| Show GRAND CANYON THE CANYON OF CANYONS I and ra itil in r No u e lilo to 10 tin lilt li iii rit l Special Correspondence orre Grand Canyon Aug 21 Not It such sinh ledges ledge as you 01 may mo hav hAW seen whore where th Ih the quarryman hi his block but bul ledge from which the god gMe might quarry mountains that rolled out nut on the plain below Iol would Mould stand lAnd a II lifty mane unit situ not such tuch cliffs a as you ou may have hap seen where the Ihl swallow builds build lt its lIa n noel t but hUI cliffs where the Ihl soaring rn eagle POI I Is 11 lout bet betto to 10 view Ie ere Of lie lio r lIch the on nn the south fouth steps III of or the I r ma mail il It ry building In Washington and look kink lookdown down don avenue to Capitol Park and measure the Ihl distance over or overhead head hlad and Imagine Im cliffs to 10 extend to that altitude and you ou will understand wh what t I 1 mean mn Clouds are arc playing In the IIII canyon to So today SoIla day Ila Sometime they the roll down In great maatea aUf fill filling In the gorge r with goom they th hang heng above abate from wall 1111 to wall wail and mind corer lr tho the canyon with lIh a mm roof ron of Impending storm and Ind we WI can peer er long bug distances up tip anti and down dnn this canyon corridor with willi Its II cloud roof overhead Its walls of or black blaek gran granlie ran lie Ite and Its It river bright whit lIh the sheen of or if broken waters Then a gust cult of or wind sweeps down a stile aide gulch anti and making a rift In the clouds reveals reveal the Ihl bin blu 1 and Ind a stream tream of or sunlight pours In hI Then the Ih clouds cloud drift away Into IntI the Ille distance dl and hang hanl around crags crag cra peAk I Ak and pinnacle II nna Ill and fId towers tower antI and walls nall all and rover cover them with a man mantie mantie tie Ill that lifts lift from time to 10 time and AnI sets them theft all alt In sharp arp relief relict Then hi hab baby by creep out ul of or side clde canyons glide lIde points point and creep hack back agaIn AJan Into more mo distant gorges or H The cloud are arc children child n of ar the Ihl heaven nR and when they play flay among Amon the rocks rock rO kl they lilt Hit them to III the region rIon above Thus Thu wrote MaJ Tow ell a 2 years frI ngo ago ngoof of or the magnitude the th beauty tul the th gloom of the awful depth of the Grand canyon of or the Colorado The explorer tt rote role tot I a lIS as lie he MW M and saw as lie Ice wrote and In graphic lines pictured 1 It well yet 11 we r e cannot understand until we e too nave have 11 seen jeen It Your correspondent has hili spent pent the tho past few In this canyon of or can yon Ol Till The same ame rh r plunges ro rolls roll wh wheels el and ana an boll boils the Ih nails III he the Ih clouds cloud IS the gorgeously l II 1 the thc tho th towers tower all III arc an there Ihrl na as as u whim when that firm first explorer 1 through The Th country l is III aa as wild 1111 a all as a jungle The deer hound front from rom every er side aide Mid the t h rattlesnake stops to 10 give gh hl hIs hili warning and the J lr plays flaH In thu tu clear Ti The trail Irati begun t time 10 o months month ago ego by bJ the rend Canyon annn Transportation corn com company OmIn pany In In Is ju Jut just t plot d The I equipment IK It t practically carried down hand l boats boal oal are re In operation and 1140 eo o oDie Die Ilic Mc to cro cross wilt will I 1 be taken care are of or TIll The entire trail IrAli ha h has been made with without a lIh Ith out the aid of ot powder This ma 1 II IM x by tho Iho remarkable breaks and all sluice of or the upper wall vali and amt the natural grade of o time the Angel creek rrok The distance to I the river on this side IM Is III abo About it 12 miles mile Nearly 10 1 mIles mile of thin this dIstance Is U along alon the creek with a gin gen gentle tie tle If slope There Thore In Is not 1101 to In exceed a amile mile of o steep grade fIde on the th route In a few rl days daft the tramway rat cai will it ill iii lit 1 v s over ever time till i 11 a 10 do No 0 5 will I he tf needed foi r ru nature ha hll has anticipated nil all this thU ami siut liege huge granite pillar M ro O feet ct I high just the required height a lil huh li lican rail can easily ho bo used u for time the The I will be lie fastened to mo itt t ci harl In the Immovable ledge Th Tit steel teel car with lIh all the steel will blend with lIh the Ihl black hla k wall wi so OO tha thit all 1111 will appear t ar to 10 have hats l e ii pia il timer there by h the same name hand Tits TIlt way ay I Is b opened This Thill Inexhaustible hIt ble laboratory this weird this thin great library I is III es easily lly accessible Time Tim may toe Ina be lie when the geologist l will not 1101 lw lM I whether he lie has hili this honk or that thai l hook ook hut bill whether he Ill hix hua made a K study lul of or time the canyon lInon nf if r all III 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