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and emerald hues of glaciers, was a 
rapturous sight. Having ridden to 
the foot of Nesqually glacier, passing 
on the way torrential cascades of 
mountain spring streams and gushing 
mud streams rising from the glaciers 
and becoming discolored by the ad- 
mixture of lava, the party eventually 
took the mountain trail. 
A forest fire in 1892 left the moun- 
tain side a waste, but since the trees 
have assumed a beautiful silvery 
sheen, dazzling in its bright glare. 
On the upward trip were passed fields 
of Bryanthus, Erythronium album, 
vast carpets of Lupinus coerulea, 
Sorbus, Castilligea and various colo- 
nies of representatives of a subal- 
pine flora. Vast stretches of blue, 
fields of red or yellow and again 
clusters of pink spread over the fields. 
It is this sort of aspect in a valley 
enclosed by peaks, snow-clad, crested 
and cragged that gives rise to the 
name of Paradise. Ascent was made 
to an elevation of but 6,000 ft. The 
summit of the mountain is over 14,- 
000. They did not quite reach the 
timber line. In the rarefied atmos- 
phere, at Cloud Cap Camp, the re- 
past could not be enjoyed by all, but 
everyone was thoroughly delighted 
with the trip. After contemplating 
the scenery yet awhile the return 
trip began. It was hoodoo day, the 
13th and not all completed the return 
that day. A hundred and fifty-eight 
miles in one day over roads not the 
best was fatiguing to the ladies espe- 
cially, but all were agreed that far be- 
yond the beautiful bay of the city and 
the charming woodland and water 
views of Point Defiance Park, viewing 
the spirited grandeur of “Mt. Tacoma” 
and the sublimity of the National 
Park marked red letter days in the 
lives of most of the visitors. 
Comments of the eastern brethren 
were trite as well as novel; one was 
impressed by the bigness of things 
western, — the trees, mountains, dis- 
tances, opportunities; another by the 
bustle and action and undauntable 
attitude of the people; another by the 
peculiar charm, the contrast and the 
conquering spirit so general; others 
expecting wild Indians noted the ma- 
turity and sanity ; some saw the pro- 
gressiveness, and all observed the 
beauty of the northwest. 
Thus ended the 10th convention of 
the American Association of Park Su- 
perintendents. 
Among those present were; John 
W. Duncan, Asst- Supt. of Parks, 
Boston, Mass.; W. M. Shepardson, 
Supt. of Parks, Middlebury, Conn.; 
Theo. Wirth, Supt. of Parks, Minne- 
apolis, Minn., and iMrs. Wirth; John 
T. Withers, Jersey City, N. J.; Miss 
Keith, Bridgeport, Conn.; J. G. Mor- 
ley, Supt. of Parks, Los Angeles, 
Cal.; Nelson Bennett, Manager of 
Parks, Tacoma, Wash.; Hans J- 
Koehler, A. Y. P. Exposition, Supt., 
Seattle. Wash,; J. W. Thompson, 
Supt. of Parks, Seattle, Wash.; Emil 
T. Mische, Supt. of Parks, Portland, 
Ore.; G. Champion, Supt. of Parks, 
Winnipeg, Can.; N. K. Saelberg, Supt- 
of Parks, Great Falls, Mont.; Daniel 
H. Ellis, Supt. of Parks, Saginaw, 
Alich.; E. F. A. Reinisch, Supt. of 
Parks, Topeka, Kan.; J. Albrecht, 
Supt. of Parks, Pasadena, Cal.; E. A. 
Sherman, Supt. of Parks, Soux Falls, 
3. Dak-; H. S. Richards, Asst- Supt- 
of South Parks, Chicago, Ilk, and Mrs- 
Richards; Herman H. Beyer, South 
Bend, Ind. ; Jackson Dawson, Supt- 
A-rnold Arboretum, Boston, Mass-; W. 
