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Show S p 11 THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNING, AUGUST 13, 1921 5r 1 Views Taken From High Peaks on Fourth of July Climb VANTAGE POUT 1 remarks! tfiat tt would b a rood hot m the he said he had shot a deer once manv years ago and would never shoot another. Hs acquaintance with encountered and every natural thinr his phsMcal protest at the affe of 7 made him a unique companion qF-- such He waived congratulaan expedition. Kh the remarh tions the not morning that the trip had saved Mm a hundred a to ha had he as intended dollars, i'M sira examination, but now knew he d.d not need tt. Thia rambling account has been written with the boo that other mav Induced to consider what I regard a one of the most en lovable outings to be ave me a had in the state, cne that better comprehension of the geoerapM of Utah than I had previously obtained it can easily in manv jears residence, be made as a Side trip in connection with a tour to .Brvee or Grand Ctunon. The second trio to a place is usually made more comfortably than the fust. When I acend Belknap airain, as I hope to U two days to it to do. I shall and recommend that time to tnose who rray fake the trip. Good saddle horeee are alwas obtainable at Marvsvale and climbers should arrange to go. via Heaveb can von, instead of rme canyon, making camp for vthe night at tne head of Beaver cf remon, which is eioe to the foot can Belknap. From this point the ascent and the seoon dav be made early the be comreturn Journev to Maryeraia pleted easily that evening Such an arfor those rangement especially des.rsbe who are not accustomed to horseback ridmg. as the trip involve thirty or more miles of travel over mountain roads and steep trails. 1 believe the trip tan be made more satisfactorily in Augist than In Julv, as there Is likely to be loss trouble with snow on the trail. 1 Ascent of Noble Peak Is t Described by One Who Made Journey July 4. One of Party Nearly 80 Years of Age Enjoys Trip and Returns Full of Pep. t- -y By A. Q. MACKENZIE. They said it seemed like a crazy ort f way to spend the Fourth; In fact, some of them who assumed greater freedom of comment in consequence of rela tionship remarked emphatically that at least two of us were old enough to know better. All of this was in relation to a project With recollections of th hardships ss as the pleasures of the day still with the memory of tjiat panorama of mountains, v alleys, rivers, lakes and forests, embracing portion of four states, still vivid and always to remain; with thoughts of the cool Dreeaes. from the surrounding snow contrasted with the temperature of this moment, sad with the inarticulatlon previously noted threatening to become complicated with poetic lieesise. I wish to be understood to asjr that the ascent of Mount Bclkrap wic not a "crazv wav lo spend the Fourth," as I understand things. I believe nobo.lv could view the prospect from Belknap's summit on July 4 or any other day without deepened reverence for nature hi Its most imltresslve aspects and without added respect tor the state and nation that can provide su-- h a spectacle. It meets mv idea of a trip wortli taking. fresh; Mr. Gibbs was at his mining property in Pine canyon when we rear-lieMarys-val- e July 2. He did not join us in town until the afternoon of Ju'v 3, by xhich time I was pretty well done up in an The tatunequal struggle with relatives tle Was open! conducted against me ty my own relatives and pohtelv, but yet effectively, by some of Mr. Gibbs's relatives. Our opponents niustere i support from many directions, basing their campaign on the propositions that it was humanly impossible to go from Marysvale to the summit and return the same day, as we proposed: that Me. Gibbs was 7" years of age ami could not possibly survive such a physical strain, that 1 was a pretty heavy man myself to undertake such a Jaunt, and that women could not make the trip under any circumstances. We were introdured to several men. mining men, stockmen and others, "familiar with, the mountain. ani they all issued solemn warnings, although none of them had been "clear up to the peak." By the time Mr. Gibbs arrived all of the proposed expedition1 utd been definitely alienated from the program and, almost, from the originator of the plan. After several con creations, the party had dwindled by the evening of July S to three members Mr Gibbs, my son