Wood River times. [volume] (Hailey, Idaho) 1882-1915, 1886-07-29

pressed roar comes jointly from above
and below. The waves of sound
from Great Shoshone and from the
Upper Falls meet and mingle some
where in the gorge.
Finally the Falls are reached, and
standing above them, is recompense
enough for all the toll. And the view
along the canyon in itself is worth
journey of miles. There is frightful
snakiness about the river above, an
appalling strength as it enters the
rapids, and glorying in this strength
as it leaps below. The stream is d.
vided by tower of solid rock into
two channels, across which an easy
toss would carry a stone. All that
mass of water, which three miles fur
Their is so magnificent, with its 'front.'
age of 750 feet, is here condensed
into these narrow spaces, descending
through them $50 feet. So even
these falls, secondary though they be,
are higher than famed Niagara. A
constant vapor arises from them, and
when the air is still, bedews the rocks
far higher than the upper level. Yet,
for all this great hight, it is the SUI
perior hight of the rocks which makes
she most impression. At the crest of
the walls there is no grade to corre-
spond to the sinking OF the river, so
the chasm gets deeper and deeper, till
beyond the Great Falls it is stupen-
dous.
The float down the river is some
thing to be always remembered. To
sit and calmly glide, to dip in the
cool stream and drink, to watch the
serried columns of lava glide by, Just
to listen to the song of the eddies, is
a pleasure. Night is coming on. The
shadows begin to stretch darby
across. The gloom is enough to make
the rocks look weird and eyrie, and
the motion and the twilight belong to
the realm of the mystic.
The canyon is a wonderful whisper.
ing gallery. A whistle awakes thou
sands echoes, and to shout, each castle
perched above gives back response.
The notes of cornet were taken up
and repeated fainter and more faint
till they died away in melody. And
so, challenging the rocks to reply to
every noise that could be devised,
and every challenge being accepted
and hurled back with triple force,
you reach the tune again. After sup
per, a walk is taken to Prospect
Point, and, as if in greeting, just then
the mist changes from its billowy
white to a rainbow mass which the
lunar rays made softly brilliant, and
which fade away in farewell when the
moon was lost under a shifting
cloud. a..
| Such was day at Shoshone Falls,
a day in which ground enough fol
three days was covered. No one can
inspect the place thoroughly in week
A day is simply hint. The Great
Falls demand day, and the Upper
| Falls another. The town of Sho-
shone was reached in three hours
| The night air was perfect, making the
return ride more pleasant than be-
fore, and shower had laid the dust
and quenched the fires. Coming back
by the Short Line, the Utah Northern
and the Main Line, there was much
seen which had before escaped OBJ.
servation--but space has limit.
! One great point in favor of Sho,
shone Falls is their accessibility. The
stage ride is a novelty without being
a nuisance. As far as Shoshone town,
sleepers may be occupied. AS yet
the surroundings of the Falls are a.
wild and untouched as when the pill.
grims for Astoria, wandering through
the wilderness yeals ago, marveled a.
their beauty. This would enhance
their attractiveness to some. There
is fascination in utter wildness thai
leaves when hotel is built, and tn.
trails, now travelled by ropes ane
sheer agility, become winding de-
scents of easy grade. But in the
main, the hotel will fill a want, and
thousands will come then where hun.
dreds come now. Stage facilities viii
! be increased as fast as may be neces
sary. The capitalists who have pur
Ichased the site and contemnlate al