DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER
VOI* XXXIII. NO. 45. Denver, Colo., Thursday, June 30, 1938. « Resort Section.
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T y % *• Denver girl stands with lier back to old i n U l c v j f c u t K j n v n u u i jy,, u ,260-foot lugii in the baekground.1 This scene was snapped in the Denver Mountain parks, 11,000 acres of primitive mountains and streams and game, and only 30 minutes by automobile from the heart of the capital city of Colorado. Page 2 THE DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER
Hoff-Schroeder Sightseeing Tours QAME, FISH COMMISSION “ Famed far Food” • CRISP BALADB ~ Mike Masterson • FRESH VEGETABLES I YEAR OLD THIS MONTH • HOME MADE PASTRIES AND Sightseeing Tours ICE CREAM 611 17tli St. The Colorado game and fish tons a day of fish food for state trappers held in Denver last DENVER KE. 3269 commission is a year old this hatchery consumption. April. For the first time in de month. Just a year ago, the com BREAKFAST missioners held their organization Upland game birds were studied partmental history all field men Buy From Register meeting and elected officers. Since throughout 1937, with the result were assembled under one roof, LUNCH DINNER then, the outlines of a long-range that at the April, 1838, meet in the house of representatives, 16th and Welton St. Advertisers. Please ■wildlife manjigement program ing commissioners approved con where they had an opportunity to exchange views, discuss mutual Mention Catholic have become visible. Fish, big struction of a new game bird and small game, upland game problems, and plan improved ICAFETERIA Register. birds, and ducks have all come in farm at Colorado Springs, where methods of procedure. As a con for their share of attention. Plans Chinese Ringneck pheasants and sequence, all employes were im iliscussed 12 months ago are tak Chukar partridges, principally, bued with a renewed sense of ing form. will be propagate;' and then 'public responsibility and pride in distributed to all parts of the An “ inventory” shows that, in their work. The game and fish i f ? COOL COMIORT the past 12 months, about 40 re state. The present game bird comfnjssioners, who sponsored this farm at Canon City will be used event, were present at all sessions, Bring your out-of-town visitors taining ponds for trout have been for incubation purposes, and newly to Denver’s finest restaurant established, or are approved, to and expect to make it an annual hatched birds moved to the Colo occasion, believing it a stimulus to Air conditioned. Colorful serve numerous state streams— rado Springs plant, where they Cocktail Bar. the Rio Grande, South Platte, Big morale, besides being highly edu will be raised to maturity. OPEN ALL NITE Thompson, Gunnison, White, cational. Michigan, Conejos, Eagle, and Also at the April meeting, con The commissioners regard them others. The warm water hatchery struction of a warehouse at Gun selves as representatives of ail and retaining ponds at Wray nison was authorized. Here ade sportsmen in Colorado. The fore have been set up as a WPA project quate storage space for winter going “ inventory” was submitted where bass, crappie, sunfish, cat feed for deer and elk herds in that as a short (and very incomplete) fish, perch, and bluegills will be area will be provided. Food report of their stewardship for bred as soon as the plant is com chopping machinery wil\ be in their one year in office. Through pleted. The new carp-drying plant stalled; two trucks for transporta Colorado Conservation Comments, 'WEEK OF tion of rations to feeding grounds at Las Animas is already in opera by broadcast over radio station JUNE 26TII AT tion, turning out more than two will be purchased, and a garage KLZ (second Saturday of each built. This arrangement is assur month, at 8 p. m .); more recently EUTCH’S ance that antlered wards of the by a series of weekly broadcasts CLYDE state will not starve if snow- (Friday at 9 p. m.) originating THEATER blocked hghways prevent importa at KOA and carried over the en c o y Mountain P a rk tion of cake and hay. A longer tire NBC network; by releases to “ROOM M C open season for 1938 was con the state press, metropolitan news sidered justified, in view of the papers, and radio newscasting prosperous big game situation, services, the commissioners have . SERVICE” and more territory will be thrown endeavored to keep sportsmen in A Farcf C«m«dy With SUGAR Close to Denver open. KENT ftMITH formed about departmental affairs, KATHERINE MESKIL The State Trappers’ unit, which are, in the final analysis, the FREDERIC TOKERE created in the first months of the affairs of the sportsmen them WALTER GREAZA b l u e s A m I Ike 19U Elitch CMRpanjr Denver has only to go into its commission's existence, has grown selves. License fees paid by Ho l l y w o o d front yard to play in the moun- XJiMier the Director of from a nucleus of five men to the sportsmen support the game and GeorKc Somnes ■tains. present roster of 14. Each mem fish department, and the depart h k c h e s t r a Matowe Wfdncaday Scenic finery and a multitude of ber of the group is an expert and ment is accountable to those who and Satarday Featuring the recreational facilities make Bear is well qualified for this line of make its existence possible. Reservations at Creek and Turkey Creek canyons work. Operations are confined to Baur's, K £ . 8104 favorite spots for Denver and her beaver control. Where over-popula J>*8lers and never-ending streams of welcome tion exists, beaver are trapped and HighwayDepartment M’ayne Gregg guests. moved to other localities where Dance All P . Within 15 miles of Denver the their peculiar talents can be em Has Maps Available fevening great canyon of Bear Creek opens ployed to advantage; or pelted, if L a d ie s 20c its arms in welcome to those who the ' beaver is not suitable for *^n»lemen 40c would fish in the clear rushing wa transplanting, and the hide sold at The state highway department ters, picnic in the shade of an auction. Revenues from this has highway map folders available Free Parking evergreen grove, hike over flower- source are credited to the game for the ppblic, according to W. carpeted trails, or just motor cash fund. M. Williams, director of publicity through quietly— and look. Active measures to control of the 4^partment Owing to a Dime at the heavy .demand, the first supply of For those who elect to ride winged vermin have resulted in the horseback, bridle trails are numer destruction of thousands of crows maps has been exhausted, n^ccssi- tatii^ a reorder of 50,000 from ORCHARD CAFE ous; for those who like to camp, and magpies, and consequent pro unirsuai opportunities are pro tection to duck nests. The cam the? printers. The maps may. be DELECTABLE MENUS—OPEN TIL 12 EVERY NIGHT paign has been under direction of secured by mailing a post card to vided, and for those who prefer i;he Publicity deoartment. State Ride the WILD CAT and many other thrilling rides. the niceties of home, furnished a predatory bird expert who or “^Highway department, Denver. FREE Picnic Grounds cabins are available.. Or your ganized and supervised hunting- wishes can be easily and gener parties in which scores of sport# ously satisfied if the polite service men participated. Further -to o f a modern hotel should strike stimulate interest in this a cti^ y , jfour fancy.- designed to advance migrsAory All this, and much more, can be bird restoration, merchants in found in Denver city’s mountain Northern Colorado have sponsored park system, which covers 11,000 banded crows and magpies, paying acres of rugged, wooded, flower rewards to hunters ■who bring ornamented region, only a few down identified birds. /' miles, and a few minutes by auto, Fa-st diminishing antelope herds from the heart of-Colorado’s beau present a situation .that must be tiful capital. There are a paved remedied. P rotec^n to a sub road from Denver to this city- stantial portion o f the remaining EXCLUSIVE ^ I owned mountain wonderland, and antelope populatijin is afforded by a paved road back to the city if the closing of M sections in Mor you wish to return by another gan and Wasbmgton counties to E flS U lO N S i route. hunters. With federal aid in the For the golfer, this vast natural form of I^ittman-Robertson act park, which is bounded on the funds, the^ picturesque animats west by the always glamorous Mt. should d ^ v e further benefits on Evans, there is an 18-hole course land acqfpired by the state under offering attractions for the shot- this act for wildlife restoration maker such as no city links could purposes. hope to offer. And here it is cool Gratifying improvement in the and zestful always, and with a Colorado duck census, and re mountain vista unfolding continu quests by Colorado sportsmen, ally that makes it difficult for cpiivinee the commissioners that some nature-loving golfers to keep a more liberal mig;ratory water- their minds constantly on the busi 'Towl season would be consistent ness at hand. ^ with good conservation practice. Here, too, is Red Rocks park* Recommendation to this effect is fantastic creation of nature that expected when the Colorado com- ■5) defies description. The very sq^ne mi.ssioners meet with U. S. Biolog as one enters suggests dinosaur. ical survey officials at Ashville, >:h V o And rightly so. ' For, if you 'look, N. Car;, to determine national c there are the unmistakat^ im policy on migratory species. prints of the feet of dino.sapr, reg An “ intangible” that should be istered in solid rock where they listed on the “ balance sheet” is will remain for centurie&.as a page the benefit brought about by a out of the prehistoric past. convention of game wardens and ^4 While in Denver Stop at Mansfield
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is a beaulifui iniilding, and this Swimming Pool - Colorado's Capitol picture shows the edifice re flected in Denver's Civic Center pool. Tlie capitol is only one of Samnots Not So hundreds of Denver buildings that attract wide attention among the DRAKE thousands of tourists who come to Cool Colorado every summer. Progress Aimipt on Vest , H O T E t • Plunge • e'ffi'UTlHiLLy CftRfETtt? ROOlWS . • C.efP SOFT '3EDS' . : iW 3300 W . Florida • nNE..RPPOIN.TM£N,TS , ' Slope of Rockies A to. Adult* 40c Rates Very Reasonable Thousands of persons, making CbtldroB 25c Private Baths and their first visit to Denver and not Showers. Phones In All 1S:3« N o m Until Rooms. Elevator. ing that the Colorado Rockies rise P . M. abruptly from the vast plains area 1342 ^ J U iU ih m — over which they have traveled, as cending to heights of more than 14,000 feet, wonder about the contour of the continent’s back bone on the west side of the rang:e. For those> who do not have the time to enjoy the thrill of motor ing across the continental divide on smooth highways, it will be in teresting for them to' know tha(i; the mountains do not rear their EDDIE lofty summits sa abruptly at the west. After reaching supreme heights DITS along the crest of the continental divide, punctuated by many snow- clad peaks, the range “ tapers off” gradually on the western side. To accomplish this a vast series of CRRDEII what are known as mesas, or pla teaus was utilized. These great steps down from the mountain tops, some covering areas larger U l R i H than some of the Eastern states, are in themselves among the JIM E. COLFAX AT ST. PAUL treasures of Colorado’s scenic DINING* DANCING ON HI-WAY ee wonderland chest.
