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THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: J ONE 10, 1917.
Come Up to the Top o? The WorkP
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Let your 1917 Travel Plans take
you thru the Scenic Grandeur of
the Rockies to the ruined homes
of the prehistoric Cliff Dwellers.
in the
Mesa Verde National Park
SOUTHWESTERN COLORADO
raached by tha
Pinvcr.8 Rig Grande
I&ILKOAD
"Scenic Lint of tht Wotli'
Over the Famous
"Around the Circle" Tour
The Ancient Aboriginal Ruins of
Northern New Mexico, including
those at Aztec and in Pajarito Park
Bandelier National Monument, near
Santa Fe, and the Pueblo Indian
Villages of Taos, San Juan, Santa
Clara and San Ildefonso are easily
accessible from points on the "Cir
cle" Tour.
For descriptive booklets on Va
cation Places in the Rocky Moun
tain Region, call on or address I
H. G. BOCK, General Agent,
309 So. 14th St, Omaha.
When Touring the Lincoln Highway Read
The Bee-Best Newspaper pn the Route.
PIKE'S PEAK IS
IDEAL REGION
FOR TOURISTS
Makes Colorado Sorinas the
Summer Capital for
States of the Mid
die West.
If anyone should ask which is the
most popular summer resort for Ne
braskant and Iowans the verdict
would be in almost every instance
the Pikei Peak region. Colorado
Springs is almost a summer eanital
for these two states, one might feel
upon seeing the number of automo
lies trnm Nebraska anrl Timm.
well as the number of pennants so
prouaiy aispiayea. inis year scores
oi tar owners irom tnese two states
are ma Ir in o? nf.n.ratmn. n . . I. -
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Pikes Peak region to escape the heat.
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xnc rudug arc excellent ana me routes
are tint Inner nnr naeH Th. rim-h..
Lincoln-Denver road leads from
umaha through Denver to Colorado
.Snrinff nr tnr a Armf .L. .
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Plkei Peak reo-inn it ran h. (rUn...-A
to Axtell where it connects with a
cut-off, south to Norton, Kan., and
thnr west ttireetlu r.l..j.
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Springs over the J?ikes Peak Ocean
to Ocean highway. It is no trick at
all for either of these drives, and
hundreds have heen msl!n
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nually for the last few years. Then
thr la ( rtrm tU T T I l l
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wty from Omaha, through Kearney,
rado Springs.
Ideal Resort.
Natnr has Ae-rmA !... .1 ml
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Peak reo-inn shall K- an :A-i .
-a---- v a., men ICSUIl
because of the innumerable charms
m icenery as well as its matchless
cI!m'e- Within a forty-mile circle
with Pikes Peak as the center there
ar more natural acenic attractions,
Cheyenne Mountain From Monument Valley Park
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Colorado Springs has the distinction
of possessing the most unique park
system in America. It comprises 2,700
acres and includes not only . parks
within the city limits, but also an ex-
trails, roads, mineral sorines and
points of interest than in any similar
area on th fan. nf tU nink & i
in the Pikes Peak region all these at
tractions are so easily accessible and
at such a low cost that the region
has truthfully been termed, "the
Playground of America."
ine tourist, anxious to escape the
tensive boulevard and mountain trail
system, besides several of the most
noted scenic wonders of the Rockies.
Monument Valley park was built by
General William J. Palmer, founder
of the city, at a cost of $750,000, and
heat of his own locality, as well as
visit interesting and beautiful spots,
is interested in these subjects. Cool
but sunshiny days, nights that require
blankets on the bed, an air tingling
with energy and laden with the odor
of pine, the dryness of an inland des
ert and the bracing zest of the far
iiuiiu, an comDine to make this tea-
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lil uu,uu,v4 m tula iiiviguraung mue-nign Region I
presented to the city. It extends for
two miles north of the center of the
city and parallels along side one of the
main railroad lines, thus giving a
pleasant and unusual approach to the
city.
Make Your Summer Home in This Invigorating Mile-High Region
Every Metropolitan Convenience With Out-door Life in the Mountains. Won
Vderful Scenery Imrnedta
Superb Motor Road, and Mountain TrahV, Golf, Tenni,, Theater., Dance.
, THE STREET CAR SERVICE, modern and convenient, enables vial-
ton to reach Manitou, Stratton Park, Garden of the Goda, Cheyenne
t Canons and all parts of Colorado Springs with economy, comfort
and dispatch. Free dances, band concerts, motion pictures, play.
rounds and picnic grounds make Stratton Park popular with all
visitors. ' ,
THE SODA SPRINGS, at the center of Manitou, are the meeting
place for all visitors. Here the natural effervescent soda water
ta bottled as it bubbles from the spring, and as "Original Manitou
Sparkling Table .Water" is shipped all over the world. Visitors
are always welcome to the modern bottling plant, rest roonf and
attractive grounds. '
THE CAVE OF THE WINDS, the great geological miracle, with its
miles of underground rooms and passages and its delicate and fan
tastic formations colored in Nature's own laboratory, is an intensely
Interesting place. It is easily accessible from Manitou by new Auto
road through picturesque Williams Canon, threading the Narrows
and returmng along the Canon Rim. , Admission to the Cave, l?Oo!
