The Newtown bee., 1904-06-10

for man or beast but what is brought there by rail, excepting the milk. They do keep small dairy to supply the table with milk, but every mOuthful of food the COWS have is hauled there from California, 500 miles distant, and all the water for stock is carried in huge iron tanks from the Santa Fe reservoir at Williams, more than 60 miles away. Ready to make sugges- manager that, instead of keeping COWS and transporting food and water so far for them, they should sell them, buy the milk and water that. He said that would not pay, for water was worth more than the milk.
 One might suppose that by some travelled road or trail we might ride for miles along the rim of the Canyon within sight, but that is not so, though one can stroll on foot along the tortu- OuS windingS to ones hearts content. But there are two points of easy access by wagon where we get good views of the Canyon which, with that in front or Br1ght.Angel, will make 8 stretch of some 10 or l5 miles. One is RoWe's point, which can be reached for $1 the round trip, and the other is O'Neill's point in the opposite direction-Sl for the round trip. Both are we'll worth the expense. To go to. Rowe's point and O'Neill's point will use up the greater part of one day, and another day can be we'll used by going to Grand View by stage from Bright Angel, 16 miles along the rim.
 THIS IS THE aRANDEsT OF ALL THE
 CANYON VIEWS.
 It is in the very heart of the Canyon, and there are short stretches of the river that can be seen in the gorge be- low. Here the opposite rim is IS miles distant, and low enough so that we can look over and see the Painted Desert" 50 miles away, so called from the great variety of color given to the landscape, and when the air is clear, as it almost always is, Navajo mountain sfQ sRR De e mss ds.n up against G,tns the View there is foot trail that leads down into the Canyon to a copper mine that is being worked, and the ore is brought to the rim oD burros and pack mules, about 300 pounds to a mule, one trip day. On foot bridge unprotected by railing we crossed narrow chasm to rock on the edge of the gorge, where we could look down a perpendicular depth 6OO0 feet, and watched with intense interest the long line of pack animals, looking like a line of black ants at that distance as they trailed in and out in tOrtuous windings with their beavy load. The rays of the afternoon sun slanting down upon them enabled US to distin- guish them from other objects, and so fascinating was the scene we were 10th to turn from it. But '"Time is up" made us tear ourselves away. There are also typical cliff dwellings in this vicinity and we were fortunate to bring away from the place a piece of broken pottery of ancient date and usage.
 The 16-mile ride through Coconino forest and plain was worth of itself the price of the drive. It is govern ment reservation, and that insures the:great and beautiful yellow pines reStful pleasure to follow the winding trail. Here, as in all our wanderings, we found an endless variety of wild flowers, the same as the kinds we met with in San Jacinto mountains when on our camping trip four weeks ago, blossoming later because of the higher elevation. Once on our drive a coyote crossed our track, shied off to the hill side a few rods away, then turned about and complacently looked at us as we drove past. Five made our party on that drive. One young lady from Brooklyn, N. Y, and a government to take in the trip to the Canyon, as | they were bound for Manila.
 We had dinner at Grand View hotel, which is large, rustic log structure, | neat in appearance, hOmelike in its | furnishings, and good service. We | found our hostess came from GuilfOrd, Conn.,, and we met a'lady boarder whose home was once at Greenfield Hill, Conn, and who was well acQuaint- ed with many Newtown people about whom she inquired. with much inter- est. As usual on our trips, I looked about to see what l could discover, and seeing a long rectangular sheet iron tank that3was set up on stones, and covered with smoke, I made up my mind that it had been used to melt snow in. To make sure, 1 stepped to a corral where two men were caring for horses, and asked them what that rig was for. They told me they had a three-inch snow fall early in April and saved what they could and melted
 it in that boiler from which a pipe carried it to tank under the house,
 and they stored l5,OOO gallons of water for summer use. We, in the East, have no idea of the dearth of water there is in Southern Arizona and New Mexico.
 It is frightful. At Bright Angel ho- tel they told us all their drinking
 water was hauled from Del Rio, 15O miles, and the Ice they used, hauled from Las Vegas, 600 miles. At the
 rim the altitude is 1000 feet and in midsummer the air is cool and re-
 freshing: No one of average endurance 1 feels satisfied to leave the Canyon un-