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Colorado’s mining camps are new operations in mining camps among the most interesting and which previously were called * Wlien in Denver, Colorado picturesque in the world. Most “ ghost towns.’’ Active areas in of these camps are accessible to clude Summitville, Bonanza, Red- the motorist, and visits to the cliff, Telluride, Ouray, Silverton, mines may be had for the a^ing. Blackhawk, and Creede. Higher ' or Wyoming A drive to Cripple Creek will re gold prices are lending impetus to pay the tourist, for there he will the revival of many districts. The see the various diggings in the average value of ore sliipped in famous volcanic crater. There Colorado is far above the national are few tunnels in this district average. THE Visit for most of the workings are car One might expect to see elabor ried on through shafts at lower ate buildings constructed on the levels. surface, but this is not the case New methods of treatment, bet in most of Colorado’s mining dis ALBANY ter highways and transportation tricts, the exceptions being such WALGREEN'S facilities have made possible many operations as the London at .Alma and the Shenandoah-Dives at Silverton. HOTEL A visit to the Boulder district DRU6 STORES Colorado Sprisgs, will not be amiss, there being DENVER many famous properties accessible there, as well as modern. milling 11 Stores in Denver - Boulder - Ft. Collins and treating facilities of recent Colorado Spring - Pueblo - Casper, Wyo. construction. This is also true of Poeblo Centers the Clear Creek and Gilpin county R a te s Coffee Shop districts. At Leadville not only P re m SZ T a v e rn are the famous producers of that P e r D a y You're Always Welcome at Walgreen*s district available to the tourist, Of Scenic Region but one may visit the .smelter located there. In addition to the precious The myriad of mountain won metal mines, a visit to the Climax ders surrounding Colorado Springs Molybdenum properties at Climax and Pueblo are emerging from and the Empire Zinc mines at Gil winter snow^ to thrill new thou man should be made. The San sands again this*summer.' Juan, Creede, Lake City, Ouray, The variety of motor tours from Telluride, and Paradox valley dis Colorado Springs to Will Rogers’ tricts will be of much interest, as shrine, Cheyenne mountain. Gar well as the Eldora, Ward, and den of the Gods, -Cave of the Caribou mining centers. Winds,, and other spots, as well a.s the motor and cog road trips to the summit of Pike’s peak, will be Plans Are Complete available again this summer. New attractions this year will include a three-story addition, For Travel Season built of glass blocks, to the famous Broadmoor hotel; the 10,000-seat Rocky Mountain National Park. stadium for the Will Rogers rodeo, — The National Park Operators’ to be dedicated Aug. 19-21; the association has completed prepara huge Broadmoor ice palace, which tions for the 1938 travel season. will offer artificial ice skating all Sprague’s lodge in Glacier summer; the Will Rogers pantheon Basin, the Brinwood hotel and on Cheyenne mountain, housing a ranch in Moraine park, and Jack pictorial history of the life of the Woods’ camp in Tuxedo park are great .American humorist, and a open. The Grand Lake lodge on zo and children’s playground at the western slopes' of the park GUESTS WELCOME .the base of Cheyenne mountain. began welcoming gpiests June 15, Pueblo likewise offers visitors a and at the same time Bear Lake THIS PURE REFRESHMENT variety of superb mountain motor lodge was ready for business. With frosty bottles of Coca-Cola in your refrigerator, you are tours, which include trips to the Forest inn and Fern lodge, always ready to proride refreshing hospitality for your guests. Royal Gorge, the San Isabel Na reached only by trail, are to be Buy the handy six-bottle carton at your favorite dealer’s. tional forest, the Sangre de Cristo opened later in the month. The COCA-COLA BOTTLING CO. range» Sierra Blanca, Cordova Stanley hotel and Estes Park S&16S-92 ADDRESS TKt.EPHONE pass. Great Sand Dunea National Chalets, well-known hpstelries monument, and other magnificent near the park boundaries,, are Alpine scenery. open. Page 4 THE DENVER CATHOUC REGISTER Tlmrgday, June 30, 1938 FAMED PIKE’S PEAK IS Nalnre Stwleils AMERICAN IN S T IT U T IO N TeHodibStale
Although there are peaks higher with the opening of a splendid new enne mountain. Both are sporty than Pike’s peak, there is no moun bath house and recreation center. 18-hole layouts. tain so famous and none whose There are teiilHS courts in Indications are that students of Sail-boating is a popular sport geology and biology will swarm to summit is so easily accessible to at Prospect lake. Monument Valley phrk, at the the sightseer. Pike’s peak is an Cheyenne Mountain Country club, cool Colorado this summer in Few cities in the country can in Manitou Springs, and at imrious greater numbers than ever before. American institution, like the boast a finer golf course than Colo small parks throughout the cily. They will combine vacation with Gtand canyon, Yellowstone park, rado Springs with its municipally Low or the Great lakes, and one has The Monument Valley courts a m study, an idea offering almost lim owned Patty Jewett course and itless constructive advantages. . not seen America until one has floodlighted for night play. the picturesque Broadmoor course, lipd, thrown in, there will be Vacation Fares stood on its rocky summit and nestled against the base of Chey- Polo is a major sport in the fun. thrilled to the magnificent vistas Pike’s peak region, and high-goal via Trailways For tH^.many who demand it, which reach out toward every point players from all over the country Ride big, modern Cream and of the compass' . gather here for the tournament >the leading'•saniversities of the Denver district’'bffer unusual sum Crimson streamline Trail- In 1936, through agreement be season. There are two turf fields mer courses. Distinguished edu ways Busses . . . to— tween the city of Colorado Springs in Broadmoor, and the cup tourna Ranger-Naturalist cators, themselves sftU. studying, and the United States Forest serv ments each summer are popular Glenwottd, Springs are in charge. They offer class ice, the highway leading to the 14,- with visitors. Colo. National Monument room work and then turn tO> na 110-foot crest of the mountain was Mesa ferda Baseball and softball, standard ture’s vast laboratory, extendihg^ opened to the pubic. Thousands Salt Lake City pastimes everywhere, have been from the vast plains to the sum of motorists each year drive their Service Stressed California developed to a high degrree. Per mits .of the lofty peaks— all to be own cars up the broad Pike’s peak sons who like these sports are as had in a motor drive of a couple of highway; the road is a master sured of good baseball games piece o f engineering skill, blasted Rocky Mountain National Park. hours over paved highways. Out DENVER BUS every Sunday and sometimes door field classes are conducted in from the granite of the mountain — The growing importance of oftener, and softball double-head itsgif in many places, but of even naturalist services in national the mountain areas near the gla ers are staged under powerful ciers and other outstanding nat TERMINAL grade and wide roadway. parks was pointed out here re floodlights three or four nights cently by Dr. H. C. Bryant, Wash ural phenomena. In November, 1806, Lieutenant each week. The field for these 501 .Zebulon M. Pike -and a small band ington, D. C., assistant director of sports is situated just north of the of United States soldiers turned the National Park service, in in city limits. 17ih back from an unsuccessful at creased favorable reaction ob Street served throughout the country. Adult visitors revel in less Lakeside tempt to scale the peak. They strenuous pastimes like shuffle- as'*'nded Cheyenne mountain, then A direct result is , shown in Bigfrer— Better— Gayer KEyslone board and horseshoes, and Acacia Than Ever Before t tuM,ed back because of heavy Rocky Mountain National park, park, almost in the heart of the 2291 8n(.