THE WORLD FAMOUS COG ROAD approaches Pikes Peak from
the South and East sides, facing the great plains and giving a strik
Ing contrast in proportions, with the high peaks of the Rockies in the
&-d, Thu Chaln of be,aufu lakes from which Colorado
rsx&t9 along the route of th-e
to? hKnAVI HIGWAY kes it Possible for the visi-"
il HoStaSn e6, W,1erful rck fmationf enclSLg f bSS
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minmg camp still producing $1,000,000 monthly Round tr &.
SEVEN FALLS AND SOUTH CHEYENNE CANON, "Nature's
Beauty Spot." A mighty cleft lined with perpendicular mnfte
f?,1i8ig,Jarded by .the Pillars of Hercules. The trip fi h
the grandest one mile n Colorado" ends in an impressive climax at
the Seven Falls. Admission to the Canon, 50 cents
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EUROPEAN PLAN
ABSOLUTELY
FIREPROOF
Open
AH Year
THE ANTLERS
Colorado
Springs
Rates From $2.00
300 rooms, every room wtth outside exposure, 200 connected with
bath. Beautiful y situated, surrounded by 15 acres of garden and
park. Tennis, Golf and other Out-door Sports accessible to guests.
Fred L. Wood,
General Manager
7 HOTEL GRAND VIEW
MANITOU, COLORADO
American plsn. $3 g DaiI
ifn ! ... 18.eo to 30 Weekly
60 Private Baths. 100 Rooms With Hot and Cold
Running Water. Free Auto Service from Colorado
Springs Depots to Hotel in Manitou. o'orado
Write Today for Literature
Chamber of Commerce, Room 432 Burns
THE ACACIA
Colorado Springs' Newest Hotel, facing
beautiful Acacia Park. Thoroughly Mod
ernEuropean plan.
J. W. Atkinson, Managing Director.
THE CLIFF HOUSE
ct MANITOU is Colorado's largest and most popular
resort hotel. Immediately in front of celebrated
"Manitou" Soda Springs.
Free Auto bus from Depots, Golf, Tennis. Swim
ming, Horseback, Games, Trap Shooting, etc.
and Specfic Information About the Features That Interest You
Bldg., Colorado Springs, Colo., or Manitou Springs' Commercial Club, Manitou, Colorado
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ture a tremendous drawing card to
the Pikes Peak region. Out of the
entire year, on, an average o thirty
six years, only nineteen days a year
are totally lacking sunshine. And
snow-tempered breezes from Pikes
eak make it refreshingly cool even
on the hottest summery days.
Attractions Varied.
Ihe attractions of the Pikes Peak
region are as many as they are varied.
Granite gorces. waterfalls, caves, mr-
ioUslv ShanpH rnrW mnunt.;..
streams, ranging from the rushing
cascades to the crystal rivulets, se
questered glens, canons with towering
wans, trans leading into wonderlands
of native trees and wildflowers, auto
mobile roads that lead into the heart
of the scenery, towering peaks, moun
tain railrnarU imnrmi.if
proved parks, play grounds, golf
courses surpassing many tine eastern
links, trout strpamc uh.rA tlu.
iest fish in water will lnr 11.,
and a thousand and one litt.l nrlrirJ
ana spots tucked away to be enjoyed
all these can be included in the at
tractions that the Pikes Peak region
holds OUt to thn travUr Vntt
get into and on top of the mountains
in and around Cnlnradn nrincrc n.
simply look at them from a distance.
Pikes Peak Majestic.
Pikes Peak, that mairctir ,J
ering monument of the continent, with
its unique cog railroad and its re
cently constructed automobile high
way, is one of the major attractions.
Ihe mountain is climbed annually by
thousands who take the burro, the
trail, the cog road or the automo
bile. In Pike's memoirs he declares
that no human being ever would reach
the summit of the mountain. Now
the modern mntnr rar rlimK. n
a smooth and safe highway, one of
the engineering marvels of the cen
tury. The road is eighteen miles
long and climbs from an altitude of
7,000 feet to the summit, which is 14,
109 feet above sea level. Last year
automobile races were held there and
Ralph Mulford set the time record as
eighteen minutes.
Garden of the Gods.
The Garden of the Gods, with its
winding roads, its grotesque geologi
cal formations, its quaint Indian pu.
eblo tea house, and nearby Glen
tyrie, the million-dollar castle home
of the late General William J. Palmer,
lounaer ot Lolorado springs, which is
nOW ODen tn thn mthlir inr tlm -Df
time, are attractions easily reached
by motor car, street car or walking.
The Cave of the Winds, Colorado's
cenlniriral mirartn nllorl iMth
ders, is reached by auto through pic-
luresque wniiams canon; seven halls,
with its tumbling cascades of crys
tal water, in a canon of thrilling
ncignrs; Mount Manitou s scenic in
cline, that climbs almost straight up
a moutain 9.0UO feet, giving an un
limited view of scenery covering 10,
000 square miles, are others of in
terest. To the motorist there is the
Crystal Park road that winds like a
whirling ribbon up and up to a beau
tiful mountain glen. There is North
Cheyenne canon, where Bruin Inn,
the log cabin refreshment pavilion
is located, so noted for its college par
ties, a drive up Bear Crook canon.
