Western liberal. (Lordsburg, N.M.) 1887-1919, 1891-07-31

WIN mere ana there appearing TO the
right, visions Of the painted desert as
touched through riffs OF the clouds by
llelios' beautifylng brush. The ride is
a long one, but filled with ever chang
ing beauties. The pine forest contin-
ues TO the verge Of the canyon, and
one must ascend to the brink ere even
glimpse is caught Of Gods wonder
ful handiwork The wonders Of the
canyon break on the vision with sud
dcnness and awfulness That takes
away ones power of speech. AS never
before, does one realize his own in
significance. lie feels that all super.
latiyes are too weak to htly describe
the sight that lies before him, and
that new vocabulary and new
mode Of comparison should be invent
ed for the exclusive description Of this
canyon. Twelve miles In front, but
seemingly a short distance only, yawns
the chasm at whose bottomy5,0 900 feet
below appears here and there as q sil-
yer thread, the rushing foaming Col
orado. For without a powerful glass,
however, does the stream appear other
than a shining thread as it reflects the
light of thesun. Here and there from
the bottom of the chasm, mountains,
castles, domes and Notifications OF
every conceivable form and shape,
raise their heads above the river high
or than does Pixies Peak It's crest
above Manitou Between these
grotesQuely-shaped mountains lie Roy
al Gorge, Black Canyon and Devils
Causeways. Innumerable pits, whose
bottoms the sun has never reached,
arc separated by iutting ridges from
size canyons whose earth-coyered bot
tom supports luxuriant semi-tropical
vegetation. The sun glancos hither
and thither from marble to sand
stone and granite rocks. A year spent
within its delights would reveal each
day new beauties and new wonders Of
the canyon.
Not the leastof the wonders Of the
canyon is the Old mountalneer; John
Hans who has located and worked
out trail to the river His hair
breadth escapes and the hardships ne
has undergone arouse ones wonder, as
listen2d to by the camp 1re in the
evening, rs docs the granduer of the
canyon By day. To the bottom Of the
canyon by the Hans trail ia a distance
OF seven miles at a descent OF over
6,000 feet A challenge to the com
pany from Dr. Post TO make the de
scent could not be resisted byyour cor
respondent and together we started
fer tde river.
The doctor carries too many pounds
Of flesh, however to compete with
St. Joseph newspaper man in a pedes-
trian contest, and he was satisfied to
stop half way. Having started your
correspondent concluded not to stop
until The river was reached Here he
had TO climb au almost Perpendicular
wall Of rocks with slight foot or hand.
holds; and again had to descend pre-
cipitous falls. One a fan about sixty
feet was especially dialcult and dan
gerous a rope had been provided for
tais fall;as for some others It was not
hard to set down, in fact it was too
easy. The descent was made through
q stream Of falling water which beat
ing on my head ard saturating my
clothes, making my buckskin gloves so
slippery the ropes glidcd through my
hands with great velocity. When /
got to the bottom OF the fan wonder
ed II ! would get back again, but con-
tluued on TO the river. The river IS
raging stream, l2O yards wide, con-
fined between perpendicular walls OF
rock, and dashing against their sides
with a velocity that would cause
almost certain destruction TO- any
boat attempting to navigate IS
depths. The ascent back was labor
GUS one. Before climbing the rope 40
the greatest fan, / refreshed myself
by q rest and lunch, carried in my poe
ket. / got UP safely but with dif-
nculty A long steep climb remained
before reaching the head Of the trail
As ! had succeeded IN making time to
that point, resolved % push on and
If possible, beat the record OF nine
hours and nfty-Aye minutes, which
succeeded In doing, making the round
trip in niue hours and twenty-six
minutes.
M. j. KEYS.
nne phenomenal success Of Ayers
started into existence
host Of competitors. This, Of course,
was TO be expected; but the effect has
been 10 demonstrate the superior mer-
its OF Or. Ayers preparation by a con-
slauty Increasing demand for IT,
The well drlllngat the Dwyerfarm,
three miles from town, is going along
nicely wlth the Barianl machine aud
the Tayiovi are bodn ng, another Wei
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