Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1899-08-09

+ Observation-Disclosures, jnu1a, 1
tiful. Each has marked characteristics |
of it's own. 1t was our good fortune to |
witness six geysers in action: Riverside, |
Mortar, Constant, Economy, Grotto,
Fan and Old Faithful. Some Of these
we saw q number of times, yet finding
our curiosity as great each time as with
our first experience. Many extinct
geyser craters are very beautiful and
the continuous boiling, seething waters
of others fascinate one oddly. AS we
rode into camp late one afternoon at
Upper Geyser Basin happy welcome
was extended US by two of the most
beautiful, although not the largest, of
Its geysers. The Riverside threw UP a
column Of spray ninety feet high. From
every point Of view rainbows arched it's
waters. and as we held our breath in.
admiration on the other side of us an
other beautiful fan-shaped spray OF
mist and water shot up In the air. to
be quickly followed by still another
whose spray resembles somewhat
mortar. Again in this Upper Geyser
Basin we go into ecstacies over hot
lsprings and pools. Among these the
Devils Punch Bowl is a great curiosity.
The rim, or outer formation, stands five
| feet above the general level and is
about ten feet in diameter. This natural
bowl holds boiling liquid of the deepest
4 blue color which, II 1t tastes as good as
ut looks might tempt us to take lit
\ tie for the stomach's sake even if Of
lfered by his satanic majesty. num-
Der Of silent pools in this Upper Basin
are considered among the greatest mar
wells Of the whole park. Some of these
are yeritable emeralds ana rurquoises
in a liquid form, and are rightly named
Emerald, Beryl or Turquoise. With the
marvellous greens and blues Of these
1 pools memory recalls silent spring
some twenty feet in diameter called the
Morning Glory on account of its fun
nel-shaped crater, with its walls as
delicately colored and it's waters as
transparency beautiful as the flower
latter which 1t is named.
We could write on and on forever of
the fascinating geysers and wonderful
|spring. yet give no adequate idea of
4 their exquisite beauty. They must be
4 seen to be understood.
i Early one morning we rode away
from the geyser basins, stopping to take
La look at Old Faithful, which throws
up a column of hot water and steam to
the height of 100 feet every sixty five
minutes in the year. We were welcomed
into the basin by geysers and felt that
6 Old Faithful bade us a good bye in Its
best effort iowa rds expression; and space
forbids a detailed description of that
soul-stirring ride over which Old Faith
full in the early morning sunshine gave
US such n glorious God-speed. Our
road wound through the dense forest.
past beautiful cascade leaping and
tumbling down a rocky slide, and then
we climbed the continental divide
! reaching 1t July 26 at 1l:45 a. m. at a
narrow spot called Craig Pass. Down 9
\ genuine cork-screw road we flew and
go into the widest enthusiasm over the
scene before us. On all sides heavily
timbered mountains, below US Shosllons
Lake nesting in the valley. From oui
point of View three snow capped peaks
OF the Teton mountains stood out like
sentinels guarding the enchanted land
!. For time our drive from this dream.
: land of beauty onward is not so pleas
E ant. A dusty drive, side trip to Sui
y phur mountain and a geyser of boilins
{ mud makes one believe there may be
Q after all. a place of fire and brimston
= on the other side of which this is a fore
e warning. But after again crossing tn
, continental divide we ride swiftly alonl
. and the Yellowstone Lake suddenly APP
pears before us, a picture beyond GU
d Widest dreams of Imagination. En-
e folded among forest-croWned hills la,
u this inland lake. its shimmering water
Z lsparkllng In the sunshine, While back o
= the hills lowered snow-crowned peaks
I. We looked from water to hillside, an,
:, from hillside to mountain top In silen
amaze. First one. then another, whis
: pered softly This is the most beautifu
: of ALL" but 1t was only the prelude to
e symphony of color ana sound beyond al
: power of mortal mind TO portray. ]
= steamer ride on this like, which is tn
:. largest body of water in North Americ
- lat so great an alttude-T.7SS feet abov
= sea level-was treat to be remem
:, bered. From the lake we followed tn
= Yellowstone river seventeen miles o
y more. AS we ride onward, it's water
:. become more and more turbulent
~ breaking into long line of beautift
le rapids and finally dashing over a rock
- ledge. a mass of crystalized foam 10
'e feet in width. down $50 feet to its rock
- bed below. only to gather itself togethe
70 for another leap downward of $50 fee
= We have seen Niagara in all the beaut
- of summer, and in all the majesty {
. winter, but IL seemed as nothing con
- lpared to the beauty of the Falls of til
W Yellowstone. And even yet we had nc
:, seen the GROWING glory of the Nation;
q Park-the Yellowstone canyon. said I
: be only twenty miles in length. bl
. seemingly long enough to hold all ii
20 beauty of a world. We will always st
the picture of dashing, foamin
stream which flows ON out of sight III
- teen hundred feet below US. The rock
:. walls of the canyon are carved and CT
= into Gothic forms and quaint figure
&c Its great slopes a blending of the mo-
~ artistic coloring Imaginable We has
:. seen all Colorado in summer. in al
a. tumn and in winter. but never in i
!, rarest beauty have we seen such bri
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