The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1895-06-27

ashore. but after seeing that we pass
ed it safely he gave Captain Gray
compliment by bowling out. by gosh
that old cuss up there buzzin that
wheels a Jim dandy He also volunteer
ed the information that this here river
looks a darn sight wuss down here than
rum the top of the divide" He offered
no further information regarding the
river. however. nor was he asked for
any.
THE water at Black Point takes a
drop of about six feet in one hundred,
and after passing this point we were
in the much-talked-of BOX canyon"
Il have wished many times on this
trip that we had a kodak aboard, but
never so much as while we were making
our way through the first 20 miles of
this canyon. The scenery here simply
beggars description. As the river nears
the mouth the banks begin to narrow.
until the water is compressed between
walls Of solid rock not over a hundred
yards apart. which rise perpendicularly
from the water to height Of from 50
to 500 feet. and then sloping backwards
and up wards until their snow-clad sum
mits seem almost to pierce the sky. AT
times the space between the solid rocks
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