^/s. Thus the peak which per where the ranger-naturalist staff city, is well equipped for these 2 New ThrilUng Rides petuates the name of Pike was will be increased for the 1938 sea THE SCEHIC WAY games. The courts are busy from TMttU THE ncvur climbed by him. son, offering an enlarged service early morning till late at night, OCTOPUS ROCKIES Later the slogan, “ Pike’s Peak for thousands of visitors who seek when the lights are extinguished and or Bust!’’ became the watch ward a better understanding of this after a long day’s play. Card Double Loop-O-Plane of pioneers heading west into the scenic area through interpretation tables for th players and checker TRAILWAVSI gold fields of Colorado. No moun of natural and scientific aspects and chess addicts who like to play A DANCE BAND SENSATION tain in the world is so universally of park features as provided on in cool r tdoor shade are found in TED W EE M S knuwn. guided field trips and evening Acacia park. 4nd His Arra^ Radio Stars ’fhs cog road ascends the moun campfire discussions. Families with small children will tain. by another route; taking While the public primarily find supervised playgrounds in all FEATURING comes to national parks in quest Elmo Tanner, Perry Como, Art Weem*, sightseers up its rocky slopes in parts of the city. Even the tiny Parker Gibb*. Red Ingle, County glass-covered observation cars. of recreation and relaxation in boys and girls are provided for in W ashburn Pike’s peak offers a challenge to areas of outstanding beauty, the Colorado Springs’ recreation pro No Advance in Prices the hiker, but no person should at- urge to learn what caused the gram. Ladies 20c Gentlemen fOc tenipe the climb on foot;iunless he scenic features or to become better Community sings and concerts ha« a strong heart and is accus- acquainted with the natural Jiis- HOTTIP in the city parks; organized “ chuck LAKESIDE tonjed to mountain climbing. Many tory of the different regions re wagon” dinners in the mountains; FOR TIRi BUYERS! visitors take practice hikes in the mains with si.rprisingly many vis Free Parking special escorted trips with forest Gate Admission lOe ’ foothills for several days before itors. With this in view, the Na service guides; these and many undertaking the ascent of the tional Park service has developed more help round out the list of IF YOU RE LOOKING peak. a naturalist division over a long things Colorado Springs has Ill the past winter, Pike’s peak period of years to its present state planned for its visitors to do. FOR A BIG NAME beiame a winter sports mecca. of efficiency offering the public thui^s to the opening of the free a .service that doubles and often There is good trout fishing in BIG QUALITY TIRE streams which tumble through the hijfhway. Development of skiing triples the meaning of a national AT A PRICE - and tobogganing has been under park to the average visitor, Dr. mountains to the west. Escorted taken on a large scale at Glen Bryant said. fishing trips are held frequently Joslin’s HERE IT IS ! throughout the summer. ' Persons cote, about 11,000 feet above sea Every effort has been made to level, and this one day may well not familiar with mountain fishing 16lh and Curtis ^ eliminate any academic traces in find pleasure in these excursions. became the St. Moritz of America. the presentation of naturalist in DENVER It is not enough merely to pro formation, either on guided field vide the visitor with something to trips or in evening lectures and A man was telling some friends sec; it is just as important to pro informal discussions. Visitors are about a proposed fishing trip to a vide him and the members of his not urged to take advantage of lake lin Colorado. fai/iily with something to do. The this service as a'part of their ac “ Are there any trout opt Pii.e’s peak region, which abounds tivities ■wffjile in a park, but it is there?” asked one friend. in scenic beauties and natural available to those who wish to “ Thousands o f ’em,” replied Mr. wonders, has gone far to create a make use of an opportunity to Brown. recreational paradise. encourage maximum knowledge “ Will they bite easily?” asked The mountains which rise and appreciation of park scenic another friend. abiuptly almost from the city features. “ Will they?” said Mr. Brown limits of Colorado Springs beckon • “ Why. they are absolutely vicious; to the lover of the out-of-doors, In view of these conditions, the National Park service is gratified a man has to hide behind a tree with miles of trails for the hiker to bait his hook.” or the horseback rider, and count in the warm public response to less picnic spots situated con- naturalist activities. Dr. Bryant verpently along almost every auto said, as well as in the interest of visitors in museums showing geo I W. A-
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in the Denver Mountain Parks area, dominated Following the Trail zby Mt. Evans (altitude 14, 259 feet) in the back ground. Tills Jl^rk is only 30 minutes from the heart of the city by automobile an.d MORRISON ROAD offers the visitcy? glamorous vistas of many miles of mountain peaks, buffalo, deer, i^d small wild g^iie, located in an area they once dominated. w w w ’T •^r ^ ^ w w m w w w w ^ Hart’s Comer Sheridan Blvd. and Morrison Road Modern Cabins - Trailer Camp Complete Line of Picnic Suppliet FULL UNE OF STAPLE GROCERIES AND MEATS ^ a, a, a, 4k ^ A A. A. A. A. A. A A A. A. A A A A
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The city of Idaho Springs nes enthil.siasts from all parts of the Idaho Springs itself is only 7,500 tles in the valley of historic Clear continent and from Europe visit feet high, merely 32 miles from creek surrounded by majestic here every year to engage in this Denver on U. S. highway 40 and sport. Berthoud pass offers un reached by a newly con.structed mountains to the top of which surpassed texture of snow, along boulevard. Mt. Morrison Garage oiled roads and well-blazed horse with long trails and a new ski Idaho Springs is not only amidst back trails wind their way to tow. • a scenic wonderland, but also has TOWING — GENERAL REPAIRING snow-capped peaks. Idaho Springs Loveland pass and Jones pass become an industrial center offer CONCHO PRODUCTS was originally located by Indians, offer other attractions to ski ing opportunities in mining and all tribes making the valley neutral lovers. Echo lake is the scene numerous other enterprises. H. R.^MITH— F. D. BAKER ground because of the hot mineral of much skating, with its early Eleven miles from Idaho springs which were considered a fall and late spring advantages. Springs, at an altitude of 10,800 Phone 13 / Mt. Morrison, Colo. god of health. These hot springs Located in the heart of the feet, lies St. Mary’s glacier, the are noW modernized. Rockies, Idaho Springes is not largest in Colorado. It is here a Soon after gold was discovered merely a mountain resort, it is a very successful ski tournament is in 1859, Idaho Springs became the resort of the continental divide. held every July 4, attracting center of the oldest and busiest Within 21 miles is the very crest visitors from all parts of the precious metal mining districts in of the continent, with its all-year United States. Visitors may drive the Rockies and now has 215 pro snows, jagged timber-lines, sheer to snow in mid-summer over a KITTREDGE ducing mines and 21 operating walls, and vicious precipices; yet good road. mills capable of milling 3,300 tons of ore per day. In 1937, tlje Idaho Springs dis trict produced $824,000 in gold and $275,000 in silver and many of these interesting operations OAKHURST CABINS may be witnessed with the help of **A Hnme Awmy from Home** JUSTUS the guides. This disU'ict has pro duced over $100,000,000. 27 clean, comfortable cabina, all wHb kiner
'Y f t T ^ y i/ 1 *® many of tlie allracfive summer homes A Lf M- V>l L/Oo lA ± J i l'14'^ C ' Bear Creek canyon, in the Denver Mountain parks. Here is a glimpse of one of many such bridges leading to mountain homes where EVERGREENs cool nights and bright, sunshiny days are enjoyed—the year around. This -bridge - is i Bear Creek'canyon not far from Morrison. EVERGREEN TRANSFER CO. LUMBER, PAINT, AND HARDWARE COAL — WOOD — ICE
