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The Salt Lake Tribune from Salt Lake City, Utah • 45

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THE SALT LAKE TRIBUNE, SUNDAY MORNINU, 15, 1923 one mountain to another or from point to point along its shores. Now, while there are fish in eome of the smaller lakes of the same region and the streams are well stocked, sheep and cattle graze the deserts, miners work the mountains, and irrigated farms cluster in the valleys wherever water Is available. The United States fish commission watches carefully the spawning season of the trout In the streams, and the forest service re so la tee the gres Majestic Height Is Centerof Numerous Scenic Wonders iii ii Deep Canyons, Fantastic Images in Rock, and Wood, Yawning Caves, (ilacial Slides and Timbered Slopes-Contribute to Beauty. One Hundred and Fifty of Our Finest, Most Exclusive Summer Frock Govo I Regrouped! Regardless of Reduced! Original Costs 'V Irrespective of Former Prices SALE TOMORROW! ry of 9900 feet. This climb can he made eaativ bv the woman ffair.

tat ami fortv, with what little assistance the average men might be. From the choice of return routes one may go down through the spruces and back by Grove creek, along the ridge and down the gravel slides, where one seated on a flat stone may coast for four or five hundred feet, or around the bend of the hook to the crest of Timpanogos before returning. Grove Creek canvon offers a fairly essv route, a does the power "trail over the face of Little mountain, or up Battle Creek canyon, any one of which would take one up over the western hutment ridges to the crest. Lindon, at the south edge of Pleasant Grove, makes an Ideal starting point for the' Dry Creek climb. Up this path one may ride a horse to the head of the glacier In the big saddle.

DELIGHT FOR CAMPERS. Young People Mutual Improvement association of the Manila ward of the L. D. 8. church took advantage of the rare beauty of the American Fork canyon, which I unsurpassed by either the Hoyal gorge, Eton canyon, or the Canyon or the Little Blue, and located their summer social outing camp at Mutual Dell.

Other communities took advantage of the chance and now for two month In late summer this outing parodies under the towering heights of Timpanogos I a veritable free Chautauqua. A history of the roads leading up Mount Timpanogos wouldmskea good-sized book In Itself. The earliest trails were those for wood up the esnvons and the cattle and sheep trslls up the faces of the more gentle slopes From the head of Bushes canyon one of the best views of the main ridge Is well worth the climb. The view of the valley from here, also spread at ones feet like a varicolored checkerboard, is unsurpassed. One of the trees which has a local Interest Is a large dead spruce, which, outlined from the valley against the sky, sceme but a -small, -is odor- wojpan jsyho preceded her husband to this section selected tree to be the man'e monument should he fail to arrive.

However, the man arrived and later climbed his own monument. FANTASTIC PICTURES, Another clump of trees on the southern rim of Grove Creek canyon, outlined against the sky, resembles a man leading a heavy-laden pack horse, and has tocally been named -The Proepecter One place in American Fork canyon and another on the western face of Mehoganv mountain boar the name of the Needles Eye and are as well defined as the Loop Hole in the Teton country. The new trails up Timpanogos are under government supervision. One up the South fork of American Fork canyon and over the main ridge was completed In 1921; one up Grove Creek can on, high on the side, in 1922. to overcome the work of the summer floats thst have washed out stl previous attempts, and now in 1923 the work on the one up In the little explored land west of the North fork of the Provo will make all points of the mountain easily accessible to the tourist.

The view of the mountain from the valley Is one of never-ending wonder. One soon appreciates the statement of daughter of a prominent United States senator when she said You never sea. the light twice alike on Timpanogos. RARE SUN COLORS. It is from the valley that one sees the phenomenon of sunrise colors in the west, and the gorgeous tints of the sunset hanging their scintillating canopy over the mountains to the east.

Of course this can only be seen under the proper atmospheric conditions. At davbreak a gray light will spread over the sky, and in a few minutes a faint reflection of color will begin to show over the crest of the Oquirrha to the west. The color and light will ing of sheep and cattle on the mountains in summer. On Mount Timpanogos there are several iambing'ground for the large sheep herds on the lower slopes, while the breed valley between Mahogany and the main ridge is reserved as a cattle range. The value of the range on Timpano-gos is mainly due to the soil being derived largely from limestone.

This Is in itself interesting Insomuch as the Wasatch range is characteristically granite. There are notable exceptions, the Devils Slide In Ogden canyon, ths lime-kilns just north of Salt Lake and those at SpringvUle. Timpanogos Hself has a granite cap. but In the most part is a solid limestone pile. RUBBERY CLAY IB BASE.

