Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1912-11-24

H'ufl OF IOWA anu lnFbuBn Nan
II ,Hs or Nebraska on one OF the
fast continental trains. the tray.
oler soon leaves the region OF
ample rainfall and abundant verdure.
And for n day more and for all night
the train rushes along through the
great state Of Colorado and then Utah
desert except "a irrigation has
transformed Il, until Salt Lake City
is reached This as n II today hut
chat about the fortitude OF the early
settlers who penetrated this wilder
ness with prairie schoone.s or or
teams, following sncharted ! 3uter and
unknown trails
/ When the first Mormon caravan. SO
/ years ago. after long and almost hope
less wandering across trackless
waste emerged from Emigration can.
ron into tho valley Of the Great Salt
lake. tn. weary outcasts saw. gently
sloping away from the dark shadows
Of the mountain pass n fair land
reaching 10 the sunlit shores Of =
wonfrous inland sea Proceeding q
little farther they caught sight OF a
large fresh water lake some miles 20
The south emptylng It's surplus waters
into the great lake through n slender
r'xer which shon' Ike .rIbben
Into the Promised Land
The striking comparison suggested
b. this scene might have occurred to
less compromising mind than that
NJ the Moses ~ this exodus. beading n
new tribe " Israel to new Promised
Land Spread before tho owes ~ tho
little band Of emlgrsnts were counter.
parts ~ tho three prominent features
~ Palestine the Sea OF Tibcrius tho
Dead sea and the River Jordan So
here The prophet brigham Young. and
his followers proceeded 10 build their
New Jerusalem and 'odav Sculptor
pnlltn's golden figure Of the Angel
Morcn looks down upon tho scene
nom that stately pile % Utah granite
the Mormon temple reared NJ a
cost ~ 80 wears labor end SO 600 0nO
Unconsciously these desert pioneers
Ind settled In a region ~ mos, won
derful natural phenomena on the
east the Wasaich mountains reared
their brown and rif,ed peaks and N
the wanderers noticed their peculiar
terrnced formation. terrace after ter
race rising sharp and clear 10
height OF 1000 feet above the valley
moor. they failed 10 recognize them
IS the most remarkable ~ beach lines
the ancient shores in fact OF vas,
inland prehistoric sea.
The Great Salt lake IL bu, the feeble
remnant Of the ancient bonneville. the
lowest remaining depth OF a one time
majestic sheet ~ water. fed from the
mighty glaciers and snow fields which
then clothed the mountains 10 Within
8 short distance Of their highest
peaks The extreme length ~ this
prehistoric lake was 3fs miles and i,s
greatest width li5 miles We're its
waters today to rise again 10 their
old level. scores Of towns and villages
would be submerged and several thou.
sand people driven from their homes
The Mormon temple at Salt Lake City
would stand under $50 feet OF water.
A recent geologic study Of the gla.
citation OF the wasatch mountains and
the commanding Uinta range living 10
the east confirms former conclusions
drawn from the study Of Lake Bonnie.
vile. that there we're two distInc, ella.
cial periods In these mountains In.
delibly recorded IN the moraines and
the lacustrine heds--the rock debris
ground and secured out o, CANYONS
and swep, down nv the vast ice flow
are two distinct epochs. separated by
a long interglacial interval Pro, Wal
lace W. Atwood OF the United States
geological survey has made A renor,
on the glacial history of this region.
from which u appears that vhiIe va,
among the most picturesque OF the
mountains OF the continent. the Wa.
satch and the Uinta ranges lost much
Of their former ruggedness. having
been greatly smoothed and sof'ened
IN outline by the securing and carving
% many large glaciers
The portions ~ the Uinta range /
that rise above these ancient ice |
mantles. near the crest line. we're lofty |
neaks and narrow. rugged divides - I
cepting these the range appeared rs f, /
long, white arch. rislng about GOA /