Show V Q If hes beenooH-- ' JOSEPH rFOGUE UNITED SBTES MnOIlAL MUSEUM EAR the southeast corner of Utah In a remote and inacces- ilble part of the Nav&ho reservation now given over to the use of the Plutee la situated a natural called bridge by the Navaboea Nonnezoeche the atone arch by the Plutea Baroholnl the rainbow whlcn surpasses any structure of Its kind known Even to man the other great bridges of southern Utah the Caroline the Augusta and the Edwin known since 1902 are In size and beauty by the rainbow exceeded arch Discovered but little over a year ago It has thus far been visited by less than 25 white men and described but once Recently a United States Geological Surin of H E Gregory rey party consisting John Wetherlll K C Heald and the charge writer stood upon the summit of Navaho mountain and looked over a country of wildness and grandeur Fifty miles to the north the graceful peaks of the Henry mountains outlines themselves against the horizon much nearer the Colorado and San Juan rivers In the midst of a tilted and disjointed tableland to the west the Colorado was already begash ginning to make that wonderful so fitly called the Grand Canyon while to the south was visible the even skyline forme’d by the extensive tops of Black and White mesas Turn In whatever dlreotlon one would the scene was one of bewilJering magnitude Nearer at hand surrounding the mountain needs a gootl watch — doesn't mean an exWe have the kind pensive one that don’t get out of order in the pockets of a live boy Why he and that 4 170 LARI UTtUTsa Aur Strange persons to bear said how hard It Is for some believe the good that they of others You are sure of Safety and Secrecy If you do business by old reliable Walker ) your banking mail with the Brothers Salt y Bankers Lake City Savings deposits received in amounts from $1 and up Write for booklet Who becomes the object envious simply of bis envy lights oun de- BIG 1912 CATALOG Seeds Trees and Poultry Supplies Of ' Just brimpriing that means of anything in full of information user mentioned dollars to every the lines to a Free Copy paper and write for it today You are entitled Mention this CO PORTER-WALT- A YftW OftmftGftftAT ftft 01 ftAM30WAftCH i r SALT ' - prior to Its discovery by white men to the actual knowledge of It there Is uncertainty Douglass relates that Oft ftHS AftCft AftOrOGAAmP bis guide on a second visit to OyJT ftftOAf WftAASft Oft TftftOftPOSJTft the bridge would not go beneath the arch but laboriously clambered around one side was It to whenever necessary pass Later four miles above exit of the bridge canyon Mrs John Wetherlll an accomplished Navaho Into the Colorado river at a point 16 miles belinguist ascertained from an old Navaho that low Its confluence with the San Juan the arch Is supposed to represent the rainbow and one who passed under could or The most exact directions for reaching the not return without a certain prayer Evidently bridge would be inadequate so obscure and had forgotten this prayer devious is tbe trail leading thereto hence the Whltehorsebegay and feared vengeance should he break the services of a guide are indispensable Oljato f Nearly prohibition legendary Utah where guide and outfit for the final porbeneath the arch are the remains 'of an ancient altar built tion of the trip may be secured is reached by two Is doubtless by the between routes which there that little Indicating choice the bridge was probably an object of superstl-thOn tbe one hand Gallup New Mexico on the Santa Fe line may be made the starttlous worship even to this ancient people The bridge Is at once the largest and most ing point whence one must go by stage 35 Not only In size but In remarkable known miles to Fort Defiance Arizona and from there by wagon or pack outfit 165 miles In a shapeliness does it surpass any of its rivals Below Is tabulated for comparison the dimenOn the other northerly direction to Oljato sions In feet of the largest of the natural hand the traveler may leave a branch of the the measurements of the first four Denver & Rio Grande railroad at Dolores bridges Colorado taken from the surveys of W B Douglass stage 81 miles to Bluff Utah and secure horses for the remaining 60 miles $ 3 there to Oljato The bridge Is distant from Oljato miles 9 S8 as the crow files but the trail 37 only passes over twice this distance and three days " will be required The Baroolnl (rainbow) or Nonnetothe for Jhls last and most diff(atone arch) southeast Utah 'M 278 33 icult part of tbe trip A minimum of 18 The Blpapu (sate of heaven) or Audays should be allowed for the round trip whether 220 268 31 gusta southeast Utah The Kachlna (guardian spirit) or be start made from Gallup or Dolores and the Caroline southeast Utah 210 277! 