The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1889-08-04

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Friday morning q O'Clock ue e.
Ter the mountains. and u SO ~
reached Ha1i5. This Il III x1xtfou "a
Rocky Mountain Park and The ho1
springs BAnH 81 ees<hsxiea Il 7
pleasure resort fgS tourists, nnd ~
its hot suiphur springs Il q also ,
resort Tor certain parties Who u5~h 70
escape justice. etc. Il has > nszxuie5-
cent hcse' built ~ the railroad GEM
pafsy, which furnishes erery luxurv
Of tie table. ais0 hatks tuppss<t from
hos suiphur springs. TIE hotel >
kept open the year round.
After leaving the station TIE first
mountain remember - Castle nsoun-
TAIN and II IS rightly named, Tor il
has the appearance Of farrets and hat
high.
Fir tree are the principal trees. and
IN many placsx fire had spread through
the forests sud left them standing Ike
grim and bIAekened xentIneis.
The scenery il nov very grand
mountains rising upon mountains. 10
endless grouping and variety n the
track winds in. around. and among
them until ron feel lost ia the seeing.
Streams rushing and hurrying
through the rarines. fo4ming and
sparkling. mountains tower one above
the other until they are almost fnvisi-
bic in the bsne and misty distance.
Mountains Of solid rock covered with
dwarf FIR 1t the base. then all vegeta-
ton gone. and their suumits covered
with eternal snow. When the sun
arose and shone upon them the scene
vas grand beyond description.
And 50 We rise until our attention i
caught BY Mount Hector, the first Of
the great glaciers, and Is over 500
feet above The sea. We are non going
UP very steep grade and a. We catch
views Of eyiosy peaks the scene il
indeed sublime. Our train stopped at
Field for breakfast. The hotel Is near
the base OF Mount Stevens And facing
Mount Field. Ii j. called the . Mount
Stevens house. Il Is surrounded bv
grassy plats, sweet blooming and run
ming vines. A fountain spanked in
the sunshine. the pressure coming
from little mountain stream.
Mount stevens r. 500 feet above
the valley ard nearly overhead is an
immense glacier nearly so feet thick,
shining green in the morning sun.
We were much amused at this sta
ton in watching specimen Of the
genus homo who praneed back and
forth on The platform in style that
was quite English you know" This
Is popular stopping place for
tourists
After leaving Field. looking 10 the
north, lofty Icy peaks are seen. We
nos cross . high bridge and get .
very fine view. The river Is called the
wapta or Kicking Horse river. The
canyon IL very deep. and Is called the
Kicking Horse canyon. Looking
backward or forward the view il SUP
iine. The sides OF the mountains
seem almost perpendicular and very
near each other. To glance down
makes my head whirl, and / draw
buek with fear and trembling. Mime
eyes have beheld the glory u the
Lord" 1t il grander than anything
ever conceived. Down this deep gorge
the train rusbes ON, beside this msei,
rosiicking river. crossing from side to
side. TO lodges cut ont OF ihe solid
rock. Mountain streams Of peculiar
greenish-gray tint ssropping down TO
swell the larger one, and then rushing
away In mad hurry under arches and
over aud around iasmense boulders
that have dropped from the heights
above into the river below. inelosed
by mountains thousands Of feet high,
ii seems that the finger OF God must
have pointed out the way by this
stream for the road. for man never
could have found the way.
oh, the ordinations as We rushed
from one side Of the ear 10 the other.
and from window u window. The
roar o. the train and the noise of the
rushing, foaming river. reechoed by
the rocks, made an impression on me
that will never be forgotten.
From time 10 time forest EiTes APP
pcared along the route, filling the air
with floating rifs.ers and covering the
ground with hlackeued and fallen
trunks.
We pass through tunnels aud ever
bridges, and at Golden come III sight
OF the Columbia river moving north
ward. The mountains now seen are
the Selkirks. lifting their icy peaks far
into the sky, dim and misty. they look
ike forest In the clouds, words can
not describe their beauty: hathed in
the sunlight they look celestial. About
Golden and vicinity, gold ard silver
mines are being opened A little sta
ton beside the track. and aeross il a
sad little spot, where two or three
graves are made In the sand.
The Columbia river Is nayigab.e
FROM Donald on: steamer makes
weekly trips; and as we pass on there
Is a iitlle break in the grandeur. and a
foriorn sight ef cabin burning. and
the occupants weeping outside.
At HEAVIER We passed through
another tunnel, and the railroad now
follows the HEAVIER river which ioams
aud rsshes along
We are now climbing again: the
track IN 100 feet above the level oi the
sea. and my head h dizzy when look
down into the depths cs the gorge be-
low. We crossed bridge. stony
creek, " 295 feet high, said 10 be the
highest ia the world. This Is between
the Rockies and the Selktrks, "a very
deem CANYON, the road running and
chneing 10 the slopes high above there
Is one place so narrow that the trunk
uf a tree l. use. as "a fcoshridge 10 pass
over. The vies from thfs hsisLt is
awful. simply appalling, IS we wind up
the nloaastnin. Mount Hermit on the
right aud Mcdonald GA The left With
lust room enangh between for The
tracks. This Il the grane.est scene yet,
the climax OF mountain scenery.
j The two mountains have evidently
once been united as there : barely al
I opening Tor the track.
This pass IL called Rogers pass,
named after the man Major Rogers,
who discovered Ii. We new come to
Selkitk summit. altitude s.sn feet
/ The mountain at the right from ITS
resemblance 60 pyramid u; the top.
+ il named &c heops' and 10 the west
and over the valley OF the iilie1ilisaet
river is Ross peak, 80 feet high and
go feet above The track. Now iesy.
l ing the summit, and going 10 the left,
We see Sir Donald, II ,so feet high.
the chief, the highest usak ~ the sell
Kirk range. Ahead Is the Great
tslafier of the sekirks. which, when
We reach IL. il an extent os Ire larger
than all the glaciers IN Switzerland
combined. There are the Great
Glacier ana I'D. Smaller Glacier. The
i tam stops at the Glacier house for
dinner. A gem 81 hotel, built In Gle
SWiss stsle. and not only serves excel.
/ lent meals Ia trains bat Is = delightful
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