. Ralph's scrap book . sfrom Fresno by freight wagons, o\er the steep mountaingrades, and also the toll tax o\er the toll road, and the firstcost of hea\y, low-|irice goods is a small item when com-jiared to the cost of getting them here. Talk about monop-olies . The Yosemite Valley is a monopoly worth\- of thename. It has no competitor, else its isolated locationwould dri\e it out of business. When some enterprisingmonopolv-smashing individual builds a com]ieting Yosemitewhere the masses can get to it, this grandest scenicexhibition on earth will go into bankruptcy. My advice,however, is, don
. Ralph's scrap book . sfrom Fresno by freight wagons, o\er the steep mountaingrades, and also the toll tax o\er the toll road, and the firstcost of hea\y, low-|irice goods is a small item when com-jiared to the cost of getting them here. Talk about monop-olies . The Yosemite Valley is a monopoly worth\- of thename. It has no competitor, else its isolated locationwould dri\e it out of business. When some enterprisingmonopolv-smashing individual builds a com]ieting Yosemitewhere the masses can get to it, this grandest scenicexhibition on earth will go into bankruptcy. My advice,however, is, dont wait for the imitation. The original wasa long time introducing itself to the public, and its everlast-421 ing patience deserves great consideration. Let me assureyou that its many attractions have been kcjit in good repairduring these tliousands of vears (if patient waiting, and ifyou cant cimie t<i the show this season I feel justified inassuring you that everything will be in first-class runningorder next YOSEMITE FALLS, MORE THAN 3000 FEET HIGH Our first side trip was to Xernal and Nevada Falls, andthe little Yosemite Xalley. We are camped directly underthe shadow of the Royal Arches. Two miles from ourcamp commences the trail leadinL to \ernal VnU. The trail winds up, up the steep canyon througli which flows theMcrccil Ivivcr. Tlie river bed is a mass of hus^^e boulders,over which this threat body of water comes tumblini;- hketen thousand hun.^ry bloodhounds. In less than a milefrom the beginninj,- of the trail the i^reat fall shows itselfwithout the least evidence of beini; ashamed nf its ap])ear-ance. Its wiilth where it tumbles oxer the preci])ice iseighty feet, with an uninterrupted fall of three hundred andfifty feet. Seen in the sunli.^ht it resembles a cataract ofcrystals of sparkling brightness, at the beginning of which\ast billows ot spray are out-rolled, ujion which the sunIniilds most beautiful rainbows. There are two means of reaching the top of th
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