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STE3 PARK Is not only the won
derland of Colorado, but It can
not be surpassed In mountain
grandeur by any other district In
the world. It stands unique and alone
In its scenic majesty. It has a setting
of marvelous beauty. 'Throughout the
summer it Is a garden of wild flowers
a veritable blaze of color that
charms and fascinates the eye. And
because of the variety of altitude and
temperature, a single species may
bloom all summer, disappearing here
today, perhaps, but simultaneously ap
pear yonder where the season is not
so far advanced. The columbine, the
state flower of Colorado, is one of
these.
Where Acres of Flowers Bloom.
These flowers are of every conceiv
able size, color and variety; sometimes
acres upon acres in solid banks of col
or, at other times in huge, bright and
many-colored meadow carpets. In the
region above timberllne, as if to 're
lieve the bleak aspect, are found some
of the flower-lovers' treasures, the
blossoms of brightest hue. Mariposa
lilies bloom In millions. The, dainty
blue-fringed gentian is found in the
glacier meadows. Among the thousand
other varieties blooming every season
;in the park are the wild red rose, but
tercup, marigold, lupine, orchid, aster,
anemone, sulphur flower, purple loco
weed, blue beard tongue, gray moun
tain sage, pink shooting star, monks
hood, monkey flower, wild tiger lily,
Iris, penstemon, stonecrop, cone flower
valerian, crane's bill, larkspur, Indian
paint brush, violet and wild pansies.
Through the summer months may be
found also in profusion the wild straw
berries, smaller than their cultivated
brothers, but of much finer flavor.
A ride up Wind river trail through
the sunshot woodland of whispering
aspens, in the cool of a summer morn
ing, Is a rich experience to the true
lover of nature and one which he will
never forget. The dimensions of this
new park and game preserve are 42
miles east and west by 24 miles north
and south. This region has 24 miles
of the continental divide and all of the
Mummy range; and it touches the
Rabbit Ear and Medicine Bow ranges.
In it are a score of snow-piled peaks
and upward of 50 glacier lakes.
Long's peak, king of the Rockies, is
the central and most commanding
point in this mountain world. It stands
14,271 feet above the tides and is more
than 100 feet higher than Pike's peak.
It has been rather fancifully named
the "American Matterhorn," and when
we consider that one side is actually
Inaccessible, perhaps it is worth the
comparison, for the Matterhorn has
been ascended on all sides, though Its
easiest line of ascent is harder to con
quer than is the ordinary route of
Long's peak. j
The pathway winds upward through
evergreen groves, mixed with aspen at
the lower levels, past babbling brook
and noisy waterfall, until timberllne,
with its battered, wind-blown trees is
reached. Shortly after all tree growth
ceases and still steadily climbing up
ward, the edge of Boulder Field is
reached.
Boulder Field is well named. It is a
dreary, forbidding expanse of great
slabs of granite some as much as 30
to 40 leel in length with boulders,
great and small, heaped between.
Across this jumble lies the way there
Is no road and progress is simply
a series of jumps from two to four
feet.
Situated at the far end is the Key l
Hole, a great cleft In the waU of the;
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mountain, through which one must
pass in order to climb the peak from
the west side. The east face is Inac
cessible, as it is an enormous wall of
granite, 2,000 feet high.
Peaks 3,000 Feet High.
Through and beyond the Key Hola
one looks down upon a grand amphi
theater formed by nature, Chasm
lake, which is on one side of Long's
peak, at an altitude of 11,100 feet, has
a s ttlng wild as those of any lake In
the world. It Is a rocky rent between
three granite peaks, and 3,000 feet of
broken walls anl precipices tower
4l.cve it. The cliffs and crags above
lhe lake have flung down wreckage
and strewn its shores In fierce confu
sion. Here and there this wreckage 2s
cemented together with winter's drift
ed snow. Miniature iceburgs float in
'tie lake all summer. Here and thera
e re mossy spaces, scattered alpine
flowers, some beds of sedge, and an
occasional flock of white ptarmigan to
rsrten a little the fierce wildness of this
ir.ountain world.
