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feet, while flowers grew nearly a thousand feet higher. 

 But in the lower park the effect of the wind was not 

 so evident, and countless thousands of avalanche lilies, 

 each with a dewdrop on every petal, nod gently in the 

 mountain breeze. In time, when trails and roads are 

 built, this great park will be open to the public, and 

 thousands will be able to enjoy what has passed so long 

 unnoticed. However, here as elsewhere, it will require 

 the strong hand of the government to prevent wanton 

 destruction. 



Those who first visited Paradise Park wantonly set 

 fire to the beautiful groves of alpine fir and hemlock, 

 "just to see them burn," and today those same groves 

 stand, bleached ghosts of trees, their beauty gone for 

 ever. 



It must always be the work of the club to assist in 

 every way possible in the work of protecting the beau- 

 tiful places of our state. A great part of this must be 

 in educating those who, in greatly increasing numbers, 

 go each year into the mountains. 