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Mickey’s Grocery and Market A. S. MICKEY, Prop. Visit l^ur New Beer Garden PABST BLUE RIBBON ON DRAUGHT Fresh Fruit— Vegetables— Groceries ami Corn Fed Meats COLORADO POSSESSES ALL C okado Has AS OF GREAT WEST’S GLORIES GOLDEN (By Horace A. Kessler) ent grains, delicious fruits, and lid-F oot Peaks "I represent the Glorious West rich green vegetables; happy are of which I am a part! I am the the farmers who till them. Cattle, land of eternal sunshine, the land too, graze upon my pasture lands Colorado is the very top of the of everlasting snow! On my — lazy cattle that bask in the pure, United States. Of 62 named peaks mountain peaks so high lies snow clear sunlight of day— grow fat on that shall never melt; my valleys the green pasture lands so plenti with elevations of 14,000 feet or CASTLE ROCK and rolling prairies are bathed in ful and so broad. Beneath craggy more, 48 are in Colorado. sunlight nearly every day in the hills, hidden away in mysterious Colorado has 7,000 miles of year— cooled in summer by mild places in mountains high, is gold trout streams and a thousand mountain breezes. — yellow gold that even the chil beautiful high-mountain lakes, LUNCH “ Through craggy mountain dren of today, and those yet un many of which are full of trout. vales flow pretty streams of clear, born, must find at some future Swimming is a favorite sport, sparkling water, which wend their time; for so deep does it lie, and outdoor and indoor pools and bath Adjoining Gem Theater — Golden, Colo. \^ay down to lower ground, across so well is it hidden, that men of ing beaches abounding in all sec M. HA.SSEI., Prop. fertile plains and tree-lined val today shall ne’er lay eyes on it. tions Hundreds of hot and cold leys, where men and women till “ Rich are my hills and other mineral springs are a great the rich, warm soil. Rich are my land in silver and precious ores, attraction. f Coors Beer on Draught fields; covered are they by differ- and happy will be the prospectors One-fifth of the entire state who some day shall find them. I area consists of national forests, t Booths for Ladies am the land of majestic mountains which are all natural playgrounds, — mountains that speak aloud the abounding in resorts and camping ^ MALTED MILK ICE CREAM s m [ HAS m y glory of God— the incomparable sites. Rockies. Proudly do they rise to Besides two national parks, ward the heavens to thrill men, Colorado has five national monu women, and children alike and to ments, created to preserve extra IT make them realize that, like God ordinary natural and historical above, they are supreme. wonders. “ I am also the land of prai Colorado mountain roads are BAILEY Listed among Colorado’s claims ries— prairies that draw men among the best-planned and fin to glory are the nine following closer to God beneath the stars on est highways' in the world and wonders: nights that are clearer, brighter, ROYAL GORGE— World’s high and more sublime than anywhere supplement a networ.; of remark est bridge. else on earth. My cold, sparkling ably constructed railroads, with MT. EVANS— World’s highest streams are filled with trout and modern equipment, in reaching all auto road. other fish that splash about on cool sections. COLUMBINE GRILL TRAIL RIDGE ROAD— World’s summer days to the delight of Cool weather is guaranteed OMAR DULANY, Prop. highest, most continuous highway. fishermen; my roads lead men in every day of summer in or near INDEPENDENCE PASS— Tra search of the unusual, into a new the mountains. Autumn is al Delicious Home Cooked Meals verses the highest, most beautiful world of beauty so insurmountable ways balmy and the mountain range of mountains in America. as to fill their hearts with awe vacation season lasts through Trout Dinners Follows the trail of the White and deep bewilderment. My cities October. man’s friend. Chief Ouray of the are mighty and gay in this bustling Winters are temperate and ex DRAUGHT BEER AND MIXED DRINKS Ute Indians. world— my villages and small cellent transportation to the snow BLACK CANYON OF THE towns prosperous and alert to the of the high mountains for winter GUNNISON RIVER— The site for needs of their citizens. Happy are sports enthusiasts combines with the world’s highest bridge— a my people— healthy and gay my winter sunshine to make Colorado W WW W WWW W W'Wyir’W W W "W w w w ^ spectacular canyon. little children in the pure air that the logical year-’round vacation GRAND MFSA— World’s high is life-giving, even to the danger .state. est and largest natural tableland, ously ill. BAILEY GROCERY & MARKET dotted with over 100 lakes. “ I am the land of opportunity COLUMBINE STATE FLOWER T. W. OFFEREE, Prop. MINERAL WATER SPRING"' — the land of hope and content The twelfth genral assembly of — Many hot mineral water springs ment— the land of beauty! All that the Colorado legislature enacted ► GROCERIES MEATS < are located through the state. is good to life— good to the soul— a measure declaring the white and INDIAN LIFE AND LORE— good to the man as a whole— that lavendar columbine to be,the state PICNIC SUPPLIES Outstanding example of the past all do I possess. Those who have flower of Colorado. It was ap Your Businem it Appreciated Here and present life and lore of the failed to come within my boun proved April 4, 1899, by Gov. Indians of the Western States. daries have missed part of life— Charles S. Thomas. SODA POP — TOBACCO — CANDIES MONUMENTS, F O R E S T S — they have really never lived. For Colorado, New Mexico, and Wyom I am the land of joy, of fun, of “ The driver who refuses to give ing have the best known parks in mirth! The land of bubbling life six inches— may get six feet in the United States. Natural monu — of happiness sublime! I AM the cemetery.” Don’k feed the PATRONIZE OUR ADVEI^TISERS ments and natural forests abound. COLORADO!” worms— use them for bait.
i THE DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER Thursday, June 3ft, 193t Fishing Is Qreat; Commissioners IDAHO SPRINGS I Working on Qame Bird Program '5 Fishing is king of spring and fowl have increased notably under year. The Colorado Springs unit is RANDALL PHARMACY Rummer recreational sports in careful management and will fur scheduled for completion in time Colorado, both because it is fas- ther piultiply as a result of active to receive them. This hatch in IDAHO SPRINGS COLORADO cinuting and because for four cludes aboat 400 wild turkeys months it has no competition, warfare against the ducks’ natural which must be handled separately, since the seasons on all game enemies— crows and magpies. since they are extremely suscept Sodas Drugs Sundries birds and animals are closed from The time has now come, game ible to disease and might create Feb. 1 to Oct. 1. Moreover, it is and fish commissioners believe, to an epidemic condition. Next fall, Western VnUm Sersice an important “ money crop,” draw foster a broad-guage revival of up about 100 pairs of Chukar par Alabaster Novelties ing tourists from all parts of the land bird species. Certainly the tridges and 500 Chinese Ringneck nation, with revenues running into many hunters interested in this pheasant hens and 50 cocks will the multi-millions foy sporting type of sport are entitled to full be held over the winter for breed goods dealers, hotel men, resort consideration; and a well-consid ing purposes. Production from this owners, filling station proprietors, ered progrram in this direction nucleus should yield 4,000 Chukar and practically every other person would pay its way, thrqugh sale eggs and 20,000 pheasant eggs. commercially or professionally en of licenses to both resident and vis Allowing for a normal 25-per-cent HOME CAFE gaged. iting sportsmen. At present, na loss in incubation, . the result : HOME COOKED MEALS OPEN DAY AND NITE ! 