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bathed in a russet glow which seemed to remain for a 

 spell, to he suddenly snuffed out, leaving us, as we 

 emerged onto the valley floor, to follow the trail by the 

 moon's i)ale light. 



Four years later, as I was walking along the Pieach 

 Drive in San 

 Franc isco, 1 

 noted an auto 

 mobile of con- 

 siderable wheel 

 base and style 

 standing b e- 

 side the road 

 Ajiproach i n g 

 it, I re c og- 

 nized the old 

 miner, though 

 h i s flowing 

 white beard 

 was now neatK 

 trimmed a la 

 \'an Dyke, and 

 h i s battered 

 Stetson h a d 

 given way tn 

 one with a j) re- 

 tentions brim 

 and n e a t 1 \ 

 creased t o p. 

 He recognized 

 me at once and 

 extended a cor - 

 dial hand 

 which had lost 

 little of its 

 gri]). We chat 

 ted a while, 

 and I finally 

 asked him if 

 his mine work- 

 ed out as a re- 

 sult of his in- 

 spirat ion on 

 the summit. 



"Son," h e 

 said, "this out- 

 fit is mine. Fni 

 payin' that 

 driver by the 

 month an' I've 

 got a diggins 

 on Blank ave- 



It is as necessary that one be in a recejjtive frame of nnnU 

 in traveling on the top of the world as elsewhere, to gel 

 the benefits from association and contemplation. The 

 chances are, however, that comparatively few know what 

 they are, where they are, or where to get to them. If our 



National Parks 

 were within the 

 borders of an 

 E u r o p e a n 

 country, their 

 glories would 

 be embla2;oned 

 upon the wait- 

 ing-room walls 

 of every rail- 

 road station on 

 the continent, 

 and many in 

 this country ; 

 for, in Europe, 

 they Wave 

 1 e a r n ed that 

 scenery is a 

 natural re- 

 source, like 

 many other of 

 nature's ])rod- 

 ucl>. 



It might fur- 

 ther be stated 

 that the sev- 

 e r a 1 hundred 

 millions of dol- 

 lars which un- 

 der n () r ni a 1 

 c o n d i t i ons 

 leave this 

 CO ti n t r y an- 

 nually with the 

 tourist travel 

 to Europe, 

 would very 

 likely be dou- 

 bled.' 



It is t r u e 

 that many go 

 to Europe to 

 acquaint them- 

 selves with the 

 habits and cus- 

 ton'.s cf a for- 

 eign people ; 



nue, with two wranglers an' a cook. Some day I'm goin' but not all that go there. Nor is this the cause of so few 

 back on them mountains to see if I kin git another idee visiting our own unequalled scenery. 



Most people simply do not know what we have here 

 How many have heard of Sequoia National Park, with 

 the bluest sheet of water in the world nestling in the 

 great crater of an extinct volcano, or of Mesa Verde Na- 

 tional Park, with its canyons and mysterious cliff dwell- 

 ings, each one an elixir of life for a sinking spirit? 



CLIFF DWELLINGS, CHERRY CREEK, SIERRA AN'CHA, APACHE TRAIL. ARIZONA 



The great Southwest adds the lure cf mystery, antiquity and romance to her scenic attractions. The re- 

 ma iirg ruins of three distinct races are scattered tliroughout central Arizona. The Cliff Dwellings in 

 the Cherry Creek Canyon country in Ihe vicinity of Roosevelt are amongst the f.nest in the L^nited 

 States, and have attracted many noted archaeologists 



how to spend some o' the money I'm gettin' from that 

 mine." 



Why do not more people take the soul cure in the 

 mountains ? 



Perhaps it is because they do not believe in it or do 

 not approach the mountains in the spirit of appreciation. 



