Macon beacon., 1905-09-23

atively tame. Everything that Walks
the earth or flies in the air is free from
molestation. Here nature s wonderful
works are undiiturbed. and will remain
as they now are, as long az cur govern
ment endnres.
Our people need not cross the seas to
bask under Italy ssunny skies or behold
Swtzerland's $ mountain scenery At
their own door they may feel more and
see more in this wonderland OF the
Rockies.
rouiists enter the parry from the
northern and western entrances the
one from Gardner, Montana, and the
other from MoDida, Montana, on the
Oregon short Line r X. Gardner is
81 miles from Livingslo on on the n. p.
r. r. and reached by rail from Living
ston, coaches and sleepers from st Paul
rnnning in without change, The en-.
trance to tie Park is under an imposing
stone arch, dedica' ed by President
Roosevelt in April 1903 Oar compa
ny numbering forty four was conducted
through the Parksby the Wylie Camp
ing Company. ThI' Complny has loca-
ted permanent camps where comforta-
BILE tents are pitched for night accom-
mediation; lunch staiions areibetween.
Two and fouf horse etages with com
petent and experienced drivers are used
for transportation and the drive itself is
worth all it costs. This is the only way
tourists will evei have Of passing
through the Park. as railroads of all
kinds are prohibited. From the time
you enter under the stone archway
magnficen. scenery and natural won
ders greet you. The reads are piked
and dust is lpd by great sprinkling
wagons at frequent intervals When
ever practicable water ponrs by the
roadside through irrigation bitches No,
part OF the Park is less than 6. 600 feet
aboye sea level and where the Continen-
tai Divide is crossed the altitude is
s, 500 feet Three great rivers, the Mis-
ouri, the Columbia and the Yellow.
stone have their sources in the Park
Five miles from Gaidne we came to
the Mammoth Hot Springs. Here are
located Fort Yel.owetone and Nam
mouth Hotel. From this fort mounted
soldiers patrollevery part of tho Park,
summer and winter. Uncle Sans eyes
are, in this manner, upon all encroach'
ments. and ,poachers give 1t "A wide
berth. These hot springs are located
on an elevation some TWO or three huh-
dred feet high The larger is some rs
feet in diameter, of unfathomable
deptlr constantly discharging its steam
ing waters over the hillside, there form
ing terraces, one above the other, from
the calcareous substances contained in
the waters. Of various colors, from the
road below. presenting scene o. unu-
sual beauty These waters are as clear
as crystal. and down in their depths are
reflected variety of colors. outrivalin.
those Of the rainbow. Leaving these
interesting phenomena we pass through
mountain gorges and wide valleys. over
and along rivers fed by springs and
melting snow, untilUpper Geyser Basin,
as it ia called, is reached where volcanic
action seems to haye played its grandest
freaks. OF this it was paid by be
holder No where else, believe. can
be seen Oh so grand Il scale, such clear
evidence of dying volcanic action. We
seem to witness the death throes Ct
sCme great American Enceladus. Could
Dante have seen this region he might
have added another terror to his In.
ferno.
From our camp IN the early morning
could be seen steam rising from an hun
dred different points as though the very
earth were fired internally and pent up
yapor struggling to be freed FROM its
subterranean prison. One writer is
impressed with the idea THAT some
modern city had been overwhelmed and
had lately sunk amid flames into the
bowels Of he earth and that the smoke
OF their ruins WAS still ascending
through heaps Of mouldering asher -
Within square mile aie here fouYd
the grandest and mightiest geysels
known to civilized man Here foun-
tains or springs OF .calding water, clear
and silent could furnish the housewife
with the means of cooking her morning
meal or washing her dishes without
boiling her tea kettle, Over the valley
clouds of vapor hang like pail; the
ground beneath us q ,ivers and strange
sounds farl below break upon the ear "a
though monsters of more than Titan
hulk and power iwere struggling in u
death embrace for the mastery lust
over there is Old Faithful as it is
called its wonderful activity displayed
every five minutes, day and night, sum
mer or winter, emitting its steam and
hu,ling its waters from 1875 to $40 feet.
Not far away Is the "Giant'' which
plays abont once week and throw
water $50 feet high, Near tine roadside
is Riverside Gpyser' in Fire hole
River Valley With its crater close to the
water edge, throwing its waters eighty
or ninety feet high every eight hours.
Not far away is the 'sawmill' So.
called from lis bark, not unlike the
sound of \ steam engine in operation
but with force and energy that all the
steam engines in christendom could not
rival. For eleven months this monster
had simply rumbled and groaned, but
on that Sunday morning as we stood
nefr 1t gave evidence of activity. and
soon there came sounds that fairly shook
the earth around Itsapparently mighty
struggles broke the bonds that confined
its boiling, Kissing fools, which were
sent high in the air amid the shrill bark
ing of n thousand locomotives. These