Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-08-04

verse and other pieces Of interest Pub
lishod by ,he Bobbs-Merull co. luii.
annapolis.
The August number Of The Four
Track News contains an especially ate
tfactiys number Of articles which cover
an points OF the compass. and almost
every phase of tourist and outdoor life
Among these leading articles are
Americas Front Door" descriptive o.
Tho important part played in the al
fairs ui the nation by New York CITY,
'Nr. Moose, from the pen Of l.. r.
Brown. which brpathes so strongly the
atmosphere of that noble animal that
one would almost Doe excused for think
inf 81 photographed. Lincoln in
Bronze. closing the interesting &C.
rles of Lincoln articles that has been
iu.ulng through this magazine for a
number of months "Our Friends. The
PrImateS.' am interesting story Of the
monkeys IN the New York Zoo written
ly william IT, Horuaday. and The
Gem Of the Mountains. AN exquisite
sketch OF Idaho. There are articles ON
Mammoth Cave. the Syracuse Ka-Noo-
80 Kuruvsl Mountain Mystery.
"rhe Ocean Liner iu Port 'Bauf.
the Beautiful "Old Fort johnson. '
Tho Rest Vacation "Thc Land ~ the
Apostle" "The Rival Muutemen, OBJ
Lake Champlain" "Thc old Oskeu
Bucket OF me Desert etc Among the
foreign articles Will be found snap
Shots in Spain 20 Butch Island As
tray 'The Smallest Republic" Pan
zIbar "The Dragon Throne, and 9th.
ers.
There are numerous poems and the
usual departments and other features
of interest
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The following Is from an article by
Eugene Parsons iu the August number
ny Recreation entitled How PIKE
Found His Peak"
on November o. 1906. Gen. Zeubulon
Pike aud a small party Of soldiers ar-
rived az the river forks on the present
sIt6 of Pueblo Here they built a
hrBstWork ~ logs FOR defense, Then
Pike started with three men 10 make %
siIctrlp 90 the mountain that has Tor
more than haN a century horne his
name s week earlier on their Ar
kansas route De- had seen the grand
reak when ne was more than 100 miles
distant. It's snowy crest had lured
him on and now ne was determined 90
try 90 ascend 90 the top. But he was
Vocfully deceived as tu The distance
He expected 90 be back On O. day or two
ont was gone more than five days IL
little dreamed OF the obstacles in hie
way. He aud his men were ill-clad
having only ,ight summer clothes and
they suffered greatly from the cold
They also endured the pangs ~ hunger
aud the torturcs Of thirst. going As hours
without eating ON the third day iNov
Oh they gained the summit ~ an in-
fsrveu.uC neik. Cheyenne Mountain
Here ve found the snow middle deep
PIKE writes. mo sign of beast or hlrl
uhabuuC This region. The therUom-
fier. which stood an 2 degrees ahov.
zero no the foot OF the mountain. fuI
to : degrees below zero. The summit
- the Grand Peak. which was entirely
bare Of vegetation and covered FlIH
snow. now appeared sf the distance 40
a. or rs miles from MS II was a. hirr
AGAIN az what we had assembled. ans
90 would have taken whole DAYS
frsr.h 90 arrive AZ his base. when I be-
love r0 human being could have as-
rcnicd 90 It's riuaacle a few days later
Do 4ttrmpicd 90 measure the altitude
ofthc north mountain Pixies Peak. es-
Hml'Ing its elevation 90 b. 1851 feet
Scientists NJ oar fay have taken more
accurate observations and found the
hrrht tp he from Nl0S 20 l4iF feet
of nearly three miles above scaleyel.