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Show TEHEE SECTION TEE DESERET NEWS, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 27, 1930 an Ta The Defy Nature of tJ J A Millions v. , of Years of (Steady Grinding on the fart of r the 7 Mighty Colorado to Carre a Giant . Gorge Will be Offset by Puny Humans Within the Short Period Of Our Decade. jeven hundred feet above the surface .and. swift muddy water rushes past below. There are no shores and no vegetation except an occasional mesquite. There 'A are colorano charming tions nor any sign of life exeept the creepy lizards that crawl i about the rocks. It is a place that poets would Ineludobv their d scriptions of hades dark, foreboding, mysterious, suggestive of evil spirits and death. Across the BY FRANK WINN. near the place where the canyon WHENEVER a man comes fill will rise engineers bave of one with stretched a cable and on either --natures massive accomplish- side have placed government LOOKING DOWN FROM THE RIM. gauges to measure the water mentg he is prone to stand in flow. On the rim above flutter awe and admiration while a emotions more carefully, the world- - that Jto ..yiew - this iny surveyor'-fiag-4is at) feeling of his own inferiority Perhaps the seeming help- gorgeous phenomenon brings there is in evidence of the comdisturbs his soul. lessness they experience is a feeling of humbleness that ing project' which will cost half .Yet humanity has proved but the reaction to a sub- overwhelms. Throughout the a billion dollars before compleconviction , that history of America this pow- tion. to be the most significant conscious man is the master ed every- erful stream .has roared on Work ett was factor in ail the cosmicpro-ces- s, he a secret its wajr defiant of anything begun Wednesday, Sept. 17, with thing for man alone can un- knowledge encounters, that lie is beyond mankind' could do. But Its the driving by Dr. Ray Lyman derstand that anything has nature--adivin- e. QN THE RIYER ABOVE TRR BOULDERDAM SITE. creature. W tlbur, secretary of the iuter- Mountains is a Millions end. millions of and Rise The Far Will Water greatness Up the CUff Sides for Miles Up Stream, Spreading out end Submerging Lower .Tandeuribeauty Such at least appears to ior, of the silver spike that starts to of Great Freh Water Lake. steady grinding or a challerye to his power. have been the facts regard years the. railroad to the construction Writers who tell of the hu- ing the mighty Colorado cut its ravine will be offset town. There will follow the'll(Ky 0ll!.irfe j!ie grcat lakes in rugged islands. The barren lands Gardens will supplant the pres- - quench the thfrst of thousands the mility that comes with see- river. Howjnany times have by puny humansonewithin building of a city to house the ' America. It will extend back up that now surround the river will ent waste and the land will be- in California, three hundred decade short of period ing earths prodigious sights artists, authors, engineers 4,000 workmen needed on the job the river for a hundred and j become a place of plenty? The come one of riches and happy miles away. had better examine their and the common people told and there is no chance for Then, unless human jealousies j twenty miles and will reach a greesewoods, mesquite, tiny cacti homes. But greater still will be Eons were required by nature man to fail. Intelligence in move the power produced to do man's with her giant stream to carve i this instance knows for cer- - interfere, will begin construction, width of nine. Mountains that and desert palms will all 41 now nes high on the desert will back and in their place will grow work and the mighty artificial this gorge, but man who some- -' fH 'ie monser that. tain just what it wants and!0 j create the largest fresh water be submerged or become tiny the fig tree and the pomegranate stream that will carry water' to times feels himself inferior, will what jt can accomplish fill it up again in ten brief years. Grand canyon with its ihnil, " Tbea looking over wbat his mind and beauty will, however, be un- -' has done, be will sit back while touched. Its charms and wonders water. does tbe labor of a million, will remain for future generahumans and smile at nature's tions to enjoy. But farther down folly. the torrent in a less inviting bleak gorge, black, and terrify-- j i immediately BY ED C. PENROSE, in front of the Tern- -, guessed that all this chatter i the L. D. 8. Church, did missionanother company and resumed ing, there will rise a dam to the flowers, ptanU and ary work in his native land, and the westward march arriving in 1,10 on 11,0 ca!l Mdc- - 11 Prcclom i ubouL OWDY Folks! Would make , an enticing lake in the i inaies w ith Cannag,-o- f . the Presi-- j trees has something to do with in 4843 came In America, going Salt Lake valley September 13, middle of a desert. Here will like you to take deut variety, scarlet creepers, it. Yes, you must see the little at once to Nauvoo, IlL There he 1817. He at once began tbe cultiJustj man answer the challenge of na- one more stroll through the .edged with Coleos, Marigolds, etc conservatory where the flowers met tbe Prophet Joseph Smith, vation of fruits and flowers, and ture, and all because he has the Tabernacle for tis flanked on each side by a huge' have their beginning, and hear founder of the Church and beard at times attended the gardens grounds, power to think. doubtful if they ever ap- monurnent vase filled with run-- ! something about the man who him preach. He attended the and orchards of President Bng- The Black Rock canyon site Jwas primarily responsible for it meeting when Rrigham Young ham Young. He acquired a small al- - ning vines. was, chosen fur, this