The Colfax gazette. [volume] (Colfax, Wash.) 1893-1932, 1910-08-05

the valley. 1t is one OF the grand sights
OF the valley, being seen from Glacier
Point as well as many other view points.
Standing beneath the great arches the
sculpture in nature is revealed 10 ell it's
beauty, symmetry and greatness, there
being nothing exactly like it, in ell prob
ability, elsewhere on THE continent
There are wondrous attempts at scup-
ture at other places in the wondrous
Yosemite region, but they are puny
efforts compared to The Royal Arches
How Phidias, the great Greci8n scu ptor,
would have gained inspiration by look
ing at their graceful curves and stupend
Gus heights! They were fashioned, how
ever, by sculptor greater than Phidias.
the sculptor of all sculptors, the sculptor
of the universe and the author OF our
being In no spot of the globe can His
greatness be seen in greater compass
and awe-inspiring grandeur than in the
Yosemite valley.
There are scores OF notable domes and
peaks that overlook the valley not men
toned here, enough to write about to
fill columns, but | must pass on.
Animal Life in the Valley.
Yosemite Valley is national park,
being patrolled and guarded by Uaited
States troops. While the regulations
are strictly observed they in no way in
terfere with the enjoyment and comfort
of visitors. Concessions are given for
camping purposes. The soldiers indicate
the timber you can cut for stovewood, it
being the intent to prevent the wanton
destruction of trees. As stated in the
previous article, the valley is filed with
many noble trees, such as oak, sugar
pine and others too numerous to men
ton, and TO wantonly destroy them
would be crime. They are one OF the
charms OF camp and out-of-door life.
bunting is also prohibited, hence all
animals feTa natu' are almost as tame
as domestic animals, and the true lover
of nature can study animal life in the
1OSSUiILt dllty d6 uC Can IL Il" pidSOr
on this hemisphere The big gray pine
squirrel, with long bushy tail, will play
hide-and- with you in the most
gleeful fashion, while the little chipmunk
and birds such as the robin and gold
finch ear crumbs dropped at your feet, SO
tame have they become since they learned
that no one will molest them.
The greatest sight, however. is cinna-
mon bear, with three cubs, that comes
each morning at the garbage dump at
Camp Curry and Other places and help
themselves out Of the garbage pile.
Scores of visitors, from all the camps in
the valley, meet here every morning, be-
tween and IL O'Clock, to witness this
unusual spectacle. Hundreds OF snap
shots have been taken of the bears. 1t
was my good fortune TO gee the four one
morning and watch their antics in getting
a square meal. Visitors sit near the
garbage pile, allowing the bear and cubs
to approach in quiet, which they do
without fear, returning TO the brush when
they get their fill. tell this bear story
without fear as have hundreds, perhaps
thousands, back of me to verify the
story. All visitors to the valley try to
see the bear and three cubs.
Dogs are not permitted in the Yosemite
Valley unless tied, and no automobiles
are seen, as they are not permitted to
enter the National Park. There is good
reason for this. The road leading into
the valley is a mountain road, traversed
by stages and freight teams, where a
frightened team might cause death and
destruction, hence autos are forbidden
Besides, side trips to the different points
of interest are mostly made on the backs
of mules over narrow trails, where a
mstep would mean destruction to rider
and beast, and nothing is done to even
disturb the equanimity of the mule.
Town of Yosemite.
Yosemite is beautiful village located
nearly in the center OF the valley on the
south side. The Sentinel House is here,
a permanent structure that is kept open
summer and winter. A sweet little
church, where all denominations meet
and worship, large pavilion, for meet
ings as well as dancing, general store,
the postoffice, several studios and the
commandant's residence complete the
general features of the sweet little village.
branches, lend grateful shade, and the
Merced river. at this point of the deepest
sea green, all give the impress of rep ose
and contentment seldom met with else
where. The tourist can well exclaim
with the poet, Tom Moore:
''Sweet vale of Avoca, how calm could rest
In thy bosom of shade with the friends I