Los Angeles herald., 1905-09-07

its game and other treasures must be
protected.
Heretofore only a few men from the
cities have come to the place. To
reach it they had journeyed across
miles of desert. And at the journey 8
end they have sought out canyon
mouths, entering which they have been
able to penetrate into the interior of
the tableland. But to do this has al
ways required old guides. Without
some one who knew the country they
would soon suffer for water and be lost.
They might wander for days and come
within a few feet of the hidden springs
without knowing of their presence.
This desert journey is more than a
day in length. And yet from the rail-
road across the gorge to the south you
can see Point Sublime at the plateau 5
southern edge. Between you and the
promontory, however, stretch the awful
depths of the Grand Canyon. BY
throwing a cable across this the jour
ney will be accomplished in a few
minutes.
That journey in itself will show
things that have never been seen be-
fore by man. Stretching straight
across the lower gorge, at the foot of
Bright Angel trail, the tramway will
cross directly above the lashing river.
A pA4 two mill tN I1nq fro
which will carry men and women along
the face of sheer cliffs and over narrow
canyons which reach seemingly into
the bowls of the earth to a trail in the
upper canyon. And this trail reaches
the Kaibab plateau.
Chance to See River
In the views Of the Grand Canyon OBJ
tanned from points accessible from
railroads men have seen nothing of the
gorge itself. They have not seen the
river-only the silent depths that lead
to 1t. In this crossing by ropes of
steel they will look straight down up
on the mighty stream and will have re-
vealed before them depths hitherto
hidden from all men.
The tramway proposition has been
financed and the route has been sur
veyed. With it's establishment the
effort to have a national park made
from the Kaibab plateau will be pushed
in congress.
This Buckskin plateau is one of
Americas strangest corners. 1t is a
bit of the old west, in the midst of the
even over the deserts about it.
Remote, inaccessible, it has been left
alone by cattlemen and sheep herders.
AS consequence, 1t is as wild today as
it was centuries ago, when the Indians
named 1t "Kaibab" for the deerhide
they got from it. 1t lies like an enor-
nous hand, it's open fingers stretching
out over the edge of the monstrous
gorge of the Colorado. With the lofty
painted walls of this canyon at it's
southern edge and its own cliffs rising
sheer from the silent desert, the upland
can be reached only through its can
yons. These radiate from it's center
like spokes to the rim of wheel. They
are level floored and their slope is
gentle and even. Up their bottoms a
bicyclist could easily ride.
Wild horses dwell on the plateau. the
descendants of the old mustangs. along
with mixed blood which recruits from
the ranches to the east and south have
brought. They run over the open pas
lures of this upland and through it's
forest shades. Invariably a great stall
lion guards each herd, and at the ap-
proach of man such guard will al
ways lift his head shifting the tainted
breeze, and whinny an alarm. Then
the herd gallops off into the next can
yon.
Heavy forests cover the plateau. Oak
and pine trees grow to enormous size
here Between the woods are open
pastures. 1t is typical park country,
the sort of land game love. In the
center of the upland floor. where all
the canyons that reach the plateau's
edges converge, is Demott Park. 1t is
a sort of depression In the roof of this
great mesa. Springs are found here
and it is an excellent place for camp