Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1890-11-01

Acre, and the whole region is formally turned
over to internal possession by its designation as
"COulter's He'll" the name first given to the
park. In its sulphurous fumes, its diabolic
noises, its hissings. boilings and hollow rum
blings. its hoOdOo formations. its appearance Of
desOiation and death and in its pre-eminent
claims to be the place where humanity is kept
in hot water it does possess some Internal char
acteristlcs. 1t Is, however. land of white
ness instead of blackness. and the devil. if he
gives color to his park, is evidently not so black
as he Is painted
There are some indications that his satanic
majesty has impressed himself not only upon
the names and the surface of the park. but that
his influence is felt in tho moral atmosphere
At any rate the tourist is apt to be seized. am
told, on first entering this uncanuy gion. with
an irresistible desire to lie like sixty about
wonders that have been visible to him and not
to hIs companions. and to steal all the speci-
mems that he can lay hands upon. IL is certain.
in spite of posted warnings and threats, the
awful menace of the might of the United States
army and the absence of authoritative notice
OF any suspension of the eighth COM
and Sunday school teachers, old and young,
male and female, of prObity and pIety
at home, stink through the park with pockets
and specimen bags illegally stuffed. uneasy in
conscience and fearful of detection. but gloat-
ing over their pIltered treasures with an I'M
holy jOy that Is fearful 10 contemplate. The
desperate specimen thief gets about as much
real enjoyment from the park the confirmed
kodak tiend. In most CAGES he takes an I'M
necessary load upon his conscience. While the
rule against removing specimens is sweeping
practically IL Is only the breaking OF the fOrma-
ton. and especially of such is beautiful and
conspicuous, that Is harsh!y considered and
treated. Nearly all of the supposed treasures
concealed by the specimen seeker are of 10
consequence in the eyes of the soldier on guard
In spite of the fact that the humiliation of ex-
pulsion from the park is the only punishment
which the authorities are able TO infiict upon
the detected specimen thief there is compare
lively little of the sort of vandalism prac-
ticed now. The most prominent and beautiful
OF the formations are reasonably well guarded.
though they bear in many places traces of the
period OF unprotcc;!on, when the hammer was
freely applied TO them with disastrous effect.
Great pieces have been chopped with an axe
from the crater formations Of some of the con-
spicuous geysers Of the upper basin. Where
such inroads have been made by ysndals upon
this hard deposit the mutiIatioa of the more
delicate formations may be imagined.
In leaving the upper geyser basin we aban-
doned the richest treasures of specimens and
the most vigilant soldier policemen, for we
HEADED FOR THE CANON,
and its attractions are inaccessible and immov-
able, even for the great American yandaL We
arrived at the canon in the afternoon and,
according to the regular schedule, were to leave
the next morning. Those who stay at this
point only the scheduled period will save time
by leaving their vehicles where the road ap-
proaches nearest to the upper fall of the yell
lowstone, permitting the vehicles to go on with
the baggage to the hotel. Then after a view OF
the upper fall short walk brings them to the
brink Of the lower fall. Views Of the canon
from Inspiration Point and Point Lookout may
be had later in the afternoon or early the next
morning before the starting OF the caravan for
Mammoth HotSprlngs.
The view from the brink Of the lower fall is
both impressive and disappointing. The
spectacle Of the river. narrowed 10 one-third
its width. foaming and Numbering over the
rocks here to its FALL OF $50 feet and OF the
vast crag-lined cleft into which it leaps
quickens ones breathing and causes one to
hold tightly with feeling Of physical insig-
nincance to the oyerhanging wooden platform
upon which he stands. But from this point OF
view the coloring o. the canon walls is not so
vivid as the imagination has pictured il. From
Inspiration Point however, the expect ted colors
are seen as brilliant in Moran's paintings
but far more delicate and more beautifully
blended The trip along the canon's edge to
Point Lookout and Inspiration Point is made
most conveniently on horseback unless the
visitor 10 good walker. From Point Lookout