Northern Wisconsin advertiser. [volume] (Wabeno, Wis.) 1898-1925, 1920-01-23

| ~ y 11G-t>E udNS OF dUNdhCcu IFdNel
it seems strange to record the dis
| 81 covery of gorge crowded with
natural wonders within a few
| hours motor ride Of busy city, says
London Graphic. Yet such is the story
| Of Red Rock canyon. in southern Cali
! fOrnia. an enchanted spot. so rich in
| its unique beauty. and of such scien-
! tifiC import that the president of the
| United States is asked by some of
| TIE leading men and organizations of
| the Pacific coast to set it apart as a
national monument. This romantic,
! rainhOw-hued gorge contains wealth
| of amazing structures reared and
carved and even painted by the ele-
| mentS, and vet comparable only to the
| classics of ancient and modern archi-
| lecture. It's fossil beds practically I'M
| touched. give promise of naleont0lOg-
ical treasure. and recent finds in it's
caves interest ethnOlOglStS.
The canyon is a cash in the south
ern end of the Sierra Nevada noun
tains. It's mouth opens upon the
northwestern edge Of the Mojave des-
ert. 1t is 1875 miles from Los Angeles.
For nearly century the pr0Saic piO-
neers who passed that remote way paid
no heed to it's vivid charm. 1t was
the decision TO extend the state high
way from Los Angeles to Bishop that
led to the discovery of the beauties
Of this gorge Until the surveyors re-
turned and reported the existence Of
strange and wonderful rock formations
no one knew of their presence. This
Is all the more remarkable when we
remember the Americans love of
travel, and that these are the days
of railways and motOrcars. Shortly
now ther canyon with its many Won
ders will be on the main trail of civ
iizatiOn. and tens of thousands of
tourists and others will soon admire
it with rapture and establishment. The
new roadway approaches to within 90
feet of the scenic marvels which the
government is petitiOned to protect and
preserve.
Miracles Of Form and Color.
That section of the canyon which
contains the inspiring works embraces
a little more than four square miles is
several miles removed from the desert,
and lies at an altitude of 5000 feet.
On approach from either direction a
turn brings the walled-in miracles of
form and color suddenly into view-an
enhancing picture; pillars and col
umns, plain and fiuted and chased;
pilasters ard cOlonnades, tiny and I'll
tanic, tier upon tier mile after mile,
far skyward; arcades, balustrades, cor
rdors; temples, castles, cathedrals,
towers, dOnes, spires, sphinXes, gar
goyles-all perfectly nodded and eX-
quisitely adorned by the lord of crea-
ton.
Moreover, they are untouched and
unmarried as yet by the laundering
vandal hand of man; a buried city,
an acropOlis and scores of other fan
cies become realities. On an eminence
at the canyons head stands the Tenn
pie of the Sun, an impressive gray
pile, 125 feet high, approached through
a series of terraced entranceways,
with partially crumbled walls forming
an elliptical Enclosure approximately
$50 feet in diameter-an ideal amphi-
theater Those who look upon this
temple find it difficult TO believe that
IT is not human handiwOrk. Near by.
dominating the mystic region, rises the
massive Sentinel Tower, imposing
rather than beautiful. 1t is apparent
y. io1 tbov
its neighbOr. Biologists say it has
held its commanding bulk aloft for
thousands of centuries. The walls are |
pinkish gray, and the ponderous fiinty |
capstones a brilliant red A mile d. |
agonally opposite is the colossal pile |
known as the Acropolis. This is, per-
haps, the browning feature. More than |
$50 feet high and 1000 feet long and |
solemnly aloof, it has been likened to |
the Athenian Acropolis because of a |
marked resemblance, and as well to |
the mammoth temple ruins of Baalbec
in northern Syria. Seen from any angle
it is mysterious, awe-compelling. GER
tain to leave a lasting ir- Hp the
mind of all observers. co. ~~f
The Closed Cath
Still is another master in the
Closed Cathedral. study magnif-
cent coloring, so gorgeouSznd yet so
softly harmonious thai -Eielder Of
the n sh dares hope |equa lit. 1t
is. oa tremendous with an en-
feet I'D Is feet wide,
depth of II feet
al BE, yellow, red,
-, all the ntArvening shades
agui the decoTatiVl , scheme, and nd
stained lass windows. 1he whole as
,eet is of antiquity. enhanced by
rack or fault aiagonaIly through the
rront-evidencei of slsae before the
processes of erosion begar. The ca
80 ro4ffStiS that me J