Omaha daily bee., 1910-08-28


AvSv1S1vqr impression OF one who enters
Ogden canyon, but this first inn
ekAAD preston soon gives place to the
deep-impressed feeling that this is beauty
itself. Victor Hugo said, TT takes an
artist with chaos in his touch to portray a
battle" but 1t takes chaos Of color as
well as Of touch TO portray the beauties OF
this mountain pass which leads the way
from Salt Lake valley to the highlands OF
Alpine mesa on. the other side OF the west
ern spur of the Wasatch mountains.
The colorings OF Ogden canyon are the
colorings of nature, blending which artists
can initiate with difficulty as they show
the blues and grays, the ehromes and reds
and green's OF rocks and water and of sky,
softened by the browns and blacks of the
shadows of the everlasting hills And these
colorings and the grandeur and gorgeous
ness OF nature are relieved by cottages and
camps and fair faces and bright smiles and
hearty laughter, which tell how this crea-
ton of God is made use of for the good of
his creatures. The waving hand OF those
YOU meet, the CHEEKY "how do you do?"
which greets you from the jolly as well as
pretty camper, the open doors and open
hearts Of the people make one glad that he
has found this spot where all the world
seems to be at peace.
Ogden canyon is the one canyon which
has not been devoted to commercial inter-
ests. No factories have been built along
It's walls and, save an old-tme saw mill
and lime kiln which add to the pictur-
sequences Of the place instead of marring it,
there are no industries within its limits.
No steam cars pass up and down carrying
the produce OF the valley to the city, but
instead this is brought by wagons along
the finest canyon road in the world. An
electric line winds along the bottom of the
cliffs to carry the seeker after pleasure
and rest and recreation but the traffic OF
the world passes down other canyons as II
enters or leaves the gate city of the inter-
mountain west.
The entrance to the canyon is just beyond
the city OF Ogden and as one passes over
the hill which rises at the foot OF the bench
which skirts the mountains a beautiful
panorama is unrolled to the view Below
is the city, with it's buildings, its steeples
and smoke from its factories; to the north
is the great power plant driven by the
water from the Ogden river, which flows
at the foot of the hill hundreds OF feet be,
low; In tNs distance Is the simmer OF this
great salt lake. with the mountains beyond
and with Antelope island lifting its rugged
form from the surface Of the deep; between
can be seen orchards and gardens anc
farms and pastures, and along the roads
and streets are rows OF poplars, giving al
an Italian aspect which causes the visitor
TO say that It was worth while 10 come FOL
this view alone.
At the foot OF the hill, reached by wind
ing road fringed with willows, is the sani
tarium where nature supplies the heauns
waters which have made the place famous
The great bathing pool as well as the pri
vate baths are supplied with water from
natural hot spring near at hand, and thi
water is one with medicinal properties an,
IS impregnated with salt and iron an,
sulphur. and is noted for its healing powers
Just beyond the sanitarium Is the canyon
mouth, whore a broad concrete bridge in
vites one to cross and enter. not abandonin
hope as II crossing bridge Of signs, bu
SELLING hope of Joy beyond. The roadwa
leads its way from here into the canyo
itself. one OF those clefts In the Wasatc
mountains which tells the story OF creation
IL tells OF terrible upheavals, OF the shifun
OF strata, OF the erosion by wind and waite
through the ages, of the disintegration @
the rocks and the transformation OF tn
elements, until at last II has come to IN
time when man can use II as his pleasur
ground, where once 1t was the playgroun
OF the Creator.
Up the winding canyon you pass along
road which carries one beneath towerin
cliffs and overhanging lodges where tree
reach their limbs across the pathway an
brush the faces OF the passersby and whel
bare. Scared rocks lift their precipitor
surfaces, free from verdurs. toward the SIX
above At the canyons bottom and anon