Three miles from Chasm lake are
fl'.clers older than the Pyramids, yet
L'v.ays exposed to the sun. They In
clude Hallet, Andrews, Tyndall,
8 rague, Black and others. Hallet gla
cier is the largest and probably the
b ist known and Is easiest of access.
The altitude of the lake is 11,100 feet,
while the glacier, only three miles
away, has an elevation of 14,500 feet.
It is on the side of Mummy mountain,
a huge mass of ice nearly two miles
long and 1,000 feet high. Usually It is
seen at its best In August, as It takes
nearly all summer for the melting of
the previous winter's snow from the
surface and crevasses. When seen at
this time, the solid ice glitters like
blue steel in the sunlight, and one
finds It hard to realize that it Is mid
summer. Glaciers, huge moraines, polished
granite floors and a score of glacier
lakes are but a few of the many rec
ords of the last glacial epoch. The
moraines are immense mounds and
ridges of rock and debris deposited by
glaciers that moved thrqugh the park
centuries ago. Mill's moraine, extend
ing east from Long'a peak and the
moraine in Morine park are two of the
principal ones.
It Is between Hallett and Mil's gla
ciers that the famous ice palaces are
situated diamond walled and ceiled,
flashing and glinting. Here the frost
king reigns supreme. This peculiar
form of ice formation cannot be found
at less than 13,000 feet, and In no other
place in the world. The effect of en
trance Is one of striking wierdness.
The tiny flame of your candle is caught
by a million diamonds and reflected
again and again. There is the blend
ing brilliancy of scintillating light and
fantastic shapes in frieze and fresco,
the delicate crystals of elfln tracery
and lace, a forest of fragile tendrils.
It is a scene of regal splendor, more
wonderful than anything that Aladdin
ever pictured.
Bierstadt, the artist, spent months
among these solitary scenes, and one
of the glacier lakes bears his name.
Here, for years, Lord Dunraven had
large holdings. Profesor Haydeu, the
father of the Yellowstone National
park, says of Estes perk: "Not only
has nature amply supplied this valley
with features of rare beauty, but It
has distributed them that the eye f
an artist may Test with satisfaction tn
the completed picture presented.
Give the average man half a chancft
and he will want it all.
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FRIEND OF GARDENERS
Toad Is Worth Several Dollars a
Season to Land Owner.
Especially Valuable to Greenhouse Men
in Keeping Down Slugs, Thousand
Legged Worms and Other
Harmful Insects.
(By R. G. WEATHERSTONE.)
The .writer, and no doubt many
readers of this article, had heard the
statement that each toad on a farm
Is worth several dollars a season to
the land owner. It Is difficult to
place an exact value on any particu
lar beneficial species, but we are
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learning more and more to appre
ciate the natural enemies of our de
structive insects, and when one of
them shows such distinctly beneficial
habits as does the toad, it deserves
special consideration. Snails, grass
hoppers, ants, crickets, wireworms,
potato beetles, butworms, army worm,
tent caterpillars and many others of
equal importance have been found in
the stomach of toads. According to
one authority, 77 thousand-legged
worms were found in one stomach, 37
tent caterpillars in another, 65 gypsy
moth, caterpillars in another, and 55
army worms in a fourth. One toad
had been known to eat 24 gypsy moth
caterpillars in succession, and another
was seen to devour 86 horseflies in
less than ten minutes. Toads have
many natural enemies, such as snakes,
hawks, and the like, and numbers of
them are killed by lawn mowers and
farm machinery of various kinds. We
can well afford to study toada. with a
view to giving them our protection.
They should not be killed for sport,
as many animals are, for they are too
valuable. Since they must have
water in which to place their eggs and
nourish their young for a few weeks,
it is suggested that suitable places
be maintained for their, convenience.
