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Is made, and a short ride across the mesa
lands from either Manitou or COLORADO
Springs brings one to the entrance of!the
Garden Of the Gods, that wonderful group
formation. whose massive portals rise up
800 feet above the plain to mark the en-
trance to the tract, miles In extent. that is
filled with weird groupings Of red and
yellow rock in shapes which appea!!
strongly to the imagination. The isolated
masses of grotesque and mammoth shapes
In striking colors against the clear blue
of the Colorado sky make the Garden
Of the Gods a place which once seen is
never forgotten. .
The beholder OF the Grand Ca non OF
Arizona is not at first impressed with any
detail; he is overwhelmed by the ensemble
Of the stupendous panorama, 1000 square
miles in extent, that lies wholly beneath
the eye as II he stood on a mountain peak
instead Of on the level brink Of q chasm
In the plateau whose opposite shore Is
, thirteen miles away. .
It Is a labyrinth Of huge architecture!
forms endlessly varied In design, fretted
with ornamental devices and painted
with every color known to the palette in
beauty. 1t is only by descending into
the canon that one arrives at a com
p%rehension Of its proportions. and this
may be done by taking one Of the four
paths down the southern wall Of the
cahon in the granite gorge district. No
one has ever regretted visiting the Grand
CaIon of the Colorado.
reached by the Great Western, the Chi
cago. Milwaukee and St. Paul. the North
western and other roads, has no more
beautiful sheets Of water than Lake
M~innetonka. with it's $50 miles Of shore
line showing a marvellous diversity Of
contour. 1t is only eighteen miles from
sands not only from st. Paul and Min
neapolis but also from Chicago. which il
No more delightful vacation trip can be
ina than a ride across that new and
rugged section Of America opened up by
the Great Northern Railway. 1t is no ex-
Of the Great Northern Railway show the
latest achievements Of inventive genius
in railway equipment. They are luxurious
in appointment, we'll nigh perfect in me-
chanical construction and complete In
every detail from the headlight to the rear
end lantern.
A journey across America on one Of the
trains is a success before 1t Is started. At
evert step Of the way between st. Paul and
Grand Forks and between Grand Forks
and Seattle there Is a panorama Of scenic
grandeur constantly spread before the eye.
Nearly a quarter OF o century IA been
spent In perfecting the Burlington routes
system Of Pacific Coast tours. and to-day
1t Is without a parallel. because perhape
no other road is so favored Typographical
situation. There are more than twenty
ways Of reaching the Pacific Coast from
Chicago. Peoria, st. Louis or any other
Burlington route point between the Great
Lakes and the Mississippi River.
The Burlington also offers a delightful
mode OF entr-' to Yellowstone Park, and
those who Ia Used it say that its scenic
grandeur is surpassed only by the Grand
Canon Of the Yellowstone and the Grand
Canon of Arizona. The new way lies
through the Yellowstone forest reserve
and is attractive because Of the primitive
asp p. o. eyer g,sd ssm and the the immediate abnndsns
trout,