The Gate Valley Star (Gate, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1920 Page: 4 of 8
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THE VALLEY STAR, GATE, OKLAHOMA
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IN THESE days of advanced travel
It seems strange to record the dis-
covery of a gorge crowded with
natural wonders within a few
hours' motor ride of a busy city, says
London Graphic. Yet such Is the story
tof Red Rock canyon, in southern Cali-
fornia, an enchanted spot, so rich In
Its unique beauty, and of such scien-
tific Import that the president of the
United States Is asked by some of
the leading men and organizations of
the Pacific coast to set It apart as a
national monument. This romantic,
ralnbow-hued gorge contains a wealth
of amazing structures renred and
carved and even painted by the ele-
ments, and yet comparable only to the
classics of ancient and modern archi-
tecture. Its fossil beds, practically un-
touched, give promise of'paleontolog-
tcal treasure, and recent finds In Its
caves Interest ethnologists.
The canyon Is a gash In the south-
ern end of the Sierra Nevada moun-
tains. Its mouth opens upon the
northwestern edge of the Mojave des-
ert. It Is 126 miles from Los Angeles.
For nearly a century the prosaic pio-
neers who passed that remote way paid
no heed to Its vivid charm. It was
the decision to extend the state high-
way from Los Angeles to Bishop that
led to the discovery of the beauties
of this gorge. Until the surveyors re-
turned and reported the existence of
strange and wonderful rock formations
no one knew of their presence. This
Is all the more remarkable when we
remember the American's love of
travel, and that these are the days
of railways and motorcars. Shortly
now the canyon with Its many won-
ders will be on the main trail of civ-
ilization, and tens of thousands of
tourists and others will *oon admire
It with rapture and astonishment. The
new roadway approaches to within 50
feet of the scenic marvels which the
government Is petitioned to protect and
preserve.
Miracles of Form and Color.
That section of the canyon which
contains the Inspiring works embraces
a little more than four square miles. Is
several miles removed from the desert,
and lies at an altitude of 3.000 feet.
On approach from either direction a
turn brings the walled-ln miracles of
form and color suddenly Into view—an
entrancing picture; pillars and col-
umns, plain and fluted and chnsed;
pilasters and colonnades, tiny and ti-
tanic, tier upon tier, mile after mile,
fSr skyward ; arcades, balustrades, cor-
ridors; temples, castles, cathedrals,
towers, domes, spires, sphinxes, gar-
goyles—all perfectly molded and ex-
quisitely adorned by the lord of crea-
tion.
Moreover, they are untouched and
•mmarred as yet by the blundering
tandal hand of man; a burled city,
Hn acropolis, and scores of other fan-
cies become realities. On an eminence
at the canyon's head stands the Tem-
ple of the Sun, an Impressive gray
the brush dares hope to equal It. It
Is of tremendous size, with an en-
trance 25 feet high and 15 feet wide,
solidly blocked at a depth of 12 feet.
Pure white, deep blue, yellow, red,
green, and all the Intervening shades
figure In the decorative scheme, and
In places give the suggestion of
stained-glass windows. The whole as-
pect Is of antiquity, enhanced by a
crack or fault diagonally through the
front—evidence of a slide before the
processes of erosion began. The ca-
thedral effect Is so realistic that one
Involuntarily listens for bells to In-
tone the hour or call to prayers.
The Burled City, where masses of
burned clay broken up like common
bricks have crashed down and crushed
and covered some of the best examples
of pagodas, Is a somewhat melancholy
sight, reminiscent of Pompeii. But
there remain rare pagodns and dainty
sculptures, and a gracefully curved
parapet on the churchlike rock In tiio
foreground. The Burled City occupies
six or eight acres. At this point the
wall Is 500 feet in height. The slide
came on the under side of the toi>
stratum.
