ready for shipment, and to the stock.
The fire was discovered in the rear of the building, and the alarm was speedily given,
enabling firemen to keep it from spreading. About 200 shipments were destroyed, and
$15,000 worth of rugs damaged by fire and water. The fire was kept from spreading to
the basement, where $25,000 in furniture was stored…Otis T. Burton, confessed holdup
and alleged member of a gang operating in Pueblo and possibly Denver, pleaded guilty in
Colorado Springs and was sentenced to from seven to ten years in the state penitentiary
by Judge J.W. Sheafor in the district court. Burton was arrested when B.H. Taggart, 60,
whom he attempted to rob, beat him with a set of lead quoits [rings] he was carrying
home for a Christmas present…The Durango Evening Herald reports renewed activities
in the Lake Fork mining district, near Durango. Several companies are making extensive
improvements on their mining properties, and plan to resume operation…One man was
killed and another suffered fractures of both legs, and 12 passengers in one train were
badly shaken, while another train was covered under a snow slide near Durango
recently…Seven years ago, travelers purchased Native American curios while visiting in
Colorado, today, sales include staples. The result is that August, formerly the dullest in
the businessman’s calendar, is next to December, the heaviest month, in point of sales.
Tourists seen years ago probably left $5,000,000 in Colorado. In 1921, with an estimated
500,000 tourists by rail and automobile, sales and hotel accommodations climbed to
$35,000,000. Activities of the Denver Tourist Bureau during the first seven years of its
existence have included the distribution of literature, which, if stacked in a pile, would be
18 times the height of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France, and 23 times as high as the
Woolworth building in New York City, New York…The application of receiver W.R.
Freeman of the Moffat road [railroad] to abandon Rollinsville station, as one of several
measures calculated to reduce the expense of the road, is being opposed by residents of
that village. The matter came before the State Utilities Commission. A compromise may
be affected whereby arrangements can be made to open the station before train time,
especially during the winter months…No more government funds will be available for
Colorado roads that cross railroad tracks on a grade, the federal road bureau has
announced. The numerous mishaps that occur at such points is assigned as one of the
reasons underlying the decision. The Colorado Highway Department, which had
perfected plans for a bridge across the Fountain River near Buttes, was notified of the
new policy. It is possible that revised plans will provide for an entirely new route that
will eliminate the objectionable features.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Clatworthys [a block 3 business, as well as a] Denver
store, 415 17th Street.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: There is lasting satisfaction in owning a home in Estes
Park. The carpenters will be glad to attend to your repair work now – before the rush.
Estes Park Lumber Yard. Julius Foss Schwartz. Telephone #48.
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Bon Ton Corsets. Trade Mark. Royal Worcester
corsets. There is a model for every type of figure. Are you sure you are wearing the
corset designed to fit your type of figure? Bon Ton corsets are worn by many thousands
of women because of their satisfying variety of their models. And among them – in our
corset department – is your corset, the one model which will give your figure lines of
smartness, and greater comfort than you may have hoped to enjoy. Dugald Floyd
Godfrey [a block 5 business].
6 January 1922 – Advertisement: Boyd’s Market [a block 3 business]. Fresh and cured
meats. Staple and fancy [word omitted, similar advertisements in 1921 issues include the
word “groceries” here]. Fruits and vegetables. Free automobile delivery. Telephone
#32. Estes Park, Colorado.
13 January 1922 – Headline: Allenspark Commercial Club would have Rocky Mountain
National Park Enlarged [this statement is retracted in the 20 January 1922 issue]. At a
special meeting of the Allenspark Commercial Club Tuesday evening, largely attended by
the boosters of that region, it was decided to bend every effort looking toward the
extension of the Rocky Mountain National Park to include the Allenspark region, and
possibly going as far south as Arapahoe Peak and including the St. Vrain Glaciers.
Action was also taken looking toward the organization of an organization [sic] to be
known as the Colorado Glacier Recreation Association, with headquarters at Boulder.
The activities of this association will include principally the territory lying between the
Middle St. Vrain River and the North St. Vrain River, and extending to the St. Vrain
Glaciers near Oglalia [sic, perhaps Ogallala] Peak. The above-mentioned actions of the
Allenspark Club will no doubt have the hearty support of the Boulder Commercial
Association, if in fact that are not the prime instigators of the project. An enlargement of
the Rocky Mountain National Park of course would necessitate an increase in Rocky
Mountain National Park appropriations, as a great amount of development work would be
necessary. The Allenspark association also petitions the post office department for an
extension of the star route from Lyons to Allenspark to go as far as Longs Peak Inn
during the summer season. Such extension would give daily service direct to Copeland
Lake Lodge, St. Williams Lodge [the current St. Malo], and Hewes-Kirkwood Inn, as
well as many other places along the proposed route [this receives further mention in the
31 March 1922 Estes Park Trail].
13 January 1922 – Headline: Auxiliary Planning Entertainment. The American Legion
Auxiliary Estes Park Post 119 meets regularly the first and third Tuesday evening every
month at 7:30 p.m. The meetings are held in the Woman’s Club Library [presumably in
the Anna Wolfrom Dove “Indian Store” on block 2]. At the next meeting, 17 January
1922, definite plans for an evening entertainment to be given next month will be made.
Because this and other very important matters are to be brought up for consideration, it is
especially desired that all members and all eligible women who desire to become
members shall be present.
13 January 1922 – Headline: Road and Trail Report. All roads and trails to and within
the Rocky Mountain National Park are open and in splendid condition. The Fall River
Road over the Continental Divide is closed by snow at present. Two hotels open.
Maximum temperature this week 38 [degrees Fahrenheit], minimum temperature this
week 8 [degrees Fahrenheit], minimum temperature Thursday night 23 [degrees
Fahrenheit]. Precipitation this month 0.28 [inches]. – Report from United States station
at fish hatchery.
13 January 1922 – Headline: Ice Harvest in Full Blast. For a time, it seemed that Estes
Park was to outdo California, and bid for the winter tourist trade now conceded to the
Pacific coast state, but a change in the temperature has made Estes Park more natural.
The annual ice harvest is usually gathered before the first of the year, and some fear has
been expressed of the possibility of an ice crop this year of a reasonable quality. Last
year, there was no time after 1 January 1921 in which ice of good keeping qualities could
be gathered. Ten days ago, the ice was but about 5 inches thick. The cold nights the past
week, however, has made ice of exceptionally fine quality, and just the right thickness.
Every available man and team is hard at work this week, for none seem disposed to give
the weatherman a chance to spoil their present splendid harvest.
13 January 1922 – Illustration: Hand-drawn sketch of mountain peak and cumulus
clouds scudding off to the right. Caption: Pen drawing by Dean Babcock from “Songs
of the Rockies”. Courtesy Edgerton-Palmer Press.
13 January 1922 – Headline: Longs Peak Climbed First Time in History During Month
of January. Jack C. Moomaw of Lyons is the first man of record to conquer the
formidable heights of Longs Peak during the month of January. The ascent is somewhat
hazardous even during the favorable summer months, but with its heavy blanket of icy
snow, and the fierce wintry blasts, its ascent at this time is almost superhuman [sic, now
relatively routine]. Several persons who have attempted the climb during the month of
October have nearly lost their lives. Mr. Moomaw made Copeland Lake Lodge his
headquarters, and from there reached timberline over the south trail, where he camped
Monday night. Mr. Moomaw traveled on skis to timberline, and found going
comparatively easy, except where he was compelled to negotiate a snow slide which
plunged across his path a few minutes before he reached the spot it crossed the trail. Mr.
Moomaw left camp at sunrise Tuesday morning, and started for the summit, which he
reached about 10:00 a.m., without the aid of skis, as the snow was packed very hard. The
day was clear and cold, and the icy blasts made the stay on the summit very short. Mr.
Moomaw found three other names in the new register which was placed there 2 October
1921, the date of the last registration being in November 1921. He returned late Tuesday
night to Copeland Lake Lodge without mishap. Mr. Moomaw says that because of the
approaching clouds, he was only able to see Pikes Peak and Arapahoe peak, and a portion
of the snowy range in that direction.
13 January 1922 – Headline: Loses Life in St. Vrain Canyon. George Walker, 27 years
of age, lost his life Saturday in the St. Vrain Canyon about one-half mile above Welch’s
Resort, when the Ford speedster in which he and Frank Samuelson were riding skidded
off the curve and went over a 15-foot embankment into the St. Vrain River. Samuelson
escaped serious injury, but Walker was pinned beneath the car and crushed. The road was
icy following the sleet storm in the valley, and they were driving at a high rate of speed,
which caused the rear wheels to skid as they rounded a curve. Both men were last season
truck drivers for the Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company, and were making
their home for the winter at Lyons. Mrs. Sarah Walker, mother of the boy, is known in
Estes Park, having worked two seasons for the [John] Frank Grubb family, and owns a
ranch in Big Elk Park. Funeral services were held Monday by the Rev. Little, pastor of
the Lyons Methodist Episcopal church, and the body laid at rest by the Odd Fellows in
the Lyons cemetery. Mr. and Mrs. [John] Frank Grubb were Estes Park people attending
the funeral services.
13 January 1922 – Fred Noble was taken to the Longmont Hospital and operated on
Monday morning at 8:30 a.m. for appendicitis. Latest reports were that he was doing
nicely.
13 January 1922 – Headline: Estes Park has Model Sewage Disposal Plant. Estes Park is
somewhat proud of its fine sewage disposal plant which is something but very few towns
in the state can boast of having. Most of the municipalities of the state empty their
sewers directly into some stream, but not so Estes Park. Fort Collins, Loveland,
Berthoud, Longmont, and practically every town and city in the state, except Estes Park
and Littleton, make no effort to prevent their sewerage systems polluting the streams.
Estes Park has a fine sewage disposal plant built after the latest plans, and it has the
official approval of the state board of health. The plant cost the village nearly $40,000
without the sewer lines, and it is working perfectly. The main sewer empties into a huge
septic tank or series of tanks. Here the solids are disposed of by a scientific liquifying
process. The liquid is siphoned from the last section of the tank, and passes to the
aerating room, where it is sprayed into the air and falls onto a bed of gravel about five
feet deep. The water, after sinking through the sand, is gathered up by a system of tile
drainage, and then passes through the chlorinating plant, which is equipped to chemically
treat every ounce of water thoroughly before it can escape into the stream through the
drainage pipe. The writer had the privilege the first of the week of making a thorough
examination of the plant, and found the water discharged into the river to be, so far as the
eye could distinguish, perfectly clear and free from any impure substance. The plant is
given close supervision by Mr. Lindley, the plumber, who has made a close study of other
successful plants. There is very little possibility of the stream ever becoming polluted by
this sewerage system. The gravest danger to the stream is in the [Big Thompson] canyon,
where there are several hundred cottages without any very efficient sewage disposal
control. The officials of the town of Estes Park extend an invitation to anyone or any
body of men interested in keeping the river free from contamination to pay a visit to our
sewage disposal plant.
13 January 1922 – Headline: Old Maids Convention to be Held Here. It is not often that
Estes Park is honored by a convention in the wintertime, but we have coming a very
famous and unusual one – the Old Maids’ Convention – which will hold its meeting
sometime this month [this is a joke]. Everybody will be invited, especially all the
bachelors. For further information, keep your eye on the Estes Park Trail.
13 January 1922 – Clayton Newell Rockwell is building a nice cottage near his residence.
It will consist of four rooms, bath, and sleeping porch.
a.m. to 9:00 a.m., with Dugald Floyd Godfrey in Josephine Hotel building [a block 5
reading notices – 10 cents per printed line per issue, blackface type double price.
mails as second-class matter, 15 April 1921, under congressional act of 3 March 1879.
13 January 1922 – Poem and byline: Mother by Charles Edwin Hewes, Estes Park,
Colorado. (Copyright 1922) Outside the window whirls the white–/’Tis winter’s snow
most bleak./The storm in awful surges rolls/In fury from the Peak./Yet in Mother’s old
log cabin,/Built by her loving sons,/An old man sits before the hearth – in/Its flame his
vision runs./“Oh, Mother, dear, you’re here tonight–/I’m nestled in your arms./The world
has vanished from my sight–/The storm has no alarms./You’re lifted up in Heaven’s light/
Before the Throne of Grace;/And God, himself, compassionate,/Reveals again your face./
I’m gray and wrinkled deep with care/And broken ’neath the load./I’ve struggled on and
often cringed/’Neath Mammon’s cruel goad./I don not care if all the world/Has passed me
on the road,/Or fellow men, in Life’s swift pace,/Have roughly o’er me trod./For I’ve
been true to you, my dear,/Who oft, with toil-worn hand,/Has stroked my brow and
kissed me soft,/And made me understand;/That God is good and Life is short,/And we
must bravely stand,/For all the things that Jesus said/And gave in Love’s command./
There was something too, you did not say,/But wrought with subtle touch;/A thing that
lifts me sweetly up/When drooped I am and such,/To lips that gently pres my own–/
Which ease the sense of pain;/That soothes my tired heart to rest–/Warms me to life
again./You did not falter, lovely soul,/When from your nest I strayed./You left the impress
of your love/So strong and sweet portrayed,/That ne’er the miles, the days, the years,/
Have ever dimmed its light;/The vision of your sainted face/Is ever in my sight./Oh!
Mother, dear, I do not hear/The tempest’s wild refrain;/I do not mind, when you are near,/
Old age and cares that strain;/I’m just your little boy, once more–/Warm in his cradle lain/
For Mother, dear, you’re here tonight–/I’m in your arms again.”
13 January 1922 – Editorial headline: Here’s a New One. Has a subscriber the right to
collect damages from a newspaper because the legitimate advertising in said newspaper
enticed the nimble nickels from the said subscriber’s spouse? Or has said advertiser the
moral right to become angry with the editor because the advertiser in his columns has
sufficient pulling power to induce Friend Subscriber’s wife to spend the best half of his
week’s salary as there were some real bargains that could not be overlooked?
Also, what is the status of said editor’s situation when said advertising has such pulling
power as to cause the Mrs. Editor to rush to the store and invest the full price of the
advertisement in some of the bargains? These are a few of the questions uppermost in the
mind of the editor, since meeting some of his heretofore perfectly good friends following
the recent appearance of several clearance sale advertisements in these columns. About
the only consolation for the editor seems to be smiles of the purchasers, and the beaming
faces of the merchants, who chuckle and remark as we pass, “Business is fine, thank
you.”
13 January 1922 – Boulder newspapers went into hysterics because a federal prohibition
agent secured the chief of police of Longmont to assist him in a raid on bootleg joints in
Louisville, instead of asking assistance from the sheriff. Perhaps he wanted to make dead
sure the law violators would not get a tip of the pending raid.
13 January 1922 – As a result of the write-up Cashier [Charles F.] Hix received at the
hands of the Estes Park Trail following his little tilt with a deer [see 16 December 1921],
he has received more publicity in less time than any man who has ever made his home in
Estes Park. Hundreds of newspapers all over the United States have printed the story
[I’m unclear why it was such a novelty to run a car into a deer in 1921, unless it was
indeed a novelty, either because of the small number of deer or the relatively small
number of cars]. We are now spending all our spare time trying to figure out how much
Mr. Hix owes us at $1 per.
13 January 1922 – Reprinted from the Childress (Texas) Post. Headline: “Business Goes
Where it is Well Treated.” Advertising makes a town, therefore, the men who do the
advertising of any town are the makers of it, and should have the credit for doing so. In
Childress, Texas, as in all towns, there are some non-advertisers – men who do business,
or try to, with never a cent spent for advertising. These fellows get part of the benefit
from their progressive neighbors’ advertising; therefore, in a sense, they are mooching on
their neighbors’ investment. When you come to town to spend you money, you should
always try to trade with the firm that spends its money freely for advertising, for that is
the kind of people that makes your town and keeps it going. The Childress Post believes
this is done very largely. The people are rapidly learning that it pays to trade where they
are invited, and many will shun the store that does not think enough of their business to
solicit same. “Business goes where it is well treated.”
13 January 1922 – Reprinted from the Ferndale (California) Enterprise. Headline:
Sending Business out of Humboldt. As has been previously and often state in the
columns of the Ferndale Enterprise, the businessman who sends away from his
hometown for his printing cannot consistently complain if the buying public follow his
example and send elsewhere for their supplies. The “trade at home” idea is the only one
which can bring to Humboldt County the full measure of prosperity to which it is justly
entitled, and it applies in exactly the same degree to every bank, mercantile
establishment, creamery corporation, lumbering concern, and business of every
description that it does to the citizen in purchasing supplies for the home.
13 January 1922 – Column title: Mickie Says. Th’ reason I small all th’ time is becuz I
don’t never do no worrying! Bizness minght be better ’n it might be a hull lot worse an’
we’re on th’ up-grade again, witch is why I always wear a smile! You try one! Charles
Sughroe.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: Hot Springs Hotel at Idaho Springs for radioactive
mineral cave baths. The miracle waters. The radium hot springs at this famous resort is
nature’s place to revitalize the human body. Adjacent to the greatest radium deposits in
the word, the waters have the greatest radium emanations of any waters used
commercially. The baths are given in tunnels or caves hewn from solid rock, and using
the radium waters and radium emanations as they rise from the earth – a combination not
known elsewhere in the world. The natural temperature of these caves averages 108
degrees. Miraculous cures are often effected, and immediately relief is almost invariably
given to patients affected with rheumatism, lumbago, neuritis, sciatica, kidney ailments,
and stomach ailments, and the baths act as a restorative and tonic for tired and worn-out
bodies. A week’s rest and baths at Hot Springs Hotel will do wonders for the overworked
businessman. The Hot Springs Hotel is open all year, and especially reasonable rates are
in effect at this season of the year. Colorado and Southern trains leave the Union Depot
in Denver at 3:15 p.m. daily for Idaho Springs, and a two-hour ride through beautiful
mountain scenery will bring you to your destination. Our car will be at the depot to meet
you. Also fine automobile roads through Denver Mountain Parks to Idaho Springs only
40 miles from Denver. Rocky Mountain Lodges, Inc.
once and you will be steady customers.
John Frank Grubb.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: Real estate, insurance, loans. Cottage sites and
13 January 1922 – Column title: Current Events. Denver will be host during the
National Western Stock Show week, 14 January 1922 to 21 January 1922, to more than
20 gathering of prominent state and district associations. The list of those already
announced follows: 12 January 1922, 13 January 1922, and 14 January 1922 – Mountain
States Lumber Dealers’ Association. 13 January 1922 and 14 January 1922 – Mountain
States Ice Manufacturers’ Association. 17 January 1922 – Colorado State Forestry
Association. 16 January 1922, 17 January 1922, and 18 January 1922 – Colorado Mining
Association and Colorado Chapter of American Mining Congress. 17 January 1922, 18
January 1922, and 19 January 1922 – The Farmers’ Educational and Cooperative Union
of Colorado. 16 January 1922 and 17 January 1922 – Colorado Stockgrowers’
Association. 17 January 1922 – Executive Committee meeting of State Farm Bureau. 17
January 1922, 18 January 1922, and 19 January 1922 – Colorado State Grange. 20
January 1922 and 21 January 1922 – Colorado Editorial Association. 16 January 1922
and 17 January 1922 – State Association of County Commissioners. 17 January 1922 –
Western Hereford Breeders’ Association. 18 January 1922 – The Western Shorthorn
Breeders’ Association. 20 January 1922 – Colorado Creamery Butter Manufacturers’
Association. 20 January 1922 and 21 January 1922 – Colorado Sheriffs’ Association.
Annual meetings of many associations have been planned for stock show week, although
the dates on some days have not been definitely announced. They are: The Colorado
Jersey Breeders’ Association, Colorado Holstein Club, Colorado Guernsey Breeders’
Club, Western Poland China Breeders’ Association, Colorado Duroc Breeders’
Association, and Conference of War Finance Corporation committees and agencies of the
livestock growing states west of the Missouri River…Denver – The last lap fo the 15mile stretch of concrete highway between the city limits of Denver and Brighton has been
completed, it was announced at the state highway department. Laying of concrete was
begun in 1918 under the Hewitts project, which embraces 1.7 miles of road beginning at
a point near Riverside cemetery. The cost of this project amounted to $41,981. The
remaining four projects, all of which were built under federal aid, totaled $419,875,
making a grand total of $461,857.23. This amount represents the state and federal
expenditures in building the through concrete stretch between the city limits of the two
points…Denver – Among the appraisals filed in New York City recently was one of the
estate of H.U. Mudge, who died a resident of Denver, leaving a personal estate of
$110,514, with $31,620 in securities taxable in New York. His sons, Burton W. Mudge
and Charles M. Mudge of Chicago, Illinois, George P. Mudge of Kansas City, Missouri,
and Hugh M. Mudge of Denver receive $1 each. The will gives no reason for the dollar
legacy. His wife, Arwilda Morris Mudge of Denver, receives the residue of the real and
personal estate. Denver – There was a decreased of 3,575,537 tons in coal production in
Colorado in 1921 compared with 1920, according to the state coal mine inspector. These
was a decrease in all save two of the coal producing counties, the exception being Pitkin
County, where there was an increase of 844 tons, and Weld County, where there was an
increase of 12,846 [presumably tons]. The average number employed was 14,145,
compared with 14,295 in 1920, and the average number of days worked in each county
was 163.6. Brighton – Masons from all parts of the state participated in the laying of the
cornerstone of Brighton’s new $35,000 armory. The building, according to contract, will
be finished 1 February 1922. It is being constructed of hydrostone, a local product [this
article appeared in the 6 January 1922 Estes Park Trail]…Pueblo – Colorado will be
required to expend approximately $1,500,000 to replace bridges and crossings destroyed
in the serious floods in June 1922, according to estimates compiled by L.D. Blauvelt,
head of the state highway department. The bulk of this money will be spent in bridge
construction…Pueblo – T.H. Foley, 68 years of age, and for the past 32 years a resident of
Pueblo, and one of its most prominent businessmen, died suddenly as a result of
apoplexy. Colonel Foley was well known to many of the city’s residents. He came to
Pueblo from Piqua, Ohio, in 1889 as a penmanship instructor at Central High School.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: Gooch’s [a block 2 business] pre-inventory sale. To
close out several lines of merchandise, we offer some wonderful bargains heretofore
unheard of in Estes Park. Ladies shoes! There are still several pairs of ladies’ high top
shoes left, values up to $8, but they are going fast, closeout price, per pair, $1. Men’s
scout shoes! Values up to $4.75, closeout price $3.50 per pair. Silk teddy bears! Values
up to $7, closeout price $3.50. Arrow collars! Several styles, all sizes 5 cents each.
Ladies’ hose! One lot cotton hose, 35 cents values. Close out price 15 cents. Men’s
undershirts! Choice 50 cents. Ladies’ Georgette waists! Values up to $5.75, closeout
price $2. One lot values up to $8, closeout price $4. One lot values up to $10, closeout
price $5.50. Men’s dress shirts! One lot with French cuffs, in collar attached and
neckband style, closeout price $1 each. Middies! Bob Evans, red and green wool
middies, $7 values, closeout price $4. Ladies’ voile waists! Values up to $2.50, closeout
price $1 each. Ladies’ wool scarves and sweaters. Your choice at half price. Boys’ Scout
shoes! Values up to $3.50, closeout price $2 and $2.50 per pair. Boys’ winter underwear!
Values up to $1.50, closeout price $1. Ladies’ winter weight underwear! Values up to
$2.50, closeout price $1.65. Girls’ button shoes! One lot, closeout price $1.95. Leather
vests! One lot values $9, closeout price $7. One lot values $10.50, closeout price $8.
One lot value $18.50, closeout price $14.50. Ladies’ white dress skirts. Values up to
$2.50, closeout price $1. Values up to $8.25, closeout price $2. The sale is going fine.
Griffith, telephone #27-R2.
13 January 1922 – [John] Frank Grubb is having a hot water heating plant installed in his
new house on the hill…Estes Park school won second place in the Larimer County-wide
contest to sell the Red Cross Christmas Seals. Twin Mound school won first prize, and
thereby got the $5 cash prize. $277.58 worth of the seals were sold by the school
children of Larimer County…The official temperature in Estes Park Thursday night was
10 [degrees Fahrenheit] above [zero], same night in Fort Collins it was 5.5 [degrees
Fahrenheit] below [zero]…Judge Tallant returned to Estes Park Friday evening, and is
glad to get back. He says that in portions of California, three feet of rain fell in about ten
days…Sheriff Smith was up from Fort Collins Saturday on official business…G.G.
Church came up from Denver Saturday to supervise the ice harvest for his
establishment…Mr. and Mrs. R.B. Snyder and Mr. and Mrs. E.C. Wigle of Eaton were
Estes Park visitors Sunday…Charles F. Hix, Charles Masters, Jack Dillion [sic], and
W.A. Gray were Denver visitors Saturday…On 10 January 1922, Mrs. Mary Wolfe
Dargin completed eight years of service as register of the United States Land Office at
Denver. She has now opened an office in Denver for the practice of public land law…
The Denver News Sunday picture section was largely given over to views of the Mesa
Verde National Park in southern Colorado. Pictures of the Buffalo Bill memorial
building were also shown. In one of these, many Estes Park people recognized the
likeness of Mr. and Mrs. Baker…Semi-advertisement: Kodak finishing at Francis [a
block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films for sale…Mr. and Mrs. Clem Yore and Miss
Alice Wood returned to Estes Park Sunday. They have been away since September 1921
– Mrs. Yore and Miss Wood resting in Omaha, Nebraska, and Mr. Yore making a tour of
the southwest and northern Mexico, where he was gathering material for magazine
articles and lectures on a lyceum bureau which he expects to deliver next winter…Frank
Wheelock and wife took in the big city on the other end of the Big Thompson Canyon
[i.e., Loveland] Sunday…S.M. Hurd is building the cottage for Casey [Clayton Newell]
Rockwell [see front page of this issue]…Mrs. Sankey West was taken to Loveland Friday
for treatment following a light stroke of apoplexy. She has sufficiently recovered to
return home, and her many friends hope for her early recovery…Dan Griffith and Albin
Griffith went to Denver Monday to appear as witnesses for Carl B. Hartsell, who made
final proof of his homestead entry. The other witnesses were L. Estes Osborn, Sankey W.
West, and Frank Adams…Mr. [Arthur K.] Holmes, Mr. Gray, Mr. Allsup, and Mr. Hayden
went up to the Moraine Park nursing pond Wednesday and cleared away the ice, so that a
continuous flow of water might go through the pond. They found the fry to be doing
nicely, and in fine shape…The J.N. Club [what is this?] met Friday afternoon with Mrs.
Walter Jones. There was a fine attendance, and nice refreshments were served by the
hostess…Semi-advertisement: Don’t blame us for not having that item of news if you
didn’t give it to us…The town council at its regular meeting Monday night granted a
permit to Dr. Johnson for improvements to the bakery building [the block 3 business west
of Boyd’s Grocery]. A new glass front will be put in and the building finished inside with
compo board…Andy McCart was a witness at the trial of Jim Barnes at Fort Collins
Monday…Joe Ryan is attending a convention of forest supervisors and rangers in Denver
this week…Semi-advertisement: You make your money in Estes Park, try to spend it
here where it will benefit the community…The 24 hours ending at 6:00 p.m. Thursday
evening were the most remarkable of the winter, in that there was a variation of only five
degrees [Fahrenheit], the minimum being 23 [degrees Fahrenheit] and the maximum 28
[degrees Fahrenheit]. All the valley towns have recorded temperatures this winter of
from 16 [degrees Fahrenheit] to 20 [degrees Fahrenheit] below [zero], and the coldest
temperature recorded here at the government station is 4 [degrees Fahrenheit] below
[zero] one night. We have had two nights this winter when it got to zero [degrees
Fahrenheit]…Elmer Lester won a fine pair of $3 leather mittens in the recent advertising
reading contest, the gift of the Godfrey store [a block 5 business]. Miss Lois Griffith
[won] a six months’ subscription to the Estes Park Trail, value $1.75, and Mrs. Dugald
Floyd Godfrey won a $1 book, the prize offer by the Macdonald Store [a block 5
business]…Semi-advertisement: By the war, if you have a useful article about the place
for which you have no further need, a few cents spent for a want ad will probably find a
buyer for it…Semi-advertisement: Don’t forget that the Estes Park Trail will always
appreciate your giving us those items of news…Miss Daisy Cook and Miss Nell Ashby
entertained the K.P. Club Wednesday evening at the Hupp Hotel…Dan Griffith is
building a new house on the hill just north of the Hix residence [likely the Elizabeth Hix
residence]…Semi-advertisement: Subscribe for the Estes Park Trail today.
13 January 1922 – Headline: Reward: The state fish and game commissioner will pay
the following rewards for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of killing game in
13 January 1922 – Headline: Denver Convinced of Value of Automobile Campgrounds.
An article in the January 1922 Sunset magazine on the tourist business in Colorado
touches on the demonstrated value of automobile campgrounds to the city of Denver.
Discussing the city’s start toward its present complete tourist service, Mr. Woehlke [see 6
January 1922 issue] details the awakening of the authorities to the fact that kind treatment
of the visitor within the city gates returns dividends in cash. “The tourist bureau objected
to hurried action. ‘Let’s investigate this thing before we do away it,’ it urged. ‘It’s easy to
find out whether the free automobile campers are an asset or a liability. We’ll ask the
retailers and let them decide.’ So the retailers were asked to keep track of the sales they
could trace to the automobile camp. One large shoe store reported that, in one day, 32
pairs of shoes had been sold to automobile campers, a department store manager
discovered that his shipping department was frequently sending out special delivery
wagons, because the regular trucks could not handle all the purchases originating in the
automobile camp. Almost unanimously – the hotel owners being the only dissenters – the
retention of the automobile camp was urged, though a small daily fee sufficient by cover
operating expenses was likewise recommended. In other words, after careful
consideration and close investigation, Denver came to the conclusion, long ago
formulated by Los Angeles, California, that, though some tourists are better than others,
all tourists are good, and that quantity production of tourists, as well as Fords, will yield
profits.”
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: A winter overhauling is best. Your car suffers more
from neglect and trying road and climatic conditions during the winter months that during
any other period, therefore, it should be kept tuned up properly during this season. This
is also the slack season, and therefore the best in which to have the car overhauled, as we
can give you our very best, for we do not have so many annoying interruption, and you
can best spare the car for a few days just now: Bring it in today. The Estes Park Garage.
Agency for Nash, Dodge, Buick, and Ford.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: Our big clearance sale gathers interest every day. We
have offered genuine bargains, and our sales testify to the fact that they are appreciated.
Buy blankets and comforters now if you wish to save money. At the closing out sale of
the Daniels and Fisher wholesale dry goods stock, we made a large purchase of blankets
and comforters at extremely low prices. We marked them at low prices for quick sale.
Now, during the sale, we offer you 10% discount from the price of any blanket or
comforter in stock. All cotton blankets for sheets, wool finish blankets, and all wool
blankets and heavy camp blankets, more than 100 pairs to choose from. Gallon cans of
fruit at low prices. Loganberries, gallon cans – Can $1.25. Solid pack blackberries – Can
$1.75. Solid pack yellow free peaches, can 88 cents and $1.15. Puyallup plums – Can
$1.39. White cherries – Can $1.95. Puget Sound Jonathan applies – Can 75 cents. You
will find that on most items in the grocery line, you will make considerable saving by
buying here. J.E. Macdonald [a block 5 business].
like our businesslike way of handling it. Our way with it will be friendly and thorough.
Telephone #17-R2.
13 January 1922 – Certificate of authority no. 37. Report of condition of the Estes Park
Bank at Estes Park, in the state of Colorado, at the close of business 31 December 1921.
Resources: Loans and discounts unsecured $102,610. Loans and discounts secured by
bonds $16,175.68. Other bonds and securities $10,983.94. Furniture and fixtures $3700.
banks $24,944.71. Liberty bonds and certificates of indebtedness (reserve) $11,324.32.
Checks on other banks $721.09. Cash on hand $8.437.29. Total $221,966.50.
Liabilities: Capital stock $25,000. Surplus funds $3750. Undivided profits (less expense
and taxes paid) $4477.70. Individual deposits $134,510.86. Demand certificates of
deposit $2500. Time certificates of deposit $51,604.06. Cashiers’ checks $123.88. Total
$221,966.50. State of Colorado, county of Larimer, ss. We, Albert Hayden, vicepresident, and Charles F. Hix, cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that
the above statement is true to the best of our knowledge and belief. [signed] Albert
Hayden, vice-president, and Charles F. Hix, cashier. Attest: Albert Hayden, Charles F.
Hix, Samuel Service, directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me 5 January 1922. My
following insertion. Minimum charge 25 cents. Subhead: For sale. For sale – Bobcat
and coyote pelts. Inquire of Claude West, telephone #66-R2…For sale – All kinds of
wrapping paper, bags, and twine. The Estes Park Trail…For sale – 120 acres, splendidly
situated for cottage sites or hotel. Gravity water system installed. Number of other
springs. Well wooded: Yellow pine, spruce, limber pine, aspen, cedar, etc.
Improvements: One house with 7 rooms and bath, one house with 4 rooms and bath.
Also fireplaces and breakfast rooms. Barn, garage, and cave [sic]. Property is fenced.
Will divide and sell 40, 60, or 80 acres of the unimproved end at a reasonable figure.
Address C.C., care of Estes Park Trail. Subhead: For rent. For rent – First-class vacuum
cleaner by hour or day. Electric Shop. Telephone #395. tf.
13 January 1922 – Column title: Legal Notices. Subhead: Notice for publication.
receiver, United States land office, at Denver, Colorado, on 7 February 1922. Claimant
13 January 1922 – Dateline: Greeley – President J.S. Crabbe of the State Teachers’
College, a stockholder in the Greeley Loan Company, whose president, R.A. Hoffman,
recently committed suicide, declared that valuables worth $10,000 were missing from a
safe-deposit box which he owned at the loan company. The contents of the box consisted
of Crabbe’s personal property.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “Ask the man with the bank account
if he started it tomorrow.” The number of savings accounts with this bank indicate that
other people are saving. They’re not letting the unusual times be an excuse for spending
it all. Continue the plan of saving a part of your income – and regardless of changing
business conditions, your financial success is assured. U.B. Thrifty at the the [sic,
redundancy] Estes Park Bank [a block 3 business]. Where your patronage is appreciated.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: Printing? Yes, we do it – the quality kind. A trial
order means a regular customer. Estes Park Trail.
p.m. 6:30 p.m. [Sunday] – Christian Endeavor topic: “God in Our Lives”. Prayer
meeting Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m….Rev. Alfred Hadden of Ireland, who has been
in the United States but three months, will preach at both services Sunday.
13 January 1922 – Column title: Real Estate Transfers. M.J. Miller to E.W. Graham,
410, part section 34-5-73.
13 January 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Bank Elects Officers. At the annual
stockholders meeting of the Estes Park Bank held in the banking rooms Tuesday
morning, all the old officers were re-elected. The personnel is as follows: James D.
Stead, chairman of board, Augustus Denby Lewis, president, Julius Foss Schwartz, vicepresident, Albert Hayden, vice-president, and Charles F. Hix, cashier. The board of
directors are James D. Stead, Albert Hayden, Julius Foss Schwartz, Augustus Denby
Lewis, Samuel Service, and Ralph R. Macdonald.
13 January 1922 – Headline: Uncle Sam’s Giant Wireless. At Greenbury Point, near
Annapolis, Maryland, is located the great, high-power radio station, owned and operated
by Uncle Same [i.e., the United States government]. Built as a war [World War I]
measure, for the insurance of uninterrupted communication with our army in France, in
the event that for any reason the cables were put out of commission, as well as to provide
added facilities for keeping in touch with and directing the movements of vessels at sea, it
has successfully bridged the seas of the world and “made good”. Four gigantic steel
towers 600 feet high, set 850 feet apart, and in the form of a square, support the massive
web of supersensitive wires, from which outgoing electric waves “hop off” into space,
and to which the incoming waves from afar are attracted. The energy by which the
station is operated is obtained from a nearby power plant – a suitable operating building,
power-transformer house, quarters for the maintaining and operating forces, and store
house for repair materials and other necessary equipment having been erected at an
advantageous and adjacent location. The far-reaching importance of this miracle-like
station, which performs the seemingly impossible, comes home to one when he
understands that it successfully handles radio traffic direct with France, Italy, Germany,
Norway, other radio stations in this country and its outlying possessions, and all United
States Navy and all properly-equipped merchant and other vessels, no matter in what
faraway part of the world they may be located.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: The Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company.
Daily passenger service to Longmont and Lyons. Notice: In accordance with the present
trend of business policies, we announce a general reduction in freight rates of
approximately 20%, effective 1 November 1921. Licensed operators for Rocky
Mountain National Park. Call [telephone] #20-W for any information. Estes Park,
Colorado.
13 January 1922 – Column title: Among Beaded Blouses. Here is a beaded blouse which
will compel many an admiring glance wherever it is worn. For the theater, dinner party,
or any other place where splendor-loving women undertake to look their best, it is sure to
triumph. Those two rivals in beautiful fabrics – crepe de chine and georgettes – have
joined forces in this blouse. Imagine it in sapphire blue crepe de chine with beads in
sapphire blue and steel, and falling flounces on the sleeves made of black georgette,
similarly beaded.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: That’s my business. Plumbing, heating, tinning.
Figure with us before starting that next job. George R. Wyatt [a block 6 business].
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: Now is the time to commence planning that
anticipated vacation for next summer. The Brinwood affords many comforts and
recreations to help make your vacation delightful and one of a not-forgotten time. Here
you many spend your time hiking, riding horseback, fishing, motoring, or by sitting on
cool verandas in the daytime and by a cheery fireplace at night. Rooms with private bath,
suites, hot and cold water, electric lights, good meals, telephone and telegraph,
automobile and horse livery, daily mail, shed for automobiles, tennis court, quoits [a
game similar to horseshoes, but using rings instead of shoes], and swings. Charles
Lowery Reed and Sons. Telephone #14-W. Estes Park, Colorado.
13 January 1922 – Column title and byline: Uncle Walt’s Story by Walt Mason.
Headline: The Rising Generation. “I wonder what sort of men and women the children
of today will make?” sighed the professor. “They all seem to have the idea that
amusement is the one thing that is important. They spend their days and evenings on the
streets, in theaters, or in automobiles. I don’t see how they can grow up with any serious
sense of the responsibilities of life.” “I suppose there ought to be a law,” rejoined the
low-browed man. “It is time to call a halt. Well may we ask, ‘whither are we drifting?’
But, to tell you the truth, I’m not losing any sleep over that proposition. I have the idea
that the kids of this generation will stack up as high as any you ever knew. Among them,
there are several presidents of the United States, and innumerable congressmen and
postmasters, and perhaps one or two Shakespeares. I’ve notices that the old boys always
view with alarm where the kids are concerned. It was that way when I was young. The
boys of our neighborhood formed a gang, and we used to assemble every evening for
diversion. There were no automobiles or movies then. Our pleasures were of the cheap
but filling kind. In the winter, when there was snow, we took our hand sleds and had
great sport. Our parents found it impossible to get us to do any useful work when the
sleighing was good, and said parents used to get pretty despondent over it. I have heard
my father say a hundred times that the boys of that period were not worth the powder that
would blow them off the landscape. ‘All they think of is fun,’ he used to say, so
discouraged he could hardly stand it. ‘When I was young, he’d go on, children
understood that amusement was merely incidental, not an end and aim in itself. When I
was ten years old, I used to saw all the wood used by the family, and carry buckets of
water from a spring two miles away, and milk 14 cows, and curry eight horses, and polish
the stove, and hang out the week’s washing, and when I had a few minutes to spare, I sat
down and read a good book, so that when I was 12 years old, I knew the unabridged
dictionary by heart. But the boys of the present day won’t do anything useful or
profitable unless you stand over them with a club.’ Father used to talk that way all the
time, until I got sick of hearing him. My grandfather was alive then, and he felt worse
about it than Dad did. He used to say he’d be jiggered if he could see anything ahead of
such boys as he knew but the jail or the poorhouse. All we cared for was a good time. It
was the same way at school. If a boy was half an hour late in the morning, because he
got interested in a game of marbles on his way to school, the teacher would say he never
did see such a frivolous bunch as the boys of that generation were, and then he’d take
adown a small sapling from the wall and larrup the student until his troubled soul was
soothed. All the old graybeards were agreed that the boys of the neighborhood were
headed for the everlasting bow-wows, and we were always being lectured and roasted
and held up as horrible examples. Yet, the most of us did pretty well. I am the only one I
can recall who didn’t make a shining success of life. I am grand worthy custodian of my
aunt’s cows. I might have risen to a greater height, but I was crossed in love when I was
young. A man doesn’t recover from an experience like that. He loses his ambition to be
president, and is satisfied to peddle milk. But Freddie Bilker became a successful book
agent, and has his own motorcycle, Jim Gangling studied law and finally was appointed
notary public by the governor, Charlie Ormiston also studied law, and got a job on the
police force, and Oliver Messway is the best southpaw pitcher in the cross-country
league, yet the old fossils used to say he would come to a bad end. Then there was – ”
“Spare me the ghastly details,” urged the professor.
nearly all your needs at our store. Standard merchandise, priced right. Samuel Service [a
13 January 1922 13 January 1922 – Advertisement: Like putting money in the bank to send your old shoes
shoes at much less than half the expense of a new pair. The different is pure saving. If
you have not yet learned how efficient modern shoe repairing can be, send us a pair, and
you’ll enjoy both the results and the saving. Ernest C. Gooch [a block 2 business], Estes
Park agent. Harold M. Dunning. New Electric Shoe Shop. Loveland, Colorado
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: The Estes Park Plumbers [a block 8 business].
Lindley and Son. Elmer D. Lindley, telephone #35. Robert H. Lindley, telephone #78.
Huppmobile/Which makes you feel/That you’re flying thru the air,/As you motor along/
With a merry song,/You surely do “get there.”/Get where? If you’re headed right,/To the
Hupp Hotel/Where the eats are swell/And the price just hits the mark./You “auto” know/
That’s the place to go/When you motor to Estes Park. By a guest. Estes Park, Colorado.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: Nice selection of toys, games, and other gifts still to
be had here. Estes Park Drug Company [a block 6 business]. Telephone #41
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: National Park Hotel [a block 2 business]. Mrs.
Harriet Byerly, proprietress. Located in the heart of the village. Open the year round.
Best of home cooking. Rates reasonable. Telephone #26.
13 January 1922 – Column title: Allenspark Items. The president of the Allenspark
Commercial Association has called a special meeting for Tuesday evening of this week…
The Allenspark Fish and Game Club will hold a joint meeting with the above association
Tuesday evening…The roads in and around Allenspark are open, though it’s very unusual
for this season of the year…A number of cars reached Allenspark Sunday from Denver
and valley towns…John Lewis and family of Denver spent Sunday and Monday in
Allenspark…Mr. Moomaw of Lyons reached Copeland Lake Lodge Sunday, en route to
the summit of Longs Peak by way of the south trail. Good luck, Moomaw. We hope to
find your name on the Longs Peak register next summer, dated 9 January 1922 [see front
page article in this issue].
13 January 1922 – Headline: James Barnes is Bound over to District Court. At a
preliminary hearing held in the court of Justice J.C. Sarchet in Fort Collins on Monday,
James Barnes was held to the district court under bond of $1000 for his appearance at the
next term. The charges filed against Mr. Barnes were that of burglary and larceny, two
counts being made. Mr. Barnes was arrested 23 December 1921, and charged with
having entered Elkhorn Lodge on 22 December 1921, and with having taken a coat, gut,
and other articles to the value of about $55. In the questioning of witnesses by the
council for the defendant, it was sought to bring out testimony to indicate that another
person was guilty of the offense, and not Mr. Barnes [he would later be found innocent].
13 January 1922 – Dateline: Durango – The Durango plant of the American Smelting
and Refining Company during 11 months of 1921, treated daily on an average 118 dry
tons of San Juan Basin ore, for a total of 39,048 dry tons, according to a report recently
made public by Manager R.P. Raynolds. This ore returned $3,070,689.57. It is estimated
that these figures represent 65% or less of the total production of basin mines…Evergreen
– Taxpayers of this school district will decide 25 January 1922 at the polls whether a
bond issue for $25,000 shall be floated for the erection of a new schoolhouse, one-half
mile from here on Cub Creek. The election as authorized at a meeting of the citizens
called by the school board, and a temporary agreement for a three-acre tract for a new
school site was made…Colorado Springs – Waiting until the night clerk had gone to the
fourth floor on an errand, a sneak thief disconnected the power in the elevator at the Alta
Vista Hotel, and looted the cash register of more than $50. The puzzled clerk spend
considerable time attempting to “fix” the elevator, and the thief escaped…Denver – The
Public Utilities Commission denied the application of the Colorado and Southern railroad
to institute tri-weekly mixed train service on the Como-Fairplay and Alma branch. This
branch is a part of the South Park division extending from Denver to Leadville.
Application to reduce the service was heard by the commission last month…Colorado
Springs – Ralph Young and William Grover of this city made the first winter motorcycle
ascent of Pikes Peak, which also was the first ascent of the cog route by motorcycle…
Denver – All previous records for the number of papers handled in the county recorder’s
office in Denver were broken during 1921. The receipts of the office also were greater by
25 % than ever before, according to figures compiled. There were 121,044 papers
handled during the year, as against less than 100,000 in 1920. The receipts were
$100,372.78, as compared with $76,183.17 in 1920…Boulder – The presence of 162
students, including some of the those prominent in activities, will be missed from the
University of Colorado for the next two quarters at least, through failure to keep up in
their studies. This is a little lower percentage than usual. The official statement of the
board of deans shows that 295 of the 2661 students failed “to make grade” during the past
quarter. Of this number, 133 were reinstated…Denver – The streams in the national
forests of Colorado and Wyoming will be stocked with 2,590,000 fish fry next summer, if
the request made of the government by Allen S. Peck, district forester, is complied with.
Mr. Peck addressed a letter to the government fish hatcheries department, asking that the
fry be turned over to the forestry and state game and fish department officials for
distribution in the hundreds of streams in the national forests…Denver – Charles W.
Loving, who is said to have named Denver, died Christmas Day 1921 at Santa Monica,
California, according to word received here by F.W. Adams. Mr. Loving was 92 years
old. He came west with a party of gold seekers in 1858, and with others in his party, is
said to have surveyed the original townsite of Denver. It is said that Colonel Denver, a
regular army officers, visited the camp and inquired what name had been given to the
new townsite. Mr. Loving is quoted as having said, “We hadn’t thought of any name,
colonel, but as you ask us, we might as well name it after you.”…Fort Collins – The
beautiful hair of Miss Ellen Ryder, 14-year-old daughter of William Ryder, was cut from
her head while she slept. The scissors used was taken from a table in the library of the
home. No clues have been obtained to the identity of the clipper, though the scissors will
be put to a test for fingerprints that may have been left on them…Denver – A busy lot of
young men and boys with pencils and scorecards will usher in what is called the greatest
National Western Stock Show ever held in Denver, 14 January 1922 to 21 January 1922.
Stock judging teams from colleges, secondary schools giving agricultural work, and the
champion boys’ judging teams from their respective states will be on hand early Saturday
morning, 14 January 1922…Brighton – Tony Cordillo of Denver, 24 years old, was
sentenced here to serve from five to seven years in the state penitentiary, after a jury in
the district court had found him guilty of highway robbery. Cordillo was arrested on a
charge of robbing two tourists from Nebraska of $18 on 26 September 1921, after halting
their car on the Brighton road and commanding them at the point of a gun to hold up their
hands…Montrose – Ben Meyers, held in connection with the killing of Lemuel Hecox,
found with his head cut off at this cabin in the western part of Montrose County,
engineered an escape from the jail. Meyers took advantage of a New Year 1922
celebration, when the town was pretty noisy, to tear down a part of the wall of the jail.
Meyers had procured an iron bar, in a manner that is not known to the jail officers, and
with this pushed out a large stone in the wall. Then, he enlarged the hole by tearing away
a portion of the jail wall.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: There is lasting satisfaction in owning a home in
Estes Park. The carpenters will be glad to attend to your repair work now – before the
rush. Estes Park Lumber Company. Julius Foss Schwartz. Telephone #48.
13 January 1922 – Advertisement: Announcement. The Estes Park Trail cordially invites
your advance subscription to a new edition of “Songs of the Rockies” by Charles Edwin
Hews, with drawing by Dean Babcock. The first edition of this work appeared in 1914 as
a slender book of verse, unreviewed, and unrecognized in the world at large, but at home,
and among those who visited the scenes of its inspiration and learned of it, it caused a
demand which exhausted the edition. In the seven years which have elapsed, the author
has added to the original text, which is included in the work, a large number of fresh
compositions, that, in connection with a handsome new cover design and over a score of
new drawings by the artist, made up an interesting and representative volume. The date
of publication will be on or about 25 January 1922. This book is a masterpiece of Rocky
Mountain poetry and of western bookmaking as well, being handsomely bound and
nicely illustrated. The advance subscription price is $2 postpaid, and subscriptions are
now being received at the Estes Park Trail office. Personal checks will be accepted.
Estes Park Trail, agents. Estes Park, Colorado.
meats. Staple and fancy groceries. Special price on pork by the side. Fruits and
vegetables. Free automobile delivery. Telephone #32. Estes Park, Colorado.
20 January 1922 – Banner: Estes Park Trail (Rocky Mountain National Park)
Epigram by President Warren G. Harding: “I can think of no more delightful place to go
on a vacation than Colorado, a state of true western hospitality.” Volume I, Number 41.
Estes Park, Colorado, Friday, January 20, 1922 Price 10 cents
20 January 1922 – Headline Colorado Mountain Club Winter Sports Carnival at Fern
Lake 10 March 1922 to 19 March 1922. The date for the great winter event of the
Colorado Mountain Club at Fern Lake has been set for 10 March 1922 to 19 March 1922,
extending over two weekends. This event is annually becoming more popular, and the
attendance has been limited by the accommodations at Fern Lake. This past season,
Frank W. Byerly, owner, has erected several more cottages, and made many
improvements in the main building that will make the stay there more comfortable, and
enable him to handle a larger crowd. However, indications at the present time are that
those who wait until the last moment to make arrangements for accommodations will be
again disappointed. Fern Lake is deservedly popular as a place of winter sports because
of its accessibility and fine ski courses, as well as because of its good accommodations.
There is the best of skating, and the ski and toboggan courses end on ice of the lake. The
usual mild winter weather of Estes Park also is an attraction for lovers of winter sports.
There is nothing more enjoyable than a week spent in the Rocky Mountains during the
winter season when winter sports may be indulged in, for the healthy, red-blooded man or
woman, and those fortunate enough to secure accommodations during the events are to be
envied. There will be an attendance of nearly 150 at these events.
20 January 1922 – Headline: Enthusiastic Meeting of Ladies’ Aid at Elkhorn Lodge
Wednesday. Regardless of the coldest day of the winter, there was a fine all-day meeting
of the Ladies’ Aid at the Elkhorn Lodge, meeting with Mrs. Peter Hondius. The ladies
took lunch with them, and enjoyed a splendid repast. The 34 ladies present spent the day
making aprons, rag rugs, and fancy articles for the bazaar they will hold next summer.
The church is entirely too small for the summer congregations, and the ladies are raising
money with which to assist in building an addition.
20 January 1922 – Miss Alice Grubb returned to Longmont Sunday after spending
several days at her home in Estes Park.
20 January 1922 – Column title: Road and Trail Report. All roads and trails to and
within the Rocky Mountain National Park are open and in splendid condition. The Fall
River Road over the Continental Divide is closed by snow at present. Two hotels open.
Maximum temperature this week 57 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum tempearture this
week –15 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum temperature Wednesday night –15 [degrees
Fahrenheit]. Precipitation this month 0.49 [inches]. Report from United States station at
fish hatchery.
20 January 1922 – Headline: Lewiston Hotels Company will Open a Denver Office. The
Lewiston Hotels Company will shortly open headquarters in Denver, which will be
maintained throughout the year. The Rocky Mountain Lodges, Inc., will also have their
Denver office with those of the Lewiston Company. The Lewiston Company operates
three hotels [suggest the Lewiston Hotel, the Lewiston Café and Rooms, and the
Josephine Hotel], all in Estes Park. The Rocky Mountain Lodges, Inc., operates one
hotel in Estes Park [presumably the Lewiston Chalets], one at Grand Lake, and one at
Idaho Springs [which was just acquired in January 1922]. The latter hotel will be
operated year round. Mr. Claude Erwin Verry, secretary of both companies, will have
charge of the Denver office. The Verrys will move to Denver as soon as they can get a
home. The office equipment was taken to Denver Wednesday.
20 January 1922 – Illustration: Hand-drawn sketch of mountains and foothills in winter.
Caption: Pen drawing by Dean Babcock from “Songs of the Rockies”. Courtesy
Edgerton-Palmer Press.
20 January 1922 – Headline: Should a Branch of the Colorado Mountain Club be
Organized in Estes Park? Several persons in Estes Park are discussing the above
question, and are trying to study it from every angle, and the more they study, the more
enthused they become over the idea. During the summer season, most of the Estes Park
people are too busy caring for the demands of the tourists to be able to do much club
work, but during the winter season, when there is so little to demand our time, and such
opportunities to get together and have a jolly good time out in the open on snowshoes,
skis, toboggans, and skates, the advantage of such an organization would be great. Then
too, with the Colorado Mountain Clubs from over the state making their chief winter
event here in Estes Park, as well as several mountain excursions, some recognition by a
sister organization should be given them. The purpose of the organization is expressed in
these words: “To unite the energy, interests, and knowledge of the students, explorers,
and lovers of the mountains of Colorado, to collect and disseminate information
regarding the Rocky Mountains in behalf of science, literature, art, and recreation, to
stimulate public interest in our mountain area, to encourage the preservation of forest,
flowers, fauna, and natural scenery, and to render readily accessible the alpine attractions
of this region.” Surely the foregoing should meet with the hearty approval of every
person in Estes Park, and no doubt many would be pleased to have the opportunity to
assist in that very work. Fort Collins has just completed the organization of a branch club
with a charter membership of 42.
20 January 1922 – Headline: No Town will have Monopoly of Estes Park Tourist
Business. Certain valley newspapers, so to speak, got their metaphors mixed, as it were,
slept too close to a moonshine still, apparently, and emitted great volumes of smoke, fire,
and thunder, proclaiming to an eager world that during the season of 1922, all tourist
travel to Estes Park would be routed by the way of Loveland and the Big Thompson
Canyon. Thanks for the advertising, but there will still be other towns on the map as
heretofore. The Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company will run their regular
scheduled trips to Fort Collins, Longmont, Lyons, and Loveland as in previous years, and
Boulder may be added to the list this coming season. Tourists will have the privilege of
going to any of these towns and there taking the Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation
Company buses for Estes Park, and will not be compelled to take any other town than
their choice. The Chicago [Illinois], Northwestern-Union Pacific tours out of Chicago,
Illinois, will this year be routed by the way of Loveland and the Big Thompson Canyon,
instead of through Longmont as last year. These tours carried last season nearly 2000
persons, and will probably be increased this season by 50%, but that is a mere drop in the
bucket. The Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company will increase their
equipment by the addition of 20 new ten-passenger White trucks. This additional
equipment will give the company nearly 100 first-class cars, or facilities for handling
nearly 200,000 persons during the season. The transportation company maintains firstclass shops in the village, and keeps all their equipment in the best of condition. All cars
each winter are completely overhauled and repainted in the company shops. The monthly
winter payroll for people living in the village and working for the company is in excess of
$3000.
20 January 1922 – Headline: Allenspark does not Ask Extension of Rocky Mountain
National Park. We are in receipt of a communication from the secretary of Allenspark
Commercial Association with reference to our story of last week stating that they had
asked an extension of the Rocky Mountain National Park. The story was taken over the
long-distance telephone, and a slight misunderstanding of the remarks of the speaker
made an entirely different story to what it should have been. Secretary H.E. Miller says:
“This matter reached our association through circulative propaganda, and was merely
discussed in order to acquire the attitude of the association, and to be prepared to properly
handle the matter, providing such a movement should come. I am enclosing a copy of the
minutes of the meeting, from which you can easily see how the entanglement came
about.” The minutes of the Allenspark Commercial Club are given herewith: Secretary’s
report of the special meeting of the Allenspark Commercial Club, 10 January 1922.
Meeting called to order by President O.H. Andrew. Minutes of last meeting read and
approved. Roll call omitted. Correspondence disposed of. Result of the conference with
the Longmont Association given by [O.H.] Andrew and [H.E.] Miller. Motion passed,
instructing the secretary to purchase a picture of the St. Vrain Glaciers, and have it
framed and placed in the office of the Denver Tourist Bureau. Discussion of an
established mail route from Allenspark to Longs Peak. This question was tabled, and the
secretary was instructed to correspond with the Fourth Assistant Postmaster General for
information concerning its establishment. The secretary was instructed to correspond
with Mr. Carhart, recreational engineer of the Colorado National Forest, asking for the
northern boundary line of the Colorado Glacier Recreational area to be extended north
from the Middle St. Vrain River to the North St. Vrain River, taking in Allenspark.
Secretary was instructed to correspond with the secretary of the Colorado Glacier
Recreational Association of Boulder, asking for the extension of the northern boundary
line of the Glacier Recreational area. The matter of enlargement of the Rocky Mountain
National Park reached the club, and was discussed, merely to acquire the sentiment of the
association. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned until 17 January
1922. [signed] H.E. Miller, secretary.
20 January 1922 – Poem and byline: The Trail of the Limber-Pine by Charles Edwin
Hewes, Estes Park, Colorado. (Copyright 1922) There’s a trail on yonder mountain/On
the way to timber line;/It’s a trail that brave Youth follows–/Where its daring hopes
incline. Trail the Settler blazed and traveled,/But in old age doth decline./Trail that leads
to heights forbidden;/Where steep crest and slope combine/To stern defy the old and
weak–/Where the strong must lead the line./Trail aloft to sentinel peaks–/The Trail of the
Limber-Pine./From the valley to the mountain–/Up steeps most wildly alpine;/Growths of
limber-pine safe lead you/To where storm and cold define,/That no higher shall the tree
live–/Nature sets the grim dead-line;/Below – forests leafy domain;/Above – bare slopes
only reign./Oh, the friendly welcome refuge–/Out the bleak wind’s biting chime;/Down
to piney, shelt’ring woodlands–/The Trail of the Limber-pine./Oh! Loved path that
climbs the mountain/’Mong the clust’ring columbine;/By the book and flowing fountain/
Where the blue mertensias vine;/Past the waterfall wild brawling/On the way to timberline;/Boughs of verdure sweetly calling–/The Trail of the Limber-pine./Ah! Love knows
your arbored winding,/Green aisles of the limber-pine;/Oft a maid a lover finding/On the
climb to timber-line./Then to the Peak – its high summit/Grand objective – ’mid Noon’s
shine;/In evening, down the pathway dim,/Maid, your lover’s hand in tine./Oh, the secrets
of your binding,/Vowed by lover’s sweet design;/’Mong the moonbeams softly slanting–/
The Trail of the Limber-pine./’Tis a Path of Life you show us,/Ever verdant mountain
pine;/Steep slopes by youthful effort won–/High Ambition’s danger line–/In old age those
slopes descended./To others those heights resigned./Then, the old trail stretching
downward/’Mong the aspens arched and twined;/Ways softer, fairer, Yea! dearer,/Than
the days of battle line/Farewell to the Heights, Ambition–/The Trail of the Limber-pine./
Oh! Loved path that climbs the mountain/’Mong the clust’ring columbine;/By the brook
and flowing fountain/Where the blue mertensias vine./Past the waterfall wild brawling/
On the way to timber-line;/Boughs of verdure sweetly calling–/The Trail of the Limberpine.
20 January 1922 – Editorial headline: Will Selfish Politics or Interest of State Win? This
question is just now occupying the minds of most of the leading men of the state who are
alive to the welfare of the commonwealth. Lading Denver businessmen have for years
seen the necessity for the construction of the Moffat Tunnel, and thereby the opening of a
vast empire teeming with rich natural resources, but their efforts have been hampered by
the opposition coming from the territory served by competing trunk lines. Denver, and
the state more than Denver, needs these vast resources placed at their disposal, and the
Moffat line is the only one that can place them within the state. The Yampa Valley
section is rich in agricultural resources, and rich in many minerals, and needs only a
means of reaching the outside world to add millions to the wealth of state, and hundreds
of thousands of people to our population. If the state is ever to reap the full benefit of this
vast treasure house of nature placed within her borders, she must be wiling to throttle the
selfish and grasping interests opposed to this development, and prove herself worthy to
possess them. Interests, that would be unseen, howl that the state should not subsidize
private capital, and yet the Union Pacific, the strongest opponent of this proposition, was
subsidized by immense land grants of 50% of the land 20 miles on either side of their line
to enable them to build to the Pacific coast. But the Moffat line does not ask for a
subsidy, they do not even ask that the state lend a portion of its borrowing power to a
state corporation to build the tunnel and lease it to the road. The state could well afford
to construct the tunnel, and make it a present to the road, for the increased income from
taxation would mount into the hundreds of thousands [of dollars]. If the state does not
desire to do what they by rights should do, all the Empire of the Northwest wants is the
permission to bond themselves for that purpose. The present state law does not now
permit this, and the selfish interests are working tooth and nail to prevent them gaining
that just right. Pueblo and the southwest, being blessed with rail facilities, and dominated
by “interests” possibly opposed to the opening of the finest beds of high-grade coal in the
Rocky Mountain region, in times past turned a deaf ear to the pleadings of the neighbor
in need to the north, and passed by on the other side. Since, providence has swept the
Pueblo district with awful floods, and they are now seeking the very law they denied their
neighbors, that they may protect themselves against a recurrence of the calamity. The cry
of the needy ones has been heard, and if the robbers that lurk by the wayside can be
bound, Governor Shoup will call an extra session of the legislature, organize a good
Samaritan party, and rush to the rescue. However, the sufferers ask not a cent from us.
God granting that righteousness shall prevail, they shall have help and succor, even to the
loosening of the state’s purse strings.
20 January 1922 – Editorial headline: “Tell it to the Editor” is Motto of Community
Pride. “Every person should be able to give you one item of news each day,” remarked a
reader to the editor recently. We know the above to be fully possible with every reader,
but what a different newspaper we would have if each reader would give us only one item
each week. It is surprising how much news a person could give, but the reporter usually
is compelled to apply a force pump to get any of it. People who are in a position to be of
great assistance to the reporter are usually the poorest sources of news. On the other
hand, the person who is not so favorably situated is usually the mainstay of the newsgatherer. Some people seem to be possessed with the idea that propriety forbids giving
an item that of personal news, and because of this mistaken idea of modesty, withhold
many items that could be given more accurately if others were not compelled to impart
the information to the editor. The Estes Park Trail has been fortunate in having several
dependable friends who always assist in making the columns of the newspaper snappy. If
you realized that the newspaper was considered by outsiders as a mirror of the
community, you would be glad to do your part to make the newspaper more interesting
and more representative. The Rocky Mountain National Park office and the secretary of
the Chamber of Commerce frequently are asked for a copy of the local newspaper by
inquirers about the region. Make it a point to give us at least one item each week.
20 January 1922 – Fred Noble is recovering nicely from a recent operation, and expects
to return to Estes Park next week…Mrs. J.B. Mapps and daughter Helen entertained
Reathel [sic] Wailes, Gladys Mapp, Roy Cobble, and Floyd Preston of Loveland last
Sunday. They expect to have Mr. Mapps and Miss [portions of at least two words
missing, one possibly misspelled likely “Gladys with”] them over the coming weekend.
20 January 1922 – Headline: Fort Collins Express Attempts to Discredit Feat of
Moomaw. In an article following the scaling of Longs Peak last week by Jack C.
Moomaw of Lyons, the Fort Collins Express attempts to discredit the feat by stating that
Enos Mills had done the same thing twice in one day. It is evident that the writer of the
article has never attempted to make the climb, or he would not have had the nerve to
publish such a statement. No living human could scale Longs Peak twice on the finest
summer day [sic, this would now be considered not a particularly remarkable
accomplishment], as any Fort Collins person will testify who has ever made the ascent.
Mr. Mills in his guidebook states that he has ascended the peak during the month of
February, but we have a February thaw then, when the snow is difficult to travel on, but
not dangerous. People who know Mr. Moomaw do not doubt his statement, but he also
has the proof of his ascent in pictures he took along the way and at the top. Also, his
name appears on the Colorado Mountain Club register on the summit of the peak. [How
could this have been proven, unless someone independently climbed up after him in
January 1922? Stronger support for the claim of a January 1922 climb comes from the 13
January 1922 Estes Park Trail article, where Jack Moomaw noted three other names that
had been added to the register since 2 October 1921. To be completely rigorous, though,
this only “proves” that he climbed sometime after the last entry was made in November
1921.] Mr. Charles Hewes of Hewes-Kirkwood says there is no doubt that Mr. Moomaw
made the ascent. People of Estes Park who are well acquainted with the peak admit the
feat to be unusual during the month of January this year because of the amount of snow
on the peak. Shep Husted, considered the best guide in Estes Park, says there have been
times when there was but little snow on the peak during the month of January, and that no
doubt some have during those periods made the ascent, but not with the present blanket.
Mr. Husted says no one could possibly make the round trip twice in one day [sic, perhaps
in 1922], but that he has taken a party up during nice weather, in the morning, and after
securing some rest, conducted a moonlight party to the top, all within 24 hours. The
fastest time ever made from Longs Peak Inn with the assistance of horses to Boulder
Field is 6 hours and 40 minutes [sic, without horses, the record is now under two hours],
made by an athletic Colorado man of 22 years. The fastest time for a young lady is 7
hours and 20 minutes. There were three young ladies in the party, all Colorado girls, and
they uses horses to and from the Boulder Field also. Mr. Moomaw went on foot, of
course, with the aid of skis, and deserves all the credit due him for the feat.
once, and you will be steady customers.
John Frank Grubb.
20 January 1922 – Column title: Current Events. Dateline: Denver – This city has been
visited by the stork at least 5008 times during the past year, according to statements made
by Miss Florence Leach, registrar of the bureau of vital statistics. The total birth record
for the year 1921 compares to a total of 4761 births during the preceding year. That a still
greater increase in the number of births will be chalked up when all straggling reports
have been received by the department was the opinion expressed by officials of the health
department…La Junta, Colorado – “You’ve stolen my watch!” With this accusation,
Edward L. McInerny, 22 years old, a sailor patient on leave from the Fort Lyons naval
hospital, leveled a pistol at a companion sailor, R.P. Brennan, and pulled the trigger. The
shooting occurred in a chair car which was stopped in La Junta. The bullet, however,
missed Brennan, although he was but three feet away from the revolver. Thinking that he
had killed his companion, McInerny trained the gun on himself and blew out his brains…
Denver – The United States census enumerators in 1920 found 420,702 horses and
31,126 mules in Colorado, but in the same year, the county assessors found only 337,903
horses and 28,682 mules. However, these figures show that these animals have not
become extinct in the state, despite the advent of the tractor and automobile…Pueblo,
Colorado – Two men are dead as a result of two accidents on the railroads here. Jesus
Miranda, an employee [line here comes from an article further down on the page]
Western railroad, was killed when he was struck by a fast passenger train three miles west
of here. An African American, said to be known as Van Bibbs, was fatally hurt when he
fell between two cars of a moving Santa Fe freight train in the Pueblo yards…Rocky
Ford – Colorado growers shipped 3200 cars of cantaloupes in the 1921 season. For
standardsthey received $5 a hundred, and $1.75 for flats. More than 8000 acres were
planted in cantaloupes, honeydews, and watermelons, and the total receipts amounted to
$3,500,000. These cantaloupes were shipped to all sections of the United States, but the
bulk went east of the Mississippi River…Denver – The metal mines of Colorado in 1921,
according to C.W. Henderson, United States Geological Survey, Department of the
Interior, produced $6,790,000 in gold, 5,400,000 ounces of silver, 20,600,000 pounds of
lead, 3,700,000 pounds of copper, and 2,400,000 pounds of zinc, having a total value of
$13,678,800, as compared with the total value of $21,898.974 in 1920. These figures
show a decrease of $786,300 for gold, 9,335 ounces for silver, 26,000,000 pounds for
lead, 343,000 pounds for copper, and 46,390,000 pounds for zinc…Denver – Denver
spent $8.57 per capita for maintenance and operation of its public schools during the
fiscal year ending 30 June 1920, according to the official report of the United States
Bureau of Census at Washington, D.C. The total cost of school operation for that year
was $2,215,962. For the fiscal year ending 30 June 1917, the total cost was $1,673,617,
and the per capita cost was $6.82. Before the war [World War I], for the fiscal year of
1914, the total cost was $1,359,701, and per capita cost $5.86…Boulder – At the
cooperative oil shale laboratory, where oil shale investigations are being conducted by the
United States Bureau of Mines and the state of Colorado, a number of runs have been
made with the large horizontal retort under different controlled conditions. All products
are being examined, and as the work goes on, the belief that the oil yielded by a
horizontal retort is not of as high quality as that from retorts of a vertical type is
confirmed…Denver – That Colorado farmers have planted about the usual acreage of
winter wheat is shown in the cooperative federal-state crop report, just issued by W.W.
Putnam, agricultural statistician of the United States Bureau of Markets and Crop
Estimates. The preliminary estimate of winter wheat sown in the autumn of 1921 is
placed at 1,466,000 acres, compared with 1,496,000 acres sown in the fall of 1920, and
about 1,073,000 acres sown in the autumn of 1919…Denver – Colorado is seventh in size
of the 48 states in the union, with an area of 66,341,120 acres. It is more than 12 times
the size of Massachusetts, about twice as large as Iowa, and approximately the size of
New York, Ohio, Connecticut, and New Hampshire combined. East and west, its extreme
length is 387 miles, and north and south 276 miles. There are 42 peaks that are 14,00 feet
in elevation or more…Eads – Kiowa County was the scene of the greatest Native
American battle ever fought in what is now the state of Colorado. It was in territorial
days, 29 November 1864, that Colonel John M. Chivington led 1000 men against a
Cheyenne Native American village on Big Sandy Creek. The redskins were led by their
noted chief, Black Kettle, and in the battle 300 Native Americans were killed. It caused,
however, numerous other Native American wars…Denver – Only 100 of the 12,000
corporations reports which must be filed with Secretary of State Milliken on or before 2
March 1922 have been received, according to information given out. Officials of the
office urge that all corporations of the state file their reports at the earliest date possible,
in order to assist the department in maintaining its efficiency…Greeley, Colorado –
Clarence Day, 19 years old, was killed when an automobile, driven by an unknown
person, ran over a sled on which he was riding. Day’s sled was attached to an
automobile, and as it passed another car, the other machine dropped back behind, running
over the sled. The driver, becoming aware of what had happened, sped away…Denver –
There are 60,341,120 acres in the state of Colorado. There are 63 counties, and Denver
County, with 37,120 acres is the smallest, and Las Animas County, with 3,077,760 acres
is the largest county. There are approximately 30,000,000 acres of patented lands on the
tax rolls, while there are more than 25,000,000 acres of government land, unpatented.
This includes about 4,000,000 acres of government land withdrawn for various reasons
from homestead entry. There are about 28,000,000 acres in the state privately owned.
20 January 1922 – Headline: Music and Study Club Discusses Italian Art and Literature.
The Estes Park Music and Study Club met with Mrs. Harriet Byerly at the National Park
Hotel Thursday afternoon, 12 January 1922. Mrs. Robert H. Lindley had charge of the
program, taking up the study of Italian art and literature. Mrs. McGraw discussed
influence of Italian literature. Translations from Latin to Italian vernacular were given by
Mrs. Carruthers. Classic and modern Italian literature was discussed by Mrs. Lindley.
DeVine [sic, possible Divine] Comedy book review was given by Mrs. Frank Service.
Classic art was the subject of Mrs. Thomson’s discussion. Mrs. Clatworthy gave a
discussion of Italian pictorial art. A paper from Mrs. Clifford Higby, who spent two years
in Milano [sic, now Milan], Italy, was read by Mrs. Lois Griffith. Mrs. Clem Yore,
president, and Miss Alice Wood, secretary, who have been absent from Estes Park for
several months, were present. The hostess served a delicious 5:00 p.m. tea.
like our business-like way of handling it. Our way with it will be friendly and thorough.
Telephone #17-R2.
the world, the waters have the greatest radium emanations of any waters used
degrees. Miraculous cures are often effected, and immediately relief is almost invariably
mountain scenery will bring you to your destination. Our car will be at the depot to meet
you. Also fine automobile road through Denver Mountain Parks to Idaho Springs, only
40 miles from Denver. Rocky Mountain Lodges, Inc.
20 January 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside. Semi-advertisement: Kodak
finishing at Francis [a block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films for sale…Glen Preston
and wife, who spent the summer at Sheridan, Wyoming, and who returned to Estes Park
last week, were visiting Mrs. Preston’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Denby Lewis at
Idaho Springs several days, the first of the week. They will make their home at the
Josephine Hotel [a block 5 business] for the winter at least [and then much longer, as
Glen takes a position with the Lewiston Hotel Company]…Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Somers of
Boulder were weekend guests of friends in Estes Park…It is evident that the bottom in
automobile prices has been reached. The last cut on the Tin Elizabeth was $7 on the open
cars and $15 on the closed cars and the truck. ’Tisn’t much, but it will pay for the state
license plate anyway…In a letter to the Estes Park Trail, Ralph Macdonald says, “Mrs.
Macdonald and I greatly enjoy the weekly visits of the Estes Park Trail, which I consider
a very valuable asset to Estes Park, and we wish you continued success. The Macdonalds
are now visiting at Mountain View, New Jersey…Mr. and Mrs. Frank Wheelock and Mrs.
Garrett Casey motored to Denver Tuesday on business…Jack Dillon motored to
Longmont Sunday to see Fred Noble, who is in the hospital, and reports him to be
improving rapidly…A letter from Bert Brinkley says he arrived in Fajardo, Puerto Rico,
safe and sound, and that he was always able to eat three square meals on schedule time
each day, although it was the first time he had ever seen the ocean…Mrs. Ada Leonard of
Binghamption, New York, has returned to Estes Park to spend the rest of the winter with
her daughter, Mrs. Fred Payne Clatworthy…Mrs. J.M. Wolaver, an aunt of Abner E.
Sprague’s, is visiting with the Sprague and Charles Chapman families…Mr. and Mrs.
O.P. Low state the weather at Tarkio, Missouri, has been fine since their arrival there…A
letter from Julian Hayden says Mrs. Hayden and himself are enjoying good health, but
they do not especially appreciate the brand of weather they have had in California since
their arrival at Long Beach, California…Those from Estes Park attending the theatre at
Fort Collins Tuesday night were Frank Service and wife, William Tallant and family,
Marshal [sic, suggest Marshall] Stith, and Jack Dillon…Mr. and Mrs. Fred Payne
Clatworthy entertained Mr. and Mrs. Claude Erwin Verry and son Dalton at dinner
Saturday evening…Fred Payne Clatworthy went to Denver Tuesday on business that will
require his presence in the capital city for a week…Frank W. Byerly was in Denver
several days the first of the week on business connected with the Lewis-Byerly tours…A
letter from Mr. Schwartz says that he has seen the sun but twice in two weeks that he has
been in Wooster, Ohio, where he was called by the illness of his father, who is now much
improved…Semi-advertisement: Silk teddy bears, $7 value, closeout at $3.50 at Gooch’s
[a block 2 business]…Semi-advertisement: Don’t blame us for not having that item of
news if you didn’t give it to us…Semi-advertisement: No time like now to get that
leather vest. Closeout price $7, $8, and $14.50, at Gooch’s [a block 2 business].
20 January 1922 – Headline: A Tale of Two Boys, a Knife, and a Smooth Bark Tree. An
incident recently came to the attention of the editor around which a magazine writer
might weave a delightful story of romance of Estes Park. The beginning of the story is
very commonplace, but there is also a coincidence about it that makes it very unusual and
uniquely interesting could it be properly written. Nearly 18 years ago, a couple of
shavers by the names of Gordon Mace and Charlie Mace, with certain friends, came to
Estes Park for a vacation or recreation. During their visit, they became imbued with the
idea that they wished to climb Longs Peak, and set out on their journey up Fish Creek.
The way was long and wearisome in those days, and the climb up the hill to Lily Lake
was hard. A nice grove of quaking aspens invited the tired travelers to seek their shade.
Most boys carry knives, and a tree with nice smooth bark is always inviting. Before the
party left the grove on their journey, one of the aspens bore the freshly-carved initials of
the boys, and the date of their visit. The party passed on, Longs Peak was scaled, the
party returned to their homes, and the incident of carving the initials on the tree was
forgotten, but the impress of Estes Park on the hearts of the boys was not forgotten, and
they later returned and sought out a nice spot for a homestead, on which Baldpate Inn is
now located. While out on the homestead recently, the boys discovered the tree, which
still bore the initials they had carved on it many years ago, on one corner of their own
property.
20 January 1922 – Headline: California Grape Growers Thrive under Volstead Law. The
following clipping from a San Bernardino, California, newspaper, is especially interesting
to Estes Park people in that the vineyard mentioned adjoins that of F.P. Kerr, well known
in Estes Park: Who said that the 18th Amendment had knocked the stuffing out of the
grape business? The fellow who was the author of that statement had better keep in
hiding in the light of the latest figures. G.W. Galbraith, who owns a large tract of land
northwest of the city, has 160 acres set to grapes. He decided to lease the vineyard for
1922. A few days ago, Mr. Galbraith received a check from the lessees, who reside in
Pasadena, California, for $9600 for the leasing of 160 acres of vineyard for the year of
1922. That is $60 an acre, more money by two or three times over than grapes used to
bring before the days of the Volstead Act. But the parties who have taken over the
vineyard for 1922 expect to make a good profit over and above that rental figure.
20 January 1922 – Headline: “Her Husband’s Friend” at Schoolhouse Tonight. Do you
believe that the second choice in love is sometimes the right one? When pretty Judith
married Billy Westover, the quality in him that chiefly attracted her was a certain wild
happy-go-luckiness. And that, combined with his taste for surreptitious liquor and
cabarets, led finally to their divorce, a few hours before Billy met his fate in front of a
motor truck. Judith witnessed the accident, but she hadn’t heard that a slump in the stock
market had wiped out Billy’s fortune just previously. Nor was she aware in the months
that followed that Princeton Hadley, Billy’s chum, was living up to an agreement and
paying the alimony to her lawyer that should have come out of her ex-husband’s estate.
And when Judith discovered this, she also discovered that she was in love with Princeton.
How it all turns out is best left to Enid Bennett and the clever cast of players who are
supporting her in her new Ince picture “Her Husband’s Friend”. Miss Bennett was never
more winsome, and the romantic story by Marjorie Benton Cooke fits her like a glove.
20 January 1922 – Advertisement: Buick touches bedrock. The purchase of a Buick at
the new price is to be compared with the purchase of a government bond at less than par.
The former Buick purchaser compared his purchase with an exchange of gold dollars.
New 1922 prices: Buick six roadster, three-passenger $1555. Buick six touring, fivepassenger $1690. Buick four roadster $1060. Buick four touring $1100. The Estes Park
Garage. Agency for Nash, Dodge, Buick, Ford.
20 January 1922 – Advertisement: Last two weeks of the clearance sale at Macdonald’s.
Big price cuts in almost every line. Come in and see what a saving you can effect in your
daily requirements. Women’s rustproof corsets. $1.25, $1.50, $1.75, and $2.25 grades all
marked at the uniform price of $1. Mostly all small sizes. Children’s black and white
sateen bloomers, fine quality, worth 75 cents and $1. Sizes 4 to 14 years, sale price 50
cents each. J.E. Macdonald [a block 5 business].
20 January 1922 – Headline: Charming Billy Burke in Picture Next Week. Have you
ever come in contact with a frisky widow, as charmingly unconventional as she is
beautiful? If you haven’t you may meet her in the person of dainty Billy Burke, the
Paramount star who achieved an artistic triumph by her portrayal in her latest picture,
“The Frisky Mrs. Johnson”. Miss Burke, of course, was the central figure of the
photoplay, and deservedly so, for she seldom has been seen in a better story. All who
have seen Clyde Fitch’s celebrated play will like the picture, for it is capitally done. The
stage sets are exceptionally massive and complete, while the Parisian costumes worn by
the star fairly make the women spectators gasp. Miss Burke’s support is more than
clever. Ward Crane plays opposite the star, and excellent work is done by Jane
Warrington, Lumsden Hare, Huntley Gordon, Jean de Briac, and Robert Agnew. The
direction by Edward Dillon was masterly.
20 January 1922 – Headline and “byline”: Woman’s Club May Sponsor New Child
Labor Law by “Press Committee”. Shortly after the women of Colorado were granted
suffrage, they affected the passage of a model child labor law. The state became known
not only nationally, but internationally, for it exemplary legislation affecting the welfare
of children in industry. Experts were sent from abroad to study the child labor laws of the
state. But the women were inexperienced legislators. They took for granted that once a
good law was in effect, they could relax their vigilance for the helpless little future
citizens. Powerful interests tampered with the law, passing an amendment making
agricultural pursuits exempt from the conditions prohibited by the original bill.
Practically the only field for child labor in the state is the agricultural exception – the
beet-raising industry. Now the women of the state, often striving to overcome this
disgrace by many means, all proven ineffective, are, through the legislative council, to
initiate a new child labor law next November [presumably November 1922, in the
parlance of the era], a bill modeled after the original, and to protect the helpless child
laborers from ambitious, mercenary parents and the large beet sugar interests. The
women of the Estes Park Woman’s Club, always alert to inform themselves on any issue
for the good of community and country, wish to bring to Estes Park a speaker, informed
and able, to explain the proposed child labor bill. But, removed as we are from cheap
railroad transportation, bringing such a speaker means attendant expense. So the press
committee, of which Mrs. Godfrey is the able chairman, proposes to further publicity by
giving a card party at the National Park Hotel, Saturday evening, 28 January 1922, to
raise funds to enable the community to hear an able speaker explain the proposed
initiation, that we mall all vote intelligently when the bill is submitted to us next
November [again, presumably November 1922, in the parlance of the era]. Single
admission to the card party will be one-half dollar, and having experienced other
delightful affairs of these ladies, we feel safe in saying you’ll receive twice that much
value and fun at the party. Later, you can justly feel “property rights” in the speaker
selected to set before us the facts of child labor conditions in our beloved Colorado.
Remember, Saturday evening, 28 January 1922, Mrs. Byerly’s, 50 cents per individual.
Being a mere man will be no handicap, the door lady isn’t prejudiced, and all the ladies
will help you have a good time. You are free to bring your wife or sweetheart, or
someone else’s – if you can get by.
20 January 1922 – Headline: Reward. The state fish and game commissioner will pay
for profit – use them for results. If you want to buy, sell, or trade, want help, want a
springs. Well-wooded: Yellow pine, spruce, limber pine, aspen, cedar, etc.
bath. Also fireplaces and breakfast rooms. Barn, garage, and cave [sic]. Property is
figure. Address C.C., care of Estes Park Trail…Subhead: For rent. For rent – First-class
vacuum cleaner by hour or day. Electric Shop. Telephone #395. tf.
20 January 1922 – Column title: Legal Notices. Notice for publication. Publisher.
Department of the Interior, United States Land Office at Denver, Colorado. 17 December
1921. Notice is hereby given that R. Jack Dillon of Estes Park, Colorado, who, on 2
January 1915, made homestead entry No. 020843, for the northwest quarter of the
northeast quarter of section 14, township 4 north, range 73 west of the 6th principle
all of Estes Park, Colorado, and Mr. Julian Johnson of [Estes Park but living in] Eagle,
Colorado. [signed] Mary Wolfe Dargin, register. 37-6t.
20 January 1922 – Semi-advertisement: You make your money in Estes Park, try to
spend it here where it will benefit the community…Semi-advertisement: By the way, if
you have a useful article about the place for which you have nor further need, a few cents
spent for a want ad will probably find a buyer for it.
20 January 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “If service was electricity, this
would be a powerhouse.” The power of bank service is well illustrated in the large
number of checks written on this bank each day. Checking account service is one form of
helpfulness this bank offers to both men and women alike. By asking us to explain
checking account service, you will learn how to both save time and safeguard your funds.
U.B. Thrifty at the the [sic redundancy] Estes Park Bank [a block 3 business]. Where
your patronage is appreciated.
p.m. 6:30 p.m. [Sunday] – Christian endeavor topic: “Do Christian principles apply to
buying and selling?” Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m….The morning
service will be in charge of the Presbyterian Evangelistic Campaign Committee,
composed of H. Scilley of Loveland, manager of the Great Western sugar factory of that
place, John Yale Munson, editor of the Berthoud Bulletin [and previous editor of an
unrelated Estes Park Trail], and J.R. Warnick of Longmont. Rev. Albin Griffith will have
charge of the evening service. It is hoped Estes Park people will attend well both services
of the day…The Missionary Society will this winter take the book “The Why and How of
Missions” for a missionary study textbook. The Missionary Society was reorganized at a
meeting held with Mrs. Clatworthy in the Cave Room [one of the rooms in their home in
which the natural rock was retained, thus somewhat resembling a cave] around the
fireplace last week. There were about a dozen women present, and all report a fine time
and enthusiastic meeting…Subhead: Christian Endeavor bible readings (for next week).
Monday – Romans chapter 10, verses 20 and 21. Tuesday – Acts chapter 28, verses 1-6.
Wednesday – Revelations chapter 3, verses 1-8. Thursday – Romans chapter 10, verses
13-15. Friday – Romans chapter 13, verses 1-5. Saturday – I Corinthians chapter 12,
verses 12-18. Sunday – Galatians chapter 28, verses 16-20.
20 January 1922 – Mr. Howard Phillips of Fort Collins spent Tuesday in Estes Park…Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Adams left for Denver Monday to attend the stock show…The friends of
Harrison Hoyt will be interested to know that he took unto himself a bride on 16
December 1921. Harrison is studying forestry at Montana University…The Estes Park
Woman’s Club will hold their next regular meeting Wednesday afternoon, 25 January
1922…Mrs. John Walker went to Longmont Saturday to visit at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Dexter…Glen D. Barid and wife were at Boulder on business Saturday…
Arthur K. Holmes took in the stock show in Denver this week…Mrs. Montieth of Lyons
is visiting with her brother, William Manning, and family…Tom Manning was operated
on at the Longmont hospital last week for the removal of his tonsils, which have been
giving him considerable trouble. He expects to be at work again next week.
20 January 1922 – Advertisement: The Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company
[a block 5 business]. Daily passenger service to Longmont and Lyons. Notice. In
Park, Colorado.
20 January 1922 – Headline: Thermometer Scorns Zero [degrees Fahrenheit] but is Good
to Estes Park. The coldest night of the season called at Estes Park Wednesday. The
government thermometer at the fish hatchery registered at 15 [degrees Fahrenheit] below
zero at the coldest for the night, and it stood at 5 [degrees Fahrenheit] above at 7:00 a.m.
Thursday morning. The temperature at Lyons at 7:00 [presumably 7:00 a.m.] was 10
[degrees Fahrenheit] below [zero]. Jack Frost pulled the thermometer at Longs Peak Inn
down to 10 [degrees Fahrenheit] below [zero], and at Hewes-Kirkwood, a little nearer the
peak, it went to 2 [degrees Fahrenheit] below [zero], the same as at Shep Husted’s ranch
north of town. Several valley editors were interested to know about he temperature in
Estes Park, and called up Thursday morning. The temperature in Loveland was 20
[degrees Fahrenheit] below [zero], and at Greeley 22 [presumably 22 degrees below zero
Fahrenheit]. The thermometer at the government station at Fort Collins registered 26.6
[degrees Fahrenheit] below [zero]. Tuesday night and Wednesday, there was a snowfall
of three inches in Estes Park, and about the same in the valley.
recreations to help make your vacation delightful, and one of a not-forgotten time. Here
you may spend your time hiking, riding horseback, fishing, motoring, or by sitting on
cool verandas in the daytime and by a cheery fireplace at night. Rooms with private bath,
20 January 1922 – Headline: Delightful Book of Western Poems Assured Hearty
Reception. Advance subscription for “Songs of the Rockies”, a book of poems by
Charles Edwin Hewes, are coming in rapidly – over 100 orders having been booked
already. The coming edition will be the second, and will contain nearly three times the
material found in the first. There will be over 60 pen drawings and woodcuts by Dean
Babcock, alone well worth the price of the volume. There is a lovely freshness in Mr.
Hewes’ poems that breathe of the grandeur of the Rocky Mountains in a most delightful
way. Those who know Mr. Hewes and who love the Colorado mountains will take great
delight in possessing a copy of the book. Those who become owners of the book will be
drawn closer to nature and have instilled in themselves a greater appreciation of it. It had
been hoped to have the book ready for distribution by 25 January 1922, but the present
chaotic condition of the printing industry has delayed its completion by a month. The
advance subscription price is $2 postpaid. The Estes Park Trail will be pleased to receive
your order, and will make delivery as soon as possible.
20 January 1922 – Mr. and Mrs. Al Cox of Loveland were Sunday visitors at the Harry B.
Boyd home. Mr. Cox is a stockman, and has over 600 head of cattle on feed in his lots…
Rev. B.C. Montgomery is engaged in a meeting at Wray, Colorado…Building stone taken
form a quarry near Lyons will be used in the $430,000 gymnasium at Boulder…Colorado
State Grange endorsed the Moffat Tunnel proposition Wednesday…The Westminster
Guild will hold a cooked food sale at Tallant’s confectionery Wednesday afternoon, 25
January 1922.
20 January 1922 – Headline: Our Greatest Balanced Drawbridge. In one way, it is
surprising and in another it isn’t that in the most unexpected of places, one often will find
the greatest of its kind. To illustrate, across the Chicago River, which is not a nationallyknown stream, at 16th Street in Chicago, Illinois, one is a bit astonished to find a singlelift, counterbalanced bridge that is one of the marvels of engineering and the longest and
greatest structure of the kind in the world. At this point, an exceedingly heavy traffic
interchange takes place between several large railroad systems and, at the same time, the
traffic on this busy little river is such that the continuous flow of rail traffic is frequently
interrupted by the passing of ships. This condition necessarily called for a structure
which could be opened and closed in the minimum of time, and was, at the same time,
suitable to accommodate the traffic conditions. The river is bridges by one enormous
span, about 265 feet long, which, standing on end, is as high as a 22-story building, and
weighs approximately 3500 tons. One end is stationary, the other is raised and lowered
by electric power – only 1-3/4 minutes being required to open or close the span. The
bridge is single-span, carries a double trace, successfully meets the peculiar requirements
imposed upon it, and cost upward of $500,000.
20 January 1922 – Column title and byline: Uncle Walt’s Story by Walt Mason.
Headline: Marrying a family. “I’m glad Jim Slather and Sophie Gherkin are married,”
said the druggist. “They are well suited to each other, and should live happily ever after.
Sophie is a fine young woman. Of course, she has a good many punk relatives, but Jim
didn’t marry the family.” “I’m afraid he did,” remarked the village patriarch. “A man
can’t marry a girl like Sophie without having the family thrown in. She may be
determined to keep her sisters and cousins and aunts at a distance, but such people won’t
take a hint. In order to keep them off the premises, Sophie will have to stand at the front
gate with a double-barreled shotgun, and that would interfere with her housework. If a
man marries a woman who has a string of undesirable relatives, he should at once take
his bride away from them. Let him board a fast train and travel as far as the rails go, and
then mosey into the brush, and perhaps he’ll escape the wrath to come. If he camps down
in the old hometown, where those relatives are hanging out, he is sure to have trouble.
My third wife was gifted with many uncles and cousins and brothers and sisters of the
bargain-counter kind. Any six of them would have been dear at 50 cents. Before we
were married, I explained to Maria that I wouldn’t stand for those relatives, and she said
she wouldn’t expect me to. She gave me her word of honor that she wouldn’t have
anything to do with them, or let them have anything to do with her, and she meant every
word she said. In those days, I was poor, and I realized that it would keep me hustling to
keep the wolf away from the door, without having to provide for any cousins or aunts.
About a month after we were married, I went home unexpectedly in the middle of the
afternoon one day, and found my wife filling a basket with pieces of fried chicken, and
jars of jam, and oranges, and various expensive things adapted to the idle rich. I asked
her what she was going to do, and she colored up and stammered around, and finally
explained that her Aunt Rachel was dangerously sick, and she thought it would be a real
kindness to take her a few delicacies.” “Of course,’ Maria said, “I haven’t forgotten my
promise, and I don’t intend to have anything more to do with my folks than I can help,
but in a case of sickness, the rules should be suspended.” “I am willing to suspend them
to the extent of a slice of buttered toast and a hard-boiled egg,” I said, “but you have four
dollars’ worth of victuals in that basket, and that’s rubbing it in your Aunt Rachel a little
too strong. So she unloaded most of the things she had put in the basket and said I had no
heart, and went away weeping. Up to that moment, our married life had been like a
sunny morning, but this experience made it cloudy, and our house never was the same
afterwards. I had lost confidence in my wife, and she had sized me up as a tyrant. That
Aunt Rachel experience was merely the beginning. A week or two later, I went home
famishing, expecting to see an uplifting and ennobling supper all ready on the table, but
there was nobody at home. The fire was out, and there was nothing to eat in sight. I dug
up a can of salmon and some crackers, and had a heartbreaking meal. About 9:00 p.m. in
the evening, my wife came home, and when I asked her where she had been, she
answered defiantly that her Uncle Ebenezer had been seriously injured while chopping
down a tree, and she considered it her duty to take care of him. I would have to get along
the best way I could for a day or two, she said, for she was going to nurse Uncle
Ebenezer. Her relatives soon found that they could have anything they wanted from my
larder by being invalids, so they took turns falling sick, and my wife resolved herself into
an ambulance corps. That sort of thing couldn’t last long, my friends, and it didn’t.”
block 2 business], telephone #15.
shoes at much less than half the expense of a new pair. The difference is pure saving. If
you’ll enjoy both the results and the saving. Harold M. Dunning. New Electric Shoe
Shop. Loveland, Colorado. E.C. Gooch [a block 2 business]. Estes Park agent.
