The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-10-18

ana ana can sometimes be reached by well.
directed shot by good marksman from tha
r w1.ea' yet u Is quite feat to get within
er scent enable them to locate danger uith
almost unerring accuracy and their 1ieht
Ieet carry them away with dizzy speed wbi1e
tnelr caring Is so great that they will hTri
themselves over the toughest crag without a
pause. Their number Is said to be on The
increase. Their tails can be seen like cattis
trails running from the snow line to the wal
ering places, while on the exposed hill points
sney gather until the place becomes like q
s soss e corral pr The only way to secure a
the night and get shot in the early morn
ing When they go down to water
SOME GEOLOGICAL NOTES.
Some twenty miles beyond the lake about
the headwaters Of Railroad creek and Agnes
creek, and bordering the glaciers, is q series
oc parhs' IN winch almost every feature
scenery, science and hunting-is magniaed
even beyond those of the lake In those parks
is undoubtedly the great mineral weaIth-not
much developed, as yet ON account of the difs
fculty of access. The entire Chelan basin h.
longs 10 the vast granite and porphyry belt.
Wnlcn, stretching westward from the crest OF
mines OF the Occur d'Alene the Kootenaj
Trail Creek, Kaslo and the Okanagan. by
many deemed at the present time to be the
greatest mineral belt on the planet South ~
Lake Chelan begins the enormous basaltic
outflow Of the big bend of the Columbia. and
this outflow embraces substantially all of the
Oil iO part VI OOluInDla DaS1n, even TO the
heart OF the Blue mountains, over 200 miles
across. By reason of this difference In geo.
logical character the mountains south Of the
lake are generally smooth and rounded while
those around the lake and north Of 1t are bold.
precfpitous and spired. They are indeed
strikingly like the Alps; and in fact, though
the absolute height of the Chelan mountains
is considerably less than that of the Alps,
yet the elevation above the places of observa-
t1on is as much more and it is said by
those familiar with both that even the Alps
furnish n co nm hos oy,A
about this lake.
AS for accommodations, it may be said that
most Of the natives" who visit the lake
camp out, and no kind of indoor life will com
pare with the freedom, the wholesomeness
and the gladsomeness Of life under the stars
and on the earth, with all the gypsy charm
which leaf Of fir and breath of pine and song
bought gifts afford. But for those who have
not yet attained that higher life Of ser
mons in stones. books In the running brooks,
and good in everything" which only the actual
wild life of camping out give, there are
several comfortable, though plain and
stylish. hotels The tourist will find their
proprietors very princes Of good fellows. and
all creature comforts are provided in boun-
teousness and at very moderate cost.
Such Is brief picture Of what is worthy to
be-and in time, will be-one Of the greatest
resorts of America. With little fancy one
may already line these endlessly varied and
fascinating shores with villas and boat
houses and every manner Of artificial charm
equal to those Of the present on the Hudson
wild nature recognizes this future with q
sigh-for what ever equal the wild and
subtle charm Of the present?
w D. Lyman.