John and myself. We three solemnly shook hands and pledged om selves climb that hill on the morrow. Journey Negotiated. All this is recited to show that the iribet difficult and dangerois part of the One Narrow Escape. The ascent of Belknap is only a job of work and pleasure, with v little opportuone Is ordinarily carenity for thrills If most of the excitement ful. I furnished of our trip. Once, on a narrow trail around a shoulder of especially active shale, I became giddy through too much looking downward through the "reading part" of my eyeglasses and, as there were absolutely no facilities for either down at that sluing down or lying point, it called for considerable a to avoid hurried trip over management the broken shale to Blue lake, several hundred feet below. Another time, after Mr. Gibba and John, had successfully traversed a slight imitation of a trail at the base of a snowbank. It unexpectedly gave way beneath bv greater weight. Alv right fist, speedily and vigorously TRgven into the snow above, prevented the Bhie lake this time, and I scramtrip toaroundthat "corner" by working bled handholds in the snow. We found to pass the point when we reway turned from the summit. Our task was made greater through We had unexpected physical obstacles arranged for saddle horses orto be In waitBullion, can- ing several miles up Fine, par-ful- ar e- : r Bayer" when yoti buy Aspirin. Unless you see the name Bayer" on package or on tablets you are not getting the genuine Bayer product prescribed by physicians over twenty-twyears and proved safe by millions for Sar o headache, toothacne, earache, lumbago, rheutnatism, neuritis and for pain in general. Accept only Bayer package which contains proper directions. Handy boxes of twelve tablets 6sU few cents. Druggists also sell bottles of 24 and 100. Aspirin is the trade mark.nf Bayer Manufacture ojf ilonoaceticacidester of SaHcvlicacid. JA PRICED- - urn r, ... S, " j Commodious interiors with hangers, pockets and drawers. Built for a lifetime of service; made from, toughest basswood and covered with vulcanized fiber. PAYSON, Aug. 12 Mrs. W. H. Reece and son.- Nllee, left Monday for Lo Angeles to visit Mrs. Reece s daughter, Mrs. Dave Mitchell. Mrs. Charles Cloward, Jr,, and children, returned Monday from Heber, where they were guests of Mrs. N. Burdick and Mrs. Walter Strong. After spending a week here, Mr. and Mrs. E it McBeth and daughter, Mlaa Mary Elisabeth, returned to their home in Salt Mrs. Mary McBeth accompanied them for an Indefinite visit. ilson and sons, Boyd and Mrs. A. R. Elmo, are Kalt Lake visitor. Mr. and Mrs H. F. Bad ham entertained at Sunday for Mr. and. Mrs. Bert Stevens and Mr. and Mra. Bernard Anderson. Sunday. Mr. and Mrs. C. E. Smith entertained thirty-eigguests at a lawn party and dinner. IMr. and Mrs. Frank Miles of 8t. George are visiting Mr. and Mra. C. E. Smith. Mr. and Mrs I) E. 1rake left Tuesday for Delta to make their home. Mr. and Mrs. Earl Page, Cora Page, Florence Ivicss, Cleofa Mendenhall, Max Peery rnd Milton Page spent Sunday at Castilla springs. Miss Rose Smith of Salt Hake spent Wight-malast week with M'.ss n, Mies Mvrle Vanwtll and Miss Aleen Warner of Salt Top Mount Belknap. Center (left), shooting firecrackers on summit of Mount Belknap: lower left, 'view of Tushar divide; Mrs, Frank Harrie. spent Monday with (right), Mr. Gibbs and A. G. Mackenzie on Belknap. Lower (left), Mount Baldy; (right). Mount Baldy from Summit of Mr. and Mrs, Wil'iam Romney of Salt Mount Belknap. Lake were guests Monday of Mr. and Mrs James Knowles. able to see him long enough to returt 1 Mrs. Kate Williams of San Francisco Mr. end Mra Charles Brown of Salt is visiting her sister, Mrs. Ruth Brewer-the wolfhound and the monkey, ot tc yon. The horse were there on time, but was a bit of trail here and there 'and Jo not wish to b regarded ns disrespectr ton. Hoke verc Payson visitors Sunday. ask how about that $50which hia high- - ' we were not. A mudhole In the canyon the whole thing was about as exciting ful to the Tintas I say I have hen ness three officers of the borrowed. Th Hiilsh home. Relief them The society accompanied princes me ted' road stuck our automobile "good and and stimulating as climbing up and down never enjoyed a prospect liL that spread Mr and Mra. Paul Tipton and son, wards gave a social Tuesday afternoon awav at about tha same moment. There's plenty," as the friend who drove it said thirty or