R- Adams, Supt- of Parks, Omaha; 
Neb.; Wm. S. Manning, Supt. of 
Parks, Baltimore, Md.; D. D. Eng- 
land, Supt. of Parks, Victoria, B. C-; 
John B. Berry, Supt. of Parks, Colo- 
rado Springs, Colo.; E. C. Balzer, 
Supt. of Parks, Spokane, Wash.; F. 
Fuller, Asst. Supt. of Parks, Seattle, 
Wash.; J. H. Hadkinson, Supt. of 
Parks, Tacoma, Wash.; John Gibson, 
Bellingham, Wash. ; H. L. Dring, Port- 
land, Ore.; M. L. Moore, Toledo, O.; 
M. K. Snell, Tacoma, W^ash. 
ECHOES 
That 70 mile automobile ride to the 
top of Mount Tacoma was the ride 
of a lifetime to the eastern members. 
Prof. Lancaster of the Government 
service took some moving pictures 
of the party on the narrow mountain 
roads to use as evidence in further- 
' ing the work of good road building. 
The eastern branch of the Ameri- 
can Association of Park Superin- 
tendents met Aug. 28 at Bridgeport, 
Conn., and had a profitable session 
of field work and park inspection. 
The unique features of Seaside 
Park, one of the finest marine parks 
in the country, were much admired 
by the visitors, and Beardsley Park 
was also the subject of some very 
favorable comment as a fine example 
of the natural park. 
The members of the association 
were received by Charles E. Keith, 
superintendent . of parks, and Presi- 
dent George M- Eames of the board 
of park commissioners. 
At 1 o’clock the visitors were ten- 
dered a banquet in The_ Stratfield and 
at 2 o’clock they w^ere taken for a 
President Duncan took advantage 
of being so far from Boston to see 
everything of park interest on the 
Coast and between there and Chica- 
go. When he got back to that city 
he was so full of the wonders of 
western vegetation and scenery that 
he talked like a ' native western 
boomer. Besides taking in the Yel- 
lowstone Park trip and all the other 
places that any of the rest of the 
party did, Mr. Duncan visited Ta- 
coma, Portland, San Francisco, Los 
Angeles, Pasadena, Salt Lake City, 
Colorado Springs, Denver, and Oma- 
ha. He was immensely interested in 
the great private grounds of Pasadena, 
and the park system of Los Angeles 
where they are doing fine work in 
planting the dry hills with pines and 
cedars. The park systems here is 
strikingly different from any seen 
further east, with its wonderful veg- 
etation and profusion of such plants 
as crepe myrtles, hollies, laurels, ce- 
dars, and araucarias. At Colorado 
Springs he had a very interesting 
visit with another member of the as- 
sociation, Carl U. Fohn, -who is in 
charge of the famous Glen Eyrie 
estates of General William J. Pal- 
mer. These grounds are a great 
park system in themselves, built in a 
valley 6,000 feet above sea level. The 
house, built on the lines of a great 
moss covered Scotch castle, is sup- 
plied with every convenience of life 
from its owm plants. The power 
house has its chimney far up the 
mountain side, where the smoke is 
carried from the grounds by forced 
draft. Mr. Duncan visited Superin- 
tendent Adams at Omaha, -where he 
considers the extensive park and bou- 
levard system one of the best in the 
country. 
trip through the parks in automo- 
biles. 
Among those present at the meet- 
ing were Dr. 'Frank Baker, superin- 
tendent of the national Zoological 
park, Washington, D. C.; Janies Pet- 
tigre-n' of Boston; A. G. Waldreaon, 
New York city; G. A. Parker, Hart- 
ford, Conn.; A. V. Parker, Worcester, 
Mass.; Isaac Kelly, La-svrence, Mass.; 
G. X. Amrhyn, New Haven, Conn.; 
Henry Frost, Haverhill, iMass-; James 
Fuller, New London, Conn.; Commis- 
sioner Green, New London, Conn.; 
VV. H. Burr, Westport, Conn., presi- 
dent of the Israel Putnam Memo- 
rial Ground Commission and J. H. 
Huss, landscape gardener of the 
Francis Goodwin estate of Hartford, 
Conn. 
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