. St. Nicholas [serial] . t up your pack-train, cut loose from , in the Navajo country, and hunt aneedle in the desert of New Mexico? After youhave ridden about twenty miles toward thenortheast, you will be over in Todilto Park andgetting warm, as they say in keep a sharp lookout for Venus will- not have to strain your eyes, for it islarge enough to attract your attention if youpass near. The West is a country of big things. Thereare big mountains, big volcanoes, big rivers, bigcaflons, big trees, big cities, big ideas, big enter-prises, big ventures,
. St. Nicholas [serial] . t up your pack-train, cut loose from , in the Navajo country, and hunt aneedle in the desert of New Mexico? After youhave ridden about twenty miles toward thenortheast, you will be over in Todilto Park andgetting warm, as they say in keep a sharp lookout for Venus will- not have to strain your eyes, for it islarge enough to attract your attention if youpass near. The West is a country of big things. Thereare big mountains, big volcanoes, big rivers, bigcaflons, big trees, big cities, big ideas, big enter-prises, big ventures, and big successes. So if the needles are a trifle larger than we are accustomedto in other parts of the country, it is no more thanshould be expected. How high is it, do you ask? Well you cananswer that question for yourself. Look care-fully at the base and you will see a man on horse-back. The top of his head is about ten feet fromthe ground. Now take a measure and comparehim with the height of the needle. \ou will find. THE BIG .NEEULE ? IN IDUlLlu IAkK, NEW .\iEXlCU the capstone is approximately 300 feet above theground. But it will look even higher if we placethe obelisk (Cleopatras Needle) in Central Park,New York, beside it for comparison. In the hills across the valley there are stratathat correspond with those in the needle. Bothare highly colored, and, of course, were at onetime continuous. But erosion has separated theone from the other and left the needle an inde-pendent, outstanding rock. George Burbank Shattuck.
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