forty flights of stairs three beneath ua from the summit of Belknap, a of In some moral ail this. If the of sort Soda I.e Memorial at were Mar, .Springs. Idaho, park. and demonstrated. Heaving him to get It times. We were all so disgustingly reg- its situation ia more favorable for Ml last week-en- d Ethel Gardner of Balt I ake Is weather weren't too warm for digging tt ' guests of Mr, and Mrs. out, we walked about a mile to a ranch, ular in our heartbeatings that we could seeing than the high Uinta peaks. sightThe out. Mra. Floretle Perhaps it hae something to do mother, where we obtained a team to take us to not even find a reasonable excuse for a Tushar peaks are surrounded by much H. S Tipton. Katurday, Mr. and Mrs. visiting her with not putt.ng your truet In princes John Eadham entertained in their honor, Gardner. our horses. A climb of several miles to- halt and. as neither Mr. Gibbs nor John lower country on all sides, while the and tMr. and Mrs. E. W. Donahoo have gone Sunday they motored to Townsends ward the summit, passing some of the uttered an Impatient word on the entire Uinta peaks are only eluhtlv higher than park, in Payson canyon. to Provo to reside Meanwhile. Commissioner Enright is , mines of the district and with views of Journev, the other member of the .party the country that surrounds them for many Mrs. J. C. Barney is visiting at Mr. and Mrs. William Miles of Vernal a surpassingly was compelled through sheer decency to miles, so that, interesting though many others, through the Eureka. awfully Indlrnant because a federal atare viewing relatives here. beautiful canyon and series of basins, restrain utterances that otherwise would view is from the high Uinta, it is not torney wants to know whet became of ' followed in great comfort, as all three have emerged with great vehemence and to be compared with the view from Belksixty-fiv- e out of 100 case of Scotch of us do well on horseback. We expected frequency. nap ride lo the base of Belknap, but this With these preliminaries at last ended, which the police seized on a motorboat. , did not take place bv about three miles. we found a clear The 100 cases were to have been held a t Far. path to the base of ths View Know, present In greater amount than peak, skirting Mount But some , Barrette, a lesser proof against, the rum-runneWe vv ere fortunate !n that the day of our Mr. Gibbs had ever seen it, def.nitely peak adjoining Mount Belknap and named time between the moment when the poclosed the trail to the horses. We rode in honor of the late W. J. Barrette of ascent was fairly clear and we saw a lice boat nosed the bootleg- alongside By JESSIE HENDERSON. to the north rim of Pine canyon in the Kalt Lake, who ascended it alone sev- considerable part of I tah and portions glng motorboat and the moment when of adjoining states spread below us in effort to get around the snow, but with- eral years ago. auover of was The Salt to turned federal Lake Triton the proof Special Correspondent wonderful relief. Mount N'ebo dominated out success. Mr. Gibbs and I scouted cases of exA few hundred vards of almost horithorities. an sven s.xty-fiv- e the to the obstaa for route the with around prospect north, cellent Scotch just up and vanished. It thoroughly zontal travel across rock portion and snow cle, but found none on which we cared brought us to the beginning of the final of the Wasatch range near Salt Lake City (Copyright. 1022, by Salt Hake Tribune ) does the platypus have a bill like a duck, is all very- - mvsterious, and Enright U The farming area to risk the horses, splendid mountain ani- climb It was Interesting travel, Joe to In the background. vexed over the fact that,., like and considerably a fur a end NEVV like beaver, eggs YORK, Aug. 12. Of eourse, the mals though they were. We tied them the fact that Mr. , Gibbs noted several of Millard county, the Sanpete valley and but it also ran tell at a glance someone said maybe hia cops know more", near the canyo rim apd proceeded afoot. recent fissures in the mountain caused by thtySevier vallev all were plainly visible wqather la awfully hot, with da ly thun- hen, were letting on to the salient point of difference between about it than they ' last previous visit. between us and thewe mountains to the der showers, but it Is exactly the sort of a white grub and a gray one, or one know. earthquakes since hi were north. Snow looked Westward well Into Some of the fissures