iiiammnlli peared more beautiful and was chosen to succeed the mar- farm in lime, and also city propAs through- the gnd them undcrtaking the greatest eu luring than they do at this small east gate and walked atom Here we are, near the north tyred prophet, and Be was in the erty. It is recorded That in Septhe year when thej lhe rigllt ,jan(1 pa(h you noticed entrance to tbe grounds,' and just first eompnny to cross the Mis- tember, 1857, he had on big dingineering feat ever attempted after careful surveys had shown frost is on the pumpkin, and( t0 the exodus west ing room table six varieties of right, rows of Asters, eoi- - east of (be path you see a small sissippi river in the it more adaptable than the earl- the coal man dome-shapHatted by a severe attack! peaches that lie had raised, gome structure ward. ! ored Dahlias, glass with over and Petunias, glee grins ier one in Boulder canyon from inof fever he was forced to remain of them measuring fully So come along you good there to lhe left, east of the Jos- The tablet above the entrance which the project derives its to was behind and go into camp. Soon inches m circumference. (he built us forms that it and monuments the Hyrum name. It is located about twenty-tw- o tourists and home folk,' for eph and tbe star shaped beds memory of William C. Staines in after his recovery, the camp was Mr. Stames built a beautiful round, miles due ead of Las Vegas, there is something else you while along the paths from the 1914, from funds bequeathed by visited by eight Ponca Indian cottage at 334 west South Tern- -' Nevada, in an area so barren that should see; one more attrac- south entrance are beds of him to the L. D. S. Church. The cbieflains wbo made tbe singular pie street which lie later sold to it has no value at preseut for tion in the enclosure that is Geraniums, boxed palms and conservatory was built to per- request that a party of the William Jennings, known in tbe anything. A great rock of per- sure to interest and farther along petuate the name of a man whose whiles join them, on a big hunt- early days of Utah as be "MerOleanders, one that you; fect jet meets the eye as one west of the Temple are hedges of poetic nature is reflected in the ing expedition, and tbe more wlfo loved draws near the canyon and from harks back to early pioneer Morning Glories that rival the flowers he loved so well. He strange request that tho crippled chant Prince," a man to lavish a on entertain scale. Wie head of the picgorge the site is days, and demonstrates that, Line of Heaven's dome or ocean's mode possible the youth be one of that pvrty. Mr. Jennings enlarged the cot- reached at present only by power though a man may be among To this, leaders in the campj depths, with here and there tures you see on every hand. and made it into a palatial boats. The place has nothing of William C. SUines was a na- demurred, but young Staines; ige the departed, his good name among green ferns and vines home, tbe Dev ereaux House" one loveliness to attract the visitor -on Fuchia. Nasturtiums, Zinnias. tive of England,, born September pleaded to be allowed to go, and0f show houses of lhe city," Two almost perpendicular walls and his good deeds live and Butter 2S, 1818. As. a boy, a strong pas- after some further persuasion. here crownedbeads of Hcliotropo Cups Europe, the on, and present linking of ebony extending in both di proudly assert their claim to a sion for floriculture and horti- consent wu graated. lie Jetnain-jpiaja- tj and presidents, setta-e- d rectwns a far as one can sec rise with the otherwise dim and share of with the Indians for six j jurg anj otbor dignitaries of our recognition. There are culture was an outstanding chardistant past. six varieties of Gannas. Scattered acteristic, manifested so practi- months, learned their language own of the theory that trees may lead; country were entertained, Before you are directed to about the more than an acre of cally inujater years. When a lad and many other things, gained golne 0f you here this afternoon to some definite results in de- you see Ppringerie ferns of thirteen, fate played him a their admiration and respect, and' .,n reca;j our jait pj 0u . .1 m . I temiining cycles of drought and tbe object of this afternoon a lawn, and Scotch Elm tree mean "trick. He suffered a fall by them wag given the Ind-aAmerican hoine geral weeks ogo. It still cannot dcclarcd: ramble, you he,vy falnr,n however, 1 UId Lindens. Chestnuts and Syca- that so injured ha spine he was, name of Waddeskippe which landg bul the "The comparative growth of fail to be influenced by tbe gorgcou3 flowers, mores, Dale palms, gigantic Firs left a cripple the balance of hisj means, Steel to strike flint-fc t . i y trees, shrubs aod vines any of the trees fora definite beauty, tbe charm and the and north of lhe Tabernacle you mortal days, but even with Ihis fire," no doubt because be planted by Mr. Staines, and added treesl tea .fifty, or hundred and fifty, period would be influenced very BOISE (AP5 Ancient of the gorgeous see a rare specimen of Weeping great handicap and the lack of an adept at using this primitive; to by yr Jennings, are all gone! perfume maf help archaeologists to deler--j years or so. But the treewas not much by local rains and acci- floral display you see spread Birch, graceful" in form and size early scholastic training, be method of fire making. Thej lYilh Signal Honor, mine the history of the Pueblos too exact in its historical infor- dents such as breakage by wind You Must Have Guessed. achieved far greater things than hardships incident 4o his sojourn and what they ate for breakfast mation, nor would it agree en or change of local movement of 'round about