20 January 1922 – Advertisement: Nice selection of toys, games, and other gifts still to
be had here. Estes Park Drug Company [a block 6 business]. Telephone #41.
20 January 1922 – Letter from Dr. Harry Jordan [the Estes Park dentist], dateline Eagle
Rock, California. Headline: Dr. Jordan Writes Entertainingly of Trip to [West] Coast –
Appreciates Colorado Roads. We had planned to leave Estes Park over the Fall River
Road, but the snowstorm of the night previous to our departure closed that road, so we
went to Colorado Springs, Cañon City, Salida, and over the Poncho Pass into the San
Luis Valley by the inland town of Sagauche, and to Del Norte and over the Wolf Creek
Pass, which is about 20 miles up from Bade on the San Luis side. This pass is
picturesque, especially near the summit where the melted snow water must decide on
either the Atlantic Ocean or the Pacific Ocean as its place of rest – the Rio Grande River
or the Colorado River. It is the Continental Divide at that part, and shows many snow-
capped peaks on the ranges thereabout. One drops down to Pagosa Hot Springs, a great
boiling hot spring on a flat surface near some river, the name of which I have forgotten.
Were this spring and town not so far out of reach, some promoting spirit would have its
wonders heralded afar, and its fame capitalized to his profit. We traveled west from
Pagosa Springs to Durango and Mancos, the national park entrance to Mesa Verde
National Park – the strange green tableland that the cliff dwellers flourished in. This
green tableland rises sheer out of the plain with perpendicular walls, covered with trees,
perhaps cedar, that give it the “verde” name, and the “mesa” is seamed with deep
canyons, 500 and 1200 feet deep, and in the hollow places of these canyon walls the cliff
dwellers found shelter, protection, and a place to build their strange homes. The drive up
Fall River Road is steep and curved enough, but nothing compared to the entrance of
Mesa Verde. One feels like they are up in an airplane, as winding back and forth they
climb higher and higher from the valley. There is a fine camp in Mesa Verde National
Park with reasonable rates, and a free guide to all the principal cliff dwellings and Sun
Palace, furnished by the government. It is well worth visiting by those interested in the
history and geography of our country. It should be better known by Coloradoans
themselves. The roads of Colorado are fine, never found a bad one. It seemed as though
we would never find a good one in Arizona or New Mexico, except about Flagstaff,
Arizona, and the road to Grand Canyon from Maine. On top of Mesa Verde, one can see
the great ship rock in the Navajo Native American Reserve. It is like a two-masted
sailing vessel far out as sea, and one drives many miles in view of it and passes about six
miles of it when it looks like a great cathedral sitting alone on the plain, with images
carved on it as though man himself had put them there. We visited the Painted Desert,
and it is well worth the name. The petrified trees make one wonder too. And finally, the
impressive sight of all is the Grand Canyon itself. One could spend days there. Such
colors as it can send forth morning and evening. It makes one forget his automobile
troubles and the bad roads. He really has nothing to say – it is so unexpected, so
different. These places make milestones for one on a long automobile journey. And all
along, one is impressed with the great distances in view, and the many colors given by the
frosted aspens, the changing colors or shades of purple about the mountains themselves,
and sun glow and sunsets. Arizona has outdone them all in the latter. From Ash Fork to
Phoenix, Arizona, is a fierce road. We cross the Colorado River at Blythe, Arizona, and
the 96 miles of desert to Meca [sic, suggest Mesa] is a good road, then more or less
pavement to Los Angeles, California, and paved from there to San Francisco, California,
up the coast. My return here was by boat out of San Francisco, California, and the
Golden Gate is a real gate. Golden, too, for the setting sun made a crimson path from our
vessel. All these places with their wonder spots cannot exceed the wonderland of Estes
Park, for it always will be new, and its wonders will eternally grow.
20 January 1922 – Advertisement: Pre-inventory sale at Gooch’s. Better get one of those
Georgette waists at $2, $4, and $5.50. There is still a good selection of shoes at $1. See
other bargains when you come in.
20 January 1922 – Dateline: Denver – The first actual settlement of Colorado was in
Denver in 1858, and the following year, 1859, marked the first real gold discovery that
led to the greatest rush of people into a wilderness ever known in these United States.
The growth as given by the United States census of the state follows: 1860 – 34,277,
1870 – 39,861, 1880 – 194,327, 1890 – 413,249, 1900 – 539,700, 1910 – 799,024, and
1920 – 939,629…La Junta, Colorado – Mrs. Bessie McConnell, a mother of six, who
conducts a clothes cleaning establishment in the basement of a local furnishing company,
will cease to toil. She has received word that through the death of a relative in Indianola,
Iowa, she inherits $200,000. As soon as she can dispose of her cleaning shop, Mrs.
McConnell proposes to retire from work, and invest her fortune in La Junta…Hot
Sulphur Springs, Colorado – Bruce Wallace, the six-year-old son of Lew Wallace, Grand
County editor, is dead after being run over by an automobile. The child was sliding down
a hill on a sled, which went directly into the pathway of an automobile driven by Edward
Chatfield. A fractured skull caused death. Bruce Wallace was the only boy of Mr.
Wallace’s five children…Denver – Colorado’s vast ranges produced $81,812,000 worth
of livestock during 1921, besides which the Denver Union Stockyards Company handed
$26,307,100 worth of cattle, sheep, and hogs during the year, thus giving the livestock
industry of the state a grand total of $108,119,100 business for the year…Colorado
Springs – A large igloo built of concrete, without doors or windows, is to be built in
Colorado Springs by Dr. Fred M. Spiers of Ochotzgacagamute [sic, if this was a place
name in Alaska in 1922, it isn’t now], [territory of] Alaska, to test out his theory of curing
tuberculosis. He plans to have his patients live in furs without any heat in the room
whatever, following a plan he found successful in Alaska, where he says he cured 150
men…Denver – Approximately $42,760 was taken in by the state board of land
commissioners in the sale of 3,606 acres of state lands, according to a report made public.
Most of the land sold is in Routt County…Pueblo – Firemen responding to an alarm
found Mike Jones, 85 years old, Pueblo resident and one-time New York City, New York,
contractor, suffering from serious burns. Department officials believe Jones was burned
when the house in which he lived alone caught fire from an overheated stove…
Longmont, Colorado – Miss Martha Donovan, 33 years old, the daughter of T.P.
Donovan, postmaster, died at the Longmont hospital after an operation for appendicitis.
For one year, she was an instructress at the Canal Zone [Panama] government school,
giving up the teaching on account of ill health…Littleton – Less than ten hours after he
was arrested by Sheriff Robert McNamara of Littleton and state officers on charges of
violating the prohibition law, John Lebin, 39 years old, was sentenced to from one to two
years in the Colorado penitentiary. Lebin pleaded guilty to the charge before Judge
Samuel W. Johnson…Denver – The stranger in Colorado becomes confused when
irrigation is spoken of and he hears the frequent expression of an “acre-inch of water”.
He doesn’t understand it. An acre-inch of water is an acre of water one inch deep, and it
weighs a little more than 100 pounds. Experts have figured the use of water down to a
nicety, so the experienced irrigation farmer knows exactly how much water he needs for
his crops…Greeley – Demosthenes Bland Wyatt, 71 years old, one of the most wellknown pioneers of northern Colorado, ended his life by firing a bullet into his brain. Ill
health, accompanied by a recent announcement by the physicians that death was not far
off, prompted suicide, relatives, say. Several weeks ago, Wyatt burned his toe on an
electric bed warmer. Gangrene developed in the wound, and amputation was being
considered…Boulder, Colorado – One student has been expelled, and 19 others penalized
by a faculty committee of the University of Colorado, which found them guilty of
overindulgence in intoxicating liquor. Of these, seven have been suspended until the
spring, and one refused admittance, six will not be allowed to register until September
1922, and one has been suspended for a year. Four students were reprimanded, and their
parents notified of the action.
rush. Estes Park Lumber Yard. Julius Foss Schwartz. Telephone #48.
20 January 1922 – Advertisement: Let us care for your printing needs. Stationery,
catalogs, folders, engraving, lithographing, embossing. Arrange with us for next season’s
needs before leaving Estes Park. Our prices are right, and high-class work guaranteed.
Mail orders given careful attention. Estes Park Trail. Telephone #27J3.
meats, staple and fancy groceries. Special price on pork by the side. Fruits and
27 January 1922 – Banner: Estes Park Trail (Rocky Mountain National Park)
on a vacation than Colorado, a state of true western hospitality.” Volume I, Number 42
Estes Park, Colorado, Friday, January 27, 1922 Price 10 cents
27 January 1922 – Headline: Lioness Runs Afoul of John Griffith and Pack of Lion Dogs
on Fox Creek. John Griffith and state trapper Crook and the Griffith pack of lion dogs
bagged a beautiful specimen of mountain lion Friday in the Devils Gulch country after a
long, hard chase. Thursday, state trapper Crook discovered the remains of a freshlykilled deer in Black Canyon, northwest of the village, which had fallen prey to a lion.
Friday morning, trapper Crook and John Griffith, with John’s pack of four lion dogs,
struck the trail of the lion, and the chase began over mountain and vale and snowdrifts in
places many feet deep. The chase was pressed hot and hard for 10 or 12 miles until the
animal was located at 5:30 p.m., on Fox Creek just before dusk, and shot. The men were
nearly worn out, and after securing their prize they tramped to Tully’s Ranch and spent
the night there, returning to Estes Park Saturday morning. The lion measured 6-1/2 feet
in length, and had an unusually beautiful golden skin. The lion, a female, also had three
cubs she was still nursing, and Mr. Griffith, Professor Russel James, and Carl Hyatt went
back Sunday morning to locate them. They returned Monday without finding a fresh clue
as to the whereabouts of the cubs [but see article below]. Mr. Griffith says that he will be
glad to respond promptly to any calls where fresh tracks of lions have been seen. If
immediate information is given Mr. Griffith before the lion has time to get too far away,
no doubt there will be several more interesting and successful chases staged this winter in
Estes Park. Mr. Griffith’s telephone number is #73F3, and remember, the sooner he is
given the information after it is discovered, the greater than chance of catching the
animal.
27 January 1922 – Headline: John Griffith Gets Three Lion Cubs. Not all news stories
have an interesting a sequel as that of the lion catch made by John Griffith Friday.
Undaunted by the failure to locate the lion cubs in the search Sunday, John Griffith
started out at dawn Wednesday morning to go over the ground traveled by the mother lion
after she had killed the deer last Thursday, in another search for the young lions she
appeared to be nursing. The winds had blown the snow so badly that the tracks could not
be located, but late in the afternoon, Mr. Griffith discovered, with the assistance of two
dogs, three cubs safe and secure on a ledge of rock within two miles of timberline
northwest of Black Canyon. The cubs in their position were safe from the dogs, and Mr.
Griffith had some difficulty in negotiating the ledge. When the cubs realized they were
about to be captured, one of them tried to ascend a crevice in the wall, but was unable to
go far, and then showed fight. After a game fight on the part of the month-old babies,
they were bagged and brought to town on Mr. Griffith’s back, where we had the privilege
of seeing for the first time live baby mountain lions. The cubs were about one month old
[unclear how this estimate was arrived at] and weighed possibly 12 to 15 pounds each.
Except for their large feet, they closely resembled a large tomcat. In color, they were an
orange tan with many black spots over the body. Mr. Griffith will keep the cubs, and no
doubt they will make nice pets for some covetous tourist next season [shortly thereafter,
one cub was killed, and the remaining two cubs were sold to a zoo later in the year].
27 January 1922 – Column title: Road and Trail Report. All roads and trails to and
Maximum temperature this week 31 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum temperature this
week –8 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum temperature Wednesday night 19 [degrees
at fish hatchery.
27 January 1922 – Photograph: Black-bordered documentary image of dead mountain
lion slung over the shoulder of a standing individual, likely John Griffith from the
caption. To the left, a young boy stands either behind or sandwiched between two dogs,
reaching his right arm over to pet the flank of the dog in front. The photograph is
uncredited. Caption: End of a perfect day for John Griffith – a mountain lion.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Excitement Reigns in Bachelorville. Since the
announcement in the Estes Park Trail two weeks ago of a coming Old Maids’ Convention
to be held in Estes Park Saturday evening, 4 February 1922, affairs at the Bachelor
Clubhave been topsy-turvy. The card tables are deserted, the cigars are tossed to one side
hardly half-smoked, and the members gather in excited groups and converse with bated
breaths. Of course, they wouldn’t have had these facts get out in the newspaper for
anything, but we fear to keep them longer in suspense, for we have a heart for the village
physician, and are fearful of the direful results should the Estes Park hospital become
overcrowded with patients, so we shall endeavor to break the spell. The Old Maids’
Convention is a concoction of humor brewed by heartless women, that is guaranteed to
split the sides of the most hopeless old crab, and is guaranteed to sweep every old
bachelor off his feet. The PEO’s are instigators of the fun plot, and Abner Sprague is the
victim, or a victim. We dare not tell the rest of it, save to say that no one will want to
miss the fun, and a dollar ticket will admit to the show at the school auditorium Saturday
night, 4 February 1922, and entitle you to a chance at the refreshments following. For
those who care for it, cards and dancing will also be provided. The ticket entitles you to
all. The proceeds will be used for the benefit of the Estes Park library fund.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Native American Lore of Estes Park Makes Interesting
Reading. On another page of this issue begins a story of the days when the Arapahoe
Native Americans claimed the region now known as Estes Park as a portion of their
hunting ground. Here game abounded, the streams teemed with trout, and several
important Native American battles were fought. The Native Americans had many wellknown trails about Estes Park, and all the important points in Estes Park bore Native
American names. Clem Yore has written interestingly of some of the above-mentioned
events and places, and the story will be published in the columns of the Estes Park Trail.
The story will run in two or three installments. A number of extra copies of these
newspapers will be printed so that those wishing copies to send to friends may secure
them. The Estes Park Trail is on sale each week at Godfrey’s store.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Carries Live Lynx Cat Half Mile by Nape of Neck. A hairraising stunt of carrying a live lynx cat 1/2 mile by the nape of its neck was the innocent
act of Roe Morford, an 18-year-old boy, who is living at the Lewiston Chalets with his
mother as caretaker of the place. The boy’s act caused the old trappers’ blood to run cold
in their veins when they learned of the feat. Morford has some traps set on the
mountainside back of the Lewiston Chalets, and on going to them, found a half-grown
lynx cat caught by one hind foot in a small number 2 trap. He held the cat’s head down
with a pole until he could get hold of its neck and release the trap, then started for the
house a half-mile away, which he reached without mishap, and walked in still holding the
kicking animal in his hand. After his mother had recovered from her fright, he induced
her to snap a picture of himself and the lynx cat. Morford then tied its hind feet together
with wire, put it in the Ford, and brought it to town, where it is on display at the
barbershop. [On display initially meant the animal was kept alive in an “improvised
home”, as noted below, but sometime later it meant the animal had been skinned.] The
animal was not hurt by the trap, and weighs nearly 20 pounds. Since its capture, it has
been the object of much interest, but it commands a high respect for the sanctity of its
improvised home, as but one blow from its paws would be sufficient to send the recipient
to the doctor for repairs.
27 January 1922 – Samuel Service is this week visiting his daughter Wilma and Mrs.
Service in Sterling…Mrs. J.B. Mapp left Thursday to spend the weekend with members
of the family in Loveland.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Seed Potatoes go to Louisiana. The fame of
Estes Park seed potatoes is spreading rapidly far and wide, and no doubt there will be a
large planting of this tuber than ever before this coming season. The latest shipment of
seed potatoes left Estes Park the first of the week for the horticultural department of the
Louisiana Experiment Station at Baton Rouge, Louisiana. This shipment is made that a
test may determined the feasibility of securing disease-free tubers from the high altitudes
for planting in the low semi-tropical climates. The potatoes were grown at an altitude of
nearly 1-1/2 miles above sea level, and will be planted at an elevation of a few feet above
sea level. Several carloads of Estes Park potatoes have already been sold this winter for
seed purposes in disease-infected areas, after being carefully observed by United States
Department of Agriculture Agents during their growth. Estes Park tubers are believed by
the United States Department of Agriculture to be immune from most of the common
potato diseases.
27 January 1922 – Poem and byline: Sunrise Trail by Charles Edwin Hewes, Estes Park,
Colorado (Copyright 1922). When it’s morning in the mountains/And the robins on the
hill,/Burst forth in joyous rapture/As they sing their daybreak trill;/Then I call the guide
and party,/’Fore the dawn lights up the vale–/I call them to the breakfast/Ere they hit the
Sunrise Trail./Oh! It’s glory in the mountains/When the birds break forth in song;/When
the morn-winds stir the pine trees/To sing with the feathered throng./When the rabbits
and the gray squirrels/Wake to view the daybreak pale–/As I call the folks to breakfast/
Ere they hit the Sunrise Trail./Oh! It’s joyful in the mountains/When the party’s had its
fill;/When the guide is at the stable/And the horses whinny shrill./When the sun in glory
rises/And its warm beams fill the Vale–/When the folks are in the saddle/And they hit the
Sunrise Trail./Oh! It’s happy in the mountains/And expectancy doth thrill,/When the
folks are in the saddle/And the ponies climb the hill./When their souls are full of
sunshine,/And their spirits bright and hale–/When it’s morning in the mountains/And they
hit the Sunrise Trail.
27 January 1922 – Reprinted from the Siloam Springs, Arkansas, Herald and Democrat.
Editorial headline: Be Pleasant to the Stranger. Be pleasant to the stranger within your
gates. Lots of times, that is one of the best investments you ever made. Just think what a
boom a town would take if everybody in it made it pleasant for every stranger who
showed up. The trouble is that so many folks grow careless in this as in lots of other
things that ought to be looked after. This is a mighty good time to start a new policy in
the town-building game by never saying anything about your town unless it is something
good. This will work in neighborhoods just as well as in towns, and your neighbor will
return the compliment. Besides that, you feel mean after you have done a mean trick,
whether it is saying mean things about somebody or otherwise. So why not keep pleasant
and do good all the time when it is so easy? Try the sunshine route awhile, then. The tax
is off now, and there is plenty of room aboard.
27 January 1922 – Editorial headline: Circulation Poor Indicator of Influence. The
Loveland Reporter has taken the occasion of the death of Henry Waterson to express
itself concerning the decadence of editorial policy of the city press along the lines
previously mentioned in the Estes Park Trail. Mr. Barnes’ comments follow: The death
of Henry Waterson emphasizes afresh the development of metropolitan newspapers away
from the idea of personal journalism. City newspapers as a rule are institutions nowadays
which reflect composite opinion from a large number of sources, rather than the
outstanding conviction of one man. It is a question whether Larimer County has not lost
by the change. Certainly the public is not swayed as much by newspaper editorial
influence as in the old days when Greeley, Dana, Waterson, Bowles, and others of
brilliant minds and facile pen stamped their personality on great newspapers, and through
them, on a multitude of readers. The newspaper of today is mightier than ever as a
purveyor of news, but as a molder of opinion, its influence has waned, except where it
bears the impress of some strong individuality. The most widely read newspapers today
are not invariably the most influential. The Hearst chain of newspapers, for example,
covers the county [sic, does this mean Larimer County, or should this say “country”?]
with an immense circulation, but these newspapers by no means wield a proportionate
influence in molding public opinion. In New York City, New York, in the last election,
every great newspaper was arrayed against the Tammany candidate for mayor, but he
won overwhelmingly. In Youngstown, Ohio, an independent candidate for mayor, with
no organization, opposed by both newspapers, was triumphant. The influence of the
Denver Post, which has far and away the greatest circulation in Colorado, has proved
astonishingly week at the polls. There are hundreds of small country newspapers whose
influence in their own communities is proportionately greater than that of large city
newspapers, because the smaller newspapers still possess something the city newspapers
have lost – editorial individuality and sincerity. There is still a place for personal
journalism in the great city newspapers, and the pendulum in time will swing back that
way.
27 January 1922 – Editorial headline: Should Leaders of Organizations that go on Strike
be Sent to Jail? This is the question that some are trying to settle in the affirmative.
Certain lawmakers would place a writing on the statute books of all the states, or make it
a national law, to forbid strikes and boycotts. In states where there is no law governing
the right of the workmen, court injunctions are being resorted to, and then the heads of
the striking organizations are sent to jail because the organization ignored the interference
of the courts with their rights. There can be no question that in some instances in the
past, heads of workmen’s organizations should have been sent to jail, when they incited
violence and destruction of property. Some states also have anti-boycott laws that would
prevent an organization from declaring a boycott against a firm or brand of goods. If the
above are good, they should hold all the way through, and we see some interesting
developments ahead. During the Mississippi Valley conference of state highway
departments representing eight states – Illinois, Iowa, Kansas, Michigan, Minnesota,
Missouri, South Dakota, and Wisconsin – in Chicago, Illinois, last week, it was decided
that the price of cement for road construction was 10% too high, and a buyer’s strike of
eight states was declared. This action will hold up $100,000,000 of highway construction
in those states this year, and prevent the employment of thousands of men who are near
starvation. Now we may expect to find the governors of those states languishing in jail
because the organization of which they are the heads have declared a boycott, or a strike,
and thereby causing a loss to prospective users of the proposed highways, and
unemployment for thousands of laborers.
27 January 1922 – Column title: Mickie Says. There is always bizness fer th’ man who
goes after it intelligently by using our advertising columns. We accept money 24 hours
per day. Charles Sughroe.
27 January 1922 – Advertisement: Eskimo Pie at Tallant’s [a block 5 business]
John Frank Grubb.
27 January 1922 – Advertisement: For sale. 80 acres, three miles from Estes Park
village, enough good saw timber to pay half of purchase price. Approximately 10 acres
fine cottages sites. The lucky man will have to act quickly. Price $2500. Address V.C.,
care of the Estes Park Trail. Estes Park, Colorado.
27 January 1922 – Column title: Current Events. Dateline: Walsenburg – Exservicemen are given homestead preference rights to the 5160 acres of public lands, 25
miles northeast of Walsenburg, Colorado, which have just been thrown open to entry,
according to word received by M.D. McEntry, chief of the Denver field division of the
United States land office. Homestead tracts on this land are limited to 320 acres each.
After 28 February 1922, the general public may file on any remaining lands, it was
announced…Grand Junction – James F. Shultz of Grand Junction was elected president
of the Colorado Auctioneers’ Association at the 12th annual convention of the association
held in Denver. Other officers named were: Charles W. Snook of Greeley, vicepresident, and H.E. Fly of Rocky Ford, secretary-treasurer. The proposal of framing and
presenting a bill to the legislature to regular the practice of auctioneering in Colorado was
discussed at the meeting…Fort Collins – Isolated communities in Colorado are
demanding more and more the services of the extension specialists from the Colorado
Agricultural College. Since 1 August 1921, the poultry specialist alone has assisted with
meetings in 20 separated communities, reaching over 1000 farm people. It is estimated
that as a result of these meetings, 500 farm flocks have been culled at a saving of
$50,000, and that better feeding and housing is being practiced will all of these flocks…
Pueblo – Mrs. Hazel S. Gunby of Fowler has filed suit in district court in Pueblo asking
damages amounting to $35,920.55 from the Colorado and Southern Railroad Company
for injuries she sustained, and for the death of her mother. The women were driving a car
from Denver in Fowler, 19 March 1921, and were struck by a Colorado and Southern
train at the Roselawn Cemetery crossing, the older woman being instantly killed, the
machine demolished, and Mrs. Gunby sustaining serious injury…Alamosa – A bill
introduced in the United States Senate calls for a regular yearly session of the federal
court at Alamosa, Colorado. The sitting would begin on the first Tuesday of each
October, according to the specifications of the bill. Hundreds in the San Luis Valley have
petitioned for such a court…Greeley – The Colorado potatoes experiment station is near
Greeley, and consists of 40 acres. It was established in 1915 for the improvement of
potatoes for the good of the entire state, and is under the direction of the board of county
commissioners of Weld County, the state agricultural college, and the United States
Department of Agriculture. Every angle of potato raising is studied at the station by
experts…Denver – A financial report made by Warden Frank J. Kratke of the county jail
to Mayor Dewey C. Bailey showed that is cost the city and county of Denver $68,506 to
maintain the jail during the year 1921, as compared to an expense of $60,670 during the
year 1920. Bread for that institution, the county hospital, Steele hospital, Sand Creek
hospital, the county farm, and the city park zoo, the report shows, cost the city
approximately $9000…Las Animas – With more than 70% increase in the cantaloupe
acreage signed up for the coming season, the prospects for a bumper crop in Bent County
are looking bright. At the present, there are approximately 2000 acres signed up, with
prospects for possibly a few hundred more within the next month. Last year, Bent
County had 700 acres of cantaloupes. All contracts call for salmon tint, pink meat, and
honeydew melons. The contracts also offer an advance of 30 cents per flat crate and 60
cents per standard crate…Denver – Colorado has been for so many years known as a
mining state that few people know the extent of agriculture in the state. There are 59,991
farms in Colorado, and in number, Colorado is ahead of 18 states, being Arizona,
Connecticut, Delaware, Florida, Idaho, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, Montana,
Nevada, New Mexico, New Jersey, New Hampshire, Oregon, Rhode Island, Utah,
Vermont, and Wyoming. Weld County leads in numbers with 5765, Las Animas County
second with 2286, and Yuma County third with 2179. Clear Creek County has the fewest
with 27, Lake County is next with 30, and Mineral County is third with 34. San Juan
County is the only one without a farm. Denver, a city and county in itself, has 94 farms,
which is probably a surprise even to the oldest inhabitant.
27 January 1922 – Column title: Real Estate Transfers. Presbyterian Assembly
Association to Anna G. Brooke, $1, lot 39, block 3, Glen Haven…Horace Ferguson et al.
to Belle A. Leach, $1, 1/2 acre in section 35-5-73…Howard P. James to W.H. Hurd et al.,
$1, part of the northwest 1/4 of the southeast quarter of section 16-5-73…Mrs. M.C.
Spencer to Alison S. Chapman, $500, part of lot 5, block 10, Estes Park…L.B. Smith to
A.N. Turney, $1, quit claim deed for part of the northwest 1/4 of the northeast 1/4 of
section 21-5-72.
27 January 1922 – Column title: Sheriff’s Sale. By virtue of a special execution of lien
foreclosure issued out of the clerk’s office of the district court of Larimer County and
state of Colorado, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to make the sum of six
thousand three hundred sixty and 74/100 dollars ($6360.74) and cost of suit, the amount
of a certain judgment recently obtained against George A. Kennedy, Ida O. Stanchfield,
Arthur L. Kennedy, Mabel K, Whitehead, and Horace G. Kennedy in favor of Mary
Walker out of the lands, tenements, goods, and chattels of the said George A. Kennedy,
Ida O. Stanchfield, Arthur L. Kennedy, Mabel K. Whitehead, and Horace G. Kennedy, I
have levied on the following property, to wit: That portion of the southwest quarter (SW
1/4) of the southeast quarter (SE 1/4) of section 33 (33), township five (5), north of range
seventy-three (73) [west of the 6th principle meridian]. Beginning at the southeast corner
of said tract, from which said corner a flowing spring bears west one hundred and thirty-
nine feet (139 feet), then north “9 degrees east” one hundred and sixty feet “160 feet”
along the east line of said tract, thence west to a point on a line at right angles to said east
line of said tract four hundred and twenty-five feet “425 feet”, thence north parallel to
said east line of said tract two hundred and sixty feet “260 feet”, then west on a line at
right angles to the east line of said tract four hundred and twenty-five feet “425 feet”,
thence north along the east lie of said tract nine hundred feet “900 feet”, thence west
along a line at right angles to the east line of said tract seven hundred and eighty feet
“780 feet”, thence south on a line at right angles with the south line of said tract to a point
where said line intersects the south bank of the Big Thompson River, a distance of eleven
hundred and seventy feet “1170 feet”, more ore less, thence south along the meandering
south bank of said Big Thompson River to a point where the said south bank of said Big
Thompson River is intersected by the said south line of said tract, a distance of three
hundred and fifty feet, “350 feet”, more or less, thence east along the south line of said
tract to the place of beginning, together with the buildings thereon. Said tract above
described embracing twenty [20] acres more or less, all situated in Larimer County,
Colorado, except and subject to a right of way heretofore agreed to be conveyed for a
roadway and a bridge across the Big Thompson River over a strip of land extending
fifteen feet “15 feet” on both sides of a line described as follows: Beginning at a point on
the south line of the Larimer County road four hundred and seventy-five feet “475 feet”
west from a point on the east line of said tract, where said south line of said Larimer
County road intersects the east line of said tract, thence south 58 degrees 8 minutes west
to the south bank of the Big Thompson River, a distance of two hundred and fifty feet
“250 feet” more or less. Therefore, according to said command, I shall expose for sale, at
public auction, all the right, title, and interest of the above-named George A. Kennedy,
Ida O. Stanchfield, Arthur L. Kennedy, Mabel K. Whitehead, and Horace G. Kennedy in
and to the above-described property, on Monday 20 February 1922 at 2:00 p.m. at the
east front door of the county courthouse of Larimer County in Fort Collins, Colorado.
Dated at Fort Collins, Colorado, 25 January 1922. [signed] Frank Smith, sheriff of
Larimer County. By Ira O. Knapp, undersheriff. George Campbell, attorney.
27 January 1922 – Advertisement: We fix all makes of motorcars. When your car gets
out of fix, we will put it back for you. The size of make doesn’t matter. We deal with a
principle – automotive locomotion. That means complete engineering, from a missing
spark plug to intricate motor mechanism. In line with general quality, we use genuine
plate glass in replacing broken windshields and windows and doors. It is hump-free and
bump-free, and is free from the accidental lines and waves that make common glass a
nuisance. Osborne [sic, suggest Osborn] Garage [a block 3 business]. Goodyear tires.
Exide batteries. Telephone #17-R2.
the world, the waters have the greatest radium emanations of any waters used
degrees. Miraculous cures are often effected, and immediate relief is almost invariably
mountain scenery will bring you to your destination. Our car will be at Union Depot to
meet you. Also fine automobile road through Denver Mountain Parks to Idaho Springs,
only 40 miles from Denver. Rocky Mountain Lodges, Inc.
27 January 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The Estes Park Trail for quality printing.
27 January 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside. Semi-advertisement: Kodak
finishing at Francis [a block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films for sale…Charles F. Hix,
cashier of the Estes Park Bank, was a Denver visitor the first of the week…Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Service entertained Mr. and Mrs. Dugald Floyd Godfrey, Mr. and Mrs. George
Patterson, and Mr. and Mrs. Glen Preston at cards Monday evening…Wilma Service,
who is receiving treatments from a chiropractor at Sterling, is getting along nicely, and
she and her mother expect to return to Estes Park sometime next month…The cold
weather of last week put a temporary crimp in building operations for several days…Mrs.
Lawrence E. Grace had a major operation performed at the Boulder hospital last week,
and is getting along as nicely as could be hoped. Mr. Grace and Charley [sic] are with
her most of the time. They expect to return to Estes Park in about five weeks…Fred
Noble came home Sunday from Longmont hospital, and his friends declare him to be as
fat and sassy as ever…Representative Cornelius H. Bond was in Denver on business
Monday…Frank Wheelock was threatened with an attack of pneumonia several days, but
is about himself again…Semi-advertisement: Don Eaton, Rocky Mountain National Park
ranger, is transferred to the western entrance to the Rocky Mountain National Park at
Grand Lake for the season. He will go over on the Moffat line after spending a week
visiting at his home in Eaton, Colorado…State Trapper Crook, who has been located here
the past two weeks, has been transferred to the sheep range in northern Weld County.
While here, he got several coyotes and lynx cat, and assisted in the successful lion hunt of
last week…J.E. Macdonald has recently improved his home by the addition of a glassedin front porch…Semi-advertisement: Silk teddy bears, $7 value, closeout at $3.50 at
Gooch’s [a block 2 business]…The ice harvest has progressed most satisfactorily, and the
winter’s harvest will soon be safely tucked away…A new and delicious confection is on
sale in town this week. It has been on the market but a short time, and has already made
an enviable reputation for itself, and is becoming popular for serving at afternoon teas
and luncheons. It is called Eskimo Pie, being a stick of ice cream coated with chocolate,
and is being handled by Tallant’s confectionery.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Rocky Mountain National Park Superintendent Toll
Incapacitated. Rocky Mountain National Park Superintendent Toll has been confined to
his home for more than a week by the swelling of a knee joint. It is not known what
caused the trouble, but the knee has been placed in a plaster cast, and it is hoped to have
Mr. Toll out and himself in time to participate in the Colorado Mountain Club winter
sports event at Fern Lake in March 1922.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Federal Highway Money Must be Used within Three Years.
The total of federal aid funds for road building apportioned among the various states up
to the present time by the Bureau of Public Roads, United States Department of
Agriculture, aggregates $339,875,000, according to a tabulation prepared by the
department, and just made public. Of this sum, $73,120,000 is apportioned under the
federal highway act, approved by President Harding 9 November 1921, and
$266,750,000 represents the total apportionment under the old acts. Under the terms of
the new act, the federal aid money will be available to the states for two years after the
close of the fiscal year for which the money is appropriated. This provision is made to
apply to the money appropriated under the previous act and its amendment, as well as to
the new appropriation. Accordingly, the new appropriation must be expended by 30 June
1924, and the time allowed for the expenditure of the balance of the previous
appropriation which remains in some states is extended to 30 June 1923. The forest road
appropriation is available until expended. The new appropriation is to be expended upon
a definite, connected system of highways in each state, of [sic, what follows reads like a
word or words were omitted] not to exceed 7% of the total mileage of highways already
existing in the state. This system is to be divided into two parts, the first to include the
more important roads, which are to be known as the primary or interstate highways, the
second to include the secondary or intercounty highways. The primary roads, it is
provided, shall not be more than three-sevenths of the mileage in the system. The second
part will make up the balance of the system.
27 January 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Don’t forget that the Estes Park Trail will always
appreciate your giving us those items of news.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Byrant Washburn Triumphs in New Picture “Burglar
Proof”. Aside from its rousing good fun, “Burglar Proof”, a Paramount picture which
will be shown at the schoolhouse next Friday night, carries out a theme which is worth
thinking about at this time when extravagance is held responsible for the high cost of
living. John Harlow is so “tight” that he is sneeringly dubbed “burglar proof”, but love
changes him. Bryant Washburn as “John” draws a clever picture that gets plenty of
laughs from the “tightwad” while reserving admiration for the man who learns that a man
can be human, through saving! First John is seen as an awkward country lout, shamed in
front of a big crowd because his uncle refuses to lend him five dollars, with which to take
his girl on a picnic. He goes to the city with a fixed determination never to be broke
again. Success finds him living in a tenement and eating in cheap “joints”. His doctor
tells him he must have a change to avoid a breakdown. He refuses to go out of town, so
dancing is prescribed as one means of a cure. Thus he becomes “burglar proof”, but he
meets his Laura, and loosens up to find happiness in her love.
27 January 1922 – Advertisement: Buick touches bedrock. The purchase of a Buick at
New 1922 prices: Buick six roadster, 3-passenger $1555. Buick six touring, 5-passenger
$1690. Buick four roadster $1060. Buick four touring $1100. The Estes Park Garage.
Agency for Nash, Dodge, Buick, Ford.
27 January 1922 – Advertisement: A shirt tale cut short. 56 men’s shirts –count ’em!
Various kinds but not all sizes. Some good to work in, others good to play in. The
poorest in the lot worth double the price – some of them worth three times the price,
which is 50 cents each. Grab ’em quick, fellows! You’ll never get another such chance.
On sale Monday morning at J.E. Macdonald [a block 5 business].
27 January 1922 – Advertisement: Mr. Merchant. Here’s your chance to patronize home
industry. Together, we have been preaching “Spend your money at home” to the
community – now here is your chance to do so yourself, and at a cost not one cent greater
than elsewhere. We have made connections with one of the largest paper houses in the
west, and can supply all your needs in every line of wrapping paper, paper bags, toilet
paper, adding machine paper, paper towels, sanitary drinking cups, sealing tape, all kinds
of paper fixtures, twines, etc., etc. If it’s made of paper – ask us. Estes Park Trail.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Bill Hart will Play for Estes Park in Pictures Friday Night.
Manager Tallant had an opportunity to secure one of Bill Hart’s best photoplays in place
of one advertised for tonight, and took immediate advantage of it, greatly to the pleasure
of picture lovers in Estes Park. Bill Hart is a favorite in western pictures, and he is up to
his usual standard in “The Testing Block”, tonight’s picture. The change was made at the
last moment, and too late for us to give an extended review of the picture, but none will
be disappointed in the plot or the action.
27 January 1922 – Dateline: Colorado Springs – Potatoes and grain will cease to be
mountain farm crops in the Ute Pass section west of Colorado Springs this season, with
the formation of a cooperative lettuce growers’ association which will plant several
hundred acres this season. The Midland railroad has made arrangements to build
shipping sheds, and plans for refrigerators are being completed now. The lettuce territory
will extend west from Woodland Park to Divide…Denver – An increase of $23,381.62 in
receipts for December 1921 at the local post office department over the month of
December 1920 was shown in a repot. During December 1921, the receipts of the office
were $276,544.85, as compared with $253,163.23 during December 1920 – an increase
of 9.24%…Denver – Chester Stephen Morey, notable business world figure, generally
known as “the grand old man of the sugar industry” and pioneer founder of the manual
training high school, died at his home in Denver. Mr. Morey created the C.S. Morey
Mercantile Company, twice served on the school board, organized the Great Western
Sugar Company, and was chairman of its board of directors at the time of his death. Due
to his activity in developing the sugar and wholesale grocery interests in the west, he has
been rated one of the wealthiest men in Colorado. He cam to the state 50 years ago in ill
health, and since had become known as one of its most public-spirited and philanthropic
citizens…Telluride – Andy Malloy, 40 years old, awaiting trial for the murder of Gio
Oberto near Ophir Loop 16 December 1921, committed suicide in the county jail by
slashing his throat with a razor. His body was found by Sheriff Wanger and Deputy
Sheriff Reece. Malloy was a great friend of Jack Dempsey, and is credited with having
started the heavyweight champion on his path to fame…Denver – Boy Scout Week will
be observed in all Colorado from 8 February 1922 to 14 February 1922 for the purpose of
observing the 12th birthday of the Boy Scout organization in this country. Governor
Shoup Saturday issued a proclamation declaring the period named to be Boy Scout Week.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Reward. The state fish and game commission will pay the
springs. Well wooded: Yellow pine, spruce, limber pine, aspen, cedar, etc.
bath. Also fireplaces and breakfast rooms. Barn, garage, and cave [sic]. Property is
figure. Address C.C., care of Estes Park Trail…Subhead: For rent – First-class vacuum
cleaner by hour or day. Electric Shop. Telephone #395. tf.
27 January 1922 – Column title: Legal Notices. Subhead: Notice for publication.
27 January 1922 – Semi-advertisement: You make your money in Estes Park, try to
you have a useful article about he place for which you have no further need, a few cents
27 January 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “Even genuine merit has t’be
advertised before it pays.” Advertising is a matter of letting people know what you have
that will benefit them. Among the genuine merits we advertise is advice on investments.
Our officers counsel is always available for those seeking accurate information on
matters of finance and investments. In these unusual times, reliable advice on such
matters is doubly necessary. U.B. Thrifty at the the [sic redundancy] Estes Park Bank [a
p.m. Special music at both services. 6:30 p.m. [Sunday] – Christian Endeavor topic:
“What the world owes to foreign missionaries”. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
8:00 p.m….Subhead: Christian Endeavor bible readings (for next week). Monday –
Exodus chapter 13, verses 3-10. Tuesday – Acts chapter 8, verses 1-8. Wednesday –
Psalms chapter 133, verses 1-3. Thursday – Acts chapter 5, verses 34-42. Friday – Isaiah
chapter 45, verses 1-7. Saturday – Isaiah chapter 41, verses 8-10. Sunday – Psalms
chapter 107, verses 1-3.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Sunday was Big Day at Estes Park Church. Regardless of
the fact the local church is without a pastor, Sunday was the biggest day for many weeks,
with record crowds for both services for this time of the year. Sunday morning, an
Evangelistic team was with us from the valley to explain the plans for evangelism in this
Presbytery, and all three men made splendid talks. There were 40 out at this service. At
the evening service, there was an attendance of 73 to listen to a splendid sermon delivery
by Albin Griffith. The Sunday school and young people’s service were also well
attended. Next Sunday morning and evening, Rev. Hadden of Ireland, who preached for
us two weeks ago, will be with us again, and we are sure from the favorable comment
following his previous visit there will be a goodly hearing granted him…The
Westminster Guild will be entertained by Mrs. S.M. Hurd and Mrs. George Patterson at
the home of Mrs. Patterson Thursday afternoon, 2 February 1922…The Ladies’ Aid will
meet at the home of Mrs. Clatworthy Wednesday afternoon, 1 February 1922.
27 January 1927 – Advertisement: The Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company
Park, Colorado.
27 January 1922 – Semi-advertisement: No time like now to get that leather vest.
Closeout price $7, $8, and $14.50 at Gooch’s [a block 2 business]…J.F. Liebman drove to
Denver Thursday on business…Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mace and Charlie Mace returned to
Denver Thursday following the completion of the ice harvest at Baldpate Inn…Mrs.
William H. Derby went to Loveland Thursday to visit a few days with her daughter
Carol, who is in school there…Semi-advertisement: Georgette waists on sale, $2, $4, and
$5.50 at Gooch’s [a block 2 business]…Mrs. William H. Derby returned to Estes Park
after having spent a week with Mr. and Mrs. E.A. Somers in Boulder…Semiadvertisement: Don’t forget the card party at the National Park Hotel Saturday night
given by the Woman’s Club, the proceeds of which are to be used for a good cause. The
public is cordially invited. Admission 50 cents. 8:00 p.m….Mrs. Ruth N.H. Cassedy
(known to the Estes Park people as Aunt Ruth) celebrated her 80th birthday 18 January
1922 in Longmont, Colorado, at the home of C. Lauenstein, where she is making her
home for the present. Miss Clara had invited a few of her most intimate friends in for the
afternoon to help her celebrate her birthday. Although the thermometer hung around the
zero [degrees Fahrenheit] mark, nine of her friends braved the cold and ventured out.
The afternoon was spent in a social way, and Auth Ruth kept her guests in laughter in her
jolly way. Late in the afternoon, refreshments were served. May Aunt Ruth live to
celebrate many more such happy occasions is the wish of the Estes Park Trail…Semiadvertisement: If you know of persons who might be interested in the Estes Park Trail
give us the names.
Figure with us before starting that next job. George R. Wyatt [a block 6 business, soon to
be a block 8 business]. Telephone #180.
recreations to help make your vacation delightful and one of a not-forgotten kind. Here
you may spend your time hiking, riding horseback, fishing, motoring, or by sitting on a
cool veranda in the daytime and by a cheery fireplace at night. Rooms with private bath,
automobile and horse livery, daily mails, shed for automobiles, tennis court, quoits [a
27 January 1922 – Headline and byline: Estes Park Region was Formerly the Playground
of the Arapahoe Indians by Clement Yore. Sixty to seventy years ago, the Arapahoe
Native Americans were as charmed with Estes Park as is the white race today. It was
then a wonder spot, as it is now. Estes Park has a great lore of the Aborigine. Part by
part and piece by piece, it is being picked up and stored into books. The Aztecs were
here [sic], this much is known by reason of their relics. Amos [sic] Sprague of Estes Park
has a bit of true Aztec [sic] pottery which he picked up on the crest of Flattop Mountain.
To learn more of the legend and early folk lore of this region, and more detail of the
Arapahoe history of Estes Park in particular, the old warriors Gunn (Griswell, in
English), Sage (Sherman), and Lighthorse (Tom Christman) were brought to Estes Park
during 1914. These old fellows had the noble blood of the Arapahoe chiefs in their veins.
They were taken over the old trails where they had spent their youth and middle years.
The white man guide that went with them was Shep Husted, almost a Native American
himself in his uncanny knowledge of the hills and his love for them. Shep is the bestknown guide in this region of Colorado, and the old warriors became fond of him as soon
as they met. Only to Shep would they unbosom themselves [which is interesting, since
they didn’t speak much English, and Shep wouldn’t have known any Arapahoe], and it
was due to this intimacy that much of the old legends and battle and hunt lore has been
preserved. Sage was the keenest historian of the trio, and because of his remarkable
memory and Shep’s ingenuity in getting him to talk, we are in possession today of the old
Arapahoe names of mountains, trails, gulches, rocks, passes, creeks, lakes, etc. Sage
called Estes Park “The Circle”, and the famous Deer Mountain “Butte” or “In the Circle”.
The Native Americans came in by automobile stage up the wonderful Big Thompson
Canyon. As they rode by rock after rock and turn after turn, they glanced at each other,
but gave no sign of emotion. The pent-up flood of past days wept o’er them and they
chattered away in Arapahoe at a hysterical rate. When the village of Estes Park was
reached they refused to talk, and gave themselves over to absolute silence. Shep took
them up to the old Native American trail, now a road, to Longs Peak Inn, where after a
night beside a log fire and along “peace talk” with Enos Mills, the Native Americans on
the following day were very anxious to travel and to tell all they knew. They took the
trail in true Native American fashion, with light luggage and no one with them but their
friend and guide. From Longs Peak Inn they went to Marys Lake, which was the most
desired of all the old summer camps. Here the old fellows easily found familiar rocks
which had formed fire places and tepee sites. The sight of those old warriors recalling the
spot where they had taken part in a festival dance or a council of war was one of the most
impressive epochs in their entire career. They pointed out several “dance rings” to Shep,
where in their youth they and their companions had engaged in dances for hours at a
time. These dances were given to celebrate a great buffalo hunt or an especially good
catch of trout or a great grouse or sage hen kill. Any pretense was sufficient for a dance,
and always was the affair made a feast and a festival of honor. These rings are clearly
defined today. Here the earth is hard packed from contact with hundreds of dancing feet,
hours at a time, and year after year. Scarcely any grass grows in the path of the dancers,
even after the lapse of years that has passed since the great last dance. The fire that was
always in the center of the ring discolored the soil, so that this discoloration is evident
now. The Arapahoes were both plains and mountain Native Americans, and their habits
and abilities are best found and clearly outlines in the relics and the history they left in
this part of Colorado. Their one mania of education was memory training. Exquisite
evidence of their memory was had on the trip made with Shep, when every once and a
while they would stop each other and point out a stone or a tree or a landmark, and then
and there recall some most familiar and historical event of importance. In the telling of
their history, one would not depart from the tale of the other even down to the most
minute detail. Often before points of trail were reached, the Native Americans would tell
Shep how such and such a rock or point or stream would look, and when that place was
reached, the Native American’s description was found to be perfect. Though very old,
these great Native Americans were like schoolboys, and when they came to a ptarmigan
they would quickly pick up a stone, and despite the protest of Shep Husted, they would
fling it overhanded as straight as a die, and occasionally they knocked down a bird or two
in this fashion. Nothing could smother the wild awakening of their youth. The mountain
regions of the Arapahoes, according to Sage, included Estes Park, North Park, and
Middle Park, or that region between the plains and the Rocky Mountain National Park
range of the Rocky Mountains to the west, and from the Arapahoe Peaks on the south to a
point due north about 100 miles, to what is south Wyoming today. They had three
entrances to the Estes Park district. They came up the Big Thompson Canyon
[interesting, since this would have been difficult to enter at its east end] or through the
Cache la Poudre Valley, or up what is now called the St. Vrain River. The most used
entrance into Estes Park was over a trail they called the “Big Pipe”. This name was
derived from a large sentinel rock now called Eagle Rock, located at the north end of
Estes Park six miles from the village. The Little Pipe Trail ran off the Big Pipe Trail via
Fish Creek at the site of the old English Hotel built by that great yachtsman and
sportsman, Lord Dunraven. This trail was used to go over to Marys Lake and Longs
Peak, upon the top of which were built the eagle traps where the Arapahoe secured his
war feathers [although no evidence of such traps was found by the Powell expedition in
1868], then envy of all Native Americans. Little Pipe Trail led back from Longs Peak
past Marys Lake down the very road so much motored over today to the old trail (which
is now the famous High Drive), thence up through Moraine Park and onto the “Child
Trail” in Beaver Park. (Continued next week)
27 January 1922 – Headline: The Hooker Oak. In beautiful 2300-acre Bidwell Park,
which, by the way, is one of the largest natural-wooded parks in the country, in the little
[sic] city of Chico, California – some 180 miles northeast of San Francisco, California,
there is a giant white-oak tree which is believed to be the largest of its kind in the world.
This ponderous monarch of the forest was named after Sir Joseph Hooker, the noted
English naturalist, who, in 1877, after a close examination and considerable study,
pronounced it to be larger than any of the wondrous oaks for which England was famed.
This great tree is more than 100 feet high, and its circumference eight feet above the
ground is 28.4 feet. Its longest branch extends away from the trunk for 105 feet. From
north to south, its branches spread an even 200 feet. The greatest circumference of its
outside branches reaches the astonishing figure of almost 400 feet. Students of treedom
from near and far have come and tried every means known to science to coax this
massive oak to whisper the secret of its tremendous size and unusual age, but it merely
waves it branches in the gentle breeze and seems to laugh at them. So, the best they can
do is to estimate its age. The consensus of opinion is that is has been on earth well nigh
1000 years. General William Tecumseh Sherman of Civil War fame gave it as his
opinion that an army of 7000 men could stand within its shade at high noon.
Shop. Loveland, Colorado. E.C. Gooch [a block 2 business]. Estes Park agent.
27 January 1922 – Advertisement: Nice selection of toys, games, and other gifts to be
had here. Estes Park Drug Company [a block 6 business]. Telephone #41.
27 January 1922 – Column title: Allenspark Items. John Miller of Longmont has moved
to Allenspark. He is occupying the Dan Slaughter cottage…Ice harvesters are very busy
in this vicinity, most of it being harvested from Copeland Lake…Burns Will is touring
the south distributing advertising matter of Colorado…William Morgan and Walter Jones
made a business trip to Longmont Friday…Clyde C. Osborne was in Longmont Tuesday
on business…William Dieterich of Boulder visited with homefolks Tuesday…Henry
Dannels, son of Mr. and Mrs. D.K. Dannels, was taken to Longmont hospital Monday
evening. He is remaining there pending an operation…Miss Jennie Leeman and MIss
Thelma Tregemba visited at the home of Mr. and Mrs. N.E. Miller Sunday.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Chamber of Commerce Folders are Ready for Distribution.
The Estes Park Chamber of Commerce illustrated folders are ready for distribution, and
have been pronounced by those who have seen them to be splendid specimens of the
printing art. The beauty of nature is the chief attraction of Estes Park, together with the
pleasant summer climate, and in designing the folder, it was sought to present some of
nature’s beauty spots in a simple way for the benefit of those who are planning to take a
summer vacation. There are 20,000 of the folders in this printing, and they are for free
distribution to all who will make use of them. The many friends of Estes Park can assist
in their circulation by securing a supply and enclosing with their business and social
letters. They are the proper size for the standard business envelope. A request to the
secretary of the Chamber of Commerce will bring you a supply, and your assistance will
be duly appreciated. The folders are the product of the Estes Park Trail printing plant.
27 January 1922 – Headline: Donald MacGregor Gets Purebred Bull Calf at Stock Show.
Donald MacGregor returned home from the stock show in Denver Wednesday evening
with one of the fine specimens of the show, a 9-months-old bull calf weighing over 1000
pounds. The animal attracted considerable attention at the show, and Mr. MacGregor is
quite proud of his new possession. The calf is of the milking Shorthorn strain, and his
mother has a fine milk record, coming in with her first calf with twice the milk flow
requirements of the registering association. The calf’s sire weighs 2300 pounds, and is
valued near $1000. Mr. MacGregor went to the stock show Tuesday of last week, and
then on to Colorado Springs to visit with Mrs. MacGregor and daughter, who is a student
at Colorado College.
27 January 1922 – Advertisement: International all wool suits! $25 to $50. And they are
made to fit you. See them at Gooch’s [a block 2 business].
27 January 1922 – Headline: High School Class Writes Editorials Next Week. The
sophomore class of the high school will write the editorials for next week’s Estes Park
Trail newspaper. [These don’t appear until the 10 February 1922 issue. One of the two
editorials is signed “James Bishop”, and the other is signed “High School Student”.] This
is a novel experiment for them, and they are working hard to show us grown-ups they are
students of human events. If only the fishing season were here, we would make a break
and let the “kids” do the whole trick from A to Izard [the less jarring modern equivalent
of this idiom is “from A to Z”].
27 January 1922 – Headline: Bache Dog Gets Coyote Poison. The Bache’s are mourning
the loss of a dog they prized very highly. It seems the animal picked up a piece of
poisoned meat near the house, and it was dead in a few minutes. The Biological Survey
trapper [suddenly he has a very official sounding anonymous title, rather than Trapper
Crook], who has been operating in Estes Park the past three weeks, put out large
quantities of coyote poison, and was troubled by large flocks of magpies carrying off the
bait. The Baches think a magpie must have been carrying the piece of poisoned meat,
and dropped it where the dog found it, as the trapper was not supposed to have put any of
their poisoned meat near their place. The loss is regrettable, and no doubt could not have
been helped by the owners through the greatest of vigilance. It will be well for dog
owners to guard the canines well for some weeks to come. The destruction of game by
coyotes and lions, principally coyotes, has recently become alarming, and the government
feels that something must be done to exterminate the pests. In this work, they have the
hearty support of the local game association.
27 January 1922 – Dateline: Greeley – Whitfield Harzell of Denver was elected
president of the Colorado Retail Merchants’ Association at the concluding session of the
convention at Greeley. It was voted to hold the next convention at Boulder…
Washington, D.C. – Nominations of new Colorado postmasters have been sent to the
Senate as follows: Francis M. Wheeler at Campo and Loran G. Denison at Telluride.
John E. Gilmore was named to be postmaster at Greybull, Wyoming…Loveland – Jean V.
Knapp, a graduate of the Loveland high school, and son of undersheriff Ira O. Knapp of
Larimer County, who has been in George for some months, has been appointed as state
veterinarian of the state of Florida. He is a graduate of the animal husbandry department
of the Colorado Agricultural College…Loveland – Clyde Walters, Pat Clifford, F. Owen
Brown, P.C. Clemens, James C. Christensen, and George W. Lind of the state engineering
department recently began a survey to determine the route of the new proposed paved
state highway, leading from Fort Collins through Loveland and on toward Denver…
Pueblo – Ray Monroney and Claude Monroney, sons of B.F. Monrorney, Illinois farmer
who surrendered to the authorities and told that he has killed his wife, daughter, and sons,
went east upon receiving word of the tragedy. The Monroney brothers are proprietors of
a local barbershop. According to local advices, the slain son [sic, previously plural] and
daughter of B.F. Monroney were half-sister and half-brother of the Pueblo men, as the
woman slain was their stepmother.
27 January 1922 – Headline: American Museum of Natural History. The cornerstone of
the home of this wonderful collection in Manhattan Square, New York City, New York,
which contains some ten acres of floor space, was laid by President Grant in 1877. The
purpose of this great “curiosity shop” is to procure actual specimens upon which accurate
knowledge of the animals, birds, minerals, and other wonders of the world are based, and
exhibit them for the edification of the public. A few of the displays which attract
particular attention, the like of which probably does not exist elsewhere, are: The largest
known meteorite, brought from Greenland and weighing 36 tons, a Native American
dugout 64-1/2 feet long, made from a single tree, a section of a California tree 16 feet in
diameter and more than 1300 years old, a life-size model of a 79-foot whale, probably the
largest animal that ever lived, and which probably weighed 70 tons, mounted specimens
of more different kinds of birds than you imagine the world contains, a collection of
implements used by prehistoric man, representing a period of approximately 250,000
years, exhibits of fishes, including some so primitive as to be scaleless, an exhibit of
snakes that gives you the creeps, an intensely-interesting exhibit showing how disease is
transmitted by insects, and a library of some 70,000 volumes on natural history, travel,
and anthropology [article abruptly ends with this last word hyphenated and missing the
final two syllables, but there is little else this word could be].
27 January 1922 – Column title: Crepes and beads. It appears that georgette crepe and
seed beads were made for one another, and it is useless to try to keep them apart. In the
new blouses for fall and winter [sic, this article is either outdated or too early], they show
their fitness for each other as set forth in the model pictured here. Beads in two colors
make a rich and very tasteful embellishment for this blouse.
27 January 1922 – Advertisement: Let us care for your printing needs. Stationery,
catalogs, folders, engraving, lithographing, embossing. Arrange with us for next season’s
needs before leaving Estes Park. Our prices are right and high-class work guaranteed.
Mail orders given careful attention. Estes Park Trail. Telephone #27-J3.
meats. Staple and fancy groceries. Special price on pork by the side. Fruits and
3 February 1922 – Banner: Estes Park Trail (Rocky Mountain National Park)
on a vacation that Colorado, a state of true western hospitality.” Volume I, Number 43
Estes Park, Colorado, Friday, February 3, 1922 Price 10 cents
3 February 1922 – Headline: President Harding and Secretary of Commerce Hoover may
Visit Colorado in June 1922 [Hoover may have gotten as close as Loveland in March
1922 – see 17 March 1922 issue]. According to press dispatches, President Harding and
Secretary of Commerce Hoover are discussing a plan to tour Alaska in June 1922, and it
is said they will also visit the territory affected by the Colorado River project. Secretary
of Commerce Hoover and members of the Colorado River Commission are expected to
come to Denver on a trip west for personal investigation of the Colorado River project.
Representatives of Colorado, Arizona, California, Nevada, New Mexico, Utah, and
Wyoming are now in Washington, D.C., appearing before the secretary and the
commission on this project, which is for damming the Colorado River in Arizona and
creating a power plant and impounding water for irrigating California lands. The states
named are interested, as the river either is in the states or drains the states. Governor
Shoup has wired an invitation to President Harding and the Colorado commission to visit
Denver and other Colorado towns during their western trip. Should the party come west,
efforts should be made to entertain them for a day or two at least in the Rocky Mountain
National Park. No doubt if the trip is made, it will be definitely known by the time of the
first meeting of the Chamber of Commerce, at which time plans for invitations and
entertainment of the party can be arranged.
3 February 1922 – Headline: Famous War Picture “Powder River” will be Shown
Tuesday by American Legion. The American Legion has been fortunate enough to secure
the famous picture “Powder River” for Tuesday evening. This picture has been shown to
record crowds in many towns in Colorado, and has in each instance been highly spoken
of. The picture was made in France of the United States Signal Corps in action, and is
said to be replete with thrills, and is recommended by other American Legion posts. The
picture is a high priced production, but the boys hope to break even on the affair, and give
the community something very unusual.
3 February 1922 – Column title: Road and Trail Report. All roads and trails to and
Maximum temperature this week 43 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum temperature this
week –7 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum temperature Wednesday night 9 [degrees
at fish hatchery.
3 February 1922 – Headline: Irishman and Lynx Cat Go to Mat – Irishman Wins Fall, of
Course. The feat of Roe Morford carrying a half-grown lynx cat a half-mile by the nape
of its neck has unearthed several wild animal stories, and it is our intention to print some
of them from time to time when their veracity can be determined. Stories of a bear
digging a tree out by the roots to get a man out of it, to a man jumping astride a deer an
cutting its throat with a knife because he did not have a gun, have come to our ears. The
following story of an Irishman and a lynx cat is vouched for by A.A. Hunter, county
commissioner of Jackson County, and a director of the Walden bank. J.E. Halferty had
just recently come to America from Ireland. He went to North Park and found conditions
there just to his liking. He secured a job as cow puncher with Mr. Hunter. He decided he
wanted to become a permanent member of the great American family and take up a
homestead, which he did. Other men did considerable trapping and hunting, and Halferty
thought that would be nice too. He secured some traps, and after obtaining the proper
instruction about setting them, proceeded with his new vocation. He hoped to catch some
lynx cats and he hoped they would be nice ones. He was not to be disappointed, and in a
few days found an unusually fine specimen of that species in one of his traps. The animal
was a beauty to behold, and Halferty’s eyes filled with admiration. He had been told that
a rifle ball would injure a pelt, so he decided to choke the animal to death and secure its
skin unblemished. No sooner had Halferty decided upon his course of action that he put
his plan into execution. It seemed that the lynx objected to that method of meeting his
death very strenuously, and Halferty soon wished he could let go, but dared not. After
much growling, snarling, scratching, spitting, and a general melee in which it was hard to
distinguish the man from the beast, Irish blood, determination, and strength, that almost
failed, prevailed, and the animal’s skin was secured. Halferty says one hand-to-hand
encounter with a lynx is enough, and he is no more so particular about securing their
skins without a blemish.
3 February 1922 – Estes Park Trail List of Readers Grows Even During Zero Weather.
January is not a growing month in Estes Park, but the Estes Park Trail’s subscription list
is an exception to the rule. During the month, there was not a single discontinuance, but
there was an increase of nine new subscribers, all save one unsolicited. The Estes Park
Trail knows of only 21 persons who get their mail at the local [post] office who should be
but are not getting the newspaper regularly [this sounds like an invasion of privacy].
This, we think, is a remarkable showing. The Estes Park Trail appreciates the fact that so
many of our summer visitors in nearly half the state of the union enjoy the weekly visits
of the newspaper, and it is our am to carry matter of interest to them, as well as of interest
to the local people. One new subscriber of ten days ago said, “While in Estes Park last
summer, I purchased the Estes Park Trail each week, and if it is still being published,
kindly place my name on your list, and send me the bill.” A few days later, a letter was
received from Illinois saying in part, “Please send me a sample copy of the Estes Park
Trail, and also price list of same, as I wish to present my husband with it for a birthday
present.”
3 February 1922 – The story of the old Arapahoes’ visit to Estes Park a few years ago
[well, in 1914], published in the Estes Park Trail last week and this week, is but one of a
number of articles of the early days of Estes Park we hope to publish during the year.
3 February 1922 – Headline: “Old Maids” will Entertain Saturday Evening. The state is
set and the Old Maids’ Convention that has been looked forward to with such interest will
take place Saturday night, 4 February 1922, in the school auditorium at 8:00 p.m. sharp.
Some of the most prominent old maids who will attend the convention are Miss Marabah
Lovjoy [sic, all of these are fictional names anyway], president, Miss Amarilla Heywood,
secretary, Miss Priscilla Hope, treasurer, Miss Anxiety Dougherty, Agusta [sic, again,
these are fictional names] Prim, Faithful Blossom, Fredora Bodkins, etc., etc. One of the
most prominent figures at the convention will be Professor Pinkerton, a scientist of world
renown, who has made a discovery more wonderful than anything yet brought to light. A
demonstration of this discovery will be made. Be sure to come and see the wonderful
transform(H)er [sic, a play on words] Saturday night. The public is urged to come and
enjoy a good laugh. After the convention, there will be dancing for those who wish to
dance, and cards for those who wish to play. Prizes will be given, and delicious
refreshments will be served. A good time is promised to one and all. The proceeds of the
convention will go toward the purchase of new books for the Estes Park library, and is
given under the auspices of the PEO.
3 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Don’t forget that the Estes Park Trail will always
appreciate your giving us those items of news.
3 February 1922 – Headline: Loveland Sees the Light, and Proposes to Harvest the
Tourist Plums. Colorado’s gold output last year was $6,780,000, of sugar beets
$14,432,000, potatoes $9,852,000, wheat $19,737,000, and hay $19,965,000, while her
tourist trade amounted to $35,00,000. Colorado’s Rocky Mountains are the wonderland
of America, and close to the centers of population and business. They are a greater asset
for their wonderful scenic beauty than for all their metals mined each year, and yet they
are only in their infancy as recreation centers. The state is not yet fully awake to the
value of the tourist business to it. The cities skirting the eastern fringe of the Rocky
Mountains in northern Colorado have hardly been aware of the fact that in the Rocky
Mountain National Park they have a veritable goldmine at their back door. True, they
know it to be a fine thing to be so fortunately situated, but they have failed to grasp the
vastness of their possibilities. Loveland, or rather, Loveland’s progressive merchants,
have caught the vision, and propose to get all that is coming to them, and more if they can
grab it. All is fair in love and war, so we have heard, and all we ask of Loveland is that
they be truthful and honest and wedded to facts in their endeavors to become known as
the “Gateway to Rocky Mountain National Park”. Loveland merchants are boosters, and
are strong believers in publicity and printer’s ink. When business is poor, they create
business. This is proved by the fact that they pull people through other towns 12 to 16
miles away to trade in Loveland. Their daily advertisements are proof positive that they
do not propose to permit the mail order houses to grab anything from under their noses.
The latest stunt of the Loveland merchants is to order a quantity of automobile plates
reading “Loveland, the Gateway to Estes Park”. According to the Loveland Herald, they
also propose to a little later in a body pay a visit to Estes Park merchants to get better
acquainted. Estes Park is glad to be friends with all the towns to the east of us, and sees
no reason why they should not each one be visited by a portion of the 60,000 automobiles
carrying tourists each season. Each has her natural advantages or attractions, and the
money spent within those cities by the tourists will well repay them for the efforts set
forth to induce travel their way.
3 February 1922 – A letter from Frank R.C. Rollins, who with his family and brother-inlaw John Shaw Carter, spent the past season in Estes Park, says potatoes in the Greeley
district are moving very slowly, and are only selling at $1 for the best grade. He says the
farmers have more potatoes on hand now than they shipped all of last season
3 February 1922 – Masthead: Estes Park Trail. Published every Friday in Estes Park,
Larimer County, Colorado. Arthur B. Harris, editor and publisher. Office hours 8:30
3 February 1922 – Poem and byline: Beside the Big Thompson by Charles Edwin
Hewes, Estes Park, Colorado. (Copyright 1922) Beside the Big Thompson [River] so
bright and so blue,/I met a sweet maid in red calico’s hue./She had dainty dimples in her
rosy cheeks fair./And I fetched her a rosebud to put in her hair./Singing, flow, away,
flow–/ Big Thompson [River] so blue,/As I sing you the song/Of my Calico Sue./All day
as we fished in the river so blue,/I ardently sought for the love of Miss Sue./But she was
as game as the trout that we caught,/And for all my day’s woo I won only a pout./Singing,
flow, away, flow–/Big Thompson [River] so blue,/As I sing you the song/Of my Calico
Sue./But in the soft evening as we ate our fish,/I captured her heart quite against her stout
wish;/And, as over the hills when first peeped the full moon,/We were eating together out
of the same spoon./Singing, flow, away, flow–/Big Thompson [River] so blue,/As I sing
you the song/Of my Calico Sue./And now she’s my fair bride so sweet and so true;/She is
my heart’s idol, my Calico Sue./And whenever we wish our fond love to renew,/We stroll
up the Big Thompson [River] so bright and so blue./Singing, flow, away, flow–/Big
Thompson [River] so blue,/As I sing you the song/Of my Calico Sue
3 February 1922 – Column title: Real Estate Transfers. Frances Waldron to Sophia
Catherine Comenisch, $500, part of the northwest quarter of the southwest quarter of
section 24-5-73.
3 February 1922 – Headline: Colorado to Get $1,052,418 for Forest Reserve Road.
Colorado will receive $1,053,418 from the government in the next two years on roads
and trails in the 13,000,000 acres of national forests within the state, according to
announcement received yesterday by Allen S. Peck, district forester. The major part of
the money, the district forester said, will be used in completing roads and trails already
started. Construction work will not start until late in the spring.
3 February 1922 – Dateline: Pueblo – Frank Biby, 27 years old, found guilty of the
murder of his bride of three weeks, Charlotte Biby, 8 August 1921, has been sentenced to
25 to 30 years’ imprisonment by Judge J. Strimble of the district court here. Even with
time allowed for good behavior, the sentence means that Biby will have to spend 19 or 20
years in prison. He thanked the court for a fair trial…Denver – A large delegation of
educators from Colorado will be present at the annual meeting of the department of
superintendents, which is to be held in Chicago, Illinois, 27 February 1922 to 4 March
1922, according to an announcement made by state director H.B. Smith. Denver will be
represented by state superintendent Katherine L. Craig, superintendent H.H. Newlon,
E.E. Phillips, A.L. Threlkeld, George W. Frasier, R.A. Puffer, C.H. Pugh, Minnie B.
Addleman, and Fred Burkert…Denver – Colorado is one of the largest pickle producing
states in the union, and this product is shipped all over the country. There are a number
of factories, and one big eastern house has 12 plants in the state. The Colorado pickle is
declared by experts to be the finest produced in the United States…Denver – There is a
total of 24,462,014 acres in Colorado farms, of which 7,753,757 acres are improved,
according to the state immigration 1921 yearbook. The counties with an acreage of
1,000,000 or more are Baca County, Elbert County, Las Animas County, Lincoln County,
Washington County, Weld County, and Yuma County…Brush – Sheriff E.A. Morris of
Fort Morgan arrested Fern Forrest, 19 years old, of Snyder, Colorado, at Walsenburg on a
charge of stealing a wagonload of wheat from a farm near Hillrose. Forrest confessed to
taking the grain, stating that he sold it to the elevator at Hillrose and used the proceeds in
going to Walsenburg. He was sentenced to the state reformatory by Judge Stephenson at
Fort Morgan…Colorado, the roof of the continent, has 42 of the 55 named peaks of the
United States which exceed 14,000 feet altitude…Denver – How agriculture is
supplanting mining in Colorado is shown by one comparative statement. In 1900,
Colorado produced about $29,000,000 in gold and $7,800,000 in wheat, and in 1920, the
gold output was $10,250,000, and the wheat production $30,800,000. In these 20 years,
the acreage of wheat increased from 319,000, to 1,240,000, and the number of bushels
from 7,290,000 to 22,281,000…Grand Junction – George Garrett of La Grande, Oregon,
has arrived in Grand Junction and taken up his work as the new city manager. He is to
receive a salary of $4200 per year, a considerable advance over the salary he received at
La Grande, where he made a record for efficiency. Mr. Garrett is now considering a
number of applications for municipal appointments, but will not announce his decision
until later…Denver – The federal government will spend more than $957,000 in
Colorado in the next 24 months in the construction of highways and important trails
leading through or near the 15 national forests of the state, it was declared here recently.
Of this sum, more than $600,000 will be devoted to the completion of nine federal road
projects as follows: Berthoud Pass $140,000, Durango-Silverton Highway $26,000, Red
Mountain Road $100,000, Cumbres Pass $130,000, Cameron Pass $71,000, North
Hardscrabble Road $60,000, Independence Pass $35,000, Grand Mesa $50,000, and
Arapahoe Glacier Road $45,000…Montrose – The plight of the settlers in the
Uncompahagre region was graphically presented to Secretary of the Interior Fall by a
delegation headed by State Senator John H. Tobin of Montrose. Several of the members
of Congress from Colorado were present. Secretary of the Interior Fall was asked to
defer the opening of the Uncompahgre project for one year. As soon as the project is
opened, the payment for water rights will be due, and it was represented to the secretary
that the settlers are not now in a condition to make these payments. Secretary of the
Interior Fall doubts his right legally to grant the request for an extension of time…
Colorado Springs – In a special election, Colorado Springs voters defeated a proposal to
repeal the compulsory vaccination ordinance, the majority being 500 in a total of 4000.
An ordinance initiated by the fire department, seeking an increase of pay ranging up to
$28 a month, was defeated by more than 800 votes, an ordinance passed last April 1921
raising the pay of the police department was repealed, the majority being less tan 100,
and another ordinance passed last April 1921 providing that a special election must be
held before any public improvements could be voted, also was repealed, by nearly 800
majority…Fort Collins – Another mountain lion has been killed northwest of Fort
Collins, this time in the Poudre Canyon, and by two girls – Miss Agnes Zimmerman and
Miss Edith Zimmerman [sic, it may be Edith, but the 1920 Larimer County census spells
her name “Eda”, and the two Zimmerman sisters were middle-aged in this census, not
“girls”], according to report brought here by Miss Emma T. Wilkins, Larimer County
school superintendent, who has just returned from a visit up the canyon.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Put your Rheumatism on the Run! Boil it out at Idaho
Springs. Wash out the accumulated poisons in your system that cause disease and
premature old age by drinking the radioactive waters of the famous mineral springs, and
by taking the naturally hot cave baths, discovered by the Native Americans in the early
days. 95% of cases benefited. Only 36 miles west of Denver – only two hours’ ride by
train up picturesque Clear Creek Canyon, or by automobile through Denver’s wonderful
mountain parks – good, clear, safe roads all the way. Hot Springs Hotel offers you every
modern convenience – Excellent meals, cheerful rooms, refined surroundings – at
moderate prices. Now under the personal management of Augustus Denby Lewis of the
Lewiston Hotels, Estes Park. Special rate of fare and one-third, Denver to Idaho Springs
and return, every Saturday and Sunday on Colorado and Southern railway, good returning
until following Monday. For details, call at Denver office – 434 17th Street – or address
Department 22A. Idaho Springs, Colorado.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Real estate, insurance, loans. Cottage sites and
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Eskimo Pie at Tallant’s [a block 5 business].
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Specially-trained saddle horses at all times. By day,
3 February 1922 – Column title: Colorado in Paragraphs. Dateline: Denver – While in a
sleeping car en route from San Francisco, California, George Pindell, a sailor recently
discharged from the United States Navy, was robbed of $47, railroad tickets, a watch, and
his discharge papers, according to report made to the police. Pindell said that he first
became aware of the robbery when he awakened as the train was nearing Denver…
Boulder – Mrs. Howard Hoyt of Louisville, wife of the cashier of the Louisville bank,
was badly cut and bruised when an automobile in which she and her husband were
driving collided with a machine carrying seven Boulder boys two miles north of
Louisville. The boys were all thrown from their car, but were not badly injured. Mrs.
Hoyt’s injuries required several stitches…Cañon City – Hanging to a highly-charged
electric wire and swinging himself hand-over-hand along it, Casper Casey, 24 years old,
escaped from the state penitentiary. How Casey escaped electrocution is a mystery to the
prison officials. Also, how he escaped from his cell has not been found out. But, having
escaped the cell, he made his way to the roof of the cell-house and then in some manner
worked his way along two high-power electric wires 30 feet above the ground and ten
feet above the top of the prison wall…Denver – That 3,300 refrigerator cars, which will
be a part of the new equipment of the Union Pacific, will be delivered at the headquarters
in Denver this year was the statement received by F.B. Choate, assistant general freight
agent. These cars are expected to arrive in time to be available for handling the fruit crop
of Colorado next season, as well as other produce which will demand refrigerator cars…
Windsor – Some person entered the Windsor depot in the night and jimmied the safe so
badly that the employees had to get help to open it in the morning. The thieves could not
get into the same, and then turned their attention to the contents of the depot. They stole
all the clothes in a trunk belonging to a young woman near here, and took two suitcases
belonging to a California man. The loot is estimated to be worth $250…Denver – “Name
fakers” will not be tolerated by the police any longer if an order issued by Chief of Police
Williams to his force proves effective. Chief Williams notified the members of the
department that hereafter, when an arrest is made, the correct name or names of the
person arrested must be ascertained. It was because much difficulty has been caused the
police by underworld characters who give fake names that Chief Williams gave the
order…Pueblo – One holdup man is dead and two Pueblo police officers are wounded,
one seriously, as a result of a gun battle here, when the officers attempted to arrest two
men charged with holding up passersby under the Main Street viaduct. The second
holdup man escaped. The officers hurt are Charles O’Conner, the oldest man on the
Pueblo police force, and Marvin Porter. The dead man is believed to be one wanted in
New Mexico on a charge of double murder. Tattooed on his arm is “Death before
dishonor”. He was identified as Earl Harrison of Pueblo…Colorado Springs – A 50gallon keg of fine wine, and 346 bottles of choice liquor, part of the estate of the late
Charles B. Ferrin, are no more. Under the terms of his will, the residue of his estate, after
numerous bequests had been paid, went to the YMCA, the YWCA, and the Salvation
Army. The liquor was part of the residue, and had been kept in the vaults of the
Exchange National Bank, executor of the estate, for many months…Loveland – Attorney
H.S. Sherman, president of the Loveland Civic Association, has called a meeting at which
time plans will be perfected for strengthening the banks of the Big Thompson River and
changing the channel in several places to prevent future flood damage. Last spring, crops
were destroyed, the city streets flooded, and goods damaged in the basements of
mercantile establishments.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Quality, value, service. In meeting the trend toward
downward prices, we have never sacrificed quality, and in fact we are able to give better
values on account of being able to get some lines of higher grade. We are trying harder
than ever to give you good service in prompt alterations, good pressing, and all that goes
with good service. The F.R. Brand, manufactured by Felix Rothschild and Company,
Chicago, Illinois. Rochchild [sic, suggest Rothschild] clothing for men and boys. We
have already some suits in stock from our spring order, and still more to follow. You can
get a good fit in these new spring styles without waiting for special order service. Wilson
Brothers men’s furnishings. Our stock of furnishing goods, such as hosiery, garters,
underwear, gloves, suspenders, arm bands, ties, shoe laces, etc., is growing rapidly
because of the quality of the goods we sell. Bon Ton corsets. Trade mark. “The best for
the money”. That is what we claim for the Bon Ton corset. If you want a popular priced
corset, we can give you more for the money than any other corset house can possibly give
you. If you want a high grade corset, we can give you a very exclusive model that is
suited to your figure, whether you are tall or short, slender or stout, young or old, this
great line of corsets will be sufficient to permit a selection that will meet your
requirements. You are cordially invited to call and look over our line of new
merchandise. Dugald Floyd Godfrey [a block 5 business]. “The store that gives you
service”
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: For sale. 80 acres, three miles from Estes Park
village, enough good saw timber to pay half of purchase price. Approximately ten acres
fine cottage sites. The lucky man will have to act quickly. Price $2500. Address V.C.,
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Lumber, building material. From the log to the
3 February 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside. Semi-advertisement: Kodak
finishing at Francis [a block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films for sale. Mrs. Dugald
Floyd Godfrey has been confined to her room this week by illness…Mr. and Mrs. Osborn
spent the weekend in Loveland…Owing to the lateness of their arrival, we are compelled
to omit the editorials written by the second-year high school students [see 27 January
1922 issue and 10 February 1922 issue], together with several other articles late arriving.
These will appear in next issue…John Preston and Hereld [sic] McCure spent Sunday in
Estes Park…Mrs. J.J. Duncan has been on the sick list this week…Chester Hall and
Byron Hall were looking after business matters in Estes Park Saturday…Mrs. Frank
Wheelock left Friday for Cleveland, Ohio, to visit her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Byrd
are now in Denver, where they will make their home until the opening of the tourist
season…Miss Beulah Walker spent Sunday in Longmont…Charles Masters has returned
to Estes Park after spending several days in Denver…John Frank Grubb and wife were
purchasing furniture in Longmont Wednesday for their home in Estes Park that has just
been remodeled, and which they expect to occupy sometime this month...Mr. and Mrs.
Joe Ryan were valley visitors several days this week, Mr. Ryan meeting with the
stockmen at Loveland and Lyons…Augustus Denby Lewis was in Estes Park from Idaho
Springs Wednesday and Thursday…A letter from O.P. Low says they are having fine
winter weather in Missouri where he and Mrs. Low are visiting. He thinks it beats
California, where they have been having it both cold and wet. Mr. Low says further, “I
think Mrs. Low is getting a little homesick for Colorado, as she is talking of home a
month earlier than we had first planned, but I don’t blame her, do you?”…Claude Erwin
Verry and family moved to Denver Saturday, where Mr. Verry will have charge of the
office of the Lewiston Hotels Company and the Rocky Mountain Lodges, Inc. Mr. Verry
and wife are highly regarded in the community, and will be greatly missed…The Estes
Park Trail is always glad to get your contributions, but would greatly appreciate their
arrival early in the week to insure their appearance while new. Also, kindly confine
single articles of current news to not more than 200 words…S.E. Land, state
superintendent of fish hatcheries, paid an inspection trip to the Estes Park fish hatchery
Thursday. From here he went to Fort Collins, where he will inspect the hatchery there,
and complete his work of inspection. Fish Hatchery Superintendent Land was well
pleased with the condition of the hatching eggs in the local hatchery, and stated the
situation throughout the state to be highly satisfactory. Mr. Land was also well pleased
with the work of the Estes Park Fish and Game Association…Mr. and Mrs. George W.
Johnson, Miss Elsie Johnson and Miss June Johnson were visiting in Fort Collins Sunday
with Mr. Johnson’s brother, Ben Johnson, proprietor of the new Antlers Hotel of that
place…Frank R.C. Rollins of Greeley and Mrs. Rollins’ father and mother of Keokuk,
Iowa, were Estes Park visitors Saturday. They were delighted with their first visit to
Estes Park and the beautiful winter scenery…Semi-advertisement: Don’t blame us for
not having that item of news if you didn’t give it to us.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Buick touches bedrock. The purchase of a Buick at
New 1922 prices: Buick six roadster, 3 passenger $1555. Buick six touring, five
passenger $1690. Buick four roadster $1060. Buick four touring $1100. The Estes Park
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Boyd’s Market [a block 3 business]. Fresh and cured
meats. Staple and fancy groceries. Fruits and vegetables. Free automobile delivery.
Telephone #32. Estes Park, Colorado.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: An old saying is ‘Cleanliness is next to godliness’.
Some of us are careless regarding our religious opportunities, but few care to ignore the
demand for cleanliness. Cleanliness spells soap, and soap spells cleanliness. Here’s an
opportunity to stock up on soap that won’t put any crimp at all in your bankroll. Swift’s
peerless hard water soap, oval cakes, usual price 10 cents – cake 5 cents. Pearl white
laundry soap, usual price 8 cents – four bars for 25 cents. Haskins Liberty castile soap,
usual price 15 cents a bar, sale price – three cakes for 25 cents. Cudahy’s mottled castile
soap, oval bars, usual price 15 cents, sale price – cake 10 cents. Ivory soap, large bars –
cake 15 cents. Snowflake cocoa hard water castile soap, usual price 15 cents, sale price –
cake 10 cents. Armour’s high grade sylvan toilet soaps, all handsomely wrapped, three
cakes in a box, the following odors [what we would now refer to as scents] – Violet,
carnation, rose, lilac, and sandalwood at 15 cents per cake – box 29 cents. Palm Olive
[sic, now Palmolive] soap – cake 10 cents. Gobelin soap - three cakes for 25 cents. Lava
soap – three cakes for 25 cents. Life Buoy soap – cake 10 cents. Grandpa’s tar wonder
soap – two bars for 25 cents. Swift’s quick naptha soap – bar 10 cents. Armour’s None
Better naptha borax soap – bar 10 cents. Proctor and Gamble white naptha soap – bar 10
cents. Wool soap – bar 10 cents. These prices for one week only at J.E. Macdonald [a
block 5 business].
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Mr. Merchant, here’s your chance to patronize home
industry. Together, we have been preaching “Spend your money at home” to the
community – now here is your chance to do so yourself, and at a cost not one cent greater
than elsewhere. We have made connections with one of the largest paper houses in the
west, and can supply all your needs in every line of wrapping paper, paper bags, toilet
paper, adding machine paper, paper towels, sanitary drinking cups, sealing tape, all kinds
of paper fixtures, twines, etc., etc. If it’s made of paper – ask us. Estes Park Trail.
3 February 1922 – Column title: Church Notes. Subhead: Presbyterian church. Sunday
“Christian Endeavor around the World”. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m.
Rev. Alfred Hadden will preach at both services…Subhead: Christian Endeavor daily
bible readings (for next week). Monday – John chapter 3, verses 1-8. Tuesday –
Philippians chapter 1, verses 18-26 [the other possibility for this abbreviation, Philemon,
has less than 26 verses in its only chapter]. Wednesday – Matthew chapter 17, verses
14-21. Thursday – Mark chapter 12, verses 41-44. Friday – James chapter 3, verses 1-6.
Saturday – Acts chapter 16, verses 1-5. Sunday – Numbers chapter 14, verses 20-24.
3 February 1922 – Denver mountain parks system of 5000 acres, located 12 miles from
the city’s boundaries, had 600,000 visitors last year…Denver – The census for 1920
shows there were 21,158,569 calves on farms in the United States, 62,083,392 pigs, and
13,691,115 lambs. Colorado reported 429,451 calves, 418,195 pigs, and 411,150
lambs…Pueblo – Sweeping wage reductions of from 50 cents to $1.80 for an eight-hour
working day, and affecting every building craft worker in Pueblo, were authorized by the
Colorado Industrial Commission in an award handed down recently…Boulder – Miss
Linnie Leckrone, 25 years old, Boulder County tuberculosis nurse, suffered a broken leg
while skiing at Silver Lake, 22 miles west of Boulder. Miss Leckrone was one of a party
of several city officials who went to Silver Lake for an outing…Denver – It has been
announced in Washington, D.C., that the United States Veterans’ bureau dispensaries will
be established in Denver, Pueblo, and Colorado Springs soon, if recommendations of the
bureau are accepted. The Denver dispensary will be equipped with dental, physiotherapy,
x-ray, examining rooms, laboratory, and pharmacy facilities.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: W.T. Hollowell. Funeral director and licensed
3 February 1922 – Column title: Legal Notices. Subhead: Sheriff’s sale. By virtue of a
special execution or lien foreclosure issued out of the clerk’s office of the district court of
Larimer County and state of Colorado, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to
make the sum of six thousand three hundred sixty and 74/100 dollars ($6360.74) and
costs of suit, the amount of a certain judgment recently obtained against George A.
Kennedy, Ida O. Stanchfield, Arthur L. Kennedy, Mabel K. Whitehead, and Horace G.
Kennedy in favor of Mary Walker out of the lands, tenements, goods, and chattels of the
said George A. Kennedy, Ida O. Stanchfield, Arthur L. Kennedy, Mabel K. Whitehead,
and Horace G. Kennedy, I have levied on the following property, to wit: That portion of
the southwest quarter (SW 1/4) of the southeast quarter (SE 1/4) of section thirty-three
(33), township five (5) north of range seventy-three (73) [west of the 6th principle
meridian]. Beginning at the southeast corner of said tract, from which said corner a
flowing spring bears west one hundred and thirty-nine feet (139 feet), thence north “9
degrees east” one hundred and sixty feet “160 feet” along the east line of said tract,
thence west to a point on a line at right angles to said east line of said trace four hundred
and twenty-five feet “425 feet”, thence north parallel to said east line of said tract two
hundred and sixty feet “260 feet”, thence east on a line at right angles to the east line of
said tract four hundred and twenty-five feet “425 feet”, thence north along the east line of
said tract nine hundred feet “900 feet”, thence west a long a line at right angles to the east
line of said trace seven hundred and eighty feet “780 feet”, thence south on a line at right
angles with the south line of said tract to a point where said line intersects the south bank
of the Big Thompson River, a distance of eleven hundred and seventy feet “1170 feet”,
more or less, thence south along the meandering south bank of said Big Thompson River
to a point where the said south bank of said Big Thompson River is intersected by the
said south line of said tract, a distance of three hundred and fifty feet “350 feet” more or
less, thence east along the south line of said tract to the place of beginning, together with
the buildings thereon. Said tract above described embracing 20 acres more or less, all
situated in Larimer County, Colorado, except and subject to a right of way heretofore
agreed to be conveyed for a roadway and a bridge across the Big Thompson River over a
strip of land extending fifteen feet “15 feet” on both sides of a line described as follows:
Beginning at a point on the south line of the Larimer County road four hundred and
seventy-five feet “475 feet” west from a point on the east line of said tract where said
south line of said Larimer County road intersects the east line of said tract, thence south
58 degrees 8 minutes west to the south bank of the Big Thompson River, a distance of
two hundred and fifty feet “250 feet” more or less. Therefore, according to said
command, I shall expose for sale, at public auction, all the right, title, and interest of the
above-named George A. Kennedy, Ida O. Stanchfield, Arthur L. Kennedy, Mabel K.
Whitehead, and Horace G. Kennedy in and to the above-described property on Monday,
20 February 1922 at 2:00 p.m. at the east front door of the county courthouse of Larimer
County in Fort Collins, Colorado. Dated at Fort Collins, Colorado, this 25 January 1922.
[signed] Frank Smith, sheriff of Larimer County. By Ira O. Knapp, undersheriff. George
Campbell, attorney.
3 February 1922 – Headline: Reward. The state fish and game commission will pay the
3 February 1922 – Column title: Estes Park Trail Classified Advertisements. Read them
following insertion. Minimum charge 25 cents. Subhead: For sale. For sale – Owner
wants the money, and will take $1500 cash for one-half acre with four-room cottage, hip
roof, 24 feet by 26 feet, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, porch. Cottage stained and
nicely finished with wallboard. Another cottage can be built on this property. Address
P.D., care of the Estes Park Trail. tf…For sale – Bobcat and coyote pelts. Inquire of
Claude West, telephone #66-R2…For sale – All kinds of wrapping paper, bags, and
twine. The Estes Park Trail…For sale – 120 acres, splendidly situated for cottage sites or
hotel. Gravity water system installed. Number of other springs. Well wooded: Yellow
pine, spruce, limber pine, aspen, cedar, etc. Improvements: One house with seven rooms
and bath, one house with four rooms and bath. Also fireplaces and breakfast rooms.
Barn, garage, and cave [sic]. Property is fenced. Will divide and sell 40, 60, or 80 acres
of the unimproved end at a reasonable figure. Address C.C., care of Estes Park Trail…
Subhead: Wanted. Wanted – To rent or buy, modern cottages, cabin sites, acreage in or
near Estes Park village. Name price, description. Frank R.C. Rollins, post office box
402, Greeley, Colorado…Subhead: For rent. For rent – Furnished cottage for season.
Three bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, beautifully located about
halfway between village and YMCA conference grounds, $300 for season. Address G.D.,
care Estes Park Trail. tf…For rent – New cottage, nicely furnished. Two bedrooms, sun
porch, large living room, kitchen, closets, pantry, bath, electric lights. Located on the hill
in the village. $500 for the season. Address G.D., care Estes Park Trail…For rent –
First-class vacuum cleaner by hour or day. Electric Shop. Telephone #395. tf…
Subhead: Lost and found. Lost – Pair gold frame reading glasses in leather case,
between Estes Park and Loveland. “Paul E. Rose, Denver” stamped on case. Joe Ryan.
3 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: You make your money in Estes Park, try to
you have a useful article about the place for which you have no further need, a few cents
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “Save early so that you won’t have
to slave late.” Opportunity knocks more than once at the door of the man having cash in
the bank – and it’s surprising how an account grows when once started. A certificate of
deposit is a safe investment that draws 4% interest. It may be the knock of opportunity
for you. U.B. Thrifty at the the [sic redundancy] Estes Park Bank [a block 3 business].
Where your patronage is appreciated.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Printing? Yes, we do it – the quality kind. A trial
3 February 1922 – Headline: Music Club Meets with Mrs. McGraw. The meeting of the
Music and Study Club at the home of Mrs. Irene McGraw on 26 January 1922 was one of
the most delightful held this winter. The members and guests were invited to luncheon,
and spent a most enjoyable hour as recipients of Mrs. McGraw’s generous hospitality
before the opening of the meeting. The program “Music of Italy” was in charge of Mrs.
Gaylord Harper Thomson, and demonstrated that the club is doing excellent work. Mrs.
Thomson gave an interesting and instructive paper on “The Origin of Opera”, and a brief
talk of the early sacred and secular music. A splendid paper on “Earlier Composers and
their Work” was given by Mrs. Fred Carruthers, and another by Mrs. Robert Lindley on
“Sacred Music and Modern Composers”. Mrs. Frank Service gave two numbers,
“Thoughts Have Wings” by Liza Lehmenn, and ‘One Fine Day from Puccini’s opera
“Madame Butterfly”. She also gave a review of the opera Cavalleria Rustica” by
Mascagnia. Mrs. Clem Yore gave a short talk on the life and work of Madame Tetrazzini,
and Mrs. Graves that of the late Enrico Caruso. One of the decidedly delightful features
of the program was a duet by two of the guests, Miss Cranker and Mrs. Peter Hondius,
the “Overture” from Rossini’s opera “William Tell”. At this meeting, plans were
perfected for giving a musical program on 15 February 1922.
3 February 1922 – Headline and byline: Glaciers and Advertising by Jack C. Moomaw.
Twice during the past week I have read articles concerning the Arapahoe Glaciers and St.
Vrain Glaciers, one classing them as the largest in the world, the other article placing
them as second largest. It is not my intent to deride the beauty and grandeur of these
glaciers, but such statements are both unreasonable and untrue. There are glaciers on the
range west of Estes Park just as large, and one larger. There are glaciers in Montana and
Washington [state] even larger than those of Estes Park, to say nothing of the great
glaciers of [the territory of] Alaska. Europe and Asia both have ice streams several miles
in length, and South America has several glaciers that are 25 miles long, and two that are
over 100 miles in length. Advertising and boosting one’s country is a commendable
thing, but false advertising is likely to prove harmful, especially when carried as far as
that mentioned above. Men who know the truth will read it, and those who do not know
may come and see, the former to be repulsed, the latter to go away disgusted. It is my
sincere belief that our mountains have sufficient beauty and grandeur to attract and hold
the tourist and scholar without embellishment or exaggeration.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: The Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company
Park, Colorado.
