Arizona weekly citizen., 1896-01-04
Trip to the Window"

Several days ego Profs. Tourney
Forbes, Hoxie and Hall took trip to
find what is supposed to be window in
the Santa Catalina mountains. They
came back and reported that it was no:
window but on viewing the place
through large telescope they conclud-
ed that they must have been off. While
we were all looking at 1T an "old timer
from Tucson came up and said: mo,
there is no window there because 1 got
a party to 60 up and see and they re-
turned in week and said II was only
two overhanging Cliffs" Mr.. E. N N.
Tsrdy thsI Said, ''ill bet there is hole
through there and will go up to it to-
morrow" Hoxie says, "when you get
there, I'll see you through the tele-
scope" Tardy says, sat o'clock I'll be
there" This happened Saturday. So
Sunday morning at q o'clock in company
with Mendenhall and Lee La Chance,
Tardy started. They rode on their
wheels as far as the foot of the canyon.
There stacking their wheels they pro-
ceeded on foot. The way was steep,
rocky and many was the friendly prick
given by the cacti and catclaw, but des-
pite all these drawbacks they pushed
their way on up, up, until it seemed they
must surely be nearing the top, but on
looking ahead nothing was to be seen
but perpendicular cliffs. This discour.
aged La Chance, SO be said, "Boys,
guess L will stay here while you go on. y
So Mendenhall and Tardy pushed
ahead up the canyon until Tardy said
"Here we will leave the canyon and &C
up the mountain side" Up, up thew
went, some places so steep that one had
to hold on with both hands and feet.
and to make matters worse great sheets
of ice and snow were encountered. But
these was nothing to old mountain climb.
ers, and they proceeded and after a
three hours climb, sometimes through
snow knee deep, they reached the
window and waved sheet that had
been taken up for that purpose. 1t was
just % p. M. when they reached the
"window." All the professors and some
OF the students Were watching for them
and they saw them as soon as they en-.
tered the window. They came in from
the north side, as there is no possible
way to get in from the south.
They found the window" to be about
thirty feet across, fifteen feet high and
about ten feet through. They made @
flag cut OF the sheet and left it swinging
in the breeze. 1t was so cold that they
could not stay up there long, SO they be-
gan the perilous descent.
Tardy says that if any person says be
rode horse through there he is talking
through his hat" as it would be impos
slble to get horse in there unless hf
had wings.
When they got to the place where La
Chance left them he was not there but
they found a note which read, Have
left you p. m. Lee" Mendenhall auo
Tardy then came on, expecting to over
take him st any moment but did not
and when they got to the wheels there
were three of them, which said plainly
that La Chance had not found his and
had walked home. Tardy took one anC
led the other. 1t was pretty rough rid
ing but they managed 1t, and when with
in half mile of the university they
came up with La Chance, who wal
about played out.
They got in at p. m. and sat down Il
an elegant dinner served by Mrs. Buell.
Oh. no. they were not hungry, but the!
actually ate like they had not had any
thing to eat for a month. Prof. Forbe
said this morning, 81 would have giveI
five dollars if they had missed it.
Tardy say to Forbes, "Did you see us?'
"See you, well, should say so, and W,
were all green with envy" Tardy haC
his usual smile for it. Prof. Hoxie says
Good morning, how do you feel thi
morning?" "Oh, pretty we'll, but some
what stiff" So that was the end of tn
trip to the window"
ONE WHO WAS THERE,