The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1903-09-24

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ten faf THE Sbe by oHc8e Mum,
who has aarendat Mount huuief
Heyeral times
staftits from she foot uf alouut
Rainier. the trees most frequent are
ira They STOW So elase together
that sunlight scarcely reaches the
eaauud white IA. undefhfush b. So
DENSE thal one cannot penetrate
faarc lhan 4 Few feet fram the beat
en- ttaH Alter. Vine maple aad
smR3 cedar constitute the moat ef
thls unacfhfush The Efeund q
also deep with dseay.ed yeseiatien
and fallen WaasrenXeled tfUeH
IN fruit season. Wild blackheiit ss,
rasplsaFfias. beafberrieH ans hrrHaa
grapes are So abundant hat ei'r eAn
eat All 81 these varieties without
moving from one HFHt Flowers
uraw IN tee small uNen HfHiftsa'
which az excN Hitlc dlHt#Hef afe
found m these woods ReslAfs tha
nrAirisa. therr SIRE hfautui small
PARKS. where the HfuaHd resembles
a rufat is its Nartseniured Hhd
ufany sh,oamtng Wild Flowers
al assandIHg higher ap the moun-
tain a5tr the trees heeoulf smaller
"a hrteht anA stuutrd. until go thf
heleht 81 y.aa fees iret sfoUh coHea
L. an rua. iieru auH thpte 81 an
old stump % an AiasNa cedar
bfearhed nearly white from many
storms and SHOWS 1hia 81 TIE harsl-
lest of an trees in tbs iaehnlaiu
ranges en the cvasi
Above the tnuher tine one often
finds little Ndle1s where zoe ground
Is covered win ano1e. cxgept In
patches. where hflehf sreeu graaa
ard Mowers are found Saaac ct
These giaNers are 50 hardy that they
sheW tllalr busis and bloains threuEh
the snaw and iee. = apreatnnee
thrv fasewbie the Auemens ana
Gro nsa
nmsefnlss. snaWhuns. mosquitoes.
Nnats ana lHtir snow plg1s are
fauntI al the very cop af the ununs
tain 1880 faat from SRA ltNet
ptanuizau * white moaHtHiH grouse
are taaui uu nearly 81 the hizh
snawaeids. aud - closely does tue
planake OF th2As birds Faeenhlo the
surroundings THAI one almost steps
on them before theY are aean.
1-hey feed ca juniper berries which
gov plentlfully MeantAtn guItta
an sheep frequent the highest and
rssast snaeaHashia piaeea Beers.
esusnrs ana timber Waivet tnhahit
the iauely valleys. aud coyotes TIE
Valleys near the scattered faneh sa
az the Heot - Bainier.
There are naN fap roufus To climb
tha mountain. the old ana easy ore
being Via P2f.iise valley and OH
raliar sa..k. y hiie the either " az
tn north side. THIS latter route
Is trafHus aua aasgrrauH So al
ttaiaa The ezsnh Nia raradlse val.
les can be FsRde a. hsaa ss ie.seH
feet Or horseback fram thase On
if fauss D. Feade GA foas. The anat
dangerous part u this tFip = pass
fua Gibraltar rock where some
tfss1es sfafraz and z8oWsIitFa pFeteat
q steady cilmh, Il taxes sis 90 10
haufa T. make TIRE entire riinsh, and
anly a fas hours q tesseud - one
can tdHunEan dean the iunE anHW
r-~~-~N~.A ~ - - -
ta1n cf5nbsFs Qhe we're aina#red -
anoWstotln from wAkInK q return
the ranze day. PASSED fhf niEnt IN
tne mouth nf the crater. very ceu-
faFtaoIF They wefe Kept waFm 81
the steam rising eat - the crater.
or the top 81 the mountain. which
leaks s4slaosh and asii fs8naiad ffom
Seattle. there are many deureesiaHs
aud peaks. All covered with SNOW.
The view frofn the tor - grand ana
cannot be described All iha aaaN :
clad szegntaip peaks =fshsn zee
nllies ear easily be seer. ana Puget
sassut appeaFs through a Etass like
q aiiksn white thread Below the
eye the gngunt1ln spreads aut Ike
star fish. an the fingers hsing
glaciers. Erum each - the uHnY
glaciers issues a stream whiaa floss
through maaY valleys hui feHfi,ixzs
them with is waters. a. uaa.ta =
sand tnaul atc. How afa these
Eiariars are and how raany eentur.
IS theF have been fafned. no man
can fatf
hat AZ Hotme age long psat. this
lefty mountain hae been. nof nnes,
only bat many times Gu violent
eruptioms ore enn easily ave-
There n ore place on Nlsqunf1Y