Another peculiarity of this mountain la that sits on a cushion of rubbery tenacious black clay. This is by far the bent converter clay in the Inter-mountain region and is used by all of the near-by smelters. The mining and shipping of this clay give a profitable by si new. The- early herders and wood cutters located seams of onyx on. the west slope of Mahogany mountain.

One of these in particular, on a tilted layer of waaexioedor many square eaet. leaving now only broken and scattered fragments to- mark tha location. The opening of faults in the side of the mountain and the erosion of water hay formed a wonderful series of caves and chasms, where coyotes and bobcats find shelter. Recently discovered and turned over to the forest shrvice is the Timpanogos cave In American Fork canyon. This cave in size and splendor of formations ranks with Mammoth cave of Kentucky, Wonder cave of Tennessee, or Luray erfverns of Virginia.

Up above the main ride of Timpanogos the American Fork canyon divides, the South fork isolating Timpanogos from the rest of the range, and the main canvon winds away to the northeast for twenty-five miles among the granite peaks and rtdgea. Up this canyon lies one of the big mining sections of Utah. Its tnac eessibility by rail or auto has prevented greater development than has taken place. It is well into July before the miners can get to some of the shafts, and the roads are usually closed early in November. WINTER IS SEVERE.

The fnan who helped build the first trails up the canyon, A. N. Iverson by name, sometimes known as the Father of American Fork canyon." attempted in January of 1923 to make a trip to bis sawmill A snowstorm overtook him the first night out and he was forced to turn back the next morning. He was seventeen hours making nine miles on snowshoes. A couple of weeks later a message was received that the caretakers at one of the mines was out of food.

The company had to get an atrplene to take supplies and drop them near the cabm. In the summer. Timpanogos bears an entirely different delation to the social life of Utah Eiut to climb and filled with wonders, the student of nature or the pleasure seeker finds an Ideal spot. Many walk from the schools, when the pupils, headed by their teachers, or In small groups, climb over the lower hills, searching for flowers and insects, recreation and knowledge. These pilgrimages have become an established custom.

An annual Timpanogos hike takes place from Provo, and many people join the climbing party. About five hundred persons started on this hike in 1922. Leaving or main ridga to tha front of Bald and Mahogany mountains and then drop with tha same front with them to tha benchea and tha beginnings of the valley floor. Out on this gradual slope tha water from Battia creek flows in a ditch to the north side of Little mountain almost to tha edge of Grove Creel canyon, then back across the to to tha south side through tha regulating reservoir, then down through the conduits to tha turbine in the powerhouse, where it reg isters a pressure of 400 pounds to the square inch. When the engineer made the survey for this power plant was asked concerning tha horsepower to be de veloped, he replied: All you have to do here fs walk to tha edge and spit.

TouU have horsepower. VEGETATION LIMITED. Grove creek the southern end of Mahogany mountain. sometimes called The Tha name Mahogany comes from a kind of Ironwood, a low, spreading, scrubby tree bearing the local but misleading name of moun tain mahogany, which, with grease wood, cedar, sagebrush and oaks, make up the vegetation an the dryer portions of the western slope. A few maples and cottonwoods can be found in the gullies, where moisture la more abundant.

The eastern elope, very steep, 4s severed with a dense growth of spruce. The north end. of Mahogany swings in a broad curve two miles long above American Fork canyon to the north end of the main ridge, in the form of a gigantic fish hook. About half way down on the welt ern slope of Mahoganv three knobe stick out, similar in form and with the same relation which Bald mountain bears to the mein ridge The largest one on the north. Cedar Point, of cedars, whore the early settlers got their firewood and corral posts.

The other two are called Twin peaks, being almost identical in else and form. This name serves little to locate them, for just below and a little to the south, almost down to a level with the agricultural benches, are two other knobs bearing the same name. And again along the main range of the Wasatch, farther north in the state, two full-sized mountains sport the same appellation, while geographers recognize in thg sarnie way two gigantic structures of cosmic masonry in the Teton country. BEAUTY AND WEALTH. The benches, broad alluvial deposits at the mouth of the big canyons, give beauty to the scenery and wealth to tho agriculture of the valley.

From the mouth of American Fork canyon a broad fan spreads out, covering over half of the area between the north end of Utah lake and the mountaina The waters of American Fork on leaving the mouth of the canyon flow to the southwest and then south, cutting the fan in two. leaving The Highlands on the right bank and American Fork bench on the left. The Provo beitch lies to. the east of the river turns sharply to the south on leaving the canyon. Thes benches are the most pronounced of three levels which indicate the existence of some prehistoric lake.

