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through this gateway beggars descrip-
ton. for there against the turquoise
sky for which Colorado is so noted
stands the Queen of the Rockies
Pixies Peak-crowned with snow. The
green grass, yellow and purple flowers,
the blue sky and red rocks combine
to produce a perfect kaleidoscope OF
Natures beauties rarely equalled In
mountain scenery. and here the visitor
is sure TO linger, At sunset when the
sky changes to gold the scene becomes
one worthy Of the brush Of the great
est artist.
The Balanced Rock.
Perhaps the greatest natural Won
der OF the Garden is what is known
as the Balanced Rock-a hugo boul-
der about twenty feet in width and
thirty feet high and as many feet I'm
length and weighing at least Ave bun-
dred tons Is balanced on rock base
of four by five feet. There II has stood
for ages perfectly poised on its small
base. This Is the favorite SPOT for
tourists to BIO Photographed.
Just opposite is huge boulder
known as the Steamboat Rock. helm.
shaped like the bow of a vessel while
riding the waves. A railing has heer
built on the top and a numhor of to,o-
scopes have been set up for tho ms,
OF Visitors' rabies are also set or
the rock ana one may have lemonade
on the deck or this rock. AS nearl,
every day is sunny in Colorado. The
sun path Que receives here is delight
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full. The telescopes are usually good
and through them one can get a most
comprehensive view of the summit of
Pixies Peak In fact. a favorite stunt
Of the visitors is to watch the little
train of the cos wheel road climb to
the top Of the peak. Thousands OF
visitors come to the Garden of the
Gods each year. many returning again
and again, fascinated by the remark
able geological formations and the
great beauty of scenery Whereabouts.
Geology Of the Garden.
The geology Of the Garden is almost
as interesting rs tho formations.
Many noted biologists from all parts
of the world have visited the Park
and they agree that Pixies Peak was
once an island and that the granite
and pebbles found in the sedimentary
rocks west of the Gateway of the Gar
den were deposited in tho sea along
the shores OF n granite island which
at some remote period occupied the
area now covered by Pixies Peak.
They also agree that the rocks are
sedimentary conglomerates - sand
stone. shale and limestone deposited
In horizontal beds and mostly in the
open sea. These rocks contain inter-
esting minerals and fossils. During a
great upheaval the curious figures In
the Garden were formed, When the
region West of the Mississippi River
was bodily raised above the ocean
some parts were elevated more than
others. There were multitude OF
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exact as TO the location, 1t lies four
miles northwest of Colorado Springs
and extends from Grand View Hill to
the large rocks forming the gateway.
What is known as Mushroom Park ad-
joins it and although this is private
property II is likewise open TO the pub
lie free of charge. This section COW
ers about one hundred acres.
Entering at Grand View Hill one
soon comes upon the singular forma-
tons, each of which is separated from
the other. First come the Mushrooms
perfect types of giant mushrooms
formed OF red sandstone ana stand
ing about ten feet in height. Close by
is the Dutchman, a pile of rocks show
ing the profile of Follander. on
the opposite side of the road Is the
Baggage Room whore huge rocks
shaped like trunks and dress suit
cases are piled up with such precision
that one almost doubts that their
grouping Is really the work OF Nature.
but when one remembers that each Of
the stones weighs several tons the ia ct
that tho formation is really the nat
ural grouping of the rocks 10 evident.
Curious Formations.
Farther on Is the Hounds Head,
the Alligator, the Ape. the Deer Head,
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bulgings of the land, the moro re-
were pushed up vertically one or two
miles above the adjacent plains. This
movement uplifted the horizontal sed-
imentaries at various angles and often
faulted them. The larger mountain
valleys, such as Ute Pass, near COL
orado Springs, form what may be
called trough OF depression. which,
however, Is due to the unequal eleva-
ton. the land on each side having
pushed up higher than the valley.
Most OF the mountain valleys, such as
Williams, Queen and Cheyenne all OF
which are near the Garden, have been
cut out of solid rock by the streams.