44 60 the Journey may be accomplished at any time The Owachomo (rock mound) or Edwin or Little southeast Utah 180 28 8 during the year save In winter The trip Is an The Virginia Natural Bridge 200 46 Pont d'Arc France 213 extremely arduous a hi! toilsome one and would be fraught with danger to an InexpeArch Skewed: span with axis feet rienced traveler but under competent guid!Mean span feet greatest span 350 feet least LAKE CITY UTAH Indians but as J3 U13 W VU30W AACH AS SftftY ftftOM DOWV - CMYQf: AfftOftft J03ft££T 3PASf 273 ftftftft an Island surged a billowy sea of red sandstone carved into fantastic rounded and oval masses colossal In size between whose dike and swirling slopes wound deep and tortuous canyons Hidden away In such a labyrinth It is not surprising that the bridge Yet It Is only remained so long unknown four miles distant In a northerly direction from he mountains’ summit and is visible from this one knows exarch 'point as a tiny provided actly where to look Otherwise the eye may wander at will over this wilderness of rock without sighting Its most Interesting feature so close at hand this goal was Although only reached after two days’ time and a of 35 miles over a very Indirect route Tbe mountain had to be descended to the south a long detour made around Its eastern 'flank and a devious and winding course northward down the bridge canyon over trail ever difficult and ofttlmes dangerous The way led between lofty and perpendicular of cliffs towering to a sheer height of a mile on whose vertical sides could now and then be descried the crumbling ruins of some ancient In places the walls overhung to form vast chambers large enough to shelter a cathedral and In which a shout echoed In other places the and many times so closely that tbe only sides approached was in the rocky bed of the small stream was one forced to pick a pro- below where carious passage from boulder to boulder After hours of laborious and Intricate travel point was rounded and 600 yards ahead a beneath which the graceful arch was outlined continued their flexuous canyon and stream partnership The first view of the bridge Is minimized by the lofty walls beyond and the narrow defile through which it comparatively but once passed under Is only partly visible seen In its full magnificence be may of wonder-tuarch A towering symmetry rises nearly sheer from a ledge on tbe one side and spanning the stream 3otns the opposite canyon wall on Its downThe opening augmented by a ward curve gorge cut by the stream to a depth of 80 feet bench telow the level of tbe supporting a vertical distance of 267 feet but the to the top of total height from the arch is 309 feet while the abutments at their base stand 278 feet apart Tbe causeway from an adlowered upon which one may be too steep to jacent cliff but whose sides are 33 feet wide serve for a complete passage Is a tt by 42 feet thick at Its keystone and the limbs are not greatpoint ly In excess of these dimensions A mere recitation of figures must fall to convey an adequate Idea of Imposing nature of the bridge It Is not the size alone though this far exceeds the greatest masonry arches constructed by engineering skill nor is it solely the graceful lines or curvature of maximum stathat bility but rather all of these combine to make this the most remarkable single arch now known room to with span would easily It at spare the dome of the Capitol Washington: or If hung over the York its Flptlron building of New a few feet limbs would come within of the ground though to the west of Fifth avenue on the one hand the other and to the east of Broadway on fineThe arch Is carved from a upon Its surface grained sandstone of a darker and stained with vertical streaks shade Mostly massive though in part 0 firm and bedded the rock is only moderately a hamIs easily crushed beneath the blows of It is a part of the Upper mer Geologically La Plata sandstone a formation of great a large deposited in Jurassic Jime over Colorado portion of southeast Utah southwest and northeast Arizona The origin of the arch Is simple and evident It was caused by the progressive narrowing of between the neck of a meander Intrenched was high and steep walls until an opening rock made through the tongue of Intervening meander Its permitting the stream to cut off formed The by flowing beneath the' arch thus one once made has been enlarged 'and given its present shape by the combined action of due to contraction and weathering expansion changes In temperature and the carving effect sand all of which unite to proof forms so characteristic duce the rounded-rocarm of the The abandoned of this region Is present and unmistakable indimeander by the the former cating stream Though doubtless requiring many years for Its formation the arch Is nevertheless a very recent geological feature and destined to withstand the forces that gave It being for only a brief period as geologic time is reckoned The bridge was first visited by white men known on tmd its existence made definitely It was then reached by a August 14 1909 of the party consisting of W B Douglass United States General Land Office with four assistants Byron Cummings of the University of Utah with three students John Wetherlll of