The Falls City tribune., 1910-04-01

4ufiNt beioIt tPs VI tOui 14ti6
was much of sterest ON the way. for
taere is scarcely a. mile Of the
road but what has is curiosides.
Tie beautiful forests, the lovely
stretches of grazing ground, with
the Wild ~adftpals so tanle they
hardlH,iet awey rom the road as
you pass. the beaniitel flowers of
every rae aud description met your
gaze. many Of them growing abund-
antly, with SNOW just above them on
the. hHlsides. uG1he road follows
Nlsf sbn rirerf for Son1e HsRnfe'
So Wef 1lad a fine 4iew 81 them. KIP
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from shelf to shelf of a rocky chasm
I'm a series OF enchanting falls, aggre-
$50 feet, Then bdne star
sGeyser, standifg Yuewhat to it
self, and when ~ IhfoMs the boil
ing water ii is slipped like a star,
caused by the different openings.
After leaving Shoshone Point Ga
place where we could see the noun,
,tains which form the boundary be-
tween Wyoming and ldaho), we
came TO d narrow rocky pass filled
with snow Our artist would have us
all come and have our pictures TAX
ien the fifth of July in a snow drift;
SO we did, for the novelty of it; and
had a good old SNOWFALL battle like
a party of school children, besides;
which ended by the young folks wash
ing the minister's face. That night
we camped on the shore Of Yellow
stone Lake. on beautiful camping
grounds. This lake is the source
Of the. Yellowstone river. The water
is clear and cold except where
some boiling spring heats it and
discolors its waters. The strangest
thing is, that seemingly it's tide
rises and falls at stated intervals,
like the ocean. But scientists at
tribute it to the geysers in and
around It. It has a great depth in
a few places. The bottom has never
been found, but most Of the sound.
ings are from five to fifty fat1ions,
''Thefe are Several sslands, the larg'
est being Stevenson" But Oh! the
fishing here, and also in the river
below the lake. Our sportsmen got
immense quantities of salmon trout
The only matter of consideration be.
ing bait, so we women caught grass
hoppers and we had all the lovely
fish we wanted for two days.
The Lake Hotel is situated on the
southern shore of Yellowstone Lake
and is one of the finest in the park
as well as being centrally located sc
if one wished to stay for some time
they could make trips out and
come back to the hotel. The main
road follows the river from this
point on to-Yeilow Stone Canyon, 9
place of wonders almost beyond DIES
cription. All this day We We're il
| SlSll III Alt oliON-tldu ptdho Vi lAN
Tetons and the Sleeping Giant, sc
called from its resemblance to q
mans face, ut is found by look
ing across a mountain range tC
the distance peaks of Saddle noun
on Itflis drive We also saw
the Mud Geysers and the Roarins
Mountain. Also the sulphur Noun
ttainvq There are many hot springs OF
tsuiphuraand of mud which are tou
smelling, foul smelling things, yet
wonderful. The largest Mud gey.
Ser has a crater thirty feet In heigth
at the base of a cliff and keeps ii
motion at the time, Which at intervals
of five to seven minutes it throws
mud several feet in heighth. Down il
a canyon atfaw rods from this is al
opening in the side of a cliff shaped
like a huge dogs head or something
worse, about four feet in diameter
1T is Called The Hoodo." There
is a terrific, roaring noise, aud dirty
boiling water comes to the very sur
face and occasionally escapes from
the mouth-like opening and ther
recedes only TO be repeated in two
or three minutes again.
We made camp one mile above
Grand Canyon briaee. az beautifu
structure built of cement and tht
natural ebeuldefs across YelIowsto
river Me-were-to-ha -camped- =;
day here as there We're so many
things 10 see and enjoy. This bridg,
spans the river just above the rapids
They are beautiful indeed, "tumblin.
over q succession Of cascades an,
swirling around MASSES of rock lef
surrounded in the stream" Follow
ing the stream, we. find that the Cas-
cndes have made ia fan of13o fee
and end at Grotto Pool, "a compare
lively quiet spot in the stream. Blu