The Mountaineer Peal 
around the mountain. Before such an extensive road system could be 
completed it would be necessary to build a very complete system of 
trails and it would not be advisable to make them along the line of 
the proposed road. 
A shelter should be erected at Camp Muir at an elevation of 10,000 
feet. Such a hut could be constructed from the rock that is on the 
ground. The cement necessary for such construction could be packed 
nearly to Camp Muir on horses if a short piece of trail was constructed 
at the base of Timberline Ridge. 
Sanitary conditions should obtain at all of the mountain camps. 
At present there is much refuse scattered around and large piles of 
manure are taken out of the stables at Longmire Springs and scattered 
over the ground. There have been many cases of fever reported among 
visitors to the park this summer. I believe that a sewer system will 
soon be absolutely necessary, not only at Longmire but at the moun- 
tain camps. 
I am not repeating the splendid recommendations of Mr. Matthes 
regarding the guides. It meets with my approval in every way and is 
so much better coming from a man who is entirely free from any 
local prejudice. I believe that the guides, who at present are located 
on the south side, would welcome such regulation. It would serve 
to clear up the situation. 
In the matter of the patrol of the park it would seem advisable 
to have a company of soldiers stationed there during the tourist sea- 
son. On this point Mr. Hall would be the best advised. The Moun- 
taineers got a bill through Congress permitting the Secretary of War 
to loan a company to the Secretary of the Interior for that purpose, 
but I believe they were never detailed. 
At the present time tourists are not allowed to pick flowers, yet 
stock is permitted to graze in the park. This has caused much ad- 
verse comment. It would scarcely seem that the little value of milk 
at the camp in Paradise would justify the grazing of cows there. 
