The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1922-07-13
THE SCENIC RESOURCES
OF IDAHO ARE BIG ASSET
ADVERTISING AND ROADS WILL
BRING MANY TOURISTS
TO THE STATE.

CBy Arthur NJ. Piper, assistant Sc
ologist state bureau OF mines and ge-
oiogy. in Idaho Forester)
With potential value far i'm eX-
cess of any of her minor Industries
the scenic resources of Idaho are at
present little known less exploited
and least advertised. With the eXcep-
ton of the glaciers of Glacier Nation
al park and the multiplicity of gey-
sers of Yellowstone. the boundaries of
Idaho enclose points of scenic beauty
that equal and in many cases surpaas
any of those to be found in all our
national park system. The massive
grandeur of the Tetons the placid
beauty of payette. Occur d'Alene.
Pend d'Oreille and Hayden lakes and
the Jagged skyline of the Sawtooth
mountains are accessible to some de-
gree to the automobile tourist and
are obtruding themselves gradually
on public attention. Thoroughly, yet
unnecessarily hidden from the high
ways and even more deserving OF no
tice, however is the grand canyon of
the Snake river and the contiguous
area of the Seven Devils mountains.
Charm of the Snake.
Deeper by more than 1000 feet than
the canyon of the Colorado. the grand
canyon of the Snake makes it's sinu-
GUS northward traverse between the
states of Idaho and Oregon. Not
study of brilliant solors comparable
to the Garden of Allah" as is the
Colorado, but rather a symphony of
delicate tones suGfused over base of
duh volcanic rocks, its charm is kale
idoscOpic It's jagged walls, here a
blue gray there of a greenish tone,
with bold, red sweep of iron stain
yonder and a jaunty touch of yellow
green lichen at hand. climb 1900 feet
from the roaring foamflecked river to
the towering timber clad slopes of
the Seven Devils mountains. At mid
day we see an olive green river, oily
in the eddies and backwaters. wild
and seething over the rapids. losing
itself in the soft lavender haze of
July which grades into a deep azure
blue overhead An occasional bench,
seemingly a stones throw away across
the river, relieves the regularity of
the saw cut canyon with its clump of
delicate dark green timber. II is only
by glancing at the lofty. yet Identical,
yellow pine at hand that one retains
his proper perspective in the vastness
Of the place. Again at dusk we stand
on the canyons brink. Below is a
furnished silver ribbon in the i'm
blackness of a seeming
void which sOftens to rich living
maroon in the near shadows; opposite
MS the timber clad SUBMITS glow in
the reds and yellows of a setting sun.
inadvertently we drop into a silent
speculation of the abstract.
Advertise Idaho Scenery.
Truly we of Idaho need not cring
ingly acknowledge our state and
leave the floor for the artificial at
fractions of the land of the native
SON." The mountains of Idaho, jewel
ed with untold numbers of lakes set in
patches of undying snow should be
the Mecca of pleasure and relaxation
seeking tourists. Advertising only is
needed to force the establishment of
routes of easy access. Let us forest
ers, biologists. surveyors, spOrtsmen,
who see and learn these beauties
start the ball in motion; may we Gre
ate a just state pride by persistently
passing the word"