American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1922-07-01

Is one or these who haa the feeling
in his soul that Nature has done
some beautiful things and he likes
to go out and look at 'em and take
pictures OF EN-.
Every once in while You will
pick up a magazine and you will see
some picture that Doc. took. Most
cny day you will read in tho daily
papers that he delivered a lecture
somewhere and his theme is always
the same--"The Natural Beauties OF
Utah" He likes them for what they
are--part OF the best work that Ma
ture ever accomplished. His pictures
OF Bryce canyon and Zion conyon
end hidden beauties in the shape OF
waterfalls that he has sought out
will be revelation to future gene
rations. He'll spend whole day
climbing up and down with heavy
pack on his back Just to get one good
exposure Of vista that appeals to
his eye. He's been doing II for
twelve years as side issue TO his
main business Of selling glassep to
people and he is now becoming
recognized as an authority on what
Utah has to offer to the world. I
asked him II he had any religion and
he said that the religion OF the noun
tains was good enough for him.
UP THE TRAIL
Well anyway, wc met Doc and his
side-kick, Al Piper. at the foot of the
trail and they had big reflectors of
$50 candle power and other Junk
that goes in this photography game.
II was a question OF getting II up the
mountain and being too heavy for
light work, I didn't Join until we had
reached an altitude OF 10000 feet.
got my second wind and carried ono
Of those reflectors anbther $4,000
feet to the portal Of the cave.
looked like oomothing that had
been pulled out OF Turkish bath and
while | was madly hopping my few
cred brow, Doc calmly discour sed as
'ollowy:
Look over yonder Mt that canyon
wall. Did you ever have q fairer
prospect to gaze upon? The trail?
Why that's 6oggone good trail built
by the forestry service and It does
ouch fat wallpapers rs you good to
climb It," That was all the setisfac-
ticn ! got and tho next day could
hardly lift my bones out OF bed. but
felt better some way. fclt as
though I had been In communion
with something great and glorious
and part OF the dross OF my being
was sloughed off.
] volunteered to help Doc take pic
lures and I'm glad did because
got some inside information on the
cave that never would have gotten
had ] hurried through like most
sightseers do.
! learned. for instance, that there
are beautiful crystal flowers growing
In that cave that have all the century
plants I'm the world beaten TO Scan
pulp because they have
been growing for million years and
are getting more beautiful all the
time. Doc made me sit on a cold,
wet stone for ten minutes at a STREET
CHI playing the light on the formation
and I had time to look about me. Did
you ever see photograph OF a snow
flake with all its delicate tracery?
We'll. there are $4,000 snowflakes In
that cave unless miscounted, and
the stalagmites and stalactites stick
up and down until 1t looks like a
fairy forest. Engineer Torgeson, who
drove us up there, allowed as how
some OF those stalagmites might be
old enought to vote II It ever became
a deadlock between Democrats, Re
publicans and Bolsheviki.
AS ! sat there holding the light I
took a slant at the thing as a whole
and by some strange streak Of imagi-
nation was waited back into the
United States district court where we
once tried a big mining case. Two
big companies were fighting for a
mine and they brought In elaborate
models showing veins, assures, faults,
slopes and tunnels. They used to
interest me nightly because have
had many day dream about the
time when hot waters carrying met
ais in solution came up through the
cracks of the earth under pressure
end deposited their precious burden.
"Chamber of June DrIdes'
] took another squirt ut the walls
OF Timpnnogos cave and SEE to my
self. This is neither a worked out