54 The Mountaineer 
The campfires were a pleasant feature, with a new chair- 
man every evening, generally some well known member or 
visitor. 
I do not think there were as many flowers as in our moun- 
tains, nor as large timber in the valleys, and not as much snow 
on the mountains. The prettiest lakes and rivers and the most 
rugged mountains I have ever seen are the ones in the vicinity 
of the Alpine Club camp. 
THE OLYMPIC NATIONAL MONUMENT. 
Epwonp S. Maany. 
The Mountaineers are deeply interested in the Olympic Na- 
tional Monument and they are justly proud of their success in 
working for its creation and maintenance. While earnestly en- 
thusiastic they are by no means eccentric or foolish in their 
attitude. They have never favored the locking up of needed 
resources. They strive to lead rather than to hinder the ad- 
vance of real progress. It would be well to record here the 
steps by which the Monument was created and then discuss the 
present situation. 
In the Fifty-ninth Congress (1905-1907) acts were passed 
to make provision for the erection of monuments to the memory 
of John Paul Jones and other heroes and one other act (Chapter 
3060, page 225) was entitled: “An Act for the Preservation of 
American Antiquities.” Its provisions are as follows: 
“Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives 
of the United States of America in Congress assembled, That 
any person who shall appropriate, excavate, injure or destroy 
any historic or prehistoric monument or ruin or monument, or 
any object of antiquity, situated on lands owned or controlled 
by the Government of the United States, without the permission 
of the Secretary of the Department of the Government having 
jurisdiction over the lands on which said antiquities are situ- 
ated, shall, upon conviction, be fined in a sum of not more than 
five hundred dollars or be imprisoned for a period of not more 
than ninety days, or shall suffer both fine and imprisonment, in 
the discretion of the court. 
