Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-10-19
Ask REDROCK CANYON IN cAHF0RN|A
BESET ASIDE As NATIONAL MONUMENT;
REGION Of SPECTACULAR MAGN|F|CENCE
Discovery Made That Desolate Pile Near Mojave
Eastern Slope sierras Become Celebrated
as Grand Canyon-Accessibe by Motor Hghways-In
spired Description of Sights.

There Is a movement on foot to have
set aside as a national monument Red
Rock canyon in California, scenic
marvel of desolate beauty in stone. 1t
is a field of great possibilities as a
study for biologists and fossil hunters,
and for sheer, spectacular sight seeing
attraction to tourists 1t is said to be
unique and beyond comparison.
The canyon is in southern California,
on the eastern slope OF the Sierra Ne
vada mountains, on the state highway
and a section of the Roosevelt high
way Thus it is accessible by well
known routes to tourist travel from all
over the country. once Its merits re-
ceive the boost that comes OF federal
recognition it's popularity will become
enormous, say those who have Wis
tied the canyon. 1t is about 125 miles
from Los Angeles, "a miles from Mo-
jave.
Visitors who have inspected parts or
the canyon-it is SO extensive and so
rugged that some sections are very
hard to reach--say that it is as dis
tinctive in it's way as the Grand cam
yon; that its coloring is even richer
and it's formations more interesting De :
cause of the astonishing variety or
structures represented.
| A writer in the Los Angeles I1mes
| has given very glowing description
! canyon, from the standpoint of the
geologist, the camera user and the cas-
ual visitor.
| ION approaching from either direc-
| ton" he writes, "a sharp turn of the
trail brings the walled-in miracles In
sight-an enhancing picture that halts
the breath. Pillars and columns, plain
] and fluted and chased pilasters ana
colonnades, tiny and titanic, tier upor
tier, mile after mile, far skyward; ar
cades corridors, balustrades; castles
lcathedrals, towers, domes, spires, ODE
lisks, sphinxes, gargoyles, images-ai
perfectly nodded and eXquis1tel!
adorned W the Lord of Creation anc
unmarried by the laundering vandal
man; an acropolis, buried city, ant
|, hundreds of other fancies become real
! tiles.
COLOSSAL AcRoPoLls
Upon an eminence stands the Grea
|, Temple of the Sun, an impressive Pill
125 feet high, with a series of terraces
entrance ways and partially crum ble'
, walls forming an elliptical incloSure 10
feet in diameter--an ideal amphithea
ter. Those who look upon this ruiz
) have difficulty in believing that 1t wa
: not builded by master masons. Nea
by and also dominating the mySti
Z region rises massive Sentinel Tower
v Imposing rather than pretty. 1t
l more substantial than its falling neigh
5 Dor. biologists say it has held 1T
4 commanding bulk aloft hundreds o
e thousands of centuries. The walls ar
a pinkish gray and the lava roof dar
red in strikink contrast against TIL
q mellow blue of the California SIX,
e When the artists come along it Will b
: a faVorite study
e Colossal and supreme, inviting c
= forbidding in it's sway of the behold
= er's emotions is the Acropolis, a mil
: diagonally opposite. More than Az
S feet high, 1000 long and solemnly aloo
S it may be likened to the Athena
Acropolis and as well to the MANN OF