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The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

like an island, surged a bilowy sea of red
sandstone. carved into fantastic, rounded, and
oval Masses colossal in size, between whose
crossbedded and swirling slopes wound deep
and tortuous canyons Hidden away in such
labyrinth, 1t is not surprising that the bridge
remained so long unknown. Yet it is only
four miles distant in northerly direction from
the mountains summit and is visible from this
point as tiny arch, provided one knows ex-
acty where to look. Otherwise the eye may
wander at will over this wilderness Of rock
without sighting It's most interesting feature.
Although so close at hand, this goal was
only reached after two days time and jour-
ney of IS miles very indirect route.
The mountain had to be descended to the
south, a long detour made around it's eastern
flank, and devious and winding course fol-
lowed northward down the bridge canyon, oyer
trail ever difficult and ofttimes dangerous.
The way led between lofty and perpendicular
cliffs, towering to sheer height of one-ffth of
mile, on whose vertical sides could now and
then be deserted the crumbling ruins of some
ancient cliffdwelling
In places the walls overhung to form vast
semi-spherical chambers large enough to shell
ter cathedral, and in which shout echoed
and re-echoed many times; In other places the
sides approached so closely that the only foot
hold was in the rocky bed Of the small stream
below. where one was forced to pick a pre-
carious passage from boulder to boulder.
After hours Of laborious and intricate travel.
a point rounded and 500 yards ahead
graceful arch was outlined, beneath which the
canyon and stream continued their fexuous
partnership The first view of the bridge is
mlnimized by the lofty walls beyond and the
comparatively narrow defle, through which it
is only partly visible; but once passed under.
1t may be seen in its full magnifcence.
A towering arch, rainbow-shaped, of wonder.
full symmetry, rises nearly sheer from ledge
ON the one side, and, spanning the stream,
joins the opposite canyon wall on its down.
ward curve. The opening, augmented by
gorge cut by the stream to a depth of 80 feet
below the level of the supporting bench, meas
ures vertical distance of 267 feet; but the
total height from stream bottom to the top Of
the arch is 300 feet, while the abutments at
their base stand Pts feet apart. The causeway.
upon which one may be lowered from an ad-
jacent cliff, but whose sides are too steep to
serve for complete passage, is SO feet wide
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
NEWSPAPER UNDER FIRE

The latest number Of the Central China Post,
Hankow, is an example Of modern journalism
worthy of attention. Its leading article is
headed please Excuse" and relates that the
abbreviated size Of the paper Is due to the
fact that 1t was published under fire. The
reporters who covered" the battle Hankow,
the most decisive battle of the revolution to
date, covered it from the local room of the
paper on which they worked The battle ragged
all around the Post building, which was dam
aged by shells from the Maxim guns of both
sides.
Had our staff been trained in the wild and
woody west" explains the paper editorially,
"they possibly might have been kept at work
with bullets flying in at the windows but they
did not take kindly to the experience"
All their coolies fed to the country and they
were able to print paper only half the normal
size. Since the revolution commenced this
paper has shown fortitude, enterprise and
pluck which are examples to the older journals
in China. The Post says:
1T does not often happen that opposing
forces arrange to fight their battles in full view
of the newspaper Office, but this took place on
Saturday. The Post building stands on the
Hupeh road, at the edge of the British conces-
sion, where the old city wall used to be. 1t is
three stories high and has fiat roof. Parallel
with the Hupeh road and at distance OF
about thousand yards, runs the railway which
is carried the top of a high embankment
"The mornings battle was fought largely
along the line Of the railway. AS the sun came
over the hills beyond Wuchang, the revolution
aries advanced to the attack. One party, ff-
teen hundred strong, came from the further end
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
QINE LLzB ar The A6lH 3zU1OGi2A3ZED
HOH TIE 6ASE ar THE: OPPOSITE
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four miles above exit Of the bridge canyon
low it's confluence with the San Juan.
The most exact directions for reaching the
bridge would be inadequate, so obscure and
devious is the trail leading thereto; hence the
services of guide are indispensable. Oljato,
Utah, where guide and outfit for the final por-
ton Of the trip may be secured, is reached by
two routes, between which there is little
choice. On the one hand, Gallup, New Mexico,
on the Santa Fe line, may be made the start
Ing point, whence one must go by stage IS
miles to Fort Defiance, Arizona, and from
there by wagon or pack outfit 1856 miles in
northerly direction to Oljato. On the other
hand, the traveller may leave branch of the
Denver Rio Grande railroad at Dolores,
Colorado, stage 81 miles to Bluff, Utah, and
there secure horses for the remaining 60 miles
to Oljato. The bridge is distant from Oljato
only 81 miles, as the crow flies, but the trail
passes over twice this distance and three days
will be required for this last and most dill
cult part OF the trip. A minimum of IS days
should be allowed for the round trip, whether
the start be made from Gallup or Dolores. and
the journey may be accomplished at any time
during the year save In winter. The trip 10 an
extremely arduous and toilsome one. and
would be fraught with danger to an inexpe-
r1enced traveller, but under competent guid-
ance may be accomplished with no special
hazard, though hardships and Inconvenience,
and many of them. must be expected
The government has already made of this
natural wonder a national monument thus
preserving it for all time against vandalism
and commercialism and conserving It for tho
enjoyment of ALL
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
GRAND TO LIVE

