Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-07-01

ci Some fifteen or sixteen years ago the
'' question Of an appropriation Tor the
On National PARK came up for debate IN
Id. the House Of Representatives, when a
IN, member from one Of the Western states
asked Hon. George O. Cannon, who
theu represented Utah ia Congresi a.
Delegate, n he remembered that the
Or NauvO0 lasp hal once published an
1s99 article on tue natural wonders Of thu
r. Park, and whether he could
give any information concerning
y IT, Our Delegate dii not recall
70 the article, and never took occasion
b. to look II ~. But hint from him Of |
tho Incident alluded 70 was sufficient
!. TO cause search 10 be- Instituted. The
Wasp is now extremely rare, there
q belng but very few complete volumes
In existence. One u these belongs 10
the penonal library Of Elder franklin
D. Richards, Church historian, and
to II he promptly anu couftoou.ly gave
the NEWS access. On the nfst Page
, u the number for Augusta, 1912,
mo. II Of The volume, the Wasp being
a weekly aud having continued only
about year, appeared the following:
nocRY MouNrAiS oEYsrns.
Extract from an unpublished WORK. entitled
"LirE N Iuu Rochr Mousrusa"
had hoard in the summer OF 1883. q
while M rendezvous, that fpmarku. d
bIo boiling springs bud been discovered =.
on The sources u the Madison. hy party
81 inprcr, iu their spring hunt: % q
which The acconni- they rnvo we're so ~
very astonishing tina ! determined cx- =.
| anime them myself before recording "
| thrlr do crlpilOn, though hudtho united Of
| Testimony NJ moro Than twenty mon uu / u
Tue subject, who all declared they saw
| men, and that thoy really wpfo as oxton. ~
| .ivo aud remarkable ~ they had been "
| described. Having now an opportunity a.
| or paying thom visit, and us auo her or -.
a bouor might not soon occur 1 rnrtpl VI
win the company amer supper, aud TAX be
inf with me two Pcn.d'orIolio-, lwho 49,.
were induced 20 make theoKcur-i0n with '"
me- by the promise u un extra presently ha
set out n' round pace, tho night being
clear aud comfortable. We proceeded
over tho plain about twontv miles. and
hal ed until daylight, on hno sprinp.
lowing into tamuas Crock. Refreshed
hN low hour.' sleep We started nrain Cl
IA N..a.
very extensive forest called the Pine -"
Noudsi Ia continued aurcossInn Of loyy del
mountains or hills, entirely covered by p an,
dehse growth Of Ibis species Of umborI =,
winch We passed through, aud reached ''
tho Nlolhlly 81 tho springs about dark. nj
having seen several small lakes or ponds moi
on tho sources OF the Madison, and rnlD "''
about forty milo-; which was "a hard OF
days ride, taking into considpra ion tho all
Iough riogulariiy Of the country through 49,.
which We bad Travelled. 'A'
We fcRal,d Ourselves with a cup " Ian
ronoc, the materials Tor making which tIpf
We hhd brought with u.. and Immediate.
" alter supper lay down 20 fo,t. sIr.py OF
and much iauguud. Tho continual ro.r- forf
.nr oi the springs, however, (which .ns .,t
ls,lncuy hoird,l for some time pro.
ulcd my going to sleep, aud excited an pre-
impatient curiosity To examine them val
which was obliged 20 defer tho trntiH, 49,,
Gallon of until morning, aud Hllod INV va"
slumborH with visions Of whtorauonts the
galaracis, fountains, lo,s d'oau ufimnens6 cha
dimensions, etc., etc.