Before the early settleid had time to study the geology of their new hpme. 'tftetnd1aiurttrtd thenr legends- concerning itV There was one tribe which, in spring and fall, came in from the west acros the desert to Salt Lake. One old ynan, too feeble to keep up with the main tribe, followed behind and told his stcries to the settlers whose friendship he accepted. So old. No good.

They want me die. he would say. Once this land was all water. Warriors used to go in canoes from mountain top to mountain top in the days of my forefathers, forefathers, forefathers repeating the word over and over again to indicate the length of time. This man was Weber Tom.

and one boy who listened to his tales is now E. C. Olsen of Ogden, Utah. LAKE WAS EXTENSIVE. This prehistoric lake, which later geologists called lke Bonneville, covered manv thousand square miles and reached from the Wasatch mountains well into Nevada over what Is now the Utah-Nevada desert.

Then it furnished fish for the Indian tribes living on its shores, and a means of transportation for their canoes from US PEACH NAVY In most instances, $33 does not cover the original cost of production br equal original cost to us. Fabricg Included tbe city-ther night before-. thev l258ITIaB that wmIiI k.V. world must have Wen turned In every instance, $33, is far, far below former price and assures you a most ex- traordinary saving. Color Featured WHITE BLACK GRAY JADE BY W.

i FLETCHER, M. A. Just Httte north of th center the state of Utah, in approximately 41 degrees 29 minutes north latitude and HI degrees 40 minutes west Ion git tide. stands lloupt Tlmpanogos, It. 957, feet elevation above sea level, the summit of the "Wasatch, the longest range la Utah.

No other mountain of Its height and grandeur Is so loss to the main lines of tourist travel Just west of the Oeean-to-Ocean highway at He- her, Utah, the crest of Tunpanugos forms the western skvline. The base of Timpanogos Is almost a -rectangle nearly twelve miles king by ten aide. It Is cut from the main range by the esnvons of JProvo on the south and Atnerlcad Turk on the north. the east is the Heber val-in the- middle etretehea of- the Provo fixer To the west is the Valley of Utah lake, where run the main lines of travel The main ridge extends nearly north and south from where It towers above American Pork canyon for about two-thirds of its length to east of Fleas-ant Prove, where it turns -sharply southeast bv south to where it drops with a sharp slope to the Provo river bed. The upper part of the ridge is nearly uniform on the western slope, from which the gullies and lateral ridges gradually widen and deepen for about 409 feet.

This side is purely an erosion formation and is characterised by gullies, gravel slides and rock ledges In marked contrast, the eastern slope is cut almost ooiid and in some places quite perpendicular for nearly 3000 feet by the glaciers which the north and west winds have swept up from the western slope and piled oyer the crest The most pronounced of these glaciers has Its head just south of the back until there is formed In the ridge a gigantic saddle with the pommel to the southeast. Standing at the croupe, one can well imagine that Old Man CPacieF once sat straight in the saddle, but the winds and snows crowded him over until the rocks gave way beneath his left foot, and he now prone at the base of the 2 K0-fot wall of rock on the main ridge. ThN glacier holds the year round with the beautiful title Emerald lake at its foot South from the ni4n glacier the ridge Ut at regulaf intervals by semicircular workings of the glaciers called cirques Nearly every one of these cirques have eaten back into the ridge so that there Is a slight depression In the crest marking the location of the cirques on the east side. WIND RAGES CONSTANTLY, The winds which blow over the ridge of Timpanogos are almost constant In th summer, when there is not a breath except an pceAsionab dust whirl In the valiev, a wind that will roll pebbles as large as a pea will blow across the top In winter, when from below the whole mountain seems as still and tranquil as a monument, a close scrutiny with good eyes or field glasses will show jets of blown Him uo to three hundred feet high rising from the crest of the main ridge. The western side of Timpanogos along the north half is braced up by three gigantic shoulders, each bearing the dignity of a mountain in itself; Paid mountain on the south.