a hundred feet Deep. tinged a deep cream. Mercenary grub river and Sevier lake weather in which the white grub thrives. catchers who a brown caterseek to While the ordinary citizen has besn Those who have not been amid summer or more long and several feet wide. They Nevada, withInSevier the nearer view. It was This is fortunate, for a goodly portion of pillar or a handful ofslip capsules into the chasing the whit grub over moor and snow in the mountains may be interested and the futnaroles, evidences of the last conspicuous to difficult realize Sevier New that which Yoiks is lake, diet are merely wasting their farm, the motorcycle police of this and populace engaged these platypus to know why we did not lead the horses volcanic action on and around Belknap, almost at our feet, was a good time. sdjoiinng towns have been hunting the across the drifts. The animals are liable were carefully examined for their scien- seemed miles distant and that Mount Neho. days in stealing upon the white grub, e Ziegfeld deer over wood and wold. Flo to lose their lives in several ways. The tific interest and to give the biggest fifty on Its and In it neck, pouncing conveying dominated which was the northern view, The prince was something else again. Zlegfeld, who figures prominently in ths snow crust, usually strong enough to sup- member of the expedition a little of the more than to the duck-bille- d tr from umph platypus miles Southwest news away. rest he craved hesitated to and eighty an every now and again, hae a suma suggest. and a princess, Accompanied by Australia. port a man. Is liable to break under south we saw almost in their entirea monkey, an Italian wolfhound, a sword mer home up the Hudson. There Is Ina Het it not be supposed that tile popuhorse, which would cause it to smother, Trail Blazed. the and Parowan in Beaver on the place. A young do deer ty valleys lace does this from either love of eport and a uniform gaudy enough to break friskvpark especially If it struggled, as most of them the near distance and beyond them the or mood led th motorcycle squad the off an eye, hia highness established himdo. The snowdrifts usually He at steep of the fare fhe time came to make the several detached waiting Presently ranges which vary the front lawns, down in an apartment up town. When ar. other night across angles, so that if s horse slipped it would final drive. We could see the cliff just topograph of southwestern hungrily at the Bronx zoo. The populace self Utah. The has on a charge of disorderly conduct, lanes, and over stone wall in the genslide a long way down1 the mountainside below the summit. gone into the white grub hunt with rested We kne-perfectly Valiev mounFine the At lest it , dominant of eral direction range, was Broadway. he he heir to the rad the rightful ail the to meet certain death, either through well that It was not a mile and a half tains- of which an offer of $20 a motorcar and out again Dixie, a hundred miles from per 200 enthusiasm Someone, however, jumped into In routs or through contact above us and that the slope was not 30 is calculated to arouse. But throne of France. suffocation grubs like the distance were blue vanished Into and intimate the with us, view he Britasked of if New wasn't a native what would you with the rocks below. The drift 'that degrees, but at least one of ns made the field brought With the aid of Platy must live. And de Henry de Chartered maps this Australian critter Inglasses ain, Conn., with the accent somewhat on Prince Louis one is the only stopped us stood at about 45 degreeshalf-mithem horses know-ledge- , that I many wishes, among de Bourbon. our we and identified Points the Icon, and whether he had ever Bussigny le least a clination and extends! There was only-on- as far south as the Kaibab forest on the of its kind In all America, so when could use enowshoes. in worked New Britain a munitions beW. sulk to down the mountainside. Platypus began George to we be and Ari-sodone, however, north rim of the Grand Canyon in thing Wre crossed the drift afoot, climbed a did It. of hia grubless diet, the volunteer factory. Still and all, the high cost of living as far east as some of cause and Without a word his highness stalked has gone down in New York. You can few hundred feet up a precipitous slope corps of grub catchers was hastily orled off, almost at a run, and set the peaks points John of western Colorado. from the court, and