GRAND CANYON

term applied tojand that portion of the Canyon of thej Colorado River that lies in northern Arizona. It is far remote from civiliza-|| ' tion and can be reached only by means of a branch road of the At chis on,|seat. Topeka and Santa Fe Railroad. It is| _ one of the most striking natural wonders | ‘on the American continent. It has a}jof depth of nearly a mile and a width|of ranging from 8 to 10 miles. The scenery | it affords is rugged and majestic beyond | description. The cliffs are of limestone | and sandstone with some intervening | shales of softer material, The _ have almost all the colors of the spec-|It trum, and under the influence of sun and | shadow form pictures of entrancing|of beauty beyond the imagination of a} dreamer or the brush of an artist. The} ' Colorado River as it rushes througn|and _ the Grand Canyon is about 300 feet|is " wide, and in time of freshet forms a| mighty torrent. Rain and wind have|and and fantastic forms, which, added} _ to by their brilliancy of coloring, make|ERHCOD _ them a stupendous natural spectacle. | ane eg pee tkine ee pts by we - men in 1541, when Hopi Indians guide ' Cardenas and his companions to the], rim. pot Vode be Fiver, thronet | he Canyon was traversed for its entire length by Major Powell, to whom the Government erected a memorial in = - honor of the exploit. The Grand Canyon | _ 4s now included in a forest reserve under _ the supervision of the U.S. Department | po of Agriculture. \ D-DUKE, title dating from the | eee at present porne By several | European rulers, It is aiso given to the| nearest relatives and the children of]