Little mountain in the center, and Mahogany mountain or The Hogback, on the north. Paid mountain sets out from the aide of the main ridtre directly below the highest point a little north of the big saddl in the crest, itself resembling a saddle hanging with- the croupe against the wail As its name indicates, the top of Baldv Is bare of trees, while the side are covered with brush and trees. The top of Paid mountain is a curving, wavy ridge, and. excepting from one point, looks like 'a tvpical volcano A storv is told of an eastern geologist who. traveling with a partr of friends, called the attention of those around him to this particular knob, and explained to some length how a volcano built up its com.

fTnallv, turning to a farmer standing near, he asked Have on ever been to the top of that cone-shaped mountain? Yeup. was the reply. Its solid limestone HUGE POWER SOURCE. Little mountain slopes gradually out from the foot of the snow mountain HOP FLAVORED SUGAR SYRUP "Highest CIIIFFON GEORGETTE CREPE R0MAINE FLAT, CREPE BEIGE MAIZE SALMON LACE COMBINATIONS the around for the sky and mountains to the east are still dull and gray. Then a shaft of light will shoot through one of the esnvons, the colors fade in the west and the light will break in full day over the ranges to the east.

And then again at evening, this be reversed, Just how Mount Timpanogos received its name is more or less in doubt. That the mountain was worshiped by the Indians seems a well-established fact, and that there was at least one great chieftain by that name is also true. The meaning of the name. Silent or Sleeping Woman. is significant of its beauty, and the protection it affords to those who live close to its base.

of Scopolamin BOGEBS California tell the truth, his experiment will be a total success. He don't have to look for subjects just jab his needle Into the first guy out here and await results. He only has to ask one question if he has a Californian under his spell. Ail he hse to do Is ask him if he dont think it Is a very hot day? If the Patient says yes. why his ex pertment is an assured success.

But if ths Patient says, Well, It is warm today, but that is very unusual for this time of the why, then, he might just as well throw his Serum in ths Greek. It Is a failure. They started in by trving it on some Convicts in various Prisons out here. I dont know on what grounds they reaaon that a iRpn in Jail is a bigger I.lar than one out of Jail. The chances are that telling the truth is what got him In there.

Anyway, it has worked wonders: every man they tried it on said he didn't commit ths crime. The chances sr, he would have said the same thing if the in- well upJProvo canyon. An earlv start the next morning takes the climbers up the North fork of the Provo river and up over the glacier to the crest of the ridge. MANY ROUTES OFFERED. Small parties and individuals have the choice of several routes Up the American Fork canvon and the Soutb fork one may go by automobile to a point from which small saddle mules can take the trail to the top.

From Pleasant Grove, up over the west side, one may choose his path from several. To the northeast from town one msv make his way between the lower Twin peaks up through Bushes canyon, on tbe west face of Mahogany mountain, to an elevation A Few Shots By WILL Well, as I write this, between breaths In a Comedy Chase 8cene away out here in the Broad Spaces, where an Actor Is n'o better than his double, I am reading about the Dempsey and Gibbons fight, in no business Is a man entitled to more than he can draw, and every man Is entitled to a fair share of every cent he can draw. One of the boys in the Picture just remarked that thsy should shut both of these fighters up In a room alone and then open the door and see what had happened. Whv, they would find Dempsev had sold Gibbons something and that Kearns was watting outside to get 50 per cent. Say, we have a discoverer out here in California, a Dr.

House, of Texas, who has invented a Serum called Scopolamin, a thing that when injected into you will make you tell the truth, at least for a while, anyway. Now, 1 dont know that the stuff is any good, but he certainly corns to the right State to get material to try it on. If ha can make us fellows in All Remaining Summer Dresses Suits, Coats Cip2s Sweaters, Skirts, Blouses and Jacquettes Now Reduced V3 ARE LESS THAN HAi VIM-JSsE E. 13 roEn w3 yr ORCniD the Sugar Beet, and What It Had Don TO the Housewives. Then he went into Idaho.

Just to prove to peool that Borah does come from somewhere. A hundred people have heard of Borah that never heard of Idaho, it was a wise move on the- President a part. for. up to then, the People of lilsho thought "Borah was President Jlut Mr Borah was a good sport and went right with trim and Admitted to ths People that Mr. Hording was president.

Well. Senator Borah certainly acted the part of the real Host He never said a word against his Guest until he had left. Then he started In taking the President Speeches apart to see what made em stop. So, In Idaho, It was the case of the Lion and th Lamb lving down together But the Lamb had Government Detectives to see that th. Lion didn't walk In hla sleep.

So long readers, 1 will meet yod next in Alaska, (Copyright, 1921, by the McXaught Syndicate. Inc.) Ole Larten Buried With Soldisrii Honori IpecUl The Tribes. POCATELLO, Idaho, July 14. The body of Ole Larsen, worlds war veteran, who died several days ago at the government hospital at Boise, arrived in Pocatello this morning, and the funeral was held this afternoon from tho McHan mortuary chapel. Bishop M.

