"DOCTOR MOUNTAIN" 



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bathed in a russet glow which seemed to remain for a 

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

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

 moon's pale light. 



Four years later, as I was walking along the Beach 

 Drive in San 

 Franc isco, 1 

 noted an auto- 

 mobile of con- 

 siderable wheel 

 base and style 

 standing b e- 

 side the road. 

 Approach i n g 

 it, I r e c og- 

 nized the old 

 miner, though 

 h i s flowing 

 white beard 

 was now neatly 

 trimmed a la 

 Van Dyke, and 

 h i s battered 

 Stetson had 

 given way to 

 one with a pre- 

 tentious brim 

 and neatly 

 creased t o p. 

 He recognized 

 me at once and 

 extended a cor- 

 dial hand 

 which had lost 

 little of its 

 grip. We chat- 

 ted a while, 

 and I finallv 

 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. I'm 

 payin' that 

 driver by the 

 month an' I've 

 got a diggins 

 on Blank ave- 



CLIFF DWELLINGS, CHERRY CREEK, SIERRA ANCHA, APACHE TRAIL, ARIZONA 



The ^reat Southwest adds the lure of mystery, antiquity and romance to her scenic attractions. The re* 

 ma.ning ruins of three distinct races are scattered throughout central Arizona. The Cliff Dwellings in 

 the Cherry Creek Canyon country in the vicinity of Roosevelt are amongst the fnest in the United 

 States, and have attracted many noted archaeologists 



nue, with two wranglers an' a cook. Some day I'm goin' 

 back on them mountains to see if I kin git another idee 

 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. 



It is as necessary that one be in a receptive frame of mind 

 in traveling on the top of the world as elsewhere, to ge"! 

 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 opean 

 country, their 

 glories would 

 be emblazoned 

 upon the wait- 

 ing-room walls 

 of every rail- 

 road station on 

 the continent, 

 and many in 

 this country ; 

 for, in Europe, 

 they have 

 1 e a r n ed that 

 scenery is a 

 natural re- 

 source, like 

 many other of 

 nature's prod- 

 ucts. 



It might fur- 

 ther be stated 

 that the sev- 

 e r a 1 hundred 

 millions of dol- 

 lars which un- 

 der normal 

 c o n d i t i ons 

 leave this 

 CO u n t r y an- 

 nually with the 

 tourist travel 

 to Europe, 

 would very 

 likely be dou- 

 bled. 



It is true 

 that many go 

 to Europe to 

 acquaint them- 

 selves with the 

 habits and cus- 

 toms of a for- 

 e i g n people ; 

 but not all that go there. Nor is this the cause of so few > 

 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? 



