The Oskaloosa herald., 1908-03-19

III IL nau 4 nave lOE6OtIeH w Any
way it was just hole in the side Of |
"a mountain. full OF hot water in mo-
ton. The crater had the appearance |
of a big mouth, and it acted just like |
it was going to spit on YOU, but then
ii wouldn't This is great descrip- |
lust the way it is.
Next was the Obsidian Cliff,or Noun
tain of Glass. 1t is black. just as
black as coal, and the Indians used
Iit for arrow heads and all kinds Of
lodged tools, as they had a process of
sharpening it with hot water There
| Is no chisel, nor drill, nor anything
shat can cut it, There were some fell
lows who swore by all that was good
THAT they would drill hole in that
glass, so one day they took out with
them six barrels of drills, and drilled
| all day, and at night the hole stuck
| out six inches. You can believe that
lif you like. am inclined to disbe-
lieve it.
| At the west thumb of the lake are
some more Paint Pots. only little
nicer than the Mammoth Paint Pots.
4 came near missing seeing them. The
colors are pink, red. creamy white
land pale blue. One in particular
would unfold itself into perfect lily,
and remain about ten seconds, then
disappear and the next time it would
lappear in the shape of rose, and this
is hot mush, the same as the other,you
remember. | have seen mud pies and
are the first mud flowers / ever saw;
land to think old Mother Earth makes
them herself!
Not very far from the edge of the
lake rises out of the water geyser
leone 1t is entirely surrounded by
water and is hot spring of boiling
water. You can stand on the edge of
this cone, catch fish in the lake drop
aim onto the spring, cook it, and eat
lit, without ever getting out of your
tracks.
| must mention Electras Peak or
Mountain. Smith pointed it out to
me. 1t is so highly mineralized that
in time of storm the lightning will
play over this mountain as it does in
The clouds. Also near this mountain,
the surveyors what you may call
.t-thing-a-majig, will not work.
The Park was alive with deer, and
50 tame they would run ahead of you
n the road and finally step to one
tide Of the road to watch you pass
There were lots of bears, but I only
eaw one and that, at q distance. There
, we're all kinds of people In the Park
I'll kinds of rigs from all parts OF the
Torld, some walked. having q pack
hurro, and some went in tallyhos
stage coaches, etc, etc.
, Now we left the Park by the south
7 entrance, coming in by the west, and
j Ancircling the Park, and doubling
! back and going to st. Anthony's by thu
!, way of Jackson's Hole, and the Tetol
] Pass. A man by the name of Jackson
/ taking party from east to west th'
D | winter over. took them here and they
g lcamped all winter. so 1t always Wen
I by the name of Jackson's Hole. Jack
! sons Hole is also noted for the harbo
t Of horse thieves, and many a man ha!
S lost his life in this place. The Tetor
e Range of mountains is the most beau
a tiful range of mountains | have eve
! seen, being $4,000 feet high, and it II
:, | claimed that no man has ever reached
t their top. To look at them through thu
y field glass, don't see how they coult
l loo. had aipc
viii | ever forget that four days
@ ride? No, never as long as live. w
S code for two days over cobble stone.
/ that would CRATE on your nerves a
n much as on the wagon tires; then tn
l. next two days we rode over cobbl
e Itones two feet nigh, and they wer
|, rot lust every once in. while, blu
" continually, and so steep that it wa
Ill two horses could do to pull on
e light wagon and driver. Harding an,
e walked. There were places yo1
# could look down hundreds of feet, an,
n looking up it would be impossible t
n see the top OF the mountains. Tn
e scenery was gorgeous, An artist coul
o not paint it, or if he had the creates
n command of language, could not dc
scribe it, and an axe driver in a fit o
n Mysteries could hardly do justice il
n giving a description of the road. Owe
S rocks and big tree roots, and fordin
r streams, and sometimes the road too
n eight down the middle of the river, bu
k The water was so clear you could Sc
IS clear IN the bOttOm
Well, we landed in st. Anthony's ii
g he evening. Next day the bushes
! men of st. Anthony's gave base bal
IL game, and the most of them had no
J. played ball since they were boys.
y would not waste my time going to Sc
n good base ball game, but this wa
n for fun. All the stores in st. Ar
thony closed and everybody went t
!! the game. One tall fellow, the banl
u en-, hit the ball, and ] thought the
never would run it down. He ran tw
II bases and stopped and they all con
4 menced TO call, Run! Rum" as the
e had not run the ball down yet, but h
Y stood there like the boy on the burr
G ing deck He would not go. FINAL
8 the pitcher ran up and whispered 4
r his ear to run another base and h