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turn in the road, where the stream brawled
loudest, foaming over fallen rock, and
where the lower cliffs were covered with
the pinion pine, and the tall, slender Dose
grew from each crevice in the foreground
shelves, the great mural fronts stood up
against the deep blue sky, rich with the
fretting, the traceries, the arches, shafts,
mouldings and sculptures, wrought by time
and the elements.
"Above the Temples the stream flows
soberly, though its passage is between
almost perpendicular walls, so close to-
gether that not footpath could be found
beside the water. By climbing short dis
lance up one of the rocky hillsides near
where we pitched our camp, we obtain
a view of the tower of rock called Kolob
Peak Solemn were the Temples at
twilight with the crescent moon hanging
just over the top of the highest. At night
we felt dreadfully lonely. The shadows
were black as ink, the noise of the stream
was louder, and, wake when we would,
there was the dismal tu-whoo, tu-whit of
an owl. 1t seemed like place that had
been desolate since the making of the
world'n
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Killers, Pencil and Helen; while farther
away to the northwest is that group of
peaks of which the Thousand Lake noun
tain, Terrill, Hillard and Alice are most
prominent. Mount Badly, too, in the
Beaver range, is also below the fourth
standard parallel. So that Southern Utah
is well supplied with high mountains.
The rivers of Southern Utah are seen,
for the most part, dragging their way
YEARLY along through wastes of sand, or
flowing at the bottom of profound CULTS.
The labors of Major Powell and his party
resulted in the first comprehensive report
of the wonders to be seen among the
scenery along the course of these streams.
Much of it then seemed like fairy tale.
There is something, after all, very grand
and impressive III the simple statements of
science.
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the peculiar coloring in that part of our
territory. Thomas Moran, one of Americas
best landscape artists, has found in South
ern Utah the material for some of his most
famous paintings. temples of the Rio
Virgin" 1.-THE Temple of Music" 1.-THE
Valley OF Babbling Waters" "Eltin
Springs" and 1.-The Rock Rover's Land"
are the names of pictures by him that have
shown to the eyes of thousands the
strange, weird kind of landscape beauty
that may be seen, even among the barren
rocks and sands of our Dixie.
Beside the high plateaus, there are
mountain ranges of considerable eminence.
In the Henry range, whose southern limit
is at the Rio Colorado, there are five lofty
peaks, viz: Mounts Ellsworth, Holmes,
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lar spectacle revived at once all the high
expectations we had formed of the scenery
upon starting out. Nowhere, as yet, had
we been given greater promise of day of
healthful pleasure.
''Novel, indeed, was the days expert
ence. For ten miles we followed the bank
of the lewland river. Slowly it's waters
moved onward. Not a trace remained of
their erst-mountain joy. Like old age,
borne down by years and toll, the stream
crept alorg. Every moment it seemed that
its course must end, but, like some sturdy
octogenarian that death has seemingly for
got, it added mile after mile, like he, year
after year, to heightened existence.
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them. The whole country, as we journey
through it, impresses itself upon our mind
as region once covered by vast lakes of
water, of which the broad, level plateau
tops were the ancient beds. In all the
far-reaching landscapes these horizontal
lines are the dominant feature, giving an
appearance of great space. The plateaus
of Kaiparowitts, Aquarius, Pauns A Cunt
Kolob, Awapa ETC., etc, cover, combinedly,
hundreds of square miles The various
lines of cliffs, such as the Pink, the Orange,
the Vermilion, the Table, the Circle and
others, most of them are but the edges of
these extensive elevations. In the names
of the three first mentioned is suggested
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strata which sweep up toward it from the
east. The western half of the range has
been carried down beneath the level of the
present plains, leaving lofty face pre-
sented to the west. This massive escarp-
ment has been carved down by numerous
deep caflons, leaving the summit of the
wall in the form CT series of sharp,
towering peaks. From the valley
of this, Salt Lake, the highest peaks rise
between 5000 and g, 900 feet. The average
elevation of the entire wall is not less than
1900 feet above its base. The heights of
the range are sparsely wooded, consider
able coniferous groves gather on the cooler
mountain shoulders of the highest groups
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lie in deep basins, scooped out from amid
the lodges, and their various attitudes
are plainly told by the nakedness of the
mountain sides, and the raggedness or
richness Of the surrounding woods and
glades.