kept on atalk ng till get board, lodging, clothes and other and reached the summit of the range, a lively pace to the top. Mr. Gibbs an.l gan zed .of on per cent You've got to hand it to nature, havent he had achieved a visibility stiff cientiv nickknack' five-tentwhence two of our party had their first I did not attempt to keep, up close-up- " It was but let him act as trail finder, for him, Vantage Point Noted. of Mount Belknap. has been un- - cheaper than they cost you a month ago. you? both animal and human? Not only low so that the the third or fourth trip for Mr. Gibbs. he is There was once a regular The view eastward was the least satisWe were already well above timber line, trail upgifted. Mount Belknap, ar fine pack road fying, as fa-- ' as our own state was con- Extends Seven Days in Lil OP New York Drifts ... at with nothing but barren ridges between us and the final climb except three deep holloas, as we became disagreeably awjvre later. We stopped here to eat the hand lunch we brought and also to enjoy the view. It was magnificent, even from this or point. Directly west and only a mileover so away Mount Baldy towered high its surroundings, its sides ridged with snow extending downward until lost in the dense timber at Us base. Distance Deceives. Name Bayer on Genuine Trunks PAYSON rs miles on both sides of the range. Both volcanoea. The summit of Belknap is the higher and steeper. It is an almost perfect cone, with its sides inclined about 45 degrees and made up of broken rock; almost ideal for sliding purposes, if one cares for such diversions and feels that his work here has been finished. - of Never Break Full-Siz- e Wardrobe well Women Left Behind. are extinct -- Nature Praised. to ascend Mount Belknap, one of the fine peaks of the Tushar range between Marysvale and Beaver. The project was inspired by the .description of a former ascent, splendidly written In a booklet on the Mansvale district by Jostah F. Gibbs, the veteran mining man, and writer. As a trip to southern Utah was on the family schedule for July, 1 wrote to Mr. Cibbs, at that time known to me onlv by name, to ask him for information in regard to the mountain clitnb. He prompt"-I-v offered to lead the expedition, and his offer was accepted with e mal promptness. Bates were agreed upon and everything was settled except relatnes. ascent took place the day before we went up the mountain; for we did go up; we did get back the same day; we did not get hurt, and we were all up for breakfast It is a climb easily the next morning within the reach of ordinarily active and vigorous persons, but is not commended to men of 77 years unless, like Mr. Gibbs, they carry their years elsewhere than in their hearts and muscles. To relieve any misgivings that may arise, lot it be Knoa-now that the Journey was not dsiajtd at any stage on his account. Mount Belknap is rated at 12,20X feet on the government maps. Some of those who were on the ground when the survey was made insist that an error was made In recording Its altitude and that it is. In fact, almost ,13,000 feet. There, were one or two moments on the Fourth of last July when I felt that the alleged error was several thousand feet less than reported, but let it suffice to sav that the peak and its neighbors are the highest points in the state outsde the Uinta range. Belknap and its immediate neighbor, Mount Baldy, are conspicuous for manv A Special Offering North of ua the object of our quest, Belknap, claimed first attention, as It would have done had we not Intended to climb It, Its grayish color, regularity and steep, bare sides suggested nothing so much as the crown of a Mexican hat. We were so high above the alleys on ail sides that the summit of Belknap did not appear to be much above us, but all of us were sufficiently familiar with mountains to know what was ahead of us except the hollows. These hollows are painful memories. We approached the mountain by a route unfamiliar to Mr. Gibbs, the regular route being closed by snow, as noted. From our luncheon point it looked like a clear hbgback, or ridge, to the base of the jsdihmlt. Therefore, we ate ki a dignified way, exposed several films, discussed leisurely the route up the mountainside and enjoyed the view of snowy peaks, divides, valleys, lakes and mountains In to bs revealed-- , in greater detail and splendor from the summit we arose for the anticipated At length easv jaunt forward and had not