A. Pond of the First ward L. D. 8. church had charge of th services, and music wag furnished by the First ward choir, Mr.

Larsen was 32 years of age. and ts survived by his widow and two children, residing 32 North Main street. His father and on brother reside in Norway, while another brother lives at Tacoma, Wash. 1 Mr. Laraen, during th world wer, served ss a private In company-A.

First division, 144th Depot brigade, and was honorably discharged at Camp Funeton. December 11, 1918. He was buried today with full military honors, and pallbearers wer furnished bv Pooetetlo post No. 4, American l-ee'nn Tap were sounded and a salute fired ever th grave at Mnuntainvtew cemetery. artistic efflicaddms ory Oyd is todylcccxil Make on appointment noW at our Where experts WiilaS ly demonstrate their.

ability to please yea; SARAH D. RCC3 MARINELLO APPROVED SHOPPE 211 Judge Euildicj Wasatch to the cause of Anti-Prohibition that truth Serum would be. Just before a voter goes tn to vote, give him a shot, and then have a commit-tee ask him if he drinks and, if so, to vote that way The Country woulif'be Serumed right awav from the Bootleggers. 1 wonder if Bryan would volunteer to undergo a siege of It and then be asked if he hadn't bad just a little Nip at some time of another. Well, guess what Hollywood discovered in grading the Aide of a mountain to eell lots, right In her own town' hhy, it Is a Road up the Mountain a here, if you stop your car.

taks off th brake and put your gear in neutral, your car will start rolling up the Hill instead of down. That a fact. Now you know its always been hard for a man to go uphill in this world. But you come to Holt Wood and roll uphill without an effort. So now we have a new Slogan' Why is Hollywood the Cradle of High Rollers! Becauee possess the only Hill in the World you can red up tn Neutral." Well as I pen these nr ver-to-be -remembered lines.

Pres. Harding is wending bis way westward, th advance Qi.grd pf th 1924 flection He canvassed Denver oh "The enforce- ment of the law. The Bootleggers all agreed with him that the stricter the law is enforced th better it will make prices. Why, in some places, it was getting terrible; the prices had dropped to almost what they were before the law went in. If there is one thing that will starve out Bootlegging it is cheap prices.

That was quite a compliment to Denser to be picked out for the only law enforcement speech of his tour. you what an enviable position they hae gained in America's principal Commodity. Next Mr. Harding went to Salt take City. He spoke in the Mormon Tabernacle on Thou shalt have no.

other Wives befor thee. Mr, Senator Elder Reed Smoot introduced Mr. Harding by telling what the lately passed Tariff bill bad done for Utah and jeetion had been Hydrant water instead of Scopolamin. But It has dons wonders outside the Jail and has proven that it really nas Aladdin qualities. Thev tried it on a Male Movie Star in Hollywood and he told his right Salary and bis Press Agent quit him.

Then they tried it on a Female Movie Stares and rhe recalled things back as fa as her first Husband's name, and remembered her reel Maiden name. Thev tned It on a Movie Magnet from New York who Manufactures moving and when he 'com. out from under the influence of it. and found they had had an Interpreter there and took his speech down in English and that be had told what his Pictures really cost, be committed suicide. Their only failure to date has been Los AngeMa Real Estate Agent.

They broke three needles trying to administer the stuff to him and it turned black the minute it touched him, so they had to give him up. He sold Dr. Houee three lot befor he got out of th operatfng-room. It really is a wonderful thing and if It oould be brought Into general use It would no doubt be a big aid to Humanity. But ft will never be, for already the' Poilttctaur areupth arm against it.

It would ruin ths very foundation on which our Political Government Is run. If you ever injected truth into Politics you hava lio politics. Everybody in Jails ar for It for they want to prove their innocence, but everybody out of jails ar against' it for fear they will get in themselves under Its Influence. Even Ministers are denouncing it now. 80 th chances ars that this learned Texan will return- to obscurity the same as bis illustrious namesake of the same state.

Cot. House, who also had great plana of an ideal existence among Nations of ths world without conflict. Humanity is not yet ready for either Real Truth or real Har-mony. So 1 look for thee two House to beck on their original com to think of it, what A big aid Quality Plain extract WITH FRESH PRESSED HOPS The only faflnr, was a Los Angels, real estate agent. They broke throe needles trying to administer the aenun and it minute it torched him.

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