The chronicle=news., 1914-03-06
RANGE Writer PENS BOOST F09
GATE CITY. 4 CLOWNS TRIBUTE

Away sAsk in the dim age. of the
Of esss mFthOiOsi~si history ar the
AEs Of M.n. in the dislAst seAss that
mus, he f-.kanei BY the numerical
oi nitiios.s back in the great -ssr-
nal horoioxe of time. shss Dame Ma
'uf- ~ss in she sAiA dsys Of her
bSahtifat ioaih. aariss prsitsi
when her sAsi slosehoas<~ Of uniim-
it'd pSsss and sasssS we're filled
I" N. os-riiosiss. ssa .Ass they
s-f. still suiiss with astala b~sS-
tic. and Possibilities. q ~0ad~sful
creative afsma sAS b@iss ssari~a
fixh. hss- shisk ssn hss bal s~s
ssd amaze the geological siaasss ssd
ihspis- the ihoashsfui i-~fsoh that
iss ahfsldns-sl meant much for Ra-
ton ard csifsN eoanS in the nii-
iioas OF s-srs that .sse In faliow.
ssd ssisk ssinss "a. dsss To the
rs-sesl ass. Sur .ith psodisAl shd
iasi.h hshi she has BESTOWED the
,as.i priceless and i--aatifai Gifts Of
mineral treasure. soii. ssensss and
climate upss THE .ona-sfai land s~
nos ssii co,fss soassf,
os-1 ihi. charming sossIss the
f-sas isSantitai of nature ssnasoes
easnaso.sis s-isn-st saps-sn~. sna u
soaia s~-m that ssosn that age uoI
III. psss~as asy she guarded and
rfs'-sirsi THE great as,assi TREASURE
hoa.~ from d-spniisisse sna aisin-
texrsiioa by the -fesis- shd i~~sFse-
tive fosrrs that So -ff-.sasiif. aasins
the same Period. ef ,ins-. i.t-i-i tho
i-ss fssosrs srs.oa. of mar e.ssnson,
s-ai'h and ~s-Asri ih- plain. sasn.
,rY Ia tho -Ass ward.
\. I travel LF rail- ,hr.ash mar
''-sa'ifai soasiss. ns nsosos as-r the
ssehsc highway ssa sszses.r asir
lovely essess. as - I srais our n,saa.
tain trsks in s~ssvs at the lssalifsil
f'ssosssnas to deitshs the ~,e afu-a.
sim-s In the s~ains of fancy sAss
bark 10 the dtssaas sevs ~h-s tho
Earth SAs yuass. shd stthosl tosm
sna told: sad in ny ssina I fancy q
ssa picture hoe. oa, of the ursass
that sosesvd the fse- af the earth.
ibssne Nslasr 'by her srmsskabl~
ia'-sasi :osvssS ssadusiiy lifted
above the shssy ~siees which cover
ID the earth that b~suiifui ehain at
h,oaa'alas. shA &saks- de- chsisso|
ssaEe. which hoaads our .oasisy on
the ~ssssss side. A. she LOOKED
s~suss the ssse seas shss rover~a alt
tho Surrounding territory al that
time. ! felt that she must hat~
pi,nn~d with sr~si 10Y and ua..~ak.
able love 10 crate ruaiisuous Z 81
these elevated psumonsoSis~ q uon.
d-rfui iaad which woaid have f~w
rivals for natural beauty. a land tha,
would s~ssc ever ~ = monument to-
he. rrudisaii,y. and yri - bcsniifai
that no toaGuc or suux or story could
ever hot.~ To describe its worth and
beauty. ao. actiae upon the impulse
hcascaward through the centuries
this beautiful mountain ransr. until
their saow capped rrrsts kissrd the
clouds. Through her handmaidcns
the glaciers of the glacial period and
other asca. shr caused the cutting
away Of this aad ths, obstruction to
her scheme Of beauty: through wind
aad wave. by earthquake shock. by
slow elevation Of 1his ARA and de-.
preston Of that. by action of floods.
and streams. with volcanoes b~lchins
forth their rcd hot molten lava: so
u was that she created and nodded
ever ~ she wrought she never failed
to remember the wants of mankind.
but stored up for them In her hills
rich latent energy Of coal and vcect-
able life.
Deep down In porphyry and gran
itc. close to the protecting bosom of
the mother range. she deposited
great areas OF her choicest gifts OF
gold. silver. copper and precious
stones. the necessities and ornaments
for the arts and crafts and baubIcs
for her earth child, man. to seek and
nnd. knowing he was to appear In
due fruition OF time. And so axc fol-
lowed age, and mighty forces pushed
upward the mountains. fooled out
the valleys. and crodcd the hills.
However. she managed to preserve.
within the embodiment OF the foot
hills. almost every precious metal
nnd stone for her children.
by reading natures open book Of