1 For these reasons, the state— tive species, such as prairie should be 3,000 Chukars and 15,- through the game and fish de chicken, sage hens, and grouse, are 000 pheaslnts in the fall of 1939. Hi % B ^ r — Mso Wines end MLxed Drinks partment— has properly, invested ‘nearing extinction, with a strong This number can be handled with Phone 182 hundreds of thousands of dollars possibility that continued, or per the proposed equipment. annually in the propagation of manent, closed seasons must pre A scientifically-trained bird man trout and warm water fish. Big vail if they are to survive. The will be added to the present force. METROPOLITAN ROOMS game has been restored on a mag only answer appears to be the While the Chukar is a great ' Cood Cleen Beds nificent scale at large but fully production of non-native types in game bird and a delight to sports >I»»t»****t*****»«III11111H 'M»» justified cost Migp-atory water- sufficient numbers to insure sport men who hunt with dogs, early for the small game hunter. plantings of this type will be ex Accordingly, the commissioners perimental. The breed is known have authorized construction of a to be a hardy one, a good, food new game bird farm at Colorado rustler and easily producirf in cap When in Idaho Springs Eat at the Famous and Springs. This was done after ex tivity, but whether it can survive Most Poptdar haustive surveys under direction in all conditions of altitude and of Commissioner Otis E. McIn habitat under which native grouse tyre— him.self an upland game en and prairie chicken thriv^ re COLORADO CAFE thusiast— determine that the site mains to be seen.. The 1939 plant- REASONABLE PRICES at Colorado Springs met with all ing;s will determine future policy. the requirements for such an en If the birds live and propagate^ Tables and Booths for Ladies terprise. Also, the location is so hatchery output will be stepped up. The U. S. grovernment, realiz centralized as to make distribu If not, upland bird operations at ing the value and importance of tion from rearing plant to suitable the farms will be largely confined y •! the many natural scenic wonders natural habitats economically to Chinese Ringnecks, whose in Colorado, has set aside and es feasible. adaptibility to Colorado habitats is tablished millions of acres as for well known. est reserves, national monuments, The Canon City bird farm, and national parks. These areas which has been functioning less Another vital factor to be con Let Us *^Marfak** Your Car are easily accessible from any di than two years, will be used as a sidered in planning the scope of rection upon entering the state. hatchery unit for the present. future game bird production will Roads of the most modern con- Young birds will be m ov^ from be the relationships developed be sti action have been built through point of incubation to the Colorado tween hunteA and property own out these reserves and trails ‘ for Springs plant, where they will be ers next November 24-—December O hiking and horseback riding lead raised under experience-tested pro 4 in the eleven counties open to one into the most remote recesses. cedure which has proved success pheasant shooting; and during the Out amongst these thickly wooded ful elsewhere. same period on quail in three areas and grrotesque rock forma Research and investigation cov counties. tions, camp sites are maintained ering six morths went into the for the visitor. Wild flowers and Colorado Springs project. Ezra A. I LITTLE JIMMIE’S birds of the most vivid colors Brackett, manager of the Canon! abound prpfusely. Rippling City farm, studied similar plants streams and placid lakes fed by in various parts of the country. cold springs lend a refresh His report showed that a first- SERVICE STATION ing feeling to those who vaca class game bird farm must (1) tion in these reserves, often re embrace sufficient acreage to per U n i t e d ferred to as “the playground of mit frequent moving of pens to the nation.” new and unused soil, and provide space for construction of pens to The names of parks and monu C a f e Texaco Gas, Oils, Greases, Tires, avoid crowding; (2) contain sandy ments follow: 612 17th St. Arapaho forest, Cochetopa for loam soil, porus and self-cleans est, Grand Mesa forest, Gunnison ing; (3) be located on a gradual Tubes, Batteries slope capable of rapid drainage; forest. Holy Cross forest, Monte A Clean Place to Eat (4) be supplied with fresh water zuma forest. Pike forest, Rio’ at all seasons; (5) be convenient Gtande forest, Roosevelt forest, Routt forest, San Isabel forest, to electric power; (6) enjoy rea.s- Idaho Springs Colorado San Juan forest, Uncompahgre onably even climatic conditions forest. White River forest. with plenty of sunshine; and (7) have easy access to arterial high Rocky Mountain National park, Me.sa Verde National park, Colo ways. Open to 10 o’clock every The Colorado Springs site, with i rado National monument, Wheeler evening 300 acres, answered to specifica-1 National monument, Hovenweep tions. Further studies, conducted; National monument. Great Sand with the best scientific guidance Duues National monument. Black available, were made to check up Tourists W'elrome Canon of Gunnison National mon BERGEN PARK on every detail. Finally, after a ument, Holy Cro.ss National monu disinterested appraisal, the land ment, Yucca House National mon was optioned; construction blue ument. prints and cost estimates were Net National Forest acreage, drawn before submitting the pro 13,.543,050. posal for official 0. K. While in Denver Some 7,000 birds of all species CONOCO GASOLINE 1,051 Peaks Tower will be hatched at Canon City this Few Limitation* on Mining Dine at Dever’s Above 10,000 Feet There are practically no limita QUAKER STATE OIL tions upoii metal mining on the federal lands in Colorado, the out Tropical-Inn The state of Colorado covers standing exception being that no Colfax & Williams PHONE LOOKOUT 3933 an area of over sixty-six million metal mining is permitted within acres, about one-half of which is the limits of the two national On H i-w ay 40 and 6 mountain land. Some • concep parks. The federal government tion of the majesty of this great exacts no royalties on the produc f mountainous section may be tion of metal mines, and no pros Bergen Park gained when it is realized that in pecting permits are required. The Colorado there are 1,051 peaks mineral deposits under stock- Foods Decidedly Different towering into the heavens over ten grazing homesteads and inside the thousand feet above sea level. limits of withdrawn stock drive Peak Elevation ways and water reserves are open Cottage Camp E lbert...... 14,431 f t to search and development, and in Massive ...... 14,418 f t the case of metallic deposits may Harvard ...... 14,399 f t be explored and developed without Blanca ...... 14,363 f t royalty or other limitation except Open AU Night Furnished and Unfurnished Cottages Cray’s ...... 14,274 f t the protection of surface property Torrey’s ...... 14,264 ft. rights. La Plata ...... 14,340 f t Elrelric Lighlrtl— Hot Showers Crestone...... 14,291 ft. IJncompahgre...... 14,286 ft.► “IT’S DELICIOUS, DELECTABLE— OUR SOY BEAN BREAD” 4 Cafe in. Connection Lincoln ...... 14,284 f t ► Because we made the first loaf in Denver from an old-fashioned^ CasUe ...... 14,259 f t ► recipe, which makes a sweet solid loaf that toasts exquisitely. Soy 4 Evan.s ...... ,...... 14,259 ft. ► Beans are high in protein and low in starch, thus making the 4 Quandary ...... 14,256 ft. ^bread a.fine item to reduce the starch content in your diet. Orders BEER Long’s ...... 14,255 ft.^a loaf today from our house to hou.se salesman or phone SPruce^ Wilson ...... 14,250~9804. ft Our price is only 10c per loaf. ^ Antero ...... -...... 14,245 f t Cameron ...... 14,233 ft. H. P. HOLLENBECK, Prop. Shavano ...... 14,179 f t Thompson’s Quality Bakery Princeton -----...... 14,177 f t 32 S. Broadwjijr ON U. S. NQ. 40— BERGEN PARK, COLORADO Yale .... - ...... 14,172 f t a Brqss ...... »-..... 14,170 f t San Luis...... ,...... 14,146 ft; Phone FRanklin 6863W Sneffles ...... 14,170 f t Crestone N eedle...... 14,191 f t Maroon ...... 14,126ft. TOURIST ROOMS '^V Old Baldy ...... 14,125 f t PATRONIZE OUR ADVERTISERS Pike’s '—i------14,110 ft Approvinl by TouriAtR TJiiitpd Service Humboldt ...... 14,100 ft. 3006 East Colfax Aveauo— Near City Park KU Carson ...... 14,100 ft. L. P. JAMES D eem , Colorails THEY ARE RELIABLE AViudom ...... 14,091 ft. Tliiiriwlay, June 30, 1938 THE DENVER CATHOLIC REGISTER Page 9
lY t /I *” Denver Mountain parks to be exact, SHAWNEE I I’i I I I'll/ xA'tA’U f 30 minutes from the heart of the Colorado ZTownsCompromise ______i__»- capital, there are fun and beauty for all. Here two travelers stop beside a highway to On Popular Slogan play and sing and to drink in the beauties of the Great Rookies. Two hustling towns in Colorado W IL SO N ’S this spring clashed over the right to use the slogan, “ The Gateway \ to Estes and Rocky Mountain Na GRANDVIEW I tional Parks,” so popular are the highways leading to the famous scenic area. Finally, an editor in HOTEL one of the towns suggested a com promise by which both would use the slogan after deleting the word and Coffee Shop ! “ the,” which would make it applic able to both. A nice bit of diplo macy, and it worked. • Hot Lunches
If the farmer-sportsman situa • Ice Gold Beer tion encourages a long regular up land bird season covering a larger • Saddle Horses territory, the new game bird farm will be expanded to a size Telephone Bailey I5F3 ample for production of these ' sp^ies, sufficient to stock all adaptable portions of Colorado.