Whou arose Ia tho morning elcud. on
OF vapor seemed like dense iog 10 over. VIII
hnng tho springs from which frequent =
reports or explosions OF different loud.
moss constantly assailed our cars. VIII
immediately proceeded TO Inspect ihom tiof
',nu lnlHhl have exclaimed with tho a..
su,eh OF Shoba, when their full reality u"'
ny view, 'the half WIS not told me- w.,
Iron the surface OF O. rocky plaIp ~ '"H
aule' burst forth columns OF water. of 'his
.hriuus Dimensions, projected high In Tho dow
lr, accompanied by loud oxplnsions OH
NV Hul Phutuua vapors, which were
lghly disngrcoahlo 10 tho smoll. Tho aha
ock nom which these SPRING burst fnrih ou
'HA calcnroous, aud probably extend.
ono distance from thom beneath tho soil nhlu
n lho largest OF these wonderful ioun. MOI
rhs, projects column OF boiling water but
,'ViM lyct IN dlnmoiur, tO tho hOight -
moro than one hundred and INV feof. Wou
= my uplnioni but the party OF Al,nrrz | 10 nj
ne uh'oNorol ~ persist In declaring yit
nay u could not bO lOss than four Times Wv
my Instance In height uucompapipI low
~ tremendous noise The explosion. adv
nd discharges occur 81 interval oil nt,rt
we hours, Alter having witnessed tbree pom
Z lhouli ! yOuturnd nonr pnouph tn t,,,f sral
ny mana into tho water OF It's basin. Ina ,,tit
HhdfeW u Instantly, flr tho hcat III In. ""'
'NoI ia THIS immense chauldrpn, wnsul- upst
,Eothef 700 great for my comfort; and urod
IN "siIa'leh OF the Mater tho disagree. sIt,
PIE tiluvium continually oAudinr. and A''ol
~" hollow uuCar,hly umbllnruud1rtba resp
~ ON which l stood, 40 nj accorded feel
relrci,od back precipitately ,''1 w 'haI tenn
,ro'lui distance. Tho Indians, who NJ
mid moi by wv an Hy'I ,g u,,e appalled,, aud with
10 IN
,lt,neh ihom' Ihoy seemed aston. auth
h.u ~ my presumption, In adyuncing prou
10 mo large one, and whom | satIy -,
turned congratulated mo ON INV 49, Auhl
3" "eHpr' They believed thom In u, Ia no
poinhluml, and supposed Thorn h, ba v,,,,i
e production ~ tho Evil Splrit nj. ''"'
thom remarked that hull, of whieb IA, Tent
vi learned rom tho whiles. must Ia. IL, there
ul vicinity, The diameter " mo lt.'r 80
!" Mh',h lhe waters OF the largest hi ""''
'ipAliy hU, aud FROM tho contor oi Irtpt
hlch' through IL hoiO la tho r5rl ~, oIn,l.
OUT nlho or ton feet Ia damefpr liz,
''ef Hluuts mp AS above related mas, lolltf
ABOUT ihiry irot. There nrp n|n, hUs [
llr smaller fountains, THAI dlu uutfbr.g' II.....
'lr waters mp 20 high, hut usHurrgI nv, "''''''
'Il't intervals, In soma instance. ftuib
volumes were protected triutt.I, iufitv
Nalus anu fell Into tho urshb6rIrg ~.
'u'Alns or ON tho rock or prairie. IIt N'"h
~ ascent was generally pOrppuIir.lr.r not q
I'hs ln and about their own b4..u.,,1 r,.,,,
N'uio-, These wonderful pro.uIrfI,r,
"ulo arc situated near tie rDrt.,.,t htta"
'ihAll valley surrounded by nina. | uusFg.
Mhtl NILS, through which IA su1u .,,.it.
y "l Nhe Madison flows. va" I"
rom several tmuprr- who had ra..,,. IuylTa.
IIu'u rom The Yellowstone / rY. lrOpel
yea "ll account ~ boiling spring. tIr.t
rl rom lhusU ON SAT- river ,r,I,.. '
shlluID, hruE on vastly .gT..., III
reg some ui their clnues trntI',,
my 10 luIfly iOrt hIgu. aud T. %. 49, The