THE SISTER, LAKES.
Besides the mountain gems which are
situated Immediately at the heads or sum
mits Of the two Cottonwood cafons,
there are others that must be considered
as belonging to them as group. These
are such as we find at the heads of the side
glens, leading up from either canon to the
great mountain wall which divides them.
This mountain wall attains it's eliminating
height and wildness of outline midway
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and north. The canons of the Wasatch,
the Uintas, those at the headwaters of the
Rio Virgin, the Kanarra, those among
the Vermilion Cliffs, and the Buckskin
mountains, are all stamped with their own
individuality, and yet not one but shows
peculiar and local modification.
Arrayed in their sumptuous robes Of au-
tumn; cool and green with their wealth of
hummer foliage; fairy-like with the multi
tAdinous flowers of spring; buried beneath
sparkling snow wreaths of winter-in sun
shine, calm and storm; to these we can
point with pride.
In treating our subject more in detail, it
naturally falls under four headings-the
Uinta range; the Wasatch mountains; the
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the boat headlong forward, and heaping up
waves all aglitter beneath the moon, then
in the zenith, like heaps of splintered glass.
1t was time to find shelter somewhere,
behind the steep, black, desert hills. A
few points away to the north lay narrow
strait, between the mountain and huge
conoid of rock-gray in the misty moon
light. Toward it they ran the boat, and
then veering around to the south, guided
her under the last high cliffs of the desert
range Grim, jagged rocks thrust their
spear-like points toward the fragile bark,
but among them the water lay calm and
still, so casting the anchor, they were lulled
10 sleep by the hurrying waves outside.
Here end our remarks upon Utah scenery.
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SOUTHERN UTAH.

STRANGE, passing strange, are all these scenes
around"
Below the fourth standard parallel Utah
presents a succession of desert tracts, large
and small; and extended plateaus with
long, narrow valleys intervening between
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that the sedimentary
rocks are of such a
variety and brilliancy
of colors as to almost
rival in that regard
the wonders of the
Yellowstone canon.
By the word canon
we are reminded of
!. one of the most distinc-
1tive features of Utah
scenery. Though we
have proclaimed the
exceeding attractive
ness of our Utah can
ons, until the subject
s almost threadbare,
1--WE must recapitulate
it here. They are
unique among ives
tern scenery. They
have characteristics
that are entirely their
own. They differ in
many respects from
those Of the Sierra
Nevada on the west,
and also from those of
the Wind River, the
Rockies, and other
Mountains to the east
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south of Salt Lake, and few inconsider-
able bodies of forest are seen, along the
SUBMITS, as far as the northern extremity
of the map"
Remembering this comprehensive state
ment, we can keep in mind tolerably
correct idea of the formation and the gen
eral appearance presented by the Wasatch
range. Their highest peaks are, for the
most part, composed of quartzite and lime
stones, although ''the centre and nucleus
of their immense curvature is a body of
Archaean rock, composed partly of sehists,
but principally of great mass of granite
and granitoid gneiss, having its best ex-
posures in Little Cottonwood canon and
peaks to the south, and again in the Clay
ton Peak mass, where it rises like an island
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We have already referred to the impor-
portance of the canon scenery of Utah
The principal caflons of the west Uinta
Range are those through which flow the
upper water of the Weber and Provo
rivers, the Lake Fork and that of the
DuChesne. The latter is
WILD AND GLOOMY GORGE
cut through the ribs of mountain of solid
stone. The stream rushes headlong down
ward in maniacal fury, caught in great
well-like basins along its course and
twirled around in awful eddies, white
with foam. In the month of June the
noise of the waters resounds with deafen-
ing roar against the perpendicular walls of
the canon. All along its course there is
but the bare sterility of their rocky heights
Such a place might have suggested the
celebrated lines of Walter Scott:
"a scene so wild, so rude as this,
Yet so sublime in barrenness,
Ne'er did my wandering footsteps press
Wherer happ'd to roam.
