The Big Sandy news. [volume] (Louisa, Ky.) 1885-1929, 1915-10-15

of the passage, The wonderful Royal
Gorge has been reached Red granite
and gneiss walls sparkling with mica,
towering aloft on either hand 2627
fleet. The sky is Il thread almost OBJ
liberated by the Jagged ramparts and
the stars may be seen at mid day. At
the bottom flows the Arkansas river,
The mother OF the Royal Gorge This
river boils madly throughout its course
AT one point the hanging bridge, the
width is but 10 Sds and the road bed
has been built out over the water
This bridge il suspended parallel with
the river by immense steel supporters
buried in the granite walls on either
side. on the sides OF this rough rugged
gorge we could see mountain goats
climbing up this narrow pass that
looked most impossible. 49,.
Now we have come tn Eeadville,
near Mount Massive This is where
100 men were killed in a silver mine
some years ago Our tourist conductor
gave us a large piece OF the unrcnncd
ore that frame these silver mines,
| During the night We crossed over Ten
nessee Pass, which took us - min. at
this place. II was l0242 feet above the
sea leyel-the highest point on this
| route. '... 49,. .,..
Immediately after leaving IApnero
the train plnngcs into the Black canon
Euf the Gummtson to penetrate about
IS miles II crosses and rccrosses. The
Canon walls reach a height Of 1000 e..
4. and are characterized 10y many rifts
and by great masses OF Slide rock TO
the right is a smoking mountain, an
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fire for 20 years Now We come to
Green River where We got some Of
| the sweetest and incest cunteluupcs
that ever tasted Five years age. this
spot was an arid waste, but 1t has been
so irrigated that it produces most eys
neryrh!ng. At salt Lake City We found
4 a population Of s2777 This Is called
/ the Zion City OF the Saints, * the cap
! ttul OF Utah and was founded in lS+7
| by the Mormon pioneers who had came
overland from Illinois, Some Of the
sights are Temple square. containing
the chief Mormon buildings the Tenn
Pile Tabernacle aud Assembly hall
, Also tho information bureau for the
, benefit OF strangers Joining this square
are the Beehive and Lion houses for
merly headquarters Of brigham Young
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AT sparks, Nevada, We saw lnhiahS
all at work, when looked strange 70
, me Tor | thought lhcy were all I3%&
: as had read about In our I. : HIS
tory. The next stop was at Reno, Me-
, vada where they grant divorces ON
4 staying mo-. but ! didn't feel like
wanted n divorce 50 soon SO we didn't
I stop long here our next stop brought
d, us to- California and we all began Ia
feel good as y was nearing home,
After an interesting trip we hnally
d. reached Pasadena our destination.
, We had been on N" train 50 long thAt
we had become acquainted with pHr
nice conductor ana "ite ana pther
! ianily "hoahad came IRON Norh ~
olha,: but al l.do y" IN an a'pAfteH NJ
| the tnion depot ana the nrAt 1" see
was our auntie. we were takeh TO our
Z nome: ana allsr We h"u lHi'ch " WIS
4 CLOCK ana an were ready I" Iftl'
guess thls ehaS our u.p' nut II "aH
s"ou oht,"e touhu '""'Vt hi4 :" I'ple
hehteu' ~ ctr'"'h'N ~ " t'''u % suN
sh'he anu Ho"erS We arc '"1',.su ia
front o. az Lowe hhu MI ''S"'i
TWO very hiEh PEAKS pht II " 10 ili'i'S
| IRON our nome, L""NS as u We "'I'
huSh HctreF we haNt NlSi'eu ~"
plhces since we came 7u"uiS n'"' "
ing we TOOK our siuhch an" went 10
kVerslle Whlch Is ne" pArk "hu
an OF us pulldlnEs are mace "ul oi
| pam leaves anu covered WIN Nht
pam leatcu iahs, Ihef we went !"
Buschs gardens "hich was t"ii ih''es
ana All along lhls way were iniilph-
airs Just think Two miles OF mn
ionairs on each side OF the street We