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DOCTOR MOUNTAIN 



BY MARK DANIELS 



FORMER GENERAL SUPERINTENDENT OF NATIONAL PARKS 



SOME true friends of old Daniel Grogan, whose ma- 

 chine shop had of late been failing to pay dividends, 

 finally persuaded him to take a trip to the moun- 

 tains. They had 

 called at his of 

 fice one day 

 and told him 

 he was going 

 with them to 

 the Sierras, 

 where health 

 and happiness 

 lie. 



"Go on wid 



on 

 It's 



ye ! It s you 

 boosters that 

 do most av the 

 lyin'," he said, 

 and slid far- 

 ther down into 

 his chair there- 

 by bringing a 

 recen 1 1 y ac- 

 quired embon- 

 point into more 

 or less violent 

 contact with 

 the corner of 

 the table. 



Perhaps i t 

 was the whis- 

 pered expletive 

 which gave 

 them the cue, 

 for they finally 

 succeeded i n 

 persuading Mr. 

 Grogan that a 

 trip to the 

 mountains 

 would not only 

 take a load ofif 

 his feet but off 

 his mind as 

 well, for he 

 had been fail- 

 ing to outwit 

 his competitors 

 for some time, 

 and it worried 

 him. A few 



THE GLORIOUS BEAUTY OF THE YOSEMITE NATIONAL PARK-THE UPPER FALLS 



Truly has it been said: "I will open rivers in higli places and fountains in the midst of the vnltrv^" 

 and many there are who can bear witness to tile wonderful healing brought to sick bodies and jaded 

 nerves through the medium of inspiration found here. 



Grogan slowly removed his hat and above the 

 roar of the Falls were heard the words, "Great God 

 Almighty !" in Grogan's ringing bass. The three 



stood reverent- 

 ly for several 

 minutes before 

 those crashing 

 falls, that tow- 

 ered like a pil- 

 lar of purity a 

 half mile above 

 them and then 

 silently walked 

 away. 



For the next 

 ten days Dan- 

 iel Grogan wa.= 

 seen in early 

 morning and 

 at sunset on 

 the trails and 

 in the canyons, 

 on the moun- 

 tain peaks and 

 below the roar- 

 ing f^lls, by 

 the placid lakes 

 and beneath 

 the towering 

 s eq u o i a s ; a 

 silent and 

 t h o u g h t f ul 

 man. 



When the 

 time came to 

 leave he wrung 

 the Superin- 

 tendent's hand. 

 "I've seen 

 but a bit of 

 Y o s e m i t e 

 Park. But I've 

 seen yure river 

 on ind, yure 

 half dome sky- 

 scraper, and 

 yure trees that 

 are so big ye 

 can only see 

 'em in yure 

 dreams, and 



days later, three of them emerged from a grove on the 

 north side of the Valley and stood, breathless, before 

 the indescribable majesty of the Falls of the Yosemite. 



I've got more inspirations out av thim than are in two 

 ingine boilers full o' highballs. I'm going back to Frisco, 

 too, an' build a machine shop that'll make more noise 



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