COLO. SPRINGS ALTA VISTA HOTEL Colorado Spring* - W . Cascade Are. COFFEE SHOP EUROPEAN PLAN
Carey-Steck Auto Livery ' 2J NORTH CASCADE AVE. Pierce-Arrow .Sedans, Touring Cars and Limousines Any Time - Any Where Loveland Pass Is MOFFAT RAILROAD TUNNEL MAIN 24 CAREEUL COURTEOUS DRIVERS IS ENGINEERING ACHIEVEMENT Open to Traffic Piercing the continental divide, skirting the eastern edge of the HUTCHINSON BATTERY SERVICE the six-mile Moffat railroad tun mountains. 4 E. KIOWA PHONE 240 nel is an engineering achievement For a longer stay in the north Motorists can now travel over worth seeing. It is also a symbol, western section, and for rail trav Willard Batteries - Fuel Pumps - Auto Electric Service Loveland pass, on state highway for it provides a useful railroad elers, reliable drivers and guides Carburetor Service Speedometer Service 91 between Silver Plume and entrance to the rich empire of will be found at Craig, Steamboat Dillon, for the first time since the Northwestern Colorado, previously Springs, and other points. reafehed by a great expense in a fall of 1936. The highway was toilsome climb and descent from opened to traffic June 19. the summit of the divide. The Ber Thirty-three miles of the high thoud pass highway also traverses way have been rebuilt from the this section of the state. By rail junction with U. S. 40, near Em or automobile, the trip is of con- pire, through Georgetown, Silver tihuous, absorbing interest. It Plume, and over Loveland pass. leads through Middle park, the The construction work on the first wide valley of the Colorado east side of the pass has been car river, flowing out of Grand lake. ried on by force account under Fai^aus trout streams pour in the direction of D. N. Stewart, from aill sides. Just to the north, superintendent of maintenance of the North park trout streams are the state highway department. Re reach^, in another magnificent building the highway on the west valley. side of the pass was carried on by Summit county forces. Continuing west, the Moffat rail About five miles of the highway road traverses spectacular Gore canyon and the highway climbs east of Dillon and a section of the highway south of Dilloii will be Rabbit Ear pass, with its entranc rebuilt in the coming year from ing, beautiful panorama, both funds of $550,000 appropriated leading into the far northwestern for the improvement. This work section— the mountain city of Steamboat Springs (where 50 will not start until late this kinds«of medicinal mineral waters summer. flow from the ground) and the oil This highway is now the short refining city of Craig. est and faster route between Den ver and Leadville and intermediate These are both important out points. The entire route from fitting points for hunting, camp Empire to Leadville has been made ing, and fishing parties and the a part of the federal aid system thousands of square miles or sur and is being renumbered as U. S. rounding country abound in points highway 6, thus making it a link of historical and natural interest. in an important transcontinental South of this section, trails lead highway. directly into the wild Flat-Top re gion, and the White River Na IT TAKES SKILL tional forest, famous for game. Trappers’ lake, in this section, has Colorado Has 136 attracted trout fishermen from all over the world— and yielded enor Recognized Passes mously. For the adventurous, there are such Wild regions as the Most people think of mountain stupendous Yampa Riyer canyon, A o i it rial daB...ylu ke fawil ny etliMb passes as the high places in the which whs first fully explored in mountains. This is a mistaken 1928— a show-place far from, the tnd npeBUTt, nltn-Dodain eqnipmnt... h idea. The passes are the most ac beaten oaths. cessible, low' places over each This region is an important link brew COOKS EXPORT L A 6 E R -th e beer witb range of mountains. There are of a comprehensive motor tour of over 136 recognized passes in Col Colorado. From Craig, one can BALillCED FUVOR. Bat it doesn't take a trainad orado. Here are some of the most go southward tp all parts of West important, with their altitudes: ern Colorado, or, returning east palate to recognize and appreciate this Oavor Pass Altitude H’wy. ward from Steamboat Springs, one Trail Ridge...... 12,185 St. 16 can go through North park and superioritg. Whether gon are a judge of fine Independence ...... 12,095 St. 82 then across Cameron pass on a Loveland ...... 11,992 U.S. 6 magnificent new highway and brews or merelg one who Ekes good beer, gon'D Fall River ...... 11,797 St. 16 wind down the long and ever- Hoosier ...... 11,542 St. 9 changing canyons and valleys of Carlton Tunnel ....10,926 St. 104 the Cache la Poudre river to Ft. detect COORS BALANCED FLAVOR immediatelg Monarch ...... 11,386 U.S. 50 Collins, where one again reaches Fremont ...... 11,320 St. 91 the main north-and-south highway as the absence of both, sweet and bitter tones. Berthoud ...... ll',306 U.S. 40 Red Mountain .. 11,018 U.S. 550 Divide Twice Traversed And gon'U agree that BALANCED FLAVOR adds Wolf Creek .. . l6,850 U.S. ICO Milner ...... 10,759 St. 16 By Trail Ridge Road the crowning touch of perfection to COORS EX- Tennessee __ 10,424 U.S. 24 Cameron ...... 10,285 St. 14 The annual spectaqplar clash PORT-Oie beer of nniivalled pnritg and qnalitg. Cochetopa ...... 10,032 St. 114 between lingering winter snow Cumbres ...... 10,022 U.S. 285 and highway maintenance crews Molas Lake ...... 10,006 U.S. 550 was scheduled to open in May op Kenosha,...... 10,000 U.S. 285 Colorado’s famed Trail Ridge WiUow Creek .... 9,863 St. 125 road, 75 miles west of Denver. Rabbit Ears ...... 9,680 U.S. 40 Traversing the backbone of the La V e U ...... 9,382 U.S. 160 continent, that state’s most cele Gore ...... 9,000 St. 84 brated scenic highway twice Poncha ______8,945 U.S. 285 crosses the continental divide and Muddy ...... 8,772 U.S. 40 offers the vastest view to which Of these passes, Berthoud, Ten- the human eye can be treated in ^ * .nessee, Cochetopa, Rabbit Ears, America because of the altitude it Muddy, Wolf Creek, and Mon maintains. On an average day the ' 6 o ( M arch are always open and main traveler may see across 200 miles GOLDEN tained. of peaks. COMTAML COL0l»V Coioui^p Pmge 10 THE DENVER CATHOUC RFXilSlllR Thurgjlay, June !t0, M otorists Given GRAND LAKE IS IDEAL SPOT GRAND LAKE FOR ADVENTUROUS VACATION R d e s (or Health Grand lake, at the western en nental divide for sunrise or sun trance to Rocky Mountain Na set. Swim or take a mid-day sun G R A N D LA K E tional park, is the largest natural bath on a sandy beach. Choose The vacation , motorist who body of water in Colorado. This a motor boat de a speed boat; try MATILDA G. would keep fit on long trips should glacial lake of great depth, noted your luck at sailing; go canoeing take note of a “ health code” pre for its fine trout fishing, reflects by moonlight; take your daily BOAT pared by the U. S. Public Health the surrounding mountains, the dozen with a pair of good old-fash HUMPHREYi service, according to a statement highest of which is Mt. Craig or ioned oars. by Rocky Mountain Motorists, the Mt. Baldy, 12,005 feet high. Grand Don’t miss Grand lake’s annual SERVICE FILMS and KODAl AAA Automobile efub in Denver. Lake village is located on its north regatta, when water sports reign Advice offered by the government shore. supreme. The highest yacht club Enjoy the Trip Around DEVELOPING health agency to motorists on tour There’s pleasure for you at anchorage in the world has a real Beautiful Grand Lake in Our includes the following: Grand lake^ no matter what ac sailing race for the Sir Thomas Don’t slump in the seat, as this tivities interest you. We hope you Lipton cup. Eat your picnic lunch ★ causes the back to become tired like to ride horseback. With a by a mountain stream Passenger Boats and to ache. licensed guide or on an easy ride Grand lake country is ideal for Drugs— Fishing Taekl« Don’t grip the wheel too tightly of your own directing, woodsy We Rent Rowboats, “ eating out,” or ft r “ sleeping Motorboats by the or hold the body tense. This pro trails in every direction invite you out,’,’ for that matt'r. It’s a Dry Goods— Rooms duces nerve strain and may cause to Western adventure. Trails lead Hour, Day, and Week camper’s heaven with its ideal at Reasonable Prices. the driver to falter when quick through the forests or to mountain climate— clear sunshiny days and action is required. Be attentive BEAUTY PAKLOR AND BARBBK peaks and distant lakes. Trt>ut cool evenings. There ai» a fine L. E. MILLINGER, Mgr, SHOP yet relaxed while driving. wait in Timberline lake, or nearby dance floor for the pleasure Avoid eye-strain. Don’t stare stream, or in Grand lake itself. ."seeker; a movie, bridge in the “A trip around the Lake i f ahead, but get the eyes accus GRAND LAKE - COLORADO Motor to the top of the conti- hotel lobbies, and cozy open worth while.” tomed to an easy, restful position. fires with pine logs crackl-ng for Drive slowly over rough roads. the intimacy of the family ifroup. Relax when taking the bumps, as Grand