Montpelier examiner. [volume] (Montpelier, Idaho) 1895-1937, 1919-11-28

Jack Lait wrote a Characteristic appreciation
of Zion canon for railroad administration book
let In which he said
zion canon is an epic written by Mother Ma
ture In her most ecstatIc humor. illustrated by
Creation In Its most ma jestic manifestations pub
lished by God Almighty ns an inspiration to all
mankind Zion canon Is the most beautiful spot
on this continent. | think ! have all the
famed show-paces that the evolution of the
earths formation has made. And OF them all
Zion to me stands first stands alone"
Zion has the double charm OF form and color
and 1t is hard to say which Is the appealing
The entrance to the canon Is spacious and I'M
pressve. The course up the Rio Virgin Is tor
tuous and the variation of view and of formation
of the lofty walls is great. At the end Of six
seven miles of canon the will narrows to the
stream. What there Is beyond Is practically nm
known Thus from the plateau above the ylsl
tor may look down thousands OF vertical feet into
the painted canon with its river. From the river
bank he may look up thousands Of feet with
changing view at every turn of the canon.
The entrance 10 the Is most impressive
To the west rises the West Temple $3.50 feet)
fanked by the Towers Of the Virgin. The guar.
dian to the east Is the East Temple (7OOO)
fanked by the Waterman (6.350). and Bridge
mountain $500. Then come the Sreaked Wall
on the west side and the Brown Wall the east
side. topped respectively by the Three Patrarchs
and the Mountain. Of the Sun. Extraordinary fea-
lures or the wall formation include III Goberna-
dor. the Great Organ and the Temple OF sInawava.
The visitor finally to a point where the
chasm Is more than 200 feet deep and the walls
so nearly touch that he looks up to see no sky
The walls practically vertical and parallel and
warp In and out, thus cutting of the blue above.
Here Is revealed the secret Of the Making Of
Zion, is pointed out by DIR. G. X. Gilbert Of the
United States geological survey. This chasm is
an example Of downward erosion by sand bearing
water, which acts like the marble saw The cut
Is not entirely vertical, because the current has
carried the cutting sand 10 side or the other
and the cut unduIates both In Its vertical and
horizontal sections.
The forms along the canon walls are extraor.
binary. And the colors are even more striking
The famous yermillon Clin Of the Painted Desert
here combines with the White CIn and we see a
thousand feet Of red. But this startling cornbna-
tion Is but the beginning Of a veritable riot Of
color. The yermilion Gin rests on the Painted
Desert stratum-3JO feet Of a deeper red set of
by purple and mnuye shaies. Below this IL a bun
dred feet Of brown and gray congiomeruie. The
browning touch Is the colOring OF the upper sum
mits Of the White CHI Here there are In places
several hundred feet Of varicoloFed shaIes and
linestones whose seepage Enthusiastically stains the
glistening white. In consequence OF the meeting
Of these many cOlors Zion IL as gorgeous as
Gypsy scarf. and sunrise and sunset produce IN.
belieyable effects.
For example. take the West Temple From
foundation Of mingled reds. yeilows, browns