MOUNT RAINIER 



tunity for a weather station, which, in view of the 

 controlling influence exerted by Mount Rainier on the 

 moisture-laden winds from the Pacific, would be im- 

 portant in relation to local weather predictions. 



Your memorialists further represent that this region 

 of marvelous beauty is even now being seriously marred 

 by careless camping parties. Its valuable forests and 

 rare animals are being injured and will certainly be 

 destroyed unless the forest reserve be policed during 

 the camping seasons. But efficient protection of the 

 undeveloped wilderness is extraordinarily difficult and 

 in this case practically impossible. 



Therefore, for the preservation of the property of 

 the United States, for the protection from floods of the 

 people of Washington in the Yakima, Cowlitz, Nis- 

 qually, Puyallup, and White River valleys, and for the 

 pleasure and education of the nation, your memorialists 

 pray that the area above described be declared a 

 national park forever. 



For the National Geographic Society : 



GARDINER G. HUBBARD, 



President. 



For the American Association for the Advancement 

 of Science : 



J. W. POWELL. 



For the Geological Society of America : 



BAILEY WILLIS. 



For the Sierra Club : 



JOHN MUIR. 



For the Appalachian Mountain Club : 



JOHN RITCHIE, JR. 



WASHINGTON, D.C., June 27, 



