The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-19

Yellowstone entrance. This vast terri
tory of 2,142,720 acres lies partly in
Montanta and Idaho. narrow strips on
the north and west, but mostly in
Wyoming. Into the park flows the
Yellowstone River on its 1000 mile
journey. There are excellent road
ways to all the interesting parts and
In seeing these we registered 20S
miles. We encountered our absolutely
first rain Just as we were entering,
but preliminaries arranged we travelled
right on and when we reached our first
point, "Old Faithful auto camp and
shelter. the shower was over. The
geysers are the wonder-features of the
Park, of which there are said to be
81. no two of them alike. The Con-
slant Geyser throws up Jet of water
about 20 feet high at intervals of one
minute. Giant Geyser shoots up a
column 200 to 300 feet every seven to
twelve days. The waters of "Old
Faithful" known for 40 years to white
man, spout UP $50 to 175 feet every
fifty to seventy minutes, sending out
5000 gallons per eruption. We wit
messed this boiling water leap from it's
well four or five times, once by flash
light. There are little bowls of water
so clear you mistake its presence on
all the sides Of the travertine terraces
up to the deep one, which defies meas
urement. The whole region. which is
volcanic, seems uncanny, your footing
feels uncertain. sort of secret fear
that it may all blow up or sink in at
any moment.
The Norris Geysers, which are chief
~ mud, number sixteen. Throughout
this section you encounter fearful
fumes of sulphur and steaming gases,
the masses of roaring mud make hid
eous noises and the whole region saw
ors OF the Pit" We saw a new mud
geyser, spouting an ugly stream of
stuff every thirty minutes. It had
been known only five days and con-
firmed your shaky sensations that
others might spring up as you walk
over the lid of the boiling pot. Hell
Roaring River" describes one section
OF the stream. A whole mountain is
complaining from the connections
within and is called Roaring Mount
ain" sounds like near thunder and
reminds Of Riley's when the World
Busts Through" Mammoth hot springs
are specially beautiful when seen be
tween five and six o'clock in the even
ing, the rays Of the setting sun at that
hour lighting them in a way to give
the greatest variety Of color. Every
hue is reflected in the Overlooking
basins, the outside of the china-like
bowls are also tinted.
Here Is natures wonderfully lovely
buffet, every dainty cup in her dining
room closet running over with liquid
beauty. Punch Bowl. The Morning
Glory and Pansy Springs are each par
ticularly pretty. We enjoyed our ride
along the Yellowstone Lake, through
the Golden Gate and Viaduct, and KEEP
Ter Cascades, but our supreme admira-
ton was in reserve for the Grand
Canyon, which though only 20 miles
long and 1000 feet deep. contains a
piece of scenery, the most magnificent,
a most glorious kaleidoscope of color.
q bit of natures handiwork, the most
sublime. In this gorge are the Upper
Falls, 100 feet in height and the Lower
367 feet. We silently witnessed the
Canyon from the Brink from Point
Lookout. or Grand View, Inspiration
Point and Artists Point, a feast for
eyes, dAu Acdll, SIduuluS Ou
these heights, one perceives he has
no power to picture. he can only let
the lofty, sublime vision stamp itself
on his soul, he stands before the best
God ever made.
The run out from the Park was de-
layed a day. Just as we were ready
to leave we discovered a broken
spring, which could not be replaced
till we reached Cody-but Little Ben
carried his own kit Of tools and me-
chanic. We had no further hindrances
till We made Minneapolis and there we
staid four days. rain-bound. Another
king Of river in that city too floods of
kindness, strangers and they took US
in'-fnends whose care was almost
parental (for our comfort) Their cot
tage on Minnehaha Creek at our dis
posal, one OF the Providential happen
ings Of our journey which we like to
record. We came over the Yellow
stone Trail from the Park to Mime
apolis, we took the Red Ball from
there to Cedar Rapids, Iowa, and used
the Lincoln Highway to Chicago