Omaha daily bee., 1903-04-26

stone National park is known as Death
GuIch,' by far the most dangerous section
Of the park. This gulch ia In a remote sec
ton and is seldom visited by tourists.
Many years ago a trapper told OF a remark
able gulch strewn with carcasses OF wild
animals, to enter which was death. This
story was looked upon as a myth until
years later, when the place was found to
actually exist. Death Gulch is located If
teen miles from Yancey's. 1t Is a narrow
canyon, with PERCEPTIONS walls, for the
most part There are places where the
canyon may be entered down the sides, but
most Of he unfortunate animals which
wander into the gulch come in by its head.
In the bottom Of the guIch and along it's
sides are strewn the skeletons and remains
Of elk, deer and bear that have met their
end there. It is this gnlch that was made
famous by Seton Thompson in his story Of
"Wahb,' for it was there that the grizzly
died.
Three years ago DR.. Frank W. Trap
hagen. professor Of natural sciences at the
agricultural college at Bozeman, Mont, and
one Of the best known chemists Of America,
and Peter Koch, president of the Bozeman
National bank, visited the guIeh. A strong
wind was blowing at the time and they
were able to go into It from its mouth
without danger. DIR. Traphagen found, as
he had suspected, that the unfortunate ami
mails which had vcntured into the canyon
were killed by a poisonous gas which came
from the bottom of the gulch. He secured
a number Of samples of this gas, which he
carried back to his laboratory in Foreman.
He found IT to be a deadly gas, heavier
than the air, 30 that when no wind was
blowing the lower part OF the canyon would
be filed with IT and IL would cause death
to any living thing that breathed 1t.
A writer in the Milwaukee Sentinel tells
the following story of the father of Presf-
dent Roosevelt and his ambitions for his
sen, which he did not live to see realized:
1t happened in the month Of September,
1875, that / was appointed to represent Wis
consin at the national Conference Of Char
tiles, at Saratoga, ". Y, and was there
fore in attendance at the meeting Of that
body. I was more attracted to a quiet,
earnest and hard working delegate from
New York than to any other. I judged i'm
to about 45 years old, though his 1.-THE figure
and face Of infinite variety in expression
sumption would doubtless have proved cor
rect; but the skill of the producers in Civ
ing to their product a yellow tinge has de-
feated all such expectations.
The ELECTROMAGNETIC law also provided
for the proper labelling OF renovated or
process butter, for the systematic inspec-
ton Of the factories and imposed a tax on
the product Of u cent a pound. While
there are no figures with which to make
comparisons, ii is the opinion Of those ia
miliar with the trade that the sale of
process butter has undergone no material
diminution. The receipts for the eight
months ended with February from this
source amounted to sos, 468.40, showing sales
Of 1851. $50 pounds. With no little shrewd-
ness the manufacturers. although compelled
to label their product renovated butter
have seized on the government inspection
al furnishing a guarantee Of purity, and
advertise II as prepared under the super
vision of the United States government"
Taking a general view of the results of
the law. it is doubtful IL II has in any way
benefited the producers Of genuine butter.
while it has occasioned no inconsiderable
loss of revenue to the government.