Oljato Utah and two Piute Indians Jim and Nasjabegay Douglass was acting under Instructions from the Department of the Inte20 to 1908 dated October rior investigate a natural bridge In southeast Utah reported with a view to making It a national manument If found of sufilclent Interest An attempt was made In December 1908 to locate the bridge but was abandoned on account of snow Tbe search was renewed In August 1909 the party Wetherbeing Joined at Oljato by Cummings lll and the three students The arch was surand the figures herein used veyed by Douglass as well as the details of its discovery are taken from his official report to the Land Office known to the Tbe bridge was undoubtedly span 202 feet The exact location of the bridge Is latitude 37 degrees 03 minutes 21 seconds and 110 degrees 56 minutes 48 seconds west of Greenwich In San Juan county (Douglass) Utah six miles northward from the Arizona-Utaboundary line four miles west of north from the summit of Navaho mountain and California Many — In reached hours VIA SALT LAKE KOUTK For Hates Tickets Literature ask any ageutor J H Msnderfleld SALT The government has already made of this natural wonder a national monument thus preserving it for all time against vandalism and commercialism and conseivlng It for the enjoyment of all LAKE A G CITY P A UTAH A POSITIVE aad CURE FOR and Opium Diseases ilrhmt La4iw tral4 m Drunkenness Ttm k m Mkkdtr rinttlTM LtW a m km Swth Taark Stmt ance may be accomplished with no special hazard though hardships and Inconveniences and many of them must be expected Winter Resorts Bathing Boating — at Fishing Long Beach San Diego Santa —Barbara Polo Tennis Golf — at Riverside Redlands Pasadena Yachting Deep Sea Game Fishing— at Famous Catalina VE HAKE KEELET Stk Lake Cky IT EASY For you to own a PIANO— and will aave you money no matter where you lire Wo guarantee aafe delivery and entire satisfaction Write na Our pricea and offer will interest yon MUSIC CONSOLIDATED Salt Like City Utah r NEWSPAPER UNDER FIRE The latest number of tbe Central China Post is an example of modern Journalism Hankow of attention Its leading article is worthy headed "Please Excuse’’ and relates that the abbreviated size of the paper Is due to the fact that it was published under fire The reporters who "covered” the battle Hankow the most decisive battle of the revolution to date covered It from the local room of the paper on which they worked The battle raged all around tbe Post building which was damaged by shells from the Maxim guns of both sides “Had our staff been trained in the wild and the paper editorially wooly west” explains "they possibly might have been kept at work with bullets flying In at the windows but they did not take kindly to the experience” All their coolies fled to the country and they were able to print a paper only half tbe normal size Since the revolution copmenced this paper has shown fortitude enterprise and pluck which are examples to the older Journals In China The Post says “It does not often happen that opposing forces arrange to fight their battles In full view of the newspaper office but this took place on Saturday The Post building stands on the Hupeh road at the edge of the British concesIt Js sion where the old city wall used to be three stories high and has a flat roof Parallel and at a distance of with the 'Hupeh road which runs tbe a thousand railway about yards Is carried on the top of a high embankment "The morning’s battle was fought largely along the line of the railway As the sun came over the hills beyohd Wuchang the revolutionaries advanced to the attack One party flfteen hundred strong came from tbe further end the Sin Seng road with two guns and went the railway They advanced In their usual tumultuous drove without any apparent order Another party less In number came from the lower end of the road and went by the diagonal street toward the station They marched two deep and as they proceeded placed men In the trenches and huts to cover a retreat The revolutionists planted two new guns on the and the came train down with a fresh railway who were led on the run to body of troops the scene of battle around the station It soon became evident that the revolutionists had carried the station When the station was lost the imperialists opened fire with shrapnel from their guns stationed at the race course “At 10:30 o’clock) there was a tremendous bang A shell had strupk a corner of the building bringing down a lot of bricks and right after it came two more which fell a little of by way off "At the end of the day the honors remained with the revolutionists since they held their ground though outclassed In every way The next day the battle was renewed and the Imperialists won The Post was under lire again throughout the day and the building was damaged to a considerable extent but the staflf remained at their duties When the press time came the editorial staff performed the 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