A shallow cement pool, having a small
but constant water supply will be
greatly appreciated by the toads. For
garden shelters, make shallow holes
In the ground and cover with nt
Btones or boards. The toads will re
tire into these in the daytime and
comes forth at dusk for their nightly
forays.
Toads are especially valuable to
greenhouse men in keeping down
Blugs, thousand-legged worms, plant
lice and cut worms. It has been es
timated that during the 90-day period
extending over May, June and July,
a grown toad will consume 1,160, cut
worms, 1,800 thousand legged worms,
2,160 sowbugs, 3,240 ants, 360 weevils
and 350 ground beetles, the last being
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beneficial Insects. The total sum,
therefore, for the 90 days-is 360 bene
ficial insects and 9,720 injurious ones
destroyed.
Why Use Plant Food?
The crops which you are growing
average to mature in 60 to 90 days.
The seasons are short. The plants
must have their food every hour they
are in the soil, and it muet be avail
able or they will not grow. If you
think you can trust quick-growing
crops on insoluble fertilizers, that is
for you to determine, but in my judg
ment, taking the seasons as they go,
wet and dry, hot and cold, you will
find you will be the loser. You have
to take a great risk as to the weather.
That is the largest factor in raising
crops. Can you afford to take any
risk in the seed, the kind of fertilizer
used, or the culture employed, factors
over which you have control?
Dlsenfectlng Cow Stables.
Disinfectants cannot destroy germs
if they do not come into direct con
tact with them. Disinfectants should
be applied in sufficient quantity to
thoroughly saturate the surfaces, aft
er the adhering particles of dirt are
removed. In the application of the
disinfectant in cow stables it is well
to use a broom or stiff brush and
thoroughly scrub the flood, feed
troughs, stanchions and lower parts
of the walls.
The solution can be applied to the
ceilings and upper parts of the side
walls with a spray pump and must be
carried into any crevice and recess
Into which dirt can enter.
Harbor for Rats.
Boards, posts or rubbish piled up
near the poultry quarters, afford too
good a harbor for rats.
DESTROYING WEEDS IN WALKS
There Are Number of Excellent Chem
icals or Sprays Which Can Be
Used With Good Success.
(By JULIUS ERDMAN, Colorado Agri
, cultural College.)
It is rather a tedious process and
hard on" tools to remove weeds or
grass from walks by hoeing or cut
ting them out between the stones, but
there are a number of chemicals or
sprays which can be used with good
success.
1. Salt Take 1 pound of salt to 1
gallon of water; boll and apply whil8
still hot; or dry salt may be used and
then watered in, but this will color
the walk more or less, and is not quite
so effective.
2. Crude carbolic acid, V ounce of
the liquid to 1 gallon of water, will
also destroy ants. -
3. Sulphuric acid, 4-5 ounce of the
acid to 1 gallon of water. Best ap
plied with a wooden pail.
4. Take 1 pound of powdered
arsenic to 3 gallons of cold water;
boil and stir well. Then 7 gallons
of cold water with 2 pounds of sal
soda.
5. Lime and sulphur, 10 gallons of
water, 20 pounds of quicklime and 2
pounds of flowers of sulphur " are
boiled in iron vessel. After settling,
the clear part is dipped off and used
when needed.
There are also a number of com
mercial weed killers In the market
which can be bought at seed stores.
Application of weed destroyers should
best be made on a hot day or night
after a rain, with watering pot
(sprinkler), and one good application
is usually sufficient for the season. As
most of them contain poison, either
arsenics or acids, great care should
be exercised in handling them.
PLANTS WANTED FOR WINTER
Seeds of the Primrose May Be Planted
in Shallow Pots or Pans Filled
With Leaf-Mold.
Make cuttings this month of all
kinds of plants wanted for winter
blooming, but do not allow the young
Jonquils.
plants to bloom before cold weather.