There is the Cripple Creek Short Line
roalroad that leads over mountains to
the world's famous gold camp, where
actual mining can be visited and
where now $1,000,000 in bullion is pro
duced monthly. The Short Line has
been termed the railroad that bank
rupts the English language in its
scenery.
Right into Mountain Gleni,
There are more than 200 trails over
which one can travel into mountain
slens. For the motnri.t thr .r. im
proved highways that lead in every
uiiciituii aim a motorist can take a
different trin ,v,ru A..., . ,1,. u
camp out, enjoy trout fishing ana
have an easy drive with no terrifying
grades. Colorado SDrines and the
other ritips in thn rio-irtn ar wll
provided with garage accommoda
tions and every metropolitan conven
ience. Also automobile camping
grounds are provided free for thos.
who enjoy this kind of travel. Last
year many hundred motorists en
joyed these camping grounds and on
the larger camping ground, located on
the shores ol Prospect lake, there
were 500 machines one night a city
in itself. Colorado charges no li
cense fee, but visiting motorists must
register for safety's sake". '
For All Kinds of Sports.
For the sportsman there are three
golf, courses .low open, and one it
being completed at the new Broad
moor hotel grounds, which will be
probably the finest in the west. There
are traps for the scatter-gun experts,
tennis courts of concrete, clay, sand
and turf; horseback riding and polo
fields. Privileges in the clubs are ob
tained for visitors under the usual
restrictions that social clubs practice.
Hotel arrnnimnHslifins in fnlnran
SDrines and the Pike's Pealr recinn
are not only ample, conservatively
priced, but as Sne as the traveler will
find in any city. There are also room
ing and boarding houses in abundance
and for all pocketbooks. Colorado
Springs possesses to a rare degree
those things which go to the making
of an ideal residence and tourist city.
It is a community of culture, refine
ment and wealth. It has a park sys
tem the second largest in the United
States, containing over 3,000 acres of
natural and improved parks, including
the Garden of the Gods. Its streets
are paved, well lighted and wisely
wide. During the summer season
playgrounds are operated by the park
commission in several of the parks
and children of residents and visitors
are cared for by expert supervisors.
Water is Pure.
It is one of the healthiest cities in
the United Slates and its water,
brought from the snows of Pike's
Peak for fifteen miles, is practically
100 per cent pure. Manitou's mineral
waters are well Irnnwn (nr tUir r-tirt-
tive powers and now a great sum of
money is Deing spent, employing the
finest experts in the country to make
thnrAllffh tests nf th water anrl itm
effects on various chronic diseases.
"Original Manitou" is bottled and
shipped to all parts of the globe.
At this time Colorado Springs has
much building" activity. The Santa
Fe railroad is rnmnletinnr a new
$200 DM Statln.i nn. n( th.
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the entire system, and the Broadmoor
hotel, financed by local capital, it to
be constructed during the year at a
cost of more than $1,000,000.
This year Colorado Springs is pre
paring to entertain a large number of
visitors. Conditions point to Colo
rado as the ideal resort location. Col
orado Springs will entertain the an
nual convention of the International
TvnoGTanhiral nntnn. a. well a. .....
eral other large assemblages, during
me summer, it is matting every
preparation for large numbers of tour
narties. hnth itv aiitnn.nhll. nf k.
rail, and at the time this is being writ
ten inquiries are Cominff in in lartre
numbers. anH mm, aratter
parties of both varieties are arriving.
Foetle Come-Bark.
"Say," ansrlad tha lraiclbl. sdlto,, "the.,
varies of yours are not worth ths papsr
they sro written on."
"Msybs not." replied the post, modestly.
The paper shortage is so acute nowa
days that hardly anything la worth ths
paper it Is written on, unless It Is a ehsck."
uiiniiiiKnam AR-e-tieraia.
Pisa your outing st the wonder spots in ths cool Colorade
Rockies, where you may indulge la erery phase of outdoor life.
Enjoy the many unusual Summer Resorts in picturesque Platte
Canon, the Pikes Peak region and the Rocky Mountain National.
-v- . wuoio yimou win uv iuunu to suit trery taste.
ouce tne mountain trails Climb the
noted peaks-Camp Out.Fieh and Hunt off
the beaten paths in the National Forests.
Tour the Colorado & Southern one-day
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VMvn aw I1UIU lVUTCT SWU T AO W (110
world-famed natural scenic wonders also
irover s mountain rara oy rail
auio-wmcn are futures or one's
vacation in Colorado, and of
educational ralne.
If dstirsd, Ton may In duds Colorado
Snd tha thraa N.tian.l Dapba D.-l
Mountaln-Eites, Ysllowstona sod
Glider, la om low -fare excursion tkkst
.11 fa An. r.r.nd rirrl. Tn.tr r.rf.
bontaern-Burllnrton trslns from
anuTsr UlraeT to Sil tarw paras.
S. A. JOHHSOK
TRAFFIC MARAOSa
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