The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-07-19

seven and oue-haIf miles of -r-.--...
has been built on piles. directive .
Salt lGke-an engineering feat .. -
common magnitude Ogden ...-.
close at hand Co the city off Ue5.- q.
one of the most celebrated sr.. r-...-
In Utah. A well known artist -ars.
Three miles from the t.... s---
fore we enter between the rock E-.--.
we cross over slight rise w Obj. r,
and get that much yaunteL bench -s.
of which an OEoeuites are -r ----s
To is q striking scene and r.rrr-e --
most extensive and diversfr.r -....
landscape 10 be seen on the a.rr. Goa.
across the continent To e. inn. rf
tail would be tedious. Portions .f ~
Wasatch, the Dgumale. the T#.H r-
Grantsville and other mountains .ra
cluGed in the view. The valley .f r-
den with its two rivers. the .-..r 5T+
the Weber, and the city itself .ra,-
cred In foliage, makes uu tr. rr7-.
distance and foreground. tE. Great sal.
lake, with It's many islands. sr-.r.r-.
along the horizon. its water. .r.r.r.r-
of the deepest uitramar.uo blu. - r'
early morning, and undergone ." fh
changes Of the chameleon ere -r. -r.
falls down behind the purple RANGES M
Western mountains. Well may rr. na-.
pie Of ogden be proud of that rf-r
The longer we look upon its ...rEa-f-,
features the more we are .-...r.-F
and IF we lingcr until sunset and ss.
the god of day battle them a n GLOW.
ing and beaUteous c5!0rS. make tar dis.
tant lake appear to be "a vas. rrr.-
of molten gold and the mountain r.aE.
glow like red hot iron ready for rrs
forge Of the Cyci0ps. tin aU On. vas
space with such scaricts and ru.rIes as
are never seen on the eastern -aahr7r4
we will cease wondering why Utah t
spoken of as the place of magic .1'.
ors."
tdaho's Commercial Gateway
Running due north from 0eHa-. nm
the Oregon short Line. We reach tr.
town of POcateilo-importau a- de
vision point, a busy place of 5000 nrst-
itants-the commercial gateway tu T5a-
no. From either Granger or Ogden farr-
lists may obtain detours To the Yellow
stone national park the wonderland
of this continent The trip BIS mad.
from Ogden to Pocatell0. north tH IIa-
no Falls and thence by the recently cone
structed St Anthonys branch. with
terminus at Yellowstone, nineteen mile.
from the park boundary. No descrir-
ton of this majestic region can do H
justice: unnumbeTed word pictures %
its beauty and grandeur have been
made, but these pale and fade before
the actual scene as revealed 10y pep
sonal visitation.
Returning to the main line of the Ore
son Short Line. the next point of inter-
est is ShOShOne falls. located twenty
six miles south from Shosh0ne station
Larger than Niagara, $50 feet from
cliff to cliff and a sheer fail of 30 fe-r
carrying the full volume of the great
Snake river, ShOshOne falls do not sU.-
fer by comparison with any waterfall I7
the world, and, in certain characters
tics. are unique and alone The sar-
age, sullen chasm Of the river 100
feet from the waters edge 10 the Cop
Of the canyon, the des0late surround.
ings. the remoteness from men and Jlt-
les. keep ShoshOne's primal grandeur
safe-it is as lonely here as when az
the beginning. this whirling torrent
spTang through those frOWuing cane
yOn walls.
In Americas Wonderland.
There IS no intention to decry the
value and the usefulness OF European
travel. but the average citizen may 30
an fairness, ask whether there are any
scenic grandeurs to be found abroad
which equal those of our own land.
The American visitor To the Swiss
mountains is not a very strenuous pa
triOt IF in answer to the question
Were you ever in Yellowstone nation
al park2" he is obliged to answer iu Jrs
negative. For. in naming over The
numberless points of singular beauty
and surprising interest. he ought 10 be-
able to say with loyal pride. % ton.
have been I'm the wonderland" IF The
jaded scenery hunters of the old world
journey far to view our prOi.gHi ds-
play Of natures majesty and pronounce
il unaDprOachabIe, what excuse can De-
framed for our native born who have
never ventured a days Journey in the
magnificent empire of the great We5t