The Van Buren press., 1911-11-25

~ ated the little city OF VIII
Hams, 'AriZ. The place received It's
prosaic name flom the noted pioneer
scout, Bill Williims. who lies buried at
the foot Of BIZ Williams mountain
nearby The CITY has picturesque To-
cation, $3.50 fec above sea level, and
is at the junction of the Grand Can
yon railroad witch leads to the won.
derful erosion, bme 60 miles north.
The Grand cinyon is acknowledged
to be incomparbly the worlds grand
est natural VIC f.. Within the gigan-
tic stretch OF canvon. varying
from five TO ye miles in width,
the COLORADO and its tributaries
wind their wa for over 200 miles.
Most OF the w,As NJ the canyon rise
to the incredibl height OF 5000 to
o,oVo 1eet' ana display every variety
Of curying ridl and ravine of fell
precipice ana rcky gorge.
ruIly loV tou SITS, en- route to Cali
tornla, dally sV' III off here for a view
OF the Iltah ~ Chasms-the most
gigantic exam Of erosion on the
glooe. Inc II and gigantic walls
OF this stuper water.worn trench
are from ,VoU 800 feet high, often
very precipit, and perpendicular
sculptured into iIdlv fantastic forms
ana Orilliahty tied In deep red and
yeIlo"' Drown d gray. purple and
olack' me ca bn is about 240 miles
long; and. thu oh the rocky gorge
the "ork Vi furies, the turbulent
river winds II av with VARYING dc.
scent The cha (, contracts and then
expahds-a 10 7us ribbon Of silver
whose boundar NJ objects though
gigahuc ID siE ' e lost to sight In the
magnificent g hhnments.
Seer n snI.ndor
IN some plac' these huge lifts 'air
~ o'erhans 'ne water, and the boat
man, looking upNrd can 600 I'm, a
harro" strip oi pc sky. Frequently
clouds gatker~Cg the ,.,--o. ga.
gorge, and one floats along in dark
| ness. From { ,rim above, the rush.
Ing and the widening Of the waters
below may be sen, but the distance is
so great that nc sound is ever heard
| Stolid, indeed Isle who can front the
awful scene andlyew It's unearthly
splendor OF colo and form without
quaking This lbyrinth OF immense
architectural forps is endlessly varied
In design, frettel with ornamental de-
vices, festooned with lace.ike webs
formed from tall from the upper cliffs
and painted withfvery color known to
the palette in pbe transparent tones
Of marvellous d,ncacy
Never was picture more har.
| monious; never flower more ex.
quisitely beautiful The Grand canyon
country Is not only the hugeet, but the
most varied and ndhnstructiye specimen
Of earth bulldind and destruction on
the globe. Now Aere else on earth IL
there such an eNmple Of deep gnaw.
ing waters or Of water high.carving.
New York may boast Of It's Niagara;
California, It's YcsemIte; Kentucky It's
Mammoth Cave Virginia its Natural
Bridge, and Wyoming, It's geysers-alI
wonderfully elaborate and grand in
their way, but here, in an altiudnous
mesa, is chasn that would hide them
all and then be lut partially decorated
much less filled
Wonders Of chaleedony Park.
While the Grand canyons are the
greatest, they are by no means the
only objects Of interest In this land OF
wonders, with It's castle domos. thumb
buttes and solitary sugarloaf peaks,
IT'S mesas OF bare rock, beds Of ashes
or leagues OF yellow and yermIion
sands, Arizona abounds In the strange
and the wonderful Chalcodony park
IN Apache county, covers 1000 acros.
amid vast desert OF sandstone and
lava with the fragments oi thousands
OF gigantic pines and cndars brought
by Hood or glacier and changed by
natures chemistry into brilliant min.
erals OF exquisite coors At intoryals
one sees on every side gulches torn
out OF the solid rock BY the coasolosa
grinding Of flint on flint exposing
broken logs Of every conceivable
length and size, In all shapes and
colors imaginable. Throw over all tho
blazing rays Of The southern sun and
you are surrounded with jewels, miles
and miles OF them, 40 brIlllant as %
dazzle the eyes and make Aladdlns
tabled cave n ruthllght In comparison
Onyx, chalcodony, carnclIan, laspor.
agate and every variety OF dolIcaloly
yonod marble, with mAssoa Of tur
Quoleo, Of garnet Of rose Quartz, OF
topaz OF emerhlh h@all bewllder and
surprise the behblder
And this In nor all In many locall.
ties along the shelving terraces OF tho
mountains undeF bcotllng projections
OF the btihta arc 10 be seen the most
elaborate OF tho quaint cltI dwellings.
dlVldeu INTO several compartments by
oehohted walls, The Tonlo basin has
tho largest natural bridge IN tho
world, being 200 feet high, GOO feet
vide, m arch eik feet thick, with nm
orchard on lte tdp and miles Of stalac
.'o chV's oneeri 10 abGtm6uts Here
~ 'he thmods yucca plant growing aa
tree, the fruit of which the Indians
ana Meslcens uto for food, lts stems
Tor RDnn md ftnr, tl. i..,,.. ...L .
morse blankets, ropea, twiDe, nets
ha's' shoes and Ihattresees, Here, toe