i'hulo by A. H. Barnes 
ANIJMONE IN MOUNT RAINIE;r NATIONAL PARK 
ing close to the ground, adorns the rocky 
ridges with small flowers of white and 
delicate lavender. One other form of 
the aster, with its deep yellow centers 
and delicately tinted petals, grows in 
abundance o'er vale and slope, like a 
pleasant smile in an Alpine wild ; and 
also many other mountain beauties with 
all the splendor of a Burbank master- 
piece. 
The first white man to visit the moun- 
tain was Dr. Wm. F. Tolme, of the 
Hudson Bay Company, from Fort Nis- 
qually, who in 1833 closely approached 
some of its glaciers. Gen. A. V. Kautz, 
in 1857, made an attack of the mountain, 
but it has never been affirmed that he 
reached the true summit. In 1870 
Messrs. Van Trump and Stevens suc- 
ceeded in reaching the summit of the 
highest peak. 
The Rainier Park was not much visited 
until the last three seasons. In 1911 up- 
wards of 11,000 tourists registered at the 
park entrance. Since the days of early 
travel by pony and stage have given 
place to railway and auto, the tourist can 
make the journey from Seattle or Ta- 
coma to the mountain snow-line in a 
few hours' drive. 
A look at the great white mountain, 
rosy at early dawn, white at noon, chang- 
ing back to warm glow at the close of 
day, has ever been a power to uplift ; but 
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