Rising nearly 200 feet above the
level floor In a deep "pocket" of the
canyon Is a stately columnar entrance,
lately christened the Royal Gateway,
It leads Into a sculptured foyer ex-
tending back 000 feet, and having the
characteristics of a superb art gallery
In which almost any sculptured figure
sought may be found. In the center,
a considerable distance from the open-
ing, stands a group of five columns
on a tall base, all white as mnrble,
Four hundred feet up on the hard, cor-
rugated gray slope where the moun-
tains rise beyond Is perched majes-
tically a castellated lordly palace, the
Citadel, which the Imagination swiftly
associates with some inaccessible old
world height overlooking sapphire
tides. It is a castle of dreams.
Pillars of Hercules.
The gigantic Pillars of Hercules,
dwarfing those of the Temple of
Bacchus, symbolize enduring strength
and defy time. Light gray and red,
with supporting half-lengths at regu-
lar Intervals, each with Its ornate
abatus, they seemingly hold up the
Sierra. The White Chapel Is what
the name Implies. At each corner the
walls are buttressed like the old Cali-
fornia mission. It resembles in gen-
eral form some of Mexico's ancient
churches. Unlike them, however, It Is
daintily chased and decorated, with
many niches containing appropriate
statuettes.
Geologically Red Rock—so named be
cause that color predominates—datei
back to the later Tertiary period, when
the canyon evidently was a swain[
teeming with fauna. Today li Is a fos-
sil field virtually unexplored and likely
to yield abundantly. Cursory search
has disclosed remains of cnmels,
horses, elephants, mastodons and other
mammalia. At the base of the Tem-
Gov. Henry J. Allen of Kunsas
bandied the con! strike situation In
bis state In a way that attracted na-
tional attention. He acted on the
principle that the public Interest Is
supreme, seized the mines and set
' -''irs>"i- to work in getting out the
coal,
He now proposes to give per-
manency to this emergency policy.
The Kansas court of Industrial rela-
tions, planned by Governor Allen and
to be submitted to the special session
of the legislature, Is founded upon tho
idea of giving the labor unions a direct
legal entity and taking away the strike
privilege by giving the unions and the
employers something else. This court
can only be appealed to when efforts
at mediation have failed.
It can act upon Its own Initiative
when the public welfiye Is endangered.
It can take over the operation of an
essential industry—it provides only
for operation In disputes Involving fuel, food, clothing and transportation—
when the owners threaten to close It down and It can put the owners or
managers In Jail. It can take over nny labor union which conspires to ties
crease production or to close an industry, take its money, and put its leaders
and Its members In Jail.
WAR MEDALS AS "MADE IN GERMANY"
Representative James V. Me-
Cllntlc of Oklahoma, told the house
the other day of the war medals Is-
sued by the German authorities to
keep the people In a proper frame of
mind. He described seven.
No. 1 was designed to show that
America was not interested in the war
nnd If she did enter she would be de-
stroyed. No. 2 was designed to show
that America had few ships and that
they would be sunk. No. 3 conveyed
the Iden that America was not neutral
and was selling munitions to the allies
and not to Germany. No. 4 dealt with
the sinking of American ships, Amer-
ica threatening nnd Germany declar-
ing unrestricted submarine warfare.
No. 5 was In denston of President
Wilson and his 14 points. No. 6 rep-
resented the American rooster crow-
ing over the Argon ne victory and de-
rided America for fighting for the
right of Chinese, Hindus and negroes.
No. 7 was the famous Lusltania medal, which was made several days be-
fore the Lusltania was sunk.
A Feeling of Security
Ton naturally feel secure when ym
know that the medicine you are about te
take is absolutely pure and contains as
harmful or habit producing drugs.
Such a medicine is Dr. Kilmer's Swam^
Boot, kidney, liver and bladder remedy.
The same standard of purity, strength
and excellence is maintained in every
bottle of Swamp-Root.
It is scientifically compounded from
vegetable herbs. , , .
It is not a stimulant and is taken la
teaapoonful doses.
It is not recommended for everything.
It is nature's great helper in relieving
and overcoming kidney, liver and blad-
der troubles.
A sworn statement of punty is wita
every bottle of Dr. Kilmer's Swamp-
^If' you need a jnedicine, yon should
have the beat. On sale at all drug store®
In bottles of two sisss, medium sad large.
