Show RO X o I 1 M TI iTt 1 f l' l lI 1 f I t m w. w x h o r Q f J f J itiL r O 4 b Jo h tt n i. i l' l J c 4 4 C v S 4 q j w A h xh i. i g t t Jj 1 t C jc 0 tt oi m g h n l- l m mn r n J o l L h gr 1 N THESE da days s of advanced ed travel trave I JN IN It seems strange to record the discovery dig dis covery of a n gorge crowded with natural wonders within a few fey hours' hours motor ride of ot a busy city says say London ondon Gr Graphic Yet ret such Is the story I of ned fled Rock nock canyon In southern California Call Cali fornia nn an enchanted spot so rich Jr In rn It Its unique beauty and of such scientific eden tHic Import that the president of the thu United States Is asked by some o othe of the leading heading men and organizations organizations' o othe of oft t the e Pacific coast to set It apart as ns r a n national nOtional monument This romantic rainbow hued hued gorge contains a wealth of amazing structures reared anc and carved and even painted by the elements elements ele ele- ments meats and yet comparable only to th the classics of ancient and modern archi arch Its fossil beds practically untouched untouched un touched give promise of I heal Ical treasure and rind recent finds In It Its caves Interest ethnologists The canyon is a n gash In the southern southern south south- ern em end of the tue Sierra Nevada moun moun- Its mouth opens upon the northwestern edge of th the Mojave desert deS deS- ert It Is miles from Los Angeles For nearly a a. a century the prosaic Pioneers pioneers pio plo who passed parsed that remote way paid no heed to its vivid charm It was wa the decision to extend the state highway highway high way from L Los s Angeles to Bishop that thai led to the discovery ery of the beauties of this gorge Until t the tue surveyors returned returned re re- re- re turned and reported the existence of ol strange and wonderful rock formations no no one knew of their presence This This' is all the thc more remarkable when we remember the Americans American's love lo o of of travel and that these are the da days s of railways and motorcars Shor Shortly y now the canyon with Its jy mi-jy wonders wonders wonders won won- ders will be on the main trail of civilization and oy lens oL Df thousands of tourists tourists and others will soon admire it with rapture and astonishment nt The new roadway approaches to wI within 50 feet of the scenic marvels which the government Is petitioned to protect and preserve preserve- Miracles of Form and Color That section of ot the canyon which contains the Inspiring n works embraces a little more nore than four square miles Is several miles mUes removed from the desert and lies a at atan an altitude of feet On approach from either direction a n turn brings the walled ln miracles of form and color suddenly Into view view view-an an entrancing picture pillars and columns columns columns col col- col- col plain and fluted flute and chased pilasters anti and colonnades tiny hay and ti titanic ti- ti tier upon tier mile after mile far skyward arcades balustrades corridors corI corridors cor cor- I temples castles cathedrals towers don domes es spires sphinxes gargoyles gar gar- si nI all pe perfectly radiOed and ex exquisitely exquisitely ex- ex x- x adorned by the lord of creation crea crea- tion Moreover they are untouched and unmarred as yet by the blun blundering vandal hand o of man man a burled buried city i ian an acropolis and scores of other fancies fan fan- ides des become realities On an eminence at the canyons canyon's head hend stands the Temple Tern Tern- pie o of the Sun an Impressive gray pile 12 feet high approached through I II I n 1 series of terraced entranceways with partially crumbled walls wails forming I an elliptical Inclosure approximately feet In diameter an diameter an Ideal theat theater r. r Those who look upon this temple find It difficult to believe that It is not human handiwork Near by hy dominating the mystic region rises the massive Sentinel Tower Imposing rather than beautiful It is apparently apparent apparent- ly Iy harder hartler and more substantial than Its neighbor Geologists say ray y It has held Its commanding bulk bulk- aloft for thousands of centuries The rue walls are pinkish pinkish gray and the ponderous flinty capstones a I brilliant red A mile di diagonally diagonally dl- dl opposite Is the colossal pile known as the Acropolis This Is Is perhaps perhaps per per- haps the crowning feature More than feet teet high and 1000 feet long Jong and nd