The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-08-04

the stuff is there and speaks for it.
self
1t is thus to be seen that Iron coun-
ty is well ironed, well coaied, and well
wooded.
The roads. thus far, to these noun
tain retreats are not all that they
ought to be, nor, | am assured, all that
they will be, OF course it is q. diff
cult matter for a community with a
limited population. and with so many
responsibilities on its hands, to devote
great deal of time to the highways,
especially those in the more remote
places, as iu the mountains and on
the mountain sides
The roads are very difficult to keep
in repair, and they are no sooner re-
paired than heavy rainstorm, or
something Of the sort, sets iu and
makes them as bad or worse than they
were before. The soil is of such a
nature that it retains moisture a long
time and the mud. which is first of a
thinner consistency, gets thicker, un.
til finally no sort of team can get
through it until it dries up entirely.
Roads Are Rough.
Then, of course, it is exceedingly
rough. Winding ones way up one OF
these roads to the summit of the range
and then going down on the other side
as far as Deep Creek-where the fish
ing is fine and in the lower por~
tions rattlesnakes are abundant
there is continuation of the situa-
tion previously described. Trees, trees,
trees, everywhere. Occasionally load
of lumber from a more remote saw
mill finds its way down the mountain,
having a hard time to get through,
RofuTnipp nv another and morn
southcrly route one passes some Of the
finest scenery upon which the eye of
man ever rested. Nearer to the sum-
init, returning TO Cedar City, is an
immense Typographical cavity three
miles wide in every direction, the view
downward being through half a mile
neither air. The sides of this. i'm.
mense bowl, however, are sloped
gradually and one would have no diff
Guilty in reaching the bottom In fact
he might experience a difficulty in re:
for the bottom, It would be very
gratifying to me, as we'll as the reader
if | were able even to remotely de-
scribe this beautiful spectacle.
Scenery Is Inspiring.
Here and there are adamantine
walls displaying all the hues of the
rainbow, variously tingcd verdnre
everywhere, the occasional ranches
adding an appearance of picturesque
ness to the scene, and the whole
scheme being so majestic and so high.
ly effective with reference to color and
celestial architecture that description
is entirely out of the question. One
thinks involuntarily Of such EXPIRES
sions as Garden of the Gods. Garden
of the Hesperides, the alcoves OF
Paradise, and so on. and then leaves
it unsatisfed with his effort to apply
something that exactly fits ii, 1t must
be seen to be appreciated.
Further along, short distance, reach
ing the point of the summit where
Iron county is again brought into full
view. is an easily negotiated eminenct
which one has but to climb in orde,
to see vast distances in every direc
ton, this spectacle being also one ot
the finest to be had in all of ou1
rmountain scenery. On clear day
from this peak one can see the st
George temple clearly outlined agains
the dark background of the Arizona
border, visual span of between forty
and fifty miles. and as far north a.
Juab county, as far west as Nevada
and Of course taking in all things with
in these boundaries, q range more thar
100 miles in width
These are scenes which alone ar