The Birmingham age-herald., 1904-10-06
AGRICULTURE,

Los Angeles, Cal, September 23-(Spe' ciaL)-When I wrote last was 9us' ready to leave Denver. l left there las' Monday night but before leaving so' a fair view of the city and had the pleas ure of meeting and dining with one or my old neighbors who now resides Tn tAis beautiful city. Tuesday morning founo me in Trinidad, Col, a great mining town. Passing on out of Colorado we crossed New Mexico and Arizona, pass | ing by gold, silver. copper and ron mines. Mining and stock growing seem to be the chief industries of these ter ritories, and we might also incluoe nuch l of Colorado in this statement.
 The scenery in all three Is simply grand-in fact, almost indescribable. The mountains, the rocks. huge poulders ana the narrow valleys, the streams rom .le melting snow trickling down through the rock, is something sublime. The Wiio flowers, the great seas or yelo" soiuen rod lend beauty and fragrance to the pleasure seeker. Then there are the wild geraniums, the prettiest and sweet est scented of them all. There has been rain enough of late to bring the flowers out in all their beauty.
 Grand Canyon of Arizona.
 I stopped to see this, one of the great est wonders of the world. The canyon Is one of the grandest and most beautiful, as well as the most wonderful of all the many impressive sights that I have had the pleasure of beholding. There Is no pen. no language, that can do anything like justice to its grandeur and beauty. It must be seen to be appreciated and l thought while standing there of how lit- tie we as Americans know of the wonder full things we have in our own country, and of how little we appreciate the beau- ties of our own native iand. Seeing this canyon l also plead guilty to the charge. Think of canyon 25O miles long, thir- teen miles wide and from one to two miles deep, painted In colors, like the most delicate flower or the finest varia- ton of colors wrought in fine silk. The great walls of rock reflect from the sun shining on them all the colors Of the rainbow. l stood dumbfounded, bewild- cred, stricken with awe, for 1t was so far beyond anything which I had ever dreamed of that I knew not what to say, but stood like many others and gazed with astonishment. l went up with party of tourists, among whom was a gentleman and lady, brother and sister,
  from a trip around the world. and had left this. the Rocky mountains and the Louisinana Purchase Exposition to com- pete their tour. They were greatly sur prised to find here the greatest sight or l all. One gentleman a scholar and a poet, who had been around the world, when he stood upon Mount Summit and beheld the glory of the scenes before him, laid down and cried like child, for he said language failed him in conveying to the world any conception of its glory Then, too, to think that he had spent thousands of dollars travelling around the world seeing sights only to come back and find in his own native land a scene of beauty that far eclipsed everything that he had seen abroad.
 I fingered to see the sun set and was out early to behold the sun rise over 1t all, and this Is the time to see the can- yon in all it's beauty and glory.