Procure a shallow pot or pan with
good drainage and fill It with fine
leaf-mold and good garden soil and
press fiat. On this surface sprinkle
the seeds of the primrose. Sift a
dusting of soil and cover with a piece
of glass. Set at the edge of the sun
light, but not in the direct rays.
Water by setting the pot .in a pan of
water.
Cyclamen seeds should be sown
during August and September in shal
low boxes or pots. They prefer light,
sandy soil and gentle heat. The seed
is slow to germinate and when the
seedlings are large enough to handle,
they should be removed to similiar
boxes and the next shift is to pots.
Place in a bright spot, but away from
the sunshine.
The old-fashioned Madonna j lily
(Lilium candidum), which is often
seen in rural districts, is one of the
most beautiful and chaste lilies we
have. It grows two or three feet
high, and its sweet flowers grow in
clusters.
Lily beds must be dug two feet deep,
wel drained and made light with some
leaf mold, or adding muck or sand.
Dairy, farming Is the best soil fer
tility insurance.
There is no prospect of overstock
ing the dairy cow market.
Skimmilk, if fed in normal quanti
ties, will not cause bloat in calves.
rians are worthless unless they are
properly carried out after they are
made.
The time to ship poultry is when the
demand Is good and the market Is
steady.
The big, clumsy horse is the fellow
that suffers from the heat most as a
general rule.
Study to feed a balanced ration. Do
not overlook the mineral value of each
feed, especially for young stock.
Some form of power is neecssary
on the farm and nothing Is more prac
tical or convenient In the vast ma
jority of cases than the gasoline engine.
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For Labor Day.
Very soon now the long vacation
will be over, "as Labor day ends our
fun," as the small daughter said when
her mother cruelly reminded her of
the approach of school days. And if
It had not been for the selfsame small
daughter you would not have had
these suggestions for what I am sure
will be a novel "shower." As usual, it
was "Polly" who thought and planned
it all and I am merely telling you
what she told me will take place In
the borne a week from tomorrow
where the small daughter lives.
To make the day after Labor day
more bearable to this child, who is
fond of knowledge, but not fond of
school, the members of her family and
a few intimate friends who know and
love the wee maid have planned a
Bchool "shower." Here are some of
the gifts to be presented in all sorts of
unusual ways. A very pretty little
alarm clock is to be slipped into her
room aiter she goes to sleep on La
bor day night, set at 6:30. This is
shower number one and Is to be ac
companied by a funny note, saying how
the clock wishes to be a helper and
must be wound up every night in or
der to start her right each morning.
Then at the breakfast table she will
find a new utility box containing all
sorts of necessaries In way of rubber
bands, erasers and delightful surprise
pencils which come in all sorts of fas
cinating shapes anything in shape of
a spade, a wee gun or a pistol may
turn out to be a pencil. . On the back
of her chair will be new book straps,
also a bag for her books marked with
her initials. A new bag for "jacks"
and a cunning little watering pot,
which will turn out to be an ink bot
tle, will be found among the par
cels. Now that sewing Is taught,
"Polly" said she had found just the
right kind of a bag with a basket bot
tom which contained all the necessary
sewing accessories done in the sweet
Indian grass and that was to be her
contribution. 1
Now I certainly have told you
enough, so that each mother may en
large or curtail . the Ideas according
to her needs, but all of you who have
small daughters or sons may plan
some sort of shower to make a more
festive day of school.
Outing Party.
This last week of our summer play
time Is filled with all sorts of pleasant
farewell parties, not the least of which
Is the "sunbonnet and straw hat" af
fair arranged by a seaside hostess.
