Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, August 16, 1886, Page 8

TWENTY MILES 1N NID-AIR A Bummer Jaunt Among Lofty Ranges of the Rockies CHARMING MOUNTAIN RESORTS. Specimensof Kvergreens Suitable For nsplanting to Praivic Homes ~How They Should Be Handied, A ugust 18.—[Corre While the politi 1 concluded to hot weather, just un Fraskuin, Neb,, spondence of the Bek.] cal eanldron was boiling lot 1t boil as it might this and take to the mountains. I have returned. How thosc tain breezes a with presive heat One object of the trip was more closely the mountain which I believe yet to adorn beautify our vast prairies. For yoars 1 have been transplanting them in Nebraska and earcfully noting the re sults. E. F. Stephens, the leading nur seryman of the state, has also been tes ing them This spring I made quite a visit tothe father of the great evergreen industry Douglas, of Waukegan, 1. He 15,000 of these trees that he has raised from buds, and among these millions the most promising and beautiful are from the Rocky mountains Hitherto we have turned our attention to the north, and to Europe, when by far the most valuable are found amongthe Rockies. An attempt was made several y ago to introduce them to our prai ies, but owing to defect in handling most of them perished and this discour- aged the people. 1 have just had the pleasure of a twen- ty-tive mile ride among the lofty ranges of the Rockies and will give your readers abrief account of the trip. We start from Beulah in the western part of Pu eblo county, Colo. This is charming t—with an clevation of 6,000 —Dbeautiful valley nestling mountains, This 1s quite il one of the most restful place th. Here you may noble pine, ten feet in cireumference, go down and listen to the murmu th of the Santa C: river. is gathered gorges in the mountains and secans in a fearful hurry “to get there,” sometines roaring ov rocks, sometimes ing fifty f o bound. erystal, a becomes delicious me compared the op to cevergreens, d several examine are mes more (uiet—singing quieting music to the quieting brain. my companion 1 the gemal Dr. M shal, and T must needs find a horss years ago I was climbing mountai my youngest son, who had a good deal moré length than weight. e found it y to climb, and in & patronizing, 3 y 1 was telling him panting and pufling mysolf F!ml he haa found no bad | v his strength and agility. ell, said he, “I wounld like to know™ what bad habits you have formed that you can’t keep up etter.” All I could think of in reply was that I had two, one that of being over fifty years old, and the other the habit of welghimg over 200 pounds. These habits yet afllict me and therefore for the trip 1 Becure a good horse. Our path winds up higher, still higher, and our panting horses stop for breath every now and then, but_the scenery more and more magnificent. Now' wo approach Monte Carlos--not the highestin the range, probably what a view, Pucb most under foor, For way Is al- and afar streteh wild gorges—the; ount Scraggy—a vast mass of ragge ranite, torn and rent and tossed tow; There a lovely park fenced in , yonder a steep moun- tain whose sides nve covered wath mighty forests. Here you stand in a vast wilderness of grandeur, but it will not do to linger. Carlos is only three miles and we must make twenty-five. Let us look at the trees. by massi Here are clumps of oaks, they grow smaller and smaller till at imber tine they are about of & current bush. AS you near the high summits, it is like visiting the itution grows smaller and it closes altogether. Hero ?‘uu note the Colorado pi the pimus ponderosa), is & beautifu tree with foliage like the Austrian pine. You find it down upon the edge of the plains, in the drycst parts of the west, sometimes upon the crust of a lugh rock, or on the precipic ¢ this hardy tree wiving its plum, vel though so courageous rdy it 1s dilficult to transplant. I I hanled in 8,000 last 5 cureful, the ground wias very wel, but when I went to puck them three days after, I found them so damaged it would not do to take them, I tried another method. Putting them in bundles, 1 dipped them in thick mud which sealed the roots air tight. Thus prey they bore the journcy and are now doing well. While many trees irom the high altitudes will thrive well in all parts of the , the Colo 0 pine must not cross the' Missouri river, Mr. years ago had great faith in it, sunt of its being for ages ac- customed to the dry air of the w mildews in the moister air of the ca is this with its d. grass and tints of silver. shapely and graceful it ciaims attention every where. It lives . canons, and on northern slopes. at is the silver fir (the concolor) of the Rockies. In a cluster theve will be varying tints but this one with its silver shading is the l'l?l!llehl is hard to transplant, it has a long tap root and you must not pull it, but dig oarefully with a spade and by immed- iately covering the roots with a cout of mud you can transy A year ago I sent quite a qu: . F. Stephens at Crete, and a few weeks ago they had come acclimated and were putting forth fresh and vigorous shoots, #ore is the Douglas Spruce, a