The cliffs Of the Garden are said to be
due almost wholly to erosion and not
10 unequal uplifting and faulting.
Sedimentary beds once deeply covered
the place where the Garden now
stands. The beds differ in their COM
position and power to withstand
weathering and erosion by wind, rains
and streams. Also within the same
stratum there are removed most of
the original rock without disturbing
the remaining rock But like tho
sculptor's chisel. II has cut much deep
or In some places than others.
Pleasure Ground For The People.
In many places in the West curious
formations of rocks are 10 be found.
but nowhere In tho world does one
find such perfect representations as In
this Colorado Park. The land itself
Is 30 stony that II would be absolutely
valueless for cultivation. Indeed. II
seems as II Nature has set this tract
Of land aside as a. pleasure ground
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as means of tracking criminals. In
der the present severe conditions gov
erning enlistment there are few men
enrolled in the military or naval serv-
ice who have a propensity for law
breaking. but there are, of course,
some. as might be expected in any
large body of men.
For instance there was the case OF
the enlisted man on the U. S. S. Bal
timore who broke open the ships
strong box and stole a considerable
sum of money. There were no clues
that the ships officers could follow,
but the cash box was shipped of TO
Washington, and there, when 1t was
Photographed, there stood out in plain
relief finger print. Within a few
minutes radiogram was sent to the
Baltimore calling for the arrest OF one
OF the ships company-a man VINO
promptly confessed the theft. In the
same manner the finger prints of a
thieving soldier were found on the
transom which he had removed to
gain access to a room.
Modern Improvement OF an Old Time
science.
No claim Is made. OF course. that
there is anything new about the fun
damental principle of the finger-print
system as applied by the U. s. Army
and Navy. but plainly the Y. s. Gov
eminent has gone ahead of everybody
else in perfecting the system and de-
vising ready-reference facilities for
vast accumulation Of prints. When
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1t comes to securing and indexing
scores Of thousands of finger prints
every year 1t is very different mat
ter from afixing a few finger prints
to will or other document as the
Chinese did centuries ago.
The finger print idea has girdled the
globe ere It found Judgment in Amer
lea. 1t went from China to India.
thence to South America (where to-
day It is very extensively employed.
especially in Argentina, as universal
means of identification) thence to
Australia and finally to London. An
official who had witnessed the miracles
of hnger-print Identification in India
perfected 1t for the use of scotland
Yard" the British detective and po-
lice system. and the United States Gov
eminent got the idea from Scotland
Yard only to further perfect 1t. Mr..
j. H. Taylor, the Finger-Print Expert
of the L. s. Navy. ranks as probably
the greatest living expert In this novel
field of endeavor.
How Finger Prints Are Made.
Tho making Of the finger prints OF
newly L. S. soldier or
sailor is a duty that devolves upon the
recruiting officer who signs the new
conner in the service. Not only Is
there obtained an impression of each
hand, but each individual finger in
turn Is made to yield It's autograph
by rolling the linked finger from side
to side on the paper instead of merely
bearing down on the surface OF the
paper as the average person would be
prone 10 do under the circumstances.
! Certain precautions are necessary II
one is to get good finger likeness.
The hands must be washed thoroughly
with soap and brush or else white
blotches will appear in the impress
sions and the Army and Navy Experts
make it a practice to make sure OF
tho removal of all grease. water or
perspiration by wiping the fingers with
a cloth dampened with benzine or
ether Just before the finger tips are
touched to the ink which has been
spread for the purpose on glass
plate. 1t IS important. too. that the
thickness Of the ink on the plate be
less than one-half the elevation of the
ridges IN the fingers. Finger tips are
supposed to touch the paper lightly
and only with sufficient pressure con-
tact to carefully record; indeed, SIT
tiers in a Government finger-print stu
do are always told to relax their
fingers when leaving the impression
and not TO try TO assist by bearing
down on either the linked plate or tho
paper.
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for the benefit and enjoyment OF the

for the benefit and enjoyment OF the
people.