3 February 1922 – Headline: Poisoning Campaign not Closed. We are informed by the
National Park Service that Rocky Mountain National Park Ranger McDaniel is looking
after the poison bait put out by State Trapper Crook, and that he will do so until the
opening of the spring season. It is the hope of the Estes Park Fish and Game Association
that the poison campaign will result in the practical extermination of coyotes before the
lambing season of the Bighorn Rocky Mountain sheep begins, as these bands of sheep are
followed by large numbers of coyotes during this period. Coyotes also prey heavily on
young fawns and but little may be expected from the vigilance of the game association
until the natural foes of the game are destroyed.
3 February 1922 – The Estes Park Trail has a supply of poems sufficient to run us about
three months, so if you are one of the contributors, do not become unduly anxious for
their appearance. We are now running a selection from the new volume of Charles Edwin
Hewes, “Songs of the Rockies”, which will soon be off the press.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: That’s my business. Plumbing, heating, tinning.
Telephone #180.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Now is the time to buy a lot and start planning that
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Now is the time to commence planning that
recreations to help make your vacation delightful, and one of a not-forgotten kind. Here
you may spend your time hiking, riding horseback, fishing, motoring, or by sitting on
cool verandas in the daytime, and by a cheery fireplace at night. Rooms with private
bath, suites, hot and cold water, electric lights, good meals, telephone and telegraph,
3 February 1922 – Headline and byline: Estes Park Region was Formerly the Playground
of the Arapahoe Indians by Clement Yore. (Continued from last week) The Child Trail”
followed the very tops of a row of hills (all above 11,000 feet) called Trail Ridge, entirely
across the range, or Continental Divide. This trail was so named because over it went the
women and children and old men. It is now considered a good ride for tough tourists on
horseback. The warriors scorned the “Child Trail”, for they used only one route, and that
was over treacherous “Flattop” Mountain. Old Sage naively told Shep Husted about this
fact in a boastful manner. “We run ’em over him mountain – no walk him.” Just as one
approaches the main part of “Child Trail” is the old natural fort, off to the left, beside the
Hondius Ranch. The fort is made of the crest of a small but very precipitous hill. Here
was fought one of the important battles between the Arapahoes and the Apaches. Sage
said the following was the true account of this battle. His eyes glowed and his
companions grunted their approval of the tale. Ever and anon all three would indicate by
gestures how such and such a warrior fought. The Apaches came into Estes Park,
somewhere in the early 1850s on the warpath, in search for the Arapahoes. They learned
that the Arapahoes were over the range, and accordingly looked around for a fortified
position. They found the natural fort, and strengthened it by adding a rock or boulder
breastwork. Here they waited, for they knew the Arapahoes must come back by the
“Child Trail”. It was a complete ambush, and the Apaches felt secure it in, however,
some Arapahoe warriors, on top of Flattop Mountain, saw the smoke from an Apache
campfire and carried the news to the remainder of the Arapahoes on the other side of the
mountain. The fighting men made a detour south of Longs Peak, came through what is
now Buchanan’s Pass, and attacked the fort from the east side. The Apaches were driven
into Horseshoe Park with great slaughter. Some of the stones thrown up as breastworks
by the Apaches stood for years on the old fort wall, now many stones are to be seen lying
about, while the fort proper, with remnants of the Apache additions, can to this day be
readily discerned. Dog Trail was to the Native Americans what the famous Fall River
Road will be to the automobilist when completed [sic, it had been completed and driven
over in the fall of 1920, although didn’t start carrying significant traffic until July 1921].
Over this trail dog trains packed the winter’s game supply, and carried summer camp
equipment into Middle Park. The Arapahoe was an expert in the manufacture of
snowshoes of the web order. His shoes were made of ironwood frames and self-tanned
rawhide. The old Native American pointed out spots where they used to gather the
ironwood brush. Huge quantities of this tough underbrush still about all over this region.
The Native Americans also made their tepees from skins and hides secured and tanned in
this locality. The buffalo trap, a very unique institution of the Arapahoe, was located
between “The Orchard” and “Long Gulch” near the present site of Lester’s Hotel. The
“trap” was made from natural convergence of the mountains to an opening or pass of
about ten feet wide. The squaws, children, and old men and some of the less expert
marksmen drove the game, principally buffalo, into the trap, where the finest shots killed
as much fresh meat as the Native Americans needed. The government has learned a great
deal from this visit of the Native Americans to Estes Park, for instance, some of their
names have been adopted by the government, and new maps, with these names
substituted for old ones, are in the process of manufacture. Longs Peak and Mt. Meeker,
which are within a few hundred feet of the same height, were called by the Native
Americans “The Two Guides”, because they were so close to each other, and could be
seen towering above all other mountains, and hence were used to guide the Arapahoes,
whether on plains or in the mountains. Mount Ypsilon, Mount Fairchild, and Hague’s
Peak on the Mummy Range were called the “White Owls” because of the eternal banks
of snow on their slopes making them whiter than other mountains. Prospect Mountain
was called “No Shirt” Mountain, because after a battle on this mountain, they found a
dead white man [sic, is there any evidence of any white men being physically present in
Estes Park at this time?] who wore no shirt. Stone Peaks and Mt. Julian were called
“Bear Paws”. The Rabbit Ear Range was called “The Never Summer Range” because
frost existed here every morning of the year. Saw Tooth Mountain in the Rabbit Ear
Range was called the “Mauchau Crags”, meaning “The Eagles’ Nest”. “Neota”, meaning
“Deer Heart” is the name of a mountain in the Medicine Bow Range, and when seen from
the “Never Summer Range” at a great distance, looks exactly like the heart of a deer.
Sage pointed out this peculiar mountain to Shep Husted from “Thunder Pass” in the
“Never Summer Range”. “Red Mountain” was called “Indian Paint Mountain” because it
furnished the material with which the Arapahoes prepared their war paint. A similar
material in blue was obtained in Wyoming. The colors of the Arapahoes were red and
blue. These were easily mixed in water, and were extremely long-lived colors. “Thunder
Pass” is to be seen in the “Never Summer Range” near the “Michigan River”. The early
white man called it Lula [sic, suggest Lulu] Pass after an old mining camp of that name.
This pass is a great superstition to the Arapahoes. They believe firmly that anyone going
through this pass during a storm will die. Shep Husted tried his best, without avail, to get
the Native Americans to pass through during a severe thunderstorm. Old Sage only
shook his head and said, “Me tepee-no go-bad.” At the Michigan River close by Thunder
Pass are situated the stone monuments built by the Arapahoes as trail marks. These
meant “Keep to the right going either way.” These monuments were built above
timberline. A tree was shown at this point to Shep Husted that had been felled with a
stone hatchet to fall so that it would serve as a bridge over Michigan River for the women
and children. Trail monuments were pointed out by the Native Americans all down the
North Fork of Grand River, and around Cache la Poudre Lakes, and beside Specimen
Mountain. In this region was fought another important battle, in fact, some four or five
battlefields were pointed out in this very neighborhood. These fights had been fought
with the Utes, who came into this part of the Arapahoe territory for the purpose of killing
Rocky Mountain, or Big Horn, Sheep. “Specimen Mountain”, an extinct volcano now
being studied by the government geologic experts, was a reverent thing to old Sage. He
laid ten stones on the ground, and told Shep Husted that his forefathers had handed down
the story that the mountain had smoked 1000 years ago. The trees on the slopes of
Specimen Mountain are estimated to be one thousand years old, so that it is almost
certain the mountain has not been active seriously for less than this length of time. The
winter camp of the Arapahoes was on what is now “Hedrick’s Flats” on the Grand River,
seven miles north of Grand Lake, which is over the range from Estes Park. Here one may
see today 35 very clearly marked tepee rings. One of these rings is so large that Sage said
100 Native Americans formerly slept in it with comfort. There is a dog tepee ring here
also. The tepees were banked with heavy stones, and thus these rings exist today just as
they did when the Arapahoe women took down the tepees for the last time some 50 years
ago. All tepee doors are set directly toward the east. This is a religion with the
Arapahoes, and Shep Husted, while far above timberline one night during a storm, was
forced to camp quickly. The idea struck him to set the tepee not directly east, but rather
southeast. He did so, and then watched old Sage and Gunn. They were nervous, and it
was not very long before the two old men without compass or even star to guide them
arose and, pulling up the tent stakes, set the door as squarely toward the east as though
they had determined the direction with an accurate instrument. It was at Hedrick’s Flats
that the spring sports were held. These consisted of running races, wrestling, jumping,
ball playing, pony riding, etc. There was a regular formality, and honor was bestowed
upon the victors. East of Grand Lake, at what is now called “Sage Brush Flats”, Sage
told Shep Husted they had a big battle with the Utes. It was here that “Red Wolf”, the
greatest of all Arapahoe chieftains, was seriously wounded. The Utes were defeated, and
Red Wolf was sewed up in a buffalo skin and dragged over the snow and ice many
dozens of miles into North Park through as bitter snow and cold as Sage said he ever
experienced. The medicine man saved Red Wolf’s life, but Sage kept telling Red Wolf
that the Utes were routed and killed, and this news constantly revived the great warrior.
On the west side of the range, the old Native Americans were almost as happy as when
they were in Estes Park, and they filled Shep Husted’s notebooks with wonderful
descriptions. When it came time to return to Estes Park, and the Native Americans
realized that they were looking perhaps for the last time on their favorite lands, they grew
very mellow indeed. On a small tributary of the North Inlet River, after Flattop had been
crossed, Sage called Shep Husted to one side and asked him if that stream had a white
man’s name. “Shep Husted said “No.” “I call him Indian Creek.” Then he turned and
pointed to a nearby waterfall and began a good Arapahoe war dance. “I call him War
Dance Falls.” The United States government has obeyed that old barbarian [sic, the word
“resident” is more accurate, and less offensive], his names for the stream and the
waterfalls have been adopted. On the last night out, Sage grew sentimental, and
sweeping his hand over all the mountains and valleys, he said to Shep Husted, “Old time,
Native American all time fight, shoot, hunt, kill ’em all time. Now all time love – all
time plenty peace [sic, this seems more romantic than authentic].” What an epic that old
philosopher left for the world. What a preachment with which to lure the thousands who
are as filled with the love of the beautiful as was Sage and Gunn and Tom Christman –
the Arapahoes.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Groceries and general merchandise. You can find
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Like putting money in the bank to send your old shoes
Shop. Loveland, Colorado. E.C. Gooch [a block 2 business], Estes Park agent.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: The Estes Park Plumbers [a block 8 business].
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: The Hupp [Hotel, a block 2 business]. There’s a
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Nice selection of toys, games, and other gifts still to
be had here. Estes Park Drug Company [a block 6 business]. Telephone #41.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: National Park Hotel [a block 2 business]. Mrs.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: Clatworthys [a block 3 business, as well as a] Denver
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: International all wood suits! $25 to $50. And they
are made to fit you. See them at Gooch’s [a block 2 business].
3 February 1922 – Headline: Boulder County Stock Growers Have Rousing Time at
Lyons. The annual meeting of the Boulder County Stock Growers Association was held
at Lyons Wednesday, and was largely attended. The Lyons Commercial Club and ladies
served a wonderful banquet to the visitors, and showed them a time they will not forget.
The association represents about 50 stock growers in Boulder County with a total of
about 5000 head of stock, more than half of which are grazed in the Colorado National
Forest. Charles Pace of Longmont was reelected president, and O.J. Ramey of Lyons
secretary. All the other officers were reelected. Forest rangers Joe Ryan of Estes Park,
Kreutzer of Fort Collins, and Ulrich and Clark of Boulder were guests of the association,
and received grazing applications for the season of 1922. These rangers, with Ranger
Willey of Masonville, met with the stock growers of Loveland the day before, and
received a number of grazing applications.
3 February 1922 – Column title: Allenspark Items. Henry Dannels underwent an
operation for appendicitis Tuesday at the Longmont hospital…J.N. Weber has returned
home from Denver. He expects to spent the rest of the winter in Allenspark…The
Allensparkers are very much interested at present working out a new ski course…The
Allenspark Commercial Club held a conference with the Longmont Commercial
Association Saturday…A delegation from Allenspark, Longmont, and Ward will meet the
chief forester of the Colorado National Forest in Denver Friday…A number from this
vicinity planned to attend the meeting of the Stock Growers Association in Lyons
Wednesday, 1 February 1922.
3 February 1922 – Julian Hayden recently suffered a peculiar accident to the car he was
driving at Long Beach, California. The gasoline governor worked loose, so that he could
not control it, and began feeding gas to the car at full capacity. He was traveling at 45
[miles] per [hour] in no time. As soon as he realized the car was beyond his control, he
shut off the spark, and brought it to a stop.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: For saddle horses, telephone #31-J. Grubb’s Livery [a
John Frank Grubb.
3 February 1922 – Headline: $25 Reward. For the arrest and conviction of any person
taking wood from Berthouddale Tract, formerly known as the Hayden Tract. [signed]
Berthouddale Company.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: There is lasting satisfaction in owning a home in
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: From headlights to grease cups. We repair and refit
motorcars, from headlights to grease cups. We do it thoroughly and without wasting
time. That means an easy bill. When you get your car back, it is sure to go – and go
right. We replace windshields or body glass with genuine plate glass. There isn’t
anything like it. There isn’t anything as good. It gives you a clear view of the road, and
is free from all defects. Osborn Garage [a block 3 business]. Exide batteries, Goodyear
tires. Telephone #17R2.
3 February 1922 – Advertisement: “Powder River”, the sensational war picture taken in
France of the United States Signal Corps in action. A real war picture showing our
“Buddies” pitted against the German war machine. Given under the auspices of the Estes
Park American Legion. Tuesday evening, 7 February 1922, school auditorium. 7:45
p.m.. Adults 50 cents, children 25 cents. [I don’t think this is the regular weekly movie
in the winter, because it is held on a different day.]
3 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The Estes Park Trail for quality printing.
[10 February 1922 – The Estes Park Public Library doesn’t have the 10 February 1922
issue of the Estes Park Trail in their bound collection.]
Estes Park, Colorado, Friday, February 10, 1922 Price 10 cents.
10 February 1922 – Headline: Clatworthy Lecturing through East on the Rocky
Mountain National Park. Fred Payne Clatworthy left Estes Park Monday morning for a
tour of the East which will keep him busy for the next two months. Mr. Clatworthy’s
engagements take him as far as the New England states and he will deliver his
autochrome lecture entitled, “Colorado and the Southwest in Natural Colors”, before
some of the largest clubs in the country. Most of the views in this lecture are of the Estes
Park region, but there are also views of the Grand Canyon of Arizona and Southern
California used in the series. The first two lectures will be given in Chicago. On 10
February 1922, Mr. Clatworthy will exhibit before the Chicago Geographic Society and
on 14 February 1922 before the Chicago Prairie Club, which spent some days in Estes
Park last season. Both these lectures will be given in the Art Institute building. On 16
February 1922 he will appear before the people of Kendalville, Indiana, for the benefit of
the Keller Institute Hospital. On 18 February 1922, Mr. Clatworthy will fill a date for the
Western Reserve University McBride Lecture Institute at Cleveland, Ohio. 21 February
1922 is the date secured by the Woman’s Club of Haverville, Massachusetts. On 9 March
1922, the American Museum of Natural History of New York City is to hear the lecture.
This society has 6000 members and more than 2000 will attend the exhibit. This is the
fourth time Mr. Clatworthy has exhibited before the same organization. On 15 March
1922, he is to appear for the second time before the Philadelphia Geographic Society.
This organization has 4000 members and 1000 will attend. The lecture will be delivered
in the Engineers building. There will be many other exhibits but the above will give
some idea of the scope of territory covered and the class of people reached. Mr.
Clatworthy has made several such trips East during the winters to advertise this region on
his own responsibility at a net cost to himself of more than $1200. In this time he has
delivered fifty lectures hat averaged in attendance more then 600. He is compelled each
season to refuse engagements and last year turned down six offers. Mr. Clatworthy has
twice appeared before the Circumnavigators Club of New York City, composed of only
people who have been around the world, and their president has the following to say of
his exhibit: “Your Lumierie Autochromes of the Rocky Mountain scenery are without
question the most exquisitely beautiful specimens of color photography I have ever seen,
and there is mighty little I have missed in that line. Incidentally, you have rare good taste
in composition and you made a hit with the members of the Circumnavigators Club.
Cordially yours, Robert Frothington, President”
10 February 1922 – Headline: Road and Trail Report. Big Thompson Canyon Road and
North St. Vrain Canyon Road are in good condition. Nearly all roads and trails within the
Park are open. Chains on all fours necessary on Longs Peak road. Fall River Road over
the Continental Divide closed for the winter by snow. Two hotels open. Maximum
temperature this week, 57 degrees Fahrenheit; minimum temperature this week, -11 [sic,
this actually turns out to be in error, and is corrected to +11 in the 17 February 1922
issue] degrees Fahrenheit; minimum temperature Wednesday night, 35 degrees
Fahrenheit; precipitation this month, 0.666 inches. Report from United States station at
fish hatchery.
10 February 1922 – Photograph: Top and bottom bordered, 3 inch by 4 inch portrait
image of four adult Caucasian males, formally dressed in tuxedos with light vests and
white shirts and bow ties. The men are posed full face, standing side by side, cut off at
waist level. All of the men have short, straight hair combed back, the individual on the
far left appears to be balding, the male third from the left is wearing wire-rim glasses.
Except for John Houseman, who may or may not be included in this photograph, the
individual are not identified by name, either in the caption, an advertisement in this issue,
or in a follow-up 17 February 1922 article. Caption: The Olinger Quartette. Colorado’s
most famous singers under the auspices of the Estes Park Music and Study Club, at the
schoolhouse Wednesday evening, 15 February 1922 at 8:00 p.m. Credit: The photograph
is uncredited, although an illegible cursive signature of the photographer or the studio
appears in the lower right corner.
10 February 1922 – Headline: Lion Hunt in Devils Gulch Country Terminates in Killing
Large Animal. The fate of another lion was sealed Monday when Oliver Frantz
discovered the freshly killed carcass of a deer not far from Drake, at the mouth of the
Devils Gulch country, and notified John Griffith immediately by phone. When Mr.
Griffith received the message, the family pet (the “tin Lizzie”), happened to be away
from home, so he called Mr. Holmes of the transportation company and explained the
situation. John Sherman has been craving a little excitement for some time and Mr.
Holmes thought same was about due and John was dispatched to convey Mr. Griffith to
the scene of future operations in a red White [meaning in a White automobile, red in
color]. Accompanied by three of the Griffith lion dogs, the party arrived at the Fred
Hyatt ranch where they were joined by Mr. Frantz, Mr. Hyatt, and three other men, and
the lion’s trail was picked up at 1:00 and the dogs turned loose. After a chase of about
five miles, the party came upon the lion in Cedar Park as he was doubling back on his
tracks to throw the dogs off the scent. In his effort to get away from the dogs the lion ran
within twenty feet of John Sherman and John says he was making between 15 and 18 feet
to the jump. The lion saw John, but passed without giving him any further notice,
crossed a slight raise of ground, passed close to Oliver Frantz, and sprang into a tree 40
feet in height. Its first leap put the lion into the tree 15 feet from the ground and the third
leap put it in the top where it endeavored to hide among the thick branches. The hunting
party gathered at the base of the tree and the lion was shot down after several pictures
were taken of it in the treetop. Three shots were necessary to kill the animal, which
weighed 142 pounds and measured seven feet six inches. It appeared to be about 5 years
of age. After securing their prize, the party returned to the Hyatt ranch where they spent
the night and returned to Estes Park village at noon Tuesday.
10 February 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Library Sponsored by Woman’s Club has Made
Excellent Growth. Five years ago last December [so in December 1916] the Estes Park
Woman’s Club perfected plans for the organization of a library for the community and
gave a book social at which 50 volumes were received. This composed the initial number
at the opening of the library. From its inception, the library has had the untiring attention
of the community and the organization which founded it, as well as assistance from other
organizations, and today there are more than 1000 volumes to be found there. The
community is making good use of the library and reading room, and it is also greatly
appreciated by the tourist. During the five years there has been but ten volumes lost.
During the winter, 100 persons have made use of the library. This is 1/5 of the entire
winter population of Estes Park. The library and reading room is open each Tuesday
evening to the public and Tuesday and Friday afternoons. Many individuals, both
resident and nonresident, have made nice contributions to the bookshelves. During this
winter many individual contributions have been received. Mrs. G.H. Thomy of St. Louis,
Missouri, sent the library 38 volumes, comprising the entire library of her daughter
Harriet, who died this winter. These books have been placed on the shelves, and will be
kept as a memorial to Harriet. Mrs. Stephen Mather [wife of Stephen Tyng Mather] has
just recently sent 22 volumes, and Mrs. Peter Hondius has just presented the library with
a new set of Thackery [sic, suggest William Makepeace Thackeray]. The proceeds of the
Clatworthy lecture, amounting to $22.50, will soon be expended for new books, as will
the proceeds of the PEO play given at the schoolhouse Saturday night, which netted them
nearly $130. The library is supported by the regular dues of the Woman’s Club, one third
of which goes to the library fund, and by donations of various other organizations. Since
its organization, the library has enjoyed the enthusiastic and loyal attention of Mrs.
Cornelius H. Bond, who has been librarian, and it is due to her untiring efforts, more than
that of any other individual, that the library has been such a success. Her interest and
enthusiasm has not flagged for an instant. Mrs. Bond says that the greatest need of the
library today is a building of its own [which would be realized later in 1922], easily
accessible to the public at all times, and specially constructed for its most efficient use. It
is to be hoped that means will be found in the near future for erecting a fine library
building.
10 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Don’t forget that the Estes Park Trail will
always appreciate your giving us those items of news.
Larimer County, Colorado. Arthur B. Harris, editor and publisher. Office hours 8:30
business]. Telephone #27-J3, shop in Estes Park Trail building, Prospect Heights, above
reading notices 10 cents per printed line per issue, black face type double price.
not print any communication or news note that it sent in unaccompanied by the signature
10 February 1922 – Poem and byline: Surges of Wild by Charles Edwin Hewes
(Copyright 1922) When, walking around, reflecting on Life–/Full weary of cankering
Care and Strife;/Emerging, sudden, on some upper crag,/Upon it the hoof-prints of doe
and stag–/I longer on that quiet height, and eye/With meditation glance the west’ring
sky–/There comes a sweep of sweetest coolness blown/From that region where low the
sun has flown;/Breezing – refreshing, balmy, fair and mild;/From wilderness wafted –
surges of wild./There comes a sense of wondering; a call–/To search where things all new
created crawl;/When World, first lifted crests above muck;/When Ararat, the prow of
Noah struck,/And Man, anew, his travels o’er the Main/Began – before him, deserted
Earth’s domain;/vast unpeopled regions, each vista seen,/All inviting, beckoning, bright
and green;/Breezes from the them blow, balmy, fair and mild;/From wilderness wafted –
surges of Wild./Surges of Wild–/Bringing feelings primitive – mind exiled–/Ancient
instincts, when Man was but the Child/Of primal Nature, his knowledge confined–/His
intellect but in bud, not refined;/When stars, lightnings, thunders, clouds, snow and rain–/
When elements became the gods of men;/’Tis no disgrace, I trust, these Pagan thrills/That
creep delicious o’er me ’mid these hills;/This dear primeval descent, sweet beguiled,/
When on the heights I feel these surgings wild! – Charles Edwin Hewes, Estes Park,
Colorado.
10 February 1922 – Headline and byline: Winter Sports at Fern Lake by James Bishop.
[High school penned editorial? James Bishop would have been the son of the owner of
Fern Lake] Winter sports are held at Fern Lake about the middle of February. The snow
is about the best at this time of winter for snowshoeing, skiing, and tobogganing. Fern
Lake is especially well situated for this purpose because of the trees to break the wind’s
sweep and the snow from Flattop is caught in the dense timber. The snow lies from six to
ten feet deep and in some places where it drifts, is a good twenty feet deep. The ski
course is situated on a very steep slope. This was a natural opening but has been widened
and lengthened until great speed can be used with safety. There were some large rocks at
the bottom but these have been removed, so the course is safe. There is also a fine
toboggan course on the east side of the lake, which is steep enough to send a toboggan
clear across the lake, when it is bare. The Odessa ski course is longer but not so steep as
the Fern Lake course. The parties usually spend a day at Odessa Lake. Their lunches,
which are most welcome, are carried up on a toboggan. The skiing trip from Odessa
Lake to Fern Lake is great sport and people that can handle skis at all usually ride it. A
large carnival is planned this year which consists of a two weeks outing of the Colorado
Mountain Club, starting 10 March 1922, Shortly afterwards about 200 Olinger
Highlanders are planning an outing during the spring vacation of the Denver schools.
Also, a party of about 35 to 50 is planning to come up some weekend from Fort Collins.
If the interest in winter sports keeps growing, some day it will mean a big season for Fern
Lodge.
10 February 1922 – Editorial headline and “byline”: The Higher Freedom by “High
School Student”. [High school penned editorial mentioned in the 27 January 1922 issue.]
It is fallacious reasoning in which men indulge when they persuade themselves that they
are free men. This reasoning is based upon the lower rather than the higher freedom.
The higher freedom necessitates a willingness to do the thing which is best sociologically.
While the lower freedom satisfies man’s personal whims, without regard to his fellow
men. If a citizen’s rights grow out of his association with his fellow citizen, that is, out of
his civic relation, his obligations are no less an outgrowth of exactly the same relation.
The theory that a man creates his own government is of great value, to the citizen for that
is what he does. The fact that he actually does create and control his government is no
value to him if that government fails to perform the purpose for which it was created in
protecting him. A man must not think of his own rights if they interfere with the rights of
his fellow men. If a man regards others in relation to himself, he is of the higher
freedom. But let us consider the lower freedom, which in reality makes men slaves, not
free men. Possessors of the lower freedom are the class of men who say they have a right
to treat a man to a strong alcoholic drink. The higher freedom says you have not the
right, because this drink is a detriment and danger to your fellow man may suffer harm as
a result. The man may argue that one drink will not hurt him, but one drink leads to
another and a habit formed. The man may be poor and the cost of these drinks will
probably keep him from buying something to make his family comfortable. A man has
no right to give his friend a drink because the higher freedom demands the same justice to
the family of his fellow man and freedom from dangerous habits to the man. Thus men
progress from the liberties of personalities to the higher freedom of democratic
citizenship.
10 February 1922 – Syndicated semi-advertising cartoon and illustrator: Mickie Says by
Charles Sughroe. Cartoon of the character Mickie, ostensibly a happy-go-lucky, towheaded printer’s apprentice wise beyond his years. His outfit, as per usual, is the clashing
polka-dotted shirt, checked cravat, dark knickers covered with a white apron, candy-cane
knee-length socks emerging from elf boots. His pose in this installment is “hoe-down
happy” – face and full body in 3/4 right profile, knees bent, right hand in pocket, left
hand raised as if he were taking an oath or preparing to slap his knee, wide ear-to-ear grin
below an outbreak of freckles. The balloon caption above his head reads: “While th’
timid merchant is moanin’ “Hard Times”, th’ live merchant is grabbin’ his customers by
peppy advertisin’ in our noted purveyor of publicity!” On a sign pasted to the wall to
Mickie’s left is the cursive non-sequitur: “Smile, dawgonit! It won’t hurt you!” The
illustrator’s signature appears in the lower right corner, near the toes of Mickie’s boots.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: Put your rheumatism on the run! Boil it out at Idaho
premature old age by drinking the radioactive waters of the famous mineral springs and
train up picturesque Clear Creek Canyon or by automobile through Denver’s wonderful
mountain parks – Good, clear, safe roads all the way. Hot Springs Hotel offers you every
modern convenience – excellent meals, cheerful rooms, refined surroundings – at
and return, every Saturday and Sunday on Colorado and Southern Railway, good
returning until following Monday. For details call at Denver office – 434 17th Street, or
address Department 22A. Idaho Springs, Colorado.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: Real estate, insurance, loans. Cottages sites and
improved property, cottages for rent, notary public. Cornelius H. Bond. Estes Park,
Colorado.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: Eskimo Pie at Tallant’s [a block 5 business]
10 February 1922 – Column title: Colorado in Paragraphs. Dateline: Pueblo. – A
monster dairy exposition is on tap for the Colorado State Fair. Correspondence has
already been carried on by Manager J.L. Beaman looking to such a result, and the record
livestock breeders’ association has arranged to offer a number of special prizes.
Correspondence with manufacturers of dairy equipment of all sorts made everywhere
shows there will be a tremendous showing made by all such factories. All of the
thousand and one machines and appliances used for the manufacturing of the vast number
of milk by-products will be placed on exhibition, and together with these there will be
demonstrations in the manufacture of everything of which milk is the base. Dairy cattle
people are taking so heartily to the proposition that it seems most of the cattle space in
the new livestock pavilion will be required for dairy cattle, and the proposed Colorado
State Fair dairying exposition promises to be by far the biggest and best thing of the kind
ever attempted in the west…Dateline: Yuma. – Fire completely destroyed the Kline
Clothing Company store, the Yuma post office, and the Shramm Hotel, and caused
Damage amounting to $90,000 before it was put under control. The Yuma fire
department, unable to fight the flames, which were fanned by a strong wind, called for
assistance from neighboring towns. Timely arrival of departments from Otis and Wray
on a special train prevented a loss which would have amounted to $1,000,000, city
officials declared. Five members of the fire department were injured by falling walls and
explosions…Dateline: Fort Collins. – R.V. Stryker of Denver has been awarded the
contract for the paving of West Mountain Avenue in Fort Collins on his bid of
$127,504.60, which was 5% lower than the next lowest bid. The contract for the
construction of a storm sewer system in part of the city was let to Arthur A. Dobson of
Lincoln, Nebraska, for $82,987.13. The sewer work will include the laying of 2,928 feet
of 48-inch pipe, 481 feet of 45-inch pipe, 460 feet of 39-inch pipe, and considerable
grading…Dateline: Denver. – Copies of the resolution adopted by the Colorado
Stockgrowers’ Association at the annual meting here on 16 January 1922, whereby the
association was authorized to collect a 50-cent assessment on every carload of stock sold
by members in the open market, are being forwarded to stockmen in all parts of the state
by Mrs. Evelyn D. Castle, secretary of the organization. It is expected that the resolution
will bear fruit immediately, and the straitened financial circumstances of the organization
alleviated at once…Dateline: Pueblo. – It cost Charles Kasson $10 for jokes on his
friends. The police department was somewhat disturbed by a number of persons coming
to the station in the last few days asking what the police wanted of them. It developed
that someone was telephoning certain persons informing them that they were wanted at
the police station. Detectives finally learned that it was Kasson. Judge Crossman
couldn’t see the joke even when Kasson admitted it and said it was a joke…Dateline:
Grand Junction. – Leet Bybee, 30 years old, woman inmate of the state home here, who
escaped recently, was found lying by the roadside, 15 miles northwest of the city, with
both feet frozen black. She would not tell where she had been. She was wrapped in two
blankets taken from the home, and was barefoot. She escaped once last summer and was
gone a week. She is said to have a mania for living like an animal…Dateline: Colorado
Springs. – A clash is reported here between President C.A. Duniway of Colorado College
and C.L. Parsons, known as “Poss”, the athletic coach of the institution. Rumors of
friction over the policy of athletics in the school have been current for some time. What
the differences, if any, are between the president and the coach, Mr. Duniway would not
say…Dateline: Denver. – A memorial window to David H. Moffat, Colorado’s great
empire builder and dreamer of the Moffat Tunnel, will be placed in the state senate
chamber of the Capitol, in compliance with a resolution of the last legislature as soon as
the work of art can be completed by the McMurtry Manufacturing Company, it was
announced recently by the State Board of Capitol Managers.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: Quality – value – service. In meeting the trend
toward downward prices, we have never sacrificed quality, and in fact we are able to give
better values on account of being able to get some lines of higher grade. We are trying
harder than ever to give you good service in prompt alterations, good pressing, and all
that goes with good service. [Photograph: 5-inch tall cut-out image of a male modeling a
light-weight suit, face posed in near-right profile, body in 3/4 right profile. He wears a
hat which resembles a boater, and appears to be whistling, with a cane tucked under his
arms, folded across his chest. His feet, clad in dark dress shoes, are offset – his left leg
and foot are in right profile, while his right toe points almost directly toward the viewer.
Caption: The F.R. Brand [which is an obvious abbreviation for Felix Rothschild].
Manufactured by Felix Rothschild and Company. Chicago, Illinois. The photograph is
uncredited.] Rothchild [sic, suggest Rothschild] clothing for men and boys. We have
already some suits in stock from our spring order, and still more to follow. You can get a
good fit in these new spring styles without waiting for special-order service. Wilson
underwear, gloves, suspenders, arm bands, ties, shoelaces, etc., is growing rapidly
because of the quality of the goods we sell. [Illustration: Pen and ink drawing of a female
model, face in right profile, clad in a silky corset as viewed from the right side and back.
She is just about finished pulling an evening glove over her right hand with her left hand.
The view is demure, but does not avoid the swell of her chest over her right shoulder.
The logo “Royal Worcester corsets” with the final stroke of the “R” forming a base for
the remaining words, appears near the corset’s lower hem. The drawing is uncredited.]
Bon Ton corsets. [This logo, in block letters, consists of the words “corsets” and “trade
mark” nestled in the curve of the “tail” extending as a smile from the base of the “B” in
“Bon” to under the “n” in “Ton”.] “The Best for the Money”. That is what we claim for
the Bon Ton corset. If you want a popular-priced corset, we can give you more for the
money that any other corset house can possibly give you. If you want a high-grade
corset, we can give you a very exclusive model that is suited to your figure whether you
are tall or short, slender or stout, young or old. This great line of corsets will be sufficient
to permit a selection that will meet your requirements. You are cordially invited to call
and look over our new line of merchandise. Dugald Floyd Godfrey [a block 5 business].
“The store that gives you service”
10 February 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside: Semi-advertisement: Kodak
finishing at Francis [a block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films for sale…Word from
J.A. Shepherd, who has been in Washington, D.C., on official business since the first of
the year, is to the effect that he has enjoyed his trip to the national capital, and that he will
spend most of February 1922 visiting in his old home in Virginia before returning to
Estes Park about 1 March 1922…Mr. John Griffith says the report published in several
newspapers to the effect that he has presented the lion cubs captured two weeks ago to
the Denver zoo is untrue. He has been besieged by buyers for the animals, but will keep
them unless he secures a satisfactory price. He has been offered $25 each for the cubs.
One of the cubs broke a leg and Mr. Griffith was compelled to kill it. The two remaining
are thriving and becoming very tame, Mr. Griffith says…W.I. Rosebrough, a prominent
businessman of Loveland, died at his home Friday evening following an attack of heart
trouble. He has spent the day at his cottage near Loveland Heights in the Big Thompson
Canyon, and was stricken shortly after his return home…Albin Griffith, accompanied by
Miss Lois, visited his daughter, Mrs. Oma K. Miller, in Loveland over the weekend…
Andy McCart, the genial road overseer for this district, has been suffering from a severe
cold, and has been confined to the house…R.C. Scott and family spent the weekend in
Loveland. Mrs. Scott is feeling quite herself once more…J.B. Baird and wife returned to
Estes Park last week and will soon open the store for business. The interior will be
redecorated, and other improvements made in the store…J. Carroll Phillips, wife and son,
have moved up from Fort Collins to one of the Glen D. Baird cottages east of the
village…Frank W. Byerly and George A. Kennedy spent about ten days in Nebraska. In
Omaha, Nebraska, Mr. Byerly gave an exhibit before 50 members of the Omaha Walking
Club. Last year, ten members of the club spent some time in Estes Park. This year there
will be twice as many take the trip. Of the ten here last year, all save one attended Mr.
Byerly’s exhibit. The tenth had moved to Wisconsin. On his return home, Mr. Byerly
stopped for a visit with his mother…Charles Masters is remodeling his meat market.
New shelving is being installed [see 17 February 1922 article] and a new refrigerator
counter has been ordered. The paintbrush is also having a free hand…Miss Mable Sheets
of Fort Collins and Miss Mary Jensen of Loveland were guests at the W.H. Berkley home
from Sunday until Wednesday…W.K. Hale, of the engineering department, Denver, of
the Mountain States Telephone Company, was a business visitor to Estes Park Tuesday
and Wednesday…Professor W.H. Beck spent the weekend in Denver…Mrs. Lige Rivers
[Nettie M. Rockwell] went to Longmont Sunday to spend the week with her mother, Mrs.
Alice Rockwell…Mr. and Mrs. Julian Foss Schwartz are visiting with H. McR. Jones in
New York City. Mr. Jones will leave for Chile the first of May 1922, where he will look
after the interests of the Westinghouse Electric Company…Jack Dillon was a Denver
visitor early this week where he proved up on his homestead Tuesday…A.C. Raymond
spent Sunday with his mother in Lyons…Regular meeting of the Rebekahs Tuesday
evening, 14 February 1922. Initiation and feed…Word has just recently reached Estes
Park to the effect that Mrs. Perkins, daughter of Mrs. Thomas B. Stearns of Denver, is the
mother of a fine baby daughter now seven weeks old…Louise Macdonald entertained
Wednesday evening the members of the K.P. Club. There was a splendid attendance and
an enjoyable evening was spent…Ted Jelsema has been ill more than a week, being
threatened with an attack of pneumonia. He is now on the road to recovery…Miss Anna
Wolfrom, proprietor of the Indian store, has returned to Estes Park after having spent
many weeks in various parts of the United States…Semi-advertisement: Don’t blame us
for not having that item of news if you didn’t give it to us.
10 February 1922 – Headline: Thomas Meighan Makes Hit in “Conrad in Quest of his
Youth”. If you believe yourself to be old at 35 and that life has nothing further in store
for you, you should see Thomas Meighan in William DeMille’s splendid Paramount
picture, “Conrad in Quest of his Youth” at the schoolhouse next Friday night. Without
telling the story in detail, we are privileged to tell you that the central idea of the story –
that one never grows old when one lover [sic, suggest loves] – fills one with enthusiasm.
Conrad finds it impossible to travel the road back to 17, because there is none, but when
he fell in love, presto! his vanished youth returns. The picture is an excellent one, and
well worth one’s while to see. The settings are elaborate, and the development of the
story logically carried out. Mr. Meighan is supported by an unusually capable company,
Margaret Loomis playing opposite him. Then there are Mabel Van Buren, Kathlyn
Williams, Sylvia Ashton, and other artists, all of whom contribute their bit to make the
picture artistically satisfying.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: Boyd’s Market [a block 3 business]. Fresh and
cured meats, staple and fancy groceries, fruits and vegetables. Free automobile delivery.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: A winter overhauling is best. Your car suffers more
from neglect and trying road and climatic conditions during the winter months that during
and other period, therefore, it should be kept tuned up properly during the season. This is
also the slack season and therefore the best in which to have the car overhauled, as we
can give you our very best, for we do not have so many annoying interruptions, and you
can best spare the car for a few days just now. Bring it in today. The Estes Park Garage.
Agency for Nash, Dodge, Buick, and Ford.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: “– and a can of Chase and Sanborn’s ‘Seal Brand’
coffee” “The finest grown” [Illustration: Photo-realistic drawing of a can of Chase and
Sanborn Seal Brand coffee, the label of which resembles a can of Quaker State motor oil,
the top of which appears to have an anchor symbol ringed by words, likely the product
name. The can is in front of, and slightly obscures, a wicker basket heaped with produce.
Items visible in the basket include a bunch of celery or beet tops, apples, a trio of carrots
or peppers, perhaps a potato or two, and an intact whole turkey, head and neck flopped
over the front corner of the basket, because nothing gets people more in the mood for a
picnic than a dead turkey head flopped over the front of the picnic basket. The drawing is
uncredited.] Don’t leave it out! J.E. Macdonald [a block 5 business]
10 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Estes Park’s best boosters are the Estes Park
Trail advertisers.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: Mr. Merchant, there is no kidding about it! We have
got the goods, and will sell to all who are entitled to wholesale prices. We handle many,
many articles not mentioned on the list below, such as toothpicks, sweeping compound,
egg cases, ice cream and oyster pails, and many other articles. We have samples to show
you, and it doesn’t cost you any more to patronize us, rather than an outsider. Remember,
if it’s made of paper – ask us, if it isn’t, ask anyhow, or we probably have it. A partial list
of what we handle: Wrapping paper, paper bags, toilet paper, adding machine paper,
paper towels, sanitary drinking cups, sealing tape, all kinds of paper fixtures, twines, etc.,
etc. Estes Park Trail.
10 February 1922 – Column title: Church Notes. Subhead: Presbyterian church.
Sunday school 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening worship
7:30 p.m. Special music at both services. 6:30 p.m. [Sunday] – Christian Endeavor
topic: “Better Purposes”. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. Rev. Alfred
Hadden will preach at both services…Subhead: Christian Endeavor bible readings (for
next week). Monday – Psalms 63:1-11. Tuesday – James 1:22-25. Wednesday – I
Corinthians 13:1-7. Thursday – John 4:31-38. Friday – I Thessalonians 4:9-12.
Saturday – Luke 10:17-20. Sunday – John 4:9-14, John 13:12-17.
10 February 1922 – The Estes Park Trail is the recipient of two pretty enlargements of
photos taken by Jack C. Moomaw 10 January 1922 from the summit of Longs Peak. The
pictures show the approaching storm with the surrounding peaks towering above it.
Thanks, Mr. Moomaw.
10 February 1922 – Dateline: Denver. – Former soldiers, sailors, and marines who
served in the war [World War I] against Germany, who heretofore have been given 60
days’ preference over other citizens in the filing of entry on restored government lands,
hereafter will have a 91-day preference, according to word received from Washington,
D.C., by M.D. McEniry, chief of the field division of the general land office here…
Dateline: Boulder. – Three hundred of the leading educators of the state are expected in
Boulder for the week beginning 6 April 1922. Principals of high schools and
superintendents of city schools will meet in Boulder for three days with members of the
science section of the Colorado Education Association. The Schoolmasters’ Club will
meet here 7 April 1922, and the county superintendents of the state will come to Boulder
8 April 1922 after two days in Denver…Dateline: Holly. – Seven prizes were won in the
Wichita, Kansas, stock show by the Holstein herd from the Model farm, owned by the
Arkansas Valley Sugar Beet and Irrigated Land Company at Holly. This herd has won
many prizes in the state, but this was its first journey out of the state…Dateline: Boulder.
– Rather than face serious charges in this three young Boulder girls are said to be
involved, James Williams, 37 years old, former proprietor of the Willowdale Farm Dairy,
committed suicide in the county jail by slashing his throat.
#Sherwood 390 [Sherwood was a Fort Collins prefix]
10 February 1922 – Column title: Legal Notices. Subhead: Sheriff’s sale. By virtue of
a special execution or lien foreclosure issued out of the clerk’s office of the district court
of Larimer County and state of Colorado, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded
to make the sum of six thousand, three hundred-sixty and 74/100 dollars ($6360.74) and
(33), township five (5) north of range seventy three (73). Beginning at the southeast
corner of said tract from which said corner a flowing spring bears west one hundred and
thirty-nine feet (139 feet), thence north 9 degrees east one hundred and sixty feet (160
feet) along the east line of said tract, thence west to a point on a line at right angles to
said east line of said tract four hundred and twenty-five feet (425 feet) thence north
parallel to said east line of said tract two hundred and sixty feet (260 feet), thence east on
a line at right angles to the east line of said tract four hundred and twenty-five feet (425
feet), thence north along the east line of said tract nine hundred feet (900 feet), thence
west along a lane at right angles to the east line of said tract seven hundred and eighty
feet (780 feet), thence south on a line at right angles with the south line of said tract to a
point where said line intersects the south bank of the Big Thompson River, a distance of
eleven hundred and seventy feet (1170 feet), more or less, thence south along the
meandering south bank of said Big Thompson River to a point where the said south bank
of the Big Thompson River is intersected by the said south line of said tract, a distance of
three hundred and fifty feet (350 feet) more ore less, thence east along the south line of
said tract to the place of beginning, together with the buildings thereon. Said tract above
described embracing 20 acres more or less, all situated in Larimer County, Colorado,
except and subject to a right of way heretofore agreed to be conveyed for a roadway and
a bridge across the Big Thompson River over a strip of land extending fifteen feet (15
feet) on both sides of a line described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line
of the country road four hundred and seventy-five feet (475 feet) west from a point on the
east line of said tract, where said south line of said county road intersects the east line of
said tract, thence south 58 degrees 8 minutes west to the south bank of the Big Thompson
River a distance of two hundred and fifty feet (250 feet) more or less. Therefore,
according to said command, I shall expose for sale, at public auction, all the right, title,
and interest of the above-named George A. Kennedy, Ida O. Stanchfield, Arthur L.
Kennedy, Mabel K. Whitehead, and Horace G. Kennedy in and to the above-described
property on Monday 20 February 1922, at 2:00 p.m. at the east front door of the county
courthouse of Larimer County in Fort Collins, Colorado. Dated at Fort Collins,
Colorado, 25 January 1922. [signed] Frank Smith, sheriff of Larimer County, by Ira O.
Knapp, undersheriff. George Campbell, attorney.
10 February 1922 – Headline: Reward. The State Fish and Game Commission will pay
Estes Park: Elk $100; Mountain Sheep $50; Deer $50; Pheasants $25. [signed] Gaylord
H. Thomson, Deputy Warden…The Estes Park Fish and Game Association will pay the
following rewards for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone killing
game in the Estes Park region: Elk $50, Deer $50, Mountain Sheep $50, Pheasants $25.
[signed] Walter A. Gray, Secretary
10 February 1922 – Column title: Estes Park Trail Classified Advertisements. Read
them for profit, use them for results. If you want to buy, sell, or trade, want help, want a
following insertion. Minimum charge 25 cents. Subhead: For Sale. For sale – Owner
wants the money and will take $1500 cash for one-half acre with four-room cottage, hip
roof, 24 feet x 26 feet, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, porch. Cottage stained and
nicely finished with wall board. Another cottage can be built on this property. Address
P.D., care of the Estes Park Trail. tf…For sale – Bobcat and coyote pelts. Inquire of
Claude West, telephone #66-R2…For sale – All kinds of wrapping paper, bags, and
pine, spruce, limber pine, aspen, cedar, etc. Improvements: One house – 7 rooms and
bath, one house – 4 rooms and bath. Also fireplaces and breakfast rooms. Barn, garage,
and cave [sic]. Property is fenced. Will divide and sell 40, 60, or 80 acres of the
unimproved end at a reasonable figure. Address C.C., care of Estes Park Trail. Subhead:
Wanted. Wanted – To rent or buy, modern cottages, cabins, cottage sites, acreage in or
near Estes Park village. Name price, description. Frank R.C. Rollins, Post Office Box
402, Greeley, Colorado…Subhead: For Rent. For rent – Furnished cottage for season,
three bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, beautifully located about
halfway between village and YMCA conference grounds, $300 for season. Address G.D.,
care Estes Park Trail. tf…For rent – New cottage, nicely furnished, two bedrooms, sun
porch, large living room, kitchen, closets, pantry, bath, electric lights. Located on the hill
in the village. $500 for the season. Address G.D., care Estes Park Trail…For rent –
First-class vacuum cleaner by hour or day. Electric Shop, telephone #395. tf…Subhead:
Lost and Found. Lost – Pair gold frame reading glasses in leather case, between Estes
Park and Loveland. “Paul E. Rose, Denver” stamped on case. Joe Ryan.
10 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: By the way, if you have a useful article about
the place, for which you have no further need, a few cents spent for a want ad will
probably find a buyer for it.
10 February 1922 – Syndicated advertisement, adopted for local use: U.B. Thrifty says
[Illustration: Cartoon of the larger-than-life “U.B. Thrifty” character, a balding,
bespectacled, stocky banker with a wide grin dwarfing a black bow tie. In this
installment, the clown-like Thrifty barely fits in his frame, his grotesquely oversized head
topped with a battered Panama hat, wisps of hair escaping out the sides, while his vest
strains at the buttons and his pin-striped pants balloon outward. The wedge-shaped cigar
at the left corner of his mouth resembles a zipper pull, with his mouth, closed in a broad
tight smile, serving as the zipper. He holds a wallet or checkbook lengthwise, slightly
open, in his right hand, while removing a saddle blanket-sized bill with his left hand,
satisfied. The © symbol and the number 24 at the bottom left and right corners,
respectively, of the handwritten text indicate that this is the 24th illustration in the series.
The cartoon is uncredited.] Cold cash is often the means of expressing warm sympathy
[end of handwritten text], and when one suffers a heavy loss by fire, he needs both.
Insurance policies written in our companies really insure and deliver the cash in case a
loss is sustained. The prudent man insures against loss, so come in and talk it over. Fire,
automobile, and life insurance. [Illustration: Cartoon bust of the U.B. Thrifty character
posed full face without his hat, which makes him resemble Bozo the Clown all the more,
his right arm fleshed in, his right index finger pointing downward. The pointing and the
words “U.B. Thrifty at the” are meant to seamlessly incorporate the local business name
below into the advertisement, but the fact that the Estes Park Bank or the Estes Park Trail
never incorporate it correctly, allowing for the duplicated “the”, suggests that they don’t
understand how it should work. The cartoon is uncredited.] The Estes Park Bank [a block
3 business]. Where your patronage is appreciated.
10 February 1922 – Column title and byline: Breakfast and its Relation to Health by
Helen Barr. “What shall I have for breakfast?” asks the careful housewife, 365 days of
the year, the housewife whose home is her business and who realizes the vital importance
of that first meal of the day. The suggestions we make here are the result of constructive
criticism, and are offered as ideal combinations for the food of children from the time
they are weaned or taken from the bottle until their own grandchildren are born. Adults
may add to these combinations anything they care to, provided the child is not permitted
to share in the indiscriminate use of improperly balanced rations. Here we propose but a
skeleton hint ideally considered for children beyond the age of three. Prior to that time,
dating from weaning time, the same foods may be used as they are individually found to
agree with the individual baby and adequate to its needs. Before weaning, a good
doctor’s advice should be solicited and carried out. Upon these outlines the adult may
build as fancy inspires or commands, not ignoring the general law involving the daily
diet, for any extended period, for it is well known that upon the proper application of this
law depends health, strength, and resistance to disease. Subhead: Monday breakfast.
Grapefruit, sliced ripe apples, ripe raspberries or ripe blackberries, ripe strawberries or
ripe cantaloupe (Avoid green or unripe fruit). At the beginning, orange juice or baked
apple juice should be used freely. Natural brown rice or other cooked cereal and clean
whole milk. Whole wheat bread or toast and clean butter. Subhead: Questions and
answers. Note: All questions regarding these articles will be answered through these
columns if sealed and addressed to Helen Barr, Service Bureau, 825 Larimer Street,
Denver, Colorado. – Editor.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: The Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company
[a block 5 business]. Daily passenger service to Longmont and Lyons. Notice: In
Park, Colorado.
10 February 1922 – We are informed by the president of the Estes Park Music and Study
Club that the entertainment given Wednesday evening is merely for the entertainment of
the people of the community, and that no effort to realize a profit on it is being made, as
the expense will be very heavy…Mrs. Hondius entertained about 40 of the young people
of the community at a dance Wednesday evening. Those present report a pleasant affair.
Splendid refreshments were served…Secretary Godfrey [of the Chamber of Commerce]
reports that inquiries are coming in for information about vacations to be spent in Estes
Park. Reports from Omaha, Nebraska, are to the effect that more inquiries are being
made at this time than every before in the tourist business [I wonder if these Omaha,
Nebraska, reports came from Frank W. Byerly?]…Rev. Hadden’s topic Sunday morning
will be “Motherhood of God”, evening topic “Witnessing Spectators”.
10 February 1922 – Dateline: Denver. – Two appointments have been made by Governor
Shoup to fill existing vacancies at the state house. They are John A. Hunter of Boulder,
who was made a member of the state board of examiners for engineers and surveyors,
and Frank L. Birney of Denver, a prominent businessman, who was named to serve on
the state board of capitol managers…Denver was chosen for the next meeting place of the
western states extension conference, and Roud McCann of the Colorado extension
service was elected chairman of the conference committee to arrange for the meeting at
elections held at the end of a three-day business session in Portland, Oregon.
Figure with us before starting that next job. George R. Wyatt [soon to be a block 8
business]. Telephone #180.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: Now is the time to commence planning that
anticipated vacation for next summer [Note how this advertisement begins exactly the
same way as the advertisement above. In the subsequent issue, the opening statement
will become a question]. The Brinwood affords many comforts and recreations to help
make your vacation delightful and one of a not forgotten kind. Here you may spend your
time hiking, riding horseback, fishing, motoring, or by sitting on cool verandas in the
daytime and by a cheery fireplace at night. Rooms with private bath, suites, hot and cold
water, electric lights, good meals, telephone and telegraph, automobile and horse livery,
daily mail, shed for automobiles, tennis court, quoits [a game similar to horseshoes, but
using rings instead of shoes], and swings. Charles Lowery Reed and Sons. Telephone
#14-W. Estes Park, Colorado.
10 February 1922 – Headline: A Lively Girl in a Lively Picture Tonight. Starling screen
fans with new examples of her versatility is getting to be a habit with Dorothy Dalton.
Not so long ago, she leaped blithely from screen to stage, and was a Broadway sensation
in “Aphrodite”. She proved herself a dancer with the grace and interpretative skill of a
Ruth St. Denis. Miss Dalton’s role in her newest Paramount picture “A Romantic
Adventuress”, casts her as a vivacious dancing girl from the sunny south who takes
Broadway by storm. Then, at the bequest of a greedy mother and a blackmailing
theatrical agent, she goes to Monte Carlo to achieve a titled marriage. But dramatic
happenings frustrate this plan, and romance triumphs in the end. Miss Dalton’s dancing
as the Queen of the Carnival, and later in a crowded Broadway theatre, are the high spots
in the picture, though the whole production is of the bright, stimulating character that
always pleases. The picture was adapted from Charles Belmont Davis’ novel “A Winter
City Favorite”. Charles Meredith is the leading man, and Harley Knoles directed.
10 February 1922 – Headline and “byline”: School Notes by “School Reporter”. The
following attendance report has been sent to the Larimer County Superintendent. It
covers the month of January 1922. Figures for the corresponding month of last year are
given for the purpose of comparison. Total enrollment 88 in 1922, 65 in 1921, average
number belonging 86.7 in 1922, 61.7 in 1921, average daily attendance 82.9 in 1922,
54.9 in 1921, times tardy 78 in 1922, 8 in 1921. An increase of 28 pupils in actual daily
attendance is noted [83 compared to 55]. Remarks concerning the excessive number of
tardy pupils are withheld. They would never get past the Censor. [I wonder if this
comment is what started the uproar about Arthur B. Harris editing the school notes.]
10 February 1922 – Headline: Mother of Charles Lowery Reed Passed Away at
Longmont. Mrs. I.A. Reed, mother of Charles Lowery Reed of Estes Park, passed away
Friday, 4 February 1922 at Longmont [Charles Lowery Reed is the owner of the
Brinwood]. Mrs. Reed and four children came to Colorado and settled at Longmont in
1878, where she has made her home since. She was 87 years old at the time of her death.
Funeral services were conducted Monday at Longmont, Rev. Markley, pastor of the
Congregational church of that place and of the church of which the deceased was a
member, officiated. Mrs. Reed is survived by four children, Charles Lowery Reed of
Estes Park, Mrs. G.D. Rider of Boulder, Mrs. F.H. Root of Longmont, and Mrs. E.G.
McKinney of Craig, and by 12 grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren
10 February 1922 – Headline: United States Aid Secured for Road to Arapahoe Glaciers.
Boulder men, who met with United States forestry officials from Washington, D.C., in
Denver last week, were guaranteed an appropriation of at least $25,000 federal money for
the building of a new road to the Arapahoe Glaciers. The road, as proposed, will pass to
the east of Silver Lake and pass Rainbow Lake going to the glacier section. The new
road would open the glacier wonderland to hundreds of tourists every year, which is at
present almost inaccessible except by a long and tedious trail.
10 February 1922 – Headline: Becker Rides Skis – Sometimes. “Bobcat” Becker
[Robert Becker] wears his right hand in swaddling clothes these days. No, he didn’t
attempt to carry a live lynx by the nape of its neck, nor did he attempt to choke one to
death. It all happened this way. Some of the younger generation were having a little ski
course near the Lewiston Chalets, and Bob thought it would be great sport to show them
how to behave on skis. Everyone went well until Bob took his turn. He happed to be
somewhat heavier than the others using the course and his momentum became so great
that his skis refused to stop when he reached the end of the course, as he wished them to
do, and he kept on going, until he reached a bare, gravelly spot. He stopped. The
sprained wrist is doing nicely, and will be itself again within the course of a few weeks.
10 February 1922 – Headline: Real Estate Transfers. Harvey Miller to Lon Felkey, north
1/2 of southwest 1/4 section 13-7-71, and other land, $100…United States to George W.
Connely, south 1/2 of northwest 1/4, southeast 1/4 of northeast 1/4, and northwest 1/4 of
southwest 1/4 of section 9-4-73, patent…Mary A. Hardy to George H. Hardy, part
northeast 1/4 of northeast 1/4 of section 35-5-73, $1…W.I. Neal to Presbyterian
Assembly Association, part southwest 1/4 of southeast 1/4 of section 27-6-72, $675…
Millicent Finch to Harry Brown, part northwest 1/4 of southwest 1/4 of section 2-4-72,
$50.
10 February 1922 – Mrs. James Casey of Cortland, New York, spent several days in Estes
Park visiting her son, Garrett Casey, and family. Tuesday evening Garrett took his
mother and wife to Loveland for a visit with his wife’s parents.
10 February 1922 – Dateline: Windsor. – The Farmers’ State Bank at Windsor closed its
doors for business by a resolution drawn by the board of directors, on account of low
reserves, according to a report to Grant McFerson, state bank commissioner…Dateline:
Denver. – Mrs. Horace W. Wilcox, 24 years old, prominent member of Denver’s social
set, and wife of the head of the Wilcox Advertising Company, was severely burned about
the face, arms, and upper part of the body when a gas stove exploded in her home here…
Dateline: Fort Collins. – The Agricultural College registration of students reached the
highest mark of its history when 51 new students enrolled for the coming semester. The
total enrollment is 904, with less than 20 to be deduced for first-semester drops,
according to the registrar’s office…Dateline: Denver. – The flying squadrons of speakers
sent out from the Denver area office headquarters of the Methodist Episcopal church in
the city have returned to Denver after a trip through southern Colorado and as far into
New Mexico as Santa Fe. Institutes were held in towns and cities along the way…
Dateline: Delta. – J.M. Gunn, a truck driver, was perhaps fatally injured recently when
his automobile truck slipped over the edge of a cliff road and rolled down into the
canyon. It is said an approaching truck took the wrong side of the road, forcing young
Gunn to the ice-covered edge. He was badly hurt as the truck rolled over his body in its
fall to the bottom…Dateline: Denver. – Stay of execution was granted by the Supreme
Court to John J. Baker, who was sentenced to life imprisonment in the state penitentiary
in Montrose County last November 1921 for the murder of James F. Kelley. The
defendant sought a supersedeas [sic, this is the correct spelling] of the high court pending
a review of the original proceedings. He asserts the crime was committed while mentally
unbalanced. Pending the review of the case, he must remain in jail under a heavy
guard…Dateline: Bennett. – Thieves broke into the vault of the Bennett State Bank in
the third attack that has been made on the institution in less than two years. Nothing of
value was obtained, officers announced. The burglars gained entrance to the building by
breaking a window. Then they drilled a hole in the vault and broke off the lock. They
evidently worked deliberately, without fear of interruption, as several chairs were found
grouped around the stove, in which a fire had been built…Dateline: Montrose. – The
following resolutions were adopted unanimously at the concluding session of the annual
convention of the western slope livestock and farmers congress here: To request the
secretary of agriculture, in view of the fact that prices of livestock now were at pre-war
[World War I] prices or lower, to restore the fees of pre-war period for grazing in the
national forests, also approving the truth-in-fabric bill as backed by the National
Association of Wool Growers. Urging a 2-cents tariff on imported sugar as a protection
of the beet sugar industry. Opposing the amendment to Senate bill 2263, which limits the
cost of a new federal branch bank building at $250,000. Opposing the transfer of the
forestry service from the Agricultural Department to any other department of the
government. Thanking the Colorado executive committee of the War Finance
Corporation for its efforts to get money in the hands of the farmers and livestock men for
their relief…Dateline: Fort Collins. – Women from every section of Colorado attended
the conferences and ceremonies which were held at the Agricultural College here, 8
February 1922, 9 February 1922, 10 February 1922, and 11 February 1922, in connection
with the dedication of the Women’s Club building.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: The Estes Park Plumbers. Lindley & Son [a block 8
business]. Elmer D. Lindley, telephone #35. Robert H. Lindley, telephone #78
10 February 1922 – The Hupp [a block 2 business]. There’s a Huppmobile/Which makes
you feel/That you’re flying thru the air,/As you motor along/With a merry song/You
surely do “get there.”/Get where? If you’re headed right,/To the Hupp Hotel/Where the
eats are swell/And the price just hits the mark./You “auto” know/That’s the place to go/
When you motor to Estes Park. By a guest. Estes Park, Colorado.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: Nice selection of toys, games, and other gifts still to
be had here. Estes Park Drug Company [a block 6 business]. Telephone #41
10 February 1922 – Headline: Widely-Known Writer on Domestic Hygiene and Home
Economics will Contribute Weekly to Estes Park Trail Columns. Miss Helen Barr,
known the nation over as an authority on many problems concerning the housewife and
matters pertaining to hygiene, will contribute weekly during 1922 to the columns of the
Estes Park Trail. Her articles will be of general interest to the woman readers – and will
sometimes be read by male members of the household on the sly. A valuable feature of
Miss Barr’s connection with the Estes Park Trail will be that she will conduct a “question
and answer” department in connection. She is also available for practical suggestions and
ideas, recipes, etc. We trust this feature will become popular, and ask our readers to write
her at address given following the article in her department this week.
10 February 1922 – Headline: Scenic Wonders of America to be Advertised in Europe.
Scenic wonders of America, including the delights of Rocky Mountain National Park and
Mesa Verde National Park, as well as the Denver Mountain Park system, will reach the
shores of European countries this winter, through story and picture in the Far Western
Travelers, a publication of free distribution. This sets a precedent in travel education for
the west, and is secondary only to another new feature to be inaugurated by the Far
Western Travelers’ association at the same time. This is to place a copy of the annual
number in every drawing room and observation car on every railroad in the United States.
In this manner, said Mr. Richards, Americans traveling overland by train, or overseas,
will be reminded constantly of their wonderful scenic areas of their own country. “There
are travelers on the high seas who need to be educated to the beauties of the national
parks and the Pacific coast resorts,” said Mr. Richards. “They are Americans in every
other sense of the word, except that travel at home is given little consideration. The
White Star line, largely through the consideration given America’s scenic wonders by
John Bartholomew, superintendent of the steamship company at Liverpool, England, is
the first to give us the privilege of outfitting its liners with issues of Far Western Traveler.
The object, of course, is two-fold. Foreigners coming to the United States will have this
means of learning, through pictures and by story, if they are able to read the English
language, something of wonder places they should visit. In Colorado’s stories for the
forthcoming issue, as written by Arthur Chapman, formerly a newspaper editor in
Denver, due credit is given to the Mesa Verde National Park and Rocky Mountain
National Park areas.” There are 1100 members in the association behind the Far Western
Travelers’ movement, including a number of local merchants. Commercial organizations
are taking an active part in the distribution of the issues. The movement has the official
endorsement of the National Park Service. Its object, according to Mr. Richards, is to
“assist civic bodies of the west to carry on a constructive movement to build up the
Rocky Mountain and Pacific coast regions, so that the purchasing power will grow to
absorb not only Colorado-made products, but some of those manufactured in the east.”
10 February 1922 – Headline: They are Free – Get What You Can Use to Advantage.
Every letter you mail out of Estes Park should contain a folder of Estes Park. Get a
supply today from Mr. Godfrey, Secretary of the Chamber of Commerce. People in
eastern cities, who will mail these folders out with their correspondence, will be gladly
supplied upon request. The folders are illustrated, and as one man expressed it, “We need
not be ashamed to send these anywhere.” Another said, “Every time I look at the folder, I
like it better than the time before.” Letters in which they were mailed are bringing
favorable replies. One man writes the Estes Park Trail, “I wish to compliment you on the
fine folder you got out boosting Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park. It tells
the story of the attractions of Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park in a very
interesting manner, and it is gathered up in excellent form. It contains a compendium of
all that a pleasure seeker would care to know.”
10 February 1922 – Headline: American Legion Compelled to Cancel “Powder River”
Picture. The American Legion was compelled to postpone giving the picture “Powder
River” because of the poor lights. The recent cold spell has filled up the river with ice to
such an extent that the water flow is crippled so badly that one is frequently compelled to
light a kerosene lamp to read by. It is sincerely hoped by the community that the
management of the power department will see fit to raise the dam at the plant and make
other improvements that will protect against further recurrence of the present dilemma.
The American Legion hopes to secure the picture later, possibly in April 1922, when
there will be nothing to fear from the power situation.
10 February 1922 – Headline: Entertainment was Great Success. The Old Maids’
Convention was a scream – no mice, just Abner Sprague – from start to finish. The
participants in the festivities were well “dolled up” in quaint costumes and dainty
powdered curls. They were all stars and of course the success of the occasion was
assured when Abner Sprague consented to assume the role of “professor”. The school
auditorium was packed with the people of the community and all agreed they had
obtained their money’s worth. Following the performance, delicious refreshments, that
were delicious [apparently, the refreshments were delicious], were served. Cards and
dancing were also indulged in.
10 February 1922 – Mrs. Francis has charge of the Woman’s Club program Wednesday,
the topic being “Conservation”. This topic is of vital interest to the people of Estes Park
as they are much interested in the conservation of the animals, birds, flowers, and natural
scenery in this region.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: For saddle horses, telephone #31-J. Grubb’s Livery
[a block 4 business]. We can furnish at all times reliable horses and first-class equipment.
John Frank Grubb
10 February 1922 – Headline: $25 Reward. For the arrest and conviction of any person
taking wood from Berthoud Dale tract, formerly known as the Hayden tract. [signed]
Berthoud Dale Company.
rush. Estes Park Lumber Yard. Julius Foss Schwartz. Telephone #48
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: Big entertainment at schoolhouse, 15 February 1922
at 8:00 p.m. The Olinger Quartette. Featuring Mr. Stewart Houseman, the singing
comedian, under the auspices of the Estes Park Music and Study Club. This high-class
aggregation is known all over the big-time Lyceum and Chautauqua circuits. They
entertain with a repertoire that makes you mellow, that tickles you, that brings the smiles,
that brings the tears, that makes the old and young happy and takes you by superb song
recital into the best paths of all kinds of music. Melodies of the heart, of Ireland,
Scotland, our south. Here is a band of singers which will stir you with their acting and
impersonations of the characters they represent in song. Everybody come – remember
the date. 15 February 1922 at 8:00 p.m. Adults 75 cents, children 50 cents.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: From headlights to grease cups. We repair and refit
motor cars, from headlights to grease cups. We do it thoroughly and without wasting
time. That means an easy bill. When you get your car back, it is sure to go – and go
right. We replace windshields or body glass with genuine plate glass. There isn’t
anything like it. There isn’t anything as good. It gives you a clear view of the road and is
free from all defects. Osborn Garage [a block 3 business]. Exide batteries, Goodyear
tires. Telephone #17R2.
10 February 1922 – Advertisement: Clatworthys [a block 3 business, as well as a]
Denver store, 415 17th Street.
Estes Park, Colorado, Friday, February 17, 1922 Price 10 cents.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Providential Lull in Wind Averts Possible Catastrophe in
Estes Park. Saturday morning at 4:00 a.m., the village was rudely awakened from its
slumber by the clanging of the fire bell rung by a frantic woman clad only in a
nightgown, and after much stubbing of toes and cracking of shins, the fire boys of Estes
Park were at the first fire in the town’s history [sic, perhaps the first that Estes Park Trail
editor Arthur B. Harris was aware of, but definitely not the first fire]. At nearly 4:00
a.m., a maid at the Hupp Hotel was awakened by the smell of smoke, and at once notified
Mrs. Derby. It was thought the fire was located in the kitchen, and Mrs. Derby made a
dash across the street to the fire station and began ringing the bell. The sleeping village
was soon aroused, but the men had to dress in the dark, for the power plant was shut
down. When at last sufficient clothes were located to make it safe to venture outside, the
fire boys got out the hose cart and attached the hose to tightly frozen hydrants. Several
garden hose were put in operation when it was found to be an impossibility to get water
from the fire hydrants. Bucket lines were formed, and individual fire extinguishers were
rushed to the scene, and soon the fire-fighting platoon was in full action. The fire broke
out in the walls of the ice house near the back door of the Hupp Hotel, and not in the
kitchen as at first supposed, and was with difficulty confined to the building where it
started. Fortunately for the entire town, the wind which had been blowing most of the
night died down just as the fire broke out, and before it had gained much headway, there
was a dead calm. The wind rose again about 30 minutes after the fire had been
extinguished. With the water system frozen so that it was practically useless, the town
would have been at the mercy of the flames had the wind continued to blow during the
fire. The ice house had just recently been filled, and it is thought the fire started from
spontaneous combustion in the sawdust used for packing. Mr. Derby thinks the ice is
probably ruined by the chemicals from the hand extinguishers used in fighting the fire.
[Arthur B. Harris, the Estes Park Trail editor spearheaded the effort to get a better fire
truck and improved fire-warning and fire-fighting methods after this fire.]
17 February 1922 – Headline: Road and Trail Report. Big Thompson Canyon Road and
North St. Vrain Road are in good condition. Nearly all roads and trails within Estes Park
are open. Chains on all fours necessary on Longs Peak Road. Fall River Road over
Continental Divide closed for the winter by snow. Two hotels open. Maximum
temperature this week 45 degrees Fahrenheit, minimum temperature this week 0 degrees
Fahrenheit, minimum temperature Wednesday night 24 degrees Fahrenheit. Precipitation
this month 0.16 inches. Report from United States station at fish hatchery.
17 February 1922 – Illustration: 1 inch by 3 inch pen drawing by Dean Babcock of
snow-covered hillside and scattered snow-laden pine trees, the majority of which are
concentrated on the ridgeline. As with much of Babcock’s work, the scene is influenced
by 19th century Asian woodblock prints. The artist’s monogram, an overlapping “DB” fit
into a small square, appears in the upper right. Caption: Pen Drawing by Dean Babcock
from “Songs of the Rockies”. Credit: Courtesy Edgerton-Palmer Press.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Dynamite Caps Respect their Owner. Charles Masters
spent the first of the week in Denver in an endeavor to quiet his nerves that were nearly
shattered – or at least, might have been shattered. His case of “nerves” was all caused, or
rather, averted, by the failure of a box of dynamite caps to explode on provocation. Some
months ago on request, Charlie purchased a box of dynamite caps while in Denver for a
friend in Estes Park. The friend did not call from them, and they were tucked safely away
from all harm on the top of a high shelf, after having been placed in a cloth sack, and
forgotten. Now, with the assistance of B.W. Cook, Charlie is remodeling the market, and
the old shelving is being removed and nice new shelving put in its place. Mr. Cook spied
the sack and asked what it contained. Charles didn’t remember, and gave the sack and its
contents a fling from its high perch to the center of the floor. The caps were well behaved
ones, and, therefore, Charlie found it necessary to leave town via the Rocky Mountain
Parks Transportation Company when he was ready to depart.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Olinger Quartette Gave Splendid Entertainment. The
Olinger Quartette of Denver, under the auspices of the Estes Park Music and Study Club,
presented one of the finest entertainments ever given in Estes Park Wednesday evening in
the school auditorium. The house was packed to the limit, and appreciated immensely
the program presented. The ladies of the club decorated the room with banks of flowers
and ferns, and Oriental rugs were upon the floor of the stage. The program from the first
number to the last was a topnotcher, and was so free and easy as to appear almost
spontaneous. A great variety of song and wit was displayed, and the quartette kept the
house in an uproar for 45 minutes in their characterization, cleverly costumed, of a group
of farmers rehearsing for an entertainment to be given at the country skule [sic, the
hayseed spelling of school] house. The audience was unstinted in its expression of
appreciation both to the quartette and the music club ladies for the splendid evening’s
entertainment.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Burbank Develops New Oat which Threshes like Wheat.
A new white, hull-less oat that threshes like wheat and weighs approximately 60 pounds
to the bushel instead of 45 pounds, is one of the chief new horticultural productions of
Luther Burbank, plant wizard, was announced recently. Other new creations perfected by
Burbank and announced recently include: A mammoth crimson flowering artichoke, the
globes of which are as beautiful as roses, but ten times as large. A new orange sunberry
having the exact flavor of the eastern blueberry and huckleberry. A new Brazilian
tomato-like fruit. A Peruvian winter grass which produces an enormous amount of feed
despite the heaviest frosts throughout the winter, affording a valuable forage for poultry,
horses, sheep, cattle, and goats. A new sweet corn surpassing previous creations in
sweetness, productiveness, and early maturity. A new yellow flowering hibiscus. A new
prickly poppy and a wonderful new aramanthus [sic, suggest amaranthus] named “Molten
Fire” because of its gorgeous coloring effects.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Mock Wedding Chases Dull Gloom Away. Mrs.
Humphreys very delightfully entertained a few friends on last Thursday evening while
their husbands were attending lodge. A mock wedding had been planned by the hostess
and was very cleverly carried out. The ceremony used was original and written in rhyme.
The members of the wedding party were Saucy Drinkwater (Mrs. Fred Anderson) and
Jerome Sapapple (Mrs. Clyde Low), bride and groom, Mr. Egoa Hugiboom (Mrs. Al
Hayden) as best man, Mr. Hazzie Drinkwater (Mrs. Charles Chapman) father of the bride,
the Misses Rosepetal (Mrs. Freberg and Mrs. Rockwell), Miss Daisy Dorothy Drinkwater
(Mrs. Fulton), little sister of the bride, and Rev. Savanarola Doolittle (Mrs. Carl Piltz),
who very impressively performed the ceremony. Lovely refreshments were served, but
the party broke up rather abruptly due to the untimely arrival of the husbands. The guests
feel greatly indebted to Mrs. Humphreys for a most pleasant and enjoyable evening.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Valentine Party Given the Participants of Old Maids
Convention. Mrs. Roy Wiest entertained delightfully the PEO ladies who participated in
the Old Maids’ Convention on Tuesday. Big red hearts had been cut into odd shapes, and
those present strove to be the first to put them together. Each one present received a nice
valentine. Dainty refreshments were served, and a royal time was enjoyed by all. Those
present were Mrs. Bond, Mrs. Graves, Mrs. Frank Service, Mrs. Godfrey, Mrs. Hix, Mrs.
William Tallant, Mrs. Harry Preston, Mrs. Macdonald, Mrs. Bryson, Mrs. Petrie, Mrs.
Holmes, Mrs. Alson Chapman, Mrs. Charles Chapman, Mrs. Arah Chapman, Mrs.
[Granville Elmer] Wright, Mrs. [Carrie?] James, Mrs. Osborn, Mrs. Belle Reed, Mrs.
Sprague, Mrs. Wiest, Mrs. Lester, Mrs. Hondius, Miss Cranker, Miss Butler, Miss Ashby,
Miss Cooke, Miss Stahl, Miss Lucy Schwilke, Miss Callie James [sic, is this Carolyn
James, daughter of Carrie James?], Miss Ruth Wright, and Miss Helen Service.
17 February 1922 – Headline: New National Monument Proclaimed by President
Harding. By a proclamation of President Harding, signed 24 January 1922, a 593-acre
tract in the Nevada National Forest was set aside as the Lehman Cave National
Monument. For 25 years, these caves have been known locally, and for some time
individuals have been trying to gain control of them, but the action of the chief executive
retains them safely for all the people, and prevents the destruction of the many objects of
scenic and scientific value. The area remains a part of the national forest, but the
monument can be used for no purposes that interfere with its preservation as a national
monument. It is the eleventh national monument to be established in a national forest,
and the first one in Nevada. The Lehman Caves are six miles west of Baker, White Pine
County, Nevada, at the base of Mount Wheeler, and at an elevation of 7200 feet. They
are in a light grey and white limestone formation on the eastern slope of the mountain.
They contain stalactites and stalagmites columns and galleries of rare beauty that have
inspired the people of the locality to apply to the various parts of the cave such fanciful
names as the Pearly Gates, the Cypress Swamp, the Portiere, Liberty Column, the
Parachutes, Washington’s Column, Palace of the Gods, Pygmalion and Galatea (two
columns), Cathedral of Rest, Eagles Gate, the Snow Queen of the Underworld, Angel’s
Wing, Lincoln Column, and Niagara Falls. Residents of the nearby region long ago
blasted out an entrance and built stairways. The government will make such
improvements as are necessary for the convenience of tourists who wish to visit the
monument.
a.m. to 9:00 a.m. with Dugald Floyd Godfrey in Josephine Hotel building [a block 5
the Big Thompson Hotel. Subscription rates: One year, cash in advance $3. Six months
$1.75, three months $1, single copy 10 cents. Advertising rates: Display advertising –
reading notices 10 cents per printed line per issue, black face type double price.
17 February 1922 – Poem and byline: Across the Range to Home Sweet Home by
Charles Edwin Hewes. We have crossed the lofty Passes–/Nearly touched the turquoise
sky;/We are wet from wading waters/Where we lunched, the torrent by./Our lips are fred
with wayside fruit/And flowers fill our arms./Ah! Summer’s dear excursion sweet/’mong
flow’ry mountain charms!/Yet glad a song rings in our souls/And visions rice apace–/
Where tired feet and weary limbs/Shall find a resting place;/So life your voice and sing
that song,/As among the peaks we roam–/We’re on our way across the range/To the heart
of home sweet home./We’ve rowed upon the alpine lake/Amid the forest wide;/We’ve
romped across the glaciers cold/On top the Great Divide./We’ve wandered ’mid the leafy
woods,/The trails of glade and park;/We’ve tumbled in the waterfalls–/Thrown snowballs
for the lark./Yet swells that song its happy strain/And helps the miles speed by./We’ll sing
it on the shinning [sic, suggest shining] hills/While still the sun is high;/So lift your voice
and sing that song,/As among the peaks we roam–/We’re on our way across the Range/To
the hearth of home sweet home./Our catch of trout is in the pack/And quarts of berries
ripe;/And pretty stones of mosses rare/We’ve gleaned of every type./A distant peak now
looms in sight/Which marks our homeward quest,/And fond anticipations bright/Holds
forth the meal and rest./Yet runs that loved endearing line/As setting sun sinks low;/It
cheers the homeward trotting steeds/As soft the moonbeams glow;/So life your voice and
sing that song,/As among the peaks we roam–/We’re on our way across the Range/To the
heart of home sweet home. Charles Edwin Hewes, Estes Park, Colorado.
17 February 1922 – Editorial headline: Conservation – Life and Property. The little fire
of early Saturday morning has its lessons for the community, and we trust some of them
may receive the proper consideration. The first we wish to speak of is frailty of
humanity. Man is a wonderful creation and has been able to conquer many a seemingly
insurmountable obstacle, but it remains that he is terribly weak and at the mercy of the
elements to a degree that makes one shiver at the thought. The winds at will, almost,
snuff out many a robust life. The lightnings flash in the face of man in the height of his
glories and ambitions, and he bows to rise no more. The waters engulf many a promising
life and never gives it up. The ravages of fire in an instant sweeps many a life into
eternity, and annually destroys hundreds of millions of dollars to humanity. None of
these can ever be replaced. True, property can be rebuilt, but the destroyed property and
wealth is lost to posterity forever, and the lives snuffed out are gone never to return. In
his battle with the elements, man and the community should provide the best and most
adequate protection human mind has been able to devise. From the beginning of time,
man has recognized the existence of a superior being, one who can destroy or protect as
he sees it to serve the best interests of the world. Who knows but that He who hushed the
winds and bade the waves be still, calmed the wind last Saturday morning until the fire
was put under control? In the quieting of the winds, thousands of dollars worth of
property were saved, and possibly some lives. How can the community better show its
feelings that to turn some of the religious services of the community into one of
thanksgiving and rejoicing? Another lesson: The necessity for up-to-date fire-fighting
apparatus, fire hose in sufficient quantities, and the proper care of same and of the fire
hydrants. All hydrants were frozen. The electric lights were not burning. The wind was
blowing. What better time for a firebug to get in his nefarious work could have been
chosen. Providentially, the wind became a dead calm as the flames grew. This, and the
heroic efforts of the fire fighters alone saved the entire town. A telephone message to the
power plant soon brought the lights. But no human power can supply water when the
hydrants are solidly frozen. The town needs a good fire truck with a powerful pump, so
that water may be used if a pool or stream is near. The truck should be equipped with
chemical tank and all necessary means with which to fight conflagrations. The cottages
and hotels that dot Estes Park everywhere outside the corporate limits of the town need
the protection a good fire truck and pump would afford. The community needs also an
organization of firemen who are in training for their work. They should be efficiently
organized, as well as properly equipped. The proper use of the fire-fighting machine
should be familiar to all the men of the organization. They should know the exact
location of every hydrant. They should be thoroughly familiar with all the road of Estes
Park, its streams, pools, and buildings. As our correspondent in another column suggests,
let’s push the card tables, tea tables, and other things that merely amuse, to one side, and
bend ourselves to worthwhile tasks and necessary training. Let’s make of the training a
worthwhile sport as well. Let’s be doing, before it is too late.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Fire Hydrants Now OK. Steps were at once taken
following the discovery Saturday morning that the fire hydrants were frozen to place
them in proper condition. Each one has been thawed out and so fixed that they will not
again freeze up. In addition to this, they will be regularly inspected to ascertain that they
are in proper working order at all times.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Schools Closed for Two Days. The school board closed
the school Thursday and Friday that the building might be fumigated. Scarlet fever has
broken out in the McGraw home, and this precaution is taken to prevent its spread.
Children in one or two other homes are also ill. As a precautionary measure, all parties
are being called off for a week.
17 February 1922 – Headline: No Picture Show this Week. On account of the
schoolhouse being closed for fumigation, there will be no picture show this week. It is
expected the show for next week will be given as per schedule.
17 February 1922 – Julius Foss Schwartz writes the Estes Park Trail as follows:
“Yesterday I was in H. McR. Jones’ office at 165 Broadway [New York] and looked over
the Estes Park Trail. Even though he can’t be in Estes Park, he says it is fine to know
what is going on. He leaves in May 1922 for Chile on a $7,000,000 job, of which he has
charge, for the Westinghouse Company, on the Chilean State Railway. Last week, we
were in Boston, Massachusetts, and had a fine visit with Mr. and Mrs. Stanley at their
home in Newton, Massachusetts. It is nice to be in New York for a while, but it just
makes one more thankful to be able to live in Estes Park.”
17 February 1922 – Everett E. Foster and Frank W. Farmer of the Olinger Quartette were
dinner guests at the Gaylord H. Thomson home Wednesday evening.
train up picturesque Clear Creek Canyon of by automobile through Denver’s wonderful
returning until following Monday. For details, call at Denver office – 434 17th Street –
or address Department 22A. Idaho Springs, Colorado.
improved property, cottages for rent, notary public. Cornelius H. Bond. Estes Park,
Colorado.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: Eskimo Pie at Tallant’s [a block 5 business]
17 February 1922 – Column title: Colorado in Paragraphs. Dateline: Fort Collins. –
When their automobile left the canyon road near the Big Narrows in Cache la Poudre
Canyon because of defective steering gear and plunged end over end 75 feet down the
cliff to the bottom of the canyon, the four occupants of the car all escaped injury, with the
exception that one suffered a possible fractured rib. Deputy County Surveyor Walter
Edwards, Herbert Peasley, Elmer Pearson, and Paul Lass were the occupants of the car…
Dateline: Denver. – Application of the Foundrymen’s Association for permission to make
a cut of 10% in wages to all foundry help in nine Denver plants has been refused by the
State Industrial Commission. The order was entered by Commissioners Joseph C. Bell
and W.I. Reilly, and declared, “said request for a reduction at this time is unreasonable
and unjust.” Hiram E. Hilts, the third member of the commission, did not concur in the
award…Dateline: Pueblo. – What is believed by police to be an organized gang of
holdup men and store robbers has been broken up by the arrest of four men here. One of
the men has confessed, and much of the loot from several stores in Pueblo and a drug
store in Penrose, Colorado, has been recovered in the home of another. The men arrested
are Lester Allen, Raymond Ray, Sam Rotolo, and Elmer Beasley. The value of the loot
taken from the stores is about $1500…Dateline: Denver. – Features by actual
manufacture of Colorado products before the very eyes of all who come to see, the
Colorado Industrial Exposition and Prosperity Carnival will open at the municipal
auditorium 20 February 1922 for the annual five days’ show of Colorado industrial
exhibits. Officials of Denver retail stores are laying plans for giant displays of Coloradomade goods in their windows and showcases, and during the business week of 20
February 1922 though 25 February 1922, the many products of Colorado manufacturers
will be brought to the attention of Denver citizens and visitors as only is possible during
the annual industrial exposition. Exhibitors from the four corners of the state have
reserved space in the auditorium booths already under construction. Not all of the
exhibits will be Denver ones, by any means, and other points in the state will be fully
represented in all lines of industry…Dateline: Monte Vista. – More than 600 men and
women sat down at the ninth annual banquet of the Monte Vista Hog Growers’
Association in the assembly room of the state armory, breaking all previous records of
attendance at banquets in the San Luis Valley. The banquet marked the ending of the
sixth annual stock show of the High Order of Grunts. This banquet has now become the
big annual event of the San Luis Valley, and men and women from all parts of the region
were present…Dateline: Avondale. – Cracksmen [i.e., safe crackers] made two big hauls
in this town recently. The Taylor Mercantile Company and the Avondale post office,
located in the same building, have checked their losses into thousands of dollars. Cash,
money orders, stamps, and merchandise were taken from the safe. In the second safecracking job, the entire payroll of the Avondale Alfalfa Milling Company, amounting to
several thousand dollars, was taken…Dateline: Pueblo. – Policeman R. Fouch of the
Pueblo police department has been taken back to the county jail following the verdict of
the coroner’s jury which probed the killing by the officer of Mike Livecchi, pool hall
owner. The jury’s verdict was that Fouch was not justified in the act. Charges will be
filed by the district attorney…Dateline: Denver. – According to word received from
Washington, D.C., a bill introduced in congress through the Department of the Interior
provides for the appropriation of $774,000 for the Uncompaghre and Grand Valley
irrigation projects, on the Colorado western slope and for the Rocky Mountain park
system…Dateline: Golden. – Work has been started on the construction of an indoor
tennis court on the drill floor of the state armory recently acquired by the state School of
Mines. This will be the first covered court to be constructed in this state, and serves as an
indication of the increased popularity of the sport among the student body of the state
institution. Other schools will no doubt follow the lead of the School of Mines, and allyear tennis will be common.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: Quality – value – service. In meeting the trend
toward downward prices, we have never sacrificed quality, and in fact we are able to give
better values on account of being able to get some lines of higher grade. We are trying
harder than ever to give you good service in prompt alterations, good pressing, and all
that goes with good service. [Photograph: 5-inch tall cut-out image of a male modeling a
light-weight suit, face posed in near-right profile, body in 3/4 right profile. He wears a
hat which resembles a boater, and appears to be whistling, with a cane tucked under his
arms, folded across his chest. His feet, clad in dark dress shoes, are offset – his left leg
and foot are in right profile, while his right toe points almost directly toward the viewer.
Caption: The F.R. Brand [which is an obvious abbreviation for Felix Rothschild].
Manufactured by Felix Rothschild and Company. Chicago, Illinois. The photograph is
uncredited.] Rothchild [sic, suggest Rothschild] clothing for men and boys. We have
already some suits in stock from our spring order, and still more to follow. You can get a
good fit in these new spring styles without waiting for special-order service. Wilson
underwear, gloves, suspenders, arm bands, ties, shoelaces, etc., is growing rapidly
because of the quality of the goods we sell. [Illustration: Pen and ink drawing of a female
model, face in right profile, clad in a silky corset as viewed from the right side and back.
She is just about finished pulling an evening glove over her right hand with her left hand.
The view is demure, but does not avoid the swell of her chest over her right shoulder.
The logo “Royal Worcester corsets” with the final stroke of the “R” forming a base for
the remaining words, appears near the corset’s lower hem. The drawing is uncredited.]
Bon Ton corsets. [This logo, in block letters, consists of the words “corsets” and “trade
mark” nestled in the curve of the “tail” extending as a smile from the base of the “B” in
“Bon” to under the “n” in “Ton”.] “The Best for the Money”. That is what we claim for
the Bon Ton corset. If you want a popular-priced corset, we can give you more for the
money that any other corset house can possibly give you. If you want a high-grade
corset, we can give you a very exclusive model that is suited to your figure whether you
are tall or short, slender or stout, young or old. This great line of corsets will be sufficient
to permit a selection that will meet your requirements. You are cordially invited to call
and look over our new line of merchandise. Dugald Floyd Godfrey [a block 5 business].
“The store that gives you service”
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: For Sale. 80 acres, three miles from Estes Park
17 February 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside. Semi-advertisement: Kodak
finishing at Francis [a block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films for sale…Call at the
office of the secretary of the Chamber of Commerce, Mr. Godfrey, or write him for a
supply of the illustrated Estes Park folders, and enclose one in each letter you write,
social or business…A number of our people have been suffering the past two weeks from
colds. We as a community are thankful nothing more serious has developed here this
winter so far…Uncle John Sizees is up from Windsor this week visiting with Howard
James…A baby girl was born to Mr. and Mrs. Jim Manning Monday night at Lyons.
Mother and child are doing nicely…The Missionary Society met last week with Mrs.
Cyril V. Williams. There was a large attendance, and a good program was enjoyed…A
goodly number of people took advantage of Lincoln’s birthday and spent the day in Estes
Park…The Estes Park Music and Study Club held an all-day meeting Friday with Mrs.
Clem Yore. There were ten present, and a pleasant day was spent reviewing the past
year’s work of the club…H.R. Plum and Albin Griffith were in Loveland Tuesday
transacting business…Miss Cranker, who has been staying with Mrs. Hondius this winter,
left Monday for her home in Perrysburg, Ohio, where she will spend several weeks,
possibly returning to Estes Park in the late spring…Mrs. Peter Hondius left Monday
morning for Idaho Springs, where she expects to secure a rest before spring
housecleaning at the Elkhorn Lodge begins. She will be joined by Mr. Hondius the latter
part of the week…Howard James returned to Estes Park Friday after a trip of several
weeks in Texas. Mr. James went as far as Galveston, Texas, and says he didn’t get a
glimpse of the sun for three weeks straight. Naturally, he was glad to get back to Estes
Park…Samuel Service returned Monday evening from a three-weeks’ visit with his
daughter Wilma and Mrs. Service at Sterling, where the former is recovering her health
nicely. Mr. Service says they had some very cold weather while he was at Sterling. He
reports the condition of the farmers as being appalling, due to the shattered markets for
the farmer’s products…Mr. and Mrs. Everett May, Mr. and Mrs. Abner Sprague, Tom
McIntyre, Richard McIntyre, and Mrs. Walter Fulton rode the Rebekah goat Tuesday
night. It is said the brute’s spirits were keen for a little exercise. Amends for its
misbehavior were made by the Rebekahs serving a nice supper…A letter from Mrs. P.K.
Guy conveys the information that Mr. Guy suffered from an attack of the flu during the
holiday season, but they he is fully recovered now. They expect to spend the summer in
Estes Park again this year…Mr. and Mrs. Grover Williams and son spent Wednesday in
Longmont…J.J. Manford is spending a part of the winter at Punga, North Carolina. He
says the winter is very mild there. He expects to return to Estes Park in April 1922, and
concludes by saying that Estes Park is the best yet…A letter from a former reader says,
“We miss the Estes Park Trail very much, and thought the best way to get it was to send a
check.”…G.A. Webb, Dr. Thad C. Brown and wife, and Marion Marchand, all of Fort
Collins, were Estes Park visitors Monday…Mrs. Clifford of Denver, who was in Estes
Park on business the first of the week, was the dinner guest of Mrs. F.J. Francis Monday
evening…Rev. B.C. Montgomery was up from Boulder Tuesday packing his household
effects for shipment to their home in Boulder…Byron Service and John Preston spent
several days with their parents in Estes Park. They are both students at the State
Agricultural College [in Fort Collins] and brought with them a student friend, Herman
Kroger of Baton Rouge, Louisiana, who enjoyed greatly his first experience in the
mountains. They returned to Fort Collins Monday afternoon…The Estes Park Trail has
recently experienced considerable difficulty in estimating the number of extra copies to
print that we might supply the demand. We could have sold 23 copies more than we had
extra of the 27 January 1922 issue if we had them. Last week, we printed 25 extra
copies, and could have sold 20 more. It will greatly assist us if you will let us know
whenever possible in advance of publication when you wish extra copies…Mrs. Becker
and R.A. Becker, Jr., spent the weekend in Fort Collins visiting Miss Edna Mae Becker,
who is a student at the Agricultural College, and attended the opening of the Women’s
Club building…The Estes Park Trail made an error in reporting the minimum
temperature last week. We reported it 11 below [-11 degrees Fahrenheit], when we
should have said 11 above [11 degrees Fahrenheit]…Abram Marshall of Lincoln, Kansas
[the banker, who died in 1930, and his widow, after remarrying, in 1936], has purchased a
plot of ground in Broadview [the current River Song bed and breakfast], and the
construction of a fine cottage, practically a duplication of the H. McR. Jones cottages,
also in Broadview, is well underway. The Marshalls enjoyed a stay of several weeks in
Estes Park last summer…William Tenbrook Parke, who is spending the winter in Biloxi,
Mississippi, writes the Estes Park Trail for a package of Estes Park folders which he
proposes to distribute among the people wintering there. He says they have not
experienced any cold weather, but have had lots of rain.
cured meats, staple and fancy groceries, fruits and vegetables. Free automobile delivery.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: Cord tires $16. Michelin regular cords 30 x 3-1/2.