noble and symmetrical tree. It is the easiest-of all to transplant; it has plenty of fibrous roots like the Norway, only you must take the precaution as with "all ever- £reens, never Lo expose the roots to the alr. These trees are quite durable and ave used all through the west for posts wnd radroad ties, But let us move on. We must pass throngh the ubper mesa, the high platteau of the Greenhorn range Noar the foot of Mount Carloss,we pass aman whose home is in a dirt covered but. Ho has no team, but is spadiug up dittle pateh in a valley. All around i are the ragged mountains, and he is milcs from neighbors. He tells us of his home in England, that Le was once ‘warth §100,! but now he is hidden off dn this lonely wilderness. His wife says she likes the seclusion, she walks three miles to Beulah, climbing on her return mountuins & borse can hardly ascend, and at the same tipe ta how child, and bringing family grocerles, she has enrnod by hér own d toil at the hoete!. A few inquiries brings out the informa- tion that he wears an assumed fame, that ho is a graduate of one of the high est universaries of England, and an able man in his profession. But be left s wife and came away with avother woman, and now hides under the shadow ‘of the mountains under the burden of his “uime. A pitiful wreck of princely abili- crushed by the burden of o wron o to do right, and un table to do wrong high mountain that Mesa, we reach the These re vman to drive over Campbell, a few wee them m - retarned who fou t Surely i man 0, thought to drive v In a few hours her t wlarmed her family venth her house can et mystery It 18 abo over such at \ And now the valley a 8,000 foet above the sea level and is in by mountains on_all sides, with now nd then an outlet through the valley of me monntain torrent. There was a little excitement the day before our ar- vival. A man noticed & great commo, tion among his cattle and found one of s cows budly seratehed up and her tail torn out, and the tracks of a bear in the soft ground. The cow got off on a cheap compromise, Now we take a bridle path follows a roaring torrent, and we out of the valley. But just here find a tree for which we have been searching that belongs to the high lati tude. It is the blug spruce (the picea pun gens), so called on account of its stiftf branches and stiff, sharp needles, Of all the trecs on earth for beauty of effect this bears off the palm. The it one now on the grounds of Mr. Whitney, o \klin - Grove, he was offered $100 for twelve . There are three of these tr on the grounds of Mr. Douglas, of Waukegan, m ‘heir attractions are symmetrical shape—growing into a pyramid form, Then they have the deepest, richest of colors, a combination of blue and sity which makes them a very Kohinoc [t While in the mountains p of these trees d two pounds of seed trom it Ly 100,000 of these trees, and last_spring fe shipped quite & number to Europe. Though be- longing to so high an altitude they bear transplinting well. They hay growing for twenty years in Ma setts and 1llinois and in Europe, limbs are so rigid they do not yield and bend to the burdens of snow like other spruees, but the growth of each vears shelf-like. The shelves extending one further and further from the growth of the L s. They have fine and fibrous roots. 1 planted forty acres of them out in July with hardly any loss. 1 have brought th from the mountains in the spring time without losing one. There are x trees that do better under do- mestication than in their own habitat. These trees, to show to the best age, need to be set out alone in with plenty of room for a full develop- ment. Their best effect is produced by contrast with other trees. Others are green and these of arich blue, tinted with silver, as though the Great Horti- culturist had the very latest improvement in the art of landseape adornment. But one remarkable thing about them is their cariation. You may plant a pound of seed from the finest (ree you can find and not more than one in ten will silver tinge you w i finest colored very va We now h a cl the deep mountains, and come to a log The doctor, my companion, is acquainted. As we enter the gate we see n couple of hor One had a stupid, foolish look that said he is a Some parts of the mountain valleys ad the Soco weed. The ats jt, and is either killed by it or becom mented. He seems afllicted with a pe) petual drunkenness. If it would work with a man as with a horse, he could get agood aose of it and stay drunk for years, The sacred horse seems to lose his in- stinct and what little reason he has. He will make an effort to jump a log as though it was a fence, and then come down on the same side. He is past learning. A mess of horsefiesh without instinet. Within the house was a quiet woman, who gave us a cordial grecting. She seoimed happy and contented in her homely surroundings. But the scenery all around was grand enough to awaken the rapture of o seraph. This quict lady after all, a heroine. Her own ui- trembiing finger had pulled the trigger on huge mountain bear, and the mou- y dead at near feet. But we must pass on to Jerusalem, a little hamlet