The Bottineau pioneer. (Bottineau, N.D.) 1885-1895, 1889-10-03

across, o ridge OF l0nQ on winch one must
walk cautiously lest he hit his head against
the Sierra Nevadas on one aside or slip off into
the Pacific waters on the other; California,
the thin slice of land al supposed it to be
In boyhood, / have found tito be larger han
all the states of New England and all New
York and Pennsylvania added together, and
add them together their square miles
~ far short ofCalifornia. North and South
Ap&ota, Montana, and Washington
ttsAitory, to be launched next winter into
statehood, will be giants at their birth. Let
the congress OF the United States strain q
point and o admit also Idaho and Wyom.
Ing and New Mexico. What is the use keep
ing them out in the cold any longer? Let US
have the whole continent divided into states
with the senatorial and congressional rep
~resentatives I'M we will be able to be happy
together. If some of them have not quite
the requisite number of people fix up the con-
stitution to suit these cases. Even Utah
wiz by dropping polygamy soon be ready to
enter. Monogamy has triumphed in parts of
election iu Salt Lake City. Turn all the ter
ritoriss into states, and If some OF the sisters
are smaller than the elder sisters give them.
Because some Of the daughters Of q family
NAV be Ave feet in statute and the others
only four feet do not let the daughters Ave
feet high shut the door in the faces of those
who ara only four feet high. Among the
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statesman and great author, the brilliant
orator and magnificent soul, s. s. Cox, wa
the expressed determination to move next
winterin congress for the transference of
other territories into states.
But while I speak Of the immensity of the
continent I must remark that it is not an
immensity of monotone or tameness. The
larger some countries are. the worse for the
world. This continent is not most remark
able for it's magnitude than for it's wonders
OF construction. What q pity the United
States government did not take possession
Of Yosemite, California, as it has of Yellow
stone, Wyo., and OF Niagara falls, New York;
gionsl Who that has seen them can think of
them without having his blood tingle? Trees
now standing there that were old when Christ
lived. These monarchs of foliage reigned
before Cesar or Alexander, and the next
thousand years will not shatter their scepter.
canvas spread OF the winds while the old ship
bears on it's way through the ages. Their
size, of which travellers often speak. does not
effect me SO much as their longevity. Though
so old now, the branches ofsome of them will
crackle in the last confiagration ofthe planet.
That valley Of the Yosemite is eight miles
long and q half mile wide and 8, 900 feet deep.
1t seems as If it had been the meaning of ON
impotence to crowd into as small o place as
possible some Of the most s~tupendous scene.
ry of the world. Some of the cliffs you do
not stop to measure by feet, for they are lit.
terally q mile high. Steep 30 that neither
foot Of man or beast ever scaled them, they
stand In everlasting defiance. If jehovah
has q throne or earth these are the white pill
lara. Standing down in this great chasm of
the valley you look up and yonder is Cathe-
dral rock, vast, gloomy minister built for the
silent worship of the mountains. Yonder is
Sentinel rock, 3.27O feet high, bold, solitary,
standing guard among the ages, it's top sell.
dom touched until q bride one Fourth OF Ju-.
ly mounted it and planted the national
standards, and the people down in the valley
looked up and saw the head of the mountain
turbaned with stars and stripes. Yonder are
the "Three Brothers," 1000 feet high;
Clouds Rest" North and South Dome, and
heights never captured save by the fiery bay
onets of the thunder storm.
No pause tor the eye, 40 stopping place for
the mind. Mountains hurled OF mountains.
Mountains in the wake ofmountains. Noun
tains fanked by mountains. Mountains
split. Mountains ground. Mountains fallen.
Mountains triumphant. Az though Mount
ington wereshere uttering themselves in -
magnificent chorus of rock and precipice and
waterfall. Sitting and dashing through the
rocks the water comes down. Tho Bridal
Veil falls, SO thin you can see the face of the
Inountain behind it: Yonder is Yosemite
falls, dropping :2,6a4 feet. sixteen times
greater descent than that ofNiagara. These
waters dashed to death ON the rocks, So that
the white spirit Of the slain waters ascend
ing in the rob- of mist8 seeks; the heaven.
Yonder is Nevada falls, plunging TOO feet,
the water in arrows, the water in rockets,
the water in rearls, the water in amethysts,
watcr in diamonds. That cascade fings
the earth in beauty, and rushes on until it
drops into q very hell of WATERS. the smoke of