Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1895-06-22
WITH The PICTURESQUE.
Tho CragS and Peaks OIL Southern
Colorado.
Hunting win the tnmerh-Noine
Comparisons Win Local
Conditions

May N the f'Alcts OF hlN a'i'
have Travelled with mo bunting the
picture que IN natural scenery IN dli-
ferert p,r,s OF tie Wpsi, aud M my
last trip ls over comparatively new
grorpi, few details Generating the
most Interesting points seen on the h.1
urauIo Southern anu Silver'on FALL
roads m - add a traction Of iuiofmn'
ton OF vsuc 10 aomu people.
At Grand Junction We take the
D. a x. q. narrow guayo railroad, the
original overland that passed. over
Aiarhall Pass, hut now abandoned %
suou ~ tue wide gunge that follows
down the canyon OF Grand river, nni
~ Montrose We leave 90. From Grand
Junction We follow thc dunuigon rivcr'
End from MInirJsu tho Uuc1mpahRf
Ri4EwAr, She terminus Of thr Il. G.5.l.
soon reached. Ourng a bHluiiul
mouuisin town, BE- even miles away,
huI Il the terminal point oil tue Do
u. u. la his section. u u1asiH "a 900 u'
Intlou Of UII. IN elevation o. $40
tot and u Re n city lringei WITH Sue
usaka ~ tue UucOmplhET range, whose
highesl 10 la,il9 feet
When 0us looks upon the vast bodies
Of waller q imposing Gao bunuls1n hnl
Grand rivera, volume In iisOli greater
thau oil the rivers Di Utar, AMI 10
know that most U. % ibl running TO
wAAts anu tuAt tens OF thOusandS VI
acres on the north side Of drnud uvcf
could be- brought under cultivation
and will be before many ytafs, tho
nucleus Of an Immense population 10
but started, Ia and around GIHni
junction. Already the iiuiis that
came from Utah o. Colorado AGO driven
out Of the maTkvl-yau may look 10
vain Tor boxes ifOm Zion nov.
could not SEQ one. Grand Junction
shlps tons OF Ripe and lufciJus ffult'
equal In quality 10 tue Utan product,
annually; aud whore years ago uulh-
ing but long dfoafy stretches o. bakui
clay lands plenlliully covered With
Alkall was gstu, now that the magic
touch Of the irrigator has been applied
miles aud miles VI lucern end orchards
line the track, causing the lace Of va.
turs TO CLEAN with the Joyous tiuts u
green, the result Oi Irrigation and OWL
ICED labor.
The elevation Of Grand Junction Il
4,5S3 feet and the region referred ~
,til lower. There lie Considerable talk
Of an immense canal being constructed,
10 bring under cultivation the lands
through which the Rio Grando West.
srn runs east " Grand Junction.
Leaving liidRWay, We commence 10
climb ths mountains alongside OF
Leopard creek. To the east Of the track
the immense snow bauka high above
timber line arc evefy where seen; most
OF the rldgos are 1000 foot higher than
our high peak, MOunt NobO, which IL
nine feet snort OF r., 900 Get; hcuce tho
snow deposits are heavier aud the gen
oTAl effect greater aul more majestic
than our WAHatch range, The rivers
are larger and more pfoclpt0us. ana
tue timber more plentiful, In TACT the
country looks good deal like tho
foothills OF the Siefras 10 California.
As 1 looked upon tue great snow dc.
p0slts they seemed 10 have reddish
color aud on inquiry | learned that II
was the red sand IRON Ulnh brought
by the great winds that sweep across
the country In the spring.
We ore climbing towards the Dallas
divide, our engine pulling Ike gey.
ser. some Of the bridges over when
We pass are very high anu have tho
look Of apideT's web Ia the distance;
but our track l. gOOi, the rails ate very
heavy, and our rate Of speed a sale
one, for We nave lott the ilyors behind
". We have 10 travel slow a. attY see
the county. Here ana there We see
patches OF laud settled upon ant used
chIciii for stock RAILING. There 10
Vleity OF graEs In the hills anu oil the
timuer VI smallslEs needed. / DO not
tbe the wealth Uf tl0Tal attractions We
admire NJ much At home. The long
spiked uJwrfs ui the uayHugt cactus
ar suun ON tue dry fiIFys md here
Aul tbsrr a kiud OF iris that 10 lie very
pretty Ia the BwAmus,
Once over tao Dallas divide, down
We gO towards tho san Miguel r.yrr,
not angents IN slghts, wiyglirg artu 10
pr0montUTios, rocky bridges AMI rIrHis
into deep tinibgrrl chasms EuI out
again iulJ lLO open, every tour TO.
yeanug new combinations Of beauty,
until We reach the san Miguel, along
whose bank we begin TO climu agAiu
aus keep ascending until wu reach
Vance Junction, Eru tlla point a
blarch road ia SO Ieliuf ft.
Tho roadway co. 90" M a,aIu edo
o. tugttIwu l. ulasIud out ui tho suAI
rocks, and ~ O dlsguc' looks hku q
EEEy piece OF railfugdlug, but 10 lust his
tatrs ~ a Iotd on tho PLAN guI much
more Attractive. By tho lido OF tue
tack q taamlng tlggcu, IA seen, ono of
tue worst looking aud mgiIest BOO lies
OF water ever 10 kHduplI, lmmylro
bUultars uusnIUuleI with TOO funmIuL
waters Win su.siug u. ltgTe piusH HH
innu go thu mpJs.ugu ui uatuTys
piclutrs, mA4u mo wish tuBI some OF
our artists could uu t.tTy, whose
palvltlu aul pencils could Reproduce
the wealth NJ color huyn a' AROUND.
Some 0t the peaks nTe ,sh.0u, auI
ulhtf shades where TIC su0w has
mrlIrI N, suu any ui tlum pru
covered with low grade ores u Uiio,-
ent uuJs, high above the timber line,
Telluride Ii pretty mining town
luC0tgu iu u basin wlth an alpine lulE
seldom seen elsewhere except In HWIt'
EranI. lmmoI5t waterfall aut
snowy peaks 1' WUuIrguH beauty pfu
uvury where seen. luo town 1851 IS
feet above the sea RuI the uuDu-
latiun about 5000. llaug 20 tu,
turre a euer.y 600 bsrr up u,
twu. Tine guBmI inuH U ir.. lyar
are numerous 3. fv. A. everything vi
grass an timber has fl g.u. nom
other lyssl 'ius, toe hIT..I l.a & q
hauling OF sup De-, although tho IrH-
ultrr' wagons rom bgl.u aul .luah
hnI their Wy here, ana % ..aT,rI. -
d. Warner ui Moab, Utah, ll.d mo ur
took some OF mis- large applies there ,a