For Fords, Chevrolets, Overland, and all cars using a 30 x 3-1/2 tire. A regular Michelin
Cord now for less than an ordinary fabric tire recently sold for, just think of it. Last
season, we sold more than $3000 worth of Michelins, and not a single one was returned
as a result of defective workmanship or material. Resolve today to henceforth enjoy the
convenience of cords, and resolve that they shall be Michelins – the tire for mountain
roads. The Estes Park Garage. Agency for Nash, Dodge, Buick, and Ford.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: Watch your step. Here’s a bargain you can’t afford
to miss. On sale in a few days – look for them in our big window. 200 Congoleum rugs
at the following very low prices. Size 18 x 27 – each 29 cents. Size 24 x 36 – each 59
cents. Choice patters, ornamental and durable. You will find places in the house for half
a dozen of them. Another bargain for your pancakes in the morning. Early Breakfast
table syrup. Maple flavor: One pint cans 25 cents, former price 48 cents. One quart cans
50 cents, former price 85 cents. J.E. Macdonald [a block 5 business]
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: Mr. Merchant. The out-of-town drummer will not
come to Estes Park to buy his groceries, meats, and clothing, therefore, we ask just an
even chance with him to get your business in all kinds of paper requisites. We represent
one of the largest and most reliable houses in the west, and can give you quality, service,
and correct wholesale prices. A partial catalog of our wholesale list: Wrapping paper,
paper bags, toilet paper, adding machine paper, paper towels, sanitary drinking cups,
sealing tape, all kinds of paper fixtures, twines, etc., etc. If it’s made of paper – ask us!
Estes Park Trail.
17 February 1922 – Column title: Allenspark Items. Mr. John T. Roberts of Longmont
was a guest of the Allenspark Commercial Association last Tuesday evening. He gave a
splendid talk on prospective development of the Colorado Glacier Recreational area by
the Colorado National Forestry…The above-mentioned area extends southward from
Allenspark, taking in the St. Vrain Glaciers, Arapahoe Glaciers, and Isabelle Glaciers,
thence eastward to the Ward and Nederland Highway…A large number enjoyed winter
sports on the new ski course at Allenspark Sunday…N.E. Miller attended a meeting of
the directors of the Colorado Glaciers Recreation Association in Boulder Tuesday
evening…William Morgan spent Tuesday and Wednesday in Boulder on business…
Highway construction of the new double-track state highway in South St. Vrain Canyon
is again in full sway. This sounds good to Allenspark.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Odd Fellows and Friends Enjoy Evening of Fast Clean
Sport. Coach Donald G. Kilton of the University of Colorado at Boulder declared
Saturday night to more than a hundred Odd Fellows and their friends that it was his
“treat”, and all present declared it a treat indeed. Coach Kilton, who held the
welterweight wrestling championship of the United States for three years and of Canada
in 1917, brought five of his university wrestlers up Friday from Boulder, and they put on
an exhibition Saturday evening for the Estes Park Odd Fellows that was a winner. Two of
the men gave good accounts of themselves recently at the Denver Athletic Club
tournament, Captain Glenn Coleman winning the state championship in his event. The
first event of the evening was a match between Walter Hewicker and Paul Carlson, and
was won in the second bout in 1-3/4 minutes by Hewicker. Glenn Coleman, captain of
the varsity team, and Mr. Jacks took the mat and Coleman won during the second bout in
six minutes. Leroy Coleman and Coach Kilton then put on an exhibition that went to a
draw. Each of the matches were fast and clean, and greatly enjoyed by those who
witnessed them, and the boys’ efforts were greatly appreciated. Coach Kilton is well
known in Estes Park, having spent the summer here with John Frank Grubb. Mr. Kilton
came to Colorado a year ago from Worcester, Massachusetts, his home, and was a few
weeks ago elected coach of the wrestling team at the University of Colorado. His friends
wish him every success.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Longmont Rotarians Visited Estes Park Monday. Twentyeight Rotarians of Longmont were the guests of E.H. Van Zant, president of the Empson
Canning Company, at a luncheon at the National Park Hotel Monday. The party drove up
Monday morning in their own cars, and held an interesting session following the
luncheon before their return to the valley town.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Semi-advertisement: Don’t blame us for not having that
item of news if you didn’t give it to us.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Legal Notices. Subhead: Sheriff’s sale. By virtue of a
special execution or lien foreclosure issued out of the clerk’s office of the district court of
Larimer County and state of Colorado, and to me directed, whereby I am commanded to
make the sum of six thousand, three hundred-sixty and 74/100 dollars ($6360.74) and
(33), township five (5) north of range seventy three (73). Beginning at the southeast
corner of said tract from which said corner a flowing spring bears west one hundred and
thirty-nine feet (139 feet), thence north 9 degrees east one hundred and sixty feet (160
feet) along the east line of said tract, thence west to a point on a line at right angles to
said east line of said tract four hundred and twenty-five feet (425 feet) thence north
parallel to said east line of said tract two hundred and sixty feet (260 feet), thence east on
a line at right angles to the east line of said tract four hundred and twenty-five feet (425
feet), thence north along the east line of said tract nine hundred feet (900 feet), thence
west along a lane at right angles to the east line of said tract seven hundred and eighty
feet (780 feet), thence south on a line at right angles with the south line of said tract to a
point where said line intersects the south bank of the Big Thompson River, a distance of
eleven hundred and seventy feet (1170 feet), more or less, thence south along the
meandering south bank of said Big Thompson River to a point where the said south bank
of the Big Thompson River is intersected by the said south line of said tract, a distance of
three hundred and fifty feet (350 feet) more ore less, thence east along the south line of
said tract to the place of beginning, together with the buildings thereon. Said tract above
described embracing 20 acres more or less, all situated in Larimer County, Colorado,
except and subject to a right of way heretofore agreed to be conveyed for a roadway and
a bridge across the Big Thompson River over a strip of land extending fifteen feet (15
feet) on both sides of a line described as follows: Beginning at a point on the south line
of the country road four hundred and seventy-five feet (475 feet) west from a point on the
east line of said tract, where said south line of said county road intersects the east line of
said tract, thence south 58 degrees 8 minutes west to the south bank of the Big Thompson
River a distance of two hundred and fifty feet (250 feet) more or less. Therefore,
according to said command, I shall expose for sale, at public auction, all the right, title,
and interest of the above-named George A. Kennedy, Ida O. Stanchfield, Arthur L.
Kennedy, Mabel K. Whitehead, and Horace G. Kennedy in and to the above-described
property on Monday 20 February 1922, at 2:00 p.m. at the east front door of the county
courthouse of Larimer County in Fort Collins, Colorado. Dated at Fort Collins,
Colorado, 25 January 1922. [signed] Frank Smith, sheriff of Larimer County, by Ira O.
Knapp, undersheriff. George Campbell, attorney.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Reward. The State Fish and Game Commission will pay
Estes Park: Elk $100; Mountain Sheep $50; Deer $50; Pheasants $25. [signed] Gaylord
H. Thomson, Deputy Warden…The Estes Park Fish and Game Association will pay the
following rewards for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone killing
game in the Estes Park region: Elk $50, Deer $50, Mountain Sheep $50, Pheasants $25.
[signed] Walter A. Gray, Secretary.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Card of Thanks. We wish to thank the members of the
Estes Park fire department and others who responded and labored so diligently during the
fire on our premises early Saturday morning [11 February 1922]. Your labors and interest
is greatly appreciated. [signed] Mr. and Mrs. William H. Derby.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Card of Thanks. The ladies of the PEO wish to thank
those who so generously patronized the Old Maid’s Convention and helped to make it
such a success. $125 was cleared, and the proceeds will go to the library fund of the
Woman’s Club. [signed] – Committee.
them for profit, use them for results. If you want to buy, sell, or trade, want help, want a
following insertion. Minimum charge 25 cents. Subhead: For Sale. For sale – Owner
wants the money and will take $1500 cash for one-half acre with four-room cottage, hip
roof, 24 feet x 26 feet, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, porch. Cottage stained and
nicely finished with wall board. Another cottage can be built on this property. Address
P.D., care of the Estes Park Trail. tf…For sale – All kinds of wrapping paper, bags, and
pine, spruce, limber pine, aspen, cedar, etc. Improvements: One house with seven rooms
and bath, one house with four rooms and bath. Also fireplaces and breakfast rooms.
Barn, garage, and cave [sic]. Property is fenced. Will divide and sell 40, 60, or 80 acres
of the unimproved end at a reasonable figure. Address C.C., care of Estes Park Trail.
Subhead: Wanted. Wanted – To rent or buy, modern cottages, cabins, cottage sites,
acreage in or near Estes Park village. Name price, description. Frank R.C. Rollins, Post
Office Box 402, Greeley, Colorado…Wanted – Clean white cotton rags for washing
presses, 5 cents per pound. Leave and Macdonald’s store [a block 5 business] and get
your money. The Estes Park Trail…Subhead: For Rent. For rent – Furnished cottage for
season, three bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, beautifully located
about halfway between village and YMCA conference grounds, $300 for season.
Address G.D., care Estes Park Trail. tf…For rent – New cottage, nicely furnished, two
bedrooms, sun porch, large living room, kitchen, closets, pantry, bath, electric lights.
Located on the hill in the village. $500 for the season. Address G.D., care Estes Park
Trail…For rent – First-class vacuum cleaner by hour or day. Electric Shop, telephone
#395. tf
#Sherwood 390. [Sherwood was a Fort Collins prefix.]
17 February 1922 – Syndicated advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says [Illustration: Cartoon
of the whimsical U.B. Thrifty character, framed head and shoulders in 3/4 left profile
behind a teller cage, with his cigar inexplicably in the far right corner of his tight-lipped
mouth, contrary to where it usually resides. His wire-rimmed glasses also have visible
bows at his temples for the first time in memory. His bushy eyebrows, balding clown
hair, crinkle-eyed grin, black jacket and black bow tie are constants, however. The teller
cage would today be considered old-fashioned, but was likely the height of functional
elegance in its day, with carved dowels left and right of the window bridged by an arch
and resting on a counter, and an incomplete metal grill providing a deterrent to wandering
hands, if not much else. The number 25 and the © symbol on the bottom left and right
corners, respectively, indicate that this is the 25th installment in this series. The cartoon
is uncredited.] Bank with us and you can bank on us [end of handwritten text]. We bank
on your ability to recognize good business principles. One of the greatest of these is
good bookkeeping. With an Estes Park Bank book, you are insured of an accurate bank
account. And remember, a cancelled check is a legal receipt. [Illustration: Cartoon bust
of the U.B. Thrifty character, posed full face without his hat, which makes him resemble
Bozo the Clown all the more, his right arm fleshed in, his right index finger pointing
downward. The pointing and the words “U.B. Thrifty at the” are meant to seamlessly
incorporate the local business name below into the advertisement, but the fact that the
Estes Park Bank or the Estes Park Trail never incorporate it correctly, allowing for the
duplicated “the”, suggests that they don’t understand how it should work. The cartoon is
uncredited.]The Estes Park Bank [a block 3 business]. Where your patronage is
appreciated.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: Printing? Yes, we can do it – the quality kind. A
trial order means a regular customer. Estes Park Trail.
Helen Barr. The best of food will not make healthy children without attention to the
whole daily program. Regular hours, not only for meals but for going to bed, and in the
case of very young or delicate children, for rest during the day, enable the child to use his
food to the best advantage. Children need to get to bed early to rest. Even if they put in
the same number of sleeping hours going to bed late, this is not as restful for them. Lack
of sufficient rest is a common factor is under-nutrition. In the morning, they must be
wakened in time to eat breakfast without hurry and secure a bowel movement afterwards
[this is part of the old philosophy, still advocated by certain hard-core physiologists and
pediatricians]. Subhead: Training children’s appetites. Normal healthy children have
good appetites. The child who continually has not should be examined by a physician to
find out what is wrong. Often the cause is bad feeding or fatigue, but it may be some
physical defect which needs special treatment. Good appetites need to be trained. A
child’s likes and dislikes are no signs of what he ought to eat, though they must be taken
into account and be dealt with tactfully. There are many ways of interesting children in
the food they ought to eat – stories, ideals of health and strength, diversion of their
attention to other things instead of centering it on whether they do or do not like a
particular food served them. It is better not to consult young children about what they
would like to have, but at assume that they will eat what is set before them. It is not wise
to force large quantities of a distasteful food upon a child. Small portions should be
allowed, and care taken that the food is prepared as acceptable as possible, until the habit
of liking it is acquired. One does not excuse a child from washing his ears because he
does not like to do it, but urged him on until the habit is fixed. As a foundation for
children’s desserts, milk is unsurpassed. Junkets, custards, rice, tapioca, and bread
puddings in great variety have many qualities to commend them for growing children.
For the child who is not wisely trained to drink milk, it is possible to combine the whole
day’s quart in such dishes. Today the child may eat bread in addition to the cereal,
tomorrow may be content with less than a single slice, or not satisfied with less than two.
Subhead: Tuesday breakfast. Scraped raw apple or baked apple or whole raw apple, skin
and all, when the child can be trusted to use his teeth. Whole wheat meal porridge and
pasteurized milk. Whole wheat bread or toast, pasteurized butter and honey. Subhead:
Questions and answers. Note: All questions regarding these articles will be answered
through these columns if sealed and addressed to Helen Barr, Service Bureau, 825
Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. [signed] – Editor.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: A substantial reduction in the price of Moffat County
lump coal is announced effective immediately. The Rocky Mountain Parks
Transportation Company [a block 5 business]. Licensed operators for Rocky Mountain
National Park. Call [telephone] #20-W for any information. Estes Park, Colorado.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Colonial Tea at National Park Hotel on Washington’s
Birthday. The publishing committee of the Estes Park Woman’s Club has planned a
colonial tea to be served at the National Park Hotel Wednesday afternoon, 22 February
1922, from 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. A silver offering will be taken, and the public is
cordially invited to attend. The proceeds will go to the library fund.
17 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: A want ad will sell that surplus article.
Figure with us before starting that next job. George R. Wyatt [soon to be a block 8
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: Have you arranged for that vacation next summer?
[Note how this advertisement, which began exactly the same way as the advertisement
above in the 10 February 1922 issue, has been modified, so that “now is the time” comes
in the second sentence.] If not, now is the time to do it. Leave your cares at home and
come to the Brinwood, where you may enjoy the thrill of a real vacation. There is
motoring, fishing, hiking, and horseback riding to help fill your vacation with many
pleasures so that you will come again. Rooms with private bath. Rooms with and
without hot and cold running water. Good meals, home dairy, telephone, telegraph,
game similar to horseshoes, but using rings instead of shoes], and swings. Brinwood
Hotel. Telephone #14-W. Estes Park, Colorado.
17 February 1922 – Column title and subhead: Weasie Runs Away from Home. A true
story written specially for the Estes Park Trail’s junior readers. [This story was likely
written by Gaylord H. Thomson or someone in the Thomson family, because they were
the most familiar with this animal described.] Weasie has made his home in a box for
many weeks, and the confinement became somewhat irksome, and he longed for the
freedom of the days before his captivity. In those days, he was just a plain little brown
weasel. But one day, his mother very injudiciously showed herself when Mr. Thomson of
the fish hatchery was near, and she was shot. Then Weasie and little brother and sister
were captured and placed in a box and fed every day. Weasie was just like some boys
and girls in Estes Park, and couldn’t help quarreling. One day, they got into a fight, and
one of the little weasels was killed. You would think this a good lesson for the two
remaining weasels, wouldn’t you. But one day the two remaining weasels got to
quarreling again, and when the fight was over, another weasel was dead. Weasie was
now alone in the box, and he got very lonesome and longed to run about just as he did
when he was younger, and when his mother was living. When the snows came, Weasie’s
brown coat began to turn white. Until this time his name was Brownie, but whoever
heard of a white weasel named Brownie. So Mr. Thomson changed his name to Weasie,
and Weasie seems to like his name very much. Tuesday morning of last week, Mr.
Thomson went to feed Weasie as usual, but his temper was bad and he longed for
freedom anyway, so when Mr. Thomson put his hand in with the food for Weasie to eat
from it as he always liked to do before, Weasie thought he would give a finger a good,
hard bite. Mr. Thomson withdrew his hand as quickly as possible, and Weasie followed it
as quick as a flash and dashed gleefully away. Mr. Thomson called, but Weasie paid no
attention and kept going. After awhile, Weasie got hungry, and then he began to realize
what a nice home he really had. Still, he was having lots of fun anyway, and he was
going to forget about the past, and off he scampered after something to eat. Weasie got
tire and learned it was not so easy to find his breakfast as he thought. then he would think
again of the nice home he had left. Still, Weasie said to himself, “I just won’t go back to
that horrid old box,” and then he would start out again in search of food. Weasie was
getting very hungry now, and he kept thinking about the home he ran away from. He just
couldn’t help thinking about it. “My, how good those breakfasts were, after all,” he said.
It began to get dark and cold and Weasie was so hungry. After awhile the stars and moon
began to shine and smile and twinkle at Weasie, and he felt a little better and soon went to
sleep. That night, Weasie dreamed he was back in his box home, and that he got all he
could eat every day, and that he did not have to go hungry. And he dreamed about how
nice the man was to him, and how he stroked his soft furry coat every day. When Weasie
awoke, it made him sick to find it was all a dream, and he decided to scamper back as fast
as he could go. When Mr. Thomson came out of the big house to go to the hatchery and
take care of the hatching fish, what should he see the first thing but Weasie, and he
looked hungry and tired too. “I’ll get him some breakfast right away,” he said. Out of
the house he came, and Weasie felt a little bit ashamed, but Mr. Thomson called gaily to
him and Weasie at once lost all fear. He took the food from Mr. Thomson’s hand and was
nice about it, and soon he let Mr. Thomson pick him up and place him in his box again.
And now I imagine Weasie will be content with his home, don’t you.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Church Services Dismissed. There will be no church
services Sunday, in keeping with the precautionary measures being exercised at present.
17 February 1922 – Thirty members of the IOOF lodge of Longmont visited the local
lodge Thursday evening and were treated to an oyster supper. The local lodge will return
the visit Saturday evening, 25 February 1922, attending the roundup of the Longmont
lodge…Ten members of the Lyons lodge of the Odd Fellows attended the oyster supper
given by the Estes Park lodge Tuesday night…Clayton Newell Rockwell was operated on
Wednesday morning at the Longmont hospital for appendicitis…Editor A.W. Barnes of
the Loveland Reporter, Rev. Norwood J. Calhoun of the United Presbyterian church of
Loveland, and Mr. Ferguson of the Ferguson hardware store of that place were guests at
the Gaylord H. Thomson home Monday…R.T. [“Dixie”] MacCracken writes us that
while in Estes Park recently, they discovered someone had broken open their summer
home and removed many articles. It is hoped that the culprits will be apprehended and
property punished…Frank R.C. Rollins of Greeley informs us he had bought the Estes
Park Filling Station for the season. He also expects to do a real-estate business [The
filling station will open about 15 May 1922, according to a 7 April 1922 follow-up
article]…Andy McCart, road overseer for this district, is still confined to the house by an
attack of the grippe…Miss Florine Zumwalt of Loveland is visiting this week with Marie
McCart and Gertrude McCart…Dr. John Timothy Stone, pastor of the First Presbyterian
church of Chicago, Illinois [I though he was pastor of the Fourth Presbyterian church in
Chicago, Illiniois], surprised his many Estes Park friends, coming in unannounced
Thursday for a week’s stay at the Stone cottage near the Conference grounds. He was
accompanied by Rev. H.A. Valzell, one of his assistants. Dr. Stone was well pleased with
the mild weather and Estes Park’s winter beauty. He says Chicago, Illinois, has also
enjoyed a mild winter, as have the states between there and Estes Park…Semiadvertisement: By the way, if you have a useful article about the place, for which you
have no further need, a few cents spent for a want ad will probably find a buyer for it.
17 February 1922 – Dateline: Denver. – Mrs. Horace W. Wilcox, 24 years old, prominent
member of Denver’s social set and wife of the head of the Wilcox Advertising Company,
was severely burned about the face, arms, and upper part of the body when a gas stove
exploded in her home here [this article appeared verbatim in the 10 February 1922 issue]
…Dateline: Greeley. – The fifth suicide in Greeley in a little more than two months was
reported to officials here following the discovery of the body of William Marion Justice,
57 years old, in the furnace room of his home. Justice both shot and hanged himself, the
case being one of the most unusual on record…Dateline: Boulder. – Safe-breakers looted
two Boulder stores in one night recently. The yeggs [sic, an obsolete term for crooks or
burglars] entered the Foster Honey and Mercantile Company and the Lyon Lumber
Company. A $100 Liberty bond was taken from the former place, and a small amount of
cash and some notes from the lumber company office. The safes in the two places had
been opened by means of heavy hammers and chisels…Dateline: Las Animas. – Joe La
Masey [sic, subsequently La Massey], who has been active in the interests of the
employees of the Fort Lyons naval hospital here, has been named postmaster at the
hospital, according to word from Washington, D.C. Working with Representative Guy
Hardy of Colorado, La Massey [sic, previously La Masey] seems likely to secure a
postponement of a planned wage cut for Fort Lyons hospital employees. La Massey is
now in Washington, D.C….Dateline: Monte Vista. – The sixth annual H.O.G. stock
show, in charge of Manager A.H. Webster and a corps of assistants, has closed. This
year’s show brought larger crowds and more exhibits that previous years. All of the San
Luis Valley and the surrounding territory were represented in the exhibits. Large tents
were erected for the housing of the stock and the other articles shown, and these were
hardly adequate for the demands made upon them…Dateline: Pueblo. – Frank Jaeger,
18, is in St. Mary’s hospital, where an operation was performed in an attempt to save his
life. The lad was shot accidentally through the right lung by a rancher named Hegler,
when Jaeger and three other lads had stopped there on a hunting trip. Young Jaeger
pointed a water gun at Hegler, who in the same spirit of fun picked up a revolver,
supposed not to be loaded, and the one bullet in the chamber penetrated Jaeger’s right
breast…Dateline: La Junta. – A stumble and fall into a dishpan of boiling water cost the
life of 3-year-old Mary Sciumbato. The child’s mother was ill and confined to bed, and
an older sister was preparing to wash the dishes. The big dishpan was filled and set on
the floor for a moment. The baby, playing about the room while the sister was in an
adjoining part of the house, leaned on the edge of the pan and fell headlong into the
boiling water. The sister heard the baby scream and rushed to the room. The baby lived
12 hours.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: The Estes Park Plumbers. Lindley & Son [a block 8
business]. Elmer D. Lindley, telephone #35. Robert H. Lindley, telephone #78
17 February 1922 – The Hupp [Hotel, a block 2 business]. There’s a Huppmobile/Which
makes you feel/That you’re flying thru the air,/As you motor along/With a merry song/
You surely do “get there.”/Get where? If you’re headed right,/To the Hupp Hotel/Where
the eats are swell/And the price just hits the mark./You “auto” know/That’s the place to
go/When you motor to Estes Park. By a guest. Estes Park, Colorado.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: Rubber goods. We have the latest and most
approved styles of fountain and combination syringes, hot water bottles, bath sponges,
rubber gloves, etc. Also the finest toilet articles. Estes Park Drug Company [a block 6
business]. Telephone #41
17 February 1922 – Headline and byline: Irresistible Lure of Rocky Mountains
Captivates Globetrotter Artist by Warren E. Boyer. The Rocky Mountains lure not only
the sightseer, but the author, student, teacher, and artist. Here is a case in point: “I’ve
been in Italy, Switzerland, and Spain, but have seen nothing to compare with the majestic
Rocky Mountains in Colorado.” This unsolicited outburst of enthusiasm over the
wonderland to which Denver is the gateway came from J.F. Shippen, traveling auditor for
the Wolff Manufacturing Company of Chicago, Illinois, across the counter in the Denver
Tourist Bureau the other morning. He is spending several weeks in the Colorado division
of the company, located at 1624 Wazee Street. He wanted literature describing the Mount
Evans region, Rocky Mountain National Park, and the Continental Divide. When he is
not wrestling with a column of figures, Mr. Shippen puts on his heavy walking shoes and
starts for the hills. On these hikes, he gets an inspiration and then proceeds to put it on
canvas. Instead of hunting or fishing, as he explains it, his spare time indoors is devoted
to paintings depicting nature’s wonder places. “Where can I get a large photograph of
that picture hanging on the wall – the one with Longs Peak and Chasm Lake at its foot,
and a man in the foreground?” “Oh, our ‘Mere Man’ picture?” responded the young lady
from the other side of the counter. She told him what he wanted to know. “Mere man,”
he ruminated. “That expresses the ruggedness and the magnitude of your mountains.
There is a certain grandeur in everything outdoors, but not everything makes a grand
subject for the artist. He became reminiscent. “You know, Chicago, Illinois, has
purchased 25,000 acres on the outskirts for small parks, in order to preserve what may be
saved of Native American traditions. But I am frank to say that it is a feeble attempt
when compared with your civic center, your mountain parks’ system, and boulevards and
city parks.” He gathered up the literature describing all parts of the state. “I’ve written
into the main office and have asked to have my own headquarters transferred to Denver,
so I can send for my family and make my home in this city. It’s the most wonderful I’ve
ever been in.”
17 February 1922 – Editorial headline and “byline”: A Timely Warning by “H.R.P.” The
handwriting on the wall was only all too plain to each of us last Saturday morning. But
for the wind having ceased and quick help at hand, we might now be stirring in the ashes
of what had been but an hour before our homes. And when danger was past and the fire
out, we went back to our beds feeling glad and relieved, and we forgot about it very
promptly. This forgetting about it is nothing short of criminal negligence. We pride
ourselves on the few fires we have, and how quickly we can extinguish them. And that is
the extent of which we care. And the next fire? You Odd Fellows and Rebekahs, you
Ladies’ Aid, Woman’s Club and K.P.’s [don’t know what this is, but it may involve young
people, and it may be “Kid Party” – see article on 7 April 1922] are enjoying, and rightly
so, your social pleasures and duties. The “come together, good fellows, let’s be jolly”
spirit is a splendid testimony to our community. We spend whatever we deem right and
proper on our club rooms and dues, which is as it should be. But when on a bitter cold
night the wind tears through the street at hurricane speed and the element that is our
faithful servant when it is under control suddenly breaks from that control, the sky turns
crimson with the dreadful thing that is consuming all that dares block its path, when this
beautiful, God-blessed spot is turned into a desolate ash heap, our life’s work ruined, this
peaceful valley and the friendly hillsides re-echoing with cries of pain and despair, all
because the water main was frozen and our fire-fighting apparatus insufficient to quench
a campfire, let alone save a whole town from destruction, then we will wish and repent in
vain that we might have turned some of the though and money spent on social good times
toward the protection of our homes and all that we love. It is not too black a picture,
painted to arouse our conscience, it is merely a poor sketch of the dread reality that may
befall us on any night. A second time the wind may not quiet down, a second time the
blaze may not be discovered so soon, or help be as quick at hand. Don’t let us pass by
this warning, shrugging our shoulders, saying: “Oh, yes, some day when taxes are not so
high, we will consider this problem.” Are the taxes on our property now so high that we
cannot afford to protect that property adequately? Are the lives of our children, the
homes we love, or the stock we keep, of so little value that we hesitate to protect all that?
One inexpensive truck with three lines of hose of two or three hundred feet each, two
large and two small ladders hung on the sides, hooks and axes inside, with enough room
and power to carry 15 men, and there is a force that really could deal with a fire in a
somewhat efficient manner. The position of each hydrant in town should be kept clear
and ready for use at all times. And it is doubtful if it would tax any great engineer’s mind
to keep our water lines from freezing up each winter. There is no question but that the
money to provide the necessary apparatus can soon be raised. Let us then put ourselves
to the task and provide the community with the protection it should have. Each
organization can do a real service to the community in this matter. Let us make this our
winter’s work. We need it.
17 February 1922 – The person who had business to transact at the Estes Park Bank of at
the post office Monday will now agree that 13 is an unlucky number, as both places were
closed that day [Monday, 13 February 1922], the day previous being Lincoln’s birthday.
John Frank Grubb.
17 February 1922 – Headline: Charles Ray in “A Village Sleuth” for Next Week.
Charles Ray gives another of his refreshing country boy characterizations in “A Village
Sleuth”, which will be shows at the schoolhouse Friday evening of next week. Mr. Ray
has the role of William Well, a farmer’s son, with ambitions to become a famous
detective. Failing to impress his father when he attempts to nab the gang which is
invading the Well’s watermelon patch nightly, William goes forth to seek wider fields. At
a private sanitarium, where he secures a job as chore boy, he bumps into a mystery
worthy of Sherlock Holmes himself, and not only solves it, but wins a pretty girl besides.
All the Ray laugh-provoking qualities are given full play in “A Village Sleuth”. Winifred
Westover makes a pleasing leading woman. Thomas H. Ince produces the picture for
Paramount release, and Jerome Storm directed. The story is by Agnes Christine Johnson.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: Vacations being planned now. Now is the time, Mr.
Hotel Man, to start that advertising for next season’s business. The families which hope
to enjoy summer vacations are making their plans now. You should reach them before
they fully determine just where they wish to go. Proof that the people are beginning to
think of the coming summer is found in the fact that we last week received five new
subscriptions to the Estes Park Trail. Plan to start your advertisement early. The Estes
Park Trail. Estes Park, Colorado.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: We fix all makes of motorcars. When your car gets
out of fix, we will put it back for you. The size or make doesn’t matter. We deal with a
spark plug to intricate motor mechanism. In line with general quality, we use genuine
plate glass in replacing broken windshields and windows and doors. It is hump-free and
bump-free, and it is free from the accidental lines and waves that make common glass a
nuisance. Osborne [sic, suggest Osborn] Garage [a block 3 business]. Goodyear tires.
Exide batteries. Telephone #17-R2.
17 February 1922 – Advertisement: Clatworthys [a block 3 business, along with a]
Estes Park, Colorado, Friday, February 24, 1922 Price 10 cents
24 February 1922 – Headline: Outlook Bright for Heavy Tourist Business to Colorado,
Railroads Reduce Fares for Season. General indications are that the coming season will
witness the usual influx of tourist visitors to the Rocky Mountain National Park. Those
who are in touch with the situation state that never before in the history of the tourist
business has been such interest displayed at this time of year in Colorado as a vacation
spot. The secretary of the Estes Park Chamber of Commerce reports many inquiries
already coming in, and the tourist bureaus and others in the east are daily answering
inquiries and continually sending out literature concerning Colorado as a recreational
center. Hotels in Estes Park are already booking reservations for next season. General
Passenger Traffic Manager P.S. Eustis of the Burlington [railroad], with headquarters at
Chicago, Illinois, states that the coming season promises to be one of the heaviest ever
enjoyed by the railroads. Other railroad men have expressed similar views. The railroads
of Colorado are this year spending many thousands of dollars advertising Estes Park.
The Union Pacific [railroad] has just issued an Estes Park booklet at a cost of $75,000.
The Burlington [railroad] has spent the same sum in the same way, and the Rock Island
lines this season spent $50,000 on an Estes Park booklet. All western roads announced
reduced round-trip tourist rates to Colorado for the coming season. These reductions
place the rates back where they were in 1917, and are good from 31 June 1922 to 31
October 1922.
24 February 1922 – The usual church services will be held Sunday, and school [Estes
Park grade school and high school] will start Monday.
24 February 1922 – George Wyatt, the plumber, has purchased several lots from Carl
Piltz, and is erecting thereon a five-room cottage with full basement, containing furnace
room, workshop, and garage. [These are on block 8, on Cleave Street, and will
presumably become the location of his plumbing, heating, and tinning business.]
24 February 1922 – Column title: Road and Trail Report. Big Thompson Canyon Road
and North St. Vrain Canyon Road are in good condition. Nearly all roads and trails
within Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park are open. Chains on all fours
necessary on Longs Peak Road. Fall River Road over the Continental Divide closed for
the winter by snow. Two hotels open. The week’s minimum temperature record is as
follows: Friday night 27 [degrees Fahrenheit], Saturday 35 [degrees Fahrenheit], Sunday
33 [degrees Fahrenheit], Monday 25 [degrees Fahrenheit], Tuesday 13 [degrees
Fahrenheit], Wednesday 5 [degrees Fahrenheit], Thursday 4 [degrees Fahrenheit]. This is
warmer than valley towns. Maximum temperature this week 45 [degrees Fahrenheit],
minimum temperature this week 0 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum temperature
Wednesday night 24 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Precipitation this month 0.16 [inches]. –
Report from United States station at fish hatchery.
24 February 1922 – Headline: Pioneer Newspaper Man and Historian will Contribute
Valuable Articles for Estes Park Trail Readers in 1922. The Estes Park Trail is pleased to
announce that it has secured the services of Ansel Watrous, pioneer newspaperman of
Colorado and historian, for a series of articles that will appear in the columns of the Estes
Park Trail during the year. Mr. Watrous is a versatile and highly respected writer, and his
half-century spent in the state places at his command a wealth of first-hand information
that will be interesting and instructive to our readers. The first article by Mr. Watrous
deals with the Arapahoe and Cheyenne Native Americans, their characteristics,
habitations, and deeds. The first installment appears in this issue. Mr. Watrous will take
up other western tribes later, and will also contribute stories of the pioneer days of
Colorado. Early Colorado history is replete with pioneer incidents. Nearly all traffic
between the United States and California passed through Colorado, and this material is
well nigh inexhaustible, valuable historically, and of general interest. Other pioneers will
also contribute stories of early-day incidents that we are sure will be greatly prized by our
readers. The Estes Park Trail is anxious to secure as many of these as possible, also the
loan of pictures that you think might be of historical interest in connection with these
articles. Dozens of our readers have informed us they are keeping a complete file of the
Estes Park Trail, and will have them bound. It is our hope to ever make it valuable
enough to become of historical value, and well worth a place among the permanent
volumes of many libraries.
24 February 1922 – Headline and byline: Ten-Day Snow Carnival Planned for Members
of Colorado Mountain Club at Fern Lake by Carl A. Blaurock, chairman winter outing
committee. Ten days of joyful frolic amid the glorious snows of the Rocky Mountain
National Park have been planned for your enjoyment this year. The dates are later this
season than heretofore, as an inside tip from the weatherman have given us assurance of a
superabundance of snow at this time, and the moon has been engaged for the entire
period, and will be found on the job nightly in all its glory. We leave to your imagination
the entrancing beauties of the moonlight walks over the sparkling frosty snow to Odessa
Lake and to Spruce Canyon, the exhilaration of tobogganing under the stars, the
pleasurable cutting of keen-bladed skates on hard smooth ice. The hospitable Brinwood
awaits your ravenous appetites with its hot delicious meals, to start you on your way up
the trail, and to warm you for the homeward ride. Fern Lodge has been enlarged and
improved, so that 50 persons can be accommodated without crowding in the least, and the
ski and toboggan courses have been put in excellent shape. Although the outing is to last
ten days, there may be some who can only go for a short period, hence arrangements have
been made with the Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company to deliver and call
for passengers at the Brinwood on Monday, Thursday, and Sunday. There will be
something doing all the time, so that the second weekend will be just as interesting as the
first, and there will be trips and stunts arranged during all the week, so that interest need
never lag for a minute. Remember, only 50 can be accommodated at one time.
Applications will be considered in their order as received, except that those desiring to
stay the full time will be given preference over the others. Clothing: It is not necessary
to carry a great amount of surplus clothing, as the weather is but a few degrees colder
than Denver. One heavy suit of woolen underwear, one pair heavy woolen socks over
lighter ones, with an extra pair for emergency, woolen shirts or blouses, sweaters or
mackinaws, woolen or khaki breeches, helmet or stocking cap, warm gloves or mittens,
stout shoes and arctics, dark glasses to prevent snow glare, and personal toilet articles are
suggested. Arctics prevent heels of leather shoes from damaging the webs. An extra
change of socks and shoes for indoor wear will be found satisfactory. Equipment: Skis
or snowshoes are necessary, as it is impossible to travel without them. Anyone desiring
to travel on skis alone should hobble them with rope or carpet sacks, as it is quite tedious
to climb on bare skis. It is quite important to have the harness hold the foot snugly and
firmly on both snowshoes and skis. Extra straps may come in handy. Two ski poles.
Skates, for skating is generally good at one of the lakes. Sacks made of an old carpet, or
carpet sewed on canvas, to slide over the rear of the ski to the foot will be found the best
method of hobbling, and previous experiences on these outings have shown that a novice
will have no difficulty whatever in traveling with skis thus equipped, and will in fact get
along easier and better than on snowshoes. Any of the committee will be glad to show
you how to make such sacks. Expenses: The expense at Fern Lodge for those staying the
four-day period (Friday to Monday or the equivalent) will be $16, for those staying the
whole time will be $38, plus the transportation charges of $9 for those not driving their
own cars. Additional days at Fern Lodge will be charged for at the rate of $4 per day.
Should it be impossible for any reason to accept your application for the dates desired,
you will be notified to that effect, and other arrangements made if possible. Reservations
close on Saturday evening, 4 March 1922. Then, at 7:30 a.m. on the morning on which
you are to start, be at the Pioneer Monument at Colfax and Broadway, and you will be
transported to the winter wonderland.
24 February 1922 – Headline: “Estes Park Reminiscences” is Series of Articles to
Appear in the Estes Park Trail. The Estes Park Trail is pleased to announce that
beginning with next week’s issue, it will begin the publication of a series of articles
entitled “Estes Park Reminiscences” by Abner E. Sprague. Mr. Sprague is one of the real
pioneers of Estes Park, first coming here in 1868, and remaining in Estes Park most of the
time since. Mr. Sprague’s articles will not only be entertaining, but of historical value as
well. He was a grown man when he first came to Estes Park, and, therefore, well able to
understand events. He was at one time county surveyor of Larimer County, and is at
present owner of Sprague’s Hotel in Glacier Basin. We are sure these articles will be read
with much interest.
24 February 1922 – Headline: Meeting to Discuss Fire Protection is Called for Saturday
Night. There has been much discussion during the week of the necessity for the most upto-date fire fighting equipment to be had, and as a result of this interest, a meeting has
been called for Saturday evening to discuss these matters, and to find out what can be
done. It is expected that a representative of some of the manufacturers will be present to
assist with any information desired in the discussion. There is talk of reorganizing the
fire department and securing an organization that will take a real interest in the work of
such an organization. It is hoped every person interested in better fire protection, a more
efficient fire department, and a reduction of the overburdensome insurance rates will
make a special effort to attend this meeting.
24 February 1922 – A letter from James D. Stead says the weather in Long Beach,
California, is better, and that everything is looking fine since spring has arrived. Mr. and
Mrs. Stead expect to start on their home journey in about six weeks.
$1.75. Three months $1. Single copy 10 cents. Advertising rates – Display advertising –
of entertainments, socials, etc., where admission fee is charge. The Estes Park Trail will
24 February 1922 – Poem and byline: The Newspaper in Your Hometown by Effie
Crawford. Talk about your literature/And papers up to date,/All about the legislature/And
doin’s through the state;/To me they ain’t comparin,/Though I look the world around,/To
the little newsy paper/From the old home town./There’s something brewin’ in the air/The
day the paper comes,/Ma, she goes about her work/And either sings or hums./But I just
get so restless/Till the postman brings it down./And I’m first to grab the paper/From the
old home town./Ma comes into the settin’ room/And lets the dishes go,/And listens while
I read about/the folks we ust [sic, used] to know./For births and deaths and land deals/
And weddin’s too abound;/All are might interestin’/From the old home town./I know it
ain’t so classical/As these big dailies are/That tell about the prize fights/And latest movie
star./But just for my enjoyment,/There’s nothing I have found,/Like the little newsy
paper/From the old home town.
24 February 1922 – Editorialettes: Horrors! The doctors are out with a new drug, which,
when administered to a patient, makes him, or her, tell the truth. The criminal lawyers
will now soon be out of a job, and naturally the crop of criminals will burn up in the
scorching rays of truth. Pretty tough on both classes mentioned herewith. The drug is
called scopalamin [sic, now spelled scopolamine]…Since the advent of scopalamin [sic,
now spelled scopolamine], the deceitful husband or wife may expect to drink
unsuspectingly a few drops of that truth-compelling drug with their coffee most any
time…Whenever friend husband decides he will not drink his coffee, and that tea too in
injurious, and that he doesn’t care for a drink of water, since he stopped at the drinking
fountain on the corner as he was coming home, wifey will understand there are secrets in
the air…The Poudre Valley Gas Company of Fort Collins nearly swept the public off its
feet when they announced a voluntary reduction in the price of gas. They had a hunch
cheaper gas would mean a largely increased consumption, no doubt…What is 3 March
1922? Most every up-to-date dairyman in the state will answer unhesitatingly, “the
Johnstown Dairy Show”. ’Tis said they have some real classy specimens of the bovine
species over there, and to prove it, the powers that be have appointed “Kid” Engberg,
pencil pusher, type slinger, printer’s devil, and erstwhile boss of the Johnstown Breeze, to
extend the invitation to every editor in Larimer County, Weld County, and Boulder
County to be the guest of that city for a whole day and evening. We have no fear in
accepting the invitation to a sojourn of 24 hours, since they have now put up with
Engberg more than two years.
24 February 1922 – Editorial reprinted from the Rocky Mountain News. Headline: A
Herdsman’s View of Life. The ether is filled with many sounds these days and nights.
Space is being annihilated. Man talks with fellow man across land and sea. One of the
noble band of scientists who has made possible this intercommunication, with and
without wires, is Michael Pupin, physicist, for a score of years professor of
electromechanics at Columbia University, who invented the coil that made possible longdistance telephone. For his services in this direction and for the notable aid rendered the
government during the war [World War I], he has been honored far and near by
universities and scientific societies. At the annual commemoration service at his
university this year, Professor Pupin delivered an address, entitled “A Herdsman’s View
of Life”. It breathed in every line a deep religious conviction, a reverse for God in man
and God in nature. It refuted the idea, too common in these days, that a man of science
cannot be a religious man. One word as to the title of his address: The Pupin romance
has been told a hundred times of the poor Serbian immigrant boy to this country, working
his way from the low rung up to the highest. Before coming here, he tended the herds on
his native plains. He communed with the stars at night. He was given a new insight into
and understanding of the bible. Those days he has never forgotten. The memory of them
has been ever with him. Fifty years ago, as he records, he heard the following words of
David’s Nineteenth Psalm: “The heavens declare the glory of God;/There is no speech
nor language where their voice is not heard.” [Psalms chapter 19, verse 1a and verse 3]
His heritage made him understand in his youth the meaning of these words, his scientific
knowledge in his later years further impressed on him their truth. The “sound and
starlight messages” in his herdsman days were communications direct to him, they must
have been very personal, he was blessed with the divine imagination. It is not blind but
understanding faith with Dr. Pupin. He knows more than most men of the intricacies of
the electrical systems in use by humans in their efforts to reduce time and space to a
minimum, but to this physicist the signaling system given to the human body by the
Creator makes puny the best efforts of the human hand. After God implanted the brain in
man, it is easy to understand what man can accomplish through it, but praise must be
given to the Original Architect. And there is much for man to do before he can
understand fully the handiwork of the Great Creator. “We are now deciphering messages
sent by the stars long before the prophet Daniel heard the voice of Archangel Gabriel on
the banks of Ulai, nay, even much before the cherubims with their flaming swords barred
Adam’s approach to the road which leads to the Tree of Life,” declared the lecturer.
“When these messages, after their voyages lasting eons and eons, are finally deciphered,
we shall know more of the truth hidden in the electrical structure of stars in the
firmament. A new meaning will then be revealed in David’s chant: ‘The heavens declare
the glory of God, and the firmaments showeth his handiwork’ [Psalms chapter 19, verse
1]” In answer to a student surprised at the Biblical theme for an address, Professor Pupin
made this answer: “No, I do not believe there is a God, I know that there is a God, and it
is the only knowledge which I have that is worth anything. I have just received two
messages from God, one is a joyous one, and one a very sad one. The joyous one tells
me that our eyes are blue and your hair is a golden yellow. Beauty, you know, is a joy
forever. The sad message warns me that a spiritual vacuum is the saddest and most
distressing thing for the human soul to contemplate.” There is an enlarged spiritual
vacuum from the world war [World War I]. It is present where it ought not to be, as we
may discern locally in the childish experiments practiced and recommended by those
charged with the care of souls. Dr. Pupin is aware of how nature hates vacuum, and he is
seeking to overcome it in the spiritual plane.
24 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Everybody wants to see Curtis Street when
they come to Denver, for it is one of the best-lighted streets in the world. The St. James
[Hotel] is part of it, and it is also right in the heart of the shopping district.
train up picturesque Clear Creek Canyon, or by automobile through Denver’ wonderful
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: Eskimo Pie at Tallant’s [a block 5 business].
24 February 1922 – Column title: Colorado in Paragraphs. Dateline: Denver – Denver
and all Colorado will benefit by the new summer tourist rates announced in Chicago,
Illinois, recently to the Pacific coast, as under the rates stopovers are good at any point.
The round-trip rate announced is $86 from Chicago, Illinois, $72 from the Missouri
River, and $64 from Denver, Colorado Springs, and Pueblo. The rates become effective
15 May 1921, and are in effect until 31 October 1921. “There is no doubt but these rates
will prove of immense benefit to Colorado,” said W.K. Cundiff, assistant general
passenger agent of the Union Pacific [railroad]. “The fact that stopovers are allowed will
give the tourists opportunity of coming through Colorado, visiting the Rocky Mountain
National Park, the Denver section, and the Colorado Springs district, and they will have
plenty of time, too. The rates are for stopovers either way, so the tourists who go by the
Yellowstone National Park or Glacier National Park lines to the coast can come back
through Colorado, so, to use a slang phrase, we ‘get them coming and going’.”…Boulder
– 14 February 1922 was insignia day at the University of Colorado, and the associated
student organization honored the four-year football men – Carl Fulghum, Alva Noggle,
Lee Williard, Robert Muth, and Walter Franklin – with sweaters. Blankets were awarded
to Homer Britzman, Charles Shapiro, Harry Le Fevre, and Clark Alexander, who earned
their C [Colorado letter] last season for the second time, and Donald McLean, Earl
Losier, Carlisle Milner, John Wittmyer, Arthur Quinlan, and John Mellett received
sweaters, having played on the varsity team last fall for the first time…Denver – The
Colorado Highway Commission has decided tentatively which of its 48,000 miles of
highways are to be maintained as interstate or primary routes under the provisions of the
new federal aid bill, it was learned recently. Colorado is demanding at least three
important interstate routes across its domain. One highway, stretching from Wyoming
south to New Mexico, and to be known as the North and South Highway, will, it is
planned, intersect two main east and west lines at Denver and Pueblo…Colorado Springs
– Harold Holiday, 16-year-old son of Mr. and Mrs. George Holiday of Vancouver, British
Columbia, was probably fatally injured recently [I’m not sure if this “probably” means he
will likely die, or he did die, but the cause is still a matter of debate] when he attempted
to board a Santa Fe passenger train as it left the railroad yards…Greeley – The Weld
County Taxpayers’ League voted to ask Governor Shoup not to call a special session of
the legislature. Resolutions adopted stated that the league has no prejudice against any
project in the proposed call, but it opposed to the extra session because of the cost to the
taxpayers. The league also passed resolutions opposing any increases in salaries or
wages paid public officials…Frederick – Approximately 500 miners employed in the coal
fields near here have served notice they will not accept wage reductions corresponding
with these affected several months ago by the Colorado Fuel and Iron Company in
several of its southern Colorado mines, and a concerted walkout is threatened, according
to information received by Colonel P.J. Hamrock, head of the state rangers…Arvada –
Burglars raided the H.J. Juchem drug store in Arvada several days ago, breaking open the
safe, stealing a small amount of cash, and several hundred dollars worth of merchandise.
They backed their automobile up to the rear door of the store, loaded in their loot, and
then drove away…Denver – Acting Governor Earl Cooley pardoned Lafayette Jones,
who was sent to the penitentiary in 1907 on a charge of horse stealing, because Cooley,
who was Jones’ attorney, believes that he did not defend him correctly. “The affair has
been worrying me all these years,” said Cooley, after posting Jones’ pardon. “I am
convinced to this day that he was innocent.”…Sterling – The annual convention of the
Colorado Manufacturers and Merchants’ Association will be held next fall in Sterling,
and, according to reports, the citizens of that city already have begun to make
preparations for the entertainment of the delegates.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: Character and individuality. Both are expressed in
the merchandise we sell. Take, for instance, the men’s suits that we are featuring at
present. Also the shirts, ties, and neckwear that go with them. The Royal Tailors. We
have sold quite a number of these suits to the men of Estes Park, and we are greatly
pleased with the compliment they pay us when they come in with the last suit they bought
from us and say, “Make it fit just like this one.” Sunrise brand clothes. This is a line of
ready-made clothing, designed especially for young men and boys of the “teen” age. If
you ever examine one of these suits, you will at once see the superior quality, as well as
be attracted to the snappy patterns. Wilson Brothers men’s furnishings is recognized as
the biggest and best house of its kind in the world. We are showing their line of
underwear, shirts, gloves, hosiery, belts, ties, and in a few days, we will have a complete
line of athletic underwear, summer shirts, etc. In appreciation of the splendid business
given us by the men of the community, we have bought the very best and newest goods
we could find, and our prices are absolutely right. Rochchilds [sic, suggest Rothschilds]
for men and boys. This line of suits is the one we selected after experience with many
different lines, and the superior workmanship and high quality of the goods, together with
the reasonableness of price, make it what we consider the best for the money. Scotch
Woolen Mills. Made to measre suits, all one piece. Two-piece suit $25. Three-piece suit
$29.50. Wonderful values. Dugald Floyd Godfrey [a block 5 business]. “The store that
gives you service”
24 February 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside. Semi-advertisement: Strictly
fresh ranch eggs, direct from farm to our store, 35 cents per dozen. Boyd’s Market [a
block 3 business]…Mrs. Joe Ryan visited with a sister in Denver this week…Dr. and
Mrs. Charles A. Lory of Fort Collins and a party of friends spent Sunday in Estes Park,
and were guests of Mr. and Mrs. Abner E. Sprague…Mr. and Mrs. C.D. Charles of
Windsor and Mrs. W.C. Charles of Loveland spent Sunday in Estes Park…Semiadvertisement: Kodak finishing at Francis [a block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films
for sale…Samuel Renshaw, who several years ago was the Estes Park shoemaker [he also
owned an Estes Park brick and tile company in 1914], died recently in Loveland…Mrs.
Albert Hayden spent the week in Longmont with Mrs. Dan B. Huyett…Augustus Denby
Lewis, president of the Lewiston Hotels Company, was in Estes Park Wednesday from
Idaho Springs. Mr. Lewis says they are enjoying a splendid patronage at the Hot Springs
Hotel. Many people are taking the natural hot radium water baths, and the hotel is
becoming popular with Denver and other people for weekend parties…A deal is on for
the transfer of 235 feet of the east part of lot 144 of Al Fresco Place from Cyril V.
Williams to the Hayden Brothers. They will get in the deal two cottages, which they will
remodel and place on a part with the rest of the Hayden Brothers renting property…
Amorita Jeffries, Helen McClure, and Harold McClure were Loveland guests at the Hupp
Hotel Sunday…Mr. and Mrs. H.B. Green of Loveland were guests at the National Park
Hotel Sunday…Theodore Schlapfer drove to Denver Monday on business…Semiadvertisement: Skis and snowshoes for sale. Telephone #71-R2…Mrs. Nellie T. Akin
was transacting business in Fort Collins Saturday…Mr. and Mrs. Glen Preston spent the
weekend in Denver and Idaho Springs…Frank Wheelock drove to Denver Tuesday
afternoon to meet his wife, who is returning from a visit with her parents at Cleveland,
Ohio…Semi-advertisement: Wilson, the man with the Quaker Oats smile, and a head
like Pears Soap (it floats) [Being less than wholly familiar with the 1922 context of these
logos and slogans, I’m not sure how offensive these references are, if at all] is the fellow
behind the desk at the St. James Hotel in Denver. He will stand for a lot of joshing,
especially if you will sign your name in his book.
24 February 1922 – Column title: Bills Allowed. At the regular meeting of the trustees
of the town of Estes Park, held Monday, 9 January 1922 [sic, if correct, publication was
much delayed]. Walker Lee $100. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
$2.30. Harry W. Lee $38.50. Estes Park Bank $3. Ab H. Romans $25. Carl Hyatt
$3.50. Estes Park Trail $3.92. Estes Park Garage $8.40. Stanley Power Department
$37.50. Julius Foss Schwartz $8.37. Charles F. Hix $50. [signed] Charles F. Hix, town
clerk.
24 February 1922 – Headline: Use the Estes Park Folders Now. Secretary Dugald Floyd
Godfrey informs us that a good many of the Estes Park folders are going out, some to far
distant points, for distribution. This is as it should be, and we want to urge every person
who is in any way interested in Estes Park to get a supply of them, and mail one in every
letter they mail out. These folders are for free distribution, and are folded ready to be
slipped into the envelope if you use a standard business envelope. Government
envelopes do not come up to the standard of the American Paper Makers Association, and
therefore, the folders will not fit them without folding again [because the Estes Park Trail
printed the Estes Park folders, one might cynically wonder if they made them too big for
the less expensive government envelopes, since the Estes Park Trail sold the more
expensive standard business envelopes]. Get your supply today, and then use them, for
next summer’s vacations are being planned every day, and these little missionaries should
be given every opportunity to win for Estes Park.
24 February 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Post Office to Have New Money Order
System. Mr. and Mrs. Carruthers have been in Denver securing the necessary equipment
and instructions for the installation of the press copying system of making up the money
order records. The installation of this system has been authorized by the department on
account of the great increase in the money order business in the past year. The Denver
office states that few except first class offices have permission to use this system. The
new system will be installed about 1 March 1922. The Estes Park office has also been
made a direct accounting office, and claims will be adjusted and paid directly from this
office instead of from the Denver office, as heretofore has been done.
24 February 1922 – Dateline: Denver – Endorsement of the campaign of the local
committee of the American Jewish Relief, which will begin on 5 March 1922, for the
purpose of raising $150,000 in Colorado and Wyoming for the destitute orphans and
refugees of eastern Europe, has been received from Governor Shoup by Milton M.
Schayer, director general…Denver – For the first time in the history of the state, a
steamship and navigation company which is owned by eastern capital has come to
Colorado to incorporate, it was learned from Secretary of State Milliken. The company is
to be known as the United Polish Lines, Inc., and has been incorporated for $1,000,000,
in addition to the carrying of 200,000 shares of no par value. The main offices of the
company are to be maintained in New York City, New York, while western headquarters
are to be established in the Equitable Building here.
cured meats. Staple and fancy groceries. Fruits and vegetables. Free automobile
delivery. Telephone #32. Estes Park, Colorado.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: Money back if after 30 days you don’t agree the
Estes Park Trail is worth the price asked. Order today so that you will not miss a single
bit of the good things we have in store for you. Fair enough – isn’t it?
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: 1922 Dodge wonderful value. The 1922 Dodge is
the finest that the engineering skill of Dodge Brothers can build: Sturdy, powerful,
always reliable, and the standard by which motor values are set. The new prices
delivered in Estes Park are: Touring car $1025. Roadster $995. Sedan $1625. Coupe
$1440. Screen $1025. Panel $1130. The Estes Park Garage. Agency for Nash, Dodge,
Buick, Ford.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: A correction. Through error, the 36 inch by 24 inch
Congoleum rugs were advertised in last week’s newspaper at 59 cents. The correct price
is 49 cents. Size 18 inches by 27 inches at 29 cents. These are going fast – get yours
today. Special this week. Five cases Silver Flower apricots, finest grade, packed by the
Pratt –Low Canning Company, California. Former price 48 cents a can. For one week
only 25 cents a can. Full size 2-1/2 pound cans. Not over six cans to a customer. J.E.
Macdonald [a block 5 business].
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: Mr. Merchant. When you sweep the floor, think of
the Estes Park Trail, and when in need of sweeping compound, remember our wholesale
price is unbeatable, quality considered. And when you wrap your customers’ purchases,
they will appreciate it if done up in paper purchased of us. When you sell sugar, it will be
safer, and who knows but sweeter, if placed in C.R.C. [unknown acronym, but may have
something to do with the “largest paper house in the west” referred to in a 3 February
1922 advertisement] bags sold by us. Spend your money at home when you can buy as
cheaper as anywhere else. Wrapping paper, paper bags, toilet paper, adding machine
paper, paper towels, sanitary drinking cups, sealing tape, all kinds of paper fixtures,
twines, etc., etc. If it’s made of paper – ask us! Estes Park Trail.
24 February 1922 – Column title: Church Notes. Subhead: Presbyterian church.
Sunday school 10:00 a.m. Sunday morning worship 11:00 a.m. Sunday evening worship
7:30 p.m. Special music at both services. 6:30 p.m. [Sunday] – Christian Endeavor
topic: “Better Purposes”. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. Rev. Alfred
Hadden will preach at both services…Mrs. Edsall entertained the Ladies Aid last week.
There was a large attendance, and a large amount of sewing for the bazaar to be given
next summer was done. Mrs. Wiest will entertain the Ladies Aid Wednesday afternoon.
24 February 1922 – Column title: Allenspark Items. Postmaster Tregemba of Allenspark
visited with Charles Hewes of Hewes-Kirkwood Inn, the latter part of last week…The
deer of our community are getting very tame. A large number take their daily rations
from a turnip patch within the townsite proper…A large number of people participated in
the winter sports on the ski course Saturday and Sunday…Mr. George Hart has been in
Denver the past week having dental work done…The Crystal Springs Hotel had a large
number of guests Saturday and Sunday…Mr. and Mrs. Keefauver are visiting their son
Zelmer at the Wills resort…Mr. and Mrs. C.O. Andrew of Longmont visited with their
son Otis Andrew Saturday and Sunday…The Allenspark school was closed Wednesday
on account of the teacher being called to Boulder to attend a meeting of the board of
directors of the Colorado Glacier Recreation Association.
24 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: By the way, if you have a useful article about
the place for which you have no further need, a few cents spent for a want ad will
of the town of Estes Park, held Monday, 13 February 1922. Walker Lee $100. Harry W.
Lee $8.75. Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company $2.10. Julius Foss
Schwartz $2.60. Samuel Service $222.54. Electric Shop $0.80. D.E. Usher $4. Estes
Park Garage $2.40. [signed] Charles F. Hix, town clerk.
of the town of Estes Park, held Monday, 23 January 1922 [sic, paired with the 9 January
1922 list appearing in this issue, it becomes obvious the town is trying to catch up on
previously unpublished “Bills Allowed” notices]. Harry W. Lee $10.50. Walker Lee
$3.10. [signed] Charles F. Hix, town clerk.
24 February 1922 – Dateline: Erie – Leo Hauck, 7-year-old son of Albert Hauck, wealthy
farmer living ten miles southeast of Longmont, was run over and instantly killed by a
school truck in which he was about to return to his home…Brighton – During the year
1921, the Kuner Pickle Company at Brighton bought 1100 cars of tomatoes, 800 cars of
pickles, 500 cars of cabbage, and 200 cars of beans, for which they paid the farmers over
$1,000,000…Hudson – One bandit was killed and two others were wounded in a running
battle with a sheriff’s posse here after the three bandits, possibly accompanied by a
fourth, robbed a store at Wiggins, Colorado, removing the safe and cash register…Fort
Morgan – The Rev. Neil Stewart of Shelby, Iowa, has been called to Fort Morgan to
accept the pastorate of the United Presbyterian Church. The Rev. Mr. Stewart has wired
his acceptance, and will begin his work in Fort Morgan early in April 1922…Pueblo – Of
all strange thefts ever reported to the Pueblo police department, the oddest one came to
their notice recently when V.I. Provost, 205 South Main Street, reported that the right
front door of his car had been taken off the machine as it stood on the street…Denver –
Colorado is one of the leading producing states in alfalfa meal, there being several large
mills scattered in the agricultural districts. Those familiar with this product declare that
Colorado alfalfa makes the finest meal of any alfalfa grown in the country…Golden –
Establishment of a highway to the foot of the Mount of the Holy Cross was assured at a
meeting in the Golden Chamber of Commerce when the counties tributary to the course
of the highway announced that $270,000 had been raised toward completing the project.
24 February 1922 – Classified advertisement [seemingly misplaced]: Wanted – Clean
white cotton rags for washing presses, 5 cents per pound. Leave at Macdonald’s store [a
block 5 business] and get your money. The Estes Park Trail.
24 February 1922 – Headline: Reward. The state fish and game commissioner will pay
Harper Thomson…The Estes Park Fish and Game Association will pay the following
rewards for evidence leading to the arrest and conviction of anyone of killing game in the
Estes Park region: Elk $50, deer $50, mountain sheep $50, pheasants $25. [signed] W.A.
Gray, secretary.
24 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Don’t blame us for not having that item of
news if you didn’t give it to us.
John Frank Grubb.
them for profit – Use them for results. If you want to buy, sell, or trade, want help, want
a position, want anything, lost anything, try an Estes Park Trail want ad. They usually get
following insertion. Minimum charge 25 cents. Subhead: For sale. For sale – Furniture,
consisting of Duofold, library table, two dressers, one bed, one sanitary couch,
miscellaneous chairs, carpets, and sewing machine. Will take $50 for piano. Telephone
#71-R2. tf…For sale – Owner wants the money and will take $1500 cash for one-half
acre with four-room cottage, hip roof, 24 feet by 26 feet, living room, kitchen, two
bedrooms, porch. Cottage stained and nicely finished with wallboard. Another cottage
can be built on this property. Address P.D., care of the Estes Park Trail. tf…For sale –
120 acres, splendidly situated for cottage sites or hotel. Gravity water system installed.
Number of other springs. Well-wooded: Yellow pine, spruce, limber pine, aspen, cedar,
etc. Improvements: One house with seven rooms and bath, one house with four rooms
and bath. Also fireplaces and breakfast rooms. Barn, garage, and cave [sic]. Property is
figure. Address C.C., care of Estes Park Trail…Subhead: Wanted. Wanted – To rent or
buy, modern cottages, cabins, cottage sites, acreage in or near Estes Park village. Name
price, description. Frank R.C. Rollins, post office box 402, Greeley, Colorado…
Subhead: For rent. For rent – Furnished cottage for season, three bedrooms, living room,
dining room, kitchen, pantry, beautifully located about halfway between village and
YMCA conference grounds, $300 for season. Address G.D., care Estes Park Trail. tf…
For rent – New cottage, nicely furnished, two bedrooms, sun porch, large living room,
kitchen, closets, pantry, bath, electric lights. Located on the hill in the village. $500 for
the season. Address G.D., care Estes Park Trail…For rent – First-class vacuum cleaner
by hour or day. Electric Shop. Telephone #395. tf.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “Think less about your rights –
more about your duties – open a bank account.” In most cases, prosperity isn’t
accidental, but rather the result of years of thrift and careful investments. Are you
investing? Feel free to ask our advice. U.B. Thrifty at the the [sic redundancy] Estes
Park Bank [a block 3 business]. Where your patronage is appreciated.
order mans a regular customer. Estes Park Trail.
Helen Barr. Foods which the child should avoid entirely are the cheap, chemically
flavored, dyed sweets that everywhere attract the juvenile penny, greasy gravy, fried
foods of every kind, sulfur-bleached apricots, sulfur-bleached apples, sulfur-bleached
peaches, sulfur-bleached pears, cheap condiments, vegetables that have lost their
solubles, liver, kidney, hard-boiled eggs unless mashed to a pulp, sulfur-bleached
molasses, bakery cookies, bakery gingerbread and confectioner’s taffy made from the
low-grade, highly sulfured stuff that masquerades in the trade as “third and fourth crop
molasses”, all tinned foods sold in tins that are not lacquered, all bakeshop or drug store
ice cream made from raw milk, homogenized fat (lard when it is cheap), carpenter’s glue
[sic], ethereal flavors and coal tar colors, all factory cakes loaded with aluminum sulfate,
ethereal flavors, fillers in the form of artificial jellies, etc. Coffee and tea are not
permissible until growth has been attained. Nuts of any kind may be consumed by
children when they have learned to masticate them thoroughly. Let “thoroughly” be
emphasized. It must be remembered that cheese, like eggs, beans, peas, milk, and meat,
is a nitrogenous food. Americans consumer too much nitrogen in the form of protein.
Offending proteins are responsible for many forms of human distemper. Subhead:
Wednesday breakfast. Juice of whole ripe orange. Old-fashioned cut oatmeal with
pasteurized milk. Whole wheat bread or toast and pasteurized butter, or whole wheat
muffins, whole wheat cinnamon rings or other spiced breakfast bread containing all of the
grain, be it wheat, corn, rye, or oats. Poached egg on whole wheat toast. Subhead:
Questions and answers. Note: All questions regarding these articles will be answered
through these columns if sealed and addressed to Helen Barr, Service Bureau, 825
Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. [signed] – Editor.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: A substantial reduction in the price of Moffat County
24 February 1922 – Headline: Rocky Mountain News [sic, see below] has Story of
Clatworthy’s Lecture Tour. Fred Payne Clatworthy of Estes Park, Colorado, specialist in
natural color photography, departed for Denver yesterday for the east, where he will
spend two months in giving illustrated talks on the scenery of Colorado and the
southwest, says the Denver News [sic, the Denver News is not the Rocky Mountain
News]. He will display his autochromes of the Rocky Mountain National Park before the
geographical societies of Chicago, Illinois, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania,
the Prairie Club of Chicago, Illinois, the American Museum of Natural History in New
York City, New York, and Western Reserve University at Cleveland, Ohio. He has a
number of other engagements also. “This is my fourth season,” says Mr. Clatworthy,
“and I estimate that more than 30,000 people have seen the pictures of the wonderful
scenery of Colorado on my previous trips. I am greatly pleased that the pictures of
Colorado always are in greater demand by eastern audiences than other pictures of the
southwest and California which I include in my program. Every summer, I meet many
persons at Estes Park who say they were led to come to Colorado through the interest
aroused by the pictures of Colorado scenery.”
24 February 1922 – Elmer D. Lindley and Robert H. Lindley and their families drove to
the valley Saturday, and attended a meeting of the Northern Colorado Master Plumbers
Association at Berthoud.
Figure with us before starting that next job. George R. Wyatt [if not yet a block 8
business, the move from block 6 will occur soon]. Telephone #180.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: Have you arranged for that vacation next summer?
If not, now is the time to do it. Leave your cares at home, and come to the Brinwood,
where you may enjoy the thrill of a real vacation. There is motoring, fishing, hiking, and
horseback riding to help fill your vacation with many pleasures so that you will come
again. Rooms with private bath. Rooms with and without hot and cold running water.
Good meals, home dairy, telephone, telegraph, automobile and horse livery, daily mail,
shed for automobiles, tennis court, quoits [a game similar to horseshoes, but using rings
instead of shoes], and swings. Brinwood Hotel. Telephone #14-W. Estes Park,
Colorado.
24 February 1922 – Headline and byline: Arapahoe Native Americans and Cheyenne
Native Americans Original Owners of Eastern Colorado by Ansel Watrous (Copyright
1922 by Estes Park Trail). For more than half a century previous to the rush of white
men to Colorado in search of gold, the Arapahoe Native Americans and Cheyenne Native
Americans held almost complete dominion over the plains country for many miles to the
east of the base of the Rocky Mountains, particularly that section watered by the South
Platte River and its tributaries. They were nomads, here today and there tomorrow, but
they made their headquarters near the present site of the city of Denver. They were
almost in a continuous fight with the Pawnee Native Americans on the east, and the Utes
on the west. History gives no insight concerning the origin of the Arapahoes, but
tradition tells us that they were descended from the Blackfeet Native Americans of
Montana, that a hunting party accompanied by their families came down from the North
Platte River to the South Platte River about 10 years ago, being cut off by a heavy and
severe snowstorm, wintered on Cherry Creek near Denver. The season in this latitude
being much milder and more agreeable than that of the former home in the north, the
country abounding in game and fish and generally a better country to live in that the one
they had left, they decided to remain. How much truth there may be in the story has not
yet been uncovered. The white people found them here, and knew that they roamed the
plains in large numbers from the country of the Pawnees to the base of the mountains and
down into the valley of the Arkansas River. The word Arapahoe is said to mean “he who
buys or trades”. As the Cache la Poudre Valley seems to have been their favorite hunting
grounds, they spent a good part of the hunting season along the river, and their tepees
were familiar sights to the early explorers and emigrants. Their camping grounds were
mainly on both sides of the river, wherever there was the most timber, from near the
mouth of Boxelder Creek to near what is now Laporte. Antoine Janis, in a letter to the
writer dated at Pine Ridge Agency, 17 March 1883, says he found 150 lodges of them
near Lapore when he located them in June 1844. A brief sketch of the history of the
Arapahoe Native Americans and Cheyenne Native Americans, so far as the same is
known, is herewith given. It is taken mainly from Randall Parrish’s story of “The Great
Plains”. Mr. Parrish had access to all the literature written on the history of the Native
American tribes which occupied the great plains. He says: “Leaving the valley of the
Missouri River and moving westward to the eastern and southern base of the Rocky
Mountains, the traveler entered the country of the Cheyennes, who were of Algonquin
stock. How long this people occupied that district, or from whence they came, is
uncertain. That they were kindred to the Arapahoes seems probable, and as early as
1820, many of the tribes seceded and joined the other. By 1840, the remainder had also
moved south, whence they became affiliated with their kindred. While ever at war with
the Utes, who were known as mountain Native Americans, with the whites they were
usually at peace, although when they took the warpath, the proved a dangerous enemy.
Their principal traffic was horses and furs, and their traded led them to become great
travelers across the prairies. Closely associated with the Cheyennes in the earliest days
of white exploration were the Kiowas, who were also a plains tribe. For many years, the
Kiowa warriors roamed freely over the entire Arapahoe and Comanche country,
extending from the South Platte River to the Brazos River. They were a cruel, bloodthirsty race, and it is probable that many an atrocity charged to the Comanches and
Arapahoes were really committed by these wanderers. An early writer refers to them as
being the most predatory and blood-thirsty of all the prairie tribes. They have probably
killed more white men in proportion to their number than any of the others. The
Arapahoes hated the Utes with a bitter hatred, and the latter just as intensely hated the
former tribe. The Arapahoes were plains Native Americans and the Utes a mountain
tribe. The Northern Utes had their rendezvous on White River in the vicinity of the
present town of Meeker. The plains Native Americans could do nothing except on
horseback, the Utes, though owning and valuing ponies, were essentially a foot tribe.
The Utes sometimes when they felt safe from their enemies, the Arapahoes, wandered on
the plains raiding the camps of their enemies and driving off their ponies and taking
prisoners, when they thought the situation and condition were favorable, but they did it
with fear and trembling, for often they got the worst of it. The Arapahoes seldom
ventured at all into a country so broken as to prevent their operating to advantage on
horseback. The Utes claimed Estes Park, Middle Park, and North Park as their hunting
and fishing grounds, and woe be unto their enemies if found trespassing on their
preserves. Though constantly at war with each other, few were killed in their battles,
because neither would venture far into the domain of the other.” In 1861, after Colorado
had been created and organized as a territory, the Arapahoes and Cheyennes ceded to the
United States all their lands east of the mountains, which included the eastern part of
Laramie County. The Cheyennes and a dissatisfied party of the Arapahoes soon
afterwards repudiated the treaty, and combining with the Kiowas and Comanches, entered
upon and waged a vicious war against the whites which continued for several years. In
the summer of 1864, mail communication with the east was cut off, mailbags containing
letters, money, drafts, newspapers, etc., were cut open and their contents scattered over
the plains. But one station was left standing on the Overland Stage route for a distance of
120 miles. Caravans were robbed, emigrants were killed, and it was estimated that there
was not more than six week’s supply of food in all Colorado. For 30 days, there had been
no mail from the east. No stages or emigrants or supply trains were allowed to move
except under escort, and the government did not have enough soldiers on the plains to
escort the freight teams through to Denver. The situation was really critical. All the
caravans on the way from the Missouri River to Denver and other Colorado points for
hundreds of miles were seized, their conductors killed and the property appropriated by
the Native Americans. (To be continued)
24 February 1922 – Headline: Has Appropriate Title. No more appropriate title could be
given a play dealing with the perils and excitement of a newspaper reporter’s life than
“go and get it”. And this is just the one that Marshall Neilan has given his newest big
photoplay – “Go and Get It”, which will be shown at the schoolhouse next Friday
evening, as a First National attraction. When a mysterious crime has been committed,
and the entire city is on its toes for the solution – when great strikes are pending – it is
then that the reporter is called to the city editor’s desk and told to “go get it”. And – the
chances are 100 to 1 – he’ll get it. He may be the worse for wear upon his return, but
he’ll have the story. And such is the case in the new Neilan picture – Kirk Connelly is
told of a series of most mysterious crimes, and told to get the story. After a lot of the
most fascinating and exciting adventures, Connelly not only returns with the story, but he
gets the beautiful mystery girl as well. It’s some picture, requiring 2 hours and 17
minutes to show.
24 February 1922 – Headline: Forest Rangers and Supervisors Hold Meeting in Fort
Collins. Forest Ranger Joe Ryan of Estes Park attended the meeting of the forest
supervisors and rangers of this region at Fort Collins Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday.
Forest rangers and supervisors of the Colorado National Forest, Pike National Forest,
Arapahoe National Forest, Hayden National Forest, and Medicine Bow National Forest
attended the meeting. This is the first general meeting since 1917, and about 65 were in
attendance. Many matters of interest were discussed, among them were forest fires,
finance, road and trail building, improvements, and grazing. The National Forest Service
today has the unanimous support of the stockmen’s organizations all over the west.
Federal control of grazing has proven a boon to the stockmen, where they feared at the
beginning it spelled their doom, and they fought it with every means at their command.
24 February 1922 – Column title: Real Estate Transfers. J. Harlan Hankins to W.L.
Pierce, lot 4, Jackson subdivision, section 23-5-72, $1.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: The Estes Park Plumbers [a block 8 business].
Lindley and Son. Elmer D. Lindley, telephone #35. R.H. Lindley, telephone #78.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: The Hupp [Hotel, a block 2 business]. There’s a
Hupp Hotel./Where the eats are swell/And the price just hits the mark./You “auto” know/
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: Rubber goods. We have the latest and most
approved styles of fountain and combination syringes, hot water bottles, bath sponges,
rubber gloves, etc. Also the finest toilet articles. Estes Park Drug Company [a block 6
24 February 1922 – Headline: Record Crowds See Estes Park Autochromes in Lectures
at Chicago, Illinois. A crowd that taxed the seating capacity of the Art Institute of
Chicago, Illinois, attended the lecture on Colorado by Fred Payne Clatworthy, which was
illustrated with many beautiful autochrome plates of Estes Park scenery. This lecture was
delivered under the auspices of the Chicago [Illinois] Geographic Society. Tuesday
evening of last week, Mr. Clatworthy delivered this lecture in the same building before
the Chicago [Illinois] Prairie Club, and 200 people were turned away at the door. The
president of the club said this was the largest meeting the club ever held. Those who
were fortunate enough to get into the large auditorium expressed themselves as being
wonderfully pleased. A number of people pressed about Mr. Clatworthy following each
of these lectures, and expressed their intention of visiting Estes Park this coming summer.
The attendance at both these meetings would indicate that there is a wide interest in
Colorado as a vacation spot. Chicago, Illinois, people are greatly pleased over the
reduction in railroad rates to Estes Park this coming season, and the indication is that
there will be a good attendance in Estes Park this year. While in Chicago, Illinois, Mr.
Clatworthy talked with E.S. Eustis and other railroad people, and they all were of the
opinion that travel to the Rocky Mountains this summer would be large.
24 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Curtis Street in Denver has the reputation of
being the best-lighted street in the United States. It runs each way from the St. James
Hotel, where you can get fine rooms for one dollar per and up – but you need not go very
high up, for the rates are as reasonable as can be made.
24 February 1922 – Headline: Road Building Grown to Big National Industry. Road
building is one of the nation’s largest industries, according to statistics compiled by the
Bureau of Public Roads, United States Department of Agriculture, and surpasses such
great industries as the manufacture of steel and iron, as well as the production, sale, and
repair of automobiles. In December 1920, less than 600,000 men were employed in the
steel and iron industry. It is estimated that last year, something like 750,000 men were
engaged in making, selling, and repairing automobiles. As compared with this, an army
of approximately 1,000,000 men labored last year throughout the road-construction
season in building and repairing the country’s highways. Fifty million tons of stone and
gravel will be required by the 28,000 miles of federal-aid roads either completed or under
construction in the United States at the end of the present fiscal year, according to the
estimates of the Bureau of Public Roads. Some idea of the quantity is given by the fact
that it is equal to a million carloads. If the material were piled in one place in the form of
a cube, it would be approximately 1000 feet in each direction, or nearly twice as high as
the Washington Monument.
24 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Rates at the St. James Hotel in Denver are as
reasonable as can be found. One dollar per day buys a nice room – better ones in
proportion. All clean, comfortable, and well kept.
24 February 1922 – Headline: Many Volumes Added to the Library, Including Set on
Luther Burbank. A 12-volume set of books on Luther Burbank and his creations,
illustrated by hundreds of plates in natural colors, is being added to the library from the
fund provided by the play recently given by the PEO. The creations of Burbank, the
plant wizard, are marvelous, and this monument to his life’s work is a valuable addition
to any library. The fund provided by the Clatworthy lecture at the schoolhouse recently
has not yet been expended. It had been planned to secure Simond’s History of the World
War [World War I] with this money, but the work had been sold out. John B. Baird,
proprietor of the Parke [sic, the spelling of this goes back and forth, depending on
whether it is treated as William Tenbrook Parke’s former store, or simply the Estes Park
Store] Store, has presented the library with nearly 200 volumes, which formerly were in
the store’s circulating library. This feature of the store is being discontinued [this brings
to three the number of stores in Estes Park which had a circulating library prior to the
Woman’s Club library being built in what is now Bond Park in 1922 – Foote Mercantile,
J.E. Macdonalds, and John B. Baird]. Among the nearly 200 volumes he presented to the
library are a great many children’s books, of which the library has felt a great need. New
fiction just added to the library is “The Obstacle Race” by Ethel Dell, “If Winter Comes”
by A.M. Hutchinson, “To the Last Man” by Zane Gray, and “Galusha, the Magnificent”
by Joseph Lincoln. The library committee promises other new and interesting books in
the near future. Mrs. J.E. Macdonald has been secretary and treasurer of the library
committee since the library was established, and has labored incessantly. The other
members of the committee are Mrs. Albert Hayden, who each year contributes about a
dozen new books, Mrs. Edsall, Mrs. Lester, and Mrs. Bond.
24 February 1922 – Headline: Ski and Toboggan Courses at Fern Lake in Finest
Condition. Rocky Mountain National Park Ranger Stephens made a trip to Fern Lake
Sunday and inspected the ski and toboggan courses, and reports them in the best of
condition. Considerable work was done on both courses last fall by the National Park
Service and Mr. Byerly, proprietor of Fern Lake Lodge, and both are as safe as human
ingenuity can make them. The toboggan course is fan-shape, and cupped, so that steering
of the snow craft is unnecessary. The ski course is one of the best anywhere, and steep
enough to give the most daring all the thrills he can ask for if he desires them by running
the full length of the course. The snow at the present time is four feet deep, and Rocky
Mountain National Park Ranger Stephens reports it in the best of condition for winter
sports. Frank W. Byerly and family, Russel James, and W.W. Finn also went to the Fern
Lake Lodge Sunday, where they remained for the week.
24 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: There may be larger hotels in Denver than the
St. James [Hotel], but there are none that will make you feel more at home. All the
members of the new company are members of the “Good Fellow” Club, and all are
working to build up the business of the place on that kind of a basis.
24 February 1922 – Stanley Ricketts and Richard Ricketts of Fort Collins drove to Estes
Park Sunday, and were guests of the Hupp Hotel.
24 February 1922 – Letter from Kansas City, Missouri, reader. Headline: “The Estes
Park Trail is More Exciting than Dime Novel.” I just wanted to tell you that I have been
enjoying the Estes Park Trail, and have found the last few issues much more exciting than
any dime novel I have ever read. I am taking it for granted that the stories of how men
can go out and pick up lions and their cubs, lynx cats, and various other wild animals in
Estes Park are entirely true, for we are told that “Truth is much stranger than fiction.”
When I become tired from study and other brain work, and want a rest and something
exciting, I read the Estes Park Trail, rather than go to an exciting picture show.
24 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: A want ad will sell that surplus article.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: Vacations being planned now. Now is the time, Mr.
Hotel Man, to start that advertising for next season’s business. The families which hope
to enjoy summer vacations are making their plans now. You should reach them before
they fully determine just where they wish to go. Proof that the people are beginning to
think of the coming summer is found in the fact that we last week received five new
subscriptions to the Estes Park Trail. Plan to start your advertisement early. The Estes
Park Trail. Estes Park, Colorado.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: We fix all makes of motorcars. When your car gets
out of fix, we will put it back for you. The size or make doesn’t matter. We deal with a
spark plug to intricate motor mechanisms. In line with general quality, we use genuine
plate glass in replacing broken windshields and windows and doors [sic]. It is hump-free
and bump-free, and it is free from the accidental lines and waves that make common
glass a nuisance. Osborne [sic, suggest Osborn] Garage [a block 3 business]. Goodyear
tires. Exide batteries. Telephone #17-R2.
24 February 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Nearly any streetcar in Denver will take you
right to the St. James [Hotel]. Get off at the best-lighted street in the city, and there you
are. You can buy everything from a wedding ring to a safety pin within a block of the St.
James [Hotel]. Daniels and Fisher’s Tower only one block away.
24 February 1922 – Advertisement: Clatworthys [a block 3 business, as well as a]
3 March 1922 – Banner: Estes Park Trail (Rocky Mountain National Park) Epigram
by President Warren G. Harding: “I can think of no more delightful place to go on a
vacation than Colorado, a state of true western hospitality.” Volume I, Number 47
Estes Park, Colorado, Friday, March 3, 1922 Price 10 cents.
3 March 1922 – Headline: Mass Meeting Decides in Favor of Best Fire Truck Protection
Obtainable. Community gossip is usually a problem in all small communities, and it is
usually along lines that cannot be controlled and lines that are seldom constructive, and it
sometimes makes considerable trouble. The community gossip in Estes Park the past
week has been along the lines of the best fire protection to be had, and it promises to
make trouble for the town council. Saturday night at the Odd Fellows Hall, a mass
meeting of the men of the community was held, with an attendance of about 100, to
discuss this all-important question. A representative of the White Automobile Company
was present, and assisted the meeting greatly with much information of a technical
nature. He informed his hearers that Estes Park has a heavier water pressure than nearly
every other town in the state, which will aid greatly in putting fires under control. It was
the unanimous opinion of the meeting that the best possible firefighting apparatus should
at once be provided. It was learned that a chemical fire truck, with double the chemical
charge of similar trucks used in other towns of the state, could be purchased from the
White Automobile Company for $6500. In addition to the truck, 500 feet of new hose is
needed to give the community proper protection. The truck, in addition to its two
chemical tanks and chemical hose, will carry ladders and 100 feet of hose, axes, helmets,
and the full complement of men to fight fires. It has abundant power and high speed, and
will make possible efficient protection to all parts of Estes Park and Rocky Mountain
National Park. The truck and necessary equipment and housing for same will cost
approximately $10,000, and it was the sense of the meeting that the town should buy the
same, and the council provide ways and means for securing and caring for the equipment.
So that the entire Estes Park region may be entitled to the protection afforded, it was
deemed wise to ask those who own cottages and hotels outside the corporate limits of the
town to contribute possibly $3000 of the purchase price, inasmuch as they cannot be
taxed otherwise for this protection, and it was deemed a fair proportion for them to pay
for the protection afforded. A truck with two 40-gallon tanks provides sufficient
chemicals to fight a fiver 40 minutes, and the first tank can be recharged while the second
is being used, and so on until the fire is controlled. The town council will take up the
entire matter at its next meeting, and determine just what to do. Arthur K. Holmes
proposed that should the town in the fire building provide sleeping quarters for two men,
the Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company would furnish same, and keep two
experienced drivers there nights the year round, to respond instantly to all alarms. This
would in effect give the community the same protection that could be hoped for from a
paid fire department. This generous offer no doubt will be taken advantage of by the
town board.
3 March 1922 – Column title: Road and Trail Report. Big Thompson Canyon and North
St. Vrain Canyon roads are in good condition. Nearly all roads and trails within Estes
Park and Rocky Mountain National Park are open. Chains on all fours necessary on
Longs Peak Road. Fall River Road over the Continental Divide closed for the winter by
snow. Two hotels open. Maximum temperature this week 38 [degrees Fahrenheit].
Minimum temperature this week –19 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum temperature
Wedneday night 1 [degree Fahrenheit]. Precipitation this month 0.62 [inches]. – Report
from United States station at fish hatchery.
3 March 1922 – Illustration: Elaborately-framed pen and ink drawing of windswept crag
and gnarled, barren tree, with the words “Her Book” at center bottom. Caption:
Bookplate, pen drawing by Elmer Turner, professor of art, Fort Collins High School.
3 March 1922 – Headline: World Champion Ski Jumper will Attend Colorado Mountain
Club Winter Sports Carnival at Fern Lake. The first bunch of the Colorado Mountain
Club, who will participate in the Winter Sports Carnival at Fern Lake, will arrive in Estes
Park Friday of next week, and will take lunch at the Brinwood Hotel. Here they will
leave their automobiles and travel the five miles to Fern Lake Lodge on skis or
snowshoes. The carnival extends over a period of ten days, and while the Fern Lake
Lodge can only accommodate 50 persons at a time, there will be more than 100 persons
take in the events, since all will not stay the entire ten days, thus making room for others
to follow. Added interest in the events will be caused by the attendance of Andrew
Haugen, champion ski jumper of the world with a record jump of more than 200 feet.
Mr. Albizzi, chief ski instructor of the Italian Army, will also be present, and those
fortunate enough to secure reservations during the carnival are greatly elated over the
prospects.
3 March 1922 – Headline: Frank Service and Wife Narrowly Escape Icy Plunge. Mr.
and Mrs. Frank Service started to drive to Fort Collins in their Ford coupe Sunday
afternoon, and just as they approached the Loveland power dam they sighted two cars
ahead. The car in front was a Buick roadster driven by a Fort Collins man, and was
traveling without chains. The farther down the Big Thompson Canyon they got, the
deeper they found the snow, and at this point the snow was five or six inches deep. In
rounding the curve at the dam, the Buick skidded, left the road, and upset. The car
following nearly struck the overturned car, but succeeded in holding to the road. Frank
Service came to a stop at the top of the hill and went down to assist in putting the
overturned car back in the road on all fours. Just as this was accomplished, Mrs. Service
heard another car approaching, and sought to stop them before they ran into the other cars
around the turn, by jumping into the road and waving her arms. The approaching car
maintained its speed, and the driver began to blow his horn for a clear track. Mrs.
Service jumped into her car for safety, and at this moment Frank Service returned and
grabbed hold of his car to keep it from being pushed into the Big Thompson River. This
action on his part prevented another possibly serious accident, for the coupe was struck
and nearly forced over the bank and into the Big Thompson River. The driver of the big
touring car then put on his brakes, and came to a stop before ramming into the cars ahead.
Frank Service’s car suffered only a damaged fender, and the party was soon underway.
Just south of Fort Collins, they passed a Dodge car lying to one side of the road with one
fender torn off and a demolished buggy lying on the opposite side of the road. The moral
of the story would seem to be: Chains on the wheels in snowy weather, and common
sense in the driver’s head.
3 March 1922 – Headline: Colorado Becoming Popular Center for Winter Sports
Contests. Riding the snow clouds, as skiing is regarded, high in the Rocky Mountains, is
possible in large measure to the automobile as a contributing factor. Getting there on a
gas steed with chains shows how the star of the empire is traveling westward from such
strongholds of skiing and tobogganing as the Great Lakes region and New England, for
transcontinental motoring is on the increase. Colorado Mountain Club members, early in
March 1922, will drive by automobile from Denver to Fern Lake, in Rocky Mountain
National Park, some 75 miles. There may be no sign of winter at the start, but there is the
possibility of snow bucking awaiting the steaming, snorting flivver the last mile or two in
reaching the greater heights. The experience of G.C. Torguson, president of the National
Ski Association of America, is typical of the surprise registered by many leaders in
outdoor sports. He marveled at the mild days in February 1922, and the absence of snow
in Denver streets, and the equally invigorating weather and abundant snow for the ski
riders’ carnival in the Rocky Mountains. He is one of many authorities on skiing who, in
effect, says, “Colorado has the enviable recognition as the ideal place for winter sports.”
There are practice days for the skiers when lowering clouds seem to replace the skies as
they ride through space. Discomfort to spectators is unknown, for there are many sunny
days from which to choose carnivals. The Genesee course is 25 miles from Denver,
within the city’s mountain parks system. An interstate ski tourney is scheduled for late in
February [sic, February 1922 has already passed]. Last year, 20,000 spectators attended
the finals of the Denver Rocky Mountain Ski Club. The higher jumps are made at
Steamboat Springs, Dillon, and Hot Sulphur Springs on the Continental Divide. In 1920,
Anders Haugen set a world record of 213 feet, which gave Colorado the record until
Henry Hall smashed it with a jump of 229 feet at Revelstoke, Canada. So that Colorado,
still in swaddling clothes as states go, nevertheless holds the attention and respect of
national and international ski riders. The overland journey by automobile in winter is no
longer regarded as an impossibility. Inquiries over the counter of the Denver Tourist
Bureau, a source of free information on travel, are 25% heavier this winter than last.
Visiting automobile tourists attend the ski tournaments of Colorado in increasing
numbers year after year – up where a galaxy of snow-capped peaks the year round bask
in the continual sunshine of ski-land in the Rocky Mountains.
3 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: If you are not a regular reader, send in your order
today.
3 March 1922 – Masthead: Estes Park Trail. Published every Friday in Estes Park,
a.m. to 9:00 a.m. with Dugald Floyd Godfrey in Josephine Hotel building [a block 5
3 March 1922 – Poem reprinted from “Cooperation”: Send It In. If you have a bit of
news,/Send it in;/Or a joke that will amuse/Send it in;/A story that is true,/An incident
that is new,/We want to hear from you,/Send it in;/Never mind about the style/If the news
is worth the while,/It may help or cause a smile,/Send it in!
3 March 1922 – Editorialettes: What is being done with the Lathrop Ripley memorial
fund that is reposing in the vaults of the bank? Don’t all speak at once. [I wonder if this
was prompted by the anniversary of Lathrop Ripley’s birthday. It is likely that the Estes
Park Trail editor Arthur B. Harris received a letter from the family around this time, as he
did in other years.]…District Attorney Van Cise of Denver, in an address before the state
convention of district attorneys, said that “the great bulk of criminal lawyers in Denver
are as crooked as their clients.” The public has been of that opinion for many moons…10
March 1922 to 19 March 1922 will be gala days for the Colorado Mountain Club in the
winter sports carnival at Fern Lake. Why not hang out the flags and festive dress to greet
them on this occasion? And somebody turn on the switch that the lights on the welcome
arch may blaze forth our welcome…The weatherman played a mean trick on us in Estes
Park and blew in a few huge puffs of icy blasts from the valley points to the east of us,
and sent the thermometer tumbling in consternation to 16 [degrees Fahrenheit] below
[zero] Monday night. At that, we fared far better than valley points, which in some
instances were 10 degrees [Fahrenheit] colder than we…Better fire protection for Estes
Park is the demand of the day. Should not that include more fire hose and fire taps
provided at once? An adequate supply of both should materially reduce the insurance
rates we are now compelled to pay. Rates in several instances are in excess of 7%. The
business section has plenty of fire hydrants, but what about the resident district?…Semiadvertisement: Read the advertisements and get bargains…
3 March 1922 – Article reprinted from “Greetings”. Headline: “The Wigwam”. Some
years ago there was a young lady, a school teacher by profession who, tiring of the hustle
and bustle of Kansas City, Missouri, decided to try the more quiet regions in the vicinity
of the Rocky Mountain National Park, and after filing claim, proceeded to demonstrate to
the government that “mere” man was not the only one who could put good United States
property to real practical use. Today, if you are a tourist, and happen to be going west in
the direction of Estes Park, you will find, about five miles from the township, a cozy little
log cabin, o’ershadowed by towering pines, that sway and whisper in the soft warm
breeze, that is forever descending from the craggy peak of Sheep Mountain. A little
crooked winding path leads up to the cabin itself, which the tourist can only but think of,
as a milestone along the path, a little resting place, where “better tea and cake” are served
– and such cakes. Ye gods! – even while writing this article, our mouth has watered so
much at the very thought of them that we have had to swallow six times to protect us
from a watery grave. This isn’t all, for if there is anything in the gift or novelty line, or a
substantial greeting card for any occasion, well, you can get that there too, and you are
going to have a world of pleasure just visiting around the little cabin with Miss Wolfrom,
the proprietress of the “Wigwam”. Someone once said, “There is always someone who
can do something that no one ever tried to do before,” and to our way of thinking, Miss
Wolfrom is one of those someones. Don’t forget to stop off a little while, if you happen
to be in that locality this coming summer. You will find the word “Welcome” written on
the doormat.
