Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1911-11-29
ONE three hundred and
eighty miles west of Albu-,
querQue, N. NJ, on the main
line Of the railroad ia stu.

Hams. Ariz. The place received it's
prosaic name from the noted pioneer
scout, Bill Williams, who lies buried at
the foot Of Bill Williams mountain
nearby. The city has a: picturesque To-
cation, 6,750 feet above sea level. and
Is at the junction Of the Grand Can
yon railroad which leads to the won
derful erosion. some 60 miles north.
The Grand canyon is acknowledged
to be incomparably the worlds grand
est natural wonder. Within the gigan-
tic stretch Of the canyon, varying
from five to twelve miles in width,
the Colorado river and its tributaries
wind their ways for over 200 miles.
Most Of the walls Of the canyon rise
to the incredible height Of 5000 to
5000 feet, and display every variety
Of curving ridge and ravine. Of fell
precipice and rocky gorge. .s5 -.
Fully 100 tourists, en- route to Cali
fornia. daily switch of here for view
Of the Titan of Chasms-the most
gigantic example Of erosion on the
globe. The marble and gigantic walls
of this stupendous water-worn trench
are from 1000 to $500 feet high, often
very PERCEPTIONS and perpendicular.
sculptured into wildly fantastic forms,
and brilliantly tinted in deep red and
yellow, brown and gray, purple and
black. The canyon is about 24O miles
long; and, through the rocky gorge,
the work of centuries, the turbulent
river winds its way with varying de-
scent. The channel contracts and then
expands tortuous ribbon Of silver,
whose boundaries Of objects, though
gigantic in size, are lost to sight in the
magnificent environments.
Scene Of splendor.
In some places these huge cliffs fair
~ overhang the water, and the boat
man, looking upward, can see but a
narrow strip Of blue sky. Frequently
i clouds gather over the top Of the
gorge, and one floats along in dark.
ness From the rim above, the rush.
ing and the whitening Of the waters
below may be seen, but the distance is
so great that no sound is ever heard.
Stolid. indeed, is he who can front the
awful scene and view its unearthly
splendor of color and form without
quaking. This labyrinth Of immense
architectural forms is endlessly varied
In design, fretted with ornamental de-
vices, festooned with lace-like webs
formed from talus from the upper. cliffs
and painted with every color known to
the palette in pure transparent tones
Of marvellous delicacy.
Never was a picture more har.
montous: never flower more ex.
Qutsitely beautiful. The Grand canyon
country is not only the hugest, but the
most varied and instructive specimen
of earth building and destruction on
the globe. Nowhere else on earth Is
there such an example Of deep gnaw.
ing waters OF Of water high-carv1ng
New York may boast of it's Niagara
California, its Yosemite; Kentucky, Its
Mammoth Cave: Virginia. its Natural
Bridge. and Wyoming. its geysers- ali
wonderfully elaborate and grand in
their way. but here, in an: altitudinous
mesa, is chasm that would hide them
all and then be but partially decorated
much less filed.
Wonders Of Chalcedony Park.
While the Grand canyons are the
greatest, they are by no means the
only objects Of interest in this land OF
wonders. With its castle domes, thumb
buttes and solitary sugar-loaf peaks;
it's mesas Of bare rock. beds Of ashes
or leagues Of yellow and vermilior
sands, Arizona abounds in the strange
and the wonderful. Chalcedony park
in Apache county, covers 1000 acres
amid vast desert Of sandstone and
lava, with the fragments of thousands
Of gigantic pines and cedars brough,
by food or glacier and changed b,
natures chemistry into brilliant min
erals Of exquisite colors. At intervals
| one sees on every side gulches tori
out Of the solid rock by the ceaseles.
grinding Of flint on flint, exposin,
broken logs Of every conceivabl,
| length and size, In all shapes ant
colors imaginable. Throw over all tn,
bla ling rays Of the southern sun ant
you are surrounded with Jewels, mile.
and miles Of them, so brilliant as \,
dazzle the eyes and make Aladdin.
tabled cave rushlight in comparison
Onyx. chalcedony. carnelian, jasper
agate and every variety Of delicately
ve1ned marble, with masses Of tur
! quoise. OF garnet. Of rose quartz, 8
topaz, Of emerald -all bewilder an,
surprise the beholder. 3.2. + a. , 81:
| And this Is not all In many, local
ties along the shelving terraces, Of til,
mountains. under beetling projection
Of the strata are to be seen the mos
] elaborate OF the quaint cliit dwelling
divided into several compartments 5,
cemented walls The Tonic basin sha
the largest naturalz: 81 bridge IS tl
world. being 200 feet high. 900 Zee
wide, an arch six feet thick, with a,
orchard en- its top and miles Of stalat
tite caves under ito abutments. Her
3is the famous yucca plant,, growing Z
! g tree. the fruit OF which the Indian
and Mexicans use for food its stem
i for soap. and from the leaves max
horse. BLANKETS. ropes. stwine. 1st,
hats. shoea aud mattrsssss, HseA II