Naturally. everything in this region
centers about Pixies Peak, and one OF
the views from Steamboat Rock Is
that of Cheyenne Mountain. which
rises about two thousand feet above
the plains. General Pike climbed this
peak in hope of reaching the sum-
NIT of Pixies Peak by a trail from
the top of Cheyenne. but he failed to
even conquer the summit OF this lit
tie mountain as the large rock some
two hundred feet from the top was as
far as It was possible for his party to
go. 1t was then that he declared that
he believed that 1t was impossible to
reach tho summit.
The Garden of the Gods has many
delightful sheltered hooks where one
may picnic, and 1t Is not uncommon
for parties to come by street cars to
the entrance and walk over the Gar
den, lunching near some particular
formation. Many OF the rocks present
perfect stone dining tables while the
nearby rocks serve as seats. Wild
flowers and pine needles perfume the
air, while the hurming birds and but
terfiies glide around ones head. There
are no snakes or poisonous insects to
disturb the picnickers. and there I'M
der the glorious sunshine and blue sky
the visitor may revel in Natures Won
derland.
Everybody who visits Colorado rides
burro at least ONCE, and trip
through the Garden of the Gods on
this little animal is usually very salts
factory as one does not have to sit
on the beast longer than three hours
unless a minute examination is made
of the formations These little ami
mails are stabbed near the entrance and
can be obtained for a mere trifie.
Even the most timid person need not
fear a trip to the formations on these
sure-footed little animals that climb
mountains with tho agility OF a goat
and which for many years were the
only carriers up Pixies Peak.
Untrammelled by human linttA-
lions Nature has outdone herself at
this place. II this be not the Garden
Of the Gods twas here they must have
toiled to lend enchantmsnt to the
hearth. Il
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Germans, whose scheme of an indi-
vidual metal tag for each soldier, our
War Department at one time threat
encd to copy.
1t sounds ridiculously simple this
proposal that every person may estab-
lish permanent credential OF his
identity by the mere act Of coating
his fingers with ink and leaving their
impression on a sheet of white paper,
and it seems almost prepostorous that
among the hundred million people in
this broad land no two should have
exactly the same markings on the tips
of their fingers.
Dozens of stories I might tell you
of the marvellous tests that have con-
WINGED Uncle Sans finger-print ox-
perts that there are no doubles
among all the fingers in Christondom
but one incident will indicate the sort
of evidence that is forthcoming all the
while. Some time ago there were re-
ceived at the War Department the
! photographs of new recruit who
seemed to be the living image of a
soldier already in the service. A com
parison Of the two subjects, full fa ce
gnu PRONE, SecIllcu 10 lnulCale 'na'
either the army photographer must
have gotten mixed or else here was
the most remarkable case of dual per-
sonality on record. But when the Of
fcials called for the finger prints OF
Tie two men, who, by the way, bore
the same name, there was no chance
for confusion. The finger prints were
entirely dissimilar. The men were
twins from Columbus, Ohio.
System Has Made Good.
Some time since n body was found
in San Francisco bay, so badly eater
away that recognition was impossible
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Navy, went so far as to burn the tips
of all his fingers with carbolic acid,
but his painful sacrifice was all in vain
FOR there was a tiny portion of one
finger tip that was not eaten by the
acid, and this lead to his detection.
1t is not that the Army and Navy
officials are so keen to detect and
punish deserters. although that nat
urally follows, but rather that they are
DESTROYS of keeping out of the service
men who would not be a credit TO 1t.
Thus the finger print not only thwarts
repeaters, but prevents the re-enlist-
ment of men who have been dishon-
orably discharged. One might sup
pose that in time the tricksters would
learn that 1t is impossible to evade
the tale-telling OF the finger prints.
but If they are to learn il evidently
will be slowly. because in the month
Of March, 1916, fifty persons were de-
tccted in attempts at fraudulent en-
listment, and up TO date the finger
print sleuths have turned back a total
OF 3,S1S undesirables who attempted
10 dodge their finger print records and
re-enter one arm of the service or an
other
Some Thrilling Detective Stories.
