The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-08-01

A MUSEUM OF NATURAL WONDERS

A MUSEUM OF NATURAL WONDERS
Glorious coors Of sky Mountain and Plain Seen In the
49, Morning Light OF Idaho.
GLORIOUS country, traveller the
Oregon Short Line train to halt out ON the plains OF
the Snake river in southern Idaho.
Glorious country indeedr declared his seat mate who
west for lungs. for first time Man. are
joking nothing but repelent desert
all grim and brown and dead" 20
They looked upon the plain under gray wntry SKY,
which its unless it is terrible when
looks at it under midsummer noontde But the man
miration
81 have ridden for weeksmonths even-over this seem
ingly boundess surface he said, sleeping at night be-
meath the the glare the unclouded summer sun
the plains feaureess perhaps their expression is
distorted and grotesqu rendered meaningless by the
tive mirage
lights morning. however, all
uncertainty and ndeneness vanish The fat land has de-
everywhere mountains stand boldly
forth scupured forms of amethyst and sapphire every
line of their deeply engraved slopes atno leagues o's
distinctly visible.
The man who had travelled with great deal
more in the same strain what he talking
Israel c. Russell OF the United States
geological He east and wrote out technical
country dry after the fashion of gov
but the spirit of the country could not be
entirely out in paragraphs like this:
approaching dawn is first perceived the sun
beneath the distant edge of the plain
curtain quickly drawn aside revealing nitess picture
suggestive of the view mariner sometimes has on ap-
preaching bold coast while the actual shore line IS stu
below horizon mountains, rising range
above eliminating aro kissed peak
delicate blue while all below is dark and
shadowy higher the coors deepen be-
coming strength and purity seen
Purple in all its rich and varied
prevailing color impaired to arid lands when
the the heavens AS the dawn passes and the
rich hues fade the mountains
perhaps vanish in the all pervading haze details
immediate foreground and the
is panied by the penetrating light The shadows II
sharply outlined and appear black
intense light reflected the sun
bathed surfaces" ~
These snake river plains are veritabe museum Of
seemingly extinct with
their bed of ancient lava their craers and their cnder
of lost rivers and creeks hidden
waite
springs.
remarkable springs exist than those of the
abundance they out from
wall. During the extra dry monhs-August and
Septemberwhen Snake river becomes scky stream
combined volume said to be greater than that or the
river where passes Shoshone rails.
springs Of this Snake river going
nature from all Of the world Even
geysers Yellowstone remark
exhibition of cataracts is furnished at The
Springs, little Of Hagerman Idaho.
the point where the Salmon river
the south The springs countless numbers is
the faces Of nearly vertical precpices
the descent in single leap but in
It ashed into foam by contact with
che beauty description.
number of side acoves, short blind canons lead
ings main their existence great springs
and there
removing the soft material which it rests
falls the spring and gradually sinks into its
thus the formed Often the under
mining large scale that the falling rock becomes
landslide.
The water in the streams which the springs
Some of them we'll stocked will
trout of desert at that The springs viii
be irrigation Of this portion of Idaho whe
the government work there.-New York Mail AM
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