Corvallis gazette. [volume] (Corvallis, Benton County, Or.) 1900-1909, 1906-07-24
SHE is AT HOME.
And Tells of Many Things Seen
On Her Trip.

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Somewhat tanned, very tired,
but smiling and happy, Miss
Ag mes Wilson was on the streets
Saturday. shaking hands with
friends and endeavoring to tell,
all in one breath, what she saw
On her trip to the Yellowstone
Park with the Oregonian contest
party.
Besides the sights OF Portland,
the happy time at the ''Break-
ers," at Long Beach, the won
ders of Salt Lake, and the inter-
esting points of Boise City, the
girls spent six and half days in
the Park, one of the most inter-
esting natural resorts in the
world.
eve left the train at Marys-
vile and travelled all day." said
Miss Wilson, ''and so far as we
girls were concerned we did not
know when we had reached the
Park, until the driver told us. A
large tree marks the entrance,
but the whole Park is an open
wilderness of hills, lakes, gey-
sers, mountains, trees and open
ings here and there. The first
thing we came to was a soldiers
station, where we had to regis
ter, and the driver gave the num-
Der of passengers he carried.
After leaving there we saw moth
ing of special interest for hours,
until finally we arrived at Gray
ling's Inn. This is in Montana,
and here we spent the night.
The next day we went on and
spent the next night at Fountain
Inn, where there are geysers and
other interesting phenomena.
Probably the prettiest thing
was Old Faithful geyser, view
ed from the Old Faithful Inn at
night. This geyser. as regularly
as the hour comes, sends an
immense torrent of boiling hot
water into the air to height
OF 100 feet. The eruption con-
tinues for four minutes and dur
ing that period there is terrible
roaring sound that comes from
the interior of the earth, much
louder than that heard on the
seashore. The steam as it strikes
ones face, almost scalds.
"There is a powerful search
light located nearby, and during
the eruption the light is turned
on the water, and the colors in
the illumination thus obtained
are simply beyond description. !"
The Grand Canyon is describ-
ed by Miss Wilson as superb.
There is a fall where the
spray reflects every tint of the
rainbow, the water falling $40
feet. Everything in this canyon
is yellow, it seems, and this is
the only reason Miss Wilson
could see for the name "Yellow.
stone"
In the Park mounted soldiers
are seen at all times and places.
Bear, deer, elk, buffalo and other
wild game roams at will. with no
apparent reason for remaining in
that particular place except that
no hunting is allowed within the
Park domain.
Miss Wilson considers Salt
Lake a "City beautiful" and
speaks in the highest praise of
the treatment accorded the party
there. Among other places of
historic interest they were shown
through "Amelia Palace" the
former home of Amelia Young,
Brigham's favorite wife. In this
palace the visitor feels himself in
an enchanted castle of ancient
times. The richest tapestries
adorn the walls; there are break
fast rooms, dining rooms, draw
ing rooms, inv lady's boudoir, !"
and all in the most expensive and
beautiful style. One boudoir is
in nile green, the carpet of that
tint sprinkled with pink roses, a
baby grand piano in nile green,
and everything else to harmon
ize.
The Holmes Art Gallery was