Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-10-25
IN The TETON COUNTRY.
City, Basin and Peaks Described by
an Eloquent Observer.
Game Of ihs ncaiea-Eik on ExhiBi-
ton Ia Wintsr Railroad 90
National Parh wanted.

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TEroS CRY, Idaho, oct. 2e.-Gf 1t
were not Included In tho name ons
would scarcely rssiiLe that no were IN
a city at all when he finds himself
Within the borders Of this pretty little
place. IL Ia ~ rambling Ia general
construction ~ most othcr places In
Fremont county, but has a homulke,
inviting sort Of Appearance with II all;
also ne elsewhere, the people arc hos
pitablo aud en,erpfising. There are
not to exceed 900 OF them la the place,
aud these are spread over several square
miles, becoming more and more gre.
gatious Ne the GENITAL point h reached,
anu here they are quite ueighbUfly but
L2t In aUy sense crowded; within a
radius Of hall milo arc probably
three dozen residences surrounding n
couple Oi st1fsp, a pos. office aud meet.
ing house. 1his latter IL also an
amusement hail whore dancing anu
thratficais hold occasionhltwA during
she long winter uight; auI Uu more
than Ulc 0ccauign o. late, ~ eau per.
sonally testify, It has uyuu tue forum
rom which nave omuuated modern
"philllpius" VI the western variety on
the question Of parry politics. The
bulldog h. Of w0oueu logs auu 10 not
very capaciOus or elegant, uut it has
been found equal ~ the dUma lds upon
II up ~ date next year the
town, n oil gees figui, viii
have more rOuontiouH structure
/ oi brick, the stone foundation for winch
~ already laid fronting the buiidiug
| spoken o.. BsnOp Joan j.. PiuCuUk
lives mote THAI mile rom tuis central
point, but IL always on hanu whcn
wanted, anu l0Ok- alter tue JsUple'
welfare aA a practical business man Of
correct punoiplts aud upright habits
ouIy eau, lie is the Democratic caudi.
date for PROBATE Judge, and II II only
ihit 10 say that hiu popularity does not
begin nor en- with M own party.
Several miles east OF here are the
Teton peak, tue most needle-like anu
towering oniuencvs Ia this part oil the
weird. Tue height VI the ptiucipl
one, which looks down upon it, 10 ~
associates, themselves Ia bold IclIeI
against tue eastern sky, on either
side from sharp.pOiuted summit
thousand feet or more nearer
tho cerultAn dome tnhu their.
are, has never been scaled anu
never viii be uliil mother earth has
another general cUuvu on AMI q q
ply aspects OF Tor ,ou ltenaucu
htttabtu un1vigI n marked aut Won.
dofiul q arg. Ih'y are tie object
first noteI o. ontvrn this great VALLEY
and ate really tnr most uuiluo aud
majestic amid all The attractive dryei
opmentr wtou ht ny the hap.haEstl
hand of nature. TIA ~ seem NJ great
Instance s1mev hNt i've tie hugeTs OF
Titanic baud WI d the index oIntiug
To immortality. By mental process
known chitily % pIvts aud politicians
ca q might iaucy that uIon them Wu.
iuscT bed In old characters the Clas'ig
irgenu, &c ttur 0d aiira-it would be
80 itting, you know, ga a place where
mistiIa anu general irfrgulHriiY prevail.
rhese "nngefz" look (ii hu.
gers can DO SAID 10 loUkl duwp
upon the ieiiowttonb National Park
on the northeast, ana n they could
only be swung OH their base and placed
horizontally might constitute Hguidv
board 10 the toAt reservation whose
fitness anu appropriateness 10 sur
I
those who have only common every.
day vitality IN their systems as well
as those whose immortal part l.
lipgrd with the golden huvs pOesY.
Several miles westward from Teton
peaks ana the mountain range OF
which they form a part h an iudepend'
ent spur u pigmy mountains funuing
nearly pAtHilsl with the others Tor a
nsidsfable distance, AMI between the
ranges IN what IL called Teton basini a
tOleTably p0puluus aud hgflCuiiufAily
productive strip OF the puDlic domain.
Ii SHOWS there earlier thau elseWhete
Ia Snake river valley aud the snow
falls deeper anu stays lnngeE The
mountains to the east abound
with elk anu these rapidly
diminishing creatures late In the fall
are ufiyen out u tuvif iastnesstH by
ths great DEPTHS Of snow which cut OIL
their food supply altogether They
AR, thus forced into the hHuntH vi
olyIliz,tiou aud all wlnteT long, like
ths moor politician who hangs on TO his
nariv in spite OF 40 usage anu continued
dis.pt ointment, live on such stray
mofs,ls ma amt outside the oOrfais
wnefe the more favored nte ieeding.
They are too poor 10 Nil aud the lava
Of ths state do not permit any one "
MACE them Ia dutance vile Tor fatien'
nv or any other purposei ~ the people
aysaueTpttuiI geological exhibit irte
M change, albeit most pathetic one.
The eik, like the buffalo, will soon
exlst only az memory Of tue frontier
.Iespt in very rare oases and unusual
,Iaee,. ana yet the former when
Iuytn by Necessity VIII seek the
haunts u his hereditary enemy
, Ms destroyet-t0I tho turcuAfe o.
sorrow which that destroyer alone can
give, aud gives Il only with tho hope
mat later on he may have an opl or
unity 10 take the life hu savesi but IN
snotner way This agaiu reminds one
M Bufusia linea on tecitg a woun ed
hafs llmping away 90 hupud'for sscur
nv from the hunter who hau manned
it-but let thai pass'
, The mallrity Of tourists to the IA.
. tlonal pafk pas, through this country;
and this gives tlte 60 the susgae.l0l
! inat railway connecting with IN,
{ Uniop Pacific az Market Lake would
aH.. IA