However, if you wiah first to try this
great preparation send ten cents to Dr.
Kilmer ft Co., Binghamtoa, N. Y., for a .
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper.—Adv.
It's a mighty good idea to watch how
one's neighbors do a thing and profit
by their mistakes.
ASPIRIN INTRODUCED
BY "BAYER" IN 1900
Look for name "Bayer" on tho tablet*
then you need new.*
worry.
If you want the true, world-famous
Aspirin, as prescribed by physicians
for over eighteen years, you must ask
for "Bayer Tablets of Aspirin."
The "Bayer Cross" Is stamped on
each tablet and appears on each pack-
age for your protection against 1ml-
tatlons.
In each package of "Bayer Tablets
of Aspirin" are safe and proper direc-
tions for Colds, Headache, Neuralgia,
Toothache, Earache, Rheumatism,
Lumbago, Neuritis, and for Pain in
general.
Handy tin boxes containing 12 tablets
cost but a few cents. Druggists also
sell larger "Bayer" packages. Aspirin
Is the trade mark of Bayer Manufac-
ture of Monoacetlcacidester of Salicy-
licacid.—Adv.
A miss Is far better than a mile, In-
asmuch as she does not have to pur-
chase silk hose for 5,280 feet.
STORM CENTER OF GERMAN FINANCE
pll,. 125 fee. hluh. ,pproneh«l through ' « ; W|m Mulwland.
_ nt torroio^ ontrnlKVtVnVS. I ,c _
p series of terraced entrancewnys,
•with partially crumbled walls forming
an elliptical Inclosure approximately
180 feet In diameter—an Ideal amphi-
theater. Those who look upon this
temple find It difficult to believe that
It Is not human handiwork. Near by,
dominating the mystic region, rises the
massive Sentinel Tower, Imposing
rather than beautiful. It is apparent-
ly harder and more substantial than
Its neighbor. Geologists say It has
held Its commanding bulk aloft for
thousands of centuries. The walls are
pinkish gray, and the ponderous flinty
rapstones a brilliant red. A mile di-
agonally opposite Is the colossal pile
known as the Acropolis. This Is, per-
haps, the crowning fenture. More than
jl50 feet high nnd 1.000 feet long and
solemnly aloof, It has been likened to
the Athenian Acropolis because of a
pnarked resemblance, and as well to
the mammoth temple ruins of Banlbec
In northern Syria. Seen from any angle
ft Is mysterious, awe-compelling, cer-
tain to leave a lasting Imprint on the
mind of all observers.
The Closed Cathedral.
Still Is another masterpiece In the
Closed Cathedral, s study In magnifi-
cent coloring, so gorgeous and yet so
foftly harmonious that no wlelder of
chief engineer of the Los Angeles
aqueduct, recently picked up tho pet-
rifled heel-bone of the lurgest sabre-
toothed tiger ever found. Caves
abound, and In one of these was dis-
covered a collection of Indian pottery
worth thousands of dollars. It con
slated of 47 pieces, placed In orderlj
fashion against the walls, and covered
Inches deep with dust. Some of the
pieces were rcmakably thin and almost
glased, pigments having been applied
before burning. The Shoshones and
Plutes were the Indian tribes that for-
merly ranged here, but this pottery
now discovered Is far superior to any
of their known work.
Mathlas Erzberger, vice president
and minister of finance of the German
republic, is apparently the storm cen-
ter of the German flnanclnl problem.
He Is apparently Germany's strongest
public figure, with the possible excep-
tion of Gustave Noske. Anyway, he
Is probably the most discussed man—
If not the most execrated—In Ger-
many today.
There Is a widespread belief
among financiers, bankers and finan-
cial writers In Germnny, that If two
of Erzberger's plans are put Into ef-
fect Germnny will face actual ruin.
The most Important of these two
measures Is the emergency levy on
property which they assert will reduce
industrial fortunes of 10,000,000 marks
to less than 3,000,000 In a decade.
The second measure Is the Income
tax, which will "beggar every modeal
fortune as well as every great for-
tune."