gone an eighth of a mile before we became simultaneously aware of a disconcerting fact our "hogback was no such thing. Our "ridges" were summits and, we had three of them, all several hundred feet high, to ascend and descend before we reached Belknap, with the earns process to be repeated in reverse whan the time arrived to return to our horgea. , and other leading to the observatory on structures the government malnta-nethe summit years ago. Only fragments of the trail or left now, recent rock elides and other causes having wiped, out most of it. Kvery now anl then a shout from above would apprise us that John had found another bit of the trail, hut, generally speaking, ve had to pick our way until almost at the summit, when the old trail appeared, distinct and easy. We made the top at 415 p. m.. Instead of at noon, as a result of the several unAlmost before Mr. expected obstacles. Gibbs and I had an opportunity to look was around. John asked whether the-any law against shooting flrecracreis there. It developed that pa htd a supply somewhere along the road from Sait Hake, but had found ordinances wherever we stopped, against their use some of them to the lie had brought so we gave hint leave to mountain-top- , he shoot them, and observed the patriotic his firecrackers anniversary by explodingsnow at the sumalongside the comb of mit of Mount Belknap, rejoicing that be had finally passed beyond the pale of city ordinances. e Volcano Apparent. tlod ua afterward of anAn other celebration that took place on the neighboring summit of Baldy many yeara ago, with more sensational results. According to this story, a sheepherder with enthusiasm and energy greater than are old-tim- er usually manifested by those of his calling dragged a large quantity of cord wood to the summit of Baldy. It was quite a chore, even with the assistance of a horse, as the summit Is a good thousand feet vertically above timber line. Exact details of hie labors were not revealed, but he got up enough wood to make a tremendous blaze, which, set off on a dark night, was seen from Beaver City and caused the alert Bearer correspondent of a Salt Haka daily newspaper to ' telegraph hie paper that Baldy, th exClimb Stimulates. tinct volcano, was again In eruption, There Is littlel worth telling and little John and j had previously visited the wmrth remembering ahont th's part of Uinta peaksrywhere we attained altitudes our trip. The slopes were regular, there greater than the summit of Belknap. cerned. High rangea close to us siiut off most of the Marvsvale region and Fish lake, about thirty miles due east from us. was hidden by its own encircling Yet we easily picked out mountains. prominent peaks far down m southeastern Utah. I suspect one may see more of Utah from the summit of Belknap than from I have any other point in the state. not been on Tlmpanogos, hut John, who us on been it told has that the twice, comylew from there was in no parable to that from Belknap a vev supported by topographical features. Incidentally, John also assured ua that the ascent of Tlmpanogos was like "stealing it compared with the climb up Belknap. We remained on the summit until Into the evening, leaving It reluctantlv and onlv because experience told ua it would be well to get Into Pine canyon and the trail before dark. We rode homeward through bright moonlight and reached MarysvjUe quite a while before July 5. thereby confusing all those who had predicted delay or disaster. Much of the pleasure and satisfaction of the trip grew out of the presence of Mr. Gibbs, who proed a genuine nature I knew that Jib had been active lover. ht certain public controversies In Utah previously and rather expected to meet a pugnacious Individual. Instead, I met a man of gentle manners and speech, whose Intimate knowledge of the beauties and wonders of the mountains was an endless delight to me. the more so as I Sun a nature )over of the inarticulate sort that can only enjoy its charms without being able to Impart much knowledge of it to others. Mr, Gibba knew the names of all the trees, rocks and, flowers. Naturalist Enthusiastic. As we waited for "the team-t- n the early morning I discovered him attentively observing the unfolding of a wild rose, which, he remarked, was the most beautiful thing in the world. Time after time he dismounted or left the trail if to examine an unusual rock or flower. 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