solemnly aloof It Jt has been likened to Acropolis because of ot a n the Athenian marked resemblance and as wen well to the mammoth temple ruins of in In n northern Syria Seen from any angle anle angieR awe compelling certain It R Is m mysterious a Lain tain to leave leave a n lasting Imprint on the mind of all nil observers I The Clos Closed d Cathedral another Dother masterpiece In the Still sun Is Closed Cathedral a stud study In magnificent l cent coloring so gorgeous and yet jet so softly harmonious that no wielder of ot the he brush dares hope to o equal It It ItIs itIs t tremendous size with an entrance en- en of Is of ot trance 25 feet high and 15 feet wide solidly blocked at a depth of 12 feet Pure white deep blue yellow ellow red and all nil the Intervening shad shades 8 creen reen figure In the decorative scheme and ami the suggestion e lon of In n places give I windows The whole aspect aspect as as- stained glass I enhanced by a 0 arack I IS of antiquity fault diagonally through h the rack or I front front evidence of u ii slide before the of t erosion be began nn The cathedral en ca f processes thedral e effect ert I 18 is so t realistic that one t Involuntarily for hells bells to In- In in-I in flip p or nr call to Pa prayers J r. r The TIle Burled Buried City where masses or 01 burned clay broken up like common bricks have crashed down and crushed and covered some of the best examples o of pagodas Is a somewhat melancholy sight reminiscent of Pompeii But there remain rare pagodas and dainty sculptures and rind a gracefully cured curbed parapet on the roc rock In the fore foreground The Burled Buried City occupies six or eight acres At this point the wall vahl Is feet In height The slide came on the under side of the top stratum Rising nearly feet above the level le floor in a deep pocket et of the cnn canyon on Is a stately columnar entrance lately christened the Ro Royal al Gateway It leads lends Into Inton n a n sculptured fo foyer el extending ex tx tending back bacle GOO feet feet and having the characteristics of a ri superb art gallery In which almost any sculptured I figure gure sought may be found In the center a considerable distance fr from m the open openIng open open- Ing stands a group of f five e columns on a tall base hase all white whitO as marble Four hundred feet up on the hard harl cor- cor o gray slope where the mountains moun mann tame rise beyond Is perched a castellated ted lla-ted lordly palace thee thet Citadel which the the Imagination swiftly associates associate with some Inaccessible old world height overlooking o sapphire tides It Is a castle of dreams Pillars of Hercules The gigantic Pillars of Hercules lest dwarfing those those of the Temple of Bacchus symbolize enduring strength and rind defy time Light gray gral anti and red with supporting lengths half at r regular regular regu regu- gu- gu lar far Intervals vals each h with Its ornate ornate they seemingly hold up thet Sierra The White Chapel Is Js what the name nane Implies At each corner tile trIet walls valls are buttressed th the old the old old Ca i il- il fornia mission It re resembles In general general gen gen- era eral form some of Mexico's ancient churches Unlike them however It Is daintily y chased and decorated with many niches containing appropriate statuettes Geologically Red Rock so Rock so so named be i cause cause that color predominates dates dates' dates back to the later Inter Tertiary period when the canyon evidently was a swamp teeming with fauna mauna 1 Today day it is a fossil fossil fossil fos fos- sil field virtually unexplored and likely to yield abundantly Cursory search has disclosed remains of camels horses elephants mastodons and other At the base of the Temple Temple Tem Tern pie of the Sun William l chief engineer of the Los Angeles aqueduct recently picked up the petrified pet pet- ed he heel bone bone l-bone of the largest sabre- sabre toothed tiger ever er found Ca Caves ves abound and in one of these wa was discovered discovered discovered dis dis- covered a collection of Indian pottery worth thousands of dollars It consisted con con- of 47 pieces placed In orderly fashion against the walls and covered Inches lles de deep p with d dust st st. Some of the I Ip p pieces were thin and almost glazed pigments having been applied before burning The Shoshones and were the Indian tribes that formerly formerly for for- merly ranged here but this pottery I now discovered Is far fal superior to any I of ot their known work i |