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than those on any of the other sides of the mountain 

 This is only natural, as the northern slopes receive much 

 lot ma The Guboa Glacier is perhaps the longest in 

 the lycten and reaches down to form the source of the 

 Carbon River. Lying between the Carbon Glacier and 

 its nearest big neighbor are Spray Park and Seattle Park. 



AMKRICAN FORKSTRY 



PARADISE PARK AND TATOOSH RANGE 



The Tatooah range presenti. u true lovers of mountain scenery view it. the most picturesque view 

 in the "irk The serrated crest of the range is sharply defined by the southern sky. against whose 

 brilliant blues the towering pinnacle* stand out like watch-towers of fairyland. 



the latter being one that is seldom mentioned in the 

 vicinity of Tacoma. It is a bit confusing to find that most 

 of the beauty spots inside the National Park are them- 

 selves named Parks, such as Vernal Park, Moraine Park, 

 Spray Park and many others. 



An unfortunate circumstance in the present arrange- 

 ment of roads entering the Park is that they are in no 

 way connected up within the Park boundaries. As a 

 result, if one wishes to visit the great number of wonder- 

 ful sights and to become familiar with the variety of 

 scenery that is available, it is necessary to back out and 

 attack the Park from some other point of entrance. It 

 is quite possible to reach a point near the northwestern 

 corner of the Park by automobile, from whence the 

 Mother Mountain country and the Carbon and Russell 

 Glaciers can be reached by trail. There are practically 

 no facilities, however, for pack train travel in this imm 

 diate district, and to get from this country over to the 

 northeastern or southeastern corners one must retrace and 

 attack the problem again. 



There is, undoubtedly, no district in the Cnited States 

 of the area of Mount Rainier National Park which has 

 such a tremendous diversity of scenery or is so broken 

 by canyons, mountain walls and glaciers. For this very 

 reason the tourist or mountain climber who visits the 

 district is immediately fired with a burning desire to 

 exhaust at least a ]>ortion of its tremendous scenic re- 

 sources, and his humor is in no wise softened by the 

 knowledge of the fact that the money necessary to build 

 an encircling highway al>out the peak was consumed last 

 year by the expenditure of $200,000 for the erection of a 

 white stone postofrtce in Squeegee. North Dakota. 



It would seem that the exigencies of political ex- 

 pediency alone would be sufficient to secure an appro- 

 priation from Congress for the proper development of 

 this Park, for it lies within a short automobile ride from 

 the two cities of Tacoma and Seattle (or perhaps Seattle 

 and Tacoma), and is the only great national park where 

 the residents of large cities can spend 

 their Sundays picnicking. It would ap- 

 pear, therefore, to be politically expedi- 

 ent to do something really worth while in 

 this Park if for no other reason than that 

 such action would undoubtedly develop 

 considerable vote-getting propensities. 

 Perhaps, if the lovers of nature could get 

 the national parks into the Rivers and 

 Harbors Bill, the long-practised custom 

 of over-appropriation in that branch of 

 our Federal Government might be made 

 to apply to our scenic areas. But possi- 

 bly the knowledge that this peak, which 

 was once so well loved by the Indians, 

 has been thoroughly taken away from 

 them, has caused the interest of those in 

 power to be diverted to other districts 

 where the Indians still have a hold, at 

 least in their minds, upon their small 

 remaining territory. 



NISQUALLY GLACIER AND RIVER 



From this point is to be seen one of the most impressive views in the Park. The 

 stream in the narrow valley is well filled all the year round and the glacier in the 

 distance moves at the rate of sixteen inches a day. 



The Indians in this district held Mount Rainier or 

 Tacoma, as they called it, in reverential awe, in fact, one 

 author has written a book upon the subject entitled " The 



