The daily sentinel., 1913-08-02

3 ed in vapor that is constantly rising
from this region, which is known as
Hell's Half Acre" We next saw
Turquoise spring. a beautiful blue
pool 90 feet in diameter. Near here
I is a small spring OF cold water, the
only cold spring in this vicinity.
Just before entering the upper gey-
ser basin We pass Morning Glory
] Spring considered the most beautiful
in the world. On entering the upper
basin with its miles of roaring, spout
ing geysers and its steaming, boiling
hot springs, one is oyerpowered by
the feeling that they are surely in
[ wonderland or-some place else. We
were very glad to see that the Wylie
camp was situated in an ideal spot
overlooking the entire geyser forma-
| tion. That evening after supper, it
| being Sunday, there was short song
/ service held in the office tent. Later
great many strolled over to see Old
/ Faithful geyser. about one and one
/ half miles away, play by searchlight
and to visit Old Faithful Inn, the
/ largest and most beautiful rustic
! building in the world 1t is built en-
tirely of logs and the immense fire
place and chimney. l q feet square at
| its base is made OF lava rock. The
monstrous clock. fastened to this
chimney and the quaint hinges and
| locks on the huge doors are of hand
! forged iron. The bright Navajo rugs
and polished floors lend elegance to
/ it. and 1t is modern in every detail.
After climbing up eight stories from
one balcony to another, on a stair
case of split logs, We reached the
/ Lookout from which the searchlight
was flashed on all points of interest.
/ Hurrying down again We We're just
/ in time to see Old Faithful play at
close range. Ii is impossible to de-
/ scribe how beautiful it is. One can
only tell what It does. Regularly, ev-
/ cry 65 minutes, column of water.
/ two feet in diameter shoots to a
| heighth of 80 feet. 1t certainly
| looked very beautiful with the pow
erful searchlight thrown upon II.
The next morning We were awak-
ened after delightful sleep in the
! softest and freshest of beds, by an ac-
commodating park rat, as the camp
boys are called, building fire in our
I tent. After breakfast we all met at
the office tent and at O'Clock were
escorted over the wonderful geyser
formation by DR.. Knight, the official
guide, also the official physician and
surgeon of the Wylie company. We
walked about two miles and were
met by the coaches and We're brought
back by different road through the
Black Sand basin" to lunch. After
/ unch the party started out again with
Dr. Knight in the lead That day
was the strangest and most interest
ing of the entire trip. DR.. knight,
himself, highly educated man, gave
use the results of investigations OF
the greatest scientists, and biologists
in the world Timing our walk to the
schedule of all the principal geysers,
he told us their names, habits and
characteristics and their association
to one and another. In this basin
there are &c geysers and 400 hot
springs. The most important being
Old Faithful, Riverside, the Daisy,
these being the only three geysers
that work, play or do whatever they
do without varying from their sched-
ule Dr. Knight told that he and one
of the boys counted all the different
words and phrases that they had
heard used by tourists to express the
action of geysers and they counted
/ fifty. But that same afternoon the
climax was reached when lady came
running into the office, crying, oh
hurry the Daisy's going to water
over" The largest geyser in the
world is the Giant 1t has cone 10
l feet high and plays $50 feet hlgh tor
one hour and thirty minutes, every
seven to eight days. Then there are
\ the DEVILS Punch Bowl Black Sand
spring Sunset lake, Rainbow pool
and Emerald pool, rival or the
Morning Glory, Harder Chief pool,
I''where the Devil takes in washing,
Whistle, Castle geyser-its cone re-
sembling an old fashioned castle
\ Castle well. Giantess, Butterfly
sDring. the Pump-a hole about .
4 inches across out of which comes
humping sound-the Sponge the
Ear. a perfect resemblance to an I'M
mense ear. having tiny geyser IN
the lobe for an earring. II Is mere
that the pioneers are said TO nave
4 communicated with friends pelow.
Then come the Lion. Lioness and the
Two Cubs, Sawmill geyser, the Grahu
the finest in the park. playing 10
height of 200 feet. Economic sey,
ser. Beauty spring, Chromanc pooi
and Oblong geyser. After viewing an
these natural wonders we were taken
to see an artificial geyser, actually
demonstrating the theory of r. w.
Bunsen. the famous scientist. 1t was
/ called "Old Faithful. Junior" Late
that afternoon a large party arrived
from the lake camp, making about
400 tourists in camp that night. The
evening was spent in singing, dancing
and eating popcorn.
The next mornings drive took us
along the Madison river, past the
beautiful Kepler Cascades up what is
known as Cork-screw hill, the crook
edest hill imaginable. to the Cont
mental Divide. 1t was here that lady
in our coach became slightly nervous
and asked the driver If they ever had
any accidents on these mountain
roads He replied that they had had
terrible accident near here just re-
Gently. On being asked If anyone had
been killed. he replied that nine lives,
were lost We asked him If he knew
how it happened and he said, Why
you see the stage driver ran over a
! ant