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Show A 4, r. rj. 4. T NEARBY AND f 1 YONDER T I . 1 By T, T. MAXEY 1 ?" t 'i 't" 8 'i 't' 4 The Carnival of th Cowboy KT UMEltOUS local and rectorial eel-1 eel-1 ebritlon are held Monuully io this brood land, each springing from ome historic or oilier hackKround and cnloulutvd io apprize the universe that Its particular locality offer something worthwhile, wlilrh fate denied to all the othprs. It remained, however, for WyotnlnKltes to throw their hats In the ring, let out a few whoops and produce a "going, on." which Is unusual un-usual in the extreme, during and thrilling thrill-ing In execution action plus, held annually an-nually In their historic capital city of Cheyenne. Sturted some 30 years ago, as s purely Wyoming affair, it bos become be-come a western Institution. This "Frontier nay" celebration, as It is frequently termed, has for Its major, ma-jor, motif e long program usually requiring re-quiring from three to five dnys to com-plete com-plete of exciting contests between human skill and courage on one hand, end cunning ferocity and brute strength on the other, which run the full gamut of cowboy activities In old-time, old-time, wild-west days, from races peculiar pe-culiar to the open range to riding bucking bronchos, roping and riding wild steers, bull-dogging, trick and fancy riding for cowboys and cowgirls and what not An outstanding and attractive feature fea-ture of this big time in Wyoming is a dramatic Frontier parade which. In reality. Is a history of transportation, to which come the Sioux and other Indians, In-dians, In their colorful costumes ornamented orna-mented with elk's teeth, shells, feathers feath-ers and beads, from the days of the buffalo, the prairie schooner and the stage coach to tbe palatial transcontinental transconti-nental limited of today. ' "The Singing Tower" AT SO-CALLED Iron mountain, the highest land elevation In all Florida, sacred ground of former Indian In-dian tribes, Edward W. Bnk has seen his dream transformed into a reality, created a sanctuary "for bumans and for birds" and crowned It witb a masterpiece mas-terpiece In towers which was dedicated dedi-cated and presented, for visitation, to the American people, by the President of tbe United States. On a 48-acre tract great numbers ot splendid palms, magnolias, live oaks, azaleas, primrose. Jasmine, and other rare and beautiful plants and trees have been set out, accommodations arranged ar-ranged to fit the varying needs of various va-rious species of the feathered tribe, with the calculation that It will become be-come a free-for-all stopping place for both native and migratory birds, a protectorate pro-tectorate and a sanctuary, and thereby there-by save the lives of thousands which are lost annually In course of migration. migra-tion. Rising heavenward out of this sane-' tuary Is a 205-foot tower, 61 feet square at the base, tapering to 87 feet at the top, done in gray, pink and white stone, which promises to be "a thing of beauty and a Joy forever." Within this tower are great tanks for watering the sanctuary end the largest larg-est carillon of bells on earth 71 bells, ranging In weight from 12 to 24,000 pounds. In the hands of an experienced experi-enced carlllonneor, their niURlc ts positively pos-itively divine. As the sound waves roll away from the structure the Impression Im-pression leads one to imagine that the tower Itself had broken out Into song, hence "The Singing Tower." The Storm King Highway .CTClRM KING" a mountain 3 which rises 1.389 feet out of the western edge of the Hudson near West Point, was so named "because of the clouds which gather about Its summit in stormy weather." Early Dutch skippers called It Boter Rerg or Butter Hill, because Its rounded outline resembled s huge hunk of butter. To overcome the necessity of go-tug go-tug around the mountain on the west and shorten the nortli-and-soutb highway high-way almig the west shore of the Hudson Hud-son by many miles. It was decided to try the daring experiment of carving s highway in the rocky face of the eastern side of the mountain. The first surveys were made by shooting cans of paint against the steepest points along the mountain's side. The murks thus made were located lo-cated Indirectly without being actual- y reached by the surveyors. In many places the slope was less than 80 degrees de-grees from vertical, and In the beginning begin-ning the rock drillers were suspended from ropes fled to trees shove the site of operations. Far below ran a railroad rail-road track which greatly complicated the Job. lest rocks should fall upon the track and delay the trains. The highway was opened to traffic In l!)22. Is four miles long. 24 feet wide and at the turn around the point of the mountain Is almost exactly X) feet directly above the water In the river. Its cost, alde from the right-of-way, was !HXi,tNKi. Irs construction made nvnllahle to the public hitherto unreachable scenic views of rare charm. The panorama up and down the river must he seen to be fully appreciated. ap-preciated. It Is e scenic drive which. In many respects. Is uneqnaled. iCSi. I92S Wftftterll Nwpprr tlDton.) |