you; the potted But come friends leis toddle many men of bis who had with the Indians Seemed to have In 1851 and 1852 Mr. Staines day to 1533, but there is some ques- lirely with several other trees ground water by the movement plants,- - the stately trees, afferied him not at aiL was Territorial Librarian, hold-along, as we have' not yet seen much Jess to complain of. lhe adjoining soil by. wind.A green-hedg" tion as to how much help they cut from widely scattered points, -- and With the Indians. what you were brought here to perfectly In September, 1847. this position by lppoinl- . lug some cyMoon in are ip determining drougbt the Craters of tbe "It will be noted that a large bavei 23 must At the 1833 lawns. You do not see see, although you age of he again saw some years he joined Upon big return he joined ment In and others near Massacre Rocks percentage of the peaks of kept cles in Idaho. of the rougher Side of life when kaleido-- j and this alluring on the Snake river. , growth in the Massacre Rocks Engineers .in the department he became a member of a posse array of natures; As an indication of perhapr a tree conform closely to the scopic of reclamation differed considto guard the Overland Mail route fancy-work 150 on when you are year cycle, Stewart pointed growth of the larger tree. erably upon the results of a -- , r i Hi .. , hostile Indians. against , rr f. t study made by Harold T. Stearns, to rings sbowing thegrowth of "The general form of the curve the other side of the knowledge of the habits and peengineer of the Geologic Survey; the tree smee 1850 had been con- of the Craters of the Moon tree old wall,, and perhaps culiarities .of tfie Redman proved V G. Stewart, now in the de- siderably more rapid -- than dur- follows somewhat that of the of inestimable value in Ibis perone reason why the Massacre Rocks tree especially thats ing the preceding 150 years. partment, and U. G. Haight, ilous duty. lu 1839. Mr. Staines all out wail to shut remains, of the 'twin (alls Canal; Tbe Fifield juniper, the most after 1700, It must be rememberorganized the mercantile firm of but glimpses of the grounds. Stames-Needha- m Si ancient, was gnarled and twisted ed. however, that tbe trees were Company. inside the once picture Perhaps the most interesting to a point where It only remotely over 50 miles apart and on oppo- - that He was elected a member of the more the Idasurprising T -- '. resembled a tree. Almost all of site sides of lhe lava plane wiihjwiU discovery was the fact that W city council of Salt Lake City f'. i '( I ho had. until recently, tree that its growth had been on 'one side a difference in elevation of about' an impressive. andibe following year went on 1 t As We Stroll Along.- rtarte I to win it way through the other having been choked 1,000 feet t j . mission to England He returned l s world shortly after tbe beHe suggested an extensive off by rucks, for tbe tree bad As we stroll along the to bis home in 1803 and wa theo-ma- de ginning of the Christian era taken root in a crevice. From the study of tree growth in southern paved paths you will observe emigration agent for tbe :i A. Tbe tree heart to the periphery it meas- Idaho be made before tbe. larger they are edged with fine folito Church. with positipn trees are cut away. The results age and flower beds, which nngj indicated the .old juniper ured 38.4 inches. signal honor and ability for 48 J.uuud iu TiIieliL basin about. LI Gcotogieet-- " in formation sug- of Ibis study, ho said, should be at the present time are reyears. Mr. Staines was twice miles southwest of Idaho Fail gests it may have seen smoke correlated with stream flow re- ceiving their final pruning married but there were no chilwas 1.018 years old. Its fate was rising from the Craters of the cords, weather records, sun spot touches at the hands of exdren. He died August 3. 1881, in sealed more than a year ago Mood, reported by some accounts records, movement of ocean cur- perienced gardeners under the Ibis Ry. He left property to the Vi when a rancher cut down tbe as be live until the last four hun- rents, and recent geological direction of Chief Gardener 'X Church and from those funds ' "NVi ?-: knotted and gnarled old scrag for dred years, although generally events to discover if possible the F. A. Nauman, prior to the this conservatory was built, givU .. use as firewood. Tbe slump was believed to have ceased activity governing factors.' October, or semi-annuing assurance that his good W.-- f ' r" T : V .examined by Stearns and lhe considerably earlier. Growing in Southern Idaho has already deeds and hi honored name will of the L. D. S. other jmginecr in the course of or adjacent to a considerable suffered toss of millions of dol- Church. Immediately after not be forgotten. a study of water resources In lava How, U may have been lars through the slight changes the conference, the beds will Well, folks, there ar some ' Southern Idaho. seared at one time by the bot In precipitation in (be course of be carefully prepared for more trips in store for you, and It was thought the tree might fumes or again may have been 10 or 15 years. Wbat would hap- their winter sleep. if you'll assemble at. the Pioneer You probably will agree Ibal establish, through growth of It hurt by repeated floods over Us pen with changes as indicated in Monument comer next Saturday there were UCOOycars existence, Ute, .growth -- bet riBSs cach year.-thathe most beautifui flower bed Jo! afternoon at time well Stewart, strongest proponent i9oor PROOF OF HIS LOVE FOR PLANTS AND FLOWERS. Mrtain eyries of drougth every the grounds is tbe oblong display! lake another jaunt. S'ong! 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