The Oskaloosa herald., 1905-08-17
BOYS ENJOYING WORK
"picture Peddlersn Combine Pleas
ure With Business


Herald: Knowing that many people
in and about oskaloosa will be glad
to hear from the picture peddlers".
and to learn, OF the great times we
are having, take few hours off to-
day to pen little of our travels.
We nit the trail" at Glendiye,
Mont, and continued west until we
are now clear over into Idaho. the
boys are scattered all along the
route and most OF them are doing a
good bunsiness.
The greatest thing that we have
seen this summer is the Yellowstone
park. feel my inability, as never
before, in attempting to write you
about this wonderful place. IT Is In.
deed the Wonderland OF the World"
July "a Walter Davis, w. G. Berry,
Oscar Bower and myself left Big
Timber, Mont, for Livingston, where
we took the park train for Gardiner.
When we reached the park the camps
were 30 crowded that we were OBJ
liged TO LAY over" till morning be-.
fore starting on our trip. Gardiner
is q small town at the entrance or
the park. which is at an elevation
Of 5179 feet TUESDAY morning we
were up quite early and the first
ones to leave the hotel for the trip.
After a five.mIle ride--or rather, a.
walk, for In that distance we ascend.
ed 1896 feet, ESQ you see there was
not much chance for riding)--we ar
rived at the Mammoth Hot Springs,
Here ig where the pretty terraces
are TO be found. IL is useless TO try.
to give description OF them. They
are acknowledged TO DO the most re-.
markable development Of thermal ac.
ton In the world. Near the terraces
Is TO be seen the Devils Thumb.
This is formed OF overlapping layers
Of deposit and Is rather an odd
sight There are many things nam.
ed after the devil in the park. Here
are few OF them: The Devils
Thumb, the DEVILS Slide. the Devils
Ear, the Devils hitchen. the Devils
Frying Pan, HelPs Half Acre, and the
Fire Hole. Well. II you could smen
the sulphur and birthstone and feel
Che heat - tomes our Of some OF
.hese ne.es, you would surely think
that the old devil lived somewhere
hereabouts. Some one has said this
ii "a devil Of place" but Uncle
Sam has apparently Beat the devil"
since he has utilized It for the good
Of the public, as Is indicated by the
new official entrance, over which is
written the following inscriptions:
"For the Benefit and Enjoyment OF
the People, The truth OF the dec.
laratlon will be indicated by any
one who makes { tour OF the park.
In the next three miles. which
brings you to the Silver Gate, you
ascend another 1000 feet. -The seen.
cry around here Is charming. The
road winds rs way through the
"Hoodoos." II Is a wild looking re-
gion and up to 1899 was inaccessible.
The bare blocks Of limestone, which
Is very appropriately called the "sil.
yer Gate.' rise some 80 or IS feet
high. About mile beyond the 81.
yer Gate Is the Gate, which in many
ways Is far superior to the Silver
Gate. This Is picturesque place.
It's rocky walls, which look like they
might tumble down at any minute,
rise some 300 feet in the air.
At 2:45 on Tuesday we passed the
obsIdian Cliff. This bold escarpment
OF volcanic glass presents glisten-
ing, mirror.like effect when illumined
by the sun. The building OF the road
was the most difficult OF any In the
park, M blaster's powder would not
touch II. Great 1res were built
around tho blocks OF glass, and then
In their expanded condition were sud.
denly cooled on by throwing water
on them, which resulted in shattpr-
ing the blocks into small fragments.
We next arrived at the Norris
Geyser Basin. As ono nearB THIS
place II sounds and looks like one Is
nearing q manufacturing center
The escaping steam, Missing and
rumblIng, makes one feel a little
cautious about walking around here.
The Constant Geyser at this place
has an eruption every minute, throwing
water 20 reo. high. There are many
Of these geysers mere but they are
insignificant when compared with
those OF the Upper Basin.
The Mammoth Fa;nt Pots were Wis
tied on Wednesday. These wonder.
full mud cauldrons ere full Of hnc,