The Kalispell bee. [volume] (Kalispell, Mont.) 1900-192?, 1903-08-18
Gained BY Party from the Biologi
cal Station.
MAGNIFICENT VEGETATION
And Beautiful Scenery Called Forth
the Admiration of the Tourists.
Very Little Snow-Incdents of the
Fourth Week Of the 81 Colony.

an ascent of Macdougal peak, in the
Swan range. The start was made on
Monday, August g. Camp was made
at the foot off the mountain. On the
day following, the fourth, the ascent
was made. The night of the fourth
was spent on the mountain, amid
SnOwbanks and beautiful alpine flow
ers. The descent was made on the
firth. and return to the laboratory on
the sixth.
The party consisted of sixteen peo-
pie and three pack horses. The fol-
lowing people made the ascent:
Prof. NJ. J. Elrod, Missoula; Prof J.
NJ. Hamilton, Missoula; Principal
Maurice Kicker, Burlington, Iowa.
Principal P. M. Siloway, Lewistown
Herbert Silloway, Lewistown; Claude
Spaulding, Missoula Miss Charlotte
Cahoon, Butte; Miss Winnie Miles
Corydon, Iowa; Vincent Craig, Mis-
soula; Walter Lehman, Lewstown;
Amos Estey Echo; j. A. Fossum,
Bigfork, Nathaniel Alcock, Yank-
ton, S. d., Miss Any M. Short
Butte; Miss Gertrude Norton, East
Helena; B. Tomlinson, Holt, Mont,
packer.
The ascent and return was made
without mishap, and all are loud in
their praises of the beautiful scenery
and she magnificent vegetation. The
party assembled by the well known
Aeneas trail and were the first to
travel it this season. The TRAIL is,
therefore, open to the summit of the
range. Very few windfalls We're EN-
countered, but the trail is getting
quite brushy from sidegrowth.
couple of men with axes could make
it firstrate for a trail in very short
time.
Snow about the summit is much
less than for any year preceding
when ascents have been made. 1t
happened that the date of the ascent,
August 4, was the same date asst he
ascent of 1902. and, therefore, com
PARSONS are not hard to make There
was not half as much snow as in
1902, on the same date. But, not
withstanding the decrease, the banks
and charm to the scene.
Vegetation on the summit was
much more advanced than on the
same date last year. Dog tooth vio-
lets, anemones, and others had gone
to seed, while in 1902 they were just
in full bloom. Along the, western
slopes, far below the summit, buck
Ic1, r,,io ,.it, hn lov
luscious blue berries were eagerly de-
voued by the party, severa Of whom
had never before tasted them.
The day the party stood on the
summit was perfect. The air was
clear and the distant peaks showed
up in all their grandeur Heaven IS
peak and Spewy glacier were plainly
visible to the north. G. N. Simpson
where the waters go to three oceans
St. Nicholas, Baptiste Swan. Nc
Donald, and Others in abundance un.
known and unnamed stood out clear.
ly in the afternoon sun Flathead
lake could be seen from end to end
while the beautiful and fertile Flat
head valley never was seen to better
advantage. 1t was grand The mag
nifcence of the view. with the peace
full lake and valley and the high and
rugged backbone of the continent is
enough to stir sentiments in the most
callous breast. Could people but
know the beauties and CLONES pre-
mountain summit they would stil
every stone and make every effort tc
reach summit of consi lerabl,
prominence. MacDougal peak i.
1900 feet altitude, is easy of ascen
On account OF the wei. worn trail
and offers view of rare beauty tl
the one who will make the ascent.
Several cameras We're taken up
taking pictures of all sizes from small
snap shots no size 6.5 S.5 inches
The resulting negatives are yer.
fine, the best that have ever beer
taken and equalling in beauty thos,
shown from better known and NOR,
extensively visited mountains. TIL
bo.anist made quite extensive coll c
tons of alpine flowers, and the ento
mologists gathered insects in consid
erable quantities. The alpine lakes
still holding the snow of last winter
were searched for entomostraca, bee
ties and other forms Of aquatic life
Sections of the alpine fir and whit
bark pine were gathered for the mu
scum. One tree, two feet in diane
ter was 200 years old. Three sec
lions were taken, one for the stat
university, one for the Fergus coun
ty high school, and one for the uns
versity of Chicago. Other section
OF other trees are being gathered 70
the purpose OF making complete co
lections of the woods OF the state
The night at the summit was quit
cool. Long after sunup white frcs
still covered the vegetation, and