II would be strange, indeed, II such
an uncanny means OF detecting iden-
tity did not incidentlv work TO the
discom future of wrongdoers, and this
has been the history Of the finger
print system in tho L. s. Army and
Navy just as Il has been in police de-
partmentS where I. has been utilized
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The right index finger was, however, in
fair state of preservation. and mas
much as it was suspected that the
body was that OF an enlisted man in
the Navy, Impressions of the finger
were made and forwarded to Washing
ton. In an incredibly short time after
the arrival of the prints at the Blu
reau of Navigation identity was posi-
lively fixed ms that of a coal passer
of the L. s. Navy who had been miss
ing from the L. s. s. West Virginia
for nearly two months. Three blue
jackets asphyxiated in the Hotel
Washington in Hoboken, n. j., were
identified at short notice by the use
of the fingcr-print system. The ship
TO which they had been attached had
departed unexpectedly after they
were granted shore leave and there
was no person in Hoboken who was
able to give the slightest clue to their
identity.
Most remarkable OF all the finger
print romanCes was that of man re-
Gently found unconscious in the woods
of the State of Washington. He was
taken to a hospital, where an opera
ton was performed. in which a piece
of skull was removed, whereupon he
recovered consciousness and at once
spoke of having been assaulted on
Fifth avenue, New York, fourteen
years previously. He awoke with alb
solutely no recollection of what had
occurred in the meantime, but a
chance remark suggested that he
might have served in the Navy and
finger prints were hurried to Washing
ton. Hero he was identified as a
sailor who served in the Navy from
1903 to 1909 and after leaving the
service settled at Port Rlakely. Wash
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the Porcupine, the Washwoman and
the Samese Twins. Another view of
the latter formation is known as Punch
and Judy as they are perfect rep
resentation of these amusing figures
This formation is some distance from
the main road. and the visitor who
wishes to study the figures must leave
his carriage or automobile and walk
to the figures
The Needle Rock. sometimes called
the Cathedral Spire, is another curious
formation. Rising skyward to the
height of about two hundred feet, 1t
stands out in the Garden like some
mighty cathedral. Close by is another
rock known as the Tower OF Babel,
which Is the highest rock in the Gar
den, being from three hundred and
fifty to four hundred feet IN height.
At the Ruins of Montezuma's Temple
several of the layers Of stone are
turned up edgewise, the result OF some
prehistoric upheaval. Curious figures
OF animals are formed, such NJ the
Lions Head on one of the Gateway
rocks. the Kissing Camels on another
and the Gear and tho Seal on the top.
Magnificent Gateway.
The gateway is formed by various
kinds of stone and its rocks are so
massive that the view becomes awe
inspiring. for standing beside these
giant piles Of red sandstone the Wis
itor must realize his smallness as COM
pared with these mighty rocks of ma
ture. At the foot of the gateway Is
huge pile OF white gypsum rocks
part of which was turned up edge
wise by some terrific force ages ago
Close by Is some grey sandstone
which, blending with the white gyp-
sum and red sandstone, form per
feet harmony In color. Tho view
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I'D O the wife, or mother or sweet
81 heart back home the most
I'll disturbing thought in connection
<NfyS wifi, u+ar &c that If worst came
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A Preparedness Asset Is
The Marvellous Identified
ton System Of the U, S.
Army and Navy Why
Uncle Sam Takes the Fin
ger Prints Of Every Re-
cruit "a Thwarting Re-
heaters
peaters.
BY WALDON FAWCETT.

R o the wife, or mother or sweet
a heart back home" the most
tA disturbing thought in connection
w. with war is that If worst came
to worst-if loved one paid his debt
TO his country with his life, there
might be the inconceivable added tor
ture that no more in death than in life
could the hero be restored to his own.
1t has remained for the European
war to add new terror to this vision
of the afterward. Modern warfare as
oxemplified on the Continent with its
burning oil, its poisonous gases, its
jets of fame, Its aeroplane bombs
and submarine torpedoes has not
merely brought forward new elements
of destructiveness. More maddening
in thought Is the toll 1t takes not in
glorious death on the battlefield but in
shattered lives of the MANNED
manned in n manner that battles our
more progressive surgery. What, then,
comes the thought, if a loved one, be-
reft of reason in the lannon's roar,
were doomed through loss Of memory
TO spend all the afterward among
strangers. unknowing and unknown.
