Show 1i J I I f NATURES WONDERS A TI1IP THROUOH MOST PICT URbSQUE AMERICA If at o tnlretlle ln tern 11th twnltaent mi the OtrtUn 100 The 1Ir toioed iniamtey Iauh anl lbdint tnorlheai The story of the Overland flouts has len told in proM and poem by throe who have n right to claim the beat Knowledge of I IbO who tolled omen the plalni Oilvlng oxen In titans which pulled great cat vans ol frtlght tt OMI who hoi rully bore the heal and burden of tbo day buoyed up and incouragcd by the hop of an Il iurads In lbs niuunulna ot the weal treat nobld hcartid men who Miighl In the elorloui west tho rcuard which aecmtd lon to colon near their door In the populoui I Mat They were brac mlklnil UoancJ bold and senile and tho writer Ion W I dwell on their adventure and depict I their hnlr breadth cucnpcn and tell of their ho tee and their dlwtppolnlmcnls I I I 1 lfaI lu ono tunes thclri a I tlio story ol his live of many who rend and n chord of avmpathy li touched by thoaklllful tell Ins of thin ator Ktcronu who bu rend therc lnle of tbo wet has felt an Initlnctlto dealt tu sea the spots hul Inllhelvo 1lro le Ioe lowed nt lea In memory by some story which has s erved to pans an hour away I and I each ono tnas longed for an opportunity oppor-tunity Thono ot the prenvnt day ban thin beat of the earlier member of thli mutual admiration society for they can adlirolon oeely I now mnkfl the trip In comfort tree from peril and I lurroumtcd by all the luxuries Incident to modern ravel instead of tolling over thou calcined track ot tbom who preceded them Ibo traveler ot tlio day limply nelccta The Overlnnl Houte tho Union 1nclflc Mtcin mind A much at homo ai though In the quiet of Bomo New IlnBlaud vllhiRe fllilfl swiftly over n splendid roadbed and allows al-lows hli eye to cant on the magnificent scenery ntTordcd The route through Kantn la n varied scene of thrift and pro Inn grealnru ncrlculturally ant when nldhl has low 1 Bred her nhadcs and the hour of nil are naiwd I the grander bcnutlci of tha Hocky Mountnlni nto In view anti I ono Initlnrtltcly prepares hlinMlt to drink In the wonders which nature Imo strewn In pronicato plenty within touch almost al-most ot the pasulni train Train Din vcr to Cheycnni there Is iipread a panorama pano-rama ot hills and nol ilnahlng rhtri and tho cempltlnlUE brooks that mado oho meadows green and mountalni halo now rnpi > cil talus scent to reach I to Ibo very Met and inlnulo their glls tenlng peaks amid thin thadowy clouds this Overland Iho hlghcit point on Houte ucros tho continent li 8217 feet at Sherman hence HIUM who fear limo mulls of great nltltudei nro relieved re-lieved of that opprchcntlon na > ery lll ledimcult Is I experienced One of the wonder ot the American continent mar inclal but Intercatlne ha I tho Ames monument erected In remembrance of tho work done by Mr Ala In connec lon with tbo building ot thla great cast and west artery 01 commerce and which emlnds one of tho Tyramlds of Kuypt and make ono wonder whether they tall commemorated ability and power as well as nerved to keep the sncred remains re-mains of their projector The Dais creek brldco It another magnificent specimen of human skill nnd one compare com-pare tho bAndlwork of uiin with that of nature which all around vies with lu daho I entered at Harder Button en annroarlnto name and one then thinks of the great mini rat productions of the country through which he Is I passing and stares anew nt tho creation of natural I natu-ral force tbo Shosbono falls the great geysers which abound lu Iho parks th mountains ever seeming holier and fuller oll oetry and romance and challenging chal-lenging comparison with anything that tits yet been seen 1 seems lo tho traveler I trav-eler that what cornea after must be a repetition or foruo reproduction ot something that baa been been on thus delightful Journey and ho guesses that oho stories of the parks of thin grrit northwest must be talcn of fancy for II three cannot cnuno tho mind to revel Indeed must tho best part of nan bli Iruaclntulon bo dulled und bo on object for pity When therefore the grandest grand-est scenery of North America tho wonderful won-derful I Yellowstone Park Is i reached what a pleasure to feel that dun power ot appreciation has been whetted rather than dulled and tint the grandeur and hcnuty ot thin surroundings iuvulcn new and cmbilllrhcd Ideas nnd glvo thu heart and mind a greater degree of appreciation ap-preciation bo Iho whoo routo Is I im education and an enjoyment nt tha name time while tho glow of new health heightens tho color and driven array the j weariness which perchance was thin direct I di-rect cause for the Journey Whllo tho route Slot described hu been through Colorado yomltig Idaho and thu Northwest 1 have not been unmindful of still another pleasant Jaurnny which every traulcr through Ito west should take viz Tn and through Utah this youngest ctato In oho union Shllo still lu burr maidenhood aha Is I by no means thin least In Importance of our stoles For rcenery Hcho 11eber and Ogden Canon cannot bo excelled ills valleys ot Utah two rich In their pro ductlon of fruit cjclnbKs and cere ils whllo the I mountains am dully drtclon f Ing u mineral wealth whhb will set cause the world to runnel Iho climate ot Wanhinglon and Ore Is delightful Iho western gout ltlcblul J10 stop twins to be 1 choton spot for pleasure health and comfort One forgets the many hundreds ot miles covered by the tver turning wheels nnd simply enjoys I treat to bo found nowhere clan In the universe II Is I trip which cveryons should take varying the climate thus altitude and general environments ot builnt and care and It I can be taken i 0 comfortably all nt such reasonable expense In the lendld cars of tho Un ion Vaclflc System that It should be decided de-cided upon at once as tho one next to b undertaken P 1 HAKEU m I e |