The girls are asked to wear wash
frocks, and the men outing suits;
when they arrive, dainty sunbonnets
of pink, blue and wjjiite will be pre
sented to the girls and large straw
hats to the men, with bands of pink,
blue and white. Each man Is to find
a girl with the bonnet to match his
OF TULLE AND
CHARMING Parisian hat of tulle with soft crown of black satin. The
tulle brim Is cleverly, quite Invisibly, wired and at one side there is a
cluster of black and red apples.
Such frills as that shown are extremely fashionable just now. They
are to be found on nearly all the best millinery models, and In many different
colors. At the same time It must be admitted that those who show the
magpie tints are the more successful.
The Parisiennes are once more in love with black and white effects. They
have had an overdose of violent color schemes.
ClusUrs of fruit are to be found on some of the new hats and toques,
very realistic strawberries, large bunches of currants, etc. I do not think
that fruit, evon of the best kind, will ever take the place of flowers on sum
mer hats, but a little change is welcome. Paris Correspondence of the Bos.
ton Globe.
hat band. There will be all sorta of
games, tennis, archery, boating, bath
ing at high tide, then supper at seven
and an informal dance afterwards.
The invitations -.said from "four to ;
midnight." The favors are to be
symbolic of the sea. All sorts of
candy boxes In shape of 'fish, lobster,
carb3, clams and Bhells. The cen.
terpiece is to ba a miniature pond,
edged with moss, sand, and a lot of
little sailboats floating about. Best of
all one of the girls is to have her
engagement announced at this supper
in this way: One of the largest boats
is to have the names of the happy'
pair on the side: "Tom and Delia,"
and the wafers to go with the iced
bouillon are ring shaped. "Life buoy"
wafers. The pond is supposed to be
the "sea of matrimony." The place
cards are to be boat shaped with "Bon
voyage" on the sail. The bonbons
are to be in shape of sea shells, deli
cately colored, pink and white, and the
ices are to be frozen ship shape with
sails bearing the names of the hon
ored twain. This affair will bring the
parting of the ways to a very happy
party of young people.
Of Interest to Travelers.
Do not carry silver toilet articles,
but use celluloid, as it is light, and
weight is a great factor when packing
either bag or trunk. There should
be & case for soap, tooth brush and
salve boxes, and, of course, a comb
and brush, also clothes brush, button
hook and manicure things may be se
lected all of the same pattern and col
or. Where two or three are traveling
together It Is rather better for each
one to choose a distinctive color, like
pink, blue or yellow. Manicure cases
are now so small that all the imple
ments" may be found Inside the "buff
er," the top lilf ting off, revealing every
thing packed in like peas in a pod.
There are almost numberless articles
to be selected in leather, including
drinking cup cases, umbrella straps,
shawl straps, dress hanger cases con
taining either two or three forms,
clocks of all sizes, medicine cases,
needle, thread and thimble cases and
the most 6tunnlng work bags, lined
with silk. .
A folding umbrella is indispensable,
and it will fit in even a small suit .
case not much larger than a man car
ries his cigars in, and I suppose a
cigarette case would not be amiss, for
so many are "doing it" now. "Doing
what?" I hear tbe chaperon ask, and
I calmly say, "Smoking." After all,
it is only a matter of custom and en
vironment, for a lately returned trav
eler from South America who return
ed by way of England, says he saw
more women smoking than not
An individual "mess" set will not
come amiss, containing a folding
spoon, knife and fork, and there are
some new cases for lavender salts
that have a silver top. There are sev
eral sizes. Small flasks and thermos
bottles may be Included in the leather
gifts, also the cases filled with pow
der leaves, and In the more epensive
articles will be found the binoculars,
which add much to both ocean and
mountain travel. A pocket flashlight
costing only a dollar is not to be de
spised, for one never can tell when
It may be a comfort, and it is well
to be prepared for any emergency.
MADAME MERRI.
For a Gloomy Piazza.
A dark piazza may be much relieved
by the use of willow chairs in their
natural state, with cushions of bright
crimson. The bright red cushion in
the white or green enameled chair Is
also very inviting and cheering.
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