Springfield globe-republic. (Springfield, Ohio) 1884-1887, 1886-04-02
A TRIP IN ARIZONA.
A LANDSCAPE OF ALKALl DESERT
AND CLIFFS OF BARE ROCK.

Painted Desert Which the Red Man
Fear,-A Remarkable Natural Curios-
ity PetriHed Forest.
ANY one Who ROSES southern Arizona in
the summer season from January t. No
vember will decide tlat the territory
weatler i un' earsh Y hpr. aud the chief
features of the cunt y are nj ,all dt-S'rt and
some rhtfS Of are rp.k Tn -u veyor' Of
the Southern PacI e road ,r-,'te the rOuta
which would require least gra hing. there
fore would lie the ch apr,t. but il gives t.,
most unfortunate impression Of the region
it Is deSiGnel u upaa un After leaving
Deming ON the New Mexican border. the
t'aveler enters upun I Venty four hours OF
torment Ths heat i sweltering, ;he glar
from the desert inham.> n eyes, through
eve-y Chlnk and granny pour, tho white
alkalI dust, cuitinE every ~u"fa - an never
to re Cein ed from dark garments The
PullmIn porter oI-nS the windows in five
minutes the choking pa SelyerS pray that
they may h-- rlCstI = Itient John shut,
them he has rrel- r,.tu~ned TO the tiny
compartments where ie lila * the boots aud
phiIo,ph - urou th-. va aries Of his charge
before from parrhed thl oats and cracked
lips comes tn, crv: "Po,t.r' where is that
TOrtert QUIck, oPeu thes- windows, give
air
ACROSS THE 1E~oLATE PLATEAU
A good dinner In Javanesque restaurant
ran he ha | at Tu ,'on toward afternoon, but
ouri>tS are = n"r'.llv to not, dusty and eG-
a-peratei to profit 10y il NJ Yuma the In
iIans have arCe. til the situation. thnv han
about the train and lounge on the track
dressed beromlnylv in bead ne 'kla"e>, with
out acreS orias Yuma marks the western
BOUNDARY Of Arizona the train has passed
through the eu'Ir' southern portion Of the
territory. and the Ia>S ngerS. as they gasp
anil fan. d'v"utiy think heaven for bringing
tn m ont of the or teal alive
But this deSo'ate plateau destitute Of
water and yeset1tion, i a land of marvels
to the scientist ant the sightSeer In the
western pa ton of Arizona where the de ert
| runs northward to the parallel II - degrees.
lies the remarkable region known As the
Painted Desert" II i a wild solitary
level plain. the entire surface CO cred
with lofty % umn< and isolated hu:tas.
rompo> Il OF santstole, and worn into
/ fantastic shapes nv the storms Of ag,s This
! "tlTtl utNtll - u Ntl lNiblr fdtA htTEailh.
presenting the most marvrlou, mirageS On
/ its dazllnIlv lear air ar. depicted palace 8.
hanging gardens. cDlnuuade- temples fOun-
/ taiu>, la e, torriirafrnns with flags flynn
on their raInparts Landscapes, herds Of cat
tie dee and auieou-. comnani of men
md women. ct. all pairte with su h an
! admirable mi Nt ire Of light and shade that it
/ is impossible to form any conception Of tn
. D. Ill
. it tn "Couutr. of Departed Spirits. and
} carefully avoid 1t
. Firs and fool have le-t in ielihle traces
III the face of Ari ona. and in this region,
III generIs in its strata and formation, tn,
geOlogISt finds in an open book the records
If countless ages. Vol ne action is every
where visible, as well H. hat OF water. il
4 helm evident that Tor centuries vast inlan
Sels covered its 81 fac. Isolated peaks rise
/ like isl. above the valleys and plains an I
show clearly tn evasion used by retreat
in waters Granite. poruhyry, micasrhisI,
| trachyte, quart ite. fe!dSDar and many
/ ether varietie, are found in close juxtaposi
ton
REMARK ABLE NATURAL CURIOSTTIES.
! Near the heaiWateTS Of the Littl, Color
! ado, calIe bv Coronado the Rio de 1.-Two j.
/ one Of the mos remarkable natural curius
/ tiles Of the I, tied States 1t is a petri fed
forest extending over many miles The
trees are sill ifei coTitera of gigantic sire
/ One has lie N ii" covered that measure
more than twenty feet at the base, and at Il
I reak 100 feet from the base il was ten fe I
/ in diameter Limbs and lranChas petrife
to solid rock. are scattered in every dire =
/ tlOn; the texture and form of the dead trees
! ars plainly dscernibls, resembling much this
immenS TedwooGs Of California Many
fossils Of animals of species now extinrt ara
found altered about amongst these rocky
/ trunks SOlidite to pure magnetism lime
stone The heart of SOM Of these fallen
mOnArChs Of the forest is mass of spark
ling cryS ais whilst others show sections OF
the pu~eSt quartz \ highly polished sec
tioE of one of u 80 tres formed the top OF
I a handSOmev-mounted table. which was n
/ conspicuo Is object in Arizona's exhibit at
4 the New Orleans exposition The ttbl-
/ brought high price from a New York
banker The petrified forest Is few miles
northeast of Holbrook station on the At
lantic 4 Pacific railroad 1t belOn . TO the
carbOniferous period, and is evidently a
portion of the vast extent of wooie l land
which once eXiS Ell m this treeless waste
/ and which now forms the great coal meas
ure which unde lie its surface
The plateau of central Arizona contains
another remarkable curiosity of this re-
Inarkable country, the natural bridge OF
/ Tonto basin. The crown Of the bridge at its
southern spring is l6S feet, the span eighty
( feet it. total width is about $50 Yards
Eight feet from its southern edge, exa .tly in
tn. center of the arch, is natural hole cut
into the int ,rior, through which one
looks down a perpendicular depth Of los
feet into the bed of Pine creek. But TO OBJ
tain a true idea of the grandeur of this
arch it .houl b. viewed from beneath The
gigantic limestone walls spring in perfect
curves to the perfect arch above, and tn
huted columns, meeting in the semi -obsurity
far aloft, remind the behOlder of some va t
cathedral The stream which wind
amongst the huge powders that strew the
creek, lies here and here in dark. tathom-
less pools The sides of the bridge are
pierced by grOt ues whose windinys lead one
into the bow Is Of the mountain Many Of
these have been explored many more have
nevet 'en tr len by the white mans foot,
though from arrow heads, pottery and
scraps of tihrous mating, mingled with
bOn-s and bits of harrei wood we fancy
the Apachs knows of these retreats - Phpuix
Cor Cincinnati Comme 'cial Gate