lake, at an altitrde of injury may be caused by hitting PWA Aid Sought 8,369 feet, is fed by two 8tt°ams the roof while sitting stiffly iff>- rising in the ^nows of the >'on- right. tinental divided To follow ih 'se DavenHavenCamp Have foot pedals and seat ad streams, the east and north inlew, justed to a comfortable position to their sources^jsjto fancy oneself Lmise, Cot4»a TO as to avoid stretching or strain For Road Project in the heart of Switzerland. The ings legs to operate them. east inlet trail leads one past Take rest intervals to avoid Adams falls, the Upper falls, and Individual Modern fatigue. M{ intain a steady driv An application signed by Gov. along a chaii^ from six mountain- Teller Ammons and State Highway ing pace and avoid spurts or driv walled lakes, well stocked with Cabins iii the Pines ing at high speed. Engineer Charles D. Vail has been hitcraiNiiiz Mattresses filed with the PWA authorities at trout. From the Flattop trail Eat sparingly while driving, par along the north inlet one reaches ticularly in hot weather. Fruit Washington for $330,000 of PWA the Cascades, Lake Nanita, and — OUR SPECIALTY IS— juices and plenty of water, cool funds, which will enlarge three \ the continental divide at Flattop but not ice cold, are beneflcidl. highway projects set up in^the • MOUNTAIN TROUT 1937-1938 highway program. mountain looking down into the Don’t drink from roadside Estes Park country. streams or wells unles.s they are A PWA grant of $60,000 is re • PRIED CHICKEN pasted as safe by health authori quested to match state funds of When the fisherman reels in his' • T-BONE STEAK ties, or unless the water is boiled. $70,000 for improvenient of state trout at the Grand .lake outlet, ^^Drug Store highway 82, south of Parker. he marvels at the fact that this very stream is the beginning of • PLATE LUNCHES A grant of $45,000 of PWA the great Colors^o river. Complete'^ Write or Telephone for What Do You Know funds is sought to match $55,000 Grand lake is the center of a of state funds set up for building growing hotel and summer-home Reservations About Forest Fires? of a road from Bayfield north to population. With its modern GRAND LAKE, COLO. Phone Grand Lake 33W the Vallecita dam in Southwestern hotels, comfortably furnished (Prepared by the V. S. forestry Colorado. cottages, clean cottage camps, service to enlist co-operation PWA funds totaling $225,000 up-to-date stores, cafes, garages, against forest fires on the part, are requested to match state funds and filling stations, and saddle especially of those who depend of $275,000 that have been pro horse and boat liveries. Grand upon the nation’s forests for rec vided for construction of a high lake can well take care of the va n reation, industrial advantages, and way over Shrine pass, between cationist. Living costs compare watershed protection.) , Wheeler and Redcliff. favorably with prices in one’s own RUSTIC STABLES, GARAGE aad Everybody has heard about for “ These three projects are the home town. est fires— in fact many people only ones in our present program When the aspens are gold, In have not only watched *hem from on which we can seek PWA funds,” dian summer days long and warm, FILLING STATION a distance but have helped to stop Vail said. “ All of the other and nights crisp with the first , H. A. BUNTE, Prop. PKon« Graiu! Lake 9 their terrifying advance. The.se projects are financed by a match frost. Grand lake country is the questions and answers are a ing of federal aid and state funds.” most beautiful. The crowds have SADDLE HORSES - STORAGE - GAS - OIL “ yardstick” to measure forest-fire gone and the trails and streams ■ knowledge. How many questions belong to you. Fishing season MODERN C.ABINS can you answer correctly? A key la.sts until Oct. 31. Even after to the question appears below. World Traveler most of the hotels close for the QUESTIONS sea.son, warm cottages are still 1. A slow-burning fire never available. Don’t miss the beauty, does serious damage. T F. St(^s in Rockies and the quiet of the mountains 2. A forest fire bums faster in the fall. in the day time than at night. T F. Rocky Mountain National Park. Bring your skis or your snow- 3. Serious fires seldom occur -A two-year trip around the shoes, dress in your gay winter I Mrs.Scfmoor’s COTTAGES ' in hardwood or broadleafed for world by automobile brought woolens, and try winter sports in ests.. T F. Louis Frederick Goldman to ' the the Grand lake mountain country. Mttdern With Fire Placet 4. The California big trees Rocky mountains recently. He The atmosphere is dry and in show records of fire as far back left Praetoria, Transvaal, Union vigorating. Your car will take 3 TO 6 ROOMS FULLY FURNISHED as the year 245. T F. of South Africa in November, kindly to snow-packed roads, and 5. The majority of States have 1936, and expects to return there you’ll see new beauty in snow- REASONABLE RATES TOme system of fire control or have in January, 1939. covered trees and mountains, and PHONE IJ-W GRAND LAKE. COLO. ^ pa.s.sed laws providing for some the ice on the lake stretching like form of forest fire protection. He arrived by boat in Vera a white meadow from shore to A,. A A. A A A A T F. Cruz, Mex., .several weeks ago shore. 6. AM forest lands ih the and since that time has been making a leisurely tour of the United States are protected from Boulder Region Famed fire. T F. American continent, including as 7. The value of the timber many national parks as po.ssrble. For Scenery, Glaciers burned each year in this country He plans to visit Yellowstone, GRAND LAKE exceeds $50,000,000. T F. Zion, Bryce, Grand Canyon, Se Twenty-nine miles northwest of 8. Burn^-over areas help to quoia, Yosemite, Crater Lake, and Denver lies Boulder, key city to a reduce tax rate.s. T F. Rainier while en route to Alaska great glacier region and to some GROCERY AND MARKET 9. Forest fires usually burn and Siberia. of Colorado’s most alluring resort more rapidly downhill than uphill. Mr. Goldman expects to drive regions. Close at hand are rugged CORN-FED MEATS T F. acros.s Siberia into Russia, after streams and hundreds of square 10. _ If a tree survives a forestwhich he will slowly make "his way miles of virgin forest. Nationally Advertised Brand of Groceries— Fresh Vegetables fire, it becomes immune to insect back to South Africa. En route The Boulder region’s glaciers— FREE DELIVERY attack. T F. from Praetoria, he drove across Arapahoe, St. Vrain, Isabel, and »L ANSWERS the Sahara desert in six days, and Fair— are the most accessible in 1. False False in the entire time failed to see the world. Arapahoe glacier is the 2. True signs of any living animal or hu source of Boulder’s water supply. True WffMWffJWWWdhPfJVWWVJWfJWJWWJVJWWA 3. False False man. His automobile wa.s espe Numerous resorts in and near 4. True False cially constructed for the 70,000- Boulder and summer classes at the 5. True ] False mile trip around the world, and be University of Colorado make this ing well stocked with gasoline, region one of Colorado’s most pop Ruske’s Cottage Grocery water, and food, Mr. Goldman ular vacation areas. North Park Area Still made the desert trip without dif Has Traces of Old West ficulty. Nationally Advertised Brands Corn-fed Meats Fresh Fish Traces of the old West before Mesa Verde Park Scene — FREE DELIVERY— civili7.ation crept in still may be seen and studied throughout the Of Old Cliff Dwellings LAKE FISH BAIT CABINS North Park area, 85 miles west of W.VW.W.W.*, Denver, high in the^ Colorado One of the rarest archeological Rockies. The old bufjfalo trails treasures in North America are are visible in the sectiin west of the prehistoric ruins of the cliff PHARMACY I >»*»*4»* >H "»»**'>*********»*«#*4"l"**»i'*"»»»**»»*» Cameron pass, one of the most dwellers tucked away amid re Phone Grand Lake 39W beautiful passes over the Rockies markable scenic loveliness in Mesa Here, also, are found many pic Verde National park in South GRAND LAKE, COLORADO turesque cattle ranches, with cow western Colorado. There, carved boys of the old school, in the sad from the sheer cliffs of 26 wild The Pines dle, demeaning them^lves much canyons, are the amazing dwell as did the first Whitd arrivals in ings of a people who come from no DRUGS t MODERN COZY the district who turned to the live one knows where and disappeared stock industry. They arc the hard- equally mysteriously. Fishing Tackle, Kodak Films, COTTAGES WITH ridin’ top-hands of the type the In the summer searon regular Mag^azines radio crooners sing about, the 1cind motor bus service is operated to SHOWERS that has made a big contribution Mesa Verde from Grand Junction, to America’s history. And through Montrose, Ouray, Silverton, and LIQUORS Pack and Saddle Horses - Guides this great natural park area wind Durango on the D. & R.G.W. The PHONE NO. 7 BOX 143 ■ > WESTERN UNION OFFICE modern motor roads that take the trip is on. that can well be recom MR. AND MRS. W . E. TODD, Props. visitor quickly to-the scenes he mended for vacationists whs arc probably has long wished to enjoy. looking for something different. Hiurgday, June 30, 1938 TTffi DENVER CATHOUC RECISTEA 11
