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which persons unfitted for the strenuous 

 efforts now required to reach the higher 

 •country may have opportunity to view 

 it at close range. None of the passes 

 that are south of the Canadian boundary 

 will ever be used for a railway route. 



There is interest in Canada which 

 looks with favor upon the creation of the 

 proposed Glacier Park, and at some fu- 

 ture day the locomotive may cross from 

 the Dominion to the waters of the Flat- 

 head River and wend southward to the 

 towns and farming valleys adjacent to 

 Columbia Falls and Kalispell. forming a 

 link between the Canadian Pacific and 

 the Great Northern railroads. A route 

 on the west side of the Flathead River, 

 says Mr Chapman, is very available for 

 the location of a railroad track. 



In order to open this region of superb 

 .and unique scenery for the public, a few 

 main roadways will be required along 

 the streams, together with horse trails 

 to points of especial interest. Lake 

 McDonald, it is pointed out in the Sen- 

 ate report, lying near the southwestern 

 boundary of the proposed park, is a 

 sheet of water of unmatched beauty, 

 surrounded by scenery of such signal 

 ;grandeur as to make a roadway along its 

 'eastern shore extremely desirable, but 



this, it is stated, is a matter for the fu- 

 ture consideration of Congress. 



AN ide;al national playground 



The region combines all the elements 

 of an ideal "playground" as it stands. 

 It needs only official designation to in- 

 sure its protection and perpetuity as such 

 to stimulate the establishment of trans- 

 portation facilities, making it more read- 

 ily available to visitors. While of interest 

 geologically, it is of little, if any, economic 

 importance. The conditions are particu- 

 larly adapted to the study of the struc- 

 ture and history of mountain building, 

 as the ancient forces of nature were most 

 active and a tremendous folding and 

 warping of the once horizontally bedded 

 rocks is in many places apparent. At 

 one time prospectors for copper flocked 

 to the region, but no finds were made 

 indicative of any economic deposits, and 

 the same may be said as to oil. From 

 the reconnaissance made by the Geologi- 

 cal Survey it is not believed that Glacier 

 Park contains any mineral-bearing for- 

 mations of commercial importance. 

 However, if such are discovered follow- 

 ing the creation of the park there will 

 be nothing to hinder their development. 



THE MOST CURIOUS CRAFT AFLOAT 



The Compass in Navigation and the Work ot the 

 Non-Magnetic Yacht << Carnegie" 



By L. a. Bauer 



Director of Department of Research in Terrestrial Magnetism, 

 Carnegie Institution of Washington 



lUustrations from Photos by Magnetic Expeditious of the Carnegie Institution 



A RECENT newspaper clipping brings the discovery that American charts show 



Z\ the following interesting informa- errors of three degrees between [Madeira 



/\ tion: and Bermuda. 'These errors.' it is 



"Mr Carnegie's non-magnetic yacht, stated, 'could not have been discovered 



-the Carnegie, which is making sea sur- in other than a non-magnetic vessel' 



veys for the Carnegie Institute, has ma4e That being the case, what was the good 