Erzberger, as well as his enemies, looks to America for financial help.
He says: "We will make our Investments attractive In every way for
Americans. I will guarantee that the only tax on the capital of nonresident*
will lie an income tax not to exceed 30 per cent."
j ADMIRAL W. S. SIMS: BORN TO TROUBLE
n
Drowned Out.
"Is Chiggersville planning a clvlj
center?"
"No," replied Squire Wltherbee.
"We haven't gotten that far along yet,
but there was soma talk of startln'
a community sing."
"Didn't the project go through?"
"No. The village basso, Sam Jol..
bles, who runs n fish market down on
Main street, san# so loud that every-
body else got disgusted an' quit, so
we sorter let the matter drop."—Blr
mlngham Age-Herald.
lteur Admiral William S. Sims, U.
8. N., appears to be born to trouble
as the sparks fly upward. You see. he
has the sailor's habit of speaking his
mind. A year or so before the war he
was given an official reprimand for
publicly stating that American and
British battleships would be found
side by side In the hour of danger.
Just the same, this same sallorinan
not long afterward was In command of
the American fleet that went to the
aid of England—nnd did some admir-
able work.
On his return to this country Ad-
miral Sims wrote a series of articles
on the American navy abroad. He
Ml foul of the Sinn Felners In Ire-
land nnd raised another rumpus.
And now Admiral Sims declines
to accept the distinguished service
medal awarded him, and practically
accuses Secretary of the Nnvy Dan-
iels of gross favoritism in making the
awards. It appears that Secretary
Daniels did not pay much attention to tho list of 10 naval officers recotn
mended for the distinguished service medsl by Admiral Sims,
There may bo s congressional investigation -Nog u,to the whole malif*
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured
by LOCAL. APPLICATIONS, as the*
cannot reach the seat of the disease.
It is taken internally and acts through
the Blood on the Mucous Surfacea of the
System. HALL'S CATARRH MEDICINB
Is composed of some of the best tonics
known, combined with some of the best
blood purifiers. The perfect combination
of the ingredients tn HALL'S CATARRH
MEDICINE la what produces such won-
derful results In catarrhal conditions.
Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
'. 3. Cheney * Co., Props., Toledo, Ohio.
Cheer up, Stanley I If every holiday
were a day off, we should not live long.
Cutleurs Soothes Itching Scslp
On retiring gently rub spots of dan-
druff and itching with Cutleurs Oint-
ment. Next morning shampoo with
Cutlcura Soap and hot water. Make
them yonr every-day toilet preparations
and have a clear skin and soft, white
hands.—Adv.
Truth lies at the bottom of the well
and anglers never go to fish there.
Important to Mothers
Examine carefully every bottle of
CASTORIA, that famous old remedy
for Infants snd children, and see that ft
Bears the
Signature of {
In Use for Over 80 Tears.
Children Cry for Fletcher's Castori*
ma cnuaren, ana see inai it
It's a good thing to avoid people who
think you are a good thing.
SEE SHABBY, FADED
GARMENTS TURN NEVI(
"Diamond Dyes* Make Old Apparel
Fresh and Stylish.
Don't worry sbout perfect results.
Use "Diamond Dyes," guaranteed to
give a new, rich, fadeless color to any
fabric, whether it be wool, silk, linen,
cotton or mixed goods,—dresses,
blouses, stockings, skirts, children's
coats, feathers, draperies, coverings—
everything I
The Direction Book with each pack-
age tells how to diamond dye over any
color.
To match sny material, hsve dealer
show you "Diamond Dye" Color Card.
—Adv.
"The eternal misfit of things" would
often bfljnore appropriate.
,
Morning *4
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Stevens, Arthur J. The Gate Valley Star (Gate, Okla.), Vol. 14, No. 45, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 29, 1920, newspaper, January 29, 1920; (https://gateway.okhistory.org/ark:/67531/metadc165280/m1/4/: accessed April 24, 2024), The Gateway to Oklahoma History, https://gateway.okhistory.org; crediting Oklahoma Historical Society.