in the deep mountains. And now our ,ath rises higher and higher, bringing us_to the grandest scenery on the trip. The steep walls are covered with grass, as we cross the divide the higher wo are, the more dense the forests become. Here are spruces three feet through, and a hundred feet high that would do for ocean masts. Here are Douglas spruce, the Alpena, and an another kind we can® not name. It resembles the Blue spruce, but the middles are larger and the brances are drooping. It s vichly sil tinted {\’e are now nbout ten thousand fect above the sea level, and is one of the grandest forests ever saw. May the ti when the woodman's ax shall lay low those glories of the Kockus. We now approach Winsalom, named 8o I suppose the mountains are “round about it,” as they are about the ancient city. Here we stop to climb Mount Marshal, named so from my companion, and by the way, there are several names yet needed for some of these grand peaks, and some- bady can immortalize themselves by pasiing their names upan them, ‘There only a few ranches hel and one »—nn enterprising Swede—has ab- sorbed most ot them. He keeps n fine dairy, and is doing well. Here is a pie of timothy—twenty acres—as fino as ever saw growing, but it is two months later than in N aska, We have just made half our rounds, and it is 8 o'clock. Twelve miles of the sorr] mountain road lies before us, but we push on, past yawning chusms, around the brows of Jrecipice: ‘e come to Bear canon—a arge cleft in granite walls—where the eurth shows his ribs of twisted, wrenched rock. Here are huge masses of rock, large enougb for palaces, perched on the mountain summils Now we have a view of tho grand plain, and it scoms as though we could see almost to Omaha. It is now down_grade, and a good wi down. But without noting other it in this wilderness of grandeur, we 1 Benlap at 8 o’clock, tired, but with me) ory packed with scenes for years to como. 3. HARRISON. ms ch - TALKS WITH TRAVELERS, A. B. Charde, Oakland: “l1 want to tell you that some one hus sent you er- roncous statements concerning the crops in our part of the country. Several of the reports are to the effect that our grain has all been destroyed by the late drouth. Of course itis not sogood as if we had not bad our dry spell,but the yield will be fully equally to that of last year. The average bds incréased and the sgiall grain is good a8 Lover saw it,especially in quality, while the yield of corn will be fully egial to that of last year. What nay seem new to you, though old to us, is the fact that our farmers are organizing a grain and lumber company. They have for some time back been feeling that thoy have been discriminated against by local deal ors and take this method of protecting themselves. They propose to raise a capital of §20,000, with which to carry on thé busineds. Already they have "had subseribed about eight hundrea dollars, and while in my opinion 1 feel they will not be able to raise the amount sought, one of the bankers teils me he thinks they will be able to ges what they seek.’ Lou May, Fremont: The state fish commussion propose to make an execllent ghowing at the forthcoming state fair, "I'HE We will havea display of native fish raised at the hatchery at South Bend, together with collections from the United States fish commission, also from the states of Michigan, Wisconsin, Minne- sota, Tilinois, New York and Connecticut. Besides these we will have portraits of sporting fi casts of fish of various v fishes stuffed and in alcohol, together with a number of other specimens of marine invertetrates. We have purchased a number of excellent pictures of the game fishes of America, which will also'be on_exhibition, 1 do not like to say too much about t we somewhat uncertain. put an “4f"” before my respeet, beeause we n by others. But I think I c: our exhibit will be greatly that of last year. S. H. Cathoun, Nevraska City: are yery salisfactory in our town present time. The Burlington & Mi is now handling piles for a permanent bridge at our place, and it looks as if it would be speedily pushed to a conclu- sion. Mr. 8. H. H. Clark was down to our place a few days ago talking over the advisability of extending the Missouri Pacific to Nebraska City. He saw a num- ber_of our merchants and they told him 10 mention the amount it would require to build his road to our town. Ihave no doubt they would be able to raise the re- quired amount. The fact is, the Burling- ton & Missouri has been _discriminating against Nebraska City. It is the only road we have, and I know thav times that the Missouri Pacific h: to come to us, but it has been kept away by the Burlington & Missouri on the ground that the territory is properly its own. I cannot mention figures to sub- stantiate this charge of discrimination, but I know that our farmers tell me that when that the price of corn goesup sodo the hts, so much o that it 18 impossible for them to mak margin on their products, Whe margin 1s made by anybody it certuin few who are able to get a_rebate. Many of our me nts have told me that they do just as well by freighting their produce to Dunbar, a distance of cleven miles from N. ka City, and then shipping it east by way of the Mis- souri Pacific. ‘They tell me furthey that there 1s on foot a movement to establish a freighting line between our town and that point.” POWDER Absolutely Pure This powdor GGVeF Varios. A marvel of pur- Ity, strength and wholesomeness, More econ- omical thun the ordinary kinds and canat be sold incompetition with'the multitude of low tost. short woight alum or phosphito powders. Bold onyy in cans, Rovay BAKisG POWDEs Co. 468 Wall st., New York. ' AMUSEMENTS. : BOoYD’'S OPERA HOUSE Tuesday,—August 17. HAVERLY'S AMERIC N ROPFAN MINSTRELS Under the Personal Supervision of J, H, Haverly FRED. k. WKIGHT MANAGE( EVERYTHING NEW AND NOVE MEETING OF THE GLADIATOKS. Tuo Gormsn's Very Latest Song and Dance, "COTTON FIELDS." Dr. Bawtslle's St. Bernard Galaxy, A family of the largest and most handsome St Bernieds cver seen. K. P. Grand March und Drill, “bilver Wodv diug,” ‘produced by the GORMANS, und seated by rly’s Minstrelg only gdteservod scuts on - ra House Mon« OMAHA DAILY BER: Personal Paragraphs. Newt Barkalow came in irom Denver last evening. A. R Dufrene made hisweekly trip to Spirit lake Suturday night. rank Hunt, of the Merchants hotel, Sioux City, is at the Paxton, Ben Gallagher followed the course of empire, westward, last night. General I of General stafl, went wes d yosterday man Richardson, - wife Raiph, went to Chicago Satur C. S. Raymond and family were occu- of the Denver Pullman coach last Crook’s and son Joln Groves, deputy coumty treasurer, has returned after a business visit of ten days to New Yorl N. Babcock, general ‘ngent of the \western \\-|m- and sister, went to Mr. and Mrs. Charles West, of Chicago, arrived in Omaha on avisit to H. K. Burket, a brother of Mrs. West. John D. Creighton -andjgfamily and Charles Creighton and fani v wil loi to-night foran extensive Rocky mountain trip. Ed Roe, of Grand Island, one of Par- rotte & Co.’s traveling. repres in in from a successtul trip overthe Union Pacific. . H. Koesters, of the B. & M office, left lust evening via tl Pacific for St. Joseph, Mo., to attend the turnfest. Harry Woodward, bookkeeper for the Barkalow Bros., will puck his grip to-day for a three weeks' roughing it in Wyoming territory. W. A. Guion, of Cinci dent of Omaha in her guest of his brother, C. sister, Mrs. Dr. Parkcr, Frank , of the Windsor hotel, Lin- coln, is at the Millard. He came down to double his last month's profits in sup- port of the Lincolns in to-day’s ball gamc. J. H. Greene, of the Union Pacific pas- senger department, went to Carson, la., Inst_ evening to let the veterans there: abouts know that Nebraska’s G. A. encampment would take place the ~ 80th, and via = the Union Pacific was a good way to get there. { is_enjoying her vacation in New Mexico, at ton, the guest of Mrs. I. Mursh Hende son, her cousin, and reportsas having an uniioynmu time, haxing v Y Albuquerque,Santake and Puso del Norte and states that the climate is_delightful there in summer. Her cousin, Mrs. T. Marsh Henderson, is president of the W. R. C.of G. A. K., and is on a tour of ingpeetion for the association. Hand-looms for weaving cloth for bath ing costumes, and other useful purposes, are the latest English noyelty, Bl el Opelt’s Hotel, Lincoln, Neb., opened March 15th, first class in ever neet. bound for South Annex” s there, Omaha. **Albright Sale to- day and Tu Building Permits, Inspector Whitlock ued building permits yesterduy as follows: y 1oul, ene-story frame cottage, y-first, near Clirk . ..oue..o.,.. 8 5, Gibson, ndditon o resi 55 Johr ), tage, Twentieth, Dorcas.......... ‘Three permits, aggregatin Auction, ‘Auction, aside,” *In Note paper e other like headings the Mountains, 1 rased silyer seript J. L. Wil manutaoturer] of t, Omaha, paper Monday and Tuesday ‘mext. Come everybody. s Great Destroyer of Pasture land, Albright the ‘*‘Annex" mad. 400 beautiful homes to be sold at auction to-dayg and Tuesday. A horse thief, lute! d in Denver, had ridden his stolen animal over four hundred miles from Nebraska. B Packing Houses, Factories, yards. And everything to make & city avound Albright's annex [sale and Tuesday, Stocks All to-duy Armour's Packiug House, It is said, will be built on laud adjoining SAlbright's Annex'’ to South Omaha. l&mmu to the sale Quext to-day and Tues- ay. MONDA v AUGUS New York and Omaha Clothing Company 1308 Farnam st., Omaha, Neb. When we say we are going to open with the largest ang '~ DIRECTORY. ~ C. T. TAYLOR, General Agent NEW YORK LIFE INSURANCE (0. Office Cor. 14th and Douglas Sts. Tssucs—Ordinary_Life, Endowment, Limited Endowment, Five Year Dividend Plan Non-Forfeiting Tontine Policies. $00,000,000. Agents wanted N. B. HATCHER, Genersal Agent Provident Savings Lifs Assarazss Co of New York. Millard Ho e! Bloek, Omaha. rietly “Natural Premium Plan, " As Actua ze yearly at age W, for 10,000, was FINE JOB PRINTING. REES PRINTING €O, Buccessors to Samuel Rees. Printers, Book Binders And Blank book Manufacturcrs, Nos. 106 and 088, 14th street, Omaha Neb. F. Farlle, Super- nt Bindery. 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