3 March 1922 – Headline: The Brooklyn Bridge. Commenced in 1870 and opened for
traffic in May 1883, this world-renowned structure cost the at-that-time unthinkable sum
of $15,000,000. Its extreme length approximately a mile and a half, and its overall width
is 86 feet. It spans the East River, which connects Long Island Sound and New York Bay
between Manhattan Island, on which New York City, New York, proper stands, and
Brooklyn, New York, on Long Island, and carries one of the densest and most
heterogeneous streams of traffic in the world. The caisson on the Manhattan side
measures 102 feet by 172 feet, and the foundation goes down 78 feet below high water
mark, while the tower measures 59 feet by 140 feet at high-water line, is 272 feet high,
and contains approximately 47,000 cubic feet of masonry. The bridge is suspended from
four cables strung between the towers – the calculated weight of the structure and its load
being in the neighborhood of 15,000 tons. Each cable is made up of 5,296 galvanizedsteel, oil-coated wires wound into a single strand, which measures 15-3/4 inches in
diameter and is 3578-1/2 feet long. The center of the East River span has a clear height
of 135 feet above the surface of the East River at high-water stage. The floor space of the
bridge is divided into five avenues or passageways – the center space being arranged for
foot passengers, on either side of which are spaces for trolley tracks, while each outside
space is set aside for the accommodation of vehicular traffic.
3 March 1922 – Denver – Strong opposition was expressed by members of the Colorado
Mountain Club concerning a change registered on the 1921 edition of the United States
Geological Survey map of the Leadville, Colorado, quadrangle, in which the name
“Gannett Peak” designated the highest point of Mount Massive, while the lower parts of
the mountain retain the historical name. According to officers of the society, a previous
attempt to effect this change was frustrated through the club in conjunction with the
Colorado Geographic Board.
3 March 1922 – Column title: Mickie Says. Wunst more I beseech an’ implore you to
grab up a telephone ’n slip us any items you know! Folks say we git out a newsy paper,
but we’ve always got room fer one more item. Charles Sughroe.
3 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Everybody wants to see Curtis Street when they
come to Denver, for it is one of the best lighted streets in the world. The St. James is part
of it, and it is also right in the heart of the shopping district.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Put your rheumatism on the run! Boil it out at Idaho
moderate prices. Now under the personal management of Augutus Denby Lewis of the
and return, every Saturday and Sunday on Colorado and Southern railway, good returning
until following Monday. For details, call at Denver office – 434 17th Street, or address
Department 22A. Idaho Springs, Colorado.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Real estate, insurance, loans. Cottage sites and
improved property, cottages for rent, notary public. Cornelius H. Bond [a block 2
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Eskimo Pie at Tallant’s [a block 5 business].
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Specially-trained saddle horses at all times. By day,
3 March 1922 – Column title: Colorado in Paragraphs. Dateline: Denver – The
Colorado Supreme Court issued a writ against district judge Samuel W. Johnson of the
first judicial district, commanding him to show cause why he should not be prohibited
from trying a suit brought against Secretary of State Milliken by eight discharged
automobile inspectors of the state motor vehicle department. William Kelly and seven
other discharged inspectors brought suit in Littleton to compel Milliken to put them back
to work, claiming the action of the general assembly was illegal…Greeley – Five dollars
a ton for sugar beets, and probably more, was the prediction under the sliding scale
contract made at a meeting here of Great Western Sugar Company officials and field men
from the Greeley, Eaton, Windsor, and Brighton factories. The session was the first of a
series to be held between officials of the company and the field men in all districts, to
explain in detail the contract proposed at the recent conference with the growers’
committee in Denver…Fort Lupton – The appointment of a receiver for the Industrial
Sugar Company, large independent sugar manufacturer, with a factory at Fort Lupton, has
been asked in a petition filed in the district court by the Hamilton National Bank, trustee
for the company. The petition states that the last two sugar campaigns of the company
resulted in heavy loses, and states that the business of the company due to present
conditions is largely speculative and uncertain…Denver – The amount of direct taxes
paid per capita in Colorado is increasing steadily and rapidly, according to figures
compiled by the State Immigration Department from the records of the state tax
commission. These figures show that the total of state, county, municipal, and school
taxes assessed in the state in 1920 amounted to $41.95 per capita, compared with $35.44
per capita in 1919. Figures for 1921 are not yet available…Colorado Springs –
Following a robbery at Falcon, 15 miles east of Colorado Springs, in which merchandise
valued at $1000 was taken, Colorado Springs police have arrested two men and recovered
the full amount of loot. The men in jail are Dave Dotty and Marion Bratton, both of
whom are alleged by the Colorado Springs police to have criminal records. It is believed
that several similar robberies in the section can be traced to them, the police say…Denver
– The Colorado Society of the Sons of the American Revolution elected Judge George H.
Bradfield of Greeley president of their annual meeting in the state house recently. Other
officers elected were Victor E. Keyes, vice-president, James Polk Willard of Denver,
secretary, Walter D. Wynkoop, treasurer, Lathrop M. Taylor of Fort Collins, historian, and
the Rev. Frederick A. Hatch of Pueblo, chaplain…Leadville – Sazino Azeno was shot and
killed during a fight at a dance here, and Mike La Zado is in jail here, charged with
having shot Azeno. According to witnesses, La Zado made a remakr about a woman with
whom Azeno was dancing. The latter resented La Zado’s remark, it is said, and a fight
started which developed into a free-for-all affair…Castle Rock – The body of a welldressed man, believed to have come from Denver, was found hanging to a tree near the
railroad tracks six miles south of Castle Rock recently by two coyote trappers. The man
had committed suicide by hanging himself with his belt. Salida – That the granite
business would someday prove a great asset to Salida and its vicinity is about to be
realized. Many new companies are being organized for business, a new road in the
district is planned for the immediate future, and the industry is picking up…Breckenridge
– A rotary snowplow pushed by three locomotives left Breckenridge recently to remove
two huge snow slides near Curtin Spur in Ten Mile Canyon on the Colorado and Southern
route to Leadville. Denver trains were held at Dillon. One of the snow slides was
reported as being 150 feet long with 10 feet of snow on the track, and the other 200 feet
long and 15 feet deep…Colorado Springs – Viel Battie, an African American, charged
with the holdup of Dan U. Hampton, prominent real estate man, was arrested by officer
Robert Wraith as he was about to board a southbound train in the Denver and Rio Grande
railroad yards. A roll of bills containing $90, alleged to have been taken from Hampton,
was found on the African American, who submitted to arrest only after a sharp struggle
with the officer…Loveland – At a meeting of beet growers at Loveland, attended by 150
farmers of that section, the contract offered by the Great Western Sugar Company was
rejected. The meeting voted to place the exclusive power of making contracts for beet
growing in this region with the Mountain State Beet Growers’ Association…Fort Collins
– A mysterious stroller, whose name is believed to be Sabbett and who is believed to live
in Washington, D.C., is in the county jail at Fort Collins pending an investigation into his
mental condition. Residents near Lincoln Park saw a man sitting on a park bench, and a
little later he was seen to be lying down, apparently unconscious. A little Paris green was
left in a package which had contained a dime’s worth of the poison, so he was given
treatment for poisoning under the supposition that he had made an effort to commit
suicide…Loveland – A running pistol duel on the main street of Loveland resulted in the
wounding and capture of an alleged dry goods store burglar. The man, giving the name
Fred Meeks, is in the Loveland hospital with a shattered thigh. According to authorities,
he was seen in the Devinksy Dry Goods Store by policeman Frank Snook. When the
officer attempted to go inside the building, the man heard him enter and made hasty exit.
Then Snook chased him down Main Street. In an exchange of shots that followed, the
alleged burglar was wounded…Boulder – Mrs. J.R. Dewar of Leadville, sister of United
States Senator Nicholson, died at the Boulder hospital. She underwent an operation
recently. Her husband has been master mechanic at the Wolftone Mine at Leadville for
many years. She leaves two sons – Harrison Dewar of Casper [presumably Casper,
Wyoming], and Joseph Dewar of Leadville…Snyder – Miss Caroline Cook, 19 years old,
daughter of a farmer living six miles north of town, was so seriously burned by an oil
explosion that she may die. Miss Cook attempted to start a fire with what she supposed
was kerosene. It had been mixed with gasoline, in some manner not known, and
exploded. The explosion set fire to the home, which, with its contents, was almost
destroyed…Grand Junction – The annual allotment conferences of officials of the
departments and supervisors of the Battlement National Forest, Gunnison National
Forest, Uncompahgre National Forest, and Montezuma National Forest were held here
recently. The meeting was to apportion funds and work for the year, and to lay plans so
that the most efficient service can be given. Forest rangers on duty in western Colorado
also held their annual conference here…Monte Vista – Scarcely had the livestock and
poultry show of the High Order of Grunts ended before the citizens of Monte Vista took
up the “Stampede”, the annual frontier day show that is to be “pulled off” in the
fairgrounds next summer. The statement is made that the show this year will eclipse that
of last, which will be going some. The Monte Vista Hog Growers’ Association also is
interested with the Grunts in the forthcoming “Stampede”, and there is every indication
that their promises of a wild and woolly time will be made good…Windsor – The greatest
sale of farm equipment ever held in Weld County was held at Windsor, with receipts
totaling $19,654. The Great Western Sugar Company, which is abandoning its beet seed
raising experiments in Weld County, sold all the horses, mules, farm implements, and
tractors which it has used to operate its farms in the Windsor, Ault, and Eaton districts.
Ninety horses and mules were put up for sale. More than 3000 farmers attended the
sales, including many from Wyoming, and some from Nebraska and South Dakota…
Denver – Governor Shoup has resigned as one of the vice presidents of the “American
Committee for Russian Famine Relief” following report from Secretary of Commerce
Hoover that the committee is an organization of alleged Red agents, who propose to
collect funds for the Soviet government from the American people, according to
announcement here…Denver – Fat cattle and sheep from the feed lots of northern
Colorado destined for sale on the markets of Chicago, Illinois, and Omaha, Nebraska,
have begun to pass through Denver in large shipments, according to officials of the Union
Pacific railroad, who declare that the total shipments from this state within the immediate
future will aggregate 5000 cars…Durango – The carrying of a woman five miles on a
stretcher over a narrow path broken out of heavy snowdrifts in order to get her to expert
medical assistance, and the discovery that a $30,000 mining mill had been completely
wiped out by a snow slide, were developments in the work of digging out Silverton,
which had been isolated by snow for 17 days…Swink – Burglars broke into the Swink
Mercantile Company a few nights ago and removed about $1000 worth of merchandise,
hauling it away in motor trucks…Boulder – Mary H. Cowle, assistant postmaster at
Boulder for 27 years, has been appointed postmaster to succeed J.O. Miller. Miss Cowle
is a sister of James Cowle, former secretary of state, and she is the first woman
postmaster in the history of the city…Denver – Postmasters for Littleton, Boulder, and
Wray have been announced in Washington, D.C. They are: Fred M. Moore for Littleton,
Miss Mary H. Cowle for Boulder, and John Walter Hultquist of Wray. The appointments
were made on recommendations of Representative Timberlake…Steamboat Springs –
Citizens and businessmen of Routt County have petitioned the War Finance Corporation
at Washington, D.C., protesting the alleged discrimination against the Routt County
Livestock and Loan Company in holding up the $40,000 loan recently approved by the
Denver branch of the corporation.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: For Sale. 80 acres, three miles from Estes Park village,
enough good saw timber to pay half of purchase price. Approximately ten acres fine
cottage sites. The lucky man will have to act quickly. Price $2500. Address V.C., care of
the Estes Park Trail. Estes Park, Colorado.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Lumber, building material. From the log to the
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: The Estes Park Trail for quality printing.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Boys’ suits. The line of boys’ suits that we are showing
this spring is one of the best known makes, and also the most reasonable priced when the
quality is considered. It consists of jersey two-piece suits for little boys, and blue serge
suits, brown mixed suits, and grey suits for big boys, and each one has two pairs of pants
which makes the life of the suit about double that of the ordinary two-piece suit. We can
save you money. Dugald Floyd Godfrey [a block 5 business].
3 March 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside. Semi-advertisement: National
Canned Goods week. Thirteen cans of fruit or vegetables at Macdonald’s [a block 5
business] for the price of twelve. Gaylord Harper Thomson, C.F. Bache, and son Richard
were engaged last week cutting several beetle-infested trees on the Fred Bonnell
homestead in Horseshoe Park…Mr. and Mrs. Frank W. Byerly returned Tuesday from
Fern Lake where they spent ten days. While skiing, Mrs. Byerly had the misfortune to
wrench her knee somewhat painfully…Arthur K. Holmes was a business visitor in
Loveland and Denver the first of the week…Albert Schwilke officiated behind the
counter Saturday afternoon at Boyd’s Market during the absence of Earl Reinhart [sic,
suggest Rinehart], who attended the IOOF Roundup at Longmont Saturday to see that
everything was property conducted…Semi-advertisement: Strictly fresh ranch eggs,
directly from farm to our store, 35 cents per dozen. Boyd’s Market [a block 3 business]
…Mr. and Mrs. Perry Kilgore and E.H. Warner, all of Fort Collins, spent Sunday in Estes
Park, the guests of Mr. and Mrs. Clem Yore…Wilma Service returned home from Sterling
Monday much improved in health…Mrs. Lee Tallant was taken to the Longmont hospital
Monday, where she underwent an operation Tuesday morning for appendicitis. She
withstood the operation splendidly, and will soon be home again. Her mother, Mrs.
Samuel Service, is with her…Semi-advertisement: Kodak finishing at Francis [a block 6
business]. Prompt service. Films for sale…Mrs. John Sherman returned Sunday to Estes
Park after a two-months’ trip to the east. Mrs. Sherman is chairman of the department of
education of the General Federation of Women’s Club, and three weeks of her trip were
spent in Washington, D.C.,in conferences with various governmental departments with
reference to various phases of education. While in Washington, D.C., Mrs. Sherman had
the pleasure of attending the ratification meeting of the disarmament conference, when
the four powers attached their signatures of approval to the treaties. Mrs. Sherman
reports that the General Federation of Women’s Clubs has purchased the former home of
General Nelson A. Miles in Washington, D.C., for a consideration of $70,000, which will
be the permanent Washington, D.C., headquarters of the federation…W.A. Gray spent the
weekend in Denver visiting his daughter, who is ill…Mr. and Mrs. Liebman drove to
Loveland this first of the week…Those who attended the IOOF Roundup at Longmont
Saturday were W.B. Tallant, the MacIntyre boys, Dick Pocher, Emil Johnson, J. Walker,
W.A. Gray, Robert Becker, Robert Lindley, Charles Hix, and James Prock…Semiadvertisement: Wilson, the man with the Quaker Oats smile and a head like Pears Soap
(it floats) is the fellow behind the desk at the St. James Hotel in Denver. He will stand
for a lot of joshing, especially if you will sign your name in his book…Mrs. Lee Tallant
was taken to the Longmont hospital Monday where she underwent an operation Tuesday
morning for appendicitis. Her mother, Mrs. Samuel Service, is with her…Semiadvertisement: Canned goods lower in price this week at Macdonald’s [a block 5
business] than replacement values. Buy today…Julian Foss Schwartz returned to Estes
Park Tuesday after a visit of several weeks with his father in Ohio, and to several other
eastern points. He reports his father as much improved in health. Mrs. Schwartz will
remain in Ohio for several weeks before returning home. Mr. Schwartz says he is mighty
glad to get back to good old Colorado, and have the opportunity of enjoying the bright
rays of the sun…Clayton Newell Rockwell, who was recently operated on for
appendicitis at Longmont, is making a rapid recovery…Mr. and Mrs. F.J. Francis were
Fort Collins visitors Saturday…Semi-advertisement: Don’t blame us for not having that
item of news if you didn’t give it to us…Semi-advertisement: We sell everything made
of paper at wholesale rate to those entitled to it. “Spend your money at home” works in a
circle…Madam Ernestine Schuman-Heink, who sang in Fort Collins last week, was an
Estes Park visitor and a guest at the Hupp Hotel. She expressed herself as being greatly
pleased with her first trip to Estes Park, and plans to return again as soon as possible…
The March lion arrived on schedule, and tumbled the thermometer to 19 [degrees] below
[zero Fahrenheit] Tuesday evening. If the old saying holds good, the month will depart
as meek as a lamb. During February 1922, we had 14 inches of snow, the precipitation
being 0.72 inch. Wednesday’s high temperature was 19 [degrees Fahrenheit], and low
was 1 [degree Fahrenheit] above [zero]. Our normal pleasant weather, no doubt, will
soon be back…Semi-advertisement: Rates at the St. James Hotel in Denver are as
reasonable as can be found. One dollar per day buys a nice room – better ones in
proportion. All clean, comfortable, and well kept…Semi-advertisement: A want ad will
sell that surplus article…Semi-advertisement: By the way, if you have a useful article
about the place for which you have no further need, a few cents spent for a want ad will
3 March 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Library Again Favored by Gifts. Mrs. Cornelius
H. Bond’s heart has again and again been made to rejoice over the general interest
manifested in the library by the community at large, and by friends of Estes Park residing
elsewhere. The latest gift to the library is several sets as a memorial given by Mrs.
Clement Yore in memory of her daughter Maxine. These include Columbina Historical
Novels by John Musick, 13 volumes, Edgar Allen Poe’s works, 10 volumes, MacCauley’s
History of England in five volumes, and Studies of the Scriptures in six volumes. Mr.
Yore presented the library with a set of the Knight edition of Shakespeare’s works. This
is a two-volume edition, printed in England, and contains a number of steel engravings.
In addition to this gift, Mr. Yore also presented the library with 18 miscellaneous volumes
of fiction. With its nearly 1500 volumes, about 300 of which are new, the library, no
doubt, will become more popular during the rest of the winter than it has been so far,
although it is now exceedingly well-patronized.
3 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Curtis Street in Denver has the reputation of being
the best-lighted street in the United States. It runs each way from the St. James Hotel,
where you can get fine rooms for one dollar per and up – but you need not go very high
up, for the rates are as reasonable as can be made.
3 March 1922 – Headline: Reward. The state fish and game commissioner will pay the
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Boyd’s Market [a block 3 business]. Fresh and cured
meats, staple and fancy groceries, fruits and vegetables. Free automobile delivery.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Money back if after 30 days you don’t agree the Estes
Park Trail is worth the price asked. Order today so that you will not miss a single bit of
the good things we have in store for you. Fair enough, isn’t it?
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: 1922 Dodge wonderful value. The 1922 Dodge is the
finest that the engineering skill of Dodge Brothers can build: Sturdy, powerful, always
reliable, and the standard by which motor values are set. The new prices delivered in
Estes Park are: Touring car $1025, Roadster $995, Sedan $1625, Coupe $1440, Screen
$1025, Panel $1130. The Estes Park Garage. Agency for Nash, Dodge, Buick, Ford.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Mr. Hotel Buyer. The Estes Park Trail wishes to call
your attention to our ability to care for all your needs in the paper line – at wholesale
prices. Goods of quality at prices no more than you have been paying elsewhere. We are
boosting your community 12 months in the year, and will appreciate what business you
have in our line – if we can meet the outsider’s prices, quality considered. We handle
everything made of paper and some things that are not. Napkins, doilies, waxed paper,
parchment paper, tanglefoot, fly poison, fly killers, matches, toothpicks, etc., etc. The
Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business]. Estes Park, Colorado.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: National canned goods week. This week is being
celebrated all over the country as national canned goods week. Grocers everywhere are
making attractive displays featuring canned goods of every description. As the weather is
a little too strenuous for a window display, our observance of the event will be a special
offering of fruit in gallon cans at the following low prices. Oregon solid pack
blackberries, regular $1.95, now $1.25. Banquet plums, regular $1.65, now $1.25.
Loganberries, regular $1.38, now $1. Peaches, regular $1.25, now $1. Apples, regular 90
cents, now 75 cents. You will find any of the above a good buy. J.E. Macdonald [a block
5 business].
3 March 1922 – Headline and byline: Chief Friday and his Friendly Band of Araphoes by
Ansel Watrous. (Copyright 1922 by Estes Park Trail). The Native American troubles
continued for several months in 1864, and until September of that year [1864], made life
a burden to the few thousand people inhabiting Colorado. Their raids on the sparsely
settled communities, on the Overland stage and freighting caravans, were of frequent
occurrence and merciless cruelty, until decisive action on the part of the territorial
authorities was made absolutely necessary in order to stem the tide of Native American
rapacity and rapine. The federal government was practically helpless because of its
efforts to bring the Civil War to a successful conclusion, toward which it was straining
every nerve, and using almost all its entire resources. Consequently, the territory had to
depend upon itself to protect itself from the savages. Early in September 1864, the
hundred days regiment, composed entirely of volunteers, was completed, and dispatched
by Colonel Chivington to points on the Overland stage route to open communications
with the east, while a portion of the Home Guard, under Henry M. Teller, major general
of the militia, patrolled the roads between Julesburg and Denver, the First Colorado
Cavalry being actively employed in the Arkansas Valley. These prompt and effective
movements on the part of the military authorities produced two results: Namely, the
opening of communications with the Missouri River late in October 1864, and the
surrender of a small portion of Arapahoe and Cheyenne tribes who had hitherto refused to
make a permanent treaty with the superintendent of Native American affairs. When the
outbreak of the Plains tribes first occurred, Governor Evans issued a proclamation to the
friendly Native Americans to repair to posts which he named, to be taken care of by
government agents. In response to the Governor’s proclamation, 175 Arapahoes under
Chief Friday took up their residence in the Cache La Poudre Valley. These Native
Americans were first camped on the Sherwood Ranch, 4-1/2 miles southeast of Fort
Collins, and were moved in 1865 to the John G. Coy farm near Camp Collins. The late
F.W. Sherwood was commissioned by President Abraham Lincoln to supply Chief Friday
and his band of friendly Native Americans with food while they remained in Cache la
Poudre Valley, a commission Mr. Sherwood conscientiously fulfilled to the satisfaction of
the government and of his Native American charges. The Native Americans remained
here until 1867, when Camp Collins was abandoned and the soldiers removed to other
posts, or were discharged, going then to Fort Washakie on the Shoshone reservations,
where Chief Friday died a few years later. Chief Friday was an educated Native
American. He had been captured when quite young by an eastbound caravan of
government freighters, and taken to St. Louis, Missouri. Here he was placed with a
family which sent him to school. He could speak and read the English language, and was
a fine specimen of manhood. He came to like the white people, and had obtained a
knowledge of the superiority [sic] and strength of the whites and their government.
When he arrived at the age of 21, the lure of the wild west, and the desire to rejoin his
tribe was too strong for him to resist, and he left his white friends in St. Louis, Missouri,
and came back to Colorado, and was made chief of that branch of the Arapahoes, who
remained true to the obligations of the treaty made in 1861. His band of Native
Americans were on friendly terms with the white settlers of the Cache la Poudre Valley
during the three years they were kept here. So far as I have been able to learn, no act of
hostility was shown, and no depredations were committed against the white settlers by
Chief Friday’s band. He was respected and well treated by the whites, and he had many
friends among them…In the next article, an account of the last fight the Arapahoes had in
Larimer County with their bitter enemies, the Pawnees, will be related, also the story of
the tragedy that cost the lives of Chief Friday’s son, Jake, and family in 1866.
3 March 1922 – Ralph Macdonald and wife returned Thursday from a trip east that
covered several weeks, and took them to the Atlantic Coast, where they both have
relatives.
3 March 1922 – Dateline: Rocky Ford – The body of Marciano Santillon, a leader in the
Mexican colony at Swink for ten years, was found buried in a dumping ground west of
this city, with evidence that the man had been beaten to death. A man named O’Cannis,
countryman of Santillon, is in the county jail, charged with the murder. Santillon was last
seen at a dance given in Swink.
3 March 1922 – Column title: Legal Notices. Subhead: Notice to voters. The
undersigned judges of election, sitting as a board of registry, will be in session on
Tuesday, 14 March 1922, and on Tuesday, 28 March 1922, at Hayden Brothers’ office on
Elkhorn Avenue, for the purpose of making a list of all persons within the corporate limits
of the town of Estes Park, who are entitled to a vote at the town election to be held on
Tuesday, 4 April 1922. The said board of registry will be in session also on the day
before the election, at the place designated for holding said election, to revise and
complete the list of voters. [signed] R.H. Tallant, Arthur K. Holmes, and John Frank
Grubb…Subhead: Election notice. Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors of the
town of Estes Park, Colorado, that a general election will be held in the said town on
Tuesday, 4 April 1922, under the provisions of the statutes of the State of Colorado in
relation to and concerning elections in municipal corporations and incorporated towns,
for the purpose of electing the following named officers for said town as provided by law,
to wit: One mayor, for a term of one year. Three trustees, for a term of two years each.
That said election will be held at the voting place in said town as follows: Hayden
Brothers’ office on Elkhorn Avenue. That the polls at the said voting place in the said
town will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. of said day. In witness whereof, the board
of trustees of the town of Estes Park, in the state of Colorado, has caused this notice to be
published and posted as required by law, under the official seal of said town, this 3 March
1922. [signed] Charles F. Hix, town clerk and recorder of the town of Estes Park,
Colorado.
3 March 1922 – Estes Park Trail Classified Advertisements. Read them for profit – use
them for results. If you want to buy, sell, or trade, want help, want a position, want
anything, lost anything, try an Estes Park Trail want ad. They usually get results, and the
cost is only 2 cents per word first insertion, 1 cent per word each following insertion.
Minimum charge 25 cents. Subhead: For sale. For sale – Owner wants the money, and
will take $1500 cash for one-half acre with four-room cottage, hip roof, 24 feet by 26
feet, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, porch. Cottage stained and nicely finished with
wall board. Another cottage can be built on this property. Address P.D., care of the Estes
Park Trail. tf…For sale – 120 acres, splendidly situated for cottage sites or hotel.
Gravity water system installed. Number of other springs. Well wooded: Yellow pine,
spruce, limber pine, aspen, cedar, etc. Improvements: One house with seven rooms and
bath, one house with four rooms and bath. Also fireplaces and breakfast rooms. Barn,
garage, and cave [sic]. Property is fenced. Will divide and sell 40, 60, or 80 acres of the
unimproved end at a reasonable figure. Address C.C., care of Estes Park Trail…Subhead:
Wanted. Wanted – Cabins. List your cabins, cottages, real estate with me. Send full
description with price for season, month, week. I will advertise them. Frank R.C.
Rollins, post office box 402, Greeley, Colorado. tf…Wanted – Clean white cotton rags
for washing presses, 5 cents per pound. Leave at Macdonald’s store [a block 5 business,
it is interesting that they aren’t being dropped off at Dugald Floyd Godfrey’s next door]
and get your money. The Estes Park Trail…Subhead: For rent. For rent – Furnished
cottage for season, three bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, beautifully
located about halfway between village and YMCA conference grounds, $300 for season.
Trail…For rent – First-class vacuum cleaner by hour or day. Electric Shop. Telephone
#395. tf.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: W.T. Hollowell. Funeral director and licensed
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “Another nice feature about money is
its reinstatement power.” One of the nice things about an insurance policy is that it
reinstates your valuable improvements in case of loss. Fire insurance, hail insurance, life
insurance. Another valuable service we might render is clerking your coming spring sale,
and handling the finances and collections. Call on us – we are ready. U.B. Thrifty at the
the [sic redundancy] Estes Park Bank [a block 3 business]. Where your patronage is
appreciated.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Printing? Yes, we do it – the quality kind. A trial order
3 March 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Trail Readers Snap up Advertised Bargains. If you
have something to sell that people want, and it is attractively priced, the Estes Park Trail
is the salesman that will move it for you. Such is the experience of three of our
advertisers in last week’s newspaper. D.S. McDaniel had some furniture and a piano he
wished to sell. He gave the Estes Park Trail a want ad with instructions to run it twice, or
as much longer as was necessary to dispose of the articles. In less than an hour after the
newspapers were in the post office, his telephone began to ring, and inquiries made that
disposed of every article used in furnishing a four-room house. Mr. McDaniel says he
could have sold several times as many articles if he had them. Boyd’s Market in the
locals advertised fresh ranch eggs at 35 cents per dozen. They are nice eggs, uniform in
size and pure white in color, and a case of them disappeared so quickly Mr. Boyd nearly
lost his breath. J.E. Macdonald had nearly 200 cans of fancy California apricots packed
in No. 2-1/2 cans in a heavy sugar syrup which he advertised for 25 cents per can, with a
limit of six cans to a customer. These recently sold for 48 cents per can, and the buying
public quickly recognized the real bargain, and these goods marched out of the store in
almost a steady stream. The Estes Park Trail evidently appreciated the value of
advertisement reading. It is a practice that should always be cultivated. In the course of
a year, every subscriber has offered to him in the advertisements several times the price
of the newspaper. And the merchants have found that consistent and well-written
advertisements are getting them the business. Other publishers have spoken to us of how
quickly the merchants in Estes Park learned the value of good advertising, and have
complemented them on it. We are sure our readers appreciate it, too.
3 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The Estes Park Trail will appreciate it if you will
furnish us with the names of your friends who might be interested in the newspaper.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: A substantial reduction in the price of Moffat County
3 March 1922 – Column title: Church Notes. Subhead: Presbyterian church. Sunday
“Better Purposes”. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m….Rev. Alfred
Hadden will preach at both services…The Missionary Society will meet Thursday
afternoon with Mrs. Harry Cornelius Preston.
3 March 1922 – Headline: Woman’s Club. The Estes Park Woman’s Club will resume its
regular meetings beginning next Wednesday, 8 March 1922. The ladies were compelled
to omit their meeting last week, owing to the general closing of public meetings [because
of the concern of a scarlet fever outbreak]. One very valuable feature of the winter’s
program this year has been the parliamentary drills given by Mrs. George Patterson.
Those who have been privileged to enjoy these meetings express great appreciation of the
splendid work done, as Mrs. Patterson is a very capable instructor in this line of work.
3 March 1922 – Column title: Real estate transfers. YMCA Association to John Timothy
Stone, part of the east 1/2 of the southeast quarter of section 7-4-73, $1…YMCA
Association to John Timothy Stone, southwest 1/4 of the southeast 1/4 of section 5-4-73,
$1…Freelan Oscar Stanley to A.A. Hyde, part lots 3, 4, and 5, section 4-4-73, $5000.
3 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: There may be larger hotels in Denver than the St.
James, but there are none that will make you feel more at home. All the members of the
new company are members of the “Good Fellow” Club, and all are working to build up
the business of the place on that kind of a basis.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: That’s my business. Plumbing, heating, tinning. Figure
with us before starting that next job. George R. Wyatt [now or soon to be a block 8
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Now is the time to buy a lot and start planning that
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Have you arranged for that vacation next summer? If
not, now is the time to do it. Leave your cares at home and come to the Brinwood, where
you may enjoy the thrill of a real vacation. There is motoring, fishing, hiking, and
Colorado.
3 March 1922 – Column title: Estes Park Remiscences. Early day tales by Colorado
pioneers. Headline and byline: Lost Mines by Abner E. Sprague. Very few persons
know, or remember, that the Estes Park region had its gold and silver scares in the early
days. Lost mines float mineral specimens of fabulous richness, and all the tales and
rumors that go with such stories, but such are the facts. In the fall of 1875 or 1876, a
party of hunters came into Estes Park from Boulder County. One of them by the name of
Barber had prospected in and around the mining districts of Boulder County, and thus
formed the habit of observing the rock formations and picking up any piece of stone that
looked as though it might contain mineral. On this hunting trip in Estes Park, the
prospecting habit being strong, he filled the pockets of his hunting coat with specimens.
On his return home, the coat was not used, and the specimens forgotten until the
following summer, when visited by a friend, an assayer, then they were examined with a
magnifying glass – every man in Boulder County carried such a glass in those days – the
assayer though several of them worth testing. On making the usual tests for gold and
silver, he found one of the specimens very rich in gold, thousands per ton in fact. The
assayer rushed back to consult Barber, and find out where the piece of rock was picked
up. Having pulverized the entire piece, it being small, all he could do was to describe the
rock that proved to be so rich. All Barber knew about it was that he picked the piece up
on that hunting trip in Estes Park the fall before, and was positive he could cover the
same ground again. And there you are, a lost prospect, this time of untold wealth, sure to
be found. Mum was the word. As soon as the ranch could be left, which was early in the
fall, back to Estes Park came Barber and the assayer to locate the mine. The writer had
met Barber on his hunting trip of the year before, and met him again on this second trip.
Asked if he was on a land-hunting trip, as it was too early for the hunting season, he said
no, they had a little spare time and were fishing and looking the hills over to see what
they could find. They talked of prospecting trips in Boulder County, and asked if I had
ever prospected any in and around Estes Park. I told them I had not. They spent some
time going over the ground covered by the hunting party of the fall before, but failed to
locate the rich find, or find a specimen like the one assayed. Barber could not be
satisfied, so came back the next year, and put in more time prospecting. On this trip, he
gave me the story of finding the rich specimen and the boundaries of the hunt when the
rock was found, which was the Wind River and Glacier Basin drainages. I told him he
must have mixed his samples with some from Boulder County, but he was certain he had
not done so. So certain was he that he continued to come to Estes Park year after year,
and put in his time looking for the place where the rock came from. Then there was the
piece of quartz picked up by Bierstadt, the artist, on one of his trips to the Loch Vale
region. This specimen was shot through with free gold, until it was almost a nugget.
This caused some prospecting to be done. There is no doubt of the finding of this last
specimen by Bierstadt, and the place where it was picked up. But the ledges from which
these samples came are still lost. Estes Park was the starting point for the hunt of other
lost mines, west of, or on the Continental Divide. One, I recall, was expected to be
located through a rough death-bed map made by an old prospector, together with
directions give to a friend, how to reach the region covered by the sketch. I saw the
almost worn-out sketch on the return of one party, who had made a trip in an effort to
locate the mine, which was supposed to be in the Specimen Mountain region. When the
map was consulted on the ground supposed to be covered by it, there were too many
mountains, creeks, and landmarks, in every direction, so that the party was lost as well as
the mine. Then there was the Crazy Towner Lost Mine, but that is too long a story, as
nearly everyone in two counties lay awake nights trying to figure out where it could be
located.
3 March 1922 – Dateline: Fort Collins – The movement for cooperative bargaining by
the sugar beet farmers in contracting with the Great Western Sugar Company for their bet
acreage is rapidly gaining headway in northern Colorado…Blanca – David E. Judd, a
rancher near Blanca, was shot and killed by “Black Jack” Devaul, a trapper, when he
entered Devaul’s cabin with an elevated rifle and commanded the men inside to hold up
their hands. Frederick – Men in several more coalmines of the Frederick district have
failed to appear for work. The action of men in several mines was reported recently, and
the present strike is in support of their refusal to accept a reduction in wages…Pueblo –
Five male inmates of the Colorado State Hospital for the Insane escaped recently,
according to announcement of the hospital attaches, and only one has been recaptured.
The inmates who escaped are not considered violent or dangerous…Denver – Colorado is
one of the leading producing states in alfalfa meal, there being several large mills
scattered in the agricultural districts. Those familiar with this product declare that
Colorado alfalfa makes the finest meal of any alfalfa grown in the country [this story
appeared previously in the 24 February 1922 issue]…Denver – President Harding has
appointed the following Colorado postmasters: Hall Parmeter at Byers, William J. Jones
at Erie, Orpha T. Brunner at Johnstown, Samuel B. Wasson at Grand Valley, Clara A
Gillespie at Stoneham, Anna C. Hanson at Strasburg, and Albert Neuman at Elbert.
Loveland – Larimer County beet growers, meeting at Loveland, recently decided by a
unanimous vote to reject the present beet contract as proposed by the Great Western
Sugar Company, and decided to leave the matter of negotiation entirely in the hands of
the Mountain States Beet Growers’ Association for adjustment…Ouray – Cupid was the
locksmith who unbarred the gates of the United States to Ann Ondreuko and her son,
Powell, who had been detained by the immigration authorities at Ellis Island. Mick
Garchar, a genial Irishman of Ouray, Colorado, related a love story that touched the
hardened hearts of the chief in the immigration service, and persuaded them to permit
him to send Mrs. Ondreuko to the altar. Garchar convinced the authorities he meant
business, matrimonially speaking, and that he will marry Mrs. Ondreuko, and adopt her
son as soon as they arrive in Ouray…Brush – A.D. Leerskov, city manager of Brush and
one of the city’s leaders in civic affairs, has resigned to enter private business. His
successor has not yet been named…Denver – Paul Stahr of Walsenburg, Colorado, told
the police a few nights ago that two armed men held him up and robbed him of $4 as he
was walking down 21st Street near Larimer…Denver – Jacob Goldhammer of 2633 West
Colfax Avenue reported to police that he had been swindled out of 5000 shares of United
Petroleum oil stock by a “suave, well-dressed, distinguished-looking young man”.
3 March 1922 – Headline: Many People Planning to Make Colorado Their Home Soon.
Inquiries received by the State Immigration Department and information obtained from
other sources indicate that immigration to Colorado in 1922 will be far ahead of that for
1921, and that other districts will share almost equally with the non-irrigated areas in
eastern Colorado in the increase. Persons making inquiry generally are insisting on lower
prices for land than have been quoted to them in the past, and most of them ask for
special terms of payment, but apparently owners are now in better shape to offer terms on
their land than they were last year, and the requirements of prospective buyers generally
are being met. During the months of November 1921 and December 1921, the
immigration department received more inquiries than during any other two months of
1921, and though advertising for 1922 has not yet begun, inquiry still continues
reasonably heavy. It is apparent that farmers as well as business and professional people
have begun to recover from the shock that struck them with the beginning of price
recessions in 1920, and are now preparing to take up and carry through their plans for
finding new locations that they had about formed when the money stringency began. The
inquiries from business and professional people has been especially heavy.
3 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: You make you money in Estes Park, try to spend it
here where it will benefit the community.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: The Estes Park Plumbers [a block 8 business]. Lindley
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: The Hupp [Hotel, a block 2 business]. There’s a
With a merry song,/You surely do “get there.”/Get here? If you’re headed right,/To the
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Rubber goods. We have the latest and most approved
styles of fountain and combination syringes, hot water bottles, bath sponges, rubber
gloves, etc. Also the finest toilet articles. Estes Park Drug Company [a block 6
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: National Park Hotel [a block 2 business]. Mrs. Harriet
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Groceries and general merchandise. You can find nearly
all your needs at our store. Standard merchandise, priced right. Samuel Service [a block
2 business]. Telephone #15.
3 March 1922 – Headline: Activities Begin at Smuggler Gold Mine West of Lyons. Our
readers will remember we carried a story in our issue of 23 September 1921 [see front
page of this issue] to the effect that the Smuggler mine was to again be operated. At this
time, it is said, machinery was ordered for a new mill and other machinery with which to
work the mine. This mine in the past has given an immense fortune, and it is expected
that it is still capable of yielding large sums. The mine was first worked in 1877, when
the gold fever had the entire nation in its grip, and between that date and 1882, it yielded
$2,000,000 worth of gold. The crude mills then in use did not save other metals, and the
large silver content of the ore received no attention – the management wanted gold, and
more gold, the world wanted gold. The dump alone of this famous old mine, which is
situated eight miles west of Lyons, which has lain in the sun since the “gold days” of
Colorado, is said to be worth a fortune, and the new firm that has taken over the min is
installing the Beam process of extracting the precious metals, so that the entire dump may
be reworked, and practically every once of every kind of precious metal recovered. Since
the early 1880s, the mine has been worked but little, and has yielded an additional
$500,000 worth of gold. The new company has a force of carpenters at work on the
necessary structures, and the machinery is expected to arrive almost any day now. In
addition to working over the old dump, which is estimated to be worth $3,000,000, the
company will do considerable development work, so that this famous old mine at our
door may again command the attention of the world.
3 March 1922 – Headline: Blackfeet Tribe Stage Fight for Motion Picture. In
reproducing on the screen the historical climax to his spectacular western film “Bob
Hampton of Placer”, Marshal Neilan enlisted the cooperation of the famous Blackfeet
tribe. The Blackfeet are scattered over many miles on the reservation in Montana, and
the taks of getting a thousand of them together with the picturesque attire of the Native
Americans as sported at massacres in the American frontier days proved no easy task.
Through the cooperation of Bob Mills, whose former association with the Great Northern
Railroad brought him in personal contact with the Native Americans, and resulted in his
becoming the friend of every member of the tribe, Mr. Neilan was enabled to bring about
a gathering of the Native American men. The matter of rehearsing a thousand amateurs,
many of whom have never seen a motion picture, much less acted in them, proved
another big undertaking for the producer, particularly in view of the fact that these men
were to appear in the most important scenes of the production. A real “find” was
discovered by Mr. Neilan in the person of Chief “Two-Guns-White-Calf”, the Native
American who was used as the model [sic, numerous individuals are purported to have
been used as the model] for the head appearing on the “buffalo” nickel. Chief White Calf
portrays the roll of Sitting Bull in “Bob Hampton of Placer”, which has just been released
by Associated First National Pictures and which will be shown at the schoolhouse next
Friday night.
3 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: You’ll delight in each issue of the Estes Park Trail.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: There is lasting satisfaction in owning a home in Estes
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: We Fix Your Car so it Stays Fixed. We don’t claim to
stop parts from wearing out in time. We do adjust them so there is full working harmony.
We trace trouble to its source, correct the cause, and make you sure of the best service
possible. You won’t have to come but once with the same job. When you are out of luck
and accidentally break a windshield or body glass, let us replace it with genuine plate
glass. It doesn’t distort your view like common glass does. It hasn’t any waves or swirls,
high spots and hollows. It doesn’t duplicate objects. Osborn Garage [a block 3
business].
3 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Nearly any streetcar in Denver will take you right
to the St. James. Get off at the best-lighted street in the city, and there you are. You can
buy everything from a wedding ring to a safety pin within a block of the St. James.
Daniels and Fisher’s Tower only one block away.
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: Clatworthys [a block 3 business, as well as a] Denver
3 March 1922 – Advertisement: For saddle horses, telephone #31-J. Grubb’s Livery [a
John Frank Grubb.
3 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Remember – Your money back if at end of 30 days
you are not well pleased with the Estes Park Trail.
10 March 1922 – Banner: Estes Park Trail (Rocky Mountain National Park)
Estes Park, Colorado, Friday, March 10, 1922 Price 10 cents
today.
10 March 1922 – Column title: Road and Trail Report. Big Thompson Canyon Road and
and Rocky Mountain National Park are open. Chains on all fours necessary on Longs
Peak Road. Fall River Road over the Continental Divide closed for the winter by snow.
Two hotels open. Maximum temperature this week 45 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum
temperature this week 7 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum temperature Wednesday night
15 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Precipitation this month 0.07 [inches]. – Report from United
States station at fish hatchery.
10 March 1922 – Photograph: Unbordered, 6 inch by 4 inch scenic image of at least ten
individuals snowshoeing in single file along the bottom of a slope covered with snow and
shadows in Rocky Mountain National Park. The scene is dominated by tall evergreen
trees lining both sides of the path. Caption: On the winter trail. Credit: [Frank W.]
Byerly photograph. Courtesy Colorado Mountain Club.
10 March 1922 – Headline: Winter Sports Begin Today at Fern Lake. Today, Friday, 10
March 1922, the Colorado Mountain Club members, who will participate in the club’s
winter sports carnival at Fern Lake, will arrive and take lunch at the Brinwood. Estes
Park has no desire to feel exclusive, and is pleased to have these boosters for the Rocky
Mountain region with us to enjoy for ten days the splendid opportunities for winter sports
presented at Fern Lake. This is the sixth annual event held at Fern Lake by the Colorado
Mountain Club, and it is rapidly growing in popularity among the membership. The
snow has never been in better condition than at present, and the ski and toboggan courses
are everything that could be desired of them. Rocky Mountain National Park Ranger
Stephens has restored telephone communication to the lodge, so that those who attend
may keep in touch with affairs of the outside world. The trail to Fern Lake Lodge is said
to have never been in better condition for rapid traveling. From the end of the road to the
Pool, it will be possible to travel on the creek, which gives an easy grade for this distance.
Proprietor Byerly has made every possible arrangement for the comfort of those
attending, and “Red” Kearns will supervise the good eats for the hungry guests. The
man-in-the-moon will be full during the event, and will do his best to shed his radiant
glory nightly over the whole scene of the affair, and moonlight sports will be indulged in.
The first party to arrive will be made up of 56 persons, who are glad to be alive and to
enjoy the pleasures of God’s great outdoors.
10 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The Estes Park Trail is on sale at Godfrey’s
Clothing Store in Estes Park, Evan’s Book Store in Fort Collins, Skelley’s Book Store in
Loveland, and Clatworthy’s at 415 17th Street, Denver…Semi-advertisement: You’ll
delight in each issue of the Estes Park Trail.
10 March 1922 – Headline: Colorado Mountain Club has Enjoyed Prosperity during its
Ten Years of Life. The Colorado Mountain Club, which holds its sixth annual winter
sports carnival at Fern Lake for ten days beginning today, was organized in Denver in
April 1912 with a charter membership of 24. Today, its membership numbers 1100, and
it has branch organizations in Colorado Springs, Boulder, and Fort Collins, each
organized with a charter membership of 100 each. Other communities are rapidly
becoming aware of the value of the organization, and are planning similar branches in the
near future. Estes Park is hoping to secure a branch. There are a number of members
residing in Estes Park who are anxious for the organization. James Grafton Rogers was
the organizer and first president of the club. Henry F. Brooks and George C. Barnard
have since filled the office of president, and that office is now held by George H. Harvey,
Jr. The purpose of the club is to further interest in outdoor life, natural history, geological
study, and to preserve the natural scenic resources of the state. The club bulletin says “To
every member of our organization, the club should mean a deep-rooted personal interest
and enthusiasm tending toward the realization of those ideas and ideals for which the club
is striving.” In addition to the annual winter sports carnival at Fern Lake, the club during
the summer season conducts weekend outings, which, during the ten years they have
been conducted, have enabled them to cover practically the entire mountain range within
the state. On these hikes, more than 30 mountain peaks have been climbed, ten of which
are more than 14,000 feet high. Ten annual summer camps have been held, eight of them
within the boundaries of Rocky Mountain National Park, which have proven of great
interest to the membership, and have been attended by hundreds of the membership and
many guests from other mountain clubs. The club owns a large amount of camping
equipment, books, and other property of value to such an organization. It is planned to
soon open downtown headquarters in Denver with a paid attendant in charge. This will
be greatly appreciated by out-of-town members and visitors from other states. The club
has been instrumental in the accomplishment of many things to preserve the beauty of our
natural scenery, and make the stay of the tourist in the wilds of the mountains more
comfortable. This work of the club will be told in another article to appear at a later
date…The advance guard of the Colorado Mountain Club arrived in Estes Park Thursday.
Contract rates for one year, 125 inches or more, 25 cents per single column inch per
issue. Less than 125 inches, transient rate. Transient rate – 35 cents per inch per issue.
Local reading notices – 10 cents per printed line per issue, blackface type double price.
of entertainments, socials, etc., were admission fee is charged. The Estes Park Trail will
10 March 1922 – Poem and byline: The Estes Trail by Charles Edwin Hewes, Estes Park,
Colorado (Copyright 1922) There are trails to the Western Country–/To the lap of the
Land Sublime;/Where men in the ardor of living,/Forget the slow measures of Time./
There are ways to Vacation’s Doorway–/To regions bright of snow-cooled clime;/Where
outdoors, in the open, dwelling,/Men renew the youth of their prime./Yet there’s none so
fair in the Trav’ler’s tale,/Where Nature with grandeur the senses regale,/As the path to
the Nation’s fairest vale–/Great Park of the Rockies on the Estes Trail./When the land
was young the Indian came/And camped by the shore of the winding stream./He broke
thru the canons in search of game–/Discovered the land of his hunting dream./Afar spread
the tale of its beautiful fame–/The Arapahoe fought to preserve the same;/On many a
crest, with war-hoop and scream,/He held the fair land by battle supreme./Then to this
land the first white settler came–/Joel Estes with rifle and oxen team;/The Arapahoe fled
in despair from the scene–/His tepee gave way to the log cabin’s beam./The next pioneer
was Golden Haired Jim, Who, with Grif Evans, wrought blood’s crimson stain:/Then the
Earl of Dunraven claimed the domain,/with his knights and ladies of the noble mien./
Thus the Park of the Rockies, from man to man,/Passed as all Earth does in the human
span:/Aborigine, settler, aristocrat–/Then to the wise laws of the free Democrat,/Which
gave to the Nation this beautiful land,/Forever free to Democracy’s band;/Great Park of
the Rockies it ever shall be;/Preserved for all time in virgin purity./Here in the heart of the
Nation’s broad lea;/Her eon the Heights that divide the Great Sea,/O’erlooking the
Oceans, Cities, and Plains–/Here where the glacier and snow ever reigns;/Here are
welcome all people, rich and poor,/To the Beautiful Land at the Mountain’s Door–/The
Park of the Rockies, Vacation’s throne;/Recreation Land that the People own./There are
trails to the Western Country–/To the lap of the Land Sublime;/Where men in the ardor of
living,/Forget the slow measures of Time./There are ways to Vacation’s Doorway–/To
regions bright of snow-cooled clime;/Where outdoors, in the open, dwelling,/Men renew
the youth of their prime./Yet there’s none so fair in the Trav’ler’s tale,/Where Nature with
grandeur the senses regale,/As the path to the Nation’s fairest vale–/Great Park of the
Rockies on the Estes Trail.
10 March 1922 – Editorialettes: We noticed that Editor Engberg of Johnstown was
proudly displaying several blue and red ribbons which he claimed to have won at the
dairy show. He not being the owner of livestock, we can’t imagine on what pretext they
were awarded to him…Estes Park extends greetings of welcome to the members of the
Colorado Mountain Club fortunate enough to have the privilege of enjoying the sports
prepared for them by King Winter at Fern Lake. May the beauty of nature in her winter
dress, and the clear, frosty air, and many happy circumstances, make your gathering a
most happy and profitable one, is our wish.
10 March 1922 – Editorial: The year is well filled with special weeks and drives with its
national canned goods week, better English week, calico week, and various other weeks,
all with the purpose of a national effort to boost in a concerted action, this article, that
hobby, and various other things, usually of considerable merit. If time could be found for
them, we would suggest several other special weeks that might have considerable merit.
For instance, the barber might institute a get-your-hair-cut week, during which time every
gentleman would be expected to step to the chair and receive the proper attention. The
only dangerous feature in connection with such an observance might be that the fair
damsels would take it to heart and lose the tresses that make a woman’s features
attractive. At that, fashion seems to decree that the gentleman shall wear the long tresses,
while the barber devotes his talents to keeping the feminine dome properly manicured.
Then again, we might designate a week in which every person interested in Rocky
Mountain National Park should write an invitation to friends and their acquaintances to
spend their vacation in the most beautiful spot of the Rocky Mountains. But we are
going to grasp opportunity by the horns, and designate a special week that will be of
especial benefit to ourselves, and of as direct benefit to each of our readers as to
ourselves. This special week is to be the week of 12 March 1922 to 18 March 1922, and
is to be known as “Estes Park Trail Week”. Each of our readers realizes that the larger our
circulation, the bigger and better newspaper we can print. We have visions of a weekly
newspaper above the present standard, and twice the present size, or 16 pages during the
winter and 32 pages during the summer, and crammed full of interesting, entertaining,
and education matter of the highest order. We are speaking in all seriousness now, and
urge our readers to treat these remarks in the same way. It is human nature to want the
most possible for the money expended. It is our nature never to be satisfied with our
newspaper, but ever to be seeking something better. The larger our circulation grows, the
better newspaper we will be enabled to give you. We ask each and every one of our
readers, who has the welfare of our wonderful community at heart, during this week to
endeavor to send us at least one new subscription. There are few who cannot secure a
friend interested in Estes Park for a reader of the Estes Park Trail. With most people, the
determination to do so is all that is necessary. Our challenge to you is, put 500 more
subscribers on our list and watch your newspaper grow in size and quality. We do not
believe our readers would be spurred on during the “Estes Park Trail Week” by offering
prizes or premiums, but we are going to show our appreciation by sending each one who
secures a new subscriber for the Estes Park Trail a nice 1922 calendar made up with a
pretty Clatworthy panel picture in colors of an Estes Park scene. No advertising is
printed on the calendar, and it sells for 50 cents at the stores. Let the shower begin, and
the harder it pours, the greater will be our smile, and the better will be your newspaper.
10 March 1922 – Headline: Colonel Crosby New Superintendent of Grand Canyon
National Park. Colonel W.W. Crosby of the National Park Service, who had charge of the
work on the Fall River Road last summer, has been appointed superintendent of Grand
Canyon National Park. Colonel Crosby’s many friends in Estes Park wish him all the
success in his new work.
10 March 1922 – Dateline: Denver – The board of regents of the University of Colorado
at a special meeting held in the Denver National Bank building voted acceptance of the
gift of a 20-acre plot of ground for the new state hospital, provided the university is
released from a contingent contract for the purchase of an 18-acre tract on East 27th
Avenue, north of City Park…Pueblo – The Grand Opera House fire in Pueblo on 1 March
1922 destroyed the city office of the Colorado State Fair Commission. All their records,
including the list of 1922 exhibitors and prize winners, some of which have not been
paid, were lost in the fire…Cripple Creek – The Mine Owners’ Association has posted
notices of reductions in wages that will be in force after 1 April 1922. The reduction
averages about 6%, officials of the association state, graded according to the work being
done…Red Cliff – With the object of spreading nationwide interest in the exploitation of
the Mount of the Holy Cross as a natural symbol of Christianity, an organization to be
known as the Holy Cross Association has been formed…Denver – The cost of grade
schools and high schools in Colorado last year was $18,677,340, or almost half the state’s
total expenses of $42,260,375, which property owners are paying in taxes this year. With
the $2,884,428 required by state educational institutions added, the total cost of education
in Colorado was $21,561,768, more than half the state’s total revenue. Since 1915, the
first year that separate estimates on school revenues were completed by the State Tax
Commission, taxation for grade schools and high schools has increased 160%. In the
same period, school attendance has increased 24%…Grand Junction, Colorado – Four
men were injured when an automobile stage in which they were riding was struck by a
Denver and Rio Grande Western light engine between Grand Junction and Gateway,
Colorado, recently. The stage was reduced almost to splinters. The injured, who were
brought to a hospital at Grand Junction, are: William Graham of Gateway, Bert Hiatt of
Glenwood Springs, Ira J. Wines of Grand Junction, and Dan Hitchborn, the driver of the
state, of Grand Junction.
10 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: By the way, if you have a useful article about the
place for which you have no further need, a few cents spent for a want ad will probably
find a buyer for it.
10 March 1922 – Headline: Notice. The regular Larimer County examination for
teachers will be held at the courthouse on Thursday and Friday, 16 March 1922 and 17
March 1922. The examination for high school teachers’ certificates will be held on
Saturday, 18 March 1922. Morning sessions 8:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon. Afternoon
sessions 1:00 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. [signed] Emma T. Wilkins, superintendent of Larimer
County schools.
10 March 1922 – Column title and byline: Breakfast and its Relation to Health by Helen
Barr. The theory is advanced from time to time that one or two meals a day are
preferable to the three commonly served in this country. If the same amount of food is to
eaten, it is hard to see the advantage of two very hearty meals over three ordinary ones.
The best physiological evidence implies that moderate quantities of food taken at
moderate intervals are more easily and completely digested by ordinary people than
larger quantities taken at long intervals. If the food ordinarily taken is considered
excessive, and the aim is simply to reduce the amount, it would seem more rational to
make all the meals lighter than to leave out one. The very fact that the custom of eating a
number of meals a day has so long been almost universal, indicates that it must have
some advantages which instinct, based upon experience, approves and justifies. Though
there may be differences among abnormal persons, for the great majority of people in
good health, the ordinary food materials – meat, fish, eggs, milk, butter, cheese, sugar,
flour, meal, and potatoes and other vegetables – make a fitting diet, and the main question
is to use them in the kinds and proportions fitted to the actual needs of the body. When
more food is eaten than is needed, or when articles difficult of digestion are taken, the
digestive organs are overtaxed, if not positively injured, and much energy is thus wasted
which might have been turned to better account. The evils of overeating may not be felt
at once, but sooner or later they are sure to appear, perhaps in an excessive amount of
fatty tissue, perhaps in general debility, perhaps in actual disease. The injurious effects of
food which does not “agree” with a person have already been pointed out. Subhead:
Thursday breakfast. Stewed, unsulfured dates or stewed, unsulfured figs. Poached egg
on whole wheat toast with pasteurized milk. Whole grain bread and pure maple syrup.
Subhead: Questions and answers. Q. Will you please give me a recipe for serving cereal
with raisins in pudding form? Mrs. R.L.W. A. Scald one pit of milk in double boiler, add
one-half cup cereal, one-half teaspoon salt, two tablespoons sugar, two tablespoonfuls
seeded raisins, cook one-half hour, then pour over it one egg well beaten, remove from
fire and lightly fold egg into the pudding, flavor with vanilla, and serve warm with cream.
This recipe will make dessert for four…Note: All questions regarding these articles will
be answered through these columns if sealed and addressed to Helen Barr, Service
Bureau, 825 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. [signed] – Editor.
10 March 1922 – Photographic advertisement: Fall River Lodge in the Rocky Mountain
National Park. [Photograph: Scenic image of the Fall River Lodge façade and
neighboring trees, both upright and reflected in the perfectly still artificial lake in the
foreground. The peaks of the Continental Divide loom in the background, essentially
devoid of snow. The photograph is uncredited.] Make it your vacation home. Scenic
wonders, modern conveniences. Fishing, horseback riding, hiking, tennis. Good homecooked food. Write for booklets. Daniel J. March and Minnie E. March. Estes Park,
Colorado.
10 March 1922 – Dateline: Greeley – From the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean,
Colorado State Teachers College has gone to get the best men available in the educational
world to serve on the special faculty for the summer school. Dr. Frederick E. Pierce,
professor of English literature at Yale, is coming from New Haven, Connecticut, and Dr.
Lewis M. Terman, noted psychologist and professor of education at Leland Stanford,
Junior, University, is coming from California. Dr. Emanuel Sternheim, lecturer at New
York State University and a resident of Boston, Massachusetts, will come from the Bay
State [Massachusetts]…Pueblo, Colorado – Fire which destroyed the Grand Opera
House, one of the handsomest buildings in the west, several days ago, was not
extinguished for three days. The estimated loss is $750,000, partially covered by
insurance. Loss on building is about $300,000, while the Pueblo Store, dry goods, lost
about $250,000. The Rocky Mountain Theater Company, many lawyers and doctors, and
a cigar store were among the other losers…Alamosa – Legislation by the United States
looking to the establishment of a branch of the Federal District Court at Alamosa to
relieve the pressure of court business at Pueblo was predicted when it became known that
the Senate judiciary committee had reported favorably on the proposal. Federal courts
terms are regularly held at Denver, Pueblo, Grand Junction, Montrose, and Durango.
10 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The Estes Park Trail will appreciate it if you will
furnish us with the names of your friends who might be interested in the newspaper.
10 March 1922 – Advertisement: For sale. 80 acres, three miles from Estes Park village,
10 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The Estes Park Trail for quality printing.
this spring is one of the best-known makes, and also the most reasonably priced when the
quality is considered. It consists of jersey two-piece suits for little boys, and blue serge
suits, brown mixed suits, and grey suits for big boys, and each one has two pairs of pants
which makes the life of the suit about double that of the ordinary two-piece suit. We can
save you money. Dugald Floyd Godfrey [a block 5 business].
10 March 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside. Semi-advertisement: Kodak
finishing at Francis [a block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films for sale…A letter from
Mrs. F.P. Kerr states that they have just returned to San Bernardino from Long Beach,
California, and that while there, they had the pleasure of seeing many of the Estes Park
people. She reports Mr. March as being in unusually good health…J.A. Shepherd
returned home Saturday from Washington, D.C., and Virginia points. He was called to
Washington, D.C., on official business the first of the year, and spent February 1922
visiting relatives in the latter state…Miss Katherine Garretson, proprietor of the Big Owl
Tea Room south of the Hewes-Kirkwood Inn, returned to Estes Park Monday. She spent
the winter in St. Louis, Missouri, and expressed herself as being glad to get back to Estes
Park…Semi-advertisement: Magazines at Godfrey’s [a block 5 business]…Mr. and Mrs.
L.B. Smith of Loveland drove to Estes Park Tuesday with a party of friends. They
stopped at the Wolfe cottage at Loveland Heights for lunch, and drove up to their cottage
in Prospect Heights in the afternoon. Those accompanying them were Mr. and Mrs. L.W.
Rollstin of Loveland and I.J. Whitford, a lumberman of Fairfax, Missouri…Walter
Eugene Baldridge expects to move into his nice new home just south of the telephone
property [on the east side of the current Moraine Avenue] the first of the coming week.
The house is strictly modern in every respect. There are eight or ten rooms, two baths,
steam heat, and it is wired for lighting and cooking electricity…Walter Eugene
Baldridge’s father, who has for some time been indisposed, largely due to his advanced
age, is improving constantly, and is now able to get around without much difficulty. He,
with his wife, are now in Denver, where they have been since 1 February 1922…Garrett
Casey is getting the best of an attack of pleurisy that confined him to the house the first of
the week…Charles Hix made a business trip to Denver Tuesday…Lee Tallant returned to
Estes Park Monday from Longmont, where he has been with Mrs. Tallant, who
underwent an operation for appendicitis there last week. Mrs. Tallant is making a rapid
recovery and will soon return home…Magers and Dawson are building a number of
cottages on their property near the entrance to Horseshoe Park. Four cottages are under
construction at the present time [presumably, this became the Cascade Lodge]…S.M.
Hurd, who has been suffering from an attack of rheumatism for some time, is
recuperating at the home of his father in Mead, Colorado, following a couple of weeks
spent at Idaho Springs taking the Hot Springs [Hotel, presumably] baths…Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Service drove to Fort Collins last Friday where Frank interviewed a dentist…Semiadvertisement: Many people in various parts of the United States have written Chamber
of Commerce Secretary Godfrey for a bunch of the Estes Park illustrated folders. If you
have not gotten a supply, write for them today, and enclose one in each letter you mail,
social or business…Semi-advertisement: A want ad will sell that surplus article…Semiadvertisement: You haven’t finished reading the newspaper until you have read each
advertisement…We glean the following bit of “information” from the Long Beach
(California) Sunday Morning Telegraph: Mrs. Albert Hayden and son Julian Hayden, of
Estes Park, Colorado, are enjoying the eighth or tenth season of the family at the
California Long Beach and Virginia, and are headliners among the healthy, happy, and
popular colonists. The Haydens are reputed to own and direct a chain of Colorado
department stores [sic, where did this misinformation originate?]…Harry B. Boyd has
gone to Idaho Spring, where he will take the baths at the Hot Springs Hotel for
rheumatism which has recently been bothering him…Mr. and Mrs. Peter Hondius, who
have been spending the past two weeks at the Hot Springs Hotel in Idaho Springs taking
the baths, are spending a short time in Denver, and will return to Idaho Springs for a
week or two before coming back to Estes Park…Augustus Denby Lewis spent
Wednesday and Thursday in Estes Park. He reports a splendid business at the Hot
Springs Hotel in Idaho Springs. He expects to open the Lewiston some time this month
for the season…Semi-advertisement: We sell everything made of paper at wholesale rate
to those entitled to it. “Spend your money at home” works in a circle…Semiadvertisement: Don’t blame us for not having that item of news if you didn’t give it to
us…Semi-advertisement: Reading a good magazine is a good way to pass away the time.
Plenty of them at Godfrey’s [a block 5 business].
10 March 1922 – Headline: Ask Appropriations of $5,000,000 for Advertising Purposes.
The National Hotel Men’s Association, according to Sam F. Dutton of Denver, will ask
Congress for an appropriation of $5,000,000 with which to conduct a “sell America to the
Americans” campaign. The United States Shipping Board recently appropriated
$1,000,000 to advertise Europe and South America, with the idea of stimulating
American tourist trade to these countries, the idea being that this would make more
business for American-owned ships. The hotel men believe Americans should see
America first, and that they should spend their money at home, and thus stimulate our
own business channels. Congress will be pressed for this huge sum for a national
advertising campaign, which should also persuade travel-hungry foreigners to visit our
shores, and become acquainted with our scenic resources.
10 March 1922 – Advertisement: 1922 Dodge wonderful value. The 1922 Dodge is the
finest that the engineering skill of Dodge Brothers can build: Sturdy, powerful, always
reliable, and the standard by which motor values are set. The new prices delivered in
Estes Park are: Touring car $1025, roadster $995, sedan $1625, coupe $1440, screen
$1025, panel $1130. The Estes Park Garage. Agency for Nash, Dodge, Buick, Ford.
10 March 1922 – Advertisement: Too early to suggest spring suits? Perhaps so – but just
bear in mind, gentlemen, when you’re ready that we have the Chicago Woolen Mills line,
one of the best in the market. Over 200 samples of the newest all-wool fabrics, including
the snappy Step Ladder and Donegal weave, the Russian cords and Glen Urquhardts.
Styles up-to-the-minute, and pre-war [World War I] values. Two prices, only $29.50 and
$33.50. I guarantee a perfect fit or the suit is mine. I have sold suits to 38 men in Estes
Park, and have yet to learn of a dissatisfied customer. Come in and look at the sample
book. J.E. Macdonald [a block 5 business].
10 March 1922 – Advertisement: “Say, did you see that story it the Estes Park Trail last
week?” Makes you kind of peeved to have someone fire that question at you when you
are not a regular reader of the Estes Park Trail, or if you happen to miss your newspaper
that week, doesn’t it? No need of it, either way. If you are not a regular subscriber, you
should be, and if you are, and missed your newspaper for any reason, you should call the
office – [telephone] #27-J3, and we will correct the fault, and see that you get regular
service. Don’t’ let another day pass before your name is placed on our regular
subscription list. At the end of 30 days, if you are not pleased with the Estes Park Trail,
we will refund your money. Could anything be fairer? The Estes Park Trail.
10 March 1922 – Headline and byline: Major Long’s Expedition to Colorado by Roger
W. Toll. Part I. During the administration of President Madison, the fourth president of
the United States, Major Stephen H. Long, of the United States Topographical Engineers,
was instructed to make explorations of the Missouri River and Platte River. The
expedition started in 1819, and worked up the Missouri River. At the close of the season,
the party took up winter quarters at Engineer Cantonment, near Council Bluffs, Iowa, and
Major Long returned east for conferences and further instructions. In the spring he
started west, bringing Captain Bell and Dr. Edwin James as additional members of the
party. They reached St. Louis, Missouri, on 24 April 1820, and on 28 May 1820 they
rejoined the party at Engineer Cantonment. Major Long’s instructions from John C.
Calhoun, Secretary of War, were to explore the country from the Missouri River
westward to the Rocky Mountains, and thence to proceed southward along the base of the
mountains, to the Arkansas River and eventually to return to the Mississippi River. The
party consisted of but 22 men, not a very strong force to face the possible dangers of a
land known only to the Native Americans and a few white trappers. Much of the success
of the expedition was probably due, however, to the small size of the party, which
enabled it to travel rapidly and complete the journey during the summer, instead of
spending a winter far from civilization, as Lieutenant Pike had done in 1806-1807, at the
expense of so much hardship and suffering. The members of the little party had been
carefully selected for knowledge and ability in certain work, and special duties were
accordingly assigned to each person. Major Long commanded the expedition. Captain
Bell was to act as journalist, though his notes were lost and his report has never been
published. Dr. Edwin James was to act as surgeon, botanist, and geologist. His diary of
the expedition has been published, and forms the best available record of the trip. Dr.
James was leader of the first party to climb Pikes Peak. Lieutenant Swift was assistant
topographer, and commanded the guard, consisting of a corporal and six privates.
Thomas Say acted as zoologist, Peale as assistant naturalist, Seymour as landscape
painter, and the party also included a hunter, a packer, and interpreters for French,
Spanish, and Native American. The party was completed by two guides, Bijeau and
Ledoux, who were secured at the Pawnee village a few days after the party started from
Council Bluffs, Iowa. “Early Western Travels, 1748-1846”, edited by R.G. Thwaites,
contains (volumes 14 to 17) not only James’ diary, but also Long’ report to the Secretary
of War, and other material. These notes are taken principally from this edition, which
was published in 1905 by Arthur H. Clarke Company, Cleveland, Ohio. The expedition
was mounted. Each man had a saddle horse, and there were eight or ten pack animals.
Their saddles were either made by themselves or purchased from the Native Americans.
Their provisions and supplies form an interesting list. They consisted of 150 pounds of
pork, 500 pounds of biscuit, 3 bushels of corn meal, 25 pounds of coffee, 30 pounds of
sugar, 5 gallons of whisky, a small quantity of salt, two axes, several hatchets, bullet
pouches, powder horns, two tents, and other camp equipment. The articles to be traded or
given to the Native Americans were vermilion, beads, knives, combs, bells, moccasin
awls, scissors, and looking glasses. They carried a few engineering instruments. The
party was armed with muskets, rifles, pistols, tomahawks, and long belt knives. Their
supply of ammunition was 30 pounds of powder, 60 pounds of balls and lead, plenty of
flints, and some small shot. Each person carried but two light blankets, one under the
saddle and one over it. The Native Americans about Council Bluffs, Iowa, laughed at
their expedition, and said they would never be able to accomplish it, because of hostile
Native Americans and because parts of their route were lacking in water, grass, and game.
Dr. James says, “With these prospects, and with the very inadequate outfit, which was the
utmost of our united means enabled us to furnish, we departed from Engineer
Cantonment at 11:00 a.m. on 6 June 1820.” The route taken by Major Long from the
Missouri River to the present site of Denver, was later used by the overland stage, later
still, the Union Pacific railroad was built along practically the same line. The Platte (or
La Platte) River, doubtless named by French trappers, was called by the Native
Americans “Nebraska”, both names meaning a flat river. At times, game was scarce, and
in order to conserve their scanty provisions, the party ate prairie dogs, or whatever
edibles were found. At one time, their food ration was reduced to 1/4 pint of parched
maize per day to each man. At other times, however, they had an abundance of buffalo,
deer, elk, and antelope. At one time, a herd of more than 10,000 buffalo were seen.
Since they followed the Platte River, they had no very serious shortage of water, wood, or
grass. On 27 June 1820 the party reached the boundary of the area now included in the
state of Colorado. The distance traveled in a day was usually about 25 miles, though at
times they made stops to dry out their equipment, which was frequently wet by rain or by
fording streams, or in order to secure game when their food supply ran low. Dr. James
says, “On the 30th (30 June 1820), we left the encampment at our accustomed early hour,
and at 8:00 a.m. were cheered by a distant view of the Rocky Mountains. For some time,
we were unable to decide whether what we saw were mountains, or banks of cumulus
clouds skirting the horizon, and glittering in the reflected rays of the sun. It was only by
watching the bright parts, and observing that their form and position remained unaltered,
that we were able to satisfy ourselves they were indeed mountains. They were visible
from the lowest parts of the plains, and their summits were, when first discovered, several
degrees above our horizon. They became visible by detaching themselves from the sky
beyond, and not by emerging from beneath the sensible horizon, so that we might have
seen them from a greater distance had it not been for the want of transparency in the
atmosphere. Our first view of the mountains were indistinct, on account of some
smokiness of the atmosphere, but from our noon encampment, we had a very distinct and
satisfactory prospect of them. A small part only of the intervening plain was visible, the
convexity of the surface intercepting the view from the base of the mountains, and that
portion of the plain adjacent to it. Snow could be seen on every party of them which was
visible above our horizon….Toward evening, the air became more clear, and our view of
the mountains was more satisfactory, though as yet we could only distinguish their grand
outline, imprinted in bold indentations upon the luminous margin of the sky. We soon
remarked a particular part of the range divided into three conic summits, each apparently
of equal altitude. This we concluded to be the point designated by Pike as the highest
peak. Its bearing was taken a short time before we halted for the evening, and wsa found
to be south 73 degrees west.
undersigned judges of election, sitting on a board of registry, will be in session on
of the town of Estes Park, who are entitled to a vote at the town election, to be held on
complete the list of voters. [signed] R.H. Tallant, Arthur K. Holmes, John Frank
Tuesday, 4 April 1922, under the provisions of the statutes of the state of Colorado in
Brothers’ office on Elkhorn Avenue. That the polls of the said voting place in the said
town will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on said day. In witness whereof, the board
Colorado.
10 March 1922 – Column title: Estes Park Trail Classified Advertisements. Read them
following insertion. Minimum charge 25 cents. Subhead: For sale. For sale – Austin
adding machine. You can’t afford to be without one at our sacrifice price for a quick sale.
Charlie’s Market [a block 3 business]. 48-3…For sale – Duofold, library table, gun
cabinet containing nine drawers. Must sell before Tuesday. Telephone #71-R2. 1t…For
sale – Drop head Singer sewing machine, good as new. Elmer D. Lindley. 1t…For sale –
Owner wants the money, and will take $1500 cash for one-half acre with four-room
cottage, hip roof, 24 feet by 26 feet, living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, porch. Cottage
stained and nicely finished with wallboard. Another cottage can be built on this property.
Address P.D., care of the Estes Park Trail. tf…For sale – 120 acres, splendidly situated
for cottage sites or hotel. Gravity water system installed. Number of other springs.
Well-wooded: Yellow pine, spruce, limber pine, aspen, cedar, etc. Improvements: One
house with seven rooms and bath, one house with four rooms and bath. Also fireplaces
and breakfast rooms. Barn, garage, and cave [sic]. Property is fenced. Will divide and
sell 40, 60, or 80 acres of the unimproved end at a reasonable figure. Address C.C., care
of Estes Park Trail…Subhead: Wanted. Wanted – Cabins. List your cabins, cottages,
real estate with me. Send full descriptions with price for season, month, week, I will
advertise them. Frank R.C. Rollins, post office box 402. Greeley, Colorado. tf…Wanted
– Clean white cotton rags for washing presses, 5 cents per pound. Leave at Macdonald’s
Store [a block 5 business] and get your money. The Estes Park Trail…Subhead: For
rent. For rent – Furnished cottage for season. Three bedrooms, living room, dining
room, kitchen, pantry, beautifully located about halfway between village and YMCA
conference grounds, $300 for season. Address G.D., care Estes Park Trail. tf…For rent –
New cottage, nicely furnished, two bedrooms, sun porch, large living room, kitchen,
closets, pantry, bath, electric lights. Located on the hill in the village. $500 for the
season. Address G.D., care Estes Park Trail…For rent – First-class vacuum cleaner by
hour or day. Electric Shop. Telephone #395. tf.
10 March 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “Good sense and a few cents have
started many a man on the road to success.” The road to success is full of pitfalls for the
unwary. One pitfall to be avoided is careless spending. This can largely be avoided by
opening a checking account. Pay by check and know where every dollar is spent and
why. Pay by check and make the road to success a shorter and easier way to travel. U.B.
Thrifty at the the [sic redundancy] Estes Park Bank [a block 3 business]. Where your
patronage is appreciated.
10 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The progressive citizen tries to see how much of
his money he can spend at home. Are you an asset to the community, or a liability?
10 March 1922 – Headline: Thomas J. Allen New Rocky Mountain National Park
Ranger. The National Park Service has appointed Thomas J. Allen as ranger at Rocky
Mountain National Park. Mr. Allen was with the National Park Service in 1920 and 1921
at Mount Rainier National Park, and is familiar with park work. He has studied forestry
for several years at the University of Washington, and has technical ability as well as an
attractive personality. During the war [World War I], Mr. Allen served with the American
Expeditionary Force in France for a year or more. Mr. and Mrs. Allen are expected to
reach Estes Park about 20 March 1922.
10 March 1922 – A.T. Richardson and sister and Miss Ashby drove to Denver this
morning where they will remain until Monday…Buryl Becker and family came up from
Fort Collins Thursday for a visit at the parental Robert Becker home…Some of our good
friends in the vicinity of Chicago, Illinois, have recently sent us clippings taken from one
of the Chicago, Illinois, newspapers that would indicate Rocky Mountain National Park is
getting a lot of good boosting from people who have been to Rocky Mountain National
Park, and know of its many real attractions and great accessibility. Most of the criticism
afloat today in all lines comes from those who do not known what they are talking about,
and this is largely true in connection with Estes Park. We have found our best and most
ardent boosters to be those who have been here, and here once, they usually come again.
10 March 1922 – Advertisement: That’s my business. Plumbing, heating, tinning.
Figure with us before starting that next job. George R. Wyatt [either now or soon to be a
10 March 1922 – Advertisement: Hayden Brothers [a block 5 business] have a complete
list of furnished cottages that will be available for the coming season. Write at once for
description and other desired information.
not, now is the time to do it. Leave your cares at home and come to the Brinwood,where
Colorado.
10 March 1922 – Column title: Estes Park Reminiscences. Early day tales by Colorado
pioneers. Headline and byline: An Early Camping Trip by Abner E. Sprague. Only 50
years ago, you could camp anywhere in Estes Park and wander all over the place without
seeing another camp. Neither would you bring up in a wire entanglement of an old
tumble-down fence. Nor be offended by seeing signs nailed on the fine old yellow pine
trees, bearing the legends “Private Property”, “No Camping”, “Keep Out”, etc. I known
this to be true, odd as it may seem now in 1922. Late in July1872, or early August 1872,
a party of 17 left the Big Thompson Creek, not far from the present location of the little
city of Loveland, and about five years before it was on the map. They were headed for
Estes Park on a camping trip, for which they were equipped as follows: Three covered
wagons, each drawn by a team of horses that could be used for saddle purposes if
required. The wagons were loaded with three tents, camp utensils for three fires, bedding
for all hands, and cooked and uncooked “grub” galore. The live freight consisted of the
three drivers, all single men, three chaperones, all married ladies, two young ladies, and a
kid brother of the writer, a lad of 15. The others of the party were four young ladies, and
five almost as young men, each riding a Native American pony [this adds up to at least
18, which is at least one more than the party of 17 mentioned earlier]. We entered the
hills at the lower Dave Likins Ranch on the Little Thompson River, following the stream
four or five miles. At the first Granite Mountain, we were on the south side of the creek,
where we found a wood road used at that time to reach Estes Park, this road was followed
up gulches, over ridges to the top of a mountain, then down a steep hill to the Little
Thompson River again, and to the eastern point of Little Elk Park, where the scouts had
found a nice spring. Here the first camp was pitched, and the most serious row of the trip
was staged. The boys, not including the drivers, were supposed to do the heavy camp
work, supervised by the chaperones. The girls were to look after their own ponies. Wood
was plenty, and all hands took an interest in having a big campfire for the night.
Everything was lovely until a companion and myself went to the spring after water for
camp. The spring was not large, but some woodsman had made quite a catch basin to
hold a supply. When we looked at the water, it was covered with soapsuds, and all roiled
up, we soon were, too, and went to camp frothing at the mouth as bad as the spring, for it
was downhill a long way to the creek. We accused the girls of washing their feet in the
spring, then they went mad, denied the accusation, said they did no such thing, they only
washed out their handkerchiefs in it. We told them that was very much better, but after
this, to ask us where they could bathe, and do their laundry. As I recall, it was rather a
sulky crowd after the wordy part of the row was over. Rocky Mountain Jim was camped
in Little Elk Park, night herding a bunch of sheep to keep lions from getting them. He
came to visit the camp that evening, and it was scandalous how the girls flirted with him,
they would not look at us, they ogled him, admired his long hair, and even pretended to
believe his very best “wild and wooly stories”. That first camp could not be called a
good start for a pleasant outing. But after the second day of hard work, doubling teams
over Moose Hill and other steep places, holding the wagons right side up over the sidling
places along the road, it was work for all. Then when we reached the top of the hill and
looked down into Estes Park, two of us for the second time, we knew our troubles were
behind us, and we were bound to have a good time. The horseback party rushed ahead to
the Griff Evans cabin to ask about camping grounds. He told us we could camp any
place we might choose, but there was a good central place at the foot of Prospect
Mountain on the creek – don’t think he named the mountain, but just pointed it out. He
told us of a trail through the saddle we might use in getting there, but thought it would be
too rough for a team. We found that he was correct, both as to the trail and camping
place. We were determined to get to the place if possible, and did so by fording the main
creek just below the mouth of Black Canyon Creek, then Fall River just above its mouth,
crossing the main creek again near where the Crags bridge is now, to the campground,
which was on the level ground under the large yellow pine tree by the creek, just below
where the Smith cottage is located. Golf clubs and balls, being to us unknown, we
brought a croquet set, and we saved the level ground for that. There we played the great
game by the light of campfires. We only found one disadvantage in such a light, some of
the girls would improve the position of a ball by sweeping over it with her skirts. They
wore long dresses in those days, and I blush now when I think of the accidental glimpses
I caught of an ankle and small strip of stocking on that camping trip. How times have
changed since then. From this central camp, on horseback we explored all the nooks and
corners of Estes Park. Willow Park, Beaver Park, and Horseshoe Parks, at that time
unnamed except Willow Park, and Moraine Park [that there is a distinction between
Willow Park and Moraine Park is worth noting]. We made a trip to the north end and
overlooked the North Fork country. All of the little gulches in the north part of Estes
Park were smooth meadows then, instead of unsightly wastes as now. Some of the party
tried Longs Peak, but only reached a point just beyond the Keyhole, making the mistake
of trying to reach the top by climbing the cliffs to the left, just beyond the Keyhole, a
common mistake in those days. Several of the boys went to snow near Ypsilon Peak. On
this timberline trip, we refused to be hampered by having the girls along. This made
some of them cross and ugly, and they fussed around until they all moved camp to quell
the fuss. The joke was to make us boys hunt camp. Two of the girls saddled their ponies
for a ride in the middle of the afternoon, and met us up Fall River and conducted us to the
new camp. This new camp was by the spring at the old Highlands [near Marys Lake],
where I think we camped two nights. We moved from this second camp to the entrance
of the Big Thompson Canyon, for one day’s good fishing before leaving Estes Park for
home. And it was good fishing down the stream where Loveland Heights is now located.
The last evening we spent at Griff Evans’ home, and we enjoyed it as much as any of our
evenings around the campfire. Mr. Evans was a Welchman, and entertained us with
Welch songs, which he rendered in good shape, and we all joined in the songs of the day.
We did not see another camping party on the trip, neither a fence, a sign, or a wagon road
west of the Evans Cabin. We did see one or two persons at the Evans home, who were
tourists or relatives of the family. Those were days of real sport in Estes Park.
10 March 1922 – Dateline: Fort Collins – After raging for two hours unseen, fire
destroyed the Colorado and Southern freight warehouse at Fort Collins, with an estimated
loss of $15,000. The office portion of the depot was practically undamaged…Pueblo –
Throwing himself over the kitchen table at the Merle Rooms, 114-1/2 West Fourth Street,
Pueblo, so his head hung over two of the burners of the gas range, and covering it with a
heavy quilt, William C. Judkin, about 45, committed suicide early Friday…Las Animas –
Three prisoners being taken by Sheriff Stevens from Salt Lake City, Utah, to Hutchinson,
Kansas, escaped from the officer on Santa Fe train No. 12 recently, when they threw red
pepper into his eyes, beat him, removed his keys and unfastened their handcuffs, took his
gun, and, after climbing over the roofs of the coaches to the engine, ordered the engineer
to stop at Caddoa, a small station between Las Animas and Lamar…Colorado Springs –
Announcement of the payment on 10 April 1922 of dividends of 5 cents regular and 5
cents extra to stockholders of the Cresson Consolidated Gold Mining and Milling
Company is considered by local mining men as one of the best evidences of returned
prosperity to the Cripple Creek gold camp. The payment will total $122,000, and will be
made to stockholders of record on 31 March 1922…Cañon City – The death of “Deacon”
George R. Tanner, 80 years old, at his home in Cañon City, removes one of Cañon City’s
pioneer businessmen, one of its most highly respected citizens, a former mayor,
confederate veteran, and one of the pillars and patriarchs of the Baptist church in
Colorado…Pueblo – The Grand Opera House block, one of the principal business blocks
in Pueblo, was destroyed by fire which broke out in a dance hall on the roof. The
building is a four-story structure, built about 1890.
10 March 1922 – Advertisement: Groceries and general merchandise. You can find
10 March 1922 – Reprinted from Colorado Mountain Club bulletin. Headline: Winter
Sports at Fern Lake. Those who have never felt the magic of winter fairyland in the high
mountains have a most inspiring experience before them. It was to bring the splendor
and livability of the snow-lands to the members that the Colorado Mountain Club in the
early spring of 1916 inaugurated the Winter Sports Outing. The seven succeeding
outings have followed the general plan of the first. [This count is likely incorrect but
interesting, because there could have only been a maximum of six succeeding outings,
and technically, only five, prior to the one in March 1922: 1916, 1917, 1918, 1919, 1920,
and 1921 would make only six total outings, and five total outings after the first outing in
1916. What is suggests, though, is that outings were not interrupted by World War I.]
High above Estes Park, under the sentinel walls of Flattop and Notch Top, nature has
dropped two lakes of surpassing loveliness – Fern Lake and Odessa Lake. Dense
evergreen forests clothe the steep slopes to the ascending ridges, and mirror their pointed
tree-tops in the cold waters of the lakes. In the summertime, one may drift over the
shadowed water of Fern Lake in a catamaran, and watch the scores of trout glide about in
the clear depths. In the winter, when these lakes are frozen, the snows swirl down from
the bleak summits, burying the blue water, the trout, and summer’s changing shadows
beneath drifts many feet deep. Thus is formed a playground for the people who, tired
with the blare of the city, dare the somewhat strenuous snowshoe hike to the hushed
solitudes of winter. The much be-garmented crowd, laden with snowshoes, skis, smoked
glasses, and the small necessities of living, make the trip from Denver to Estes Park by
automobile. From these, stages carry them to Brinwood, where the snowshoeing begins.
Mush – mush – mush – up the frozen waterway, one eye attentive to the scientific placing
of the snowshoes, the other to the beauties of the snow-decked landscape. If fortune and
the weather be favorable, late afternoon shows them Fern Lodge and a cheery welcome
within its hospitable walls. The lodge is built at the edge of Fern Lake. It is entirely of
logs, outside and in, with a cunningly constructed mosaic floor made from cross-sections
of trees. The great fireplace provides warmth, dries clothes, and forms the central
attraction for the evening’s fun. A roomy kitchen, commodious dining-hall, and several
bunkhouses, which, with the lodge, can accommodate 60 people, complete the
establishment. Here one may enjoy the novel experience of living in comfort in a house
buried nearly roof-deep in the drifts. For days high carnival reigns on the lakes. The
slopes above Fern Lake offer excellent opportunities for skiing and tobogganing. Be the
slope desired gentle or steep, it is easily found, while the expanse of snow-covered lake
makes an ideal terminus for all courses. The spectacular skiing, however, is found higher
up in the country above Odessa Lake. Here several courses, the longest perhaps a halfmile with a drop of 500 feet, terminate in a sweeping basin. It is here that the novice,
while gathering valuable experience for themselves, provide the others with much
merriment. It is here also that the ambitious amateur becomes an expert, and that the
expert rides to glory with never a “spill”. And what opportunities there are for the
camera enthusiast! In a world of snow – snow-burdened trees, snow-pillowed rocks,
snow-hung ridges, frozen waterfalls, and weird efforts of sun and shade, the cameraman
has indeed come into his own. Add a storm, shaking its white veils across the hills, not to
mention spectacular “spills” on the various courses, and truly there are not films enough
to fill the camera, nor hours enough to use it. Evening finds the crowd around the roaring
fire. Informal talks, minstrel shows, stories, and singing wile away the short hours until
“Taps”. Of an evening, an adventurous few sometimes snowshoe up to Odessa Lake in
the moonlight. The realm of fairy can have no sigh so bewitching as wintertime Odessa
Lake beneath the splendor of a full moon. It is quite possible that it is really here that the
wary fays hold their most royal assemblages and do but wait beneath the pines until
disturbing mankind has disappeared to being their revelries. The highlands can call as
insistently in winter as in summer. You who have made answer will agree that life is a bit
sweeter, the world less perplexing, with a vision in your soul of the high mountains in
winter.
10 March 1922 – Headline: Allenspark may have Electric Plant – Skiing Popular [This
appears to be identical to the column “Allenspark Items”]. Mr. and Mrs. John
McCollister of Akron, Colorado, have moved to Allenspark. Mr. McCollister is
contemplating the erection of an electric light plant to supply Allenspark and vicinity
with electricity…The new ski course is the commanding attraction throughout the state.
A large number enjoyed the winter sports last Sunday. Mr. Heanstead, director of the
Denver Ski Club and of the Genesee course, was present and gave some splendid pointers
on minor improvements. Lieutenant N. Albezzi, instructor of expert skiing, will be at the
course next Sunday, and give instruction in expert skiing. No doubt the crowd will be a
record breaker if weather conditions are favorable…The Crystal Springs Hotel is filled to
capacity every weekend. Winter sports are coming faster than did the motorcar.
10 March 1922 – Headline: Mrs. Yore Suffers Serious Injury in Fall. Monday evening
shortly after 5:00 p.m., Mrs. Clement Yore suffered a Tott’s fracture to the bones of the
ankle as she stepped on some ice in leaving the car in which she had just returned from
town to her home. Dr. Wiest was called at once, and as soon as the seriousness of the
accident was ascertained, she was rushed to the Longmont hospital. The injury is a very
painful one, and seriuos as well, and will require some time to heal.
10 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: You make your money in Estes Park, try to spend
it here where it will benefit the community.
10 March 1922 – Headline: Washington, D.C., Cosmos Club Sees Estes Park
Autochromes. Fred Payne Clatworthy gave his autochrome lecture of the Rocky
Mountain National Park Monday evening in the auditorium of the Cosmos Club building
in Washington, D.C. The club, which is one of the select clubs of the national capital
city, had as its guests as many of the senators and congressmen as could get into the
building to enjoy the lecture and pictures made by color photography. Mr. Clatworthy’s
trip this winter is creating considerable interest in Estes Park, and we are sure will have
its beneficial effect, although not made as an advertising scheme.
10 March 1922 – Headline: Subscribers Insist on Reading Estes Park Trail before
Loaning It. The Estes Park Trail is in receipt of a letter which reads as follows: “My
neighbors are getting tired of loaning me their copies of the Estes Park Trail, and always
insist on my waiting until they have read them first – unreasonable, but true. So enclosed
find $1.75 for a six-month subscription, beginning 1 March 1922.”
10 March 1922 – Advertisement: We fix your car so it stays fixed. We don’t claim to
business].
10 March 1922 – Advertisement: [Illustration: Pen-and-ink drawing of a gentleman,
obviously a printer or engraver, face in right profile, hair slicked back, body cut off at the
waist by the advertising copy below, grasping a poster-size piece of paper held
lengthwise, which says “ETCHINGS” in unshaded block letters at the top, and contains
what appears to be a drawing of a mountain scene below, although this part of it is
obscured by his right arm and rolled-up shirt sleeve. His look is one of self-satisfaction.
Tucked into the slight concavity of the poster’s top border are the precise hand-written
words “Mr. Chas. R. LaPointe/General Manager” on two lines. To the right of this
vignette is the Colorado Engraving Company logo, which is an ornate capital “E” next to
a smaller “Co”, the middle arm of the “E” bisecting the “C” of “Co”, all of these letters
nearly encircled by a larger capital “C”. The drawing and logo are uncredited.] Largest
and best photo-engraving plant in the west. Day and night service. Designers, engravers,
color plate makers. The Colorado Engraving Company. Denver. 329 16th Street.
Telephone #Champa 1654. [All of this advertising copy consists of attractive white
letters on a black background in a checked gray frame, made to look “ragged” or aged. It
is probably the first advertisement in the two-year history of the Estes Park Trail that
doesn’t resemble the work of a sixth grader, which suggests is probably wasn’t done in
house.]
John Frank Grubb.
10 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Remember – Your money back if at end of 30
days you are not well pleased with the Estes Park Trail.
Estes Park, Colorado, Friday, March 17, 1922 Price 10 cents.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Professional Skiers Astonish Mountain Clubbers at the
Possibilities of Winter Sports in Estes Park. The Colorado Mountain Club arrived in
Estes Park last Friday as per schedule for their winter sports carnival at Fern Lake, 53
strong. Fifteen of this number remained for the entire ten days [sic, this requires seeing
into the future, as ten days hadn’t passed since their arrival], and each one asserts that
never in their lives have they had as an enjoyable a time as this winter. The club was
fortunate in having with them for the entire time Lars Haugen, national champion, with a
jumping records of 202 feet, Lieutenant Albizzi, instructor of skiing in the Italian Alpine
army corps during the world war [World War I], and Oliver Kaldahl, also a professional.
The professionals gave many exhibitions of spectacular jumping and ski riding that were
hair raisers, and also revealed the possibilities of skiing in the Rocky Mountains. The
professionals scorned the snowshoe, and taught those attending the carnival how to climb
with more than twice the speed and less than half the effort required on snowshoes.