Seems that primeval earthquakes sway
Hath rent strange and shatter'd way
Through the rude bosom of the hill;
And that each naked preoipice
Sable ravine, and dark abyss,
Tells of the outrage still.
The widest glen but this can show
Some touch of natures genial glow,
But here-above, around, below,
On mountain or in glen;
Nor tree, nor shrub nor plant nor flower,
Nor ought of vegetative power,
The weary eye may ken.
For all is rocks at random thrown,
Black waves bare crags and banks OF stone"
The Uintas yet furnish
EXCELLENT SPORT FOR THE HUNTER.
The nobler class of game is quite abund-
ant. The bear and the deer frequent these
many solitudes; the former, the rocky
ridges surrounding the lakes, and the lat
ter, the high plateaus just on the edge of
the timber line. What it is to get a
bad attack of the so-called buck fever. the
writer of this well knows. Only the
practical huntsman, with the experience of
several seasons, can wake up on his bed of
strewn pine branches and see, without
having his nerves set all agog, the motion
less form of a noble stag standing on a iut-
ting rock, sharply outlined-a silhouette
against the light of dawn, and not more
than fifty yards away. Such a sight, how
ever, is common to those who have passed
a week or two on the plateaus surrounding
Bald Mountain. There, with good glass,
one may study the habits of the wild deer
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appeared one by one,
swallowed up in the
darkness, though q
small rocky isle-the
home of a heron
was visible for a
moment as, fiery
and huge, the be-
lated moon rose
like a midnight sun
from the waters. A
glorious, never-to-
be-forgotten night;
all the world and
its troubles Gid
ing away, and they
becoming as sep
arate from them
as though they
voyaged to another
planet across the
waves of some neb-
ulous sea.
"Midnight's sun all
blood-red bright
Far-off isles DER
Bonded,
1t was not day, it was
HOb ulgul'
&c Between them twas
suspended"
But wilder the
night grew, at last
so wild, indeed, that
it was time for
every man to be up
and doing. No time
to be lost then,
with the bolster
O11a wind 1,.iui-.
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To depart from mere repeating of general
facts, perhaps we might venture brief
description of the Little Zion valley, at
the head waters Of the Rio Virgin, and
close our remarks upon Southern Utah
with the same. The description is from
diary kept during trip through the region
in 1875:
''The morning light disclosed to view a
strange assemblage of walls, cliffs and
towers of many-colored stone, brilliantly
Illuminated, and rising one above another
into the far perspective. The nearer of
these marked the sides of the Kolob canon,
the more distant formed the entrance to
Little Zion valley-the terminal point of
our journey in that direction. The singu-
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rock and desert scenery of the south and
the islands and shores of the Great Salt
L oil
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When at some pool by a broad, sandy bar
it appeared that its course was run, the
waters would be seen stealing forth again,
warmed beneath the sun.
"Once within the confines of the narrow,
caIon-like valley, what a change took
place. Little Zion valley is the Yosemite
of Utah. Grandly its walls stand up; in
some places sheer and bare; at others in
shelf above shelf, some broad, some mar
row, all cedar-crowned. Over the edge of
the walls come tiny streams. One water
fall lin the early morning) frozen from top
to base; released by the sun at MONDAY,
it fell like a veil of mist. The marvels of
the valley are the famous Temples of the
Rio Virgin They first came into our sight
with considerable theatric display. At
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THE UINTA RANGE

Thou who wouldst see the lovely and the wild
Mingled in harmony on Natures face
Ascend our rocky mountains. Let thy foot
Fall not with WEAKNESS, for on their tops
The beauty and the majesty of earth,
Spread far beneath, shall make thee to forget
The steep and toilsome way"
Bryant.
