The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-11-15


1,,,.- s,d the air is filled with them
The bird life is astonishing one OF the
st,anoest birds seen there Is the sacred
ibis of Egypt. Nobody has ever peell @DtS
-, exnlaiT how il reaches this remote spot,
A beautiful bird is the eSret, II CONES ne
from Central America ana raves ~ az 80.
thor norfh than the mouth of the Colo
RADIO The egret Is OF a creamy ,WlLte
roIor and the feathers are so Naluaple
that they are shipped TO tufoPe; toI - 9s,-o
ments for royalty. The region Is d 49,
rite winter resort for wild ducks- $50
and many varieties of fowl that SeS aS.o q
nome for to the north IN summer. a i9 -,
rite pastime is hunting wild hogS- Inc
hogs were introduced at an carry DAY toI
domestic purposes by one o. tllS 80 ~
wears many escaped, and now II i as
risky to meet a wild boar as a grlzziy
bear If the hunter is not dead shot
he had better take to the nearest re-
Mud geysers in groups scattered ai9hS
the delta are formed by steam which
iOrces itself through the camp earn anu
finally leaves q mound of dry mud ABOUT
the size of an Esquimaus hut
The colonel says the native indians are
candy made out of the mescal that grows
in many part of the desert. The fruit Is
prepared by means OF hoies IN the sI 10, H.
in which a hot fire has been mace py
means of iron wood. The Goals are Gov
cred with gravel and the meScdl placed
upon il. a second covering Is adoee ana
the mass is lett tor four days without be
ing disturbed. At the close of that time
the cover is removed and the trult Is
E
lowed to ferment, d highly Intoxicating
: Juice results. The fruit OF the giant
cactus is also favor1te with n. tlVes WheA
properly prepared. Ii IS described Dy the
colonel as resembling blackberry Jam IN
taste. Millions OF doves from regions Iar
to the south are attracted by the fruit
of the giant cactus, OF which single tree
boasts OF fifty to 1CJ bulbs
/ .'Of all animals of the desert said the
! colonel THE bUrrO is the smaTtest. AT
/ Tysons Wells are two ancient Ggrros
whose intelligence Is astonishing Ihey
/ can see storm twenty-five miles away
in the mountains, ana Know dIIef the
storm passes, there will be plenty OF grass
and water. Away they ScoOt across the
; plaln and it requires merry chase TO
! from thirst if his owner will leave MIN
/ free He invariably finds the nearest
Z water hole. and the path he follows Is as
straight as bee line. Many a poor pros
/ pector would have saved his lire had ne
J allowed his animal TO go at Will l never
( knew a burTO 30 be bitten by rattte-
I snake. although other animals are bitten
I'm southwestern Arizona is RATHER
/ known as a 'twiSter.' The marks left IN
/ his path are crosswiSe of the road and
one not acquainted with his habits would
not imagine snake was Just ahead.
Many d time 1 found my burro leaving
/ the beaten track and making detouT-
Finally l decided to return and lnVeSll-
gated. | found a rattlesnake snugly rolled
I'D I'm the road waiting for an opportunity
to strike. After that | had an abiding
respect for that burrO. 49,
colonel BTaCSDdW Is al eApSI L Cu I'm
dwellers' ruins He has examined hun
dreds of houses along the San Juan, and
Colorado rivers, resulting in many inter
eSting discoveries. 49,
About twenty miles below Bluff city
on the San Juan river he relates is
the handsOmest cliff dwelling in existence
IL has about sixty rooms, many OF WIlcf
! are connected by openings so small Inal
it is apparent the people inhabiting me
building were below the present size OF
the white race. Stones at the doors are
D worn to a depth of six inches ana there
are other indications of a long habitatOn
In one of the rooms l found memenfc
that I was not able to carry away al
. was going upon a long trip across INT
3 desert IL was a little basket containing
/ a bone needle. bundle of thread mac
out of the Spanish bayOnet and two httl
/ sandals. carefully laid away for the bah
; of the household ] confess that II mao
b. ! me sad to look upon these reminders or
race so long departed that no man cal
, estimate the time when the houses Wef
deserted. Along the San Juan river below
1 Bluff city. the cliff population must nav
been immense For distance OF twenty
J five or thirty miles back OF the mai
2 stream in all the side canyons, the ruin
r. of ancient habita tons are to be seen