Places that were very hazardous on snowshoes were negotiated on skis with ease. Rocks
and timber did not hinder in the least either the ascent or descent. The professionals
wended their way with ease through timber, and a huge boulder in the path would be
cleared by a graceful leap through the air. Members of the Colorado Mountain Club who
have been attending the annual winter events since their inauguration stated they for the
first time realized the possibilities of skiing in Estes Park. Lieutenant Albizzi and Mrs.
Grover Coors of Denver both state there is nothing in the Alps to compare with skiing
found right here in Estes Park, and it is the intention of Mrs. Coors to bring up a weekend
party of friends from Denver to enjoy the sport. Lieutenant Albizzi is so pleased with the
surroundings that he is planning to spend some time at Fern Lake after the mountain
clubbers are gone. The weather has been ideal for the full enjoyment of the events at
Fern Lake, and those who attended say they never before saw the snow in such splendid
condition for the best enjoyment of the sports. The rawest amateurs quickly learned the
proper use of skis under the expert instruction at hand, and many astonishing trips were
made with ease. One trip took the party up Spruce Canyon and on to Spragues Glacier.
This trpi kept the party away from the camp only a half-day. Another trip was made to
Tourmaline Lake, 500 feet above Odessa Lake in a two-mile climb, and was made with
ease, although considered hazardous in summer. Still another trip was made over Flattop
Mountain to Lake Helene, to Lake Odessa and back to camp. This trip required 4-1/2
hours, and has always required a long day to make on snowshoes. Twelve people made
this trip on skis. Those who were fortunate enough to be able to attend were unanimous
in stating it was a pity more could not have attended, and received the splendid
professional instruction in the use of skis. All who did attend consider the event the treat
of their lives. A party of five, including Professor and Mrs. B.F. Coen, arrived this
Thursday from Fort Collins, and several are expected to arrive today from Greeley and a
number from Denver, also. In all, there will be more than 30 people at the lodge this
weekend.
States station at fish hatchery. [All of this may be correct, but it seems quite coincidental
that the minimum temperatures, maximum temperatures, and precipitation for the month
are identical to last week’s report in the 10 March 1922 issue.]
17 March 1922 – Headline: Weather Report by Radio. Fair Friday and Saturday. Not
much change in temperature.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Now has Radio Receiving Telephone [sic, now
simply referred to as a radio]. For the first time, the editor enjoyed the privilege Sunday
evening of listening to music, weather reports, and a sermon received over a wireless
telephone. Julius Foss Schwartz, proprietor of the Estes Park Lumber Yard, purchased a
Westinghouse receiving set last week, and installed it in his home. All the parts of the
apparatus were not in the shipment, but this did not interfere with the receiving ability of
the set, and at 8:00 p.m., Mr. Schwartz pushed the dial around to 360, and connected with
the wave meter of the Denver News-Reynolds station 70 miles over the mountain peaks,
and we enjoyed several musical numbers, received the weather reports for the states in
the Rocky Mountain region, and heard a sermon preached in one of the Denver churches.
In addition to the receiving set, Mr. Schwartz hopes soon to obtain government
permission to install a sending station, so that road and weather bulletins for the Estes
Park region may be broadcasted all over the country each evening.
17 March 1922 – Photograph: Black-bordered, 5 inch by 1 inch scenic image of Lake
Odessa, with a portion of Notchtop Mountain in the background. The image is cropped
to resemble a bookmark, and the cropping centers on a still-standing dead tree along the
shore. Caption: Odessa Lake and Notchtop. Credit: Clatworthy photo.]
17 March 1922 – Headline: Riding Club Formed in Denver. A group of prominent
Denver clubmen announced Friday the organization of the American Remount Riding
Club, the purposes of which are to be the conducting of hunts, weekly rides, paper
chases, and horse shows during the summer months. It is believed likely that branch
organizations may be founded throughout the state, with the Denver organization as the
parent one.
17 March 1922 – Mrs. Thomas B. Stearns died in Florida Tuesday, following an
operation for appendicitis. She, with her husband, had gone south three weeks before to
spend a few weeks. Mrs. Stearns was active in welfare work in Denver, and is well
known in Estes Park, where the family has a nice summer home. The community
extends sincerest sympathy to the husband and daughters who survive.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Estes Park to Have First-Class Fire Truck if Surrounding
Property Owners Lend their Support. At a meeting of the town council Monday evening,
the purchase of an approved fire truck capable of extending first-class fire protection to
property owners for many miles around was assured, providing the fire department can
raise $4000 outside the corporate limits to apply on the purchase price of such equipment,
which will cost more than $10,000. A truck will be selected that will carry the most
approved fire fighting apparatus, and that has great speed. Competent drivers are assured
at all times, which practically gives the entire Estes Park region the protection of a paid
fire department. The firemen assure the community that they will keep in practice, and
be thoroughly familiar with the equipment. Inasmuch as the town cannot tax those
outside the corporate limits of the town for the purchase of the equipment, and since it is
their desire to grant the best possible protection to the entire Estes Park community, it is
felt that those outside the corporate limits of the town should subscribe to a fund equaling
about 1/3 the cost of the equipment. Representatives of the fire company met with the
council, and promised to undertake the task of raising the funds outside the town, and
they already have the assurance of $1000 from two men. If the rest of the property
owners will do as well, according to their ability, there will be no trouble in raising the
necessary funds. It is stated that the $8000 necessary for the council to raise by taxation
will not increase the town tax levy, but that it will merely hold it at the present levy for
three years. On the other hand, the purchase of the equipment, which will be the best in
the state, will reduce insurance rates nearly as much as the amount of the necessary
taxation to pay for the outfit. The town council has before it seven bids from various
companies for furnishing the equipment, and from these bids will be able to select the
finest equipment to be found anywhere in the state, and that will give adequate protection
to our vast community.
17 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The Estes Park Trail is on sale each week in Estes
Park at Godfrey’s Clothing Store [a block 5 business], in Fort Collins and Evans
Bookstore, in Loveland at Skelley’s Bookstore, and in Denver at Clatworthy’s, 415 17th
Street.
17 March 1922 – Column title: Colorado in Paragraphs. Dateline: Glenwood Springs –
The state encampment of the Veterans of Foreign Wars of the Department of ColoradoWyoming will, in all probability, be held in Glenwood Springs 15 June 1922 through 18
June 1922, Merle Broughton Post No. 859 of Glenwood Springs and Clarence Bruce Post
No. 336 of Carbondale are cooperating to make this first annual encampment the liveliest
convention ever held in Glenwood. The Glenwood Lions Club and other civic bodies are
behind the movement, and as the veterans’ encampment will be held during the annual
strawberry day fete, a large attendance of veterans is expected. The Colorado Hotel will
be formally opened by the veterans at that time. Banquets, dances, free swims, and many
other features of entertainment are being provided…Grand Junction – Gus J. Johnson,
president of the Colorado State Association of County Commissioners, has issued a letter
to the county commissioners of Colorado, calling their attention to the fact that the year’s
work will soon be opened, and urging them to give preference to veterans of the world
war [World War I]. Mr. Johnson calls attention to an Associated Press dispatch that the
American Legion is back of a movement to give work to 700,000 idle veterans, and he
says that it “is up to Colorado, particularly her public service departments, to do her share
in finding employment” for these veterans within the state…Cañon City – The death of J.
Henry Harrison, aged 78, at his home in Cañon City after a short illness of pneumonia,
removed one of the pioneers of the Arkansas Valley and one of the oldest residents and
best-known citizens of Cañon City. Harrison was one of the few survivors of the famous
“Resurrectionists”, a party of 20 pioneers who left Omaha, Nebraska, in June 1864 and
arrived in Cañon City on 16 September of the same year [16 September 1864], having
come by the old-time ox-team prairie schooner route. The events of their perilous threemonths’ journey over the plains have furnished fireside topics for many years…Castle
Rock – George Henry of Gunnison, Colorado, was killed in a mine cave-in near Parker
recently. With E.R. Roberts of Denver, Henry had been engaged in tunneling an old
placer gold claim. He remained to complete some digging while Roberts went to the
mine shack to prepare a meal. When Roberts returned, he found the tunnel caved in, and
Henry’s body buried beneath several feet of earth…Boulder – High school editors and
managers from nearly 20 Colorado cities and towns held a three-day conference in
Boulder recently. It was the first conference of its kind ever held in Colorado, and proved
so successful that the national journalistic fraternity, Sigma Delta Chi, which extended
the invitation, is planning to make it an annual affair…Cripple Creek – The Rittenhouse
Mine, property of the Moonlight Mining and Milling Company, has reopened after a
shutdown of 30 days. Extensive development work is planned on various levels of the
property, and there will be considerable territory open for leasers…Loveland – The
Loveland band is preparing to enter the musical contest of bands in the Rocky Mountain
region to be held in Denver some time in May 1922, at which prizes will be given for the
best bands. The Boys’ band also will probably enter the contest…Grand Junction – The
Daily Sentinel, the oldest daily newspaper in western Colorado, of which Walter Walker
is editor and manager, announces the immediate starting of work on a handsome, strictly
modern office building…Boulder – A paving district of 39 blocks was created for
University Hill by the city council at Boulder recently. It includes the heart of the
residential district of that part of Boulder…Greeley – For the first time in four years,
there is a split in the Greeley City Council as the result of a fight to oust the city movie
censor, Mrs. Elsie Tew. A motion to drop Mrs. Tew from the list of city employees made
recently by Alderman C.S. Buchanan was lost by a 4 to 2 vote. Records show it is the
first motion to have failed of passage at a council meeting for four years…Silt – The wild
and wooly west was echoed in a street scene at Silt recently, when a band of local
cowpunchers, said to be fed up on moonshine, rode into the business section yelling like
Comanche Native Americans. Such playful sport as running down pedestrians, bucking
their horses up and down the sidewalks, and roping men on other horses were indulged
in…Fort Lupton – Employees of the Witherbee Coal Mine, three miles east of Frederick,
found the plant in flames several days ago. Powerless to fight the blaze, as it was
centered on the pump house and water supply source, the employees watched the
buildings burn to the ground. The damage is unestimated, but is believed to be thousands
of dollars…Loveland – James G. Holmes of Edina, Missouri, is being sought in Colorado
by his mother. A letter has been received by the Loveland Salvation Army from the
mother, who states that she is blind and in failing health. Holmes is 40 years old, heavy
set, light eyes and curly hair, and he has a scar near the right eye…Holly – Frank White,
for 20 years a leading businessman of Holly, died at Albuquerque, New Mexico, where
he recently went for his health. White conducted the Holly clothing store bearing his
name…Colorado Springs – H.L. Shepherd, pioneer Cripple Creek land owner and holder
of a big interest in the Cresson Mine, died at his Colorado Springs home of pneumonia…
Denver – Boosting Colorado, Denver, Colorado industries, and the coming state
convention of Lions’ Clubs at Trinidad was the feature of the Lions’ Club weekly
noonday luncheon at the Albany Hotel recently…Johnstown – The little town of
Johnstown, with a 400 population, entertained 2000 visitors recently. The occasion was
the 11th annual dairy conference, at which 74 prize-winning animals were exhibited…
Denver – The police have been searching for W.P. Lyon of Akron, Colorado, whose
automobile is alleged to have struck the car of Dr. Harman Fremaine and injured him
recently, while going at an excessive rate of speed…Craig – The two children of James
Bowden, living four miles west of Steamboat Springs, were burned to death in a fire
which destroyed Bowden’s farm house recently. Efforts by Bowden to rescue the
children were futile…Cañon City – The mangled body of a man was found recently on
the Denver and Rio Grande Western railroad track near Sample in the Royal Gorge. The
name “James L. Taylor, 564 Broadway, Holsington, Kansas,” was found in his effects…
Boulder – From Memphis, Tennessee, has come word of the suicide of W.R. Meng,
former Boulder man, widely known in Denver. According to the dispatch, Meng took his
life by shooting himself because he had been jilted by a woman…Denver – Arrangements
have been made for Herbert Hoover, Secretary of Commerce, to speak at the railroad
station in Loveland 27 March 1922, while on the way from Cheyenne, Wyoming, to
Denver. This probably will be his only speech along the route…Denver – Richard C.
Peete, husband of Louise L. Peete, convicted 5 February 1921 in Los Angeles, California,
of the murder of Jacob Charles Denton, wealthy mining man, returned to Denver with his
5-year-old daughter Betty to reenter business life here…La Veta – While trying to knock
an icicle off a high-voltage wire with an iron bar, Donald Young, chief electrician at the
Oakview coal mine near La Veta, was killed when the heavy current passed down the
icicle, through the iron bar, and into his body…Loveland – Dr. G.H. Glover of the State
Agricultural College spoke at Loveland 14 March 1922, under auspices of the civic
association, on “Health and Sanitation”. The civic association is sponsor for the pure
food and milk ordinance proposed to be passed by the council, and this talk was to instill
enthusiasm for its passage…Montrose – Clint Brown, 55 years old, prominent farmer
living near Montrose, committed suicide in his home by shooting himself in the head.
Brown, on arising from bed, walked into the kitchen of his home and immediately shot
himself. Despondency resulting from ill health is believed to have caused his act. He is
survived by a widow…Salida – Fourteen passengers were slightly injured when two
coaches in Denver and Rio Grande Western train No. 317 went over the embankment
near Poncha Springs recently, and that many were not killed is because the safety chains
of the coaches held them suspended, with the locomotive as the anchor, over a 100-foot
drop to the rocks below…Colorado Springs – Ernest L. Potter, 30 years old, former
assistant cashier of the Colorado Title and Trust Company at Colorado Springs, and
prominently known in state banking circles, shot and killed himself a few days ago on his
ranch west of Colorado Springs…Castle Rock – Julius Seidinsticker, one of the few
remaining early settlers of Douglas County, died recently at his home on a ranch in
Lower Lake Gulch, five miles southeast of Castle Rock, of apoplexy. He was the father
of Douglas County Commissioner E.G. Seidinsticker, his only child, and was known
throughout Douglas County as one of its early citizens, and as a farmer and stock raiser…
Pueblo – State rangers were summoned to La Veta, Colorado, recently, to protect the lives
of two deputy state game wardens who were given 45 minutes to leave town, according
to information received at Pueblo. The men are G.Y. Price and C.E. Goss. The order was
issued following a meeting of the La Veta Athletic Club, and is a result of the arrest of
Franklin Crawford and Henry Crumley, charged with violating the game laws…Denver –
Of the state’s $42,260,375 tax bill, $5,527,995 was spent for roads. In other words, of
every $1 collected in taxation in Colorado this year, 13 cents has been spent to improve
highways in the state. Of the $5,527,995, the counties have spent $3,750,328, or 68%.
The state has spent $1,777,667, or 25% of its total revenue, on highways.
24 March 1922 – Advertisement: For sale: 80 acres, three miles from Estes Park village,
the Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business]. Estes Park, Colorado.
this spring is one of the best known makes, and also the most reasonably price when the
quality is considered. It consists of (1) Jersey two-piece suits for little boys. (2) Blue
serge suits, brown mixed suits, and grey suits for big boys, and each one has two pairs of
pants, which makes the life of the suit about double that of the ordinary two-piece suit.
We can save you money. Dugald Floyd Godfrey [a block 5 business, and it will be
interesting to see if they advertise as heavily once the Estes Park Trail moves to its own
building, because there may have been an exchange of advertising space for office space
prior to this].
17 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4
business] for quality printing.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Special Articles in Estes Park Trail are Attracting Wide
Attention. From various sources, we learn that the special articles being published in the
Estes Park Trail, written by Ansel Watrous, pioneer newspaper editor, Abner E. Sprague,
pioneer resident of Estes Park, and Roger W. Toll, superintendent of the Rocky Mountain
National Park, are attracting considerable interest and attention. All the above-mentioned
contributors to the Estes Park Trail are well-qualified writers, and have a host of friends
who are always interested in the productions of their pens. That the state historical
society considers these articles of value is indicated by the request that the Estes Park
Trail send extra copies while these articles run, as the society does not wish to mutilate
their regular copy by clipping these articles for special filing, as doing so would spoil
their copy for permanent binding.
17 March 1922 – Headline: New Organization to Boost Scenic Attractions of State.
Members of the Denver Passenger Association became the nucleus last week for a
general “See Colorado First” movement, boomed at a meeting the Albany Hotel in
addresses by Roe Emery, president of the Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation
Company, and S.F. Dutton, president of the New Albany Hotel Company. Emery talked
on “Scenic attractions around Denver” and painted the future in such entrancing word
picture that the passenger men received the talk with prolonged applause. He asked for
the support of the passenger men in giving the tourists what they want, suggesting a short
trip in or about the city for the “between-train” traveler and the longer circle trips for the
“stopover” tourist. Dutton then urged whole-hearted support of Emery’s project. He
lauded the Colorado national parks, though his topic was assigned as “See America
First”. He explained the publicity and travel bureau of the American Hotel Association,
of which he was made chairman two weeks ago at a convention in Chicago, Illinois.
“This movement, if carried to a successful conclusion,” he said in closing, “will be the
means of diverting many American dollars into pockets of American businessmen, in
preference to spending their hard-earned dollars in Europe and South America, and to
help rehabilitate America in a commercial way at a time when it most needs it, and to
exemplify in a more forceful manner the slogan of the late Secretary Lane: ‘See America
First’ and ‘Sell America to Americans’.”
17 March 1922 – Headline: New Lewiston Folder Subject of Considerable Comment.
President Lewis and Secretary Verry of the Lewiston Hotels Company state that their new
folder is the subject of much praise wherever it has been sent. In speaking of a recent
visit to Loveland by Augustus Denby Lewis, the Loveland Herald has the following to
say with reference to the folder, which was printed in the Estes Park Trail office, “He is
circulating through the different railroad offices in the east a very classy folder,
containing a map showing the circle route from Denver through Longmont, Loveland,
Estes Park, thence around through Grand Lake, Idaho Springs, and back to Denver.” The
front and back covers of the folder are illustrated by an unusually fine cut of a band of
bighorn Rocky Mountain sheep. The 16 pages of the folder are filled with fine halftones
printed in dark sepia on an India tint halftone book paper. The initial order was for
20,000 folders, but this has been found to be inadequate, and many more will be printed.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Allenspark Organizes Ski Club – Will Hold Tournament [this
is the column that usually goes by the title “Allenspark Items”]. Mr. and Mrs. George
Hart are spending a few days in the valley…John T. Roberts of Peaceful Valley had a
number of guests over Saturday and Sunday…The boosters of Allenspark have organized
a ski club. The club was successful in obtaining Andreas Haugen, the world’s exchampion skier for last Sunday, who gave an exhibit of wonderful stunts in high jumping
and long jumping. The event was very thrilling. President and Mrs. Dr. Howard of the
Denver Ski Club were present, and gave some splendid pointers in expert skiing.
Arrangements have been made through our club, with the Denver Ski Club, to hold a
tournament at the Allenspark course on 26 March 1922.
17 March 1922 – Column title: Real Estate Transfers. Lloyd C. Harris to Harry F. Keder,
east half of the east half of lot 33, Woodland Heights, $1…Estes Park Development
Company to George Best Chrissman [the dentist], parts of sections 31-5-72 and 32-5-72,
$1…George Best Chrissman to Lucile Wallace Chrissman, parts of sections 31-5-72 and
32-5-72, $1…Edna P. Tourtellote to John F. Tourtellote, quit claim deed for part of
section 32-5-72, $100…John M. Cunningham to Robert T. Anderson, part of the
northwest quarter of section 21-5-72, $1…Cyril V. Williams to Albert Hayden et al., part
of lot 144, Al Fresco Place, Estes Park, $1…Cyrus Mann to M.W. Turner et al., east half
of the northwest quarter, southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, and north half of the
southwest quarter of section 25-4-71, and south half of the northeast quarter and northeast
quarter of the southwest quarter of section 26-4-71, $1…Mary K. Shirley to Sdie J.
Youtsey, lot 3, Forks subdivision, $1…Walter W. Green to M.W. Turner, quit claim deed
for east half of the northwest quarter, southwest quarter of the northwest quarter, and
north half of the southwest quarter of section 25-4-71, and south half of the northeast
quarter and northeast quarter [of the southwest quarter, from above, although this is
missing here] of section 26-4-71, $1…M.W. Turner to State Bank of Lyons, (same
description as above) [meaning east half of the northwest quarter, southwest quarter of
the northwest quarter, and north half of the southwest quarter of section 25-4-71, and
south half of the northeast quarter and northeast quarter of the southwest quarter of
section 26-4-71], $1…United States to Ray J. Bunnell, patent, south half of the northwest
quarter and northwest quarter of the northeast quarter of section 20-5-73.
17 March 1922 – Letter from Albert Hayden. Headline: Call for Caucus. A call for a
caucus of the Citizens Party is hereby made to be held at IOOF Hall Wednesday evening,
29 March 1922, at 7:30 p.m., for the purpose of nominating candidates for the coming
town election, as follows: One mayor for a term of one year, three councilmen for terms
of two year each. [signed] Albert Hayden, Chairman.
17 March 1922 – Beulah Walker entertained a number of girlfriends at a St. Patrick’s
dinner party at the home of Mrs. W.C. Humphreys Thursday evening…Semiadvertisement: The Estes Park Trail will appreciate it if you furnish us with the names of
your friends who might be interested in the newspaper…John Frank Grubb donned his
Sunday best Monday and went to Loveland on an indefinite business trip. Frank will
soon return home, however, when he finds non one else can quite equal the cooking of
the missus.
17 March 1922 – Dateline: Pueblo – The Pueblo Commerce Club, of which R.G.
Breckenridge, former speaker of the Colorado House of Representatives, is president, has
issued a circular letter, giving information concerning the flood prevention district, which
is designed to protect property in that city and its community. The bill has been drawn to
be presented to the special session of the Colorado General Assembly…Cañon City – The
annual financial campaign for funds for the 1922 budget of the Cañon City YMCA has
been on, and a dozen teams of workers combed the local territory in an effort to raise the
$11,000 needed to run the association during the current year. About $3000 will be
obtained from dormitory and other rentals, leaving $8000 to be received from
membership and subscriptions…Colorado Springs – Howard C. Henderson, former city
auditor, died recently of black smallpox. His was the first case of black smallpox in
Colorado Springs in six years, and the first death from smallpox since 1900…Pueblo –
An unidentified Mexican, about 23, was shot and killed in an alleged attempted robbery
of the Mefa Battery and Tire Store, 657 South Union Avenue…Denver – Compilations
made by the State Immigration Department show that in 1921, 46.54% of the total area of
the state was patented land, 12.29% homestead land, 20.08% national forest, 4.47% state
land, and the remainder, being 16.67%, was unclassified as to ownership. This
unclassified land is chiefly homestead land that has been filed on but not proved up, and
government land temporarily withdrawn from homestead entry for various reasons.
There has been a steady increase in the area of patented land in the state in recent years,
due chiefly to the patenting of homestead and state land. In 1920, 44.41% of the area of
the state was patented, and in 1919, it was 42.21%. The area of homestead land is
decreasing rapidly, and the area of state land is decreasing steadily, but more slowly. At
the present increase in area of patented land, half the area of the state will be on the tax
rolls sometime in 1924. The area of homestead land in the state now is only a little more
than 8,000,000 acres, compared with nearly 15,000,000 acres in 1916. Costilla County
has a larger percentage of its area on the tax rolls than any other county – 99.6%.
wonders, modern conveniences. Fishing, horseback riding, hiking, tennis. Good home-
cooked food. Write for booklet. Daniel J. March and Minnie E. March. Estes Park,
Colorado.
17 March 1922 – Advertisement: Furniture for hotel and cottage. [Illustration: Simple
drawing of a wicker wooden rocking chair.] Special wholesale prices for Rocky
Mountain National Park trade. $200,000 stock to select from. Send list of requirements
for estimate. More than 50 large truckloads to Estes Park last season. The ChlandaHarris Furniture Company. Longmont, Colorado.
17 March 1922 – Advertisement: Let us care for your printing needs. Stationery,
catalogs, folders, engraving, lithographing, embossing. Our prices are right, and highclass work guaranteed. Mail orders given careful attention. Estes Park Trail [soon to be a
block 4 business]. Telephone #27-J3.
17 March 1922 – Editorialettes: The truth of the remark, “Nobody loves a fat man,” is
somewhat doubtful in our minds, but that “nobody loves a knocker” is a dead sure fact.
The sound of his voice grates on the ears and the nerves of the hearers, and everyone
shudders when he is seen approaching. If you must knock, get the axe and make a trip to
the woodshed…The Estes Park Trail could get more than twice as many advertisements if
it would take outside advertising. And why do the out-of-town merchants want the
space? Because they figure the business it would them would pay them well for the
investment. We sometimes wonder if our attitude toward the home merchant is fully
appreciated. Other newspapers take what they can get whenever they can get it, and their
advertisers consider it legitimate business. We have not been requested to do as we do,
but is our attitude fully appreciated? [Apparently not enough to keep the Estes Park Trail
from later taking outside advertisements during Arthur B. Harris’ reign.]…The recent
organization of a riding club in Denver should lead to a similar organization here in Estes
Park speedily. There is no more interesting spot in the state than right here in Estes Park
for dozens of all-day riding trips of great beauty, and the hundreds of people here during
the summer who love horses and horseback riding could easily form an organization that
would add greatly to the pleasures of the community. Let us plan for such an
organization this coming summer…As a tamer of wildcats, “Bobcat” Becker won the
cigars from ye editor Tuesday. When asked as to the health of his lynx cat, Bob replied it
was thriving splendidly, and becoming quite tame, that in fact he could not take it
fearlessly in his arms and stroke its silky fur without fear of receiving a scratch. Every
member of the Bench Warmers’ Club, including ye editor, unhesitatingly expressed his
doubt of Bob’s animal taming abilities, and the editor, thinking to see a mad scramble for
the door, put up the necessary cigars, and Bob promptly departed to the backyard for the
aforementioned lynx cat. As he opened the door on his return, each witness of the
tragedy that was about to be enacted held his breath. Bob calmly walked in with the cat’s
hide stretched on a board, and unflinchingly claimed the cigars. We appeal to our
readers, since the cat was not in the hide, did Bob win the cigars which now are cigars
only in memory?…The interest in winter sports in the United States is growing by leaps
and bounds. There is not a red-blooded American of robust health who does not love to
get out into the pure, frosty air and listen to the crunch of the frozen snow, and the ring of
sharp-bladed skates on the smooth ice. Who cannot recall the skating parties and
sleighing parties of childhood days with joy and a renewal of youthful thoughts? Estes
Park needs for the recreation of its own people, who are largely denied the pleasures of
summer in caring for the demands of the tourists, the organization of some recreational
agency for the furtherance of healthful and uplifting sport. That organization should be a
branch of the Colorado Mountain Club. Such an organization, together with a riding
club, would care for all the necessary recreational activities for Estes Park, summer and
winter, for both the native and the tourist. Both these organizations must come.
17 March 1922 – Editorial reprinted from the Mead Messenger: Arthur B. Harris, editor
of the Estes Park Trail, and E.E. Engberg, editor of the Johnstown Breeze, blew into our
sanctum Saturday morning during our absence for a few moments. Upon our return, we
found them stuffing their pockets to overflowing with everything moveable. They
seemed to be scrapping between themselves as to which one should fall heir to the old
Washington press, whose birth dates back far into the B.C.’s. Our only regret is that they
did not succeed in their efforts before becoming frightened away – this particular piece of
would-be machinery. We persuaded them to depart from our fair city immediately before
some of our neighbors started to complain of losses. They are chicken demons, too…For
the kind service of Brother Brust we are very grateful. But since he has snitched on us,
we shall let the cat out of the bag, and lay the bare truth before Editor Brust’s
constituency. Our aforementioned friend inveigled us into taking him to Longmont,
where we, fortunately, we able to keep him three jumps ahead of the city marshal. We
learned later that he was not supposed to have committed any great crime, but that the
chief of police though he was about to capture a rare specimen of the specie.
17 March 1922 – Headline: The Highest Waterfall. In the great hollows of that mighty
pile of granite known as the Sierra Nevada Mountains in California, there are many
wildly beautiful valleys. In the very heart of this mountain world is a spot of unusual
loveliness known as Yosemite Valley – a 7-mile-long chasm in an 1100-square mile
masterpiece of scenery. Flowing gracefully over the rugged skyline of these bold,
towering, almost perpendicular walls are a number of cataracts which readily take first
place of all their kind on earth. Greeting the sightseer from dizzy heights, these columns
of water tumble headlong down the sides of the canyon to join the foaming river below.
Of the eight spectacular falls, by far the tallest is the Yosemite. Formerly, this monster
cataract undoubtedly leaped in a single great plunge. Now, this fall, which normally is 35
feet wide at the top, drops 1430 feet in one sheer spill, followed by cascades for about
600 feet, and then makes a final jump of about 400 feet – a total distance of
approximately half a mile. The great Staubbach in Switzerland is 1000 feet high, there is
a fall in New Zealand said to be 1904 feet high, the Grand in Labrador is credited with a
drop of 2000 feet. By a considerable margin, therefore, the Yosemite dwarfs all other
known waterfalls [the key word in 1922 being “known”].
17 March 1922 – Column title: Mickie Says. If I wuz runnin’ a garage, I’d advertise ’n
git enuff over-haul jobs to last me all winter, instead of havin’ them come in next spring
when I’d be bizzier than a one-legged tightrope walker. Tell folks what they ought to
know about your bizness by advertising in our newspaper. Charles Sughroe.
Lewiston Hotels, Estes Park. Special rate of far and one-third, Denver to Idaho Springs
17 March 1922 – Advertisement: Real estate, insurance, loans. Cottages sites and
17 March 1922 – Column title and byline: The Arapahoes’ Last Fight in Larimer County
with the Pawnees by Ansel Watrous. (Copyright 1922 by Estes Park Trail). The last
fight, or scrimmage, the Arapahoe Native Americans had in Larimer County with their
inveterate enemies, the Pawnees, took place in the latter part of August 1858. The place,
the summit of the ridge of Hogbacks near the head gates of the Larimer County Canal.
The Arapahoes and Cheyennes claimed all of Colorado east of the mountains as their
hunting grounds, and only the Kiowas and Comanches, who were on good terms with the
Arapahoes and Cheyennes, were allowed to hunt on their preserves, all other tribes being
run down and kept off when it was possible to do so. This was especially true of the
Pawnees, with whom the Arapahoes had for a long period of time been at war. No
Pawnee hunting party was allowed to step foot in Colorado if the Arapahoes could
prevent it, and they usually did prevent it by a fight or by chasing the intruders back to
their villages. The Pawnees center of power was in the Platte Valley near the mouth of
the Loup Fork of that stream. It was a great nation, numbering about 7000. They were
expert horsemen, having no superiors on the plains. They were also fleet on foot. They
were tall, slender, but well muscled and courageous. They were village tribes, cultivating
more or less land, and hunters. Though they possessed permanent villages. they were
great wanderers. They fought with all surrounding tribes and made no steadfast alliances.
During many years, they were the terror of the traders, who were obliged to pass through
their country, or to skirt it. They made frequent attempts to hunt in Colorado, but the
Arapahoes were constantly on the watch, and kept them out most of the time. In the
latter part of August 1858, a hunting party of Pawnees, numbering 15 or 20, sneaked in
and made camp in the timber on an island just below the bridge at Laporte. They had
their ponies in the brush, and started out to stalk a herd of deer that was feeding on the
prairie close to the hogback north of Laporte. They got near enough to the game to kill
several deer before they were discovered. That very day, a large hunting party of
Arapahoes arrived from the south, and went into camp in the timber near the [current as
of 1922] fish hatchery, about a mile northwest of Fort Collins. At that time, a small
colony of whites had come from Fort Laramie and settled at Laporte in June 1858, nearly
all of whom had Native American wives, and were on good terms with their Native
American neighbors. Whether the Arapahoes had heard the shots of the Pawnees or were
told by some friendly white man that the Pawnees were killing deer north of Laporte is
not known, but they found it out in some way. They immediately mounted their ponies
and started out after the trespassers. When they got in sight of the Pawnees, they gave the
Native American war whoop, believing the intruders would stand and fight. They were
mistaken. The moment the Pawnees saw the Arapahoes coming, they fled to the top of
the nearest hogback and fortified themselves by hastily throwing up a breastwork of stone
at the edge of the ridge, where they could look down on the advancing foe. The
Arapahoes came to the foot of the hogback on the jump, and got ready for battle. They
were well armed, and had plenty of ammunition. As they outnumbered the Pawnees
almost two to one, they expected to win an easy and early victory. But as Burns says:
“The best laid plans of men and mice gang oft agley.” The angry Arapahoes began a
furious fire on their enemies on top of the ridge, but they were shooting uphill, and their
bullets fell short. The Pawnees had the advantage as they fired downhill, and made every
shot count. The result was that several Arapahoes were made to bite the dust, while not
one of the Pawnees was killed or wounded. Both sides kept up desultory firing all the
afternoon and until the shades of night shut out a view of the contending warriors, and
fighting ceased. That night a violent thunderstorm set in, and neither moon nor stars
could be seen. The night was dark as pitch. When the storm reached its height, the
Pawnees quietly slipped down off the hogback on the side opposite their enemies, and
made as much haste as they could in the dark to the little island where the ponies were
hidden. They mounted their ponies and got out of the country as fast as they could go.
That was the last Native American battle fought in Larimer County. Twenty years later,
in the fall of 1878, a rabbit hunter who was prowling about the hogback on which the
fight took place discovered the skeleton of a Native American in a wide crevice in the
rock, with a rusty rifle lying beside the bones. It was supposed that the Native American
had been wounded, and had crawled into the crevice to die.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Old Carlisle House. Of surpassing interest, because of its
unmatched historical associations, is the venerable home of John Carlyle, who came to
America as collector of customs for the British Crown. It is located near the Potomac
River in Alexandria, Virginia, which settlement was at that time a sort of American
headquarters for the British empire. It was built in 1752, on top of an old fort which it is
thought was constructed about the year 1600. Solidly built of cut stone, which it is
believed was brought from England, the walls of this two-story-and-basement house are
wonderfully well preserved, and much of the interior furnishings remain but little
unchanged from the days when this was the scene of much old-fashioned hospitality. In
the hallway stands a slender grandfather’s clock, which for more than a century recorded
the passing of time. Upstairs is the ancient canopy bed, so high that a step was necessary
to enable one to comfortably climb into it, in which slept General Braddock, who was
sent to this country to take charge of the British forces during the French and Indian
[Native American] Wars. It was in the blue room of this mansion that the celebrated and
historic Council of the Governors of the Colonies was held, which contributed so much to
the growing discontent that later expressed itself in the Revolutionary War. General
George Washington frequently visited here, and it is said that his commission as
commander in chief of the colonial army was handed to him in this house.
17 March 1922 – Headline: The Gibraltar of the Hudson. West Point, New York, atop
the commanding heights which line the west bank of the historic Hudson River, in the
picturesque and so-called “highlands” country, and some 50 miles north of New York
City, New York, is often referred to as the “Gibraltar of the Hudson”. Here, in a
magnificent site of some 3500 acres, is set down the United States Military Academy –
our national institution for the training of cadets for commissions in the army. A
resolution of the Congress of 1776 provided for the preparation of a plan for “A Military
Academy of the Army”. General George Washington personally interested himself in the
movement. The original buildings were burned in 1796, but were rebuilt, and the actual
creation of the academy as known today took place in 1802. At various times after 1775,
this strategic location was fortified, and at the close of the Revolutionary War, West Point
was selected as a depot for the storage of military property. The majority of the
commanding generals on both sides of the Civil War were graduates of this academy.
This fact brought the importance of the institution so prominently before the world that
its methods were carefully studied by experts of practically every nation of prominence in
the whole world. The course of instruction covers three years, and constitutes the most
complete military training in existence.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Gunther Collection. Many great and good men, possessed of
a hobby for collecting curious and other things, have left heritages of untold monetary
value and far-reaching educational value. The recent death of Mr. Charles F. Gunther, a
Chicago, Illinois, philanthropist, who possessed a consuming passion for collecting,
released to permanent quarters in that city the greatest-known collection of historical
documents and autographic letters in America, and enables the looker-on to visualize the
westward shifting of the frontier from the colonies of the Atlantic Ocean to the slope of
the Pacific Ocean. A stroll through these wonders reveals such relics as: The compass
used by General George Washington in his soldier days, the first edition (1507) of the
first book in which America was mentioned, the first newspaper, “The Gazette”, from
Oxford, England (1665), the table upon which General Grant wrote the terms of Lee’s
surrender at Appomattox [Virginia] Court House (1865), the silk hat and umbrella of
Abraham Lincoln, and the carriage in which he rode about in the city of Washington,
D.C., the document transferring the Territory of Louisiana from Spain to France (1803),
and another covering conveyance from France to the United States, and the instruments
used in platting Chicago, Illinois (1829). Mr. Gunther is said to have hunted with intense
eagerness for 40 years, spending one million dollars.
17 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Individual matter is carried each week in the
Estes Park Trail that cannot be obtained in any other periodical published – It’s good, too.
Subscribe today.
Tuesday, 14 March 1922, and on Tuesday, 28 March 1922, at Hayden Brothers office on
of the town of Estes Park, who are entitled to a vote at the town election to be held on
complete the list of voters. [signed] R.H. Tallant, Arthur K. Holmes, and John Frank
Tuesday, 4 April 1922, under the provisions of the statutes of the state of Colorado in
Brothers office on Elkhorn Avenue. That the polls at the said voting place in the said
town will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. of said day. In witness whereof, the board
Colorado.
17 March 1922 – Advertisement: Don’t kid yourself into thinking you can beat our
wholesale prices on paper goods. It can’t be done, quality considered. We represent the
largest paper house in the west – their motto is “Quality and Service”. Wrapping paper,
paper bags, paper napkins, paper towels, toilet paper, waxed papers, lunch sets, ice cream
and oyster pails, bread wrappers, candy boxes and cake boxes, crepe paper, wrapping
twines, tanglefoot, poison fly paper, fly swatters, sweeping compound, matches,
toothpicks, etc., etc. If it is made of paper ask us, if not, ask us anyhow, we probably
have it. Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business].
finishing at Francis [a block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films for sale. C.N. Gevrez of
Loveland drove up with a party of friends Sunday to enjoy the winter beauty of Estes
Park on a fine summer day in March 1922…Elmer Lester and Richard Bache made a trip
to Odessa Lake and return Saturday, and enjoyed the skiing there…A number of the Estes
Park golf fiends were on the course Tuesday at the Country Club. Elmer D. Lindley for
the first time enjoyed the thrills of the game, when he was not engaged in playing hide
and seek with the ball…Semi-advertisement: Magazines’s at Godfrey’s [a block 5
business]…Mr. and Mrs. Walter Eugene Baldridge drove to Longmont and Denver
Tuesday to purchase new furniture for their fine new home…Mrs. Lee Tallant returned to
her home Tuesday following a two-weeks’ sojourn at the Longmont hospital following an
operation for appendicitis…Jim Robinson came in Tuesday, remaining until today, to
look after affairs at the homestead…Mrs. John Dickinson Sherman went to Denver
Wednesday where she will remain until Sunday…Mr. and Mrs. Fred Kunce and son
Frank and wife of Loveland motored to Estes Park Sunday and went over Deer Ridge via
the High Drive. Snow on the north side of the mountain, however, prevented their
completing the trip, and they were compelled to return as they had gone…Harlan Cox
and wife of Loveland were Estes Park visitors Sunday…Mrs. Carl O. Johnson and the
doctor [her husband] drove up Sunday from Loveland, and inspected the new front
recently installed by Ted Jelsema for them [this is an early mention of Ted Jelsema, and it
is also interesting that the Johnsons will soon vacate this place of business]…Lester
Foote and wife motored up from Loveland Sunday…Mrs. Frances Carter, the New York
dramatic reader, who, as a cottager in Estes Park last season, delighted the Woman’s Club
and Music Club several times with her readings, is spending the winter in Denver, in the
hope that the Colorado climate may continue to benefit little Frances, who is with her at
75 Pearl Street. Mrs. Carter was recently engaged by the Denver branch of the
Association of University Women to read “The Cricket on the Hearth” for their public
entertainment at the Wolcott School. She is at present coaching the Wolcott girls for their
annual play…A. Hale Burdick of Stapleton, Staten Island, New York, has engaged the
“Linda Vista” cottage on the Clatworthy place for the coming season. Mr. Burdick is a
retired educator, and with Mrs. Burdick has been spending much time recently in travel.
They will bring their daughter, a Wellesley graduate, with them, and a friend. They
expect to arrive 1 June 1922…F.J. Francis drove beyond the March homestead [sic, this is
the Dan and Minnie March property, but it is not their homestead, as they purchased it
from E.E. Richman or Richmond] and spent the day looking for some good snow scenes.
he planned to go on to the top of the Fall River Road Tuesday, but the somewhat hazy
weather compelled him to return home…Semi-advertisement: A want ad will sell that
surplus article…Semi-advertisement: You haven’t finished reading the newspaper until
you have read each ad…Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Mace and little son arrived in Estes Park
for the season Monday. They will be busily engaged in making a number of
improvements about Baldpate Inn. Some of these we expect to mention soon more
fully…Walter Finn had the misfortune Monday to severely wrench his hip while
tobogganing on the Odessa course. He unsuccessfully attempted to change the course of
the toboggan while traveling at a terrific rate of speed, with the result that his hip was
thrown out of place. He is resting easy at present, and hopes to soon be around again…
O.P. Low writes the Estes Park Trail that himself and wife will return to Estes Park about
1 April 1922. They have spent the winter at Tarkio, Missouri. Mr. Low suggests that we
should have a radio station in Estes Park…Semi-advertisement: We sell everything made
of paper at wholesale rate to those entitled to it. “Spend your money at home” works in a
circle…Mrs. Harry Cornelius Preston has received from her son Bert Brinkley, who is
employed by the FaJardo Sugar Company of Puerto Rice, a curiosity to most of us, in a
coconut in the husk. The address and stamp was placed direct on the husk of the nut,
which is smooth surfaced and very irregular in shape. Mr. Preston also received a gift,
which brought with it a smile that won’t rub off, in a box of Puerto Rican cigars that Mr.
Preston pronounced tiptop. He offered to prove it, but we are not a judge in such
matters…Semi-advertisement: Don’t blame us for not having that item of news if you
didn’t give it to us…The Missionary Society will meet next Friday afternoon with Mrs.
Harry Cornelius Preston…Mr. and Mrs. William H. Derby drove to Loveland Tuesday
and took in the picture “Fool’s Paradise”. Mrs. W.W. Green accompanied them back to
Estes Park for a few days’ visit…Dan Byrd was in Estes Park Wednesday. Dan says
sweet taters [sic, potatoes], as grown in “Alabam” [sic, Alabama], and molasses agrees
with him, and his avoirdupois would indicate the truth of the statement. Dan and his wife
expect to return to Estes Park to make their home sometime in May 1922…John B.
Baird, owner of the Parke Store, is making extensive improvements on the store property,
and the entire interior is being redecorated. The office room occupied by Dr. Reid is
being extended the full length of the building, and is to be of tile construction…Julian
Hayden and mother are expected to arrive in Estes Park Tuesday, following a sojourn of
several months at Long Beach, California…Semi-advertisement: Reading a good
magazine is a good way to pass away the time. Plenty of them at Godfrey’s [a block 5
business]…Charles Hix and mother motored to Idaho Springs Saturday, where Mrs. Hix
will take the Hot Springs [Hotel, presumably] baths…Lee Miller expects to return to the
YMCA in a few days from Hot Springs, Arkansas, where he spent the winter.
17 March 1922 – Advertisement: Nash prices reduced. The name Nash in motorcars
means comfort, power, durability, dependability, and pleasure. The new reduced prices
mean an accelerated army of Nash owners. All prices quoted are for cars delivered in
Estes Park. Six-cylinder Nash: Five-passenger $1595, seven-passenger $1750, roadster
$1575, four-passenger sport $1750, four-passenger coupe $2330, seven-passenger sedan
$2650. Four-cylinder Nash: Five-passenger $1150, roadster $1120, five-passenger
enclosed $1545, five-passenger sedan $1845, three-passenger coupe $1685. The Estes
Park Garage. Agency for Nash, Dodge, Buick, Ford.
17 March 1922 – Advertisement: Too early to suggest spring suits? Perhaps so – but just
bear in mind, gentlemen, when you’re ready that we have the Chicago Woolen Mills line,
one of the best in the market. Over 200 samples of the newest all-wool fabrics, including
the snappy Step Ladder Donegal weave, the Russian cords, and Glen Urquhardts. Styles
up-to-the-minute and pre-war [World War I] values. Two prices only, $29.50 and $33.50.
I guarantee a perfect fit or the suit is mine. I have sold suits to 38 men in Estes Park, and
have yet to learn of a dissatisfied customer. Come in and look at the sample book. J.E.
Macdonald [a block 5 business].
17 March 1922 – Advertisement: “Say, did you see that story in the Estes Park Trail last
week?” Makes you kind of peeved to have someone fire that question at your when you
should be, and if you are, and missed your newspaper for any reason, you should call the
office - #27-J3, and we will correct the fault, and see that you get regular service. Don’t
let another day pass before your name is placed on our regular subscription list. At the
end of 30 days, if you are not pleased with the Estes Park Trail, we will refund your
money. Could anything be fairer? The Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business].
17 March 1922 – Column title and byline: Major Long’s Expedition to Colorado by
Roger W. Toll. Part II. Commenting on this error, which was later discovered by Long’s
Party, R.B. Thwaites says, “The party mistook this “highest peak” for Pikes Peak. This
mountain, called by the French trappers Les duex Oreilles (Two Ears) is the one now
known as Longs Peak, being named for Major S.H. Long, the leader of the party.
Fremont found in 1842 that this name had been adopted by the traders, and had become
familiar in the country.” On 3 July 1820, Dr. James records, “In the course of the day, we
passed the mouth of three large creeks, heading in the mountains, and entering the Platte
River from the northwest. One of these, nearly opposite to where we encamped, is called
Potera’s Creek, from a Frenchman of that name, who is said to have been bewildered
upon it, wandering about for 20 days, almost without food. He was then found by a band
of Kiawas [sic, perhaps Kiowas] who frequent this part of the country, and restored to his
companions, a party of hunters, at that time encamped on the Arkansas River. R.G.
Thwaites comments as follows: “At this point it becomes difficult to follow exactly the
movement of the party, as the nomenclature of the region has in the interim changed
entirely. Moreover, the itinerary is carelessly recorded, and the map of the expedition is
inaccurate. The journey of 27 miles on 1 July 1820, reckoned from the camp of 30 June
1820, near the Bijeau, as shown on the map, brought the party nearly to the Cache la
Poudre River, which flows from the northwest, reaching the South Platte below the bend
where its curve turns eastward. Cache la Poudre River is shown but not named on the
map, which, apparently erring, places the camp of 1 July 1820 and 2 July 1820 above its
mouth, for it is evidently the first of the large creeks passed on 3 July 1820. At the bend
is Thompson Creek, also unnamed on Long’s map, and just above is St. Vrain Creek.
Both of these flow from the west, and the latter evidently corresponds to Potera’s Creek
of the text. The bend in the river, passed 3 July 1820, is the point of nearest approach to
Longs Peak, still 40 miles distant. Near the camp of that evening, at the mouth of St.
Vrain Creek, the important fur-trading firm of Bent and St. Vrain built St. Vrain’s Fort
about 20 years later.” Frank Hall, in his “History of Colorado,” concludes that Potera’s
Creek is the one now known as Cache la Poudre River. On 6 July 1820, the party passed
the present site of Denver, and crossed Vermilion Creek (now Cherry Creek) and camped
at the mouth of the Platte Canyon. From 9 July 1820 to 12 July 1820 there is an error of
one day in the text of Dr. James’ diary, but it seems evident that on 9 July 1820 (recorded
at 10 July 1820), there were camping near the sight of Sedalia, at the confluence of the
east and west forks of Defile Creek (now Plum Creek). Here they climbed a hill about
1000 feet high, and Dr. James says, “From the top of this hill, the high peak mentioned by
Captain Pike was discovered, and its bearing was found to be south 50 [degrees] west.”
This was their first recorded view of Pikes Peak, and they had evidently decided that this
mountain, and not Longs Peak, was the “Grand Peak” reported by Pike’s expedition. On
11 July 1820 (actually 12 July 1820), the diary says, “From this camp, we had a distinct
view of the part of the mountains called by Captain Pike the highest peak. It appeared
about 20 miles distant, toward the northwest……As one of the objects of our excursion
was to ascertain the elevation of the peak, it was determined to remain in our present
camp for three days, which would afford an opportunity for some of the party to ascend
the mountain.” On 13 July 1820, Dr. James and four men started toward Pikes Peak.
Two of the men were to be left with the horses at the foot of the peak, and two were to
accompany him on the ascent. The party reached the “boiling spring”, now Manitou, at
about noon. After lunch, Dr. James and his company took leave of the rest of the party,
and started the ascent. They carried a gun and each had a small blanket, some buffalo
meat, and corn meal. James says, “We not began to credit the assertion of the guide, who
had conducted us to the foot of the peak, and there left us, with the assurance that the
whole of the mountain to its summit was covered with loose sand and gravel, so that,
though many attempts had been made by the Native Americans and by hunters to ascend
it, none had ever proved successful. At sunset they camped, and the next morning at
daylight, continued the ascent. At 12:00 noon, they reached timberline, which interested
Dr. James greatly, as did the “region of astonishing beauty” where the soil was “covered
with a carpet of low but brilliantly-flowering alpine plants” of which prevailing color was
a deep blue. The summit was reached at 4:00 p.m. in the afternoon. The view was
extensive, and the weather was calm and mild. They remained half an hour on top of
Pikes Peak, and started the descent. Timberline was passed at about sunset, and soon the
darkness made further progress dangerous, so they built a fire and spent the night by it.
In the morning, as they had “few comforts to leave” they started at dawn, and on reaching
the camp of the preceding night, found that the campfire had spread, and destroyed their
blankets and provisions. Shortly after noon, the “boiling spring” was reached, and its
refreshing water was fully appreciated. The main camp was reached a little after dark,
the climb having been completed in the three days prescribed for it. On 15 July 1820,
Major Long named the mountain James Peak, to commemorate the first ascent. It is so
shown on the map of the expedition, and on some other early maps. When Fremont
visited this part of the country in 1843, he found that the traders were using the name
Pikes Peak. Fremont also adopted this name, which is now in universal use. Another
prominent peak of the Front Range has since been named for Dr. James.
today.
adding machine. You can’t afford to be without one at our sacrifice price for quick sale.
Charlie’s Market [a block 3 business]. 48-3…For sale – Owner wants the money, and
wallboard. Another cottage can be built on the property. Address P.D., care of the Estes
Gravity water system installed. Number of other springs. Well-wooded: Yellow pine,
descriptions, with price for season, month, week. I will advertise them. Frank R.C.
Rollins, post office box 402, Greeley, Colorado. tf…Wanted – Clean white cottong rages
for washing presses, 5 cents per pound. Leave at Macdonald’s Store [a block 5 business]
cottage for season. Three bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry,
beautifully located about halfway between village and YMCA conference grounds. $300
for season. Address G.D., care Estes Park Trail. tf…For rent – New cottage, nicely
furnished, two bedrooms, sun porch, large living room, kitchen, closets, pantry, bath,
electric lights. Located on the hill in the village. $500 for the season. Address G.D.,
care Estes Park Trail…For rent – First-class vacuum cleaner by hour or day. Electric
Shop. Telephone #395. tf…Subhead: Lost and found. Lost – Automobile crank.
Return to George R. Patterson, Estes Park Bank [a block 3 business]. Reward.
17 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The progressive citizen tries to see how much of
his money he can spend at home. Are you an asset to the community, or a liability?…
Semi-advertisement: You make your money in Estes Park, try to spend it here where it
will benefit the community.
17 March 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “It’s better to pay a bill than to have
to pay attention to a bill collector.” You may dodge the bill collector, but you can’t dodge
the issue as to whether or not a bank account pays. Prepare now for emergencies.
Sickness may come – old age must. Start saving your dollars now – that they may in turn
save you. Your cash we’ll rent/at 4% [this is the first appearance of this little ditty]. U.B.
Thrifty at the the [sic redundancy] Estes Park Bank [a block 3 business]. Where your
patronage is appreciated.
means a regular customer. Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business].
[topic omitted]. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. J.A. Shepherd will
preach at both services.
17 March 1922 – Dateline: Denver – Judge Gilbert A. Walker of Steamboat Springs
sentenced William A. Rushing, the last member of a bandit gang which robbed several
Piggly Wiggly grocery stores to receive sentence, to an eight- or ten-year sentence in the
penitentiary. Rushing announced that he would appeal his case to the Supreme Court…
Colorado Springs – Judge William Palmer Kinney of the El Paso County Court, 62 years
of age, well known Colorado Springs jurist, died at his home recently in Colorado
Springs following an illness of several years…Pueblo – At entire city block of houses in
the Mexican quarter of Pueblo was destroyed by fire recently. The fire started from an
explosion, and because of lack of water supply in this district, which is outside the city
limits, fire fighters were unable to make any headway fighting the blaze. There were no
casualties…Florence – James A. McCandless, 86 years old, member of the state
legislature in the second and third assemblies and a senator in the sixth and seventh
assemblies, and who raised the first alfalfa in Colorado and bored the first oil well in
Florence district, died recently at his home in Florence. Mr. McCandless was founder of
the city, and was its first mayor. He purchased all the land on which Florence is located
in 1884, paying for it with a $1500 ranch and 100 head of steers. He plotted a townsite,
had it incorporated, and named it in honor of one of his daughters [this article, at least,
appeared two weeks earlier in other Colorado newspapers]…Grand Junction – Glenwood
Springs, Montrose, and Delta members of Lions Clubs were in Grand Junction en masse
recently to receive their charters with the local club, from the international organization.
Grand Junction, the oldest organization of this order in this section, was formed six
months ago, and has more than 60 members now…Loveland – For the first time in the
history of the fruit business in this section, a contract for cherries has been offered on a
sliding scale, based on the selling price of the canned products. This contract is now
being offered by the Loveland Packing Company to cherry growers. It provides for 5
cents a pound for cherries when the selling price of cherries at wholesale is $10 per dozen
for No. 10 cans. For each variation of 50 cents a dozen in the selling price of the finished
product, an additional 1/2 cent is added or subtracted from the original 5-cent price. This
means that if canned cherries sold for $11 per dozen, the grower would be paid 5-1/2
cents per pound, and if cherries sell for $9 per dozen canned, the grower would get but
4-1/2 cents per pound…Pueblo – Edgar B. Wicks has been confirmed by the Senate as
postmaster at Pueblo…Aguilar – Fire, alleged to have been of incendiary origin,
destroyed the tipple at the Jewell Coal Company mine, just north of Aguilar, in Las
Animas County recently.
17 March 1922 – Column title: People of our Town. Charles Sughroe. This is the bird
who writes the stuff you see in editors’ wastepaper baskets. He slings a nasty pen and
scribbles mean unsigned letters about folks for the newspaper, but they never see print.
His name is “Anonymous”, but that isn’t what the editor calls him.
17 March 1922 – Advertisement: A sure salesman is our classified advertisement section
– if the article advertised is really worth the price asked. For just a few cents, you can
find a buyer for that surplus furniture, or those tools you no longer need. Or if in need of
help, a want ad will secure it, or if looking for a job, a want ad will aid you. Just
telephone #27-J3. The Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business]. Estes Park,
Colorado.
Clothing Store [a block 5 business] in Estes Park, Evan’s [sic, previously “Evans” in this
same issue] Bookstore in Fort Collins, Skelley’s Bookstore in Loveland, and
Clatworthy’s at 415 17th Street, Denver…Semi-advertisement: You’ll delight in each
issue of the Estes Park Trail.
17 March 1922 – Headline and byline: Iraq, a New-Old State (Prepared by the National
Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.). Photograph caption: The waterfront at
Baghdad. Iraq, the new Arab state, of which Emir Feisal recently was proclaimed
provisional king, under British mandate, strikes a new note to many ears, but despite its
unfamiliar name, it is a land whose influence upon the history of the human race it would
scarcely be possible to overestimate. For Iraq is none other than Mesopotamia, that
between-the-rivers strip of land which is believed by many to have been the original
home of the human race – the Garden of Eden. There in the dim and misty ages before
history began, men first attempted to form themselves into organized communities, there
the Hebrews race found its origin, and thence their first leader, Abraham, went out in
search of the land which he should afterward receive for an inheritance. It is a long and
comparatively narrow stretch of country, running up from the Persian Gulf toward the
Taurus Mountains and that lofty tableland which we now know as Armenia. On its
northern and northeastern side it is bordered by a fringe of mountains, gradually sloping
up toward the great northern ranges. On the southern and southwestern side, it fades
away into the great Arabian desert. Subhead: Its two famous rivers. Far up in the
tableland of Armenia, about 800 miles in a straight line fro the gulf, rise two great rivers
– the Tigris and the Euphrates. The former breaks through the mountain wall of the
tableland on its eastern flank, and flows in a southeasterly direction throughout almost its
entire course. The latter breaks through on the western flank, and flows at first westward,
as though making for the Mediterranean Sea. It then turns south and flows directly
southward for awhile, then sweeps around in a great bend to the southeast, and follows a
course gradually converging upon that of its sister stream. Finally, near the sea, the two
unite and issue as one river into the Persian Gulf. The land traversed by these two rivers
has, like the sister riverland of Egypt, been from time immemorial one of the great
historic centers of human development. It divides into two portions of fairly equal
length. For the first 400 miles, the country gradually descends in a gentle slope from the
mountains, forming an irregular triangle between the two rivers, within which the land
becomes less and less hilly, as it sinks southward, until, as it nears the Euphrates River, it
becomes a broad steppe, which, beyond the river, rolls off into the desert. This portion is
strictly the land called by the Greeks “Mesopotamia”. The second division is totally
different in character. It is simply a great delta, like that of the Nile – a flat, alluvial plain,
which has been entirely formed of the silt brought down from the mountains by the two
great rivers. The process of land making is still going on, and the waters of the Persian
Gulf are being pushed back at the rate of about 72 feet per annum. What this slow
process may achieve in many centuries is evidenced by the fact that we know that the
ancient town of Eridu was about 3000 B.C. an important seaport on the Persian Gulf. It
is now 125 miles from the sea. Subhead: Control of waters necessary. Both lands were
entirely dependent for their habitability and fertility on the rivers which traversed them.
In Mesopotamia, the Tigris River and the Euphrates River have for long stretches
channeled deep into the soil, and flow below the level of the land. In the lower district –
Babylonia – the ordinary level of the rivers is frequently above that of the surrounding
plain, so that inundations are of frequent occurrence, and large tracts of the country are
now unhealthy marshland. In both cases, therefore, though for opposite reasons, the hand
of man was needed to make the rivers helpful. In Mesopotamia, the water was controlled
by dikes and dams, which held it up until it was raised to the level of the land, over which
it was then distributed by canals. In Babylonia, the surplus water was drawn off directly
by a great canal system, the banks of whose ancient arteries still stretch in formidable
ridges across the plain. Under the system of irrigations, both lands were astonishingly
fertile. Even today, it can be seen that only well-directed work is needed to bring back
the ancient fertility. After the spring rains, the Mesopotamian slopes are clothed with rich
verdure, and are gay with flowers. But of old, these lands were the wonder of the world
for their richness. Of Babylonia, the Greek historian Herodotus wrote 2350 years ago:
“This territory by of all that we know the best by far for producing grain, as to trees, it
does not even attempt to bear them, either fig or vine or olive, but for producing grain it
is so good that it returns as much as 200-fold for the average, and when it bears at its
best, it produces 300-fold.” You had, then, a land which, in constant human occupation,
and with constant and organized attention to the details of irrigation, was capable of
almost anything, but at the same time, it was a land which, left to itself, went back
quickly to wilderness. The parching heat of summer withered everything on the
Mesopotamian uplands, the low levels of Babylonia very speedily became marsh if the
waters were not regulated. So, the hand of man being withdrawn or checked, both
Mesopotamia and Babylonia went back to the state in which they were originally, and in
which we see them now. They became great barren wastes. There are few things more
remarkable than the way in which this land which had once been supreme in the history
of the world, and which for centuries was one of the great molding forces of human
history, passed almost entirely out of the thought and memory of civilized man. We
know it, of course, from our bibles. The name of Nineveh, “that great city”, and the story
of Nebuchadnezzar’s prideas he looked round upon palace and temple and tower, and
said: “Is not this great Babylon, which I have built?” These things are part of our earliest
and unforgettable impressions of history. Subehad: Vanished from memory. The men
who wrote the history and the prophecy of the Old Testament did so when these lands
were living, and at the height of their glory. Then came down midnight. So utterly had
the local habitation and the name of these great cities vanished from the memory of man,
that 400 years before Christ, when Xenophon and the 10,000 marched through the land
after the battle of Cunaxa, they passed the ruins of Nineveh and never knew of them, and
encamped beside the ruins of Kalah, another of the mighty cities of Assyria, and spoke of
them as “an ancient city named Larissa”. The Young Turks, who came into power in the
political upheaval of 1908, made an effort to reclaim the lost garden spot, but did not
make any great headway. All activities stopped, of course, with the outbreak of the World
War [World War I]. But since the British occupied Baghdad in 1917, the work begun by
the Young Turks has been pushed much farther. Many acres have been drained, and dams
and canals have been constructed. Baghdad has been connected by rail with Basra, the
port near the Persian Gulf, and a line has been extended in the opposite direction from
Baghdad, up the Tigris River halfway to Mosul. It is planned under the new Arab state of
Iraq and the British mandate to continue the great engineering work that will be needed to
rejuvenate Mesopotamia’s ancient irrigation system. But there is much to be done before
the “Garden of Eden” will bloom again.
Huppmobile/Which makes you feel/That you’re flying through the air,/As you motor
along/With a merry song,/You surely do “get there.”/Get where? If you’re headed right,/
To the Hupp Hotel/Where the eats are swell/And the price just hits the mark./You “auto”
know/That’s the place to go/When you motor to Estes Park. By a guest. Estes Park,
Colorado.
17 March 1922 – Column title and byline: Fathers of Men by Walt Mason. “There is
much truth in the old saying, ‘As the twig is bent, so the tree inclines,’” observed the
retired merchant. “If a boy inclined to crookedness grew up to be a straight and reliable
man, it would be nothing short of a miracle. Therefore, I tremble for Spoonable’s boy,
William Henry. He seems to be just naturally vicious.” “Your full of excelsior,” said the
hotelkeeper politely. “All those chestnutty old sayings are fakes. The patriarchs used to
be always saying that the boy is the father of the man, but he isn’t, and he isn’t
grandmother to the man, either. You can’t study a boy and predict what sort of a man
he’s going to be, any more than the official forecaster can examine his maps and charts
and tell us what the weather will be like tomorrow. You observe that my larboard eye is
somewhat discolored and I have a contusion on my brow, and m nose is slightly out of
alignment. Yesterday, I was pirooting along a back street on a little errand, when I beheld
a big, husky teamster pounding the sawdust out of a venerable horse that had seen better
days. I went up to him and protested in the most courteous way, and he said it would
afford him genuine pleasure to kick my spine up through my hat, if I didn’t go my way
and leave him alone. I informed him that if he hit that horse again, I would push his
countenance out of place, and he immediately clubbed the suffering animal harder than
ever. I am glad to say that I succeeded in kicking most of the rind off the teamster’s shins
before he got me down and sat on my head, but I submit that a man who will take such
chances as I did must have the cause of cruelty to animals much at heart. There’s nothing
makes my blood boil quicker than to see an animal abused. Well, when I was a boy I had
a wide reputation for cruelty. I used to delight in tying tin cans to the tails of dogs, and in
drowning cats, and in robbing birds’ nests, and all such sinful pastimes. The moralists of
that period agreed that I was entitled to the mantle of Nero, and that I would come to a
bad end. Yet when I became old enough to have some sense, I made pets of all the dumb
critters within eight miles. If that old maxim about the twig and tree were any good, it
ought to work both ways, and the saintly boy always would become a grand, good man.
But as a rule, the truly good boys don’t amount to much in after lie. Nearly all our useful
citizens were hard citizens when they were boys, and the shiftless, no-account men were
simply angelic when they went to school. A boy gets tired of being immaculate after he
has tried it a few years, and he goes to the other extreme. And the boy who has been a
horrible example ever since he left the cradle gets sick of that sort of thing when he has
cut his wisdom teeth, and he becomes so virtuous that there’s no living in the same block
with him. Most of the old sayings are foolish and trifling, and I am surprised when a
grown man goes around quoting them. Yet a lot of fellows think they have clinched an
argument when they drag in a bewhiskered maxim. In order to show that Spoonable’s
boy is foredoomed, you spring that old wheeze about the twig and the tree. You might
just as well say that Mary had a little lamb, and consider the argument closed. I know
you are suffering to remind me that people who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw
stones, but I won’t stand for it.”
17 March 1922 – Dateline: Pueblo – Two Pueblo firms have been ordered by the
Industrial Commission to reinstate wages paid to more than 80 employees, following a
proposed wage cut without formal notice to the state body. The Newton Lumber
Company of Pueblo proposed a cut on the strength of the reductions authorized for
carpenters working out of doors, without making application to the commission…
Montrose – More than 600 farmers, livestock men, and fruit growers attended the
opening of the farm congress here…Pueblo – An entire city block of houses in the
Mexican quarter of Pueblo was destroyed by fire here recently. The fire started from an
explosion, and because of lack of water supply in this district, which is outside the city
limits, firefighters were unable to make any headway fighting the blaze. There were no
casualties. The damage was estimated at close to $10,000 [a truncated version of this
article already appeared in the same issue]…Denver – Asserting that he had been barred
from moving upon his homestead on penalty of death for himself and family, Bryant H.
Stringham, a rancher of southwestern Moffat County, recently filed a petition for
protection with the field division of the United States land office in Denver…Pueblo –
Cracksmen entered the post office at Lime, a small town near Pueblo, recently, and made
away with exactly $6 in cash. Authorities say the robbery is decidedly similar to the one
at Avondale recently…Denver – The Mutual Construction Company of Denver was
awarded the contract for the construction of four miles of concrete road south of Fort
Collins by the State Highway Department. The company’s bid was $124,393. Work
must be completed by 15 September 1922 under the terms of the contract…Denver –
Chief of Detectives Washington Rinker announced that he has obtained complete
confessions from Russell Cole, Lester Baber, and James McDonnell that they stole a safe
from the Harris restaurant, 1651 Curtis Street, the morning of 14 February 1922. The
safe contained $1200 in cash and jewels [sic, jewels in a restaurant safe?], according to
the café proprietor…Kremmling – A.J. McGlouchlin found a “mountain lion tree” on
Kinney Creek, three miles north of Sulphur Springs, when his dogs treed three lions in
the one tree, a male and two females, all of which he killed…Salida – One of the gifts for
which Charles Chapman, a Salida carpenter, seeks to recover payment from Mrs. Dorothy
Briggs, who he says promised to marry him, is chewing gum, according to testimony
offered in the trial of Chapman’s suit in Judge John W. Sheafor’s division of the district
court.
17 March 1922 – Column title and subheads: How to be Healthy. The crusade of the
double-barred cross. Practical talks on disease prevention. Prepared by the Colorado
Tuberculosis Association. (Practically every adult person is infected with tuberculosis.
This infection need not be a source of danger. To keep the latent infection from
becoming disease, bodily resistance must be kept at its best. This series of articles shows
you how to keep healthy.) Title and byline: Preventing Tuberculosis by Good Health by
Charles J. Hatfield, M.D., managing director, National Tuberculosis Association, New
York. In the body tissues of most men and women of adult life there lie embedded little
seed-like structures called tubercles, which contain the germs of tuberculosis. These
tubercles are surrounded by a wall composed of tissue somewhat like an ordinary scar.
So long as the germ-invader remains within his prison, or to put it in another way, so long
as the wall holds, the germs of disease are harmless. No one need be alarmed merely
because of the fact that he carries the germs or infection of tuberculosis in his system.
Nearly everybody does by the time he becomes of age. To prevent the wall from
breaking, and to prevent the deadly germs from setting up a disease process when the
wall does break, good health and strong resistance are, so far as we now know, the only
safeguards. Almost anyone can acquire and maintain good health. There are no royal
rules that will always apply under all circumstances. For the sake of building resistance,
to prevent tuberculosis, however, the following suggestions will be helpful to anyone,
man, woman, or child: 1. Keep the body healthy and strong all the time by living,
working, sleeping, and playing in the open air as much as possible. 2. Eat and drink only
that kind of food that will build and make the body strong. 3. Work hard, but do not
overwork. It doesn’t pay “to burn the candle at both ends”. No one ever did it with
success, and you are not likely to win against such odds. 4. Have yourself examined by a
good doctor from top to toe at least once a year, whether you feel sick or not. The safest
health insurance is a periodical physical examination. 5. Protect your health and the
health of your fellows and community by avoiding careless spitting, sneezing, and
coughing. These things spread more disease than anything else.
17 March 1922 – Headline and dateline: County Fair Dates Set. Loveland – The State
Fair Association, in annual convention here, reelected all its officers and chose dates for
1922 county fairs and the Rocky Mountain racing circuit. The state fair will be held at
Pueblo 24 September 1922 to 30 September 1922. Fairs will be held at Fort Morgan,
Morgan County, Loveland, Larimer County, and Longmont, Boulder County, 29 August
1922, 30 August 1922, 31 August 1922, and 1 September 1922. The dates for the Rocky
Ford fair and the Washington County fair at Akron were set for 4 September 1922, 5
September 1922, 6 September 1922, and 7 September 1922. At Greeley, in Weld County,
Brighton, in Adams County, and Sterling, in Logan County, the fairs will be 12
September 1922, 13 September 1922, 14 September 1922, and 15 September 1922. In
the following week, 19 September 1922, 20 September 1922, 21 September 1922, and 22
September 1922, will take place the fairs at Yuma in Yuma County and Colorado Springs
in El Paso County. The Douglas County Fair will be held at Castle Rock 3 October 1922,
4 October 1922, 5 October 1922, and 6 October 1922. Several counties on the western
slope will hold their fairs the second and third weeks in October 1922. Dates for the
racing circuit were fixed as follows: Pueblo, week of 3 July 1922, Rocky Ford 10 July
1922, Las Animas 17 July 1922, Colorado Springs 7 August 1922, Fort Morgan 21
August 1922, Loveland 28 August 1922, Longmont 4 September 1922, Brighton 11
September 1922, Callahan 18 September 1922, Pueblo 25 September 1922 [during the
week of the Colorado State Fair], and Burlington 4 October 1922. The 1923 convention
will be held at Rocky Ford the third week in February 1923.
17 March 1922 – Article reprinted from Popular Science Monthly. Headline: Cure for
flat feet. Are you flat-footed? If you don’t know, the next time you take a bath, observe
the impressions that your wet feet make. If your feet are normal, there will be a narrow
line from heel to toe on the outside, if they are flat, the entire bottom of the foot will
show. How can you cure flat-footedness? Buy a handful of marbles, place them in two
rows, and start picking them up with your toes. To do this, you must curl up your toes.
As a result, the muscles of the feet will be exercised, and thereby strengthened.
Barr. The cooking of food has much to do with its nutritive value. Many food articles
which are quite unfit for nourishment when raw are very nutritious when cooked. It is
also a matter of common experience that a well-cooked food is wholesome and
appetizing, while the same material badly cooked is unpalatable. There are three chief
purposes of cooking. The first is to change the mechanical condition so that the digestive
juices can act upon the food more freely. Heating often changes the structure of food
materials very materially, so that they are more easily chewed, and more easily and
thoroughly digested. The second is to make it more appetizing by improving the
appearance or flavor, or both. Food which is attractive to the taste quickens the flow of
saliva and other digestive juices, and thus digestion is aided. The third is to kill by heat
any disease germs, parasites, or other dangerous organisms it may contain. This is often
a very important matter, and applies to both animal and vegetable foods. The cooking of
meats develops the pleasing taste and odor of extractives, and that due to the browned fat
tissues, and softens and loosens the protein of the connective tissues, and thus makes the
meat more tender. Extreme heat, however, tends to coagulate and harden the albuminoids
of the lean portions, and also weakens the flavor of extractives. If the heating is carried
too far, a burned or charred product of bad flavor results. Means lose weight in cooking.
A small part of this is due to escape of meat juices and fat, but the chief part of the
material lost is simply water. The nutritive value of a meat soup depends upon the
substances which are dissolved out of the mean, bones, and gristles by the water. In
ordinary meat broth, these consist almost wholly of extractives and salt, which are very
agreeable and often most useful as stimulants, but have little or no value as actual
nutriment, since they neither build tissue nor yield energy. The principles which underlie
the cooking of fish are essentially the same as with meats. Subhead: Friday breakfast.
Stewed prunes, pasteurized milk. Whole wheat pancakes or buckwheat cakes served with
modern manufactured syrup, melted sugar, or unsulfured, old-fashioned, open kettle
molasses, made by hundreds of farmers in the south for southern consumption, but
because of northern ignorance of its virtues, rarely shipped beyond the Mason-Dixon
line…Subhead: Questions and answers. Note: All questions regarding these articles will
be answered through these columns if sealed and addressed to Helen Barr, Service
Bureau, 825 Larimer Street, Denver, Colorado. [signed] – Editor.
17 March 1922 – Dateline: Greeley – The district convention of the Rotary Clubs at
Greeley on 22 March 1922, 23 March 1922, and 24 March 1922 was a topic of chief
interest considered at the meeting of the Rotary Club at Denver recently…Wiggins –
W.M. Peterson, a foreman at the Lucas Ranch, nine miles south of Wiggins, was found,
apparently frozen to death, by the roadside near the ranch where he was employed…
Pueblo – What might have been an epidemic of juvenile crime was checked in Pueblo
recently when three children were arrested on a charge of writing and passing bogus
checks…Colorado Springs – The demand of the student body of Colorado College that
President O.A. Duniway resign will be officially aired 14 March 1922 [this is now old
news], when the board of trustees will meet in special session.
Figure with us before starting that next job. George R. Wyatt [now or soon to be a block
8 business, moved from block 6]. Telephone #180
again. Rooms with private bath. Rooms with and without hot and cold running water,
good meals, home dairy, telephone, telegraph, automobile and horse livery, daily mail,
Colorado.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Rocky Mountain National Park a Paradise of Delights, Says
Railroad Official. In an effort to get its passengers to see all the wonders of the Colorado
Rocky Mountains from Pikes Peak to Longs Peak, the Rock Island lines are extending
their terminus scenic advertising area centering in Colorado Springs in order to include
Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park, according to H.H. Ellis of Chicago
[Illinois], Rock Island, and Pacific Railway Company, who spent two days last week in
making a 315-mile automobile trip as the guest of Roe Emery of the Rocky Mountain
Parks Transportation Company. Their scenic journey included the Big Thompson
Canyon, Fall River drive, South St. Vrain drive, Boulder and the glacier fields and Idaho
Springs, Berthoud Pass country, and the Denver Mountain Park system. “Colorado is
selling its scenery and climate in the middle west,” he said, “That is indicated by the
questions asked ticket agents. Railroads are keeping ahead of this travel education by
informing its patrons that Colorado is the people’s playgrounds.” During his visit, Mr.
Ellis conferred with George W. Martin, general agent, and M.L. Mowry, district
passenger agent, of the Rock Island lines, also with officials of the Denver Tourist
Bureau, where he obtained 50 scenic photographs for use in literature intended for the
Rocky Island’s passengers as well as for prospective travelers. “Our efforts are
necessarily directed to bringing people by rail to Colorado,” said Mr. Ellis. “Our idea in
advertising all of the Colorado Rocky Mountains is to tell the entire travel story to
tourists. One of the surprises to me in the splendid automobile ride was the fact that such
drives are possible in wintertime, in comfort, contradicting the contention made in some
places that Colorado is snowbound. The settings in many places are ideal for winter
sports carnivals, one of which is now in progress in Estes Park.” The official was
likewise impressed with the Mount Evans and Berthoud Pass regions. “This is a
wonderful region, with the distinctive mountain parks system in its very midst,” he said.
“Denver is to be congratulated in holding out such a lure as the mountain parks system to
its own people, and to strangers. Rocky Mountain National Park is a paradise of delights
for motorists and for rail passengers, and makes a fine companion setting to the
celebrated Pikes Peak region.”
17 March 1922 – Headline: Clatworthy Writes of Visits in Washington, D.C. Thought
you might be interested to hear how the battle goes [clearly, the letter starts right in
without any introduction from the editor]. People are certainly getting interested in our
west. Exhibited at American Museum of Natural History here, last night, Secretary
Sherwood said it was twice their usual audience. In many ways, the best thing so far was
the exhibit before Cosmos Club, the old literary and scientific club of Washington, D.C.,
last Monday night. Exhibit was preceded by a dinner given me by Mr. [Stephen Tyng]
Mather, director of national parks. Invited guests were Congressman Timberlake and
wife of Colorado, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Sterling Yard of the National Park Association,
and Miss Mechlin, secretary of the American Federation of Arts. Pictures were shown in
Cosmos Club lecture room seating 350. All seats were filled, all standing room taken,
and 100 turned away. Many artists, editors, heads of governmental departments,
Congressmen, and Senators were there. It was one of the most enthusiastic and
demonstrative audiences I have had. Believe it did a lot of good for Estes Park. Was to
be introduced by Mr. Gosvenor, editor of the National Geographic Magazine, but on
account of his absence from the city, Mr. Mather did the act. As a result of the exhibit, I
have several Washington, D.C., engagements in sight for next year before some of its
most prominent societies. After exhibit before American Geographical Society here
[meaning her in New York] on 21 March 1922, I turn my prow homeward, giving
exhibits in Buffalo [presumably Buffalo, New York] and Kansas on way back. Am
meeting a lot of Estes Park enthusiasts here in New York. They all say they are coming
to Estes Park next summer.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Firemen going after Cash for Fire Truck. Twenty-five
firemen met Wednesday evening, and enthusiastically decided to put on a vigorous
campaign at once for securing the necessary $4000 from property owners outside the
corporate limits of the town to be used in purchasing a fire truck and equipment at a cost
of over $10,000. The balance of the cost will be raised by the town through taxation.
The firemen propose to make their organization the liveliest bunch in Estes Park, and
promise the community real efficient protection. Several new names were added to the
roster. A committee was appointed to draw up a new set of bylaws. Mr. and Mrs.
William H. Derby presented the firemen with a check for $25 in appreciation of the
splendid work done by the organization in their recent little blaze. The gift and the
interest of the givers in the company was greatly appreciated by the members. President
[Arthur K.] Holmes reported that they were working on an electric siren which will take
the place of the fire bell, and which will be heard for a distance of four miles. It was
individually suggested that the town board pass an ordinance compelling drivers of all
vehicles, under penalty of a heavy fine, to immediately pull to the curb and stop upon the
sounding of the fire alarm, also that all users of water should immediately close all open
taps until the fire is out.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Splendid Picture at Schoolhouse Friday Night. At the last
moment, William Tallant was successful in landing one of Douglas McLain’s spendid
pictures for this evening’s show at the schoolhouse. It is entitled “The Rookies’ Return”,
and is said to be one of the best ever produced by this famous actor. In addition to this
picture, two reels of comedy pictures will be shown, and Mr. Tallant expects this to be
one of the best evenings of the season.
17 March 1922 – Headline: Drivers Must Stop before Crossing Railroads. The public
utilities commission last week issued an order, effective 18 March 1922, requiring all
drivers of passenger buses and stages to stop their vehicles before crossing railroad
tracks, as a step in cutting down the accident toll. In their order, the commissioners
require that these drivers stop their buses not less than 20 feet, nor more than 75 feet,
from railroad tracks, to ascertain if a train or engine is approaching from either direction.
This order does not apply in municipalities. The order as entered by the commission
follows: “It is hereby ordered that all transportation companies be and they are hereby
required and ordered to stop each and every automobile stage wagon, sleigh, or any other
vehicle whatsoever engaged in the transportation of passengers, before crossing the track
of any steam, interurban, or other railroad, such stop to be made not less than 20 feet nor
more than 75 feet from the nearest rail of the railroad over which the highway crosses.
After making the stop hereby required, the driver or operator of the vehicle shall carefully
look in each direction for approaching trains, engine or car, and shall not start his stage
until it has been ascertained that there are no cars, engines, or trains approaching the
crossing from either direction. The foregoing rule shall not apply in connection with the
operation of passenger stages within a municipality as regards passing over the track of
electric or other street railroads.”
17 March 1922 – Advertisement: We fix your car so its stays fixed. We don’t claim to
business].
house.]
block 4 business]. We can furnish at all times reliable horses and first class equipment.
John Frank Grubb.
[24 March 1922 – Note: Dugald Floyd Godfrey has no advertisement in this issue, which
may be his first absence since the Estes Park Trail began publication. No advertisement
appears in the 31 March 1922 issue as well. It may simply be a coincidence that this is
the issue announcing the move of the Estes Park Trail to the former steam laundry, which
was a Ralph Macdonald enterprise. J.E. Macdonald, Ralph’s father, appears to be
advertising more than usual in this issue. Lest too much be read into any of this, Dugald
Floyd Godfrey returns in the 7 April 1922 issue with a full-page advertisement.]
24 March 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Fish and Game Association will Hold Annual
Meeting Monday, 3 April 1922. The Estes Park Fish and Game Association is facing this
coming month the largest efforts it has yet undertaken since its organization. Last fall,
the association placed nearly a half-million rainbow trout fry in breeding grounds and
nursing ponds. These have come through the winter in splendid condition. About 15
April 1922, the association will receive a half-million eastern brook trout fry, which they
will place in nursing ponds, beaver dams, and several of the lakes. This means a large
amount of work for the membership. It also means wonderfully-improved fishing for the
nimrods of the community. It is the hope of the association to within a year or two, turn
into the streams of Estes Park about three million trout a year, and make this the fishing
ground it was in the days of the Native Americans, when many a battle was found over
the right of the district. Election of officers will occur at the annual meeting, and it is
urged that every member of this association reserve the evening for this meeting – and
attend. The finest fishing in the world can’t be had without a live organization, and we
can’t have a live organization without you.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Big Season Promises to Open Early. We are informed that
the Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company has already made the heaviest
bookings in its history for the coming season’s business, and it starts earlier than ever
before. Already, large parties are booked to arrive the middle of May 1922, and the
volume of inquiries exceed anything ever before known during the month of March. One
cottage owner, who has been renting cottages for a number of years, for the first time in
his experience has everything already rented for the entire season. Many new cottages
are being built, and there is no doubt but that we are to enjoy the earliest and best season
ever known here.
States station at fish hatchery.
24 March 1922 – Photograph and article. Caption: Band of Elk on Deer Mountain. The
above picture was taken by Howard James recently on the side of Deer Mountain, after
stalking the band for 1-1/2 hours in an automobile. The elk did not manifest much fear of
the machine, and allowed it to approach quite close, as well be seen from the picture. By
driving back and forth past the band, Mr. James was enabled to gradually approach the
elk without alarming them. There are 41 elk in the picture, which is a very unusual one
so close up of such a large number. There are in all about 200 elk within the Rocky
Mountain National Park.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Estes Park to Have Fire Truck? – It’s Up to Property Owners
Outside Corporate Limits. There is no question about it, Estes Park must have the fire
truck, for it means money in the pockets of the property owners and added security that
can be had no other way. Further, Estes Park will have the fire truck, for the people will
not let the proposition fall flat for the lack of funds with which to make the purchase.
The entire Estes Park region will benefit beyond measure from the protection secured by
such equipment as the town council will purchase, and the surrounding community can
thank the generosity of the town board that they are permitted the privilege of getting in
on such a proposition. And now it is strictly up to the property owners outside the
corporate limits of the town to meet the conditions that have been made for them, which
none can deny is absolutely fair. Four thousand dollars is the sum that must be raised by
the firemen, if the town is to purchase the equipment and place it at the service of the
entire region. This sum can be raised if the property owners will give as nobly as they
should. There are a number who should contribute from $100 to $500 toward the fund,
and every cottager should gladly plank [sic, suggest plunk] down $25. Insurance
companies have signified their voluntary intention of reducing rates as soon as the
equipment is put in service, and the loss through a single general conflagration that
cannot be covered by insurance might pay more than the entire cost of the equipment.
For instance, there are few hotels in Estes Park, if they should be burned out at the
beginning of the season, that would not lose through loss of business and effects more
than the entire cost of the fire equipment to be purchased. The equipment that will be
selected will give splendid protection regardless of an available water supply, as it can
fight indefinitely with its two large chemical tanks a large fire. Statistics from Denver
show that chemicals alone are used in firefighting nearly 90% of the fires, although water
is in all cases available. A committee appointed by the fire company has sent out letters
to more than 100 property owners outside the town limits soliciting contributions. Of
course, they will not refuse donations from those who are property owners within the
corporate limits. In a conversation with the editor of one of the leading daily newspapers
of northern Colorado Thursday over the long-distance telephone, we were told that they
considered this one of the greatest forward movements ever attempted in Estes Park. To
put this matter across, the fire company must have the cooperation of everyone, and we
are sure none will wait to be interviewed, but that checks will begin to flow in at once in
a steady stream. This is the time when you may prove your interest in Estes Park. Get
out your checkbook, determine how much you can possibly give, and then write your
check for twice that amount and mail it at once – you will never repent of the action.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Colorado Mountain Club President Predicts Wonderful Days
ahead for Winter Sports in Estes Park. The following letter from President George H.
Harvey, Jr., of the Colorado Mountain Club to the editor [Arthur B. Harris] contains so
much of intense interest to the community that we take the liberty of publishing it in full,
feeling that in so doing, the community may be made to better realize the wonderful
possibilities ahead for winter sports in this, the grandest region in the United States for
such events. Dear Mr. Harris: That was a fine number of the “Estes Park Trail” in which
you featured the Colorado Mountain Club and its annual winter outing at Fern Lake. And
I want to especially thank you for your thoughtfulness in sending a bunch of copies up to
Fern Lodge. We passed them ’round among the members, and all were much interested.
This winter outing business is growing by leaps and bounds. Last year, we had 56 at the
lodge, and this year about twice that [this is interesting, as the article from 17 March 1922
doesn’t seem to bear this out]. I was talking with Mr. Byerly the other day, and I told him
that he may as well lay his plans to open up in January and stay open until April in the
very near future, for in no other way can he accommodate the crowds that will want to
snowshoe and ski. I know of no other place in the United States where one can so easily
have a big time in the snow, and where such splendid accommodations can be had. I
expect you in Estes Park realize something of what a big thing the Byerlys are doing
these winter days at Fern Lodge. But take it from one a little farther away, that in a very
short time the winter attraction of the Rocky Mountain National Park will be felt all over
the country – (we had members come from Chicago, Illinois, for this winter outing) – and
you will find that the deep-padded winter hillsides of your high mountains will have as
great a lure as the same slopes in summer.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Donald Kilton Renews Contract as Mat Coach at Boulder.
Donald Kilton, well known to most of the Estes Park people, has renewed his contract
with Colorado University [i.e., CU-Boulder] as wrestling coach. His work has given
great satisfaction. His protégés won all but one of their seven matches with Denver
University, and capture four our of seven with the School of Mines. They are being
trained now for the intercollegiate meet to be held in Denver 30 March 1922, 31 March
1922, and 1 April 1922. Kilton was formerly amateur champion of both the United States
and Canada in the middleweight class.
today.
24 March 1922 – Column title: Colorado in Paragraphs. Dateline: Denver – Special
session of the state legislature will be called the week of 10 April 1922 to enact flood
control legislation and a bonding law for construction of the Moffat Tunnel, Governor
Shoup announced at a luncheon of the members council of the Denver Civic and
Commercial Association. “To save the people of our state the Moffat railroad, and to
build for the future, we must build the Moffat Tunnel,” he said. “The creation of the
Pueblo flood control district and the building of the tunnel will distribute more then
$10,000,000 in Colorado in wages and in pay for supplies. All the money will be spend
in the state. Colorado labor and Colorado supplies will be used. Cañon City – Litigation
of a far-reaching character growing out of the floods of last June 1921 has been instituted
in the courts of Fremont County and Teller County involving both the Arkansas Valley
Railway, Light, and Power Company and Beaver Water and Irrigation Company in suits
for heavy damages on account of losses resulting from the bursting of dams and
reservoirs along Beaver Creek on 5 June 1921. Dispatches have told of the filing of suits
for damages aggregating $450,000 for the Beaver Water and Irrigation Company against
the Arkansas Valley Railway, Light, and Power Company for the destruction of the
Schaeffer dam and reservoir…La Junta – C.J. Matthews, said to be the missing cashier of
the Osawatomie State Bank of Osawatomie, Kansas, was arrested recently by Chief of
Police Rose at La Junta, and taken from a Santa Fe train on which he was riding from
California to Kansas City, Missouri. He is held in the Otero County jail at La Junta
awaiting action by the Kansas authorities, who have been notified. The man was
traveling with out baggage, and had only $7 on him when arrested…Colorado Springs –
Although every effort is being made to find Mary Louise Cleary, she has neither been
seen nor heard of in Colorado Springs, and therefore does not know that a legacy of
$50,000 has fallen to her. The will of Adolph Norden, who died in New York City, New
York, gave the sum of $50,000 to Mary Louise Cleary of Camp Stratton near Colorado
Springs, who was described in the document at “my faithful nurse and friend”…Brighton
– Arthur Sales, P.J. Bergman, and Frank Olson, held in connection with the burglary of
the Wiggins Mercantile Company of Wiggins, Colorado, which resulted in the death of
D.J. Ashmore, a fourth member of the alleged bandit gang, were turned over to Morgan
County officials after they had been taken to the spot where Ashmore’s body was found,
and had given additional information to the authorities…Loveland – The Loveland
railway station was broken into recently, and three trunks, one of them containing jewelry
and clothing valued at $1500, were stolen. The rifled trunks were found later in Lake
Loveland. The trunk containing the $1500 worth of valuables belonged to Mrs. Burt
Davis…Cripple Creek – The Rittenhouse Mine, property of the Moonlight Mining and
Milling Company, has reopened after a shutdown of 30 days. Extensive development
work is planned on various levels of the property, and there will be considerable territory
open for leasers [this article already appeared in the 17 March 1922 Estes Park Trail]…
Denver – Mrs. May Gresdel, who has had charge of the cigar stand at the Brown Palace
Hotel for four years, was crushed to death near Cheyenne, Wyoming, when the
automobile in which she was riding with Samuel Wilson and Mrs. G. Betts, both of
Denver, overturned and pinned her underneath…Cripple Creek – Officers of five metal
mines in the Cripple Creek district will make formal application to effect wage reductions
at a hearing scheduled to take place before the Colorado Industrial Commission 28 March
1922…Fort Morgan – A record was established in the district court here when eight
alleged burglars, robbers, and perjurers were given sentences totaling 24 to 31 years in
the state penitentiary…Denver – A seven- to twelve-story hotel to commemorate Dr. John
Elsner, the noted specialist on internal medicine, will be erected on the site of the
physician’s present home at 14th Street and Curtis Street in Denver…Denver – The
biannual convention of District No. 15, United Mine Workers of America, which is being
held in TMA Hall, voted overwhelmingly in favor of a strike 1 April 1922, Acting
President Mike Livoda announced…Denver – The Colorado portion of the proposed
Kansas City [Missouri]-Denver Airline highway – that section of the highway from Byers
east to the state line – was declared a state highway by the Colorado highway advisory
board…Fort Collins – A rural life conference, entering at Greeley with ten consolidated
schools in that section of the state participating, has been announced by Professor C.G.
Sargent of the Colorado Agricultural College, director of rural education, for 26 April
1922 to 29 April 1922…Cañon City – John D. Lloyd, Jr., proprietor of the Cañon City
cigar store, sustained a broken back and probably will die [this was a bad week for people
in the cigar trade – see above], and Herbert Meyers and Miss Anna Kimick were injured
painfully in an automobile accident on Lincoln Park near “Dead Man’s Corner” on Elm
Street…Pueblo – John W. Galloway, 38 years old and a member of the Pueblo city fire
department, died from an illness originating in exposure at the Opera House block fire on
the night of 28 February 1922. Galloway had an excellent war record, having served as a
second lieutenant in Company C, 8th Infantry.
24 March 1922 – Headline: The United States Naval Academy. Uncle Sam’s great
training school for the development of the genii who are to guide the destinies of the
American navy was founded in the year 1845. It is located at Annapolis, Maryland, the
quaint little capital city of the state of Maryland, which, to this day, retains a distinctly
English flavor – on a tract of land where formerly stood Fort Severn, its position on the
River Severn, which connects it with the Chesapeake Bay, is both a fitting and an
advantageous one. When the Civil War broke out, a change of location was considered
advisable, and the academy was moved to Newport, Rhode Island. In 1865, it was
moved back to Annapolis, Maryland. Since 1898, most of the buildings have either been
enlarged or reconstructed, and many new ones have been built. Today, this academy is
considered the best-equipped and handsomest naval institution of learning in the entire
world. The present course, much of which is usually spent at sea, requires four years to
complete. After graduation, a midshipman is commissioned an ensign in the navy, and
assigned to regular service.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Home of George Washington. On the peaceful and
picturesque shores of the Potomac River, some 16 miles south of our national capital,
stands Mount Vernon – the home of the Father of his Country [George Washington]. It
was so named in honor of Admiral Vernon of the British Navy, and it is to the efforts of
the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association of the Union that the citizens of America are
indebted for the preservation of this national shrine. Occupying a site of great charm,
commanding a sweeping view of broad river and pleasing landscape, is this grand old
mansion – to which the young officer came to live shortly after his marriage, and to
which he retired from the presidency, to spend his days in a manner befitting one of his
rank, means, and time, and where he died in 1799. The structure was built in 1748, and
contains many of the original furnishings and relics of the family. Clustered about it are
the barn, coach house, spinning house, meat house, ice house, wash house, kitchen, and
other outbuildings. Nearby is a remarkable, old-fashioned garden, with quaint, oddlydesigned spaces set off by box hedges, said to be 150 years old. In this garden is a coffee
tree said to have been planted in 1824 by General Lafayette, and cuttings from a willow
tree which it is claimed were brought from the grave of the great Napoleon at St.
