Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-07-25

OF the Rockies In Colorado
many OF them are boulde,s unOn
upon another. And such h,y w.
you VIII una nothing like then, tt,,.ueSs
other part of the world. Yor aHy
seen pebbles so worn by tho nave
mat they are as round as nnrti Na'es
as smooth. On these ATntn,,'Vs anl
there are bouldcrs as biz oe nus
stack lying on these grant nG-
which are as smooth as tho n,tt,S
The rocks upon which thev t,eS
smooth. In places they motc are
think that they might be gren, .le
on the bald head of old Mother pn,la
wnich Is here pushing itself town,
the sky. :" ""sFd
A GREAT GLACIAL GARDEN
Indeed, the whole ranea
mighty glacial garden. The b one
where | visited them, are nhn,,'
miles wide, and all are scared q
worn with these mighty boulde,. ~
ing here and there upon them y,
some places the rocks are nilna -
like fertilization, being as c,as ~
laid as though the gods had beon 10y
masons and had here worked ~, ,taN
trade. Some of the rocks are hoa''.p
fully colored. and their hues rb,,cn,
as the sun moves over them Sv
contain caves and.in these cave. igu
natives of generations ago have na,, te
ed pictures which are now the wondsr
of the Psychologists.
tThe hills contain beautiful yano..
Cascades flow down them and snrinn,
here and there gush forth. remnd,,ss
one of the living water which gnon,",
when Moses smote the rock.
CECIL RHODES ToMR
We drove the automobile rich, -.
the hills and wound our WaV NV ','o
the boulders to the foot of tba r"4ts
mass which the great african 6os
chose as his last resting place !, y
more than a mile in length r,1 I,
rises above the valley for hundred y,
feet Like all the hills, 1t Is comm
of red granite and is ground as snoof'
as floor, With STAFF in hnrg
climbed up, bending half donnie
places and setting my feet fat for ro..
| might slip The view broadened
every step. until at last on the to, :
was far above the Matopos hills. wbich
extended up and down tho countr, a,
tar as my eyes could reach.
ON the summit the rock is smoo,h
forming level space, which covAr,
perhaps quarter OF an acre Abor.
inns space lie score of the migltv
oouiders | have described, so placed
ny nature that they seem TO guard 4,
hisht In the center of this space on
the very summit is the to,nh -,
Rhodes. 1t is the rock itself rg, n
grave was gouged out by malIet any
chisel, and the granite was So bsr,,
that 1t required the masons 10 days ~
do the work. There was no blastin,
Tor rear that it might crack the roos
put the square hole was dug ont Nh
by bit until II was deep enough to bod
the coffin. This was then coyered
win cement and q granite slab placsl
over 1t, the whole being hermeticslg
sealed. Upon the top of the slai
there Is now bronze plate three fcs,
wide and five feet long. and unop
are engraved the simple words pbjcb
MI Rhodes ordered for the noau
ment. They are:
Here Lie the Remains of Cecil Ioou
Rhodes"
There is no date of birth or deata
nor any inscription mentioning ma
wonderful work that Rhodes did for
south Africa and Great Britain. The
very simplicity of the monument add
TO its grandeur, and the fact thai
lies out here in the open in the wilds
or the vast country which ne has
given to the English crown seemed
to me monument enough 1t was i'm.
pressive, and as | looked at ii | inyol.
unfairly took off my hat. for / seemed
to be upon holy ground
GUARDED BY THE MATABELEs
AS / climbed up the rocks and
walked here and there about the grave
l was followed by two Matabele bows.
They made no noise as they slipped
in their bare feet around the mighty
boulders which guard the tomb. and
II was only when l changed my course
that | was able TO see them They
We're, | am told. two of the guard;
which Dom Jaahn the chief of whom
nave written, keeps always Here 10
guard Rhodes tomb. They are re.
placed by others from day TO day, 50
that some are ever present
These guards say nothing 20 visitors
put any man who would dare to cut
his name upon the rocks on mutilatt
the place would at once be reported to
the authorities at BulaWayo and PIN
ished. AT first Dom Jaahn furnished
the boys free of charge as tribute ic
the memory of Rhodes. after a Gus
tom that the Matabeles have of guard
ing their noted dead After while
however, the Rhodes estate recog'
nized their value as a protection
against loonoclasts, and since then
certain amount has been regularly
paid to the ebony watchers.
FRANK G, CARPENTER