A Lofty* ^ Bectuty Spot r rack*« great mountain peaks that rear their ru gg ^ heads into the very heavens. On these peaks and along the fine highways that wind through the Rockies, the visitor GRAND LAKE from heal-strirken parts of ti>e land can find respite in cole] and snow. •Snowbanks are always present on Colorado's high peaks, and many a snow fight happens in July and August. THE CORNER CUPBOARD At the eastern entrance to A Mountain Inn Dining Room Rocky Mountain National park is Witb Goest Homes oo the Lake Shore At the Siam of the OrtmRe Teapot the modern' town of Estes Park,
with an elevation of 7,549 feet. X >■ ' ^ .■ ■■.■ ■ * Modern Hotel Rooms Estes Park has daily mail service, direct telegraph and long distance e TROUT DINNERS # PLATE LUNCHES telephone connections, and very efficient electric and local phone ME. AND MRS. HENRY W. RHONE service. , Its water, only a few -•..S*- ... hours f r ^ the eternal snow fields, is 99-per-cent pure by test, and fresh pure milk from inspected herds is delivered daily. There are also a fine public library, an auditorium, and. Cath BILL’S PLACE CAFE olic and non-Catholic churches. A popular community program offering educational and recre Delicious Trout, Chideen and Steak ational training for young people Dinners Every Day is free to summer visitors. The town' maintains a well- Open AU Night Coors Beer on Tap equipped emergency hospital and is fortunate in having a number of excellent physicians and den tists. The American Legion main tains an ambulance service. A large, clean swimming pool is located right in the village, where one may swim with safety in heated snow water. In con ZICK'S STORE nection with this swimming pool is a well-managed pavilion. Special socials are frequently held at many of the hotels and lodges. AND HOTEL The theater orers the latest mo tion picture releases. GENERAL MERCHANDISE Super Highways Groceries and Meats ■ Restaurant MEALS AT POPULAR PRICES ROOMS AND COTTAGES TO RENT '
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GHAND LAKE COLOBADO Nature endowed Estes park and Rocky Mountain National park with the finest : he had to offer the vacationing traveler. This g:reat playground is a short motor drive from Denver and is reached by a number of hard-surfaced, all- weather highways tl4t traverse ESTES PARK some of the most magnificent mountain country in the ■World, past glaciers and rushing streams, BUY YOUR . crossing the continental di'vide, und winding through dark canyons EDUCATIONAL FACIUTIES IN Vacation in Rocky and shady dells walled by flower- Picnic Supplies at Mountain National studded slopes. ESTES PARK AREA PLENTIFUL This spring Colorado cele Shohy Food Market, Inc. Park brated the opemng o f a super 'Within a radius of 50 miles Ride! Hike! Fith! Calf! highway, leading from Denver to Estes Park, while others take one GROCERIES AND MEATS are maintained five institutions cf Estes Park. The road replaces the of the excellent roads that radiate Phene 153 • The Stanley Hotel higher learning. Estea Park is old route through the celebrated to nearby lodges,^ dude ranches, B Tlie Clialet-Raneii the summer home of th^ Alice cottage camps, or* furnished cab Big Thompson, which was worn Campbell-Wrigley school of dra When in Estes Park B Grand Lake Lodge out by tremendously heavy travel ins. No matter where you go matic art and dancing. in this district, you will be sur For information, rates: and now has been superseded by patronize Register a wide, scenic thoroughfare. Gov Outstanding among the nation prised at the reasonable rates, R
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COOL COLORADO IS PREMIER RESORT STATE OF COUNTRY
COOL, COLORFUL, COLO There is a wide range of price beauties of the state better. Read RADO! That slogan sounds like a variation, so that everyone can be it, consult the advertisers; find publicity man’s dream, but it is suited. There is an equally wide the truth. Anyone who has ever range of location, so that those out just how cheaply and pleas visited or lived in the state can who prefer to be away back in the antly you can spend a few days in testify to that, yet all too many mountains can do so, and those the mountains. Then you’ll agree o f us who are here the year 'round who want to be closer to town can that COOL, COLORFUL COLO are “ too close to the mountains to find something to please them. RADO is the tops. s.»^ them!” There are in many places in It’s time to get acquainted. Col Colorado colonies of these cabins orado is the premier resort state of or cottages, and one of the pleas the nation. It offers everything ant features is the community life. fr c .i mountains to yachting, from People make friends and get to swimming to snowballing, from gether for campfire sings in the travel to hammock in the pine evening and for all sorts of happy breezes. It attracts simple folk times. anri society leaders and its prices suit all. But suppose your taste in .vaca If you have yearned for years tions demands all the sophistica to get a tent and go into the wil- tion and smooth service of a swank deiness and really learn what hotel in- the midst of the mo.st ur camping out is like, you can do it ban civilization, plus the glories in Colorado better than any place of the Colorado mountain land known to man. scape and climate. You, too, can r Weather I* Perfect be suited. There are any number The weather will make your ad of hotels at which the service is venture in roughing it a pleasure the equal of that to be found any where on earth, and the only evi rather than a battle with the ele 1 luncU ______ments. And you’ll not be pes dence the vacationist has of being ______~ tered to death by insects. away from accuptomed surround Colorado offers tens of thou ings are the delicious coolness in sands of perfect camp sites, far the evening air, the scent of the away from the main traveled paths pines, the sound of the mountain mu. and yet close enough to them so stream, and the sight of the snow- ^ to * . A®*'”' that they are of easy access by any clad peaks. tenderfoot. You can lose yourself Visitor or resident, it’s time to in a Colorado forest without ever Wake up and live! in Colorado. being lost. You can get easily to Once you’ve enjoyed a week, a places where you will never hear month, or a summer in its cool NQT^ the toot of an auto horn, but if climate and colorful surroundings you get lonesome for such noises, you’ll never be satisfed with the commonplace vacation again. Get you can be right among them in ______— • Just a few minutes. acquainted once and you’ll always The vacationist can equip him be friends. self here for such an adventure at This special edition of the Den a reasonable cost and with exactly ver Catholic Register is aimed at what he ought to have, and not a helping you know some of the lot of fancy gadgets that are of no use. Hints Are Given on The outdoor empire is free. You can take your tent into a forest that belongs to you, as an Ameri Driving in Mountains can citizen, and pitch it where you like. The only restrictions im Motorists visiting the Rockies posed. are the necessary ones of for the first time often anticipate seeing that you look after your car trouble, but there is no cause campfire properly so as not to for alarm. Here are a few hints cause a fire that might endanger fo r . trouble-free driving in the you, other vacationists, and the mountains. beautiful forest in which you en Don’t worry if your radiator joy life. boils. Water boils at a much low On such an outing you can fish, er temperature in the higher ele i woW- ^ swim, ride, hike, or just loaf. You vations. Keep your radiator filled can cook your own food, if you with water. prefer, and altogether have a You may expect vapor-lock. If grand time. your car appears to be out of gas Excellent Accommodation* but you have a full tank, take a But suppose such a vacation is damp cloth or towel and place over not to your liking; you prefer liv your fuel pump for a few minutes. ing in a house or cottage or cabin, This will remedy the situation at something, at any rate, with a once. roof and four walls and a fire Carburetor trouble is a common place. Fine! Thousands of such ailment. Because of improper' mix places are in Colorado, places small ture of air and gas the motor has - OoP Be""” ‘ \xMt^ I enough for just two,' or barge a tendency to heat. The best rem enough for a dozen. The cost varies edy is to slow up. according to size, location, and the Don’t ride your brakes. When length of time you are to stay. Us coming down a steep grade use the ually the rate by the week is higher compression of your motor, either .T r r fW **'- idA. _ .than by the month or by the season. second or low gear. I H .L In such places, practically every Mountain highways are the thing is furnished^with the price safest highways in the country ,>-w paid for rental, except fuel and There are fewer accidents re food. For a short stay, the fuel and ported than on the straight, level Mght sometimes are provided also. roads.