The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1885-05-13
THE SALT LAKE HERALD, WEDNESDAY. MAY 10, 1885 Z

strewn IN their wake, and from the fire.
quent exhibitions of unseemly hilarity
or wits ky happiness, it is quite possible
that upon their arrival IN Portland that
the solicitous citizens of Portland will
have to tenderly carry this party of
lnnocents to their rooms on shutters.
We stopped off at Soda Springs and
were royally entertained at the Williams
House Securing a carriage we drove
out TO the famed Hooper Spr ng. The
spring proper is located on the banks of
beSutiful little sparkling stream, and
is the centre of a cluster of smaller
springs which bubble and boil like a
seething volcano. The water of the
spring, is wonderfully pleasant and
Falatable to the taste. and Is
possessed of remarkable. curative
properties. Ii Pence de Leon had
Glanced in this direction while search
ing for the spring of life, draught of
water from the Hooper Spring would
have inSlgorated him TO such degree
that he would have imagined that exist
ence would be prolonged forever. We
also visited Formation Lake, whose wa
,, tiers tend to petrify every thing with
which they come in coutacr. The lake
is situated on elevated ground, and. in
stead of having a channel like river
for an outlet, spreads all over the sur
face of the hill in its Descent Flowing
forRges on the same ground has caused
the soil on the entire hill to harden or
petrlfy into chalky or shell-like sub
stance which is called by the natives of
Soda "the Formation, We entered q
gigantic cave which is marvellous in its
awe-inspiring grandeur. There are sew
eTal tunnels diyergiRg from the mouth
OF the cave and our guide informed US
that they could be followed for seem
dngly endless distance, but our curiosity
was not sufficiently strong to tempt US
to attempt an exploration OF this sub
teri anesn world.
On board the Short Line once
more and we continued our jour
ney to McCammon's where III.
o. Hardness. the Ogden banker has
erected an elegant hotel Connecting
with the Utah Northern and we are
whirled northward past thehuge strange
looking powders which wall POrtneuf
canyon on either side We next Fly
through Bannock Reservation where
the Indians cultivate the land for lly-
ing. They have1dOpted many civilized
customs but still live in their peculiar
cone like wigwams, preferring quite
naturally, this kind of existence to .hy
ing ina warm comfortable dwelling.
Poeatello is theSbusiest town we have
seen yet, everything is hustle and con-
fusion; trains leaving and arriving ap-
parentiy every few minutes, the shrill
cry of the newsboy, the tread of hun
dreds of feet all combine TO cause one to
imagine that they lad been transported
to oRe of the great metropolitan Union
depots. A two hours ride westward
brings us to the American Falls. The
ceaseless roar as thunder OF these stu
pendeus cataracts cause Us to pause
with uRspeakable admiration and ack
nowleege that We are in the presence OF
one of the grandest sights in this won
derland. To-day, Sunday, we are lying
over in Shoshoae, but were it not for
the calendar which we have just con
suited, we could hardly be brought to
realization that this was the Sabbath
day. The saloons, gambling bells, and
stores are in full blast, and appear to
do rushing business We asked a
grizzly old miner if there was a church
or pastor in the vicinity aud his
reply was that thar was
3 gospel-slinger somewhar in the camp. I
but that we have no time to monkey |
with religion and he don't show up I,
very often" The town does not bear a (,
very religious appearance, and we
should imagine that preacher could |
hardly find more uninxiting field in !
which tolabor
VIVIAN.
SBasHoNE, Idaho, May 10Th, 1885.