Helena…Enclosed in two marble sarcophagi, in a small and simple structure within the
grounds, rest the remains of General George Washington and his consort Martha
Washington.
24 March 1922 – Quotation by Victor Hugo. Headline: God’s Voice on the Ocean.
Ocean winds! They come from the immeasurable deep. Their wide wings need the
breath of the mighty gulf, the spaciousness of vast solitudes. The great blue plains are
their delight.
24 March 1922 – Advertisement: Why it pays to advertise in the Estes Park Trail.
Because it is consistently read week in and week out by every member of every family
that has the pleasure of its weekly visits. Because care is used in selecting every article
and news item used each week, that only matter of interest to our constituency may
appear. Because our readers have learned many of our advertisers carefully edit their
advertising copy and make it of sufficient general interest to be read closely each week.
Because every booster for the community is personally interested in the success of the
newspaper. Because the substantial people interested in the community are our readers.
If you have anything to sell our readers, you had better arrange for space without delay.
The Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business].
24 March 1922 – Advertisement: For sale: 80 acres, three miles from Estes Park village,
enough good saw timber to pay half of purchase price. Approximately ten acres for
24 March 1922 – Column title: Estes Park Reminiscences. Early day tales by Colorado
pioneers. Headline and byline: Mountain Fever by Abner E. Sprague. Sick, nearly at
death’s door, 40 miles from a doctor, was a pioneer experience in Estes Park. The writer
was not feeling as well as a young man should, early in the spring of 1875. I induced a
chum of mine to come to Estes Park with me and locate on land. We laid our foundations
of logs in Willow Park, on 9 May 1875. We returned to the valley and prepared to come
back and build cabins on the land as soon as possible, and spent the summer in Estes
Park. Early in June 1875, my partner, Clarence Chubbuck, was murdered at a roundup –
this made a change in my plans. My father and I returned in June 1875, put up a log
cabin by the spring on my claim, near where Stead’s Hotel now stands. This cabin was
about 16 feet by 24 feet, roofed with small poles, and covered with peat eight inches
thick, which made a fine covering when it did not rain too much, and when it got very
dry, we would have to put out a fire now and then set by sparks from the stove pipe. To
this cabin my mother came with me early in July 1875, bringing several cows and young
stock. we had a small sheet-iron camp stove, and to do our baking, a Dutch oven (a low
cast-iron kettle with a tight cover). Our furniture was of the Carrie Nation type entirely
(made with a hatchet). Here my mother and I spent the summer, with now and then a
visit from my father and brother Fred. The last night of August 1875, I had to make a trip
to Denver on business, going to the ranch with my father, and to th city on horseback,
leaving Fred and my mother at the cabin in Willow Park [now Moraine Park]. I returned
to Willow Park [now Moraine Park] on a Saturday, and Sunday morning I had a fever
which grew worse, and Monday it was raging. My mother tried all the old remedies we
knew to break it up, sage tea, sweat, cold packs, etc., to no use. I was flighty and out of
my head now and then. My mother wanted to send for a doctor, but I would not stand for
it, told her if she could not pull me through, no doctor nearer than Denver could, and I
could not think who he would be. I got it into my head that if I had an emetic, it would
be just what I needed, but we had no medicine of any kind. The third day, a neighbor
came in. He had smoked the same old pipe ever since I had known him, and that was for
several years. A bright idea came to me: If that pipe would not do the business, I did
now know what would. I had him fill the pipe with tobacco, and I lay there on my back
and smoked it, swallowing all of it I could and puffing it out through my nose. Sick, you
knew I was sick, but as an emetic it did not work. Then my mother gave me about a
quart of warm salt water to drink, and that stayed down. I had never used tobacco, and
no one knows how sick I was, I could feel that tobacco to the ends of my fingers and toes.
I turned my face to the wall and groaned, hoping it would soon be over. It was, but not as
I expected. In a few minutes, the perspiration started all over my body. Talk about a
sweat, it kept up until the bed was sopping wet. My mother became frightened, and she
and Fred rubbed me with bath towels, but the more they rubbed the more I sweat, and the
stronger the towels smelled of tobacco, finally, after there was no more moisture in my
body, it quit. By that time, I did not have strength to wiggle a finger. They lifted me out
of bed to change it, things began to fade, I heard my mother call for water, then I came to,
for Fred dashed a large pitcher of water all over me, it was fresh from the spring and as
cold as ice. They put me back in bed as soon as possible. I was too sick to talk. That
treatment broke the fever all right, but it left my nerves all torn to shreds. I did not sleep
for a week, this called for something to be done. Again my mother wanted to send word
to my father, as Fred had to go down to help in the harvest field. I did not realize how
she must feel, so I would not agree, for I knew he would leave his work and bring a
doctor. The neighbor with a pipe called again, and said they had some opium if we cared
to use it. I told him to bring it, as I thought I was quite a success as a doctor as far as I
had practiced. When he brought it, he told us about how I should take it. I took the full
dose and slept the most of the time for two days, crazy in the head nearly all the time, I
can still bring to mind some of the wonderful things I saw during that sleep. After that, I
got my sleep, but could not eat, nor gain strength enough to sit up in bed. In all, I was in
bed almost four weeks, and in that time I think I counted the poles on the roof of that
cabin, back and forth, thousands of times, and strange to say, I do not think I took the
matter of the sins of my youth up in my mind once. After a month I began to sit up and
walk around a little, but could not eat as I should. My nerves and temper was something
to be afraid of, I would have killed everything on the place but my mother if I had been
strong enough. We sent to the valley for tonic, but it did no good. In this condition, my
father found us when he came up. Fred had reported that I was not feeling well, but was
all right. I heard the wagon, and my father whistling as he drove up, I stepped to the door
and at the first sight of me, he turned as white as a sheet, and could not speak.
Explanations were in order, and we, my mother and I, took our scolding, and it was a
dandy. To shorten the story, Fred came soon, and we moved to the valley, my father and
mother for the winter, and Fred and I until I should feel able to return. I had the local
doctor fix me up another tonic, which gave me my appetite, and the appetite of several
others, I think. I would eat until I could not swallow, and have to quit as hungry as I
began. All the settlers in Estes Park, and along a proposed Larimer County road, from
the Big Thompson River to Estes Park over Bald Mountain, Pole Hill, and Park Hill,
subscribed work or money to build it. We gave work, and a gang of men being on the job
when I was able to go to work, I joined the road camp, this improved my appetite, and it
was a good thing for me that Larimer County furnished the grub. After this work was
done, my brother Fred and I spent the most of the winter at the Willow Park cabin. Our
experience that winter would make another story. If any doctor wishes to patent the
above treatment for mountain fever, or start another school of medicine, go to it. I am
done.
24 March 1922 – Headline: National Methodist Church. Rambling about the so-called
“old” section of our national capital one Sunday morning, my attention was attracted to a
church, which, outwardly, looked but little different than hundreds of other houses of
worship which are scattered promiscuously across our broad land, and are representative
of numerous denominations of religious belief, except for its peculiarly slender and
graceful spire. Approaching this thus-distinguished edifice, the air suddenly was filled
with colorful and pleasing tone, as, from up in the steeple, a chime of ten rare bells called
the faithful to devotion. Entering, I learned that this historical structure was none other
than the National Methodist church. After service, I was told and shown how a former
bishop and beloved worshipers had immensely enriched it and endeared its memory by
unusual contributions collected on their travels in foreign lands. For instance, some of
the marble tiles in the vestibule were brought all the way from the ruins of Solomon’s
temple in Jerusalem, Israel. The keystone in the arch above the pulpit was carved from a
stone carried from the ruins of the same far-off temple, and the beautiful pulpit and
highly-polished altar rail are partially made from the logs of olive wood, transported from
the Garden of Gethsemane and Mount of Olives. An ivy vine which tightly attached
itself to the east wall of this old edifice was grown from a slip taken from the tomb of
Martin Luther at Wittenberg, Germany. President Grant and President McKinley, VicePresident Colfax and Vice-President Fairbanks, General John A. Logan, and many other
men proficient in the affairs of the nation have worshipped at this shrine.
wonders, modern conveniences. Fishing, horseback riding, hiking, tennis. Good homecooked food. Write for booklet. Daniel J. March and Minnie E. March [Minnie Brown].
Estes Park, Colorado.
24 March 1922 – Advertisement: Furniture for hotel and cottage [Illustration: Simple
for estimate. More than 50 large truckloads to Estes Park last season. The ChlandaHarris Furniture Company. Longmont, Colorado
catalogs, folders, engraving, lithographing, embossing. Our prices are right, and highclass work guaranteed. Mail orders given careful attention. Estes Park Trail [soon to be a
block 4 business]. Telephone #27-J3.
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Local reading notices – 10 cents per printed line per issue, blackface type double price.
24 March 1922 – Editorialettes: The first robin has been seen, and the bluebirds are with
us in droves. The aspens will soon bring forth their bright, waxy green leaves, and the
anemones will push their beautiful blooms through the lingering snow bank in favored
spots. It is now time to think of the approaching summer season and of the crops we
shall plant. Some seeds will be placed in the soil for the profit they will bring, others for
the profit they will afford. Let us plant abundantly of both this season…While giving
thought to the vegetable garden, let us not overlook the possibilities of adding cheer to
our surroundings by planting and nursing tenderly the many beautiful flowers that thrive
in our community…A few shrubs should be planted this spring. The most barren place
can be transformed into a beauty spot that will be a joy forever by the careful planning,
selection, and planting of a few of the flowering shrubs…Why not observe Arbor Day
this year by resolution of the town council and the universal action of the community.
Make it a cleanup day, and an occasion for the planting of flowers, shrubs, and trees.
Make it a matter of civic pride in which everyone shall consider it a privilege in which to
have a part. Some committee or person could be appointed to receive orders and secure
them in one shipment that would make participation of the entire community easier in the
observance of the occasion…Civic pride is indicated by the liberal use of the paint brush.
Now is the time to become acquainted with it before the busy season is upon us…
Another indicator of civic pride is the proper control of domestic beasts, that the year’s
labors of property owners may not be ruined in a few unguarded moments…And while
we are planting, suppose we plant liberally of the seeds of kindness and courtesy, we then
shall reap a huge crop of lovely neighbors and pleased tourists. Plant these seeds and
then daily cultivate them with great care. Kindness goes a long way these days, and there
is no person of disgreeable mien who cannot cultivate kindness with great profit n dollars
and cents, as well as in a free conscience and happy association. Don’t forget to plant the
seeds of kindness liberally…Quotation from Rev. McDade: If the businessmen keep on
doing nothing but playing golf, and the working men continue to go to the libraries as
they now are, in 25 years the working class will be the only educated people in this
country…Estes Park must have a branch organization of the Colorado Mountain Club
this spring. There are now over a half-dozen members of the main organization who
claim Estes Park as their home – a nucleus for the beginning this spring. We know of a
number of others who would gladly united should the organization be effected. Who will
volunteer their services to assist in the organization?
24 March 1922 – Semi-prose poem reprinted from the Exchange. Headline: He Knew
Why. There was an old geezer, and he had a lot of sense, he started up a business on a
$1.80 the $1 for stock, and 80 cents for an ad [advertisement] brought him two live
dollars a day, by dad! Well, he bough more goods and a little more space, and he played
that system with a smile on his face. The customers flocked to his two-by-four, and so he
had to hustle for a regular store. Upon the square, where people pass, he gobbled up a
corner that was all plate glass. He fixed up the windows with the best that he had, and he
told them all about it in a half-page ad [advertisement]. He soon had them coming and
never quit, and he wouldn’t cut down on his ads [advertisements] one bit. Well, he’s kept
things humping in the little town ever since, and everybody calls him the merchant
prince. Some say it’s luck, but that’s all bunk – why, he was doing business when times
were punk. People have to purchase and the geezer was wise, for he knew the way to get
them was to advertise.
24 March 1922 – Headline: The Thousand Islands. The River St. Lawrence “as grand as
the Rhine [River]” was discovered by a French explorer in 1535. In 1615, Champlain
explored the upper reaches of this majestic stream and discovered these islands. The
origin of the name is evident to the beholder. Below Lake Ontario for a distance of some
40 miles the river broadens to a width ranging from four to seven miles. Here begins this
world-famous archipelago. These islands – sometimes in a string like links in a chain –
again in just pell-mell confusion, appear to block the channel. Apparently, there are a
thousand of them. Some authorities assert there are as many as 1700. Composed mainly
of rock or granite, their surfaces are not high. Some are no larger than to provide a
foundation for a house – the largest contains about 10,000 acres. Many are privately
owned, and here man and his money have created castles which look as wondrous as
fairy tales sound. The Thousand Islands were the scene of some hot conflicts between
nations – Native American wars (when this region was known as Manatoana – Garden of
the Great Spirit), contests between the French and the English, and battles of
Revolutionary [War] fame. To this generation, however, they are more prominently
known for their singularly picturesque beauty and unquestioned charm.
24 March 1922 – Column title: Mickie Says. With yer kind permission, I will now recite
Shakespeare’s famous play entitled “If yet subscription’s nearly expired, please renew
without waiting till th’ paper stops coming!” Charles Sughroe.
returning until following Monday. For details, call at Denver office – 434 17th Street, or
address Department 22A. Idaho Springs, Colorado.
24 Mach 1922 – Advertisement: Real estate, insurance, loans. Cottage sites and
24 March 1922 – Column title and byline: How Chief Friday’s Son Jake, a Quarrelsome
Native American, Met his Fate. The following story of a tragedy which occurred
between two quarrelsome Native Americans was told the writer by Mrs. Varah Armstrong
of Fort Collins, the only daughter of the late Captain George E. Buss. At the time the
incident related by Mrs. Armstrong occurred, she was a young girl, ten or eleven years
old, living with her parents less than half a mile distant from where the opening scene
was enacted. Of course, the killing of a Native American chief of one tribe by a drinkfrenzied Native American of another tribe made a deep impression on her mind which
time could not efface, especially as the few settlers in the Cache la Poudre Valley feared a
Native American war might break out between the Arapahoes and Cheyennes with all its
horrors. The danger of such an event was the topic of conversation in every household in
the valley of which the child was an attentive listener. The story of the tragedy as Mrs.
Armstrong related it follows: “In the early winter, closing the year 1866, Chief Friday’s
band of Arapahoes, consisting of a few lodges, lived a few rods up the river from the
Sherwood Ranch, now known as the English Ranch. A much larger band of Cheyennes
were camped on the bluff of the north side of the river near the home of Michael (Ranger)
Jones. They were led by a chief named Spotted Tail. Chief Friday had a son whom he
called Jake, a hot-headed, quarrelsome fellow, with a keen appetite for bad whisky. He
and some of the other young braves visited the Cheyenne camp. They got into a quarrel
over cards, and Jake shot and killed Spotted Tail. Thus, for a brief time, the few settlers
were menaced by the horrors of a Native American war, but Friday, knowing that he
could not win against superior numbers, told his son to go away, which he did, taking his
three wives with him. A few days after the tragedy, my father was engaged in building a
log barn, and he borrowed a crosscut saw, with which he and my mother were cutting out
the doorway. Three or four Cheyennes came down and sat down watching the operation.
Father told mother to stop, and he signaled for one of the Cheyennes to take hold of the
handle, and the Son of the Wilds made a very fair hand for the short time it took to finish
the job. Once, when they stopped to rest, my father said, ‘What did you do with Spotted
Tail?’ The Native American stooped and with his hand scooped out a little hollow in the
soil to show that they had buried him, and my mother said there were tears of sorrow in
his eyes. I was an eyewitness of that scene,” said Mrs. Armstrong. “The next June 1867,
when the river was at flood-tide and an impossible torrent, Mr. Jones signaled one day for
the canoe that was kept for the use of the Joneses and the Sherwoods. A little Crow
Native American boy was frantically waving his blanket, and when he had been ferried
across and considered himself safe from pursuit, he told Friday’s band how he had been
held as a slave by Jake and his wives, how the party had started to return to the home
camping grounds on the Poudre River, of their seeing a band of Native Americans in the
distance, of Jake’s waving a white flag to which the advancing party paid no attention.
When they were near enough to recognize Jake and his squaws, they began to sing their
death son. The little Crow knew what that mean. All started to flee. One of Jake’s wives
rode a lazy pony and begged the little Crow to run behind and whip the horse, but he was
intent upon saving himself, which he succeeded in doing.” It is quite possible the
Cheyennes did not try to capture him after wreaking vengeance on Jake and his family.
As no other word of Jake and his family ever came to the Poudre Valley, it is not known
in what way they came to their death. It must always be one of the secrets of “The Lone
Prairie”. Perhaps a short biographical sketch of Captain Buss, father of Mrs. Armstrong,
will not be uninteresting. Captain George E. Buss was born in 1829 in Massachusetts,
died 7 April 1908 in Fort Collins. At the age of 22, he moved to the state of New York,
and on 25 April 1854, married Frances A. Butts of Booneville, that state [meaning
Booneville, Massachusetts]. One child, now Mrs. Varah Armstrong, now of Logan, Utah,
was born of the union. Enlisted in the 14th New York infantry in April 1861, and was
made sergeant of his company, later commissioned a second lieutenant. In January 1864,
he enlisted in the 21st New York volunteer cavalry as a veteran, and was mustered in for
three years or during the war [the war ended in 1865, so this is confusing]. For
distinguished bravery o the battlefield, he was commissioned first lieutenant. In 1865,
the regiment was ordered to Camp Collins [in present day Fort Collins, Colorado] to take
the place of the 11th Ohio soldiers, arriving here in August 1865. In June 1866, the
regiment was discharged, and Captain Buss was given the brevet rank of captain. He
then purchased a team and wagon and started east after his family, having already
purchased a tract of land near what is now Timnath. He returned to Colorado in
September 1866 with his family, and began to improve and develop his farm, joining with
F.W. Sherwood and others in constructing an irrigating ditch from which to water his
land.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Our Greatest Zoo. Fancy a beautiful 264-acre park with
lakes and a waterfall. People it with about 3400 animals, representing 980 different
families. Set it down 11 miles north of New York City, New York’s, city hall, and –
presto, you have a zoological park which outstrips all similar institutions. The occupants
of this animal world range in size from a four-ton elephant down to a pigmy field mouse
weighing probably less than an ounce. The oldest inmate, a giant tortoise, tilts the beam
at 225 pounds and is believed to be 200 years old. Give me a word with the stork and I’ll
tell you the age of the youngest member and to which family it belongs. A giant anteater
is probably the most peculiar animal and the 22-foot long regal python, weighing 170
pounds, the most unwelcome for the public’s standpoint. The bears make a strong play
for popular approval, but the apes are past grand masters in attracting attention to their
“monkey shines”. The woodchuck seems always to be “in the dumps”, while the jolly
little prairie dogs appear to be happy always. The sloth is the slowest-moving animal,
while “Baldy”, the big chimpanzee, leads when it comes to quickness of intellect and
ability to receive training. The most discordant chorus greets one in the large bird home,
where the commingled shrieks and squawks vary from that of the macaw, which can be
heard a mile, to the lower utterances of the less noisy fowls – but, for a mixture of queer
sounds, just step into the insect house.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Czar of Smokestack World. There are some smokestacks
that are unbelievably big – too big to be true – but the one recently completed for the
reduction works of the Anaconda Copper Mining Company at Anaconda, Montana, sets
up a new world record. The concrete base on which this gigantic structure stands
required 118 cars of crushed rock, 50 cars of sand, and 20,890 sacks of cement to
complete, and weighs approximately 9250 tons. The stack proper is constructed of
specially shaped blocks or bricks about 2-1/2 times the size of the ordinary brick, and it
took 2,464,672 of these larger units to complete the job. To make the mortar necessary to
lay these brick required 77 cars of sand, 37 cars of fire clay, and 41,350 sacks of cement.
The estimated weight of the brickwork is 23,810 tons. The exterior diameter of this
smoke-and-gas elevator is 86 feet at the base, while the interior diameter at the top tapers
down to 60 feet. The wall is 22 inches thick at the top. The maximum height of the stack
and its base is 585 feet 1-1/2 inches. Smokestacks of extreme size are desirable, and in
fact necessary, in connection with certain classes of mining operations, to prevent the
destruction of vegetation by the extensive quantities of strong and poisonous fumes and
gases which result from the reducing operations.
24 March 1922 – Headline: The King of the Clock World. America’s largest timepiece
looks down upon the world from the giant tower of Colgate and Company’s factory in
Jersey City, New Jersey. The massive hands are constructed of brass, in truss formation,
and covered with sheet copper. The minute hand is 20 feet long and 10 inches wide at the
point. It weighs 370 pounds. The point moves half a minute at a jump, and travels more
than half a mile in its 24 marathons around the dial daily. The dial is over 40 feet in
diameter, and illuminated at night – 42 electric bulbs being used on the minute hand
alone. The numbers on the dial are 5-1/2 feet high. The pendulum rod is eight feet long,
weighs 76 pounds, made of zinc and steel so proportioned as to permit of accurate
compensation and adjustment to overcome sudden and decided changes of temperature.
The bob weighs 330 pounds. The weights which propel the hands weigh 1500 pounds,
and provide ample power to offset all wind resistance. This master clock is said to be the
most mechanically correct tower clock ever constructed. It runs eight days without
rewinding. Built at Thomaston, Connecticut, and installed in 1908, it has operated the
year round with an average variation of less than one minute a week.
24 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Individual matter is carried each week in the
Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business] that cannot be obtained in any other
periodical published – it’s good, too. Subscribe today.
Elkhorn Avenue for the purpose of making a list of all persons within the corporate limits
of the town of Estes Park who are entitled to a vote at the town election to be held on
complete the list of voters. [signed] Richard H. Tallant, Arthur K. Holmes, and John
Frank Grubb…Subhead: Election notice. Notice is hereby given to the qualified electors
of the town of Estes Park, Colorado, that a general election will be held in the said town
on Tuesday, 4 April 1922, under the provisions of the statutes of the state of Colorado in
That said election will be held at the voting office in said town as follows: Hayden
Brothers’ office on Elkhorn Avenue. That the polls at the said voting place in the said
town will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. of said day. In witness thereof, the board
Colorado.
largest paper house in the west – their motto is “Quality and Service”. Wrapper paper,
and oyster pails, bread wrappers, candy and cake boxes, crepe paper, wrapping twines,
tanglefoot, poison fly paper, fly swatters, sweeping compound, matches, toothpicks, etc.,
etc. If it is made of paper, ask us, if not, ask us anyhow, we probably have it. Estes Park
Trail [soon to be a block 4 business].
24 March 1922 -
finishing at Francis [a block 6 business]…Rocky Mountain National Park Superintendent
and Mrs. Roger W. Toll arrived in Estes Park Sunday for the season…Rocky Mountain
National Park Ranger Allen reported for duty at the office of the Superintendent of the
Rocky Mountain National Park Monday. Mr. Allen is trained in forestry, and served as
ranger in Mount Rainier National Park before coming here. He takes the place made
vacant by the resignation of D.S. McDaniel, who has gone to Deland, Florida, where he
will engage in the automobile accessory business with his father-in-law…Semiadvertisement: $1000 worth of new and attractive wash fabrics just opened up at
Macdonald’s [a block 5 business]…Mrs. Clement Yore returned to her home last week
from the hospital in Longmont, where she was taken following an accident in which
some of the bones of her ankle were broken. She is setting up a little each day now, and
seems to be on the road to a rapid recovery…Robert Lindley and family drove to Denver
Sunday, and spent the first of the week in the capital city…Mrs. L.M. Butler,
stenographer in the Rocky Mountain National Park office, will return Saturday from a
months visit with her parents in Sutherland, Iowa…J.E. Macdonald takes considerable
pride in his display window, and this week has an attractive display of reminders that it is
paint-up time…Local eggs, strictly fresh, are now selling as low at 25 cents per dozen…
Mrs. Ada Leonard, mother of Mrs. Fred Payne Clatworthy, who has been visiting with
her daughter here for some time, has gone to Denver where she will visit for a short time
with another daughter, Mrs. George Winters, before returning to her home in
Binghamton, New York…A party of 15 university students and others came up from
Boulder and spent the weekend at the Butsch cottage…E.E. Draper and Fred Clatworthy,
Jr., spent two days last week around Fern Lake getting snow pictures, in which they were
very successful. They rode bicycles to Brinwood, and took the foot trail over the snow to
the front range of perpetual snow [Fred Clatworthy, Jr., would have been no older than 10
in March 1922]…Jim Barnes, who was arrested for breaking into a cottage near Elkhorn
Lodge last winter, was acquitted of the charge after the jury had been considering the
evidence for 25 hours…Dean Babcock returned to Estes Park Monday…Frank W. Byerly
and Lieut. Albizzi spent Tuesday and Wednesday in the vicinity of Bear Lake and Dream
Lake. They found considerable snow, but not suitable for winter sports as compared with
Fern Lake and Odessa Lake…A number of local people will spend Friday, Saturday, and
Sunday at Fern Lake Lodge, and enjoy some of the thrills of winter sports there…Semiadvertisement: If you are a live one, say it with printer’s ink – if a dead one, “say it with
flowers”…Semi-advertisement: Come in and look of the new wash materials at
Macdonald’s [a block 5 business]. It will be a pleasure for you to see them and for us to
show them…Information comes to us from Grand Lake that the state highway
commission has appropriated $30,000 for road work between that place and Granby. The
work will be done under the supervision of Frank McQueary of Granby…By those who
have been over it, we are informed that the snow at Milner Pass is three feet deep, while
at Squeaky Bob Wheeler’s it is close to two feet deep on the level…Semi-advertisement:
In the use of printer’s ink, a man’s power is usually limited only by his ability to use it.
24 March 1922 – Column title: Real Estate Transfers. Emil B. Hatch to Jennie E.
Dickerson, part block A, Glen Haven subdivision, 41…Presbyterian Assembly
Association to Jennie E Dickerson, lot 1, 2, 13, 14, 16, block 9, Glen Haven, $1…Reeve
Chipman to Peter Hondius, two acres in section 23-5-73, $1….Peter Hondius to Marie
Jiebeth [sic] Gookin, part of the southwest quarter of section 23-5-73, $1…James W. Barr
to Charles Kistler, east half of lot 29, White Meadow View Place, $1.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Allenspark Ski Tournament Changed [in earlier Estes Park
Trail issues, this was a column entitled “Allenspark Items”. Now it appears to use the
topic of one particular story as a headline]. A special meeting of the Allenspark Ski Club
was called by President O.H. Andrew last Tuesday evening. Arrangements for the ski
tournament were made, and the date was changed from 26 March 1922 to 2 April 1922…
Mr. and Mrs. Burns Will arrived home Friday from their southern trip of several
months…A number of university students from Boulder are spending the week at the
Wills Resort, and enjoying the winter sports on the Allenspark ski course…Ranger and
Mrs. Joe Ryan of Estes Park made a business trip to Allenspark Friday, spending the night
with N.E. Miller, and returning home Saturday…One case of flu is reported in
Allenspark, that of Mrs. George Hart. We hope to report her recovery soon…The
snowfall in Allenspark last Friday night was 14 inches.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Call for Caucus. A call for a caucus of the Citizens Party is
hereby made to be held at the IOOF hall Wednesday evening, 29 March 1922, at 7:30
p.m., for the purpose of nominating candidates for the coming town election, as follows:
One mayor for a term of one year, three councilmen for terms of two years each. Signed:
Albert Hayden, chairman.
means comfort, power, durability, dependability, pleasure. The new reduced prices mean
an accelerated army of Nash owners. All prices quoted are for cars delivered in Estes
Park. Six-cylinder Nash: Five-passenger $1595, seven-passenger $1750, roadster $1575,
four-passenger sport $1750, four-passenger coupe $2330, seven-passenger sedan $2650.
Four-cylinder Nash: Five-passenger $1150, roadster $1120, five-passenger enclosed
$1545, five-passenger sedan $1845, three-passenger coupe $1685. The Estes Park
24 March 1922 – Advertisement: Clean up and paint up. That should be the slogan for
Estes Park for the next two months. Let’s all get busy and make our properties spic and
span for the edification of our coming visitors. Pain is not an expense, it’s insurance –
and you can buy it to best advantage here. Paints are all greatly reduced in price – almost
down to pre-war [World War I] level, $3.75 per gallon for the best ready mixed paints,
against last year’s price of $5. Our paint stock is complete in every detail. Take a look in
the big window. Paints for houses, carriages, automobiles, interior decoration, varnish
stains, shingle stains, shellacs, floor paints, Muresco wall finish, in fact, everything
needful in the pain line, including a splendid stock of brushes – and the prices are right.
J.E. Macdonald [a block 5 business].
week?” Makes you kind of peeved to have someone fire that question at you when you
are not a regular reader of the Estes Park Trail, or if you happen to miss your newspaper,
doesn’t it? No need of it, either way. If you are not a regular subscriber, you should be,
and if you are, and missed your newspaper for any reason, you should call the office –
telephone #27-J3, and we will correct the fault and see that you get regular service.
Don’t let another day pass before your name is placed on our regular subscription list. At
the end of 30 days, if you are not pleased with the Estes Park Trail, we will refund your
money. Could anything be fairer? The Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business].
24 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Circulate the Estes Park folders now! [This refers
to the promotional brochures printed by the Estes Park Trail]
24 March 1922 – Column title and byline: Major Long’s Expedition to Colorado by
Roger W. Toll. Part III. It is interesting to note the early estimates of height of Pikes
Peak. In 1806, Lieutenant Pike roughly determined the height of the peak above the
plains, whose elevation he assumed as 8000 feet, so that his estimates for the elevation of
the peak was 18,581 feet. Major Long erred in the other direction. He assumed the
elevation of the plains as 3000 feet, and determined the height of the peak as 8,507 feet
above the plains, giving a total elevation of only 11,507 feet. The most recently and
accurately determined elevation of Pikes Peak is 14,110 feet. (United States Coast and
Geodetic Survey) The party reached the Arkansas River and ascended it to the mouth of
the Royal Gorge. Then they followed down its course to a point a few miles above the
present site of La Junta. Here the party divided, Major Long, James, Peale, and seven
men starting for the Red River, while the rest of the party descended the Arkansas River.
Major Long’s detachments met at Fort Smith on the Arkansas River on 13 September
1820, reached the Missouri River on 13 October 1820, and there the party was disbanded.
Not far south of what is now Palmer Lake, James discovered the blue and white
columbine, the state flower of Colorado, and give its present botanical name, meaning
“sky blue columbine”. Reporting this discovery, he says, “we collected a large species of
columbine, somewhat resembling the common one of the garden. It is heretofore
unknown to the flora of the United States, to which it forms a splendid acquisition. If it
should appear not to have been described, it may receive the name of Aqulegia coerulea.”
He also described the limber pine, a species that had not been previously known. Many
other animals, birds, insects, and flowers were recorded for the first time by this
expedition. Stephen Harriman Long was born at Hopkinton, New Hampshire, on 30
December 1784. He was therefore 35 years of age at the time of his expedition into
Colorado. He was made lieutenant-colonel as the result of this and other explorations,
and in 1861 was chief of the corps of topographical engineers, with the rank of colonel.
He died at Alton, Illinois, in 1864. Edwin James was born at Weybridge, Vermont, in
1797, and was about 23 years old at the time of the expedition. He had practiced
medicine and had also studied geology and botany, the latter under Dr. John Torrey. In
some of the historical accounts that have been written about Estes Park, some
inaccuracies have crept in, and as these are naturally quoted by later writers, it seems well
to call attention to the following points. There is no proof that Lieutenant Pike ever say
Longs Peak. There is nothing in his diary referring to it, and it is not certain that he
reached any point from which it could be seen. At a distance of 100 miles or more, it
would not appear as prominently as the many nearer peaks. The “Great Peak” reported
by Lieutenant Pike is the one now named for him, and not Longs Peak. It is stated that
Longs Peak was formally named by the members of his party, in honor of their leader.
Had this been the case, some mention of the fact would naturally appear in the diary, or
on the official map of the expedition, but there is no such reference. On the map it is
indicated as “highest peak”. It seems probable that the name was adopted by trappers,
soon after Long’s expedition, since Fremont reports it as known by that name in 1842. It
is more complementary to Major Long to believe that the peak was named in his honor,
not by himself nor his party, but by others who came after him. The first authentic ascent
of Longs Peak by white men was in 1868, but the Arapahoe Native Americans who were
brought back to Estes Park in 1914 asserted positively that the Native Americans used to
trap eagles on the top of the peak, and that they reached it on the south side, from Wild
Basin. This is a route with no particularly difficulty, and their assertion seems entirely
credible.
24 March 1922 – Advertisement: When a stranger wishes to learn the town, he casts his
eye over the advertising columns of the local newspaper to see how many live ones there
are in the community.
24 March 1922 – Certificate of authority No. 37, report of condition of the Estes Park
Bank at Estes Park, in the state of Colorado, at the close of business 10 March 1922.
Resources: Loans and discounts unsecured $94,121.21. Loans and discounts secured by
bonds $17,811.72. Other bonds and securities $8596.74. Furniture and fixtures $3300.
banks $14,817.26. Liberty bonds and certificates of indebtedness (reserve) $9688.28.
Checks on other banks $2000. Cash on hand $6951.45. Total $208,014.78. Liabilities:
Capital stock $25,000. Surplus fund $5000. Undivided profit (less expense and taxes
paid) $1543.36. Bills payable $15,000. Dividends unpaid $110. Individual deposits
$100,900.79. Demand certificates of deposit $2500. Time certificates of deposit
$57,571.48. Certified checks $184. Cashiers’ checks $205.15. Total $208,014.78. State
of Colorado, Larimer County, ss. We, Julius Foss Schwartz, vice president, and Charles
F. Hix, cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above statement is
true to the best of our knowledge and belief. [signed] Julius Foss Schwartz, vice
president. Charles F. Hix, cashier. Attest: Julius Foss Schwartz, Albert Hayden, Samuel
Service, directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17 March 1922. My
Charlie’s Market [a block 3 business]. 48-3…For sale – Owner wants the money and will
take $1500 cash for one-half acre with four-room cottage, hip roof, 24 feet by 26 feet,
living room, kitchen, two bedrooms, porch. Cottage stained and nicely finished with
wallboard. Another cottage can be built on this property. Address P.D., care of the Estes
description with price for season, month, week, I will advertise them. Frank R.C.
for washing presses, 5 cents per pound. Leave at Macdonald’s store [a block 5 business]
and get your money. The Estes Park Trail…For rent. For rent – Furnished cottage for
season – three bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry, beautifully-located
about halfway between village and YMCA conference grounds, $300 for season.
Trail…For rent – First-class vacuum cleaner by hour or day. Electric Shop. Telephone
#395. tf.
24 March 1922 – Mr. and Mrs. Harry E. McMahan spent a part of last week at the Hotel
Metropole in Denver, visiting Mrs. McMahan’s mother, Mrs. William D. McPherson, and
her daughter and son, Mr. and Mrs. Reed A. Higby…Mrs. William D. McPherson is
recovering from a serious illness of the flu. She will spend several weeks in the south to
aid recuperation before coming to Moraine Lodge this spring…Semi-advertisement: You
haven’t finished reading the newspaper until you have read each advertisement.
24 March 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “Depending upon hopes never made
a man wealthy.” The difference between the poor and the rich is that the one works and
spends – the other works and saves. And a little saved each day can be wisely invested in
a certificate of deposit bearing 4% interest. Your pennies will bring prosperity if saved
and invested in our certificates of deposit. U.B. Thrifty at the the [sic redundancy] Estes
Park Bank [a block 3 business]. Where your patronage is appreciated.
p.m. Special music at both services. 6:30 p.m. [Sunday] – Christian Endeavor topic [no
topic provided]. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at 8:00 p.m. J.A. Shepherd will
preach at both services.
24 March 1922 – Dateline: Denver – Notices of the dissolution and discontinuance of
business of two state banks have been filed with Secretary of State Milliken. They are
the Iliff State Bank at Iliff, Colorado, and the Wellington State Bank at Wellington,
Colorado. According to the papers filed with the state, business operations of the two
banks were suspended by agreement of the stockholders…Akron – Newton Myers,
rancher, is under arrest at Akron following the mysterious shooting of John Stackhouse, a
neighbor, in his home 50 miles southeast of Akron…Boulder – Sale of $50,000 worth of
the recently authorized school bonds for the new Boulder high school was made by the
school board to James H. Causey and Company of Denver in competitive bidding with
ten banks and bond houses of Colorado, at the highest price obtained for securities in this
district in eight years…Fort Collins – Peter Moss of Loveland, charged with assault with
intent to kill and assault with a deadly weapon, was acquitted of both charges by a
Larimer County jury in the district court. Moss was held in connection with the shooting
of Robert Pomeranka, 13 years old, in his melon patch the night of 10 September 1921…
Haxtun – The first store in Paoli, ten miles east of Haxtun, known as the Dinsmore Store,
burned recently with all its stock of goods. The fire is supposed to have started in a trash
box behind the store, after the proprietors had locked the store for the evening. One
member of the firm, who had his living room upstairs, escaped by jumping from a
window…Pueblo – John Latham, 21 years old, was instantly killed, and Miss Edna Clark
and her mother, Mrs. B.B. Clark, were painfully injured when an automobile in which
they were riding struck soft sand on the Santa Fe Trail 20 miles east of here and turned
over. Latham was pitched out of the car, his head striking a rock, and was killed
instantly…Denver – Merchants Park will be the name of the new baseball plant of the
Denver Western League Club at Braodway and Center Street. Officials of the Denver
Baseball Association, holders of the Denver franchise, gave the park its moniker in honor
of the business and professional men who have given their support, financial and moral,
toward bringing a franchise here…Colorado Springs – Gilbert John Premer, one month
old, underwent the surgeon’s knife at Bethel hospital. The infant was operated on for
appendicitis, and attending physicians announce the operation has been successful. The
parents are Mr. and Mrs. John Premer of Elbert, Colorado…Loveland – The Loveland
band is preparing to enter the musical contest of bands in the Rocky Mountain region to
be held in Denver sometime in May, at which prizes will be given for the best bands. The
boys’ band also will probably enter the contests [this story already appeared in the 17
March 1922 issue]…Fort Collins – The Boy Scouts in Fort Collins are enjoying a boom
in the organization. The fourth troop in the city has just been organized with assistant
scoutmaster Craig in charge. The Mexican boys of Fort Collins are taking to scouting in
fine style, and many of them are speeding up in their learning to read English through the
studying of their Boy Scout manuals…Delta, Colorado – Reuben Fluke, a cripple 25
years old, shot and killed Arthur McConville, 40 years old, at the Fluke Ranch at
Crawford, 40 miles from here. The shooting climaxed a quarrel in which McConville is
said to have attacked Fluke…Limon – A woman, Mrs. Albert Matzdorf, wife of a railway
engineer, has been chosen as the taxpayers’ nominee for mayor. She will oppose A.C.
Sinclair, president of the First National Bank of Limon, nominated by the Citizens Party
caucus…Fort Collins – Organization of the Colorado Creamery Men’s Association, and
the decision to meet twice a year, probably in Fort Collins, was the accomplishment of 40
creamery men from the Rocky Mountain states at their meeting here.
24 March 1922 – Column title: Cheerful House Frocks. House dresses are as important
certainly as any others, and they have cheerful charms of their own – more lasting ones
that their costlier rivals. They are usually bought ready-made, come in pleasing colors,
are cut on graceful lines, and are inexpensive. More than all, they return from their
tubbings fresh and crisp. Here is one made of gingham, and trimmed with chambray and
braid. It is one of many pretty and practical models.
24 March 1922 – Advertisement: A sure salesman is our classified advertisement section
– if the article advertised is really worth the price asked. For just a few cents, you can
find a buyer for that surplus furniture, or those tools you no longer need. Or if in need of
help, a want ad will secure it, or if looking for a job, a want ad will aid you. Just
telephone #27-J3. The Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business]. Estes Park,
Colorado.
Clothing Store [a block 5 business] in Estes Park, Evan’s Book Store in Fort Collins,
Skelley’s Book Store in Loveland, and Clatworthy’s at 415 17th Street in Denver…Semiadvertisement: You’ll delight in each issue of the Estes Park Trail.
24 March 1922 – Column title and byline: The Use of Sickness by Walt Mason. “Here is
the most wonderful book ever offered the public,” said the agent with enthusiasm. “It is
entitled ‘Psychology and Disease’, and every page has an astounding revelation. When
this book is universally read and understood, there won’t be any disease in the world.”
“Which is equivalent to saying that when the pigs are flying, a man with the rheumatism
will get a job as contortionist,” said Mrs. Curfew. “I have listened to agents for many
years, and have heard all kinds of silly talk, but yours is the worst yet. You can’t
convince me that the day will ever come when a man with the jumping rheumatism, such
as my husband if afflicted with, can sit down and cure himself by reading a book, even if
the book is endorsed by congressmen and justices of the peace and other dignitaries
without number. If disease ever is banished from the world, I have no doubt that
something worse will come to take its place. I believe that everything in this world is
here for a good purpose, even if it doesn’t look that way at first glance. Early this spring,
there was an epidemic of measles in this neighborhood, and of course my little
granddaughter had to come to visit me. She never comes when the health conditions are
all that could be desired, but just as sure as there is smallpox or seven-year-itch or some
other contagious disease rampant, that angel child comes to spend a few days with her
beloved grandmother, and she catches everything there is going. She hadn’t been here
two days before she was down sick. She had more measles than I ever saw in one
collection before, and her face was a sight to be seen. I was inclined to murmur and
repine, for I was just done with my housecleaning and was so tired I felt as though I’d
like to lie down and sleep for six months, and there I was with a sick child in the house,
and I was to be up night and day seeing that she didn’t catch cold, for if a child catches
cold when she has that disease, some of the measles are sure to strike in, and then she
goes blind or loses her hearing or becomes an idiot. I was complaining to Mr. Curfew,
and saying harsh, bitter things, when a boy came to the door with a telegram. It was from
Cousin Susan, and she said she was coming on the night train with her three children to
spend a week with me. She invites herself that way about once a year, and I always dread
her coming, for her children are holy terrors, and there is no peace where they are. I
never had a good excuse for heading Cousin Susan off before, and she had become a
nightmare to me. But on that occasion, I had an excuse all ready made. I sent back a
telegram saying that my granddaughter was in the house with an aggravated attack of
measles, and the house was quarantined, and a policeman with a sawed-off shotgun was
guarding the approaches to the house. Of course I didn’t use exactly those words, but
that was the meaning of my dispatch, and Cousin Susan had to take her offspring and
unload them on her Aunt Maria, who had never suffered a visitation of that sort before.
This shows that diseases have their use, and even a few measles in the house are a
wellspring of pleasure, when we regard them properly, with a determination to realize our
blessings. So I have no use for any book that shows how to abolish disease, and now
must disperse, for I have a hundred things to do.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Uncle Sam’s Fumigating Vats. So rapidly does the world
move nowadays, so numerous and varied are the wonders which are wrought by the
ingenuity of our experts in various lines, and so quietly is the work carried on, it
frequently happens that the general public knows but little of the marvels that are among
us. For instance, down on the Texas border – at Laredo, Texas, to be exact – the United
States Department of Agriculture operates a fumigating plant or vat which is sufficiently
large to accommodate a train of 15 freight cars at one time. Freight cars arriving in the
United States from Mexico are infected with live, pink bollworm – a pest which feeds
and devoirs the unripened pods of the cotton plant. If permitted to enter and scatter in
this country, it would, provided it gained much headway, create losses running into the
millions of dollars annually. To prevent this loss and preserve the crop, therefore, such
cars are unceremoniously shunted into these vats, and the unwelcome bollworms aboard
accorded a knockout reception. This plant resembled a long, brick shed. After the cars
are received, the doors are closed, and the plant is flooded with a gas, generated on the
spot, the fumes of which are sure death to bollworms. At the end of an hour or more, the
gas is drawn off, the cars removed and sent on their way, and the plant is ready for the
next incoming train. Other similar, but smaller, plants are located at various coast points.
24 March 1922 – Headline and byline: Elk Driven from their Feeding Ground by Too
Much Attention by Roger W. Toll, superintendent of Rocky Mountain National Park.
[Preface from Arthur B. Harris, presumably:] The people of Estes Park regret very much
that so many people have sought to equal the feat of Howard James in getting a close-up
view of the herd of elk on Deer Mountain, that the herd has left its usual feeding grounds
for parts unknown. It is hoped these over-enthusiasts will be more careful hereafter, if
the herd should later return. There has been considerable comment concerning the
matter, and we have given Rocky Mountain National Park Superintendent Roger W. Toll
the privilege of a few lines for an official expression of the matter, which follows: The
Estes Park Fish and Game Association has called attention to the fact that the large herd
of elk that has been wintering near Deer Ridge has been driven from their feeding ground
by persons who have followed the herd too persistently in the attempt to take close
photographs. It is better that everyone who wishes can catch an occasional glimpse of
this large herd of elk, than that a few people should get photographs of them. It is
therefore suggested that, if the elk return to their favorite location, that they be treated
with more consideration, and be encouraged to remain.
24 March 1922 – Headline: The Shoshone Dam. Among the great irrigation dams
erected under the supervision of the reclamation service of the Department of the Interior,
the Shoshone Dam has a distinct individuality. It is located nine miles west of Cody,
Wyoming, on the road to Yellowstone National Park. If you can conceive of a triangularshaped wedge of concrete 328 feet high, 200 feet wide at the top, 108 feet thick at the
base, tapering to 10 feet at the crest, placed between two mountains so as to close the
canyon of a river, you can gain some idea of this mastodonic structure. Now, imagine a
lake of stored-up water, 10 miles long, with a maximum width of four miles, and a
maximum depth of 233 feet behind this dam, then, in front of it a spillway bearing a
strong resemblance to a section of Niagara Falls, and stretching away in the distance
hundreds of thousands of acres of land covered with an abundance of crops, peopled with
happy inhabitants, and here and there a bustling village. There you have a picture of one
of Uncle Sam’s great irrigation projects. Remember that before the water was brought to
this thirsting land, sage brush and prairie dogs were among the principal crops, then –
presto, “The desert blossomed as the rose”, and you’ll understand why your government
expended $1,354,000 on the dam alone.]
Huppmobile/That makes you feel/That your flying through the air,/As you motor along/
24 March 1922 – Headline and “byline”: Natives of Belgian Congo (Prepared by the
National Geographic Society, Washington, D.C.) [What follows is a greatly truncated
version of the original article as it appeared in the October 1919 National Geographic
magazine.] Photographs: On the left, a full-face head and shoulders image of native
male with elaborate ritual scarring, especially around his eyes and nose and over his
forehead and cheeks. His is expressionless, wears a chunky necklace of bone, beads, or
shells, and has a braid of hair or strip of leather draped from either temple to below his
chin, framing his face like parentheses. Caption: Chief of the Bapotos. On the right, a
documentary image of a tree trunk covered with an exuberant lacework of climbing
parasitic vines. Caption: Climbing Parasite of the Congo [words after “climbing”
omitted in the Estes Park Trail version, but this is the likely caption based on the original
1919 National Geographic article]. The natives of the interior of Africa are very different
from those of the coast regions, who have absorbed the worst that civilization has to
offer, yet many a traveler, touching only the fringe of the Dark Continent, builds his ideas
of its people on those corrupted by alcohol, European morals, and the passion for gain,
either by fair means or foul. In the Belgian Congo, for example, where are to be met
typical [warning: Blatant xenophobia and half-truths follow] Negroes of the tropics, one
finds people who are frankly savages, to be sure, with customs disgusting to the
westerner, but who possess good traits for all that. If the tribes are approached property,
hardly one will be found which is not naturally good-tempered, and in most instances
hospitable and trustful. Stanleyville, Belgian Congo, the chief station in north-central
Congo, was a few years ago a strange mixture of an Arab, European, and Negro town.
Whatever harm the Arabs may have done to the natives, and there is no doubt that in their
slave-raiding expeditions they have slaughtered them by the thousands, they certainly
have taught them many a good thing. It was the Arabs who introduced rice, Madagascar
potatoes, beans, and many useful plants. They have taught the natives cleanliness, and
established schools in many centers. The town is much used as an outfitting point for
expeditions, but at times it is disappointingly short of supplies. In making trips up the
Congo River from Stanleyville, Belgian Congo, one must cross the river below the falls,
and have his luggage carted to a point on smooth water above the cataracts. Subhead:
Queer Bambala customs. Among the people of Congo, few possess stranger customs or
present more curious contrasts that the Bambala tribe, who live in numerous villages on
the banks of the Kwilu Jumba River in the southwestern part of the country. Each village
is under its own chief, who holds the position by virtue of his wealth, and is succeeded at
his death by the next richest man of the tribe. His principal function is to act as
moneylender to his subjects. No tribute is paid to the chief, but he has a right to the ribs
of every human being killed for food, and to the hind legs of each animal killed during
the great hunts. If a chief is young enough, he acts as leader in war, otherwise, one of his
sons takes his place. Intermediate between the chief and the ordinary freeman is a
hereditary class called muri, who may not eat human flesh, nor yet the meat of fowls.
They are distinguished by an iron bracelet and a special head covering of cloth, which
may not be removed by anyone under penalty of death, even if the offender did not intend
to touch it. The bracelet of a muri passes at death to the nephew (sister’s son), who
succeeds to the dignity, and the heir must steal the skull of the uncle. The corpse is
buried for some two months, then the skull is exhumed, painted red, and placed in the
house its owner used to occupy. The nephew must gain possession of it at night without
being observed, and, after hiding it for a few days in the bush, take it home to his hut. If
a muri is killed in war, his bracelet is sent home, but the skull has to be stolen as before
from the hostile village. The chief privilege of a member of this class is the right to a
portion of each animal killed in hunting. Subhead: Ordeal by poison. In disputes where
two people of the same village are concerned, a poison ordeal is employed as judge.
Whether a man is accused of witchcraft, parricide, or some minor offense, he declares
himself willing to take poison to prove his innocence. The poison, which is derived from
the bark of a native tree, is usually ground fine, and mixed to a thick paste, from which
are made five small loaves, and these are administered one after the other to the
defendant. During the next 15 minutes, if it is a case of witchcraft, the bystanders call on
Moloki (the evil principle) to come out. The poison usually acts very quickly. It may kill
the accused, or cause purging or vomiting. The last-named effect alone is regarded as a
proof of innocence. In the second case, the prisoner is compelled to dig a hole. He is
then given a fowl to eat, and enough palm-wine to make him quite intoxicated. After
this, he is laid in the hole, or possibly goes and lays himself down, and is then buried
alive in order to prevent Moloki escaping with his last breath. A large fire is kept alight
on the grave for two days, and then the body is exhumed and eaten. An innocent man is
carried around the village, decorated with beads, and his accuser pays a pig as
compensation for the false charge. Subhead: Decorated with scars. In color, the
Bambala are very dark brown, the hair is absolutely black, and the eye a greenish black
with a yellow cornea. The face is not of the ordinary Negroid type, but much more
refined, thick lips, for example, are quite exceptional, and only a small proportion have
flat noses. Tattooing is not common, but both men and women “decorate” themselves
with ornamental scars. They rise above the surface of the skin, sometimes more than an
inch. The ordinary food consists of manioc flour made into a paste with water and
boiled. The leaves of the plant are also eaten prepared with palm oil and pepper. Animal
food is not limited to goats, pigs, and other domestic small fry, for frogs excepted,
everything helps to make a stew, from ants and grasshoppers up to man. Human flesh is,
of course, a special delicacy, and its use is forbidden to women, though they do not
disdain to indulge secretly. Other tidbits are a thick white worm found in palm trees,
locusts, rats, and blood boiled with cassava flour. Human flesh is not the only food
forbidden to women, they may not eat goat’s flesh, hawks, vultures, small birds, snakes,
animals hunted with weapons, crows, or parrots. To the rule against flesh killed with
weapons there are two exceptions – the antelope and a small rat. Rich people, who
indulge in luxuries, eat kola nuts in great numbers. A kind of native pepper is known, and
oil is obtained from the palm nut. But the chief condiment is salt, which is made of the
ashes of water plants. There is, however, a strong preference for the imported salt, which
is in crystalline form as a rule, the crystals being perforated and strung on a string, which
is dipped into the food pot. On a journey, salt is eaten as a stimulant, and salt water is
also drunk. As regards animal food, if here is abundance, it is simply boiled and eaten
with the fingers. It must be remembered that meat for the Bambala is simply a bonbon,
much as chocolates are for us. Once, when a white traveler killed an elephant, which the
natives were at liberty to consume, blood, skin, and bones, if they pleased, after they had
eaten as much as they wanted, they went to him and asked for their dinner. Cannibalism
is an everyday occurrence, and, according to the natives themselves, who display no
reticence except in the presence of state officials, it is based on a sincere liking for human
flesh.
24 March 1922 – Column title and subhead: How to be healthy. The crusade of the
double-barred cross. Practical talks on disease prevention. Prepared by the Colorado
Tuberculosis Association. (Practically every adult person is infected with tuberculosis.
This infection need not be a source of danger. To keep the latent infection from
becoming disease, bodily resistance must be kept at its best. This series of articles shows
you how to keep healthy.) Series installment and byline: No. 4. Overwork by Dr.
Donald B. Armstrong, executive officer, Framingham Health and Tuberculosis
Demonstration, Framingham, Massachusetts. “Burning the candle at both ends” is a
game that few people can play. There are only a few men who can work all day long, and
go home tired, and work again long into the night without breaking down. Some can do
this if their night work is a new kind of work which they particularly enjoy. But then it is
really play, or recreation. Few men or women can work in factories with much overtime
without paying heavily for it. Health is a commodity, our most valuable possession. We
cannot afford to spend it, or to spend our time and service if the result is disastrous, no
matter what we are paid in wages for our effort. Ten dollars a minute for driving rivets is
a very inadequate wage if the job costs us our health. Work is normal and healthy. It is
indeed necessary for the body in work to remain healthy. To overwork is abnormal, and
goes contrary to all rules of the body. The human body is like any other machine. It can
stand only so much. If you put too big a load upon a wagon, it breaks. So with the body:
If it is loaded too heavily it breaks down. Of course, some wagons are stronger than
others, but they all have their maximum point of safety. There are no rules that will
indicate how much work one can do, but everyone knows the point of safety for himself –
the point where excessive fatigue sets in. A certain amount of tire is normal, yet nature
has provided so that everyone can tell when the overstrain is beginning to tell. Science
says that excessive fatigue, caused by overworking the muscles of the body, produces
poisons which the body does not have rest and time enough to get rid of. These poisons
lower resistance to disease. This condition decreases mental and physical efficiency. It
leads to poor work, less production, decreased earning power, and may shorten the
normal working life of any man or woman.
24 March 1922 – Dateline: Denver – An electric “health garment” caused the death here
of Mrs. Elizabeth Tipton.
Barr. When you wish to change any food for variety, order in its place something that
give the same kind of strength, i.e., change from one kind of cereal to another, from meat
to fish, from dried fruit to fresh. It is very important to have the right food for children.
For weak children, buy spinach, green, and carrots as vegetables, and give these children
oranges instead of candy. If necessary, buy extra eggs, and be sure that delicate children
have plenty of butter and milk. Buy dates and figs instead of jelly and jam for all
children. If you have more money to spend, do not use it for large quantities of meat. It
is wise to use meat only once a day. Two or three times a week, cheese dishes or beans or
inexpensive fish may be used instead of meat without taking away from the strength of
the family. Plan first for a good milk supply for your family. Buy at least as much as this
list calls for, and more if your children need it. Do not buy condensed milk. Little
children should never drink anything but milk. Cocoa may be given to schoolchildren.
Tea and coffee is for grown-up members of the family only. Use cereals once a day –
oatmeal, corn meal, whole-wheat foods. Shredded and flaked cereals are expensive, and
do not give as much strength as those cooked at home. Avoid canned food as much as
possible. Canned soups are very expensive. Canned vegetables are not nearly so good
for us as fresh vegetables. Be sure and buy fruit and vegetables as often as possible.
These are not extravagants, and they supply iron and other material that no other food
will give. Buy flour, and make your own bread, if possible. If you do this, be sure that
you have a clean place ready in which to keep the bread. Whenever possible use some
form of coarse flour – graham or whole-wheat – once or twice a week. Butterine may be
used instead of butter, and is perfectly wholesome food. When great economy is
necessary, another good fat is sweet beef drippings, nicely seasoned. When trying out fat,
add a small onion (whole), a few leaves of summer savory and thyme, a teaspoon of salt,
and a little pepper. This will season a pint of drippings. This can be spread on bread.
The flavor of a little meat can be spread through rice, potatoes, or any mixture, and the
plan is to do this so that it will not be necessary to buy large quantities of meat in order to
satisfy the appetite. The strength-giving part of the food for the day has been taken care
of in the other foods.
24 March 1922 – Dateline: Boulder – A 20% reduction in streetcar fares has been
voluntarily ordered by the Boulder Street Railway Company…Golden – Joseph E.
Dennis has been confirmed as postmaster at Golden. Mr. Dennis is vice-commander of
an American Legion post at Golden…Colorado Springs – C.H. Dudley, Colorado Springs
attorney, was selected as El Paso County judge to fill the place vacated by the death of
William P. Kinney…Rocky Ford – The American Beet Sugar Company will distribute
$26,000 among the beet growers of this section, the checks to be ready about the middle
of next week…Golden – A fully-equipped brewery, which, according to Jefferson County
authorities, was turning out a product of 2.62% alcoholic content, was raided on the
Denver-Golden road by Sheriff G.C. Kerr…Denver – The Colorado League of Women
Voters will give a banquet at the Adams Hotel in Denver on Thursday, 16 March [this is
now old news], at 6:30 p.m. Mrs. Anna M. Scott is in charge of the reservations for the
banquet.
Figure with us before starting the next job. George R. Wyatt [soon to be a block 8
business, having moved from block 6]. Telephone #180.
description, and other desired information.
not, now is the time to do it. Leave your cares at home, and come to the Brinwood,
where you may enjoy the thrill of a real vacation. There is motoring, fishing, hiking, and
horseback riding to help fill your vacation with many pleasures, so that you will come
Colorado.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Lewiston Hotel will Open Next Saturday for the Season.
The Lewiston Hotel will open its doors to its many friends and patrons on Saturday, 1
April 1922, for the season. This is one of the finest resort hotels to be found anywhere,
supplying every convenience one could wish for, and is deservedly popular with the
public in general. The Lewiston Hotel this year has a Denver office, and reservations can
be arranged for there before starting to Estes Park. There telephone is #Main 817.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Fred H. Sprague Passed Away near Loveland. Fred H.
Sprague, brother of Abner E. Sprague and Mrs. Arah Chapman of Estes Park, passed
away Wednesday night at his home near Loveland, of heart failure. Mr. Sprague three
weeks ago suffered an attack of the flu, but for several days had been around the place
some and was thought to be recovering. Wednesday night he went to bed as usual, and
Thursday morning was found dead in bed. Mr. Sprague was well known to the older
residents of Estes Park, and owned several hundred acres in Moraine Park until his death.
He also owned a ranch in Rattlesnake Park and the farm near Loveland where he and
Mrs. Sprague resided. Funeral services will be held in Loveland Saturday afternoon at
2:00 p.m. at the United Presbyterian Church. Relatives and friends from Estes Park will
attend. He passed away at the age of 65 years and three months, and is survived by his
wife, and his brother and sister of Estes Park.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Trail will have New Home Soon. The Estes Park
Trail has secured a lease on the building formerly occupied by the Estes Park Steam
Laundry [on block 4], near the post office [well, across the street from the post office],
and hopes to get located there soon after 1 April 1922. The Estes Park Trail has enjoyed
the hearty support of practically every single individual in Estes Park, which it greatly
appreciates, and the new quarters will give us the necessary room and other advantages
heretofore lacking, and yet quite necessary to our serving the community to the best
advantage. For the size of the community, the Estes Park Trail probably has the best
equipment of any shop in the state – latest patented faces of type, best late model
machinery, operated by variable speed control motors, and all specially selected to serve
the peculiar demands of the community. Moving and getting rearranged will require
considerable work and time, but when ’tis done, we invite each of our readers to pay us a
visit of inspection. [This location initially confused me because earlier articles suggested
K and B Packing and Provisions Company was supposed to move into this building, but
K and B Packing and Provisions moved into the building just south of this building, along
the Big Thompson River.]
24 March 1922 – Mr. and Mrs. Reed Higby, formerly of Estes Park, came down from Big
Creek, Wyoming to attend the recent meeting of the forest rangers in Fort Collins, and
then on to Denver to visit with Mrs. Higby’s mother. While in Denver, Mr. Higby was
stricken by flu, and confined to his bed for two weeks. They returned to their home in
Wyoming last Saturday…E.E. Draper is building a cottage on the McCreery Ranch…
Next weeks’ article by Abner Sprague will tell of an early ascent to Longs Peak. Fred
Sprague, who died in Loveland this week, was one of the first guides up Longs Peak, and
much of his life in connection with Estes Park is contained in the article.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Trail Advertisement Forgot to Look in Joe’s Coat
Pocket. Estes Park Trail want ads are “go-getters” all right, we have knowledge of
numerous instances where they did the business expected of them, but we have
discovered an instance in which they were absolutely powerless. In happened this way:
Joe Ryan recently made a trip to several of the valley town, accompanied by his wife, and
upon their return, he was minus a pair of glasses. Of course, Joe knew that the Estes Park
Trail want ads have the same affinity for lost articles that a preacher’s teeth have for
chicken, and we ran a nice little advertisement about the glasses [see 3 February 1922 and
10 February 1922 issues], got the money, spent it for Eskimo Pie, or something else, but
Joe’s glasses didn’t come marching home. Most women have a habit of going through
the pockets of their hubbies on stated occasions, sort of a feminine instinct, as it were,
and one day an old coat of Joe’s became the subject of a thorough search at the hands of
Joe’s wife, and from the intricate mysteries of what had once been a pocket, the longmissing glasses were brought forth.
24 March 1922 – Headline: Woman’s Club Donated to Fire Company. The Estes Park
Woman’s Club made a substantial donation to the fire company at their regular meeting
Wednesday. This donation was especially appreciated by the fire company, owing to the
fact that it was the first one received since they have started their campaign to raise $4000
for the new fire equipment. The firemen’s committee is sending out 122 letters this week
to cottage and hotel owners outside the incorporation, asking their help in raising the
money necessary to purchase this equipment.
24 March 1922 – Julius Foss Schwartz has had good success in mastering the mysteries
of his radio telephone receiving set, and has been able to get in touch with stations many
hundreds of miles away. Tuesday evening, he connected with the sending station of
Oklahoma University at Oklahoma City, Oklahoma…Julius Foss Schwartz went to
Denver this morning, where he will meet Mrs. Schwartz, who is returning from a visit in
eastern states with relatives. They will return to Estes Park the first of the week…Jabe
[sic, possibly Jake] Billings, foreman of the road construction in Rocky Mountain
National Park last summer, arrived in Estes Park Tuesday for the summer…Cyril V.
Williams is building a cottage on his property on the hill…Miss Mary Spangler of
Greeley is the new teacher in the high school, taking the place of Russel James, who
recently resigned…Dr. Henry Squire Reid was up from Denver to look after business
matters Wednesday…A permit has been granted Walter Fulton to glass in his front
porch…Lawrence E. Grace has secured from the town council a permit to build a tile
addition on the west side of his property on Elkhorn Avenue. This will give him more
store room…The old residenters [sic] are reminded by the large number of visitors
already coming to Estes Park that the season will soon be on us. The Hupp Hotel and the
National Park Hotel report a splendid business the past few days.
31 March 1922 – Column title: Bills Allowed at the regular meeting of the trustees of the
town of Estes Park, held Monday, 13 March 1922. Charles F. Hix, agent $16.20. Lindley
and Son $20.12. Stanley Power Department $37.50. Estes Park Trail $2.87. BradfordRobinson Ptg. [sic, possibly Painting] Company $10.65. Estes Park Garage $2.60.
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company $2.10. [signed] Charles F. Hix,
town clerk.
31 March 1922 – Headline: New York Sunday Times Art Critic Gives Estes Park
Pictures Favorable Mention. The following clipping is taken from the New York Times
Sunday edition of 12 March 1922, and gives the Clatworthy autochromes very favorable
mention. The clipping follows: Photography has made wide strides forward in the last
20 years. Future progress seems now probable to be in the line of color, and though
means have not yet been discovered to duplicate, through the medium of printing, the
results registered on sensitized plates, those who are most experienced believe that the
discovery is not far distant. The possibilities of color photography to interpret, as well as
translate, visual beauty, are demonstrated by a series of autochrome plates made in
California, Arizona, New Mexico, and Colorado by Fred Payne Clatworthy of Estes Park,
Colorado, which Mr. Clatworthy has lately been showing under the auspices of some of
the leading art associations and scientific societies in the east. Mr. Clatworthy has a
keenly artistic perception, and ranks with the foremost pictorial photographers of
America. His compositions are almost invariably good, and he uses the medium of
photography with exceptional artistic skill. His great achievement is the interpretation,
through the medium of the camera and Lumiere plates, of sunsets.
24 March 1922 – Larimer County Superintendent of Schools Miss Emma T. Wilkins
spent the first of the week in Estes Park inspecting the work of the school. She was
accompanied by Miss Mildred Druet, Larimer County visiting nurse.
business].
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John Frank Grubb.
24 March 1922 – Semi-advertisement: Remember – Your money back if at the end of 30
31 March 1922 – Banner: Estes Park Trail (Rocky Mountain National Park) Epigram
31 March 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Trail Office will be Moved Saturday. Tomorrow,
weather permitting, the Estes Park Trail office will be moved to more convenient and
commodious quarters in the building on Elkhorn Avenue formerly occupied by the Estes
Park Steam Laundry, a lease having been secured on this building from Ralph R.
Macdonald. We have labored under trying difficulties during the year just closing until
suitable quarters could be secured. Now we will be enabled to make our efforts of greater
value to ourselves and the community.
31 March 1922 – Headline: Fire Hazards. Just now fire hazards are uppermost in the
minds of the community, and methods of reducing the entirely too high insurance rates
are being discussed. “An ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure,” said the sage,
and the community is well aware of the fact that a $12,000 fire fighting system will do
much toward eliminating the possibility of a $500,000 fire, and that it will assist
materially in securing a reduction in our rates. The town’s enforcement of its fire
ordinances also is known to the insurance underwriters, and as enforced affect the rates
charged. In glancing over the town’s fire ordinance, we discovered several features that
no doubt are not as well known as they should be. Dumping of ashes anywhere except in
well-constructed ash pits is forbidden, and property owners are required to provide ash
pits, which the occupant of the premises are required to care for properly. Stoves are not
allowed closer than one foot to a wall or partition, and a metal floor protector extending
at least six inches beyond the stove must be used. A fine of $5 to $300 and costs is
provided for in the violation of any of the above-mentioned regulations. To see that the
above regulations are being complied with, the town marshal is authorized to enter all
premises for purposes of inspection. A rigid enforcement of these regulations will tend to
keep down fire hazards.
North St. Vrain Canyon Road are in good condition. Nearly all road and trails within
Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park are open. Chains on all fours necessary
on Longs Peak Road. Fall River Road over the Continental Divide closed for the winter
by snow. Two hotels open. Maximum temperature this week 53 [degrees Fahrenheit].
Minimum temperature this week 15 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum temperature
Wednesday night 23 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Precipitation this month 1.19 [inches]. –
Report from United States station at fish hatchery.
31 March 1922 – Photograph: Black-bordered, 4 inch by 5 inch scenic image of the
approach to Odessa Lake and Notch Top Mountain in winter, blanketed by snow. The
day is sunny and cloudless, with shadows of pines looking like spilled drinks on the trail.
Caption: Odessa Lake and Notch Top Mountain. Where 150 Olinger Highlanders will
frolic for ten days during their spring vacation. Credit: Photo by Draper.
31 March 1922 – Headline: Olinger Highlanders Gambol over Mountain Sides at Fern
Lake. Tomorrow, the Olinger Highlanders of Denver will arrive in Estes Park 50 strong
for an outing at Fern Lake Lodge, where they will become acquainted with the winter
sports that are becoming so popular. These boys were organized by George Olinger of
Denver among the boys too young for the Boy Scouts organization, and are being given a
splendid training that will assist each to become a better man. To take advantage of the
winter sports, boys must be proficient in their schoolwork and in the work of the
organization. Summer outings are held each year under the supervision of trained leaders
provided by Mr. Olinger and at his expense. The winter outing is held during the school
spring vacation week. The boys will be handled in relays, so that about 150 will be
enabled to avail themselves of the treat during the week.
31 March 1922 – Fifteen high school boys of a Sunday school class of the First Baptist
church of Fort Collins, accompanied by Professor J.S. Congdon of the high school, spent
the week in Estes Park at the Dr. Halley cottages in Prospect Heights.
31 March 1922 – Headline: West End of Elkhorn Avenue Nicely Graded. The west end
of Elkhorn Avenue has been nicely graded, and drainage for waste waters provided. This
stretch of street, from Fall River Bridge to the Estes Park Lumber Yard [this is a pretty
short stretch of street], is usually a nightmare for those compelled at this time of year to
make use of it. The high cliff at this point [on the south] always forms snow drifts and
keeps the sun from striking it most of the day, hence it is usually a bog hole when the
spring thaw and summer rains arrive. Supervisor Lee not only graded the street so that it
will soon be in good shape, but also spent considerable labor in removing many boulders,
so that this stretch will hereafter be a joy to those who pass over it. During the winter,
Supervisor Lee has done much excellent work on the streets of the village, work that
could not well be done during the summer because of the rush of traffic, and the
community can well feel proud of the results accomplished.
31 March 1922 – Monday is the last opportunity you will have to register for the town
election. While it is probably that there will only be one ticket in the field, it is your
[word or words missing, suggest “duty” or “responsibility” as the intended
encouragement] as a citizen to vote. See that you are registered.
31 March 1922 – Headline: Fire Department Receiving Splendid Encouragement. The
fire department is greatly pleased with the responses that are beginning to flow in, in
answer to their request for funds with which to assist in the purchase of an up-to-date fire
truck. They are asking those with property outside the corporate limits of the town for
$4,000 as the share of these people toward the purchase of the equipment, which will
give splendid protection to all property with the Estes Park region. The truck will carry
two chemical tanks which will afford the best of fire-fighting facilities for most any
conflagration which is likely to break out anywhere in Estes Park. City fire trucks only
carry one tank, but inasmuch as there is more property without water protection than
there is with it, and since the experience of other towns and cities show that nearly all
fires are now handled entirely with chemicals, it was deemed best to secure a truck
specially equipped with two chemical tanks. The truck selected will carry 200 feet of
chemical hose and from 500 feet to 700 feet of water hose, will be fully equipped
otherwise, and will have great speed, so that any section of Estes Park may be reached
within a few minutes. Experienced drivers will at all times, day and night, be at hand to
man the truck immediately upon receipt of a fire alarm. The fire company hopes to
install an electric siren with a range of four miles to sound alarms. So hopeful are they of
the successful consummation of their efforts toward securing the truck, that they are hard
at work on the tentative plans for the firehouse. The committee reports some money
received and many inquiries from property owners as to the amount they should
contribute. This shows the proper spirit that will make possible the splendid plans of the
department. If you have not yet sent in your contribution, do so today.
31 March 1922 – Headline: No Advertising Signs in California Forests. Advertising
signs in the 17 national forests of California must come down, following an order issued
by the district forester at San Francisco, California, on 27 January 1922. Advertisements
printed on rocks and trees are also to be effaced. According to the regulation of the
Forest Service of the United States Department of Agriculture, such advertising is
prohibited in all national forests without special permits, which are seldom issued. The
object of this regulation is to prevent defacing the mountain landscapes of the national
forests with billboards and other unsightly signs.
today.
31 March 1922 – Column title and byline: Current Events by John Dickinson Sherman
[this is the first time a byline has ever appeared with the Estes Park Trail’s national and
international news column, generally called “Current Events” or something similar. The
fact that John Dickinson Sherman was an Estes Park summer resident (or at least his wife
and son were) makes it doubly interesting that his name never appeared before now, since
he had been writing or editing this nationally-syndicated column prior to this particular
installment, something the Estes Park Trail had been running since in started in 1921].
The four-power Pacific treaty was ratified by the United States Senate Friday, 24 March
1922. By agreement made ten days in advance, the vote had been set for that date. It
came as the climax to a week of strenuous oratory. The bitterest debate was precipitated
Monday when Senator Borah (Republican of Idaho) read into the record a stenographic
report of a statement attributed to Paul D. Cravath, “the representative of the Morgans
and the Ryans”, to the effect that the United States had entered into a secret agreement to
cooperate with Great Britain against Japan in the Pacific Ocean. Senator Lodge and
Senator Underwood, Republican and Democratic floor leaders, respectively, and
American delegates to the conference with Secretary of State Hughes and Elihu Root,
denied the alleged Cravath statement. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, leading the
Democratic opposition to the treaty, demanded a senatorial investigation, and asked that
Secretary of State Hughes and Mr. Root be called before the foreign relations committee.
At this point, Senator Lodge said: “This debate is proceeding upon the theory that the
four American delegates were not only ignorant and incompetent, but that they were
prepared to betray their country. It is an implication against the honesty and patriotism of
President Harding. I believe that they are as patriotic and as desirous of protecting the
interests of their country as those who are slandering them by implication and
insinuations. I will trust the people of the United States to stand by President Harding
and the four delegates in this great conference.” Later, Mr. Cravath emphatically denied
the statement attributed to him. Secretary Hughes wrote a letter in which he said: “In my
letter to Senator Underwood on 11 March 1922, in relation to the four-power treaty, I
said: ‘There are no secret notes or understandings.’ Permit me to express the hope that
the American delegates will be saved further aspersions upon their veracity and honor.”
To the man in the street, the astonishing part of this is the fact that anyone – United States
senator or anyone else – should expect to get across with charges, direct or indirect,
against either the honor, the efficiency, the veracity, or the patriotism of the four
American delegates…Passage of the “four billion dollar” bonus bill was accomplished by
the House of Representatives Thursday, 23 March 1922, by a vote of 333 to 70, four
voting present. A two-thirds majority was necessary to pass the bills under a suspension
of the rules. The bonus bill was put through in accordance with a program announced the
preceding Tuesday. Chairman Campbell of the rules committee submitted a resolution
providing for suspension of the rules. Chairman Fordney of the ways and means
committee was recognized by the speaker for the offering of a motion to suspend the
rules and pass the bill. Four hours of debate followed, with time divided. Any forecast of
the treatment of the bill by the Senate is largely guesswork. Certain Republican senators
have expressed opposition to the bill as reported to the House of Representatives by the
ways and means committee. It is common report that any bill passed by the Senate will
contain a provision setting forth the necessary taxation plan to pay the bonus, which is
omitted from the House of Representatives bill. Some political prophets predict a
deadlock between the two houses. Nobody pretends to be able to say whether or not
President Harding will veto the bill. President Harding, upon his return from a short
vacation in Florida, was called upon Monday, 20 March 1922, at the White House by a
delegation from the House of Representatives: Floor leader Mondell (Wyoming) and
representatives Fordney (Michigan), Towner (Iowa), Campbell (Kansas), Longworth
(Ohio), and Fess (Ohio). They discussed bonus legislation for two hours, with this result,
according to the official communiqué: “The legislative situation relating to the bonus bill
was fully presented to President Harding, with detailed explanation of the provisions
which remove the menace of excessive drafts on the treasury in the immediate future, and
avoid any program of added taxation. President Harding went over the entire situation
with an appraisal of commitments made. He advised the committee that the legislation is
a responsibility of Congress, and in view of expressions previously made, he did not
think it essential to offer any recommendations.” President Harding’s “expressions
previously made” were recommendations of a sales tax to provide the revenue to pay the
bonus, or postponement of the passage of the measure until the funds were in hand. The
delegation was divided as to whether President Harding would or would not veto the bill
if passed. Everybody was on hand when the House of Representatives opened Monday,
and nobody seemed to know what Speaker Gillett intended to do. Garner (Democrat of
Texas) asked that Mondell [of Wyoming] be given two minutes to tell the status of the
bonus bill. Campbell called for the regular order. The speaker announced that no one
would be recognized that day to bring up the bill. Then there was a conference in the
speaker’s office. It got nowhere. The speaker held that he would not assume the
responsibility of letting the bill come up until he had the express command of the
majority members. Democratic members of the ways and means committee made a
minority report which called the bill all the financial, economic, and political names on
the calendar. Tuesday, a definite program for the passage of the bill Thursday by the
House of Representatives under a suspension of the rules was announced by the
Republican leaders…President Harding has ordered all American troops in Germany
returned to the United States by 1 July 1922, the beginning of the 1923 fiscal year. This
was the American government’s first answer to the refusal of the allied reparation
commission to pay its bill for $241,000,000 for the expense of United States troops on
the Rhine River up to 1 May 1921, out of a billion gold marks recently paid over by
Germany. The allies argue this way: The allies are not bound by the Berlin [Germany]
Treaty, just as the United States is not bound by the Versailles [France] Treaty. America’s
claim is based on the Berlin [Germany] Treaty. Therefore, the allies are not bound to pay
the American claim. Secretary of State Hughes has made the government’s second
answer. In effect, he has served notice on the allies that they cannot dodge payment of
the Rhine River debt by attempting to hide behind a technicality which doesn’t exist.
Identical communications were placed Wednesday, 21 March 1922 [sic, Wednesday fell
on 22 March in 1922, so either the day or the date is incorrect], by American ambassadors
before the governments of Great Britain, France, Italy, Japan, and Belgium. Secretary of
State Hughes insists that the right of the United States to be paid is not only clearly
equitable but free from any technical objections. He sets forth in detail this right, as
established jointly under the terms of the armistice, the treaty of Versailles [France], and
the treaty of peace between the United States and Germany. He says the United States
will welcome any suggestion from the allies for reasonable adjustment. And in the
meantime, will they please refrain from giving effect to any arrangements of the
distribution of German cash payments to the exclusion of the claim of the United States.
Evidently, the situation is one which requires an able secretary of state. It apparently has
many complications. In debate in the Senate, Senator Lodge said that our claim had
nothing to do with either treaty, that it was based on an agreement made under the
armistice, and that evasion was a mere technicality. Senator Underwood agreed as to the
technicality, and then said this in effect: “Nevertheless, payment rests in the reparation
commission. The supreme war council – not to be confounded with the supreme council
of the League of Nations – was given charge of winding up the war. We had a
representative on that supreme council until after the defeat of the Versailles [France]
Treaty. That supreme council turned over to the reparation commission the
administration of the funds to be collected from Germany to pay the troops on the Rhine
River. The commission is now handling these funds. The only way we can get our share
is to sit in at the reparation table.” Close observers in Washington, D.C., say that
President Harding’s informal utterances indicate that he would look with favor upon the
appointment by Congress of an American representative on the allied reparation
commission. He will not propose it, but he thinks Congress should realize its necessity.
31 March 1922 – Dateline: Trinidad – The last of the remaining bodies of 17 victims
who were caught in the explosion in Sopris Mine No. 2 of the Colorado Fuel and Iron
Company near here have been removed.
31 March 1922 – Advertisement: Why it pays to advertise in the Estes Park Trail.
Because it is consistently read week in and week out by every member of every family
that has the pleasure of its weekly visits. Because care is used in selecting every article
and news item used each week, that only matter of interest to our constituency may
appear. Because our readers have learned many of our advertisers carefully edit their
advertising copy and make it of sufficient general interest to be read closely each week.
Because every booster for the community is personally interested in the success of the
newspaper. Because the substantial people interested in the community are our readers.
If you have anything to sell our readers, you had better arrange for space without delay.
The Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business].
31 March 1922 – Advertisement: For sale. 80 acres, three miles from Estes Park village,
31 March 1922 – At the caucus of the Citizens Party Wednesday evening, a ticket was
named for the town election to be held next Tuesday. Albert Hayden was named to run
for mayor, the position he now holds. Ralph R. Macdonald and Elmer D. Lindley were
nominated to succeed themselves as councilmen, and John Frank Grubb, not now holding
office, was also named to run as councilman…The Estes Park Music and Study Club
enjoyed a Spanish program last Thursday afternoon at the home of Miss Lois Griffith.
Mrs. Fred Payne Clatworthy, who had charge of the program, opened the meeting by
giving the general features of the Spanish opera, beginning with the early music of the
church. This was supplemented by a brief talk on modern Spanish composers by Mrs.
Robert Lindley. Mrs. Harry McMahan read a paper on the Spanish dance. Mrs. C.F.
Bache, who was a guest of the club, contributed several delightful selections, both
instrumental and vocal, and gave an exhibition of the Spanish dance en costume. She
was accompanied in the Spanish rendition of La Paloma by Mrs. Clatworthy, who took
the contralto part. Miss Esther Griffith, also a guest of the club, contributed well toward
the program with her pleasing piano selections. Mrs. Gaylord Harper Thomson gave a
talk on modern Patti [sic, unless this refers to Patti, Italy, I’m not sure what was
discussed]. Delicious refreshments were served by the hostess…A number of the ladies
of the community gave a surprise party for Miss Nellie Simms at the Simms home
Thursday afternoon. There were a goodly number present, and a pleasant time was
enjoyed…Mrs. Violet Roberts of Denver, sister of Joe Ryan, spent the week at the Ryan
home in Estes Park…Mr. and Mrs. Joe Ryan will spend Saturday and Sunday in the
capital city [Denver] on business connected with the national forest…Harry B. Boyd and
sister returned from Idaho Springs this week. Mr. Boyd is much improved in health…
The electric power plant will probably be shut down Saturday for two or three days to
enable workmen to make the necessary changes in the system to connect up the new
generator…The K.P. [possibly Kids Party] girls have planned a dance for Saturday
night…The editor has in his possession a pair of gloves that the owner my have by
identifying…The Ladies Aid Society will be entertained Wednesday afternoon, 5 April
1922, by Mrs. W.E. Graves and Mrs. Frank Service, at the home of the latter… The
Westminster Guild will meet Thursday afternoon, 6 April 1922, with Mrs. Frank Service
and Mrs. Dugald Floyd Godfrey at the home of Mrs. Service…Semi-advertisement:
When a stranger wishes to learn the town, he casts his eye over the advertising columns
of the local newspaper to see how many live ones there are in the community…Mrs.
Frank Service entertained delightfully Wednesday afternoon in honor of her sister, Mrs.
M.A. Gates of Fort Collins. Three tables of bridge were arranged, and at the close of the
afternoon a delicious two-course luncheon was served carrying out a pink and white color
scheme. The tables were decorated with pink and white sweet peas and ferns…Semiadvertisement: You haven’t finished reading the newspaper until you have read each
advertisement…Semi-advertisement: People who have items for publication will confer
a greater favor on the Estes Park Trail than they imagine if they will get their items in as
early as is possible. Always glad to hear from you…Semi-advertisement: In the use of
printer’s ink, a man’s power is usually limited only by his ability to use it…Charles W.
Rowell, who was associated with the geological survey party that was located in Estes
Park about eight years ago, and who was well-known to many in Estes Park, died in
Littleton about Christmas time of the flu. Mr. Rowell was in France during the war with
Spain. Mrs. Rowell is making her home in Louisville, Georgia [sic], with her parents…
Miss Lizzie Litzenberger, who had been employed at the Stanley Hotel since its erection
until last fall [so from 1909 until 1921], when she went into business in Denver, died in
that city Friday of last week following an attack of flu and pneumonia…Semiadvertisement: By the way, if you have a useful article about the place for which you
have no further need, a few cents spent for a want ad will probably find a buyer for it.
31 March 1922 – Advertisement: Notice – The annual meeting of the Estes Park Fish and
Game Association will be held in the IOOF Hall Monday, 3 April 1922 at 8:00 p.m. for
the purpose of electing officers for the ensuing year and the transacting of other business
relative to the association. [signed] W.A. Gray, secretary and treasurer.
31 March 1922 – Headline and dateline: Many Unclaimed Accounts in Banks. New
York – There are 25,000 unclaimed accounts in savings’ banks, trust companies, and
private banks in New York state, accounts which have lain dormant for from five to thirty
years. They range from $5 to tens of thousands of dollars.
31 March 1922 – Column title: People of Our Town. [Illustration: Cartoon of a longfaced, big-eared, droopy-eyed gentleman with a bushy moustache and no chin cradling an
inconsolable baby up against his left shoulder. The infant, supported under his stomach
and wrapped in a blanket or christening dress, has opened his mouth wide enough in
screaming to swallow an ostrich egg sideways. Raindrop tears are falling just beyond the
reach of the baby’s outstretched hands, and the background, for once, is pitch black. The
artist’s name, Charles Sughroe, appears in the lower right corner.] This sad scene always
gets a laugh. Everyone know some poor father who totes the baby ’round nights and
moans about it days. We all looked just like this baby once upon a time. Isn’t it a wonder
that poor father didn’t sell us down the river?
31 March 1922 – Column title: Fox Scarves Popular. [Photograph: Fashion image of a
female model with a giant beret, resembling a deflated mushroom cap, angled jauntily
over her right eye and a dead fox, head still attached, slung over her shoulders. Her pose
is full face, and she wears a dazzling smile, a dainty lace collar, and a single strand of
pearls dropping to her xyphoid process, or about eye level for the fox. The photograph is
uncredited.] Mary had a little lamb, but that was in the distant past. Now she has a little
fox – for everywhere that fashion goes, the fox is sure to go. Fox scarves have proved
themselves the most beloved of furs, and they are universally worn. There is a
considerable range of color in them, and a very great range of prices. In any case, the fur
is soft, silky, and becoming.
catalogs, folders, engraving, lithographing, embossing. Our prices are right and highclass work guaranteed. Mail orders given careful attention. Estes Park Trail [soon to be a
block 4 business]. Telephone #18. [This is the first appearance of the Estes Park Trail’s
updated telephone number in an advertisement, while at the same time other
advertisements in this issue provide the “outdated” telephone number #27-J3.]
31 March 1922 – Masthead:
31 March 1922 – Poem and “byline”: The Happiness Flower by A.N.K. Did you ever
find the Happiness Flower?/It isn’t so hard to find;/It opens wide at the morning hour,/In
the meadows of cheerful mind./But is sometimes grows in the sandy dust/That fills the
desert of care,/And down in the fields of perfect trust/You always can find it there./It’s
sweet as honey, the Happiness Flower,/Winter and summer the same–/On the difficult
hills by troublous tower,/It shines like a rosy flame./If ever you find the Happiness
Flower,/And it isn’t so hard to find/By the rainbow’s end in an April shower,/Where the
tears and smiles are twined,/May if flourish fair in your garden ground,/A ’glisten with
joy’s bright dew;/May the sunshine of love the whole year round/Lie warm on your
flower and you.
31 March 1922 – Editorialettes: The Estes Park Trail is indebted to Lester’s Hotel and
the Lewiston Hotels Company for the use of many beautiful halftone cuts to be printed in
the newspaper this spring…Invest liberally in courtesy and a hearty handshake – they are
both dividend payers of the highest order…Nature created Estes Park one of the seven
scenic wonders of America – but it took printer’s ink to put it on the map. Printer’s ink
will put you on the map – if you’re worth the place, otherwise it will be used in an
obituary…Let’s have a branch organization of the Colorado Mountain Club located in
Estes Park. And don’t forget that a riding club should create lots of interest among our
summer visitors.
31 March 1922 – Editorial headline: A Brass Band for Estes Park – Why Not? At
various times during the winter, we have heard of several people in Estes Park who have
at some time in the past played in brass bands. Most of these would gladly assist in the
organization of a band for Estes Park, if the assistance of all who have the training
showed the proper interest in the matter. There is no doubt that Estes Park would gladly
do all it could to encourage such an organization. About all that is necessary to secure a
good brass band is to find an experienced director. If there is a person in Estes Park who
is capable in this respect, we would be pleased to hear from him. [See also 18 November
1927 Estes Park Trail. A community band was finally organized in 1928.]
31 March 1922 – Headline: The Lincoln Memorial. Those who have visited foreign
lands say that no other similar structure compares favorably, in either size, beauty, or
location, with the great, simple, and admirably-situated monument erected by the people
of America, in the capital of the nation, as a fitting tribute to the memory of the kindness
and the greatness of our Abraham Lincoln. Near the White House and the Washington
Monument, and between the Capitol building and the National Cemetery, this memorial
is destined to become one of the most visited of all the public buildings of the world. The
building is 202 feet long, 132 feet wide, and surrounded by a row of marble columns,
several feet in diameter at the base and 44 feet high. In the center of the interior is a
colossal statue of Abraham Lincoln, in a seated position. Including the base, it is 30 feet
high. It weighs 175 tons. It took 20 marble cutters 18 months to care this statue. In each
of the side walls are set monumental bronze tablets – one of Lincoln’s famous Gettysburg
Address, the other of his masterful second inaugural address, while between these and the
statue is a row of 36 columns, representing the states which existed when Lincoln died,
on the walls above are 48 memorial wreaths, supported by eagles, representative of the
states of today. At either end is a massive painting – 12 feet high and 60 feet long.
31 March 1922 – Headline: The Greatest Bridge to Dixie. This masterpiece of
engineering, which spans the Ohio River between Metropolis, Illinois, and Paducah,
Kentucky, is a link in a low-grade rail line from Puget Sound [Washington state] to
Florida. It is the largest bridge connecting the states bordering on the Ohio River, and
one of the noted bridges of the world. You can gain some idea of the size of this
mastodonic affair when you understand that 33,678,826 pounds of steel, 93,382 cubic
yards of concrete, 5,707,000 feet, board measure, of lumber, 2,063,000 pounds of
corrugated bars, and 148,635 barrels of cement were used in its construction. The
approach to the south end contains 856,000 cubic yards of earth. It contains the longest
single span in existence – 720 feet. The bridge proper is one mile and 500 feet long. It is
supported by seven piers, the largest of which is 60 feet by 110 feet at the bottom and 185
feet high – larger than the average skyscraper. The total height of the bridge from the
bottom of the pier to the top of the steel is 312 feet. Some of the steel beams were so
long that three 40-foot flatcars were necessary to successfully transport them from the
place of manufacture to the point of duty. The bridge cost $3,100,000 – before the days
of the high cost of living.
31 March 1922 – Column title: Mickie Says. Stop! Think! Liseen! Many’s th’ man
who’ll fight at th’ drop o’ th’ hat fer his ole hometown – an’ yet won’t take his hometown
newspaper! Are you that kind of a guy? “We stick up er them as sticks up fer us.”
Mickie. Charles Sughroe.
31 March 1922 – Dateline: Pueblo – Colorado National Guard units stationed in Pueblo
will enter summer encampment during the week of 16 August 1922…Denver – A reward
of $100 for first information leading to finding of Alva A. Swain is offered by the
directors of the Kiwanis Club of Denver…Idaho Springs – The Gem Mining Company,
which has been doing development work for the past two years, plans to start shipping
ore very soon…Littleton – Articles of incorporation for the Littleton Civic and
Commercial Association of Littleton have been filed with Secretary of State Milliken at
Denver…Oak Creek – Dan Borich, miner, killed his wife by cutting her throat, and
serious wounded Joe Keever, another miner, at the Victor-American Mine near here
recently.
31 March 1922 – Advertisement: Announcing the opening of the Lewiston Hotel. The
Lewiston will open its doors to its many friends and patrons on Saturday, 1 April 1922,
and the management extends a cordial invitation to all visitors. Bring your family to
beautiful Estes Park and let them enjoy the exhilarating air of the Rocky Mountains in
early spring. Hot water heat and our luxurious rooms will add much to the pleasure of
your stay, and the big open fireplace with its merry crackle will make you glad you are
alive. Reservations may be made direct, or by telephoning our Denver office, #Main 817.
The Lewiston Hotels Company.
31 March 1922 – My first ascent of Longs Peak by Abner E. Sprague. To ascend Longs
Peak was the object of a trip to Estes Park in July 1874 made by Alson Chapman, father
of Charles and Alson Chapman, now making their home in Estes Park, and myself. The
trip was made to Estes Park on horseback, coming in via the north fork of the Big
Thompson River [so through Glen Haven?] and out by the Estes Park road [this doesn’t
fit with the previous conjecture, unless “out” means return trip], and the Little Thompson
River to the valley. [I’m not sure if this means out to Longs Peak by this route, or out to
Lyons by this route after climbing Longs Peak.] We carried the supplies and bedding for
the two week trip on our ponies. It was a rainy July, I remember, and we looked for
shelter under rocks and trees before choosing our camping places. We also had an eye on
the creek, as trout was expected to form a large part of our food supply, and, as I
remember, we were not disappointed. The night before starting on the Longs Peak trip,
we camped under the shelter of the big rock that stands in the road on the BoulderGreeley Cottage Grounds [along the Big Thompson River, west of Beaver Point and east
of the Y junction]. We also spent the night after the trip from Longs Peak under the same
shelter, and it rained both nights, but as the wind was from the west we slept perfectly
dry. On 23 July 1874, about noon, we picketed our ponies on the open ground near our
camp, made a roll of a heavy quilt, and eatables for three meals for each to carry. We
started, going the most direct route, up Wind River and the north side of Battle Mountain,
both named since that time, until we got above timberline. We went around the east side
of Battle Mountain, just above timberline, until we came to the nearest point of timber to
our objective, Longs Peak. We found tin cans and other refuse showing that the place
had been used as a stopping place by others. We made our camp near three large trees
that seemed to spring from the same root and leaned away from each other, as they often
do at that altitude. Then we did [something] I think I have never done since in all my
camping – we built our fire at the foot of these green trees. We made our bed foundation
of pine boughs, then folded one of the quilts about one third, laying it on the boughs, the
other quilt we folded the same way, one of us laying on the third and drawing the balance
over us, thus making a bed with two thicknesses under and one over us. It looked like
rain. We made a good fire in the crotch of the trees, and crawled into bed, clothes and all.