Approach the western Uinta range from
whatever quarter of the compass we may
we cannot fail to be pleased with their bold
and commanding forms. That trinity of
peaks, La Motto, the Bald Mountain and
Mount Agassiz Commonly called Reeds
Peak form the nucleus of ten thousand
magnificent views. Not long ago, as time
goes with mountains, this whole region
was covered with creeping glaciers. Their
bristling ice fronts rested upon causeways
of huge, round boulders, which they them
selves had brought down and rounded at
the foot of every canon. Now we see the
evidences of erosion, on a vast scale, on
every hand; deep cafons plowed out of
mountains of solid rock; cliffs and noun
tain sides fluted, as it were, by the sharp
corners of stones held in the grip of the icy
masses; extensive amphitheatres and
glacial valleys in which rest the cold,
crystal waters of innumerable lakes.
Considered pictorially, the effect of this
erosive action has been of the greatest
value. The range is a superb sketching
ground that will yet receive justice in the
measure that it deserves. Seen above the
low foothills, covered with dense, dark
growth of coniferous trees; the bare, gaunt
peaks holding in their riffs the wan, pale
snow; the sweeping amphitheatre of rocky
hills themselves; the glacial valleys, lake
flled-what could be more grandly beauti
full?
The three peaks already mentioned-La
Motto, Bald Mountain and Mount Agassiz
are the highest in the range. Agassiz
rises close on to 1900 feet. and Bald
Mountain H. 300 feet. The former is of
dark sombre-colored quartzitic stone; the
latter of a pale-reddish hue. La Motto
peak is a round topped mountain, whose
simple sky line makes it less noticeable
than the neighboring heights.
Upon Mount Agassiz's rugged sides
burst all the widest of summers and
winters stor MS. Its tall crest serves as
a magnet to attract every passing cloud.
With a falling barometer, when all the
sky is clear, when not cloud is seen
elsewhere in the landscape, wreath
or two of white-gray vapor, formed across
its highest cliffs, proclaims the coming
tempest. In the fierce war of elements,
heavens artillery sounds loudest around
its mighty mass, and the voice of the av-
alanche may be heard there continually,
tearing apart the silence of the winter night.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1889-03-06
DROBATE ORDER.
T. State of Michigan /:

L County OF ' an Buren-ss.
At session of the probate court for the county of
Van Buren,, holden at the probate Office in the VIII
lage of Paw Paw, on Tuesday, the 10Th day of
February, I'm the year one THOUSAND eight hundred
and eighty-nine:
Present, Hon. Benjamin +. Heckert, Judge of
Probate.
In the matter of the estate of John Merrill, de-
ceased.
On reading and filing the petition duly verified,
of Robert Merrill of the heirs of said deceased,
praying that certain instrument in writing file
in said court purporting to be the last will and tes
lament of said deceased may be admitted to probate
such, and that execution thereof may be granted
to Sarah Merrill, the executrix therein named;
Thereupon ID Is ordered that Monday, the 18th day
of March, 1882 at ten O'Clock in the forenoon, be
assigned for the hearing of said petition, and all
persons interested in said estate required to
appear at session of said court then TO be holden
at the probate Office in the village of Paw Paw and
show cause, If any there be, why the prayer Of the
petitioner should not be granted. And IL is further
ordered that said petitioner give notice to the persons
interested I'm said estate of the pendency of said
petition and the hearing thereof, by causing copy
of this order TO be published in the TRUE NORTH
ERSER, a newspaper printed and circulating in said
county Of Van Buren, for three successive weeks at
least previous to said day Of hearing.
70O73 BENZ. L. HECKERT, Judge of Probate.
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MORTGAGE SALE.