No fears of this kind need, however,
disturb the dreams of the American
women who play the role of 1.-The
girl left behind me-" A marvellous
identification system lately perfected
by the U. S. Army and Navy gives to
each soldier under the Stars and
Stripes. the infallible, the uneraseable
scientific autograph.
The Function of the Finger Print.
Here, then. you have the primary
function of the finger print-the
phase Of this specialized sequel to
palm reading that would render 1t in
valuable in determining who's who in
time of war. No nation in Europe
has so dependable a system of solv-
ing battling identities-not even the
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lnStOn. during his residence on the
Pacific Coast he had married but when
he awoke from the trance that set
him back fourteen years he failed to
recognize his wife. who sat at his bed
side.
Thwarting Tho Reporters.
While Uncle Sans huge library OF
finger prints would prove invaluable
in time of war in identifying soldiers
and sailors when all other means of
Identification fail, 1t must not be sup
posed that this Is the sole object of
this odd machinery for keeping tab
upon our fighters. More immediate is
the purpose Of thwarting reporters
repcaters being in this instance the
men who make a practice of enlisting
in the Army or Navy, then deserving
and re-enisting in a short time.
Why on earth, says the uninitiated,
should any man want to do that? Sim
pie enough, when you know the an
swer. Uncle Sam provides n new re-
cruit with an outfit of clothing valued
at more than $50. If n repeater who
makes a business of the "in again, out
again in order to get clothes to sell
to the second hand dealers, can turn
around often enough he may make a
tidy sum. Before the finger print sys-
tenn was put in there were cases of
men who had enlisted more than a
dozen times ere they were detected.
Since the advent of the finger print
barrier no person has been able to
beat the game" as the officers say
One man a hospital steward in the
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Remarkable Formations
Set Up By Nature In a
Park Now Owned By the
City Of Colorado Springs.
Copyright, 1915. by The International
Syndicate

copyright, I7lh. bY Inc International
Syndicate
~ EPHAPS there 10 no place In the
@sG world superior to the Garden of
n the sods for natural formation
IN EARN end stone. There a.e
Touna iii great abundance figures OF
man, beast and fowl with represen-
tations IN red sandstone and rock of
buildings and other things easily
traced out without the least stretch OF
tho Imagination, all the work Of M
ture.
These formations are quite inter
esting to tho curious and Instructive
to the artistic and scientific. Both tho
pleasure seeker and those in search of
geological formations never tire of
tramplng through its winding path
ways and roadways from tho entrance
NJ tho boulevard between Colorado
Springs and Manitou. all tho way to
the high stono gateway in the rear
through which one gets splendid
view cf the magnificent anow-capped
Plxa's Peak several miles away.
Public Park.
The Garden OF the Gods ia now a
pubic park and was given to the city
OF Colorado Springs by the heirs OF
Charles r.. Perkins, a former president
OF the Chicago. Burlington g. Quincy
Railroad. II comprises an area OF
/ four hunared and eighty acres. To be
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The DOUBTFUL CHARM OF THE
SURURRS

Walking in the outer suburbs is
fascinating exercise because of the
real estate operator who has filled
the landscape with surprises. You
have reached the outskirts OF the
city. Before you lies a primitive
vista, fields as far as the eye can
reach, a good deal Of marsh, some
old trees IN the foreground. and per
haps q bit OF water large enough for
skating in winter or there may be
a tangle OF dwarf timber and scrub
running clear TO the horizon, un-
broken by those deadly enemies OF
rural beauty, the factory chimney
and the gas tank. Looking across the
waste OF brush and fallOw, one might
imagine II melting into the prairies
OF the west. and so on 10 the Pacific
You scent the genuine primitive, the
real thing. at the farthest pole from
the suburban. To your right, o path.
z real country path. leads through