The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1910-08-11

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''oao government roads have been built al
enormous expense to all points of interest
through the Park. There is s1O,10O yiaduct
; VI steel and concrete at Golden Gate These
''he' smooth roads are even kept sprinkled
over many parts of them during the three
months comprising the tourist season, SO
!nucn OF the dust nuisance of travel is allayed.
pu' note that everyone coming back from
'ne Trips, like myself, accumulates most un-
becoming coat of tan and sunburn. drive to
1oioen Gate one day, showed me the origin of
.ne name' the high walls of the Canyon here
oeihg covered with bright yellow moss. Sill
'er late Is SO named from the glistening white
rock formation of the canyon There is a
mountain OF pure sulphur crystal, with steam
ing springs at its base,
one of the most beautiful and wonderful
sights In the Park is within stones throw of
the Fort; in fact, it seems to comprise one side
OF the reservation. This is the famous Nam
moth Hot Springs, and the side hill slopng
toward US is for many acres formed by nature
into terraces over which the boiling water con-
stantly flows from tiny springs and rivulets
mere and there, while near the top are i'm
mense pools many feet across, which are for
ever boiling, the clouds of steam rising high in
air, and can be seen for miles. The odor from
these sulphur springs is almost overpowering
at times, but the old residents seem not to note
it at all as they pass by.
In these steaming pools many articles or
ornaments suspended by wire for about
three days, when they coated beautiful
cleaning crystal and sold as souvenirs at the
curio stores and post office. One pays for
the exclusive right to do this sort of work; also
making interesting souvenirs from the bright
hued stone and formations in this locality and
the Grand Canyon, ground and filled into vials
and globes in unique forms.
l kept we'll back from the rim of the huge
boiling pots and watched others with shiver
,of horror walk unconcernedly on curiosity in
tent around the extreme edges to peer in.
Their shelving edges looked brittle and dan
gerous, and discretion appeared to me the bet
ter part of valor. Indeed, this whole region
about here gives "tenderfoot' rather a feel
ing of awe as one stops and thinks what thin
crust of our old world we seem to be walking
and living over, and what turmoil must be
just below US, when boiling water and volumes
of steam issue forth all about u.s. some with
great force and kissing. The whole fort reser-
walton is builded over this rocky formation
Soil and sod is very thin in many places and
lawns must be kept continually sprinkled. They
tell me the hospital stands over the crater or
vent of large extinct boiling spring. These
springs it seems to me are perhaps an uncer-
tain quantity, and one may never know when
some underground convusion might send them
spouting forth again. In all instances where
they have ceased to flow others have burst out
in the near vicinity.
The mineral waters have colored these ter
races in bright orange, brown, pink, black, yell
low and red, and where springs have gone dry
and the deposit dried out it has left the rock
pure cleaning white, making strikingly beau
tiful combination. Here is Hymen, Minerva.
Cleopatra, Jupiter and Angel terraces. Orange
Geyser is a mound of deposit twenty feet high,
of bright color, as its name indicates, with an
active little geyser coming from it's summit.
Bath Lake holds its Uniform warm temperature
all the year round, and is one of the freaks of
this region The DEVILS Kitchen is the crater
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opening of several feet in diameter we 90
down long flight of steps cut in the rock, to
a large cave but the air from the heated walls
makes the atmosphere sitting, so one rushes
quickly back to the entrance.
Standing near the foot of Terrace Mountain
is cone ffty-two feet high, formed by the
overflow of mineral water from its heart now
an extinct spring. Close by is the Devils
Thumb, a similar cone, but not as high.
The fine large mammoth Hot Springs Hotel
is filled with guests continually coming and
going. An orchestra engaged by the season
is an entertaining feature playing through the
dinner hours, giving public concert in the
evening, and from nine to twelve o'clock dance
music is played, and the floors filled with the
elrcllng couples, the officers and soldiers in
their natty uniforms mingled with civilians.
the many ladies in dinner and ball gowns make
a pleasing picture. One evening had pointed
out to me Harry Thaw's sister, the Countess
of Yarmouth, duchess somebody or other.
who by the way met in a curio store another
day when she was nearly buying it out of its
western stock of Indian work, and a collection
Of semi-precious stones, and excitedly talking
streak" VIM. Jennings Bryans daughter
Ruth who was recently divorced and married
again, was spending part of the honeymoon
at the Park, and attracted considerable atten-
tion at the balls.
What has interested me here above all else
is, believe, the animals-what see Of them
and the tales hear from friends The day
after arriving at Fort Yellowstone sat by the
window writing, and looking out espied a big
brown object coming over rise of ground
toward the back of the house. Thinking for a
moment it was dog, until remembering no
dogs are allowed in the limits of the National
Park, gave another look, then scream as l
realized it was huge cinnamon bear ambling
toward me. l excitedly called to neighbors
and Bruin veered off and crossed the street
little farther down, went up over the terraces
and into the woods. He had been to one of the
dumps, where l learned later dozens of bears
congregate every day about four O'Clock to
make hearty meal from the refuse food from
the fort which is placed there for that especial
purpose.
At all the hotels a garbage pile is kept not
far in the rear so tourists easily see all the