MI
wi made In the payment of certain indenture
October A. d. 1879, executed by Dallas Wood, Milo
Buren, county, state of Michigan, to p. S. Grimes,
of Kalamazoo, Michigan, and which was recorded in
the office of the register of deeds of Van Buren, coun
~ and state of Michigan, in lber seventeen II of
mortgages, on page four hundred and thirty-nine
439 the seventeenth day of October, A. D. 1879,
and which mortgage there is claimed to he due at
the date of this notice the of one hundred and
ninetythree dollars and sevenyve cents, (S19375),
and suit proceedings at law or in equity
having been instituted to recover the amount now
due any part thereof;
Now, therefore, notice is hereby given that by
virtue of power of sale contained in said mortgage
and in pursuance of the statute in such case made
and provided. there will be sold at public auction,
TO the highest bidder at the front door of the court
house in the village of Paw Paw, Van Buren, county,
Michigan chat being the place of holding the circuit
court of Van Buren, county, on Saturday, the sixth
day of April, A d. 1889, at twelve O'Clock at noon
Of said day. the premises described in said mortgage
much thereof as may be necessary to satisfy
the amount due on said note and mortgage, with
interest and costs, said premises being described
follows, to-wit: Commencing at the northwest
Of the southwest onefourth of section nine
1917, thence east fourteen IA rods, thence south
ten [lOl rods, thence west eighth 81 rods thence
north ten 10l rods to the quarter line in town two
~ south range sixteen l16l west of Van Buren,
county, Michigan. 1764tl3o76
Dated, January 9th, 1889.
p. s. GRIMES, Mortgage.
W. II. HAWKINS, Admir- Of Estate of 7. S. Grimes.
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ORosATE oRpER.-state of Michigan


At session of the probate court, for the county
Of Van Buren, holden at the Probate office, in the
village of Paw Paw, on Wednesday, the goth day of
February, in the year one thousand eight hundred
and eighty-nine:
Present, Hon. Benjamin f. Heckert, Judge of
Probate.
In the matter of the estate OF Lewis Parish,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition duly verified, of
Isaac F. Parish an heir Of said deceased, praying,
for reasons therein stated, that administration of
said estate may be granted to James Bradt or some
other suitable person;
Thereupon II is ordered, that Monday, the 18th
day of March, 1889, at ten O'Clock in the forenoon
be assigned for the hearing of said petition and all
persons interested in said estate required to APP
pear at session of said court then to be holden at
the Probate office, in the village of Paw Paw, and
show cause, If any there be, why the prayer of the
petitioner should not be granted.
And is further ordered that said petitioner give
notice to the persons interested in said estate of the
tendency of said petition, and the hearing thereof,
by causing copy of this order TO be published In
the TRUE NoRTHERSER, q newspaper printed and
circulating in said county Of Van Buren,, for three
successive weeks at least previous to said day OF
hearing.
7lo74 BENZ. +. HECKERT Judge of Probate.
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DRosArE oRpeR.-state of Michigan

Il County OF van Bufen-ss.
At a session of the probate court for the county
of Van Buren,, holden at the probate office I'm the
village of Paw Paw, Saturday, the 23d day of
February in the year one thousand eight hundred
and eghty-nine
Present, Hon. Benjamin f. Heckert, Judge of
Probate.
In the matter Of the estate of George wildey,
deceased.
On reading and filing the petition, duly verified,
Of William l.. Bowling of the executors alleging
that duly authenticated copies of the last will and
testament of said deceased and of the probate there
of have been filed In said court, showing that said
will has been duly admitted to probate In the county
OF Kings in the state of New York, and praying that
a time aud place for hearing said petition be fixed,
and due notice thereof be given to all persons inter
ested, and that said copy of said will be allowed,
filed and recorded In said court and for the last
will and testament of said deceased;
Thereupon II is ordered, That Monday, the 25th
day of March, 1882 at ten o'clock In the fore
noon, be assigned for the hearing of said petition
and that all persons interested In said estate
CURED to appear at session of said court, then to
Paw Paw, and show cause, If any there be, why the
prayer OF the petitioner should not be granted.
And IL IL further ordered that said petitioner give
notice to the persons interested in said estate of the
tendency of said petition, and the hearing thereof
by causing copy of this order to be published In
the True Northerner, newspaper printed and cir
culating in said county of Van Buren,, for three
successive weeks at least previous TO said day OF
hearing.
7lo74 BENZ. F. HECKERT, Judge of Probate.