And it did rain and blow hard down the mountain from the west. The raindrops were
fine, but very wet. [As opposed to very dry raindrops.] We went to sleep, and in about
two hours I woke with a start, and the fear of some danger in my mind. The wind was
fanning the fire between the tree trunk, and the one leaning directly over our bed was
rotten and hollow in the center, and was burned half off or more. We were scared, and it
did not take us long to move our bed from the zone of danger. The quilts were wet, we
were wet in spots, but we crawled in again and managed to get a little sleep. As soon as it
was light, we crawled out as wet as drowned rats, but otherwise fit for our hard day’s
work. We managed to get a good fire started, and were soon thawed out. The rain had
ceased, but it was blowing hard from the west. After breakfast, we managed to carry our
wet bedding to the top of Battle Mountain, there we spread it out over rocks, weighted
down around the edges with a fringe of small stones to dry or get evenly wet as the case
might be, for the clouds were flying over the Continental Divide and were apt to gather
into a rainstorm at any time. It was certainly a bad-looking morning for the trip. We had
started for the top, and would push our way through the clouds if we had to. Over the
Boulder Field, with ears and eyes open for the coming blasts of wind, which would come
from all points of the compass, with but short spaces of time between, we could hear the
rush of the wind over and between the boulders, this gave us the direction from which we
were to be buffeted, so we could protect ourselves by holding on to the rocks, should one
be handy, or sitting down during the harder gusts. We crawled through the Keyhole on
our hands and knees, for we could not stand up there without the danger of being blown
out into space. Around the west side and up the trough we could feel the pressure of the
wind against Longs Peak, but it did not bother us up there. From the top of the trough,
well onto the narrows, we used our hands to protect ourselves from being whipped from
that narrow space and cast into the headwaters of the St. Vrain rivers. Up the last scratch
to the top, we made it without trouble, for the granite roof of Longs Peak had not been
worn smooth, by many hands, feet, and bodies, as is the case now. We made the top from
timberline in three hours and ten minutes, which we thought good time, until we read in
the Hayden tin can of their ascent, which was made by a Scotchman, who carried the
triangulation instrument, weighing sixty pounds, making the climb in two hours and forty
minutes, being the first one of the party to reach the top. [This would have been in
September 1873.] We found many records of trips enclosed in tin cans to protect them
from the weather. Major Powell’s party, the first one to ever make the ascent of Longs
Peak [well, the first recorded trip, in 1868], was in a can by itself. Powell’s picture, with
the names of the party written on its back, was in the can. The name of William N.
Byers, then editor of the Rocky Mountain News, was not one of the names as claimed
[this is strange, because he was definitely with the party], but it was in another box,
formed by small loose type [this may have been from the September 1873 trip]. In this
same small box was a lady’s spring tape, the yard long kind, enclosed in a a metal case,
on which was scratched the name of Anna E. Dickinson, the only name of a woman we
found among all the names [even though at least two women had climbed Longs Peak
prior to this]. Miss Dickinson made the ascent in company with the Hayden Geological
Survey Party, which was made late in 1871 [sic, it was made in early September 1873].
The names of the official Hayden party were pricked on a tin plate, and nailed to a short
stick, which was set in a small mound of rock. Chapman had fixed a plate with our
names and date of ascent, at our timberline camp, which we took up with us and secured
in the same manner. Many trinkets and pocket pieces were found by us that had been left
by former visitors. On my next ascent of Longs Peak, and I get mad every time I think of
it, I could not find any of these things, I did find Major Powell’s picture, where it had
been used for a target by some vandal, shot so full of holes that you could only tell it had
been a photograph. It is a pity that there are so few accidents from carrying firearms on
such climbs. I mean it. I have been to the top of Longs Peak many times since the first
trip, how many I do not know, but I never have had as fine a view, both east and west, as
on that trip. The rain and wind had cleared the atmosphere so we could see the streets of
Denver, and all the small towns and buildings on the plains between Pikes Peak and the
Chalk Bluffs in Wyoming. The clouds raised and we could see all the mountain ranges
and peaks between us and the Flat Tops at the heads of the White River and Bear River. I
have made many trips to the top of Longs Peak, but if I keep my health and strength, I
will make one more, weather permitting, on 24 July 1924, just fifty years after my first
trip. My brother Fred Sprague, who has just passed beyond the Divide [i.e., he died,
barely one week before this article was published], was a pioneer guide to Longs Peak,
making well toward a hundred trips. In my next reminiscence article, I hope to write of
him, and his pioneer life in Estes Park.
31 March 1922 – Certificate of authority no. 37. Report of condition of the Estes Park
Bank at Estes Park, in the state of Colorado, at the close of business 10 March 1922.
Resources: Loans and discounts unsecured $94,121.21. Loans and discounts secured by
collateral $30,152.70. Loans on real estate $10,750. Overdrafts $3,762.60. United
States bonds $17,811.72. Other bonds and securities $8.596.74. Furniture and fixtures
$3300. Banking house $4700. Due from banks (not reserve banks) $1,362.82. Due from
reserve banks $14,817.26. Liberty bonds and certificates of indebtedness (reserve)
$9688.28. Checks on other banks $2000. Cash on hand $6951.45. Total $208,014.78.
Liabilities: Capital stock $25,000. Surplus fund $5000. Undivided profits (less expense
and taxes paid) $1543.36. Bills payable $15,000. Dividends unpaid $110. Individual
deposits $100,900.79. Demand certificates of deposit $2500. Time certificates of deposit
$57,571.48. Certified checks $184. Cashiers’ checks $205.15. Total $208,014.78. State
of Colorado, county of Larimer, ss. We, Julius Foss Schwartz, vice-president, and
Charles F. Hix, cashier, of the above-named bank, do solemnly swear that the above
statement is true to the best of our knowledge and belief. [signed] Julius Foss Schwartz,
vice president, and Charles F. Hix, cashier. Attest: Julius Foss Schwartz, Albert Hayden,
and Samuel Service, directors. Subscribed and sworn to before me this 17 March 1922.
My commission expires 25 August 1922. [signed] Cornelius H. Bond, notary public.
31 March 1922 – Advertisement: Individual matter is carried each week in the Estes Park
Trail that cannot be obtained in any other periodical published – it’s good, too. Subscribe
today.
Tuesday, 14 March 1922, and on Tuesday, 28 March 1922, at Hayden Brother’s office [a
block 5 business] on Elkhorn Avenue, for the purpose of making a list of all persons
within the corporate limits of the town of Estes Park, who are entitled to a vote at the
town election to be held on Tuesday, 4 April 1922. The said board of registry will be in
session also on the day before the election, at the place designated for holding said
election, to revise and complete the list of voters. [signed] R.H. Tallant, Arthur K.
Holmes, and John Frank Grubb…Subhead: Election notice. Notice is hereby given to
the qualified electors of the town of Estes Park, Colorado, that a general election will be
held in the said town on Tuesday, 4 April 1922, under the provisions of the statutes of the
state of Colorado in relation to and concerning elections in municipal corporations and
incorporated towns, for the purpose of electing the following named officers for said
town as provided by law, to wit: One mayor, for a term of one year. Three trustees, for a
term of two years each. That said election will be held at the voting place in said town as
follows: Hayden Brothers’ office [a block 5 business] on Elkhorn Avenue. That the polls
at the said voting place in the said town will be open from 7:00 a.m. to 7:00 p.m. on said
day. In witness whereof, the board of trustees of the town of Estes Park, in the state of
Colorado, has caused this notice to be published and posted a required by law, under the
official seal of said town, 3 March 1922. [signed] Charles F. Hix, town clerk and
recorder of the town of Estes Park, Colorado.
tanglefoot, poison fly paper, fly swatters, sweeping compound, matches, toothpicks, etc.,
etc. If it is made of paper ask us, if not, ask us anyhow, we probably have it. Estes Park
Trail [soon to be a block 4 business].
31 March 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside: Semi-advertisement: Kodak
finishing at Francis [a block 6 business]. Prompt service. Films for sale…Baldpate Inn
is building several cottages near the hotel. The Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation
Company hauled several thousand feet of lumber to the hotel last week. This is the first
time that it has been possible for many years to drive in a motor vehicle to the hotel,
elevation 9000 feet, in the month of March…W.S. Wolfe of Omaha, Nebraska, recently
missed a copy of the Estes Park Trail, and he wrote us as follows: “I miss it very much,
would rather miss a meal than miss it.” Mr. Wolfe hopes to arrive in Estes Park early this
year…Dr. and Mrs. Pershing and son of Denver spent the weekend at their Estes Park
home…Many of the cottages were occupied over the weekend by people from practically
every town in northern Colorado, and with the many people who drove up for the day
Sunday, the village presented the appearance of real activity… Cook’s Emporium now
presents a very attractive appearance with its dressing of stucco [in 1922, I believe this
was east of what would become the Log Cabin Café, and west of Charles Master’s
grocery on block 3]…Mr. and Mrs. Preston made a business trip to Boulder Saturday…[I
believe what follows is misplaced transactions from the Real Estate Transactions column]
John C. Simms [who was convicted of statutory rape in 1917 and sentenced to one to two
years in the state penitentiary] to D.M. Parton, 1-1/2 acres in section 34-5-73…John
Timothy Stone to Estes Park YMCA, $1, southeast quarter of southwest quarter of
section 4-4-73…Dr. and Mrs. Roggelin, son Howard, and Mrs. Regan, of Loveland,
accompanied by Miss Snodgrass, spent the weekend at the Carruthers home, returning to
Loveland Sunday evening. Their host took the party out for a 20-mile drive around
Rocky Mountain National Park, and they were greatly delighted to count 55 deer and 25
mountain sheep, many of them at close range. It was their first opportunity to see so
many wild animals in their native state…Remember the annual meeting of the Estes Park
Fish and Game Association next Monday evening. Every true blue booster for the region
is urged to attend, whether a member or not…The Estes Park Fish and Game Association
is a community affair, and every man interested in Estes Park is urged to attend the
annual meeting next Monday evening at 7:30 p.m. at the Odd Fellows Hall. Don’t let
anything interfere with the evening…Semi-advertisement: Our telephone number at the
new location will be #18. Give us a ring and an item of news, just to see if our telephone
is in proper working condition…Mr. and Mrs. Augustus Denby Lewis returned to Estes
Park Monday, and will open the Lewiston Hotel for the season Saturday. Mr. Lewis
anticipates one of the best seasons Estes Park has ever enjoyed this year. The railroads
are spending more than $200,000 in advertising Estes Park, more than they have ever
before spent for this purpose, and this is bound to have its effect. Moreover, the railroads
are not in the habit of spending large sums of money if they do not see possibilities
ahead…Mr. and Mrs. Harry Cornelius Preston and Glen Preston and wife were business
visitors in Loveland Monday…“Billy” Servier, the genial grocery clerk at Macdonald’s
last season, returned to Estes Park and his old job Monday…Miss Katherine Vowel and
Miss Alma Galbriel, of the Extension Department of the University of Colorado at
Boulder, were guests at the Harry Cornelius Preston home Sunday…Mr. and Mrs. Dugald
Floyd Godfrey spent Saturday and Sunday in Denver and Boulder.
31 March 1922 – Column title: Hewes-Kirkwood Items. The summer class of the
University of Chicago [in Chicago, Illinois], in charge of Professor George D. Fuller, will
be at Hewes-Kirkwood Inn for two weeks of August 1922. The party will number about
20, and it will be the third time that the University of Chicago has honored Estes Park
with its summer class…The United States Mail service is asking for bids for a star route,
Lyons to Hewes-Kirkwood, via Allenspark. It will be an all-the-year route, six times a
week from 1 May to 30 September, twice a week from 1 October to 30 April. In addition
to serving the patrons of the long-established route between Allenspark and Lyons, the
new route is designed to serve Copeland Lodge, St. Williams Lodge [the current St.
Malo], Big Owl Tea Place, Steiner’s Acres, Hewes-Kirkwood, and all cottagers and
patrons en route, the estimated summer population between Allenspark and HewesKirkwood being about 500…Mr. Dean Babcock, the artist, has returned to his home at
the foot of Longs Peak. He journeyed to Columbus, Ohio, Chicago, Illinois, Kansas City,
Missouri, and visited his mother in Canton, Illinois [sic]. Mrs. Babcock and the children
will remain in Denver until about 1 May 1922. He reports and important commission for
a canvas to be placed in a great eastern University, and is also highly pleased to report the
remarkable interest shown in Denver as to the erection of a proposed art gallery, to be an
important unit of the civic center there.
31 March 1922 – Dateline: Brighton – Colonel P.J. Hamrock, adjutant general of
Colorado, and Acting Governor Earl Cooley are guests of honor at the formal opening of
the new national guard armory here. The Brighton armory is the first of several being
built in different parts of the state to be completed…Cripple Creek – The Rittenhouse
Mine, property of the Moonlight Mining and Milling Company, has reopened after a
shutdown of 30 days. Extensive development work is planned on various levels of the
property, and there will be considerable territory open for leasers [this article already
appeared in the 17 March 1922 Estes Park Trail and 24 March 1922 Estes Park Trail]…
Fort Collins – S. Price Bills, 65 years old, a teamster, is dead, and Bob Nichols, 50,
another teamster, is under arrest, following a quarrel in a gravel pit on the Sam Clammer
farm near Fort Collins. The two men are brothers-in-law, and were in the gravel pit alone
when a quarrel started…Denver – Colorado materials are to be used by a Colorado
contractor in the construction of the Denver branch of the Federal Reserve Bank building,
which is to be designed by a Denver architect, according to the announcement of John C.
Mitchell, president of the Denver National Bank and director of the Federal Reserve
Bank.
$25. W.A. Gray, secretary.
means comfort, power, durability, dependability, and pleasure. The new reduced prices
mean an accelerated army of Nash owners. All prices quoted are for cars delivered in
Estes Park. Six-cylinder Nash: Five-passenger $1595, seven-passenger $1750, roadster
$1575, four-passenger sport $1750, four-passenger coupe $2330, seven-passenger sedan
$2650. Four-cylinder Nash: Five-passenger $1150, roadster $1120, five-passenger
enclosed $1545, five-passenger sedan $1845, three-passenger coupe $1685. The Estes
Park Garage. Agency for Nash, Dodge, Buick, Ford.
31 March 1922 – Advertisement: Allenspark Ski Tournament. Sunday, 2 April 1922.
Program: 1:30 p.m. to 3:00 p.m. – Swift riding and cross-country. 3:00 p.m. to 5:00 p.m.
– Jumping by professionals and amateurs. 5:00 p.m. – Presentation of prizes. All who
wish to enter the contest must be registered by 1:30 p.m. A first and second prize will be
given in each class. Mr. Lars Haugen, the world’s ex-champion ski jumper, is spending
this week at Allenspark, and is giving instruction to a large number of amateurs who
expect to enter the contest Sunday. Mr. Haugen has held the world’s championship four
different times. He will be on the course tournament day, and exhibit some thrilling
stunts. The Allenspark Ski Club. [signed] O.H. Andrew, president, N.E. Miller,
secretary, and A. Hansen, treasurer and manager.
week?” Makes you kind of peeved to have someone fire that questions at you when you
should be, and if you are and missed your newspaper for any reason, you should call the
office – [telephone] #27-J3 – and we will correct the fault, and see that you get regular
service. Don’t let another day pass before your name is placed on our regular
subscription list. At the end of 30 days, if you are not pleased with the Estes Park Trail,
we will refund your money. Could anything be fairer? The Estes Park Trail [soon to be a
block 4 business].
31 March 1922 – Column title and byline: The Native Americans of the Great Plains and
their Characteristics – Their Origin Untraceable Story by Ansel Watrous. Randall
Parrish, in his interesting story of the “Great Plains”, takes us back to the time when
history begins with the wilds and turbulent tribes of Native Americans who inhabited the
vast extent of country known in former days as the “Great American Desert”. Before the
time when the first adventurous Spaniards made their explorations into that hitherto
unknown region, the origin and history of the tribes is an unwritten and untraceable story.
We may imagine and believe much, yet can know but little. Tradition here and there,
says Parrish, slightly lifts and edge of the curtain, but merely to afford glimpses of
savagery. No doubt, centuries of conflicts had been waged, tribes had arisen to power
only to be annihilated, others had been driven from place to place, yet all those ages had
witnessed no more than a [warning: rampant speculation and subjective prejudice
follows] slight uplifting from the lowest form of savagery to a rude barbarism. Any
serious effort to reveal the secrets of this period would be but wasted energy. But from
the earliest ages, the plains must have been marvelous hunting grounds, the natural
habitat of a great variety of animal life, and consequently overrun by aborigines in the
chase. From this cause alone the struggle for possession must have been unending,
fierce, and relentless. From the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains, during unknown
centuries, was a trail of blood, a continuous scene of tribal hatred, of unbridled ferocity.
Undoubtedly, there were spaces of comparative neutrality, yet safety was never assured
when wandering parties of hunters met by chance in the wilderness. Hatred, jealousy,
revenge held supreme sway, the war club and the tomahawk were the rulers of the wide
domain. While he was of the same race, and in nature similar, the environment of the
Plains Native American made him in many respects different from the Native American
of the eastern forests and mountains. Equally savage, relentless, and courageous, the
wide open space of his home had marked him with certain characteristics, which made
him a yet more dreaded antagonist. Above all, he possessed in horses, which afforded a
vast advantage in a military sense, the celerity of movement being advantageous for both
attack and escape. It was the mountain Native American with whom the pioneers of the
prairies were obliged to contend in their struggle for possession. Subhead: Condition of
the Native Americans at the arrival of the Spanish. While it remains true that a Native
American is always a Native American until civilization has trained him [this observation
takes the prize for being especially offensive], yet each tribe has its own peculiarities. In
North America, north of Mexico, there were nearly 60 distinct languages spoken, which
apparently had no relation to one another, not even a common origin. Almost as widely
different were various tribes in culture. The northern Native Americans were, at the
coming of the whites, practically in the stone age of development. The use of metals was
unknown. Native copper was indeed utilized to some extent, but it was merely
hammered into usefulness. The Native American’s weapons were of stone, his clothing
of skin, his pottery of the simplest kind, his subsistence derived almost entirely from
hunting and fishing [and yet he seemed to thrive until encounters with more “advanced”
European races]. Some slight agriculture was practiced, such as the raising of corn,
beans, and squash, but the chase was the main means of support. Subhead: Location and
characteristics of the tribes. The greater number of the plains tribes were wandering and
predatory, although a few along the Missouri River and in the southwest dwelt in
permanent villages. Even the predatory tribes had some particular section to which they
always returned, yet they were essentially a nomadic people, taking long journeys for
purposes of chase or war. These tribes with which we have most directly to do in this
narrative belonged to several great linguistic stock – the Algonquin, the Siouxan, the
Shoshonian, the Caddoan, and the Kiowan. Of the first, those residing within the district
to be considered were the Arapahoe, the Cheyenne, and the Groswentres of the prairie.
The tribes of the Siouxan stock occupied the whole valley of the Missouri River with a
wide extent of territory on either side. Those of special interset in the story of the plains
were the Mandam, Sioux, Poncas, Omahas, Iowas, Otoes, Kansas, and Osages. Of the
great Shoshone family, only the Comanches roamed over the prairie country, their region
being south of the Arkansas River. The Caddoans were represented by two tribes, the
Pawnees and the Aricaras. The Kiowas were a distinct stock. We will endeavor to take
up those tribes and locate them as they were first known to the whites. The Groswentres
of the prairie were a part of the great Blackfeet nation, having their home in the
mountains to the northwest. They were a relentless, warlike tribe, yet always maintained
a specially friendly relationship with the Arapahoes, who held the country about the south
fork of the Platte River. It was the custom of the Groswentres to visit the Arapahoes
every two or three years. The result of their visits were invariably was with other tribes
through whose boundaries they were obliged to pass, and incidentally with any
unfortunate white men encountered on the way. Trappers and fur traders suffered greatly
at their hands. The Arapahoes of the South Platte River were somewhat inferior in stature
to the Groswentres, but resembled them in face and dress. Their distinctive tribal feature
was the tattooed breast. They also permitted their hair to grow to great length, even
occasionally using false hair. They were a wandering tribe, living in tents of skin.
During the early days of exploration, they numbered about 2500 souls. They had little
trouble with neighboring Native Americans, excepting the Pawnees and Utes, but were
hostile to the whites, until they became interested in the fur trade about 1832, when
Captain Grant established a trading post in their country, and won their confidence. They
were natural traders, and were considered more honest than most Native Americans. (To
be continued.)
position want anything, lost anything, try an Estes Park Trail want ad. They usually get
Charlie’s Market [a block 3 business]. 48-3…For sale – Owner wants the money, and
wallboard. Another cottage can be built on this property. Address P.D., care of the Estes
description with price for season, month, week. I will advertise them. Frank R.C.
for washing presses, 5 cents per pound. Leave at Macdonald’s Store [a block 5 business]
cottage for season. Three bedrooms, living room, dining room, kitchen, pantry,
beautifully located about halfway between village and YMCA conference grounds, $300
for season. Address G.D., care Estes Park Trail…For rent – New cottage, nicely
furnished, two bedrooms, sun porch, large living room, kitchen, closets, pantry, bath,
electric lights. Located on the hill in the village. $500 for the season. Address G.D.,
care Estes Park Trail…For rent – First-class vacuum cleaner by hour or day. Electric
Shop. Telephone #395. tf.
31 March 1922 – Advertisement: Winton M. Ault, attorney at law. 214 Colorado
Building. Fort Collins, Colorado.
31 March 1922 – Advertisement: U.B. Thrifty says “Depending upon hopes never made
a man wealthy.” The difference between the poor and the rich is that the one works and
spends – the other works and saves. And a little saved each day can be wisely invested in
a certificate of deposit bearing 4% interest. Your pennies will bring prosperity if saved
and invested in our certificates of deposit. [This advertisement is identical to the one that
ran in the 24 March 1922 issue, which wouldn’t be that remarkable for other advertisers,
except the installments in the “U.B. Thrifty” soap opera were obviously intended to be
different each episode.] U.B. Thrifty at the the [sic redundancy] Estes Park Bank [a
p.m. Special music at both services. 6:30 p.m. – Christian Endeavor topic: [no topic
given, which is becoming an frequent oversight]. Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
8:00 p.m. J.A. Shepherd will preach at both services.
31 March 1922 – Dateline: De Beque – A study of the oil shale seams of the Grand
Valley-De Beque fields northwest of De Beque, Colorado, was made by a party of
prominent geologists and businessmen from Denver recently…Colorado Springs – Ralph
L. de Masters, convicted burglar brought here from the state penitentiary at Cañon City to
testify at the trial of Lew Cargill, accused of being his accomplice, escaped from the El
Paso County jail…Montrose – Grant McFerson, state bank commissioner, took charge of
the Home State Bank here when it failed to open its doors for business. The bank is
capitalized for $60,000, and carries a surplus of $16,000. The deposits total
$219,441.31...Denver – Purchase of $200,000 worth of Liberty bonds paying 4-1/2%
interest will be made by State Treasurer Strong in compliance with a court order
upholding the position taken by the Colorado Industrial Commission, and later sustained
by the Supreme Court. This purchase will mark the climax of a suit filed several months
ago, following the repeated refusal of Mr. Strong to buy the federal bonds of the
commission.
31 March 1922 - Headline: Ordinance No. 23. An ordinance concerning public health
and the sanitary condition of all premises within the town of Estes Park, and of any
offensive or unwholesome business or establishment within one mile of the town limits
of the town of Estes Park, Colorado. Be it ordained by the board of trustees of the town
of Estes Park, Colorado: Section 1: The mayor and board of trustees of the town shall
constitute the Board of Health of this town, and shall have power to compel the removal
or abatement of any nuisance, source of filth, cause of disease, or unwholesome business
or establishment within the town limits or within one mile of the outer boundaries
thereof, and shall have such powers and perform such duties as now are, or hereafter be
prescribed by the laws of this state or the ordinances of this town. Section 2: Said Board
of Health shall appoint a town physician, who shall be the health officer of this town, and
who shall hold office during the pleasure of said board, and shall advise said board
concerning all matters upon which it shall require medical advice as such board, and shall
attend to complains of nuisances and orders relating thereto, and perform such other
service as the board of trustees may impose by ordinance, or the Board of Health lawfully
require of him. Section 3: The health officer and any member of the Board of Health or
town marshal shall have power to enter into any building, cellar, yard, or enclosure, or
upon any lot of ground within the town limits, or within one mile of the outer boundaries
thereof, for the purpose of examining any reported or suspected nuisance or cause of
disease, and may order or direct the cleaning of any such place and the removal of all
nuisances in and about such premises, within the town limits, and the discontinuance of
any offensive or unwholesome business or establishment in an offensive or unwholesome
manner, within one mile beyond the outer limits of this town. And every person being
the owner, agent, or occupant of any premises within the town limits who shall, within 24
hours after being notified, fail, neglect, or refuse to comply with any such orders made by
the Board and Health and remove such nuisance, or who shall be the owner, agent,
occupant, or person in charge or person carrying on any offensive or unwholesome
business or establishment within one mile beyond to the outer limits of the town, and who
shall, after 48 hours notice from the Board of Health, fail, neglect, or refuse to comply
with any order of said Board of Health concerning the cleansing or abating of said
offensive or unwholesome business or establishment, shall upon conviction thereof be
fined, and punished as provided in this ordinance. Section 4: If any cellar, vault, lot,
drain, place, or premises within the town shall be unwholesome, offensive, or filthy, or be
covered by stagnant or impure water, or shall have thereon any decaying vegetable
matter, or shall be in such condition as to produce unwholesome or offensive exhalations,
the Board of Health may cause the same to be filled up, drained, cleaned, or purified, or
may require the owner, occupant, or person in charge of such lot, premises, or place to
perform such duty, and upon failure of such person to comply with said order, the board
may, after 24 hours notice, remove or abate said nuisance, and assess the cost thereof
against said lot or premises, and any person refusing or neglecting to comply with any
order of said Board of Health concerning any said nuisance or the abatement thereof or
the cleaning of said premises shall be subject to fine in this ordinance provided. Section
5: Whenever any householder shall know that any person within his house is taken sick,
or infected, with smallpox, cholera, diphtheria, scarlet fever, or other contagious,
infectious, malignant [sic], or dangerous diseases, he shall immediately give notice
thereof to the Board of Health [the February 1922 scarlet fever outbreak in Estes Park
may have prompted this ordinance, or at least this section of the ordinance] or the health
officer of the town, and whenever any physician shall know that any person whom he [or
she] is called to visit, or who is brought to him [or her] for examination is so infected or
sick with any such disease, he [or she] shall immediately give notice to the health officer
or Board of Health, and immediately upon receipt of any such notice, the health officer
shall investigate said case, and shall order the prompt and thorough isolation of those sick
or infected with such disease, so long as these is danger of their communicating the
disease to other persons, and shall give public notice of the quarantine so established by
posting placards upon the infected premises, which quarantine so established shall be by
all persons respected and observed, and no person other than the attending physician shall
be permitted to enter or leave said premises until said quarantine is raised, and no
quarantine shall be deemed raised until a certificate duly issued and signed by the health
officer is delivered to the occupant of said premises. Before any quarantine is raised, the
health officer shall require the thorough disinfection [sic] of the house, room, clothing,
and premises, and all articles likely to be infected, and if in his [or her] opinion, any
article cannot be fully disinfected, he [or she] may cause the same to be burned. Any
person failing or refusing to disinfect such premises or articles as herein provided, or who
shall violate any provision of this section, upon conviction thereof, shall be fined as in
this ordinance hereinafter provided. Section 6: Said Board of Health shall have power to
establish a pest house [sic, perhaps this is short for pestilence house], and remove to and
keep therein all persons infected with a highly dangerous disease, and may provide for
the care of all persons therein. Section 7: Any person who shall violate any provision of
this ordinance, or who shall neglect, fail, or refuse to comply with any order, notice, rule
or regulation of the Board of Health or health officer, made, given, or served for the
purpose of carrying out the provisions of this ordinance or any of the rules and
regulations of the said Board of Health, shall, upon conviction thereof, be fined in any
sum not exceeding $100 and costs of suit, and in default of payment of such fine and
costs, such person may be imprisoned until such fine and costs are paid, but not to exceed
90 days imprisonment for each offense. Introduced, read, passed, and adopted 27 March
1922. [signed] Albert Hayden, mayor. Attest: Charles F. Hix, clerk and recorder. I,
Charles F. Hix, clerk and recorder of the town of Estes Park, Colorado, do hereby certify
that the above and foregoing ordinance was duly published in the Estes Park Trail, a
newspaper published and in general circulation within the corporate limits of the town of
Estes Park, on 31 March 1922. Given under my hand and the seal of said town, 31
March 1922. [signed] Charles F. Hix, clerk and recorder.
31 March 1922 – Advertisement: A sure salesman is our classified advertising section –
if the article advertised is really worth the price asked. For just a few cents, you can find
a buyer for that surplus furniture, or those tools you no longer need. Or if in need of help,
a want ad will secure it, or if looking for a job, a want ad will aid you. Just telephone
#27-J3. The Estes Park Trail [soon to be a block 4 business]. Estes Park, Colorado.
Clothing Store [a block 5 business] in Estes Park, Evan’s Book Store in Fort Collins,
Skelley’s Book Store in Loveland, and Clatworthy’s at 415 17th Street in Denver…Semiadvertisement: You’ll delight in each issue of the Estes Park Trail.
31 March 1922 – Column title and byline: Second Hand by Walt Mason. “You have the
general appearance of a man who is hunting for trouble,” vowed the low-browed man. “I
am greatly annoyed,” replied the professor. “I bought a second-hand typewriter, thinking
I was getting a bargain, and it is a constant aggravation. A man always thinks he’s getting
a bargain when he blows himself for second-hand goods. Old Doolittle though he was
getting rich quick when he bought a surrey for $17. The man who sold it said it was as
good as new, and it broke his heart to part with it, but he had to go to Florida for his
health, and needed the money. Most of the great bargains are offered by people who have
to go somewhere, for their health, and they’re wise is doing that, for if they stayed around
the neighborhood where they sold the junk, they’d have their heads punched. Doolittle
was so proud and happy over his bargain that it would have made your feel ten years
younger just to look at him. He hitched up his family steed, which is named January, and
then invited Aunt Julia and Mrs. Spry to take a buggy ride. He and his wife sat in the
front seat, and the invited guests took the rear one, and all went as merry as a divorce bell
for about a block. Then one of the hind wheels came off, and the surrey keeled over and
dumped my aunt and Mrs. Spry onto a pile of gravel that had bee left on the street by a
cement contractor. He had put a red lantern on top of the pile as a danger signal to
motorists. I think the fall must have unsettled Aunt Julia’s faculties for the time being,
for she grabbed up the lantern and broke it over Mrs. Spry’s head. Mrs. Spry has her
faults and failings like other people, but she is dead game, and the way she went for Aunt
Julia was the prettiest thing I ever saw. I was sitting on our front porch where I could see
the doings, and I don’t know when I ever enjoyed myself so much. Unless you have seen
a couple of refined and cultured ladies clawing each other around on a pile of gravel, you
don’t know what true sport it. Mrs. Spry shoed some fine ring generalship, but my aunt
had the best wind, and she finally won out and came home victorious. ‘And thus through
camp and court she bore the trophies of a conqueror,’ as the poet says, but here was no
pleasure in living in the same house with her for a week or two. As soon as she cooled
down, she was sorry and ashamed, and would have given a million dollars if the row had
never started. Women are so blamed queer I’ve given up trying to understand them.
When I get the best of a shindy [fight] I feel all swelled up for quite a while. I don’t have
any remorse unless I get the worst of it, and that doesn’t often happen, for I am a pretty
handy man. When I put a cupola on Tensmith’s head last February, I was so chesty for a
month that everybody noticed it, and thought I must have been appointed postmaster.
Well, after the women fell out of the rear seat of the surrey, old January ran away, and it
was amusing to see that rig go bumping along the street on three wheels, with Doolittle
hanging onto the dashboard and his wife waving her umbrella and yelling ‘Fire!’ January
couldn’t go very fast, being covered with ringbones and spavins and other blemishes, but
he managed to knock several people down, and do a lot of damage to property, and the
old man had to pay out nearly $200 to avoid some damage suits. The one thing that
keeps him from despair is a rumor that the man who sold him the surrey is coming back
here to live. Doolittle will be at the depot to meet him, and it will be worth $5 to have a
ringside seat when the meeting occurs.”
31 March 1922 – Headline: Jetties of Mississippi. Although the “Father of Waters” has
several mouths, none of them provided a satisfactory channel for the never-ending
procession of steamers which carry millions of tons of commerce (one item of which,
during a recent year, was 15,728,144 bunches of bananas) from the ports of the world to
and from the port of New Orleans, Louisiana. The western-most one of these mouths is
known as southwest pass. It is about 15 miles long, of irregular width, had a tidal
variation of from 16 to 28 inches, was influenced by floods, and obstructed by a
submerged sandbar over which the water was only nine feet deep. Notwithstanding these
handicaps, army engineers considered it the best route, and set about to force the river to
run as they thought it should. They planned to dig and build a channel 1000-feet wide
and 35-feet deep through this pass, so that the biggest ships could steam right up the river
and anchor off New Orleans, Louisiana. They dredged the head of the pass for 3-1/2
miles to give it the necessary width, closed a number of outlets to conserve the flow, built
“sills” to prevent the outlets to the river above the mouth from enlarging, dredged away
the sandbar (removing the equivalent of 35,000,000 wagonloads of sand and mud),
constructed jetties more that 20,000 feet long to protect the dredged channel and built
spur dikes as necessary. Southwest pass now satisfactorily performs the work which falls
to the lot of the official mouth of America’s greatest river.
31 March 1922 – Headline: The New York Aquarium. Battery Park, at the foot of
Broadway, holds what is our largest aquarium. It contains 100 tanks and seven floor
pools and is equipped so that sea water may be heated in winter (for tropical fish) and
fresh water cooled in summer. Circular in form, this building has a unique history. It is
205 feet in diameter, erected in 1807 as a fort. Lafayette was received here in 1824 and
Jenny Lind sand here in 1850. For 35 years, it was an immigrant receiving station –
almost 8,000,000 of them having passed through its doors. The character of the exhibit
necessarily varies somewhat with the seasons. About 350 different kinds of freshwater
and marine fish have been shown. The average exhibit covers about 200 different
species. Among the most peculiar varieties are – the seahorse, said to be the only man
having a tail used for grasping purposes, the thread fish, having fin rays which often
attain a length several times that of the fish itself, the Nassau grouper which can change
its color eight times in as many minutes, the puffer, which has the power to fill itself with
air and float, and the sucking fish, which is provided with a sucking disk on top of the
head and attaches itself to the glass front or side of the tank, from which it can be loosed
only with difficulty.
31 March 1922 – Statement of the ownership, management, circulation, etc., required by
the act of congress of 24 August 1912. Of Estes Park Trail published weekly at Estes
Park, Colorado, for 1 April 1922. State of Colorado, county of Larimer, ss. Before me, a
notary public in and for the state and county aforesaid, personally appeared Arthur B.
Harris, who, having been duly sworn according to law, deposes and says that he is the
owner of the Estes Park Trail and that the following is, to the best of his knowledge and
belief, a true statement of the ownership, management (and if a daily newspaper
circulation), etc., of the aforesaid publication for the date shown in the above caption,
required by the act of 24 August 1912, embodied in section 443, postal laws and
regulations, printed on the reverse of this form, to wit: 1. That the names and addresses
of the publisher, editor, managing editor, and business managers, are: Arthur B. Harris,
Estes Park, Colorado. 2. That the owners are (Give names and addresses of individual
owners, or, if a corporation, give its name and the names and addresses of stockholders
owning or holding 1% or more of the total amount of stock.) Arthur B. Harris, Estes Park,
Colorado. 3. That the known bondholders, mortgages, and other security holders owning
or holding 1% or more of the total amount of bonds, mortgages, or other securities are:
(If there are none, so state.) American Type Founders Company. 4. That the two
paragraphs next above, giving the names of the owners, stockholders, and security
holders, if any, contain not only the list of stockholders and security holders as they
appear upon the books of the company but also, in cases where the stockholder or
security holder appears upon the books of the company as trustee or any other fiduciary
relation, the name of the person or corporation for whom such trustee is acting, is given:
also that the said two paragraphs contain statements embracing affiant’s full knowledge
and belief as to the circumstances and conditions under which stockholders and security
holders who do not appear upon the books of the company as trustees, hold stock and
securities in a capacity other than that of a bona fide owner, and this affiant has no reason
to believe that any other person, association, or corporation has any interest direct or
indirect in the said stock, bonds, or other securities than as so stated by him. [signed]
Arthur B. Harris. Sworn to and subscribed before me 28 March 1922. [signed] Charles
F. Hix, notary public. (My commission expires 19 August 1923.)
Hupp Hotel/Where the eats are swell/And the price just hits the mark./You “auto” known/
business].
31 March 1922 – Groceries and general merchandise. You can find nearly all our needs
at our store. Standard merchandise, priced right. Samuel Service [a block 2 business].
Telephone #15.
31 March 1922 – Column title: Crepe and Crochet. The only real rival of georgette in
blouses is crepe de chine. In this elegant blouse, it appears in a warm tan color, with
collar, cuffs, peplum, and buttons hand-crocheted of silk in the same shade. Nothing
more refined or smart has been presented.
31 March 1922 – Dateline: Trinidad – The police campaign against bootleggers claimed
its first victim when James Moore, 55, a special police officer, operating as a plainclothes
man, was fatally shot when he attempted to arrest Leo Gembrien.
31 March 1922 - Headline: Ordinance No. 22. An ordinance making appropriations for
the expenses and liabilities of the town of Estes Park, for the fiscal year beginning 1 April
1922. Be it ordained by the board of trustees of the town of Estes Park, Colorado.
Section 1: That for the purpose of defraying the expenses and liabilities of the town of
Estes Park, Colorado, for the fiscal year beginning 1 April 1922, the following named
sums are hereby appropriated out of the revenues of said town, for the purposes
hereinafter designated, to wit: Street and alley fund: One thousand dollars ($1000) for
maintenance, repair, and improvement of the streets, alleys, avenues, and ditches of the
town, and for the payment of the salary of the street supervisor and other employees of
the street department. Sewer fund: Four hundred and fifty dollars ($450), or such an
amount thereof as shall be found necessary for the maintenance and improvement of the
sewer system, and for the payment of interest and principal on outstanding sewer bonds.
Post office fund: Six hundred and fifty dollars ($650), so such an amount thereof as shall
be found necessary for the maintenance and improvement of the post office. Contingent
fund: Fifteen hundred dollars ($1500), for the purpose paying any expense or liability of
the town of Estes Park, not herein otherwise provided for, provided that if the entire
amount of this contingent fund shall not be required for such purpose, the remainder
thereof shall be placed to the credit of any other fund or funds as may be deemed
necessary in the discretion of the town board. For the purpose of purchasing fire
equipment, two thousand dollars ($2000). Section 2: This ordinance is hereby termed to
be the annual appropriation bill for the next fiscal year, commencing the 1 April 1922,
and this ordinance is necessary for the immediate preservation of public peace, health,
and safety, and in the opinion of the board of trustees, an emergency exists, therefore, this
ordinance shall take effect immediately after its final passage and publication. Section 3.
The reasons why this ordinance is thus necessary are that it is intended to provide for
expenses of maintenance of said town, and to provide for the protection of the peace,
health, and safety of the inhabitants of the town. Introduced, read, passed, and adopted,
30 March 1922. [signed] Albert Haydne, mayor. Attest: Charles F. Hix, clerk and
recorder. I, Charles F. Hix, clerk and recorder of the town of Estes Park, do hereby
certify that the above and foregoing amendment to Ordinance No. 20 was duly published
in the Estes Park Trail, a newspaper published and in general circulation within the
corporate limits of the town of Estes Park, on 31 March 1922. Given under my hand and
the seal of said town, 31 March 1922. [signed] Charles F. Hix, clerk and recorder.
31 March 1922 – Sample ballot: List of nominations [Illustration: Stippled black box, or
something with the texture of a square cut from a leather-bound journal. This always
appears with sample ballots in the Estes Park Trail, and it is unclear if it is some type of
official mark, or is instead used to cover something up.] To vote for a person make a
cross mark “X” in the square at the right of the name. In compliance with the state
election laws, public notice is hereby given that the list of nominations hereto annexed of
candidates for the different offices to be voted for at the regular municipal election of the
town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, to be held on Tuesday, 4 April 1922, have
been duly filed with the town clerk and recorder, and the political party below named has
designated their party name as herein stated. [Tabbed column format:] For mayor (Vote
for One) Mark in this column. Albert Hayden, Estes Park, Colorado – Citizens Party.
For trustees for two years (Vote for Three) John Frank Grubb, Estes Park, Colorado –
Citizens Party. Elmer D. Lindley, Estes Park, Colorado – Citizens Party. Ralph R.
Macdonald, Estes Park, Colorado – Citizens Party. State of Colorado, County of Larimer,
ss. I, Charles F. Hix, clerk and recorder of the town of Estes Park, Larimer County,
Colorado, do hereby certify that the above and foregoing constitutes a true and correct list
of all nominations to offices certified to me at this time by the political party presenting
candidates for office in the town of Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado, and that the
above and foregoing is in the form in which said ticket shall be voted on Tuesday, 4 April
1922, at Estes Park, Larimer County, Colorado. Dated 29 March 1922 at Estes Park,
Larimer County, Colorado. [signed] Charles F. Hix, clerk and recorder of the town of
Barr. Milk alone is not a perfect diet. On either side of the keystone are its supports.
One of these is the group of cereal foods. These include breakfast cereals, bread of all
kinds, rice, macaroni, flours, and meals. The baby has cereal first as flour, generally from
barley, made into a gruel and added to the milk. Before the first year is over, he gets
cereal jelly, made by straining some well-cooked cereal. The laxative properties of whole
wheat, its richness in mineral salts, its smooth texture and distinctive flavor make this
class of cereal the first choice. By the time the baby is a year and a half old, cooked
cereal no longer strained, will be a regular part of his diet, and remain the main dish of
the meal in addition to milk both morning and evening, until he is five years old, if not
longer. For breakfast, a warm cereal is much better than any dry cereal, because in the
long run, the child will get more nourishment that way. The other common cereals – rice,
hominy grits and the like – may well be reserved for the evening meal, for which these
can be conveniently cooked. Cereal should be carefully prepared and served. Food so
fundamental to a good diet for children should have as great care as the finest cake. The
food to be cooked and the water (or milk and water) in which to cook it should be
measured accurately every time, so that the texture will be agreeable, neither too stiff nor
too thin. The cooking should be done by the clock, and the salt carefully measured as the
other ingredients. Then the food should be served at the right temperature, neither too
cold nor too hot, and with it a liberal supply of milk, but little if any sugar. One level
teaspoonful of sugar may be allowed a child under six, and if greatly desired, twice this
for an older child. For little children, there is no better supper dish than some kind of
cereal, served with milk. When they are old enough to have their evening meals with the
rest of the family (usually at the age of 7 or more, since before this they need to go to bed
too early for the family meal), the evening cereal is likely to be transformed from a mush
into a pudding or desert.
31 March 1922 – Advertisement: The Rocky Mountain Parks Transportation Company [a
block 5 business]. Daily service [the letters in these two words are outlined, which may
be the first appearance of this effect in a locally-produced advertisement] to Lyons and
Longmont, six-day service [meaning six days a week] to Loveland. Licensed operators
Park, Colorado.
31 March 1922 – [Additional items from the “Current Events” column written or edited
by John Dickinson Sherman:] Maine furnished the first test of strength in the
congressional elections. John E. Nelson, Republican, defeated Ernest McLean,
Democrat, in a special election in the third district. The Republican victory was in the
face of “Democratic weather”. The Democrats cut down the majority, however, in a
district which is normally strongly Republican, basing their campaign largely on the
bonus and treaty issues. Query: What does the test of strength show?…Stefansson, the
Arctic explorer, has planted the flag of Great Britain on Wrangell Island, and claimed it
for the British government. Just the same, in 1881 Captain C.L. Hopper of the Corwin
and Lieutenant Robert M. Berry of the Rodgers landed on Wrangell Island, erected an
American flag, took possession in the name of the United States by right of discovery,
and left a written record in a cairn. The island is important – if it is important – because
of strategic dominance of northeastern Siberia…The United States Supreme Court has
held valid the New York rent law of 1920 curbing the rent hog. The court held that the
social emergency caused by a shortage of dwellings warrants the use of police power by
the state…Anyone desiring to study modern warfare should visit the trenches on the
border between Ulster and South Ireland.
Figure with us before starting that next job. George R. Wyatt [already or soon to be a
block 8 business, relocated from block 6]. Telephone #180.
line of furnished cottages that will be available for the coming season. Write at once for
she for automobiles, tennis court, quoits [a game similar to horseshoes, but using rings
Colorado.
31 March 1922 – Column title: How to be Healthy. The crusade of the double barred
cross. Practical talks on disease prevention. Prepared by the Colorado Tuberculosis
Association. (Practically every adult person is infected with tuberculosis. This infection
need not be a source of danger. To keep this latent infection from becoming disease,
bodily resistance must be kept at its best. This series of articles shows you how to keep
healthy.) Headline and byline: Public Health is National Wealth by Dr. Louis I. Dublin,
statistician, Metropolitan Life Insurance Company. [This particular installment ran four
months earlier in other Colorado newspapers.] The movement to conserve human life is
dictated every by the crudest economic motives. An increase in the average span of life
adds to the potential wealth of the country, whatever curtails the life span destroys the
national wealth. The public health work of the last 50 years, by cutting the death rate
from such diseases as malaria, typhoid fever, smallpox, cholera, yellow fever, and
tuberculosis, and also from accidents is, in large measure, responsible for the addition of
over ten years to the average lifetime of man. In 1855, the expectation of life of a person
in Massachusetts was about 40 years, according to the most recent figures, it is well over
50 years. It is estimated most conservatively that we produce more than we consume
each year to the small amount of $100 per capita. The addition of only one year of life
per person is, therefore, equivalent to the addition of more than ten billion dollars to the
national wealth of our country. This is not all. A man or woman is worth more to his or
her country when well than when sick. Illness is an important source of inefficiency and
non-production. We lose on the average about seven days each year from sickness, or
about 2% of our working time. In terms of money lost from wages, the figure mounts to
not less than $700,000,000 annually. At present high wages, the total will reach one
billion dollars, especially if the cost of medical care, drugs, appliances, etc., is included.
A very large part of all this money could be saved by applying more intensively the
public health measures which we know do control disease. The well-directed expenditure
of money for the conservation of the public health will bring larger returns in dollars and
cents than many another investment, the wisdom of which communities never question.
If, for example, tuberculosis could be entirely eliminated as a cause of sickness and
death, an average of 2-1/2 years could be added to the lifetime of every man and woman
in the United States. We have amply demonstrated our ability to suppress typhoid fever.
yet, there are still over 13,000 deaths each year, most of which could readily be avoided,
and, further, we would, at the same time, stop the double mortality which occurs for three
years among those who survive an attack of typhoid fever. Diseases such as measles,
scarlet fever, diphtheria, and the other infections of children leave defective ears, hearts,
and kidneys, which impair efficiency and shorten life. The money value of all these
losses is staggering when we stop to realize that human life is our greatest economic
asset. Our program for the next ten years should be to add one year of life to the present
average lifespan of every man and woman in the United States.
31 March 1922 – Headline: Chinese Carry Stoves. Chinese women wear practically the
same clothes in winter as in summer. In the most severe weather, however, they wear
heating baskets under their cloaks. These baskets are plain wicker ones, such as we use
for trash. Inside the baskets, charcoal warmers are placed. They will radiate heat for
hours. The charcoal is mixed with chemicals that generate oxygen, and thus the charcoal
will burn constantly even though it is sealed in the containers.
31 March 1922 – [Additional items from the “Current Events” column written or edited
by John Dickinson Sherman:] Lloyd George has announced that he will attend the
Genoa, Italy, conference. Viscount Peel has accepted the post of secretary of state for
India, after Lord Derby had declined it. So it looks as if the British cabinet crisis growing
out of the indiscretion and enforced resignation of E.S. Montagu is over. Back of it,
however, is a condition of worldwide interest – unrest and concerted action in the
Moslem word of a quarter of a billion [Warning: Xenophobic prejudice ahead] fanatical
religionists. What the Moslems consider the ill treatment of Turkey since the World War
[World War I] has bound them more closely together, and quickened their activities.
They appear to be in touch the world over, and propaganda is everywhere. The demand
of the Indian government for the restoration of Turkey is convincing evidence of Moslem
solidarity. The sultan of Turkey as caliph of Islam is leader of all Mohammedans…
Europe is confronted by the danger of a devastating plague of typhus, according to the
health department of the League of Nations. Ten million emigrants bearing typhus germs
are bearing down on the western frontier of Russia, and no barrier European nations can
erect will stop this panic-stricken horde of peasants fleeing from famine and death.
Already the Polish barrier has been broken down, 600,000 Russians have swarmed into
eastern Galicia [a Poland-Ukraine border region]. Everywhere the route of the hordes is
lined with unburied corpses. In the famine districts, they are dying so fast that little effort
is made to bury the dead. The League of Nations will attempt to establish a sanitary
cordon. Bayonets will be abandoned, and an attempt made to cleanse and cure the
millions.]
31 March 1922 – Headline: Five-Cent Native American Turns Film Actor. Chief TwoGuns White Calf, whose face you see every time you flip a head with a buffalo nickel,
has become a motion picture actor. He plays the part of Sitting Bull in Marshall Neilan’s
latest Associated First National release, “Bob Hampton of Placer,” in which General
Custer’s famous last stand against the Sioux is reproduced. White Calf, who is a
prominent chief of the Blackfeet tribe in Montana [the singular Blackfoot is not entirely
interchangeable, but is probably more euphonious to people outside of Montana or the
First Nation/Native American population] was used as a model for the Native American
head which appears on the new issue of five-cent pieces. [Well, not so new in 1922,
these nickels were first released in 1913. And the sculptor, James Earle Fraser, claimed
the final design was based on an amalgam of five different Native Americans, although it
certainly looks a lot like Chief White Calf.] Hundreds of other Native Americans
appeared with White Calf in the picturization of the big Neilan production. The scene for
the picture is laid in Glacier National Park [despite the battle taking place nowhere near
there]. The picture will be shown at the schoolhouse Friday night.
31 March 1922 – Dateline: Fort Collins: Jacob McCartney, foreman of Ed Monroe’s NoBar Ranch on Rabbit Creek, seven miles northwest of Livermore, is in a critical condition
at the local hospital with a bullet wound in his back, as a result of a quarrel over pasturing
of sheep in a cattle field. Ed Farnsworth, sheepherder for A.J. Morrison, president of the
Morrison Sheep Company, is being held in the Larimer County jail in connection with the
shooting…Craig – Plans have been completed by the Union Pacific railroad to connect a
branch railroad from Wamsutter, Wyoming, to this city present western terminal of the
Denver and Salt Lake [City, Utah] (Moffat) road [railroad], according to reliable reports
here, and actual building operations are expected to start 20 April 1922, or soon
thereafter.
business].
John Frank Grubb.
7 April 1922 – Banner: Estes Park Trail (Rocky Mountain National Park) Epigram
Estes Park, Colorado, Friday, April 7, 1922 Price 10 cents
7 April 1922 – Headline: Organization of Colorado Mountain Club Branch in Estes Park
Receives Hearty Endorsement. The proportion to effect the organization of a branch of
the Colorado Mountain Club in Estes Park is receiving favorable consideration at the
hands of members of that organization residing in Estes Park, and among others who are
not members. Rocky Mountain National Park Superintendent Toll pointed out in an
interview on the subject that such an organization would in many ways benefit Estes
Park, and also make more enjoyable the stay of the summer visitors in Estes Park, as well
as to have a tendency to prolong these visits. Mr. Toll suggests that weekly trips or semiweekly trips could be opened to the public, and that through these, much greater interest
in this section would be aroused. The benefits of a branch here would be of inestimable
value to the community through stimulated interest among our visitors, and its work
would coordinate namely with the work of the Woman’s Club and other organizations of
their nature. The greatest value of the Colorado Mountain Club would, of course, be to
the summer visitors, but anything that is of value to the tourist is of value to the
community. Let’s have a branch organization this spring. Talk it up.
7 April 1922 – Headline: PEO Elects Officers. At their annual election, the following
officers were elected by the Estes Park Chapter of the PEO: President Mrs. Roy Wiest,
vice-president Mrs. Granville Elmer Wright, corresponding secretary Mrs. J.E.
Macdonald, treasurer Mrs. L. Estes Osborn, recording secretary Mrs. Samuel Service,
chaplain Mrs. Carrie James, guard Mrs. Sarah Petrie. Delegates elected to attend the state
convention at Monte Vista in June 1922 were Mrs. Wiest and Mrs. Charles Chapman.
Mrs. Abner E. Sprague, state treasurer, will also attend.
7 April 1922 – Mrs. Mabel Stopher of Loveland and two children, Alberta Stopher and
Edgar Stopher, visited last week at the home of her sister, Mrs. Abner E. Sprague.
7 April 1922 – Column title: Road and Trail Report. Big Thompson Canyon Road and
North St. Vrain Canyon Road are in good condition. Nearly all roads and trails within
Estes Park and Rocky Mountain National Park are open. Chains on all fours necessary
on Longs Peak Road. Fall River Road over the Continental Divide closed for the winter
by snow. Two hotels open. Maximum temperature this week 53 [degrees Fahrenheit].
Minimum temperature this week 15 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Minimum temperature
Wednesday night 23 [degrees Fahrenheit]. Precipitation this month 1.19 [inches] –
Report from United States station at fish hatchery. [It may be coincidence, but these
numbers for maximum and minimum temperature and precipitation are identical to those
provided in the 31 March 1922 Estes Park Trail.]
7 April 1922 – Photograph: Black-bordered, 4 inch by 6 inch scenic image of unpaved,
aspen-lined road into Horseshoe Park in Rocky Mountain National Park, with Continental
Divide in background. Caption: Entrance to Horseshoe Park. Credit: Courtesy Lester’s
Hotel.
7 April 1922 – Headline: Citizen Ticket Wins Election Hands Down. Tuesday was a
busy day at the polls in Estes Park, and the Citizens Party with their ticket of popular men
swept the field easily. There were no opposing candidates in the field, but the people of
the community recognized their duty to the men who were to serve them, and 93 ballots
were cast. Mayor Albert Hayden won [was re-elected, to be more specific] with a total of
exactly 93 votes, Trustees J.E. Macdonald, John Frank Grubb [who was one of the three
members of the election board], and Elmer D. Lindley were elected for two years with
more than 90 votes each.
7 April 1922 – Headline: Lewiston Hotel Opening for Season Well Patronized. The
opening of the Lewiston Hotel for the season was marked by a splendid patronage of
weekend guests. This is one of the most popular tourist hotels in the west, and they will
no doubt be favored by an increasing patronage as in the past yers. Mrs. Lewis is again
personally in charge.
7 April 1922 – Headline: Fish and Game Association will Place 1,500,000 Fish in Estes
Park Streams this Year. At the annual election of officers Monday night, it was
announced that the Estes Park Fish and Game Association will be able to turn into the
streams of Estes Park 1.5 million fish this year. A half-million fish will be turned into the
streams beginning this week, and extending over a period of 30 days. These will be of
the eastern brook variety. There are in the hatchery at the present time 700,000 fry of this
variety. These will go into beaver dams and retaining ponds and lakes. The annual
meeting was well attended, and the old officers, who have labored faithfully and well,
were reelected. It was decided to add two more to the board of directors, and elect them
for terms of two years, electing three one year and four the next. Dr. Homer E. James is
president, Dr. Roy Wiest is vice-president, and W.A. Gray secretary-treasurer of the
organization.
7 April 1922 – Headline: Congressional Appropriations Committee Allows Rocky
Mountain National Park $73,900 for Coming Year. The conference committee on
appropriations has approved an allowance of $73,900 for the coming fiscal year in its
appropriation bill soon to be voted on by Congress. L.C. Way, while superintendent of
Rocky Mountain National Park, requested appropriations of $75,000 for maintenance and
improvements for the coming year. His request was pared by the committee just $1100.
The maintenance fund amounts to $53,000, and the improvement fund to $20,900.
Rocky Mountain National Park Superintendent Roger W. Toll states that much work will
be done on the Fall River Road, making a better roadbed and protecting the curves and
widening the driveway in narrow places. This is one of the most scenic and highest
automobile passes in the world, and was traveled last year by many thousands of tourists.
Mesa Verde National Park, also in Colorado, was allowed $43,000 by the committee,
which will permit considerable development and improvement work. A comparison of
appropriations for previous years and a few remarks by Rocky Mountain National Park
Superintendent Roger W. Toll will not go amiss. The amounts given are the totals for
each year in all funds. 1917 $10,000, 1918 $10,000, 1919 $10,000, 1920 $10,000, 1921
$40,000, 1922 $65,000, and 1923 $73,900. “The appropriation for the year ending 30
June 1923 has not been finally passed by either house of Congress, but according to press
reports, it has been agreed upon by a committee of the House of Representatives and
Senate. The appropriation for administrations, protection, and maintenance will certainly
not be available for expenditure before 1 July 1922. As the balance now on hand is
extremely low, little or no work of a maintenance nature can be done before 1 July 1922.
It is probable that Congress will make the funds for new construction available as soon as
President Harding has signed the appropriation bill. The funds for new construction will
be expended principally on improvements of the Fall River Road. The increase in the
appropriation for the present year is very gratifying, since it indicates a realization, not
only by the National Park Service, but also by Congress and the general public, of the
need for improvement of the facilities of Rocky Mountain National Park, in order to
better serve the large number of visitors to Rocky Mountain National Park.”
7 April 1922 – The regular meeting of Rebekahs will be held Tuesday evening, 11 April
1922. Initiation and feed will be postponed until Saturday night, 15 April 1922, on
account of the state president visiting on that date.
7 April 1922 – Column title: Current Events. Having made their losing fight against the
Pacific four-power pact, the obstreperous minority in the Senate ceased from troubling
last week, and fell into line – all but Senator France of Maryland. The treaty on
limitation of navies, chief work of the Washington, D.C., conference, after an
inconsequential debate, was ratified on Wednesday by a vote of 74 to 1. Mr. France
defended his lonely negative vote by contending that the United States should continue
building the largest navy in the world until all other nations had shown their willingness
to abolish war totally. Of the other irreconcilables, Senator Borah explained that he
favored the treaty because it was a step toward the goal at which he had been aiming for
many years, namely, complete disarmament, and that he believed this agreement was as
much as the international conference was able to accomplish. Senator Johnson of
California did not disguise his dislike for the pact, especially its Pacific fortifications
clause, but he voted for ratification on the assurance of the navy general board that the
United States would not give up anything that is strategically vital. Senator King of
Utah, though accepting the treaty, thought it would have small effect in reducing naval
expenditures, predicting that huge sums now would be spent on aircraft and submarines.
Immediately after the vote of ratification, the Senate took up the treaty prohibiting the use
of poison gas, and restricting the use of submarines in warfare, and accepted it
unanimously. Before casting his vote, Senator Wadsworth of New York, chairman of the
military affairs committee, expressed the opinion that in the next war, this treaty would
not be worth the paper it was written on. “For my own part,” said Senator Wadsworth, “I
shall be very much discouraged if the United States army should stop trying to perfect
gas masks because of this treaty. We don’t dare stop. And the only way to can perfect
gas masks is to test them with the kind of gases which we may have to combat. We
might as well look facts in the face.” Before the week closed, the remaining treaties, the
nine-power pact relating to China, and the one dealing with the Chinese tariff, were put
through, and thus the Senate completed its part in making the great Washington, D.C.,
conference a success. Naturally, and with reason, the Democrats claim a share in this
accomplishment, especially asserting that former President Wilson must be given much
credit for arousing public opinion in favor of naval limitation. It is evident, however, that
the Republicans will make large use of the conference and its results in this year’s
congressional campaign. There is every reason to believe that the treaties will be
speedily ratified by the other powers party to them. Indeed, not one of them is in a
position to afford to hold back from full agreement…Although the naval treaty places our
navy on a level with that of Great Britain, it will in fact be scarcely equal to that of Japan
if the naval appropriations committee of the House of Representatives has its way. That
body, under the leadership of Representative Pat Kelley of Michigan, is determined to cut
the naval enlisted personnel to 65,000, which is 25,000 less tan the number necessary,
according to the estimates of the department’s experts, and which would force out of
commission many craft that are positively needed. It is not likely, however, that this
crippling program will succeed, because the “big navy” men of the House of
Representatives are prepared to combat it, the majority leaders in the Senate declare they
will not stand for it, and President Harding probably would veto the appropriation bill if it
came up to him in that shape. When the bill is reported to the House of Representatives
this week, according to the plan, Representative Rogers of Massachusetts will offer an
amendment placing the minimum strength at 96,000. If this fails, as it likely will,
Representative McArthur of Oregon will propose 86,000 as the minimum…No less than
the navy men, the army men are exercised over the tendency toward what they believe to
be false and dangerous economy shown by many members of Congress. The House of
Representatives passed an army appropriation bill which limits the army to 115,000
enlisted men and 11,000 officers. General Pershing, chief of staff, and General Harbord,
deputy chief, asserted such a reduction “would introduce an unwarranted element of
danger in our plan of national defense” and that an army of 150,000 men and 12,000
officers is absolutely essential to the nation’s needs at this time. At first, the bill carried a
provision limiting President Harding’s right to determine the size of garrisons in the
Hawaiian islands and the Panama Canal Zone. This was eliminated when Senator
Anthony of Kansas said he had the promise of the War Department to reduce those
garrisons, but Secretary of War John Wingate Weeks indignantly declared that he not only
had made no such promise, but had no intention of making the reductions. General
Pershing says the Hawaii [territory] and Panama garrisons cannot be cut down without
violating the soundest principles of security…As passed by the House of Representatives,
the army bill appropriates almost $288,000,000 for the expenses of the War Department,
but the representatives made their claim for genuine economy look decidedly foolish by
the adoption of an amendment increasing by $15,000,000 the amount carried as a lump
sum toward continuation of work the coming fiscal year on river and harbor projects.
The budget bureau and the appropriations committee of the House of Representatives had
recommended an appropriation of $27,000,000 for this purpose, but the “pork barrel”
forces under the generalship of Representative Mann of Illinois, insisted upon the larger
sum, and had their way despite the earnest efforts of Representative [Frank W.] Mondell
of Wyoming, Representative Burton of Ohio, and others. President Harding was
somewhat disturbed by this open defiance of the budget system, for he believes in the
budget, and intends that it shall be given a fair trial…At midnight Friday, operations
eased in all the unionized bituminous and anthracite coal mines of the country, 595,000
miners laying down their tools. All efforts to prevent the great strike were futile.
According to some of the union leaders, the walkout is likely to last about 60 days.
During that time, presumably, both sides will formulate their demands and present their
cases, and it may be that these will result in the negotiation of new contracts. The
operators insist that wages must come down in correspondence with the decline in the
cost of living, but they have not yet revealed what percentage of reduction they will
demand. The miners, in reply, say that the stagnation in the coal industry is due to
wasteful methods of production, excessive profits, violation of the laws of supply and
demand in control of markets and prices, and that costs of living in the mine areas have
advanced while wages remained stationery. In some regions, as Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania,
southern Ohio, and Kanawha, Virginia, the operators have posted notices of wage
reductions, and hope to be able to run their mines with nonunion labor. In Illinois, the
miners, though not in entire sympathy with the strike, stuck by the international, and the
Indiana men did the same. Probably in both these states, separate state agreements could
have been negotiated, but this was forbidden by the international. The Illinois mines
cannot be operated by pick-up labor because of a state law which requires that no coal
digger may be employed unless he can show at least two years’ experience underground.
What Governor Allen and the industrial court will do in Kansas is arousing general
interest. If the promises of the union heads are kept, there will be no violence in
connection with the strike. Nor will the mines suffer physically, for enough men will be
permitted to stay in them to keep them from being flooded and otherwise damaged…
Nikolai Lenis, premier of Soviet Russia, is again dead, according to reports, but, as on
previous occasions, it is believed that the rumor is “greatly exaggerated”. Probably it is
true that he is quite ill, and it is not likely that he will be able to attend the Genoa, Italy,
conference. However, the Soviet delegates to that confab are luxuriously on their way to
Italy by way of Riga, Latvia, and Berlin, Germany, rejoicing in the fact that at last their
government is to have a measure of recognition from the capitalistic and bourgeois
governments they hate so intensely. They are hopeful of obtaining financial and
commercial assistance for the task of definitely establishing the communist regime in
Russia, but Lenin recently declared communism there had reached the limit of yielding to
capitalism, and was now in a position again to advance. But he told the communists they
must cease their dreaming and get to work.
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: Why is pays to advertise in the Estes Park Trail. Because
it is consistently read week in and week out by every member of every family that has the
pleasure of its weekly visits. Because care is used in selecting every article and news
item used each week, that only matter of interest to our constituency may appear.
Because our readers have learned many of our advertisers carefully edit their advertising
copy, and make it of sufficient general interest to be read closely each week. Because
every booster for the community is personally interested in the success of the newspaper.
Because the substantial people interested in the community are our readers. If you have
anything to sell our readers, you had better arrange for space without delay. The Estes
Park Trail [a block 4 business].
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: For sale. 80 acres, three miles from Estes Park village,
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: Lumber, building material. From the log to the consumer.
Everything for the building complete. Estimates cheerfully given. Albin Griffith.
Telephone #27-R2.
7 April 1922 – Semi-advertisement: The Estes Park Trail [a block 4 business] for quality
printing.
7 April 1922 – Column title: Town and Countryside: Mr. and Mrs. H.G. Preston made a
business trip to Loveland Monday, and report the road through the Big Thompson
Canyon and to Loveland in the best of condition…Joe Mills was up from Boulder
Saturday and on the trail of a large band of mountain sheep, with the intention of securing
a good picture…Andy Archer, the Continental Oil Company’s right hand man in Estes
Park, returned here for the season Saturday…J.M. Hollister, connected with the Denver
office of the Continental Oil Company, was an Estes Park visitor Saturday…Semiadvertisement: You will find a complete stock of Dr. Woods arch supports and foot
appliances at the New Electric Shoe Shop, opposite the New York Store, Loveland,
Colorado. 52tf…Mr. Sprague went up to the hotel Monday for a few days. Charles
Mace came up from Denver Saturday for a few days visit with his brother Gordon Mace
at Baldpate Inn. Charles has been ill of the flu in Denver, and hopes to gain some of his
old-time pep while here. He expects to return to Estes Park soon with Mrs. Mace and the
baby for the season…L. Estes Osborn of the Osborn Garage, and family, met with an
unavoidable accident Sunday as they were driving to Loveland for the day, near the
Brandtwood cottage in the Big Thompson Canyon. The road was somewhat slippery
from the rain that was falling, and a Denver car that was coming to Estes Park struck a rut
just as the two machines were passing, upset onto the fender and running board of the
Osborn machine, damaging the latter to some extent. None of the occupants of either car
were injured in the least, nor was the machine which upset damaged…C.V. Webb is
building a small addition to one of his cottages and installing a bath room…Mr. and Mrs.
O.P. Low returned Saturday after having spent a pleasant winter with relatives in
Missouri…Mr. and Mrs. James D. Stead arrived in Estes Park from California
Wednesday, and will be busily engaged in preparation for the opening of the hotel next
month…O.W. Bechtel, proprietor of Deer Ridge Chalet, expects to arrive in Estes Park
this week for the summer…Elmer Turner, instructor in art in the Fort Collins high school,
was in Estes Park Sunday…Spring weather is the order of the day. April showers began
2 April 1922, and they will no doubt coax out many of the spring flowers…Mrs. Carrie
James was called to Greeley Saturday by the death of her sister, Mrs. F.S. Palmer, who
died of the flu…Fred Payne Clatworthy returned to Estes Park Sunday after the most
successful eastern lecture trip he has ever made. He has a number of big engagements
already booked for next winter…Mrs. Julius Foss Schwartz returned to Estes Park last
week after having spent most of the winter in the east. Mrs. Schwartz says the Colorado
skies and sunshine look more pleasant than ever…Andy McCart is doing some excellent
work on the road east of town…Andy Robertson of Loveland, the contractor who is to
put in the bridge over the Big Thompson River just east of town, has a gang at work
setting the piers…Frank R.C. Rollins, who will operate the filling station at the bridge the
coming season, reports the Greeley spuds [potatoe]s are moving rapidly now at 60 to 80
cents per hundred sacked. Mr. Rollins expects to open the filling station about 15 May
1922…William Tenbrook Parke informs us that he intends to be in Estes Park shortly. He
says they have had a fine winter in Florida [I thought he was in Mississippi]…Classified
advertisement: Ash pits cleaned, rubbish hauled. Carl Hyatt. Leave orders at
barbershop…Semi-advertisement: The barbershop is now open at 7:00 a.m. each
weekday morning…William L. Beck went to Boulder Wednesday to attend a conference
of school principals…A letter from one of the best-known and most highly-respected
summer residents says, “It is with much pleasure that I enclose my check for $3 to renew
for one year the subscription of my daughter to your excellent newspaper. We all enjoy
the Estes Park Trail very much, as it keeps us in touch with all that goes on in Estes Park,
which we hope will be our summer home for many years to come.”…Rocky Mountain
National Park Superintendent Roger W. Toll went to the valley Wednesday on a business
trip of several days…Julius Foss Schwartz has recently been getting some long distance
messages over his radio receiving set. Friday evening, he got a conversation from the
station at the Catalina Islands off the coast of southern California, and also listened to
Professor Edw. Gordon of the University of Wisconsin…Mrs. Nina Wright expects to
arrive in Estes Park most any day now. She says that “the New York winters are gray and
cold” and that she is longing for sunny Colorado. She says “the weekly visits of the Estes
Park Trail have been like a letter from home.”…Letters to friends in Estes Park confirm
the information that Miss Inez Hoover was married to a Mr. Van Kirk at Mesa, Arizona,
on 28 February 1922. They expect to arrive in Estes Park about 1 May 1922 for the
summer…Miss Mabel Elbin of Montrose Inn, in the Big Thompson Canyon, is visiting
with Mrs. Estes Osborn this week…Rev. Hadden arrived in town Thursday, and will
occupy the pulpit at both the morning and evening services…R.F. Morford, a barber in
Fort Collins for many years, died there Saturday and was buried Monday. Mrs. Addie
Morford, son Roe Morford, and Mr. and Mrs. R.A. Becker of Estes Park attended the
funeral. A daughter Mrs. Carsrud of Steamboat Springs, and a son Clarence of Morrison,
Colorado, also survive. The first real electrical storm of the season made its appearance
Wednesday, 5 April 1922…Mace Brothers are building several nice cottages at Baldpate
Inn…District Highway Engineer Collins and Larimer County Commissioners Garret,
Akin, and McMullen were in Estes Park Tuesday viewing the road conditions in this neck
of the woods…Mr. and Mrs. Claude Erwin Verry and son Dalton came up from Denver
Tuesday for a visit of several days…Claude Erwin Verry has purchased a home in Denver
at 424 South Franklin…William H. Derby spent several days in Denver this week on
business…Semi-advertisement: In the use of printer’s ink, a man’s power is usually
limited only by his ability to use it…R. Comly of Denver and I.H. Asplin of Longmont
were Estes Park visitors several days this week…John D. Cleave [sic, suggest John T.
Cleave], father of Mrs. John Griffith, has been quite poorly of late, but is the past few
days enjoying much of his usual vigor. Mr. Cleave is one of the pioneers of Estes Park,
coming here in 1875 [while this may be true, there is little mention of him in
contemporary newspapers prior to 1878]. For 29 years he was postmaster at Estes Park
[this would have made him postmaster from 1876 to 1905, which is problematic, since, at
least on paper, individuals like Clara MacGregor and Theodore Whyte would have been
postmasters for short portions of this time], and he formerly owned the land which now
forms the town of Estes Park…Semi-advertisement: By the way, if you have a useful
article about the place for which you have no further need, a few cents spent for a want
ad will probably find a buyer for it.
7 April 1922 – Headline: Estes Park Trail in New Location. The Estes Park Trail is now
comfortably situated in its new quarters in the Macdonald building formerly occupied by
the Estes Park Steam Laundry, one-half block east of the post office [and on the opposite
site of the road]. The move enables us to give our customers much better service. Our
telephone number is #18.
7 April 1922 – Headline: Kid Party. The members of the K.P. Club [which potentially
stands for Kid Party Club, based on the headline] and several of their friends were
delightfully entertained at a Kid Party at the home of Miss Lois Griffith on Wednesday
evening. Many well-known kiddies were present, including “Mary Pickford”, “Jackie
Coogan”, “Sis Hopkins”, and “Little Eva”. Children’s games were the order of the
evening, after which delicious refreshments were served by Miss Griffith. Those present
were Miss May Bond, Miss Florence Bond, Miss Mary Spangler, Miss Della Butler, Miss
Lila-Mae Butler, Miss Merry Stahl, Miss Elsie Johnson, Miss Nell Ashby, Miss Daisy
Cook, Miss Helen Service, and Miss Isabelle Matteson.
7 April 1922 – Photographic advertisement: Fall River Lodge in the Rocky Mountain
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: Furniture for hotel and cottage [Illustration: Simple
drawing of a wicker wooden rocking chair]. Special wholesale prices for Rocky
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: Let us car for your printing needs. Stationery, catalogs,
folders, engraving, lithographing, embossing. Our prices are right and high-class work
guaranteed. Mail orders given careful attention. Estes Park Trail [a block 4 business].
Telephone #18.
7 April 1922 – Masthead: Estes Park Trail. Published every Friday in Estes Park,
a.m. to 9:00 a.m., with Dugald Floyd Godfrey in Josephine Hotel building [sic, this is no
longer true. This Estes Park Trail is in its own block 4 location now, not sharing this
block 5 location]. Telephone #27-J3 [sic, the telephone number is now #18], shop in
Estes Park Trail building, Prospect Heights, above Big Thompson Hotel [sic, see above,
this is no longer true. Operations have consolidated in the former Estes Park Steam
Laundry building on block 4]. Subscription rates: One year, cash in advance - $3. Six
months $1.75. Three months $1. Single copy 10 cents. Advertising rates: Display
advertising – Contract rate for one year, 125 inches or more, 25 cents per single column
inch per issue. Less than 125 inches, transient rate. Transient rate – 35 cents per inch per
issue. Local reading notices – 10 cents per printed line per issue, blackface type double
price. Classified rate given on want ad page. Regular local reading rates charged for all
notices of entertainments, socials, etc., where admission fee is charged. The Estes Park
Trail will not print any communication or news note that is sent in unaccompanied by the
signature of the author as guarantee of good faith. Application made for transmission
through the mails as second-class matter 15 April 1921, under congressional act of 3
March 1879.
7 April 1922 – Poem and byline: Yesterday by Henry H. Viestenz. Yesterday my
footsteps wandered/In the trail along the stream,/And I thought of one dear friend/Who
lingers in my dream./Yes, I see that quaint old cabin/And my pal upon the bench–/I can
hear that cow-bell tinkling/Standing by the garden fence./Long years of friendship
broken,/Kind words and deeds are done–/But memory sees the cabin,/Where the joy of
life was won./True friendships found in yesterday,/The dream of life to-day,/As through
the mists of joy and strife/We journey through our way.
7 April 1922 – The direct value of advertising in the Estes Park Trail was brought home
to the management of the Lewiston Hotels Company in the opening of the hotel last
week, when they learned of several guests who were there as a direct result of reading on
the opening of the hotel in the columns of the Estes Park Trail.
7 April 1922 – Column title: Mickie Says. Fer th’ love o’ Mike, lay off this “Hard
Times” talk! When a customer comes in ’n ya start moanin’ about how tight money is,
yer talkin’ his money right back into his pocket, so ya are! “There’s no hard times
coming! It’s just the soft times going!” – Shakespeare [sic, certainly not William
Shakespeare]. Charles Sughroe.
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: Announcing the opening of the Lewiston Hotel. The
Lewiston will open its doors to its many friends and patrons on Saturday, 1 April 1922
[this is old news], and the management extends a cordial invitation to all visitors. Bring
your family to beautiful Estes Park, and let them enjoy the exhilarating air of the Rocky
Mountains in early spring. Hot water heat and our luxurious rooms will add much to the
pleasure of your stay, and the big open fireplace with its merry crackle will make you
glad you are alive. Reservations may be made direct, or by telephoning our Denver
office, #Main 817. The Lewiston Hotels Company.
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: Real estate, insurance, loans. Cottage sites and improved
property. Cottages for rent. Notary public. Cornelius H. Bond [a block 2 business].
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: Tallant’s [a block 5 business] for Baur’s Easter candies.
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: Specially-trained saddle horses at all times. By day,
7 April 1922 – Column title: Estes Park Reminiscences. Early day tales by Colorado
pioneers. Headline and byline: Fred H. Sprague, Pioneer by Abner E. Sprague. Another
Estes Park pioneer has passed quietly out of this life, and left behind those who worked
with him to improve Estes Park and make of it a better place in which to live. By his
work to that end he will be remembered. Fred Harmon Sprague was born in Floyd
Center, Iowa, on 19 January 1858. This town on the Cedar River was less than a year old
at that time. He crossed the plains to “Pikes Peak” at the age of seven year with the
Sprague family: Father, mother, sister, and brother, in a “prairie schooner” drawn by a
yoke of oxen, with a yoke of cows as leaders. He always remembered that trip,
particularly the humorous side of things, which was characteristic of him through life.
He came to Estes Park with his brother in 1872, when 18 years old [sic, either the year or
his age is incorrect, based on his date of birth provided above, unless the writer is
referring to his own age at the time], the father and mother joining them the following
year to make a permanent home for the family. When old enough, in 1878, he filed ona
claim in Willow Park, which became a part of the 640-acre holdings at that place
operated under the name of Sprague Brothers, after the death of their father on 6
December 1882. Fred and his mother managed the Estes Park business on the place
except for a few months at a time, and during the year of 1889, and part of 1890 when his
brother was on the place with him. Outside of these short visits of his brother, Fred was
on the job at home with his mother from 1883 until 1893, after which time the brothers
worked together until 1890 [sic, should be some year after 1893], when the firm of the
Sprague Brothers was dissolved. The brother continued to work for each other’s
interests, until 1904, when Abner E. Sprague sold his Moraine Park holdings to James D.
Stead. Fred was a pioneer guide to Longs Peak, making 57 trips before other work took
up his time. He also acted as guide to Specimen Mountain and Grand Lake. He enjoyed
the work of a guide, and his parties liked his as a conductor, for he always saw the funny
side of people, and could tell the stories around the campfires to the latter parties. He
spent much time bettering trails on both sides of the Continental Divide, and looking up
new places of interest to show people, and how best to reach the beauty spots of the Estes
Park region. The Moraine Park post office was established in 1879, and Fred was mail
carrier for that office. Moraine Park was made the end of the mail route in 1880. In
1884, Fred established a stage line for Sprague Brothers, and operated it from Loveland
to Moraine, over Bald Mountain and Pole Hill, secured the mail contract over that route,
carrying the mail daily during the summer, and tri-weekly during the winter months.
Sprague Brothers changed the stage line to the Lyons Road in 1893, and operated there
until they sold the line to Hubbell in 1896. They had the mail contract over this line also.
Fred was one of the stage drivers as long as the Sprague Brothers operated a stage line,
carried and looked after the mail, failing to make the schedule but a few times, and then
on account of violent storms and deep snows. Those not familiar with the old sage days
can imagine the hardships gone through by the drivers in those pioneer days. Regardless
of rain, snow, or blizzard, the trip of from 8 hours to 12 hours had to be made, so that we
in the Estes Park region might not be lost entirely to the outside world. Particularly in the
winter, it was a hard job. In the summer of 1904, Fred H. Sprague married Miss Alice E.
Broadman, and made his home thereafter seven miles west of Loveland. He retained his
holdings in Estes Park, except his homestead, which he sold to his sister and her sons
Charles Chapman and Alson Chapman, until his death on 23 March 1922 [he likely died
22 March 1922, but his body was found dead in his bed the next morning]. Some may
have accomplished more, but no one worked harder to make Estes Park what it is than
Fred H. Sprague.
7 April 1922 – Headline: State School Fund Now $7,000,000. On 15 March 1922,
invested funds under control of the State Board of Land Commissioners, as trustees for
the schools of Colorado, passed the $7,000,000 mark. During the year ending 30 March
1922, approximately $350,000 was added to the permanent investment fund, moneys
derived from payments on the sales of state lands. These funds are invested in securities
of various kinds: Federal, state, county, city, and school bonds, warrants of the state of
Colorado, and farm loans, that produce an income of approximately $350,000 yearly.
7 April 1922 – Dateline: Lake City – The last coach on a combination train running from
this city to Sapinero was struck by a rock and turned over. No passenger was hurt…
Pueblo – The 30 or 40 social service agencies in Pueblo will form what is to be known as
the Council of Social Agencies, plans for which were made recently…Fort Morgan – P.H.
Hoffman of the Bijon district holds the distinction of being the first beet grower in
Morgan County to get his sugar beet seed into the ground for the coming campaign…
Yuma – Fire of undetermined origin which for a time threatened several Main Street
business houses was brought under control here after doing $5000 damage to the Allen
Butcher Shop…Denver – Stocks of grain on Colorado farms the first day of this month
were nearly 10,000,000 bushels less than a year ago, according to the report released by
the federal-state crop reporting service…Fort Collins – Radio is a live subject in the rural
district as well as in the cities. The Agricultural College is disseminating information and
fostering organization of boys’ and girls’ radio clubs as a service to farmers…Denver – A
jury in the west side court found Dr. E.L. Willis guilty of second-degree murder in
connection with the death in 1917 of Miss Mary Park, a Greeley schoolteacher, as a result
of a criminal operation [perhaps an abortion? – see 30 December 1921 Estes Park Trail]
…Boulder – A forest fire started in a ravine near the Flatirons. City, county, and state
officials joined with Boy Scouts and university students in fighting the flames. The fire
did considerable damage before it was under control…Durango – Mr. and Mrs. A.M.
Hubbard of Aztec, New Mexico, are both dead of natural illnesses, their deaths occurring
exactly 24 hours apart. Mr. Hubbard, who was head of the Aztec Gas and Oil syndicate,
died of paralysis, and Mrs. Hubbard of pneumonia. A double funeral was held…Dolores
– George Bradford and Charles Bradford, cousins, were shot and killed at their ranch near
the Utah state line according to reports received here. These reports stated the shooting
was a result of a quarrel between the Bradfords and a neighbor in settlement of a fence
line dispute…Fort Collins – High school students from every section of Colorado will
compete in the annual stock-judging contest held by the animal husbandry department of
the Agricultural College at Fort Collins on 14 April 1922. Fifty-seven boys took part last
year, but twice as many are expected this year.
7 April 1922 – Headline: Sunday Denver News Speaks Highly of Clatworthy Lecture
Tour. Heightened popular interest in natural color photography was reported here
yesterday by Fred Payne Clatworthy of Estes Park, who has just returned from his fourth
season through the east, where he as been lecturing and exhibiting his elaborate display
of autochromes, and explaining the latest advances in color photography, in which he is a
specialist. Mr. Clatworthy spoke and showed the views which he has made of the scenic
region of Colorado and the west before large and enthusiastic audiences in many cities,
including Chicago, Illinois, Washington, D.C., New York City, New York, Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania, and Boston, Massachusetts. He found twice as much enthusiasm as was
ever before noted in the western pictures, he said. A special equipment enabled him to
exhibit them before the largest audiences, and the average attendance at the lectures on
this trip was more than 1000. At Manhattan, Kansas, students and faculty of the state
agricultural college and others formed the largest audience of the tour, about 3000. He
presented the results of development in color photography before the geographic societies
of Chicago, Illinois, New York City, New York, and Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Mr.
Clatworthy has been invited to appear before an audience of 7000 next winter in the
Milwaukee, Wisconsin, museum, and also before the Washington, D.C., Society of Fine
Arts. The increasing general recognition of color photography as an art is shown in a
mention of the work of Mr. Clatworthy in a recent issue of the New York Times, under
“Home and Foreign Art Notes” [see 24 March 1922 Estes Park Trail]. “Mr. Clatworthy,”
says the critic, “has a keenly artistic perception, and ranks with the foremost pictorial
photographers of America. His compositions are almost invariably good, and he uses the
medium of photography with exceptional artistic skill. His great achievement is the
interpretation, through the medium of the camera and Lumiere plates, of sunsets.” The
subject of the three lectures which the Estes Park specialist gives are “The Four Seasons
in the Rocky Mountains”, “The Grand Canyon of Arizona and the Cliff Dwellers”, and
“Southern California and the Desert”.
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: Godfrey’s [a block 5 business]. The store for men.
[Illustration: Head and shoulders graphic of male in near-left profile, pairing a soft cap
with a suit and tie, casually holding a cigarette trailing a ribbon of smoke in his right
hand, which has one too many fingers. The cartoon of the six-fingered model is
uncredited, although, if there is any justice in the world, the artist responsible went on to
work for Disney. The logo “Marks Klassy Kaps” in ornate cursive serves as both caption
and further indictment of the people behind this advertisement.] Special values in men’s
tailored caps $2.50. Extra pants, all wool guaranteed $4.50 to $10. New topcoats $30
and $35. Splendid values. Dugald Floyd Godfrey [a block 5 business].
7 April 1922 – Advertisement: Don’t kid yourself into thinking you can beat our
paper bags, paper napkins, paper towels, toilet paper, waxes papers, lunch sets, ice cream
tanglefoot, poison fly paper, flyswatters, sweeping compound, matches, toothpicks, etc.,
etc. If it is made of paper ask us, if not, ask us anyhow, we probably have it. Estes Park
Trail [a block 4 business].
7 April 1922 – Full-page advertisement: Easter [letters in “Easter” in outline, with
background lily motif] sale. Ladies’ coats, suits, and dresses. Wednesday, Thursday, and
Friday, 12 April 1922, 13 April 1922, and 14 April 1922. The largest and most beautiful
line of garments ever shown in Estes Park. The factory will send a representative to be
with us those three days and she will give you her personal attention. Come in and see
us. Spring sweaters. The new knit smocks, in the various bright colors, will be in
evidence. You will want one of them if you see them, because they are new, and because
the prices are right. Spring hats. We are just receiving a new stock of hats, and no hat
will be shown that is not right-up-to-the-minute in style, and priced below what you will
pay out of town. Summer dresses. If you want to get your money’s worth, be sure to see
this beautiful line of dresses. All the newest colors, styles, and fabrics, and the prices will
be so you cannot afford to miss this opportunity to cash in the town where you make it.
New line of skirts. We had some few of this line of skirts in stock last summer, but the
tourists bought them so fast that we did not get to show tem to Estes Park folks before
they were all sold. See this line now. Coats and suits. We never saw as nice an
assortment or as good values for the money as we have coming next Wednesday. If you
want to trade in Estes Park, and at the same time get high-class goods at right prices,
come and see us. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday – next week. Dugald Floyd Godfrey
[a block 5 business]. “The store that gives you service”
7 April 1922 – Column title and byline: Making Work Easy by Walt Mason. “Mrs.
Sidewinder made a sensible talk at our club meeting yesterday,” explained Mrs.
Jamesworthy. “She said they are many disagreeable tasks which might be made easy and
pleasant if women worked together at them. Things that are tedious when one does them
alone are interesting when done by a crowd. She pointed out that the dandelions are
becoming a terrible pest, ruining most of the lawns in towns, and suggested that the
women hold dandelion parties.” “I can imagine the rest,” said Jamesworthy. “You don’t
need to hand out the sickening details. A gang of old beldames will come to our place,
for instance, and pull about five cents’ worth of dandelions, and then sit and have a
photographer make a large picture of them, after which they’ll eat $2.80 worth of ice
cream, and a lot of sponge cake, and anything you happen to have in the refrigerator.
One of the beldames will be appointed a committee to write up the affair for the
newspapers, and Mrs. Sidewinder will see that she gets most of the glory as the originator
of the scheme, and next spring her husband will be running for alderman on the strength
of it. Nowadays, the women never get down to brass tacks and do real work. They must
make a society function out of every little chore they do. They won’t carry a dead cat out
of the front yard unless there’s a photographer on hand to make a group picture of it. If
work can be reorganized so it looks like a game, they will be industrious enough,
otherwise they strike and send communications to the newspapers explaining that no
woman should permit herself to be a drudge. One able-bodied man will destroy more
dandelions in half a day than 18 women will in three weeks. The man takes off his coat
and gets down on his marrowbones and pulls dandelions. The 18 women lean against
trees and fan themselves with Japanese fans, and try to look like so many Mary
Andersons, and wish there was somebody around to set them to music. Women are
becoming more and more an expensive luxury since they organized themselves into
clubs. I have nothing to say against the club idea in itself, Mrs. Jamesworthy. I want to
see the females have as good a time as they can, within reasonable limits. The men
belong to clubs and lodges, too, but they have halls in which to hold their meetings. The
women wouldn’t enjoy holding a meeting in a hall. They have to assemble in the home
of one of their suffering sisters, so they can size up the furniture and fittings, and be able
to say, when they go away, that they never saw such execrable taste. And the suffering
sister sees that her home is a frost, and she makes up her mind to give her heartsick
husband no rest until he has chartered a string of painters and paperhangers, decorators
and glaziers. But this isn’t the worst of it. The suffering sister who entertains the club is
expected to set up refreshments, and she feels it her duty, as a good sport, to furnish the
best the market affords. The last time the ladies of the Busy Bunch club met at this
house, you bought all the strawberries in town, and at that period strawberries were
shipped in from points 5000 miles away, and when the bill came in, at the end of the
month, I had a stroke of paralysis and an attack of paresis. If you get up a dandelion
party, you will want to buy out the leading confectioner, so I’ll advertise for a man to
come and do the job.”
7 April 1922 – Column title and byline: Stories of Great Native Americans by Elmo
Scott Watson. Copyright 1922, Western Newspaper Union. Headline: Philip of
Pokanoket, “Terror of New England”. Should the apologist for the Native American try
to justify the Native American’s cruelty by citing cases of white barbarity, he need only
refer to the case of King Philip of Pokanoket, chief of the Wampanoags. When he was
killed, the colonists treated his body as though it were the carcass of a wild beast. They
beheaded and quartered him. They exhibited the head on a gibbet in Plymouth,
Massachusetts, for 20 years, and they nailed the quarters on trees. One of his hands,
mutilated by a bursting pistol, was given to Alderman, his slayer. King Philip
(Metacomet) was the second son of friendly old Massasoit, but he had no love for the
white men. He saw that unless their expansion was stopped, his own race was doomed.
So he began uniting the tribes of New England against them. The colonists suspected
that he was preparing for war, but he succeeded in deceiving them until June 1675, when
his warriors, contrary to his orders, attacked Swansea, Massachusetts. Concealment
being no longer possible, Philip plunged into the conflict with savage fury. The next
three months, his warriors and their allies, the Narragansetts, destroyed 12 of the 90
towns in New England. The “Terror of New England” reached the peak of his career at
the Battle of Bloody Brook near Deerfield, Massachusetts, where he killed 90 colonists.
After that, the star of the Wampanoag began to wane. Wetamoo, his sister-in-law, the
“Squaw Sachem [i.e., chief] of Pocasset”, who had led 300 warriors into the field to aid
Philip, was killed by the colonists, who cut off her head and set it up on a pole at Taunton,
Massachusetts. Then, the chief’s wife and son were captured and sold into slavery in the
West Indies. “My heart breaks now. I am ready to die,” said the great chief. By now, he,
with only a few faithful followers, was fleeing from place to place like a hunted wild
animal. One of his warriors suggested surrender, and Philip instantly killed him with one
blow of his tomahawk. Aderman, the slain warrior’s brother, immediately deserted to the
English, and offered to lead Captain Church to Philip’s hiding place. On 12 August 1676,
the English surrounded the swamp where the Wampanoag ad taken refuge. As they
closed in, they sighted their quarry speeding along a path, one of the few avenues of
escape from the swamp. Suddenly Alderman rose up before the fleeing chief. He fired,
and King Philip fell with two wounds in his breast. Alderman’s gun had been double
charged – one bullet for his brother and one for himself!
7 April 1922 – Column title: Estes Park Trail Classified Advertisements. Read them for
profit – Use them for results. If you want to buy, sell, or trade, want help, want a
position, wan anything, lost anything, try an Estes Park Trail want ad. They usually get
following insertion. Minimum charge 25 cents. Subhead: For sale. For sale – Owner
wants the money, and will take $1500 cash for one-half acre with four-room cottage, hip
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