Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-09-30

rounded by cottages II is arranged on an
Unusual plan. which IS possible In this eli
mate. where II never rains during the sum
nisr season. The dining room is in one
building. the sitting rooms. smoking rooms
ard Office in another. while the guests are
lodged In twenty or thirty one-story cot
tages, with porches on both sides. Some OF
the cottages have four rooms and others
six and eight: and families may thus enjoy
little exclusiyeness IL they like. 1t is a
very popular place, and st is easy to under
stand why. The accommodat ions are being
rapidly increased. The hotel Is owned by
Dan Burns. California celebrity-the mil
honaire miner who tried to break into the
United States Senate six years ago and
caused deadlock i'm the legislature.
Equals Any Place in Switzerland.
Over the ridge at a town called McCloud.
FEW miles nearer Mount Shasta several
rich California families have built them
selves retreats in one of the most romantic
spots that can be imagined. No place In
Switzerland or Norway is more beautiful.
Some OF these retreats are plain bunga-
lows. quilt OF pine lumber. Others are
splendid mansions and villas of imposing
architeeture and elaborate furnishings,
iiied with all the luxuries that money can
nuy. Their owners are accustomed to bring
mouse parties no here from San Francisco
Tor the week ends. to loaf fish, shoot and
enjoy themselves in any way they like.
since have been in California l have seen
hve streams that offer the best fishing In
the world. and the McCloud river is one
OF them IL gu&hes from the side of Il
DUN on the slope of Mount Shasta. and
for ninety miles tumbles over boulders
through rocky ravines, until 1t Joins the
Sacramento.
Part of the foothills of Mount Shasta
have been included In forest reserve but
immense pine forests belonging to private
owners. extend in every direction, and are
being stripped in merciless manner One
sawmill here cuts 100000 feet of lumber
a year.
McCloud is the place from which people
usually start to climb Mount Shasta-l4 i43
Feet highland outfits can be obtained at
the town of Sisson also. The ascent is not
dangerous nor difficult and requires mora
endurance than nerve. The trail Is very
poor ana rough, and there is no shelter
Whatever. If Mount Shasta was in Switzer-
land the enjoyment 1t offers woul,. oe utii-
lzed ana appreciated and suitable accom-
modations would be provided for climbers
But California has done less to improve
her scenic attractions and make them ac-
eeptable to tourists than any other PLACE
l know One of her greatest natural re-
sources, from which the people might de-
rive enormous protits-that is, her scenery
Is entirely neglected. Thousands of people
would come here II they could be accom-
modated. but If member of the Alpine
Club should attempt to climb Mount Shasta
ne would find neither food nor shelter on
the way. The first day - is customary 10
ascend about 5000 feet on horseback and
sleep out at night. The second day it is
possible to ride as far as LOO feet where
cne horses have to be left, and the rest
OF the way is made on foot. The descent
may be made in eight or nine hours
CALIFORNIA; Grand Scenery.
California has a dozen Matterhorns The
sierra Nevada and Cascade mountains
winch are practically the same range. have
more high peaks than the Alps and pos
sess greater variety, more poetry and ro-
nance and more possibilities for pleasure
shan any mountain range in Europe But
somehow or another the people who own
tnem 90 not seem to appreciate the fact
No mountain in Switzerland is so beautiful
as Mount Rainier, or Mount Tacoma. as II
Is sometimes called, and 1t has more than
twenty distinct glaciers exceeding in ex-
tent all of the glaciers in Europe combined
Mount Adams has even