The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1924-06-19

ffOI0o3OT ffI28LkuO OF tho 1o8oO
Tech, spoke on the geology of the
Craters. having spent considerable
time studying 1t on the ground. His
part is covered In other articles In
this issue.
o. w. Withum of Twin Falls, plead
for an early effort to get a road
built from Minidoka through the
heart of the Craters of the Moon,
not an impossible task at all, and
one that will enable the tourists and
the home people to get in and see
it without making the great circuits
necessary at present.
Mr.. Withum spoke in part as fol-
lows: ut is all right to have plenty
of circuits for the tourists and sight
seers, but we should not make 1T
necessary for them to go all around
| the circuits to visit things they do
not care to see. They may not all
be interested in Three creek and
Nine mile and other places that are
| dear to us. OF course there Is
great deal in name at times, as one
of our Minidoka families has proved.
There were three daughters In the
family and when the Oldest one mar
ried she went to live at Twin Falls.
In due time they celebrated the ar
rival of twins. When the second
daughter married, they went to live
at Three creek, and their first born
were triplets. When the third
daughter became engaged, the father
said to her, Daughter, for Heaven
sake don't you and Harry go to live
at Thousand springs"
Byrd Trego, speaking for Black
foot, urged that full and correct In
formation be given to tourists about
the roads and routes and let them
take their choice. The country is
rich enough in scenic attractions to
make them happy wherever they go
if only they can go where they want
to and not be annoyed with misin-
formation and thus come to dislike
us on account of their disappoint-
ments of that nature. In speaking
of the Craters of the Moon he said,
st is always interesting and i'm
portant to note the impression which
a scenic wonder makes on per-
sons mind when viewed for the first
time. That places the stamp of value
upon it, and this park is so new it
is for us to address ourselves to the
task Of making its wonders known
to Others
A few years ago Mt. Vesuvius was
in eruption and distinguished AM
erican writer, Booth Harrington,
went to Europe to see it. He arrived |
in the night, and his rising in the
morning was awaited with interest
by the gentlemen who was to es-
cort him out upon the veranda to
have his first look at it. The morn
ing was still and clear with no breath
of air stirring, and Vesuvius was
pouring a pillar of smoke a mile
high. While in that superb condi-
ton, the visitor was escorted out
upon the veranda and the escort
said, ''That is Vesuvius. Have you
anything like that in America? ?"
AS Mr.. Harrington gazed at it he
replied, mo, we havn't anything
Just like it but we have Niagara
Falls, and we could put the dam
thing out in five minutes.
We have another distinguished
American writer whose opinion is
much priced, Mary Roberts Rine-
hart; and when she went to have
her first look at the Grand Canyon
of the Colorado, committee ar
ranged it so she should be driven out
in a special stage and taken to the
brink of the canyon at the point
where she could get the best view.
She had written up SO many of our
parks and the scenic won
iers, they were anxious to note her
first expression when she saw this.
rhe canyon at that point was mile
deep and ten miles wide; in fine
and exquisite in its
lights and colorings. AS this lady
yazed upon it she exclaimed, what
! grand creation of Gods hand
'But a cowboy rode up just after
he stage, who was also about to
ret his first view of the canyon and
when he refined his horse and took
look he said, Hell! What a hole!"
You see we give expression to what
s in our minds, and Mary and the
cowboy were not of the same type
# mind"
"As our car came swinging around
he curves overlooking those areas
# frozen lavas between here and the
ntrance this morning, there kept
occurring to my mind the express
ion of the cowboy on the brink of
he grand canyon"
During the morning some joker
ffmbed to the top of one OF the
oIcanic cones and laid upon the rim
coil of old hose in which was a
bera1 amount of rubber. Saturat-
lg it with oil to make it burn well
nd throw a good smoke screen, he
red it, and there arose the specta-
Ie of a real volcano pouring its