And the Last Laugh 10 Always the Best
six months ago would have laugh
ed at the idea that there could be any
thing better for table beverage than
Coffee" writes an Ohio woman, now l
laugh to know there is.
"Since childhood drank coffee free
~ as did the other members Of the fam.
lily. The result was q puny, sickly
girl; and as grew into womanhood I
did not gain in health, but was at.
ficted with heart trouble, a weak and
disordered stomach, wrecked nerves
and general breaking down till last
winter, at the age Of 80. J seemed to
be on the verge of consumption.
my friends greeted me with Flow
bad you look! What a terrible colorl'
and this was not very comforting
"The doctors and patent medicines
did me absolutely no good. l was thor
oughly discouraged.
Then | gave up coffee and CON-
menced Postum. At first / didn't like
1t, but after few trials and following;
the directions exactly. it was grand.
It was refreshing and satisfying. II
couple of weeks noticed great
change.
Il became stronger, my brain grew
clearer. was not troubled with for.
getfulness as in coffee times, my
power Of endurance was more than
doubled.
THE heart trouble and indigestion
disappeared and my nerves became
steady and strong.
Il began to take an interest in things
about me. Housework and home
making became pleasure. My friends
have marveled at the change and when
they enquire what brought it about
answer Postum, and nothing else in
the world" Name given BY Postum
Co., Battle Creek, Mich.
Read the little Book, 'The Road to
We>svflle," in pkgs. There's a reason"
Ever read the above letter1 new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and fun Of hRuaa1
Interest
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

after a time, and he babe the witness
step down from the stand in front OF
the bench.
"You will kindly walk over to the
clerk and deposit 49," said the court
sternly.
The witness couldn't dope out what
was up, but he walked over and de-
posted SO with the clerk just to see
what would happen next
Once more the Judge summoned him
in front of the bench.
II caused you to deposit SO in order
to refresh your memory" observed
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

and tn the east of Broadway the other.
The arch is carved from butf-colored, fine
grained sandstone, brck-red upon Its surface
and stained with vertical streaks of darker
shade. Mostly massive, though IN part opnque
bedded. the rock is only moderately firm, and
is easily crushed beneath the blows Of ham
mer Geologically it is part Of the Upper
La Plata sandstone formation Of great thick
ness. deposited in Jurassic time over large
portion of southeast Utah, southwest Colorado.
and northeast Arizona.
The origin of the arch is simple and evident.
It was caused by the progressive narrowing OF
the neck of a meander intrenched between
high and steep walls, until an opening was
made through the tongue of intervening rock.
permitting the stream to cut off it's meander
by flowing beneath the arch thus formed. The
one once made, has been enlarged and given
it's present shape by the combined action OF
weathering, expansion, and contraction due to
changes In temperature, and the carving effect
of wind-blown sand, all Of which unite to pro-
duce the rounded-rock forms so characteristic
of this region. The abandoned of the
meander is present and unmistakable indi-
eating the former course pursued by the
stream.
Though doubtless requiring many years for
its formation, the arch is nevertheless a very
recent geological feature, and destined to with
stand the forces that gave it being for only q
brief period as geologic time is reckoned.
The bridge was first visited by white men
and it's existence made definitely known on
August IA, 1909. It was then reached by a
party consisting of w. B. Douglass, Of the
United States General Land ONCE, with four
assistants; Byron Cummings. Of the University
OF Utah, with three students; John Wetherill.
Of Oljato, Utah; and two Piute Indians, Jim
and Nasjabegay. Douglass was acting under
instructions from the Department Of the Inte-
rior, dated October 20, 1908, to investigate a
reported natural bridge in southeast Utah.
with view to making it national manument
If found Of sufficient interest. An attempt was
made in December, 1908 to locate the bridge,
but was abandoned on account of snow. The
search was renewed in August 1909 the party
being joined at Oljato by Cummings Wether-
ill., and the three students. The arch was sur
veyed by Douglass, and the figures herein used,
as we'll as the details of its discovery, are TAX
from his official report to the Land Office.
The bridge was undoubtedly known to the
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

are trying to find appeared at the
Merchants bank at Rochester, N. T.,
one day last week and presented for
payment two checks for unusually
large amounts. 49,, =,
One of the checks was for the mod
est sum of $4,000, 900, and the other
was somewhat larger, calling for $751;
100000 in good American currency.
Needless to say, neither of the checks
was paid. The bearer was told that
such large sums could not be paid on
a moments notice, and 80 he left the
bank, saying he would return later. ST
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
s'! essS; the Of 1sfzzZE57x
In Use For Over 80 Years.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castoria
Clean Money.

NIedH Money.
United States Treasurer McClung
has recommended In his annual report
that congress provide additional facil1.
ties for exchanging old and detaced
United States paper currency for new.
Asserting that there Is a widespread
interest which advocates cleaner
and more sanitary currency, he says
that the sentiment is a laudable one
and should be attainable because the
expense is but tritle compared with
the beneficial results. 1t has been
demonstrated that Bacteria attach
themselves readily to paper money.
and there is no doubt that disease Is
thus disseminated Mr.. Meetings.
crusade for clean currency ought tc
find prompt and sympathetic response
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

the court. Kindly resume your seat
If your memory is still at fault, I may
have to refresh it still further"
And after that the witness distinct
" remembered everything he was
asked about.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Proved Most Efficient Aid

An interstate commerce case was in
progress before him some time ago,
and, one witness had one of those
faulty memories that have become so
prevalent with the onward trudge of
our modern civilization.
The witness remembered his NAME
age and occupation, but those were
about the only facts pertaining to the
case that he could recall.
This got on Judge Speer's nerves
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Monetary Prompter, When Memory
Seemed Weak, Brought Witness
to Realization Of Duty.

In connection with an Interstate
commerce hearing in Washington, one
recalls the case of United States Dis
trict Judge Emory Speer of Georgia.
Judge Speer is an austere man, who
knows no friend when he's on the
bench.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
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by AZ feet thick at it's keystone
point: and the limbs are not great
ly in excess of these dimensions.
A mere recitation Of figures must
fail to convey an adequate idea OF
the imposing nature Of the bridge.
It is not the size alone, though this
far exceeds the greatest masonry
arches constructed by engineering
skill: nor is it solely the graceful
lines or curvature of maximum sta
bility, but rather all of these, that
combine to make this the most re-
markable single arch now known.
It would easily span, with room to
spare, the dome of the Capitol at
Washington: Or, If hung over the
Flatiron building Of New York, It's
limbs would come within few feet
of the ground, though to the west
of Fifth avenue on the one hand
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
The CHAMPION lmaoination,

The Champion Imagination.
Evidently with dream OF rolling in
wealth, or with the Imagination that
he was worthy of being rival of ].
Pierpont Morgan, John d. Rockefeller
and others, a man whom the police
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY
Take LAXATIVE BKOMO Qulnine Tablet
druggists refund money if 1T fails cure. E. VI
GROW ELS signature Is on each box. Csc.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Trying to Explain II.

Trying to Explain It.
did you all ever git any Christmas pres
ents?" asked the little colored boy
NO." replied the other. 1T seems like dat
de Christmas tree fruit crop is a failure down
whar I lives"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
0llDTAHDE CURED in a few days
nVE HV1aRA without a surgical oper
alton. No pay until cured. Write tt
Dr. F. N. Rowe. 800 Century Bldg, Minneapolis MINI

Work is better for most people than
most people are for work.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

Time is a wound healer, but It's ne
good as wrinkle remover.
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

DR.. PIERCE Pleasant Pelety regulate
and invigorate stomach, liver and bowels
Sugar-coated, tiny granules, easy to take
as candv
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle OF
CASTORIA, safe and sure remedy for
infants and children, and see that it
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

s 8 :
The Barooin (rainbow) or Nonnezoshe
(stone arch). southeast Utah.........D9 278 g 70
The Spapu (gate of heaven) or Au-
gusta southeast Utah .............2 o0 26Ss 81 g
The Kachina guardian SPIRIT or
Caroline. southeast Utah. ...........210 1T! a 80
The Owachomo crock mound) or Ed
win or Little. southeast Utah $780,. los 1870 %
The Virginia Natural Bridge........200 IS :. >.
Pont dare, France. 213 =. .
arch Skewed: span with axis, 23 feet
Mean 25 feet: greatest span. $50 feet least
span, 202 feet.
The exact location Of the bridge Is latitude
81 degrees 03 minutes 81 seconds and longi-
ture 10 degrees Sc minutes 4s seconds west
of Greenwich Douglass), in San Juan county.
Utah; six miles northward from the Arizona
Utah boundary line; four miles west OF north
from the summit of Navajo mountain, and
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16

Cholly-They're saying that the
valet whom you discharged yesterday
used some plain language to you.
Reggy-Plain? Baw Jove, it was posi-.
lively ugly!
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16
Putting 1t Plainly.

Putting 1t Plainly.
What did the bankers daughter
say when you asked her to MARI.
you?"
"She said I would have to go to pa1
before she could take stock in my
proposition"
The Virginia enterprise. [volume] (Virginia, St. Louis County, Minn.) 1893-19??, 1912-02-16


gusta, and the Edwin, known since 1902, are
exceeded in size and beauty by the rainbow
arch. Discovered but little over year ago,
1t has thus far been visited by less than Is
white men and described but once.
Recently a United States Geological Sur
vey party. consisting of H. E. Gregory. in
charge: John Wetherill X. C. Head, and the
writer, stood upon the summit Of Navajo
mountain and looked over a country of wild
ness and grandeur. Fifty miles to the north
the graceful peaks of the Henry mountains out
lines themselves against the horizon; much
nearer, the Colorado and San Juan rivers unit
ed in the midst of a tilted and disjointed table
land; to the west, the Colorado already be-
ginning to make that wonderful mile-deep cash
so fifty called the Grand Canyon; while to the
south visible the even skyline formed by
the extensive tops of Black and White mesas.
Turn in whatever direction one would the
scene was one of bewildering magnitude.
Nearer at hand. surrounding the mountain
Decorah-posten og ved arnen., 1912-05-31

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Senner traabte paonp no pon BAL.
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felgenbe guoifab til oct oonife Solf:
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meno futile peobliue / fine 9eitil-
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