The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1902-04-12

WINS "olo laNOIaulc. NepccAaHy
numerous are these metalliferous
dykes around the base of the White
Monument, and especially in evil
dence are the results of true volcanic
action on the ridges and butresses
within a radius OF mile to the east
OF the summit; and there the copper
mines of the Seven Devils are.
Quoting from Ferry Glenn's popu-
lar ''Scenes in Idaho, PIP $3.50:
Rising with boia bounds and leaps six
thousand five hundred feet from the
waters OF the Snake and eight thousand
feet above the ocean level, the White
Monument shews on the summit set In
sombre colors. great fang of snowy
marble, bordered with garnets, rising
high above the neighboring mountain
swels; sending ridge and butress to the
north, east south and west-dales filed
with larch and the various species OF
coast frs; parks dotted and fringed with
pines, graced with grass, and Powered
with flax, lilies and mallows, they give
health and strength TO the weary, and
make the strong TO shout with the 10y OF
| life. And mines are here--rhe Reacock
| to the north, the Helena to the south and
the California TO the east. Here OF old
lay a great sea, stretching far to the north
and to the east and to the south and to
the west and this sea had endured for
such countless ages that the little brown
wren with her bill could have ladled the
water of the Atlantic ocean into the Pa
cific ocean and have had time to spare to
| loI 10 4 foI1 ko.. Il, Ind t1,ara
fishes large and little In the waters OF the
sea. Where there is fish in the water
there are men in boats to catch them and
men on the shore 10 cure them; where
1 there are men, there too are women and
and babes to speed the men to their work
i and welcome them haue And AhipP
great aud ANAL. steam and Sat, pad(1e
land screw. tore their way khsaHS@ ~
4 water. Cities and toXns xNeDo ~ H.
4 shores. with farms and Asldi Apd 4oWAR~
ing gardens IS 1t Is 10 Idaho.
In the bottom Of the sea there WAS clay
and sand and lime. and each was in his
place. and on the shore gravel and shin
gle and boulders, big and small, and each
was in his place; and this WAS long time
ago for the little brown wren with her
bill could ladle the Atlantic ocean into
the Pacific ocean and the Pacific ocean
into the Atlantic ocean and have time to
spare to do it all over again. 1t WAS such
q long time ago
The waves rythmed and rhymed, on
the beach, the smoke OF the steamships
stretched from sky to sky the fishing
boats seemed to float In mid-air, and from
mast and spar the idle sails hung heavy;
dull, grey haze was over the shore and
city the sea and sail IL was certainly
September asd rather late than early in
the month, because fnt purple plums
bowed burdened boughs MS they only do
in Idaho; firm, cool cones OF why and
, golden grapes showed through parched
leaves because the watering time was
over MS it is in Idaho; festoons OF yellow
russet pears cling to wisps OF whip like
branches, low down as the small boy OF
other lands would DESIRE ns they do to-
day in Idaho Surely 1t WAS late In Sep
tember in Idaho, and In the lazy air flows
endless silken thread making warp and
, wool, silvern Ia the sunlight. Should
the Gods ever again desire another sacri-
: flee from earth, they will surely take
Idaho-Idaho in September, late, when
r the fruit gardens are flowing full. fol
a there is nothing on earth, even at home,
equal to Idaho-Idaho in September
late.
: Away down deep In the bowels OF thu
{ earth underneath this sea. lay the sweep
!. ings and scourings OF another and oldel
v world; the gathering of rivers and rivel
4 mouths, swamps and bogs and ocear
o BAYS and harbors; bones OF man and
h beast. fish and fowl we're there. Far Il
a the north it stretches and to the east anc
n to the south and 70 the west, and wal
s deep. From the sunlight most OF thii
is had come and to the sun 1t must 60 back
for heat it had. heat from the sun; to tn,
sun it would return 1t.
. And the sea above pressed down ant
d the encompassiug rocks bore on 1t, Il
make it as themselves; but it would no
10 become like them but eavened ant
is swelled, and the solid earth quaked owe
it and around 1t. far to the north and t.
ie the east and to the south and to tn
le west and great WAS the. leavening 0
this old world waste. 1t leavened ia
'e and wide, softening the imprisoning rock
is in which were gold and copper and silve
a and lead.
~ The earth quaked and gaped; fron
se vent and fssure welled hills and ridge
of molten world waste through the Dol
. tom OF the sea. And the earth quakes
e. heaved and gaped and the bottom OF tn
sea WAS lifted up.
With storm Of sashy clouds and fer
Or fogs to the north and to the east and t
y drained and with them went the waste G
at the land to be buried in the great ocea
- the Gods Acre OF earths.
;" Time was, and the now land wa
of scanned with great vents and assures sent
- ing clouds of smoke and sheets of fam
~ to the high heavens. Time was, an
w now the land teemed and from the Il
= sure and vent heated waters poured, ha'
u ing in themselves copper and gold an
ng silver and lead taken from the earth b.
low; and the waters were lining and d
70, ling the assures with them
re And time was, countless ages OF coun
less years; and the inhabitants OF II
Al earth who dwelt afar of knew only
ue the land by name and the name VI
Idle and Evil.
%, But day came when the rain reach'
nd the land and beat hard down on ricge
.i limestone, reef OF sandstone, dixie Of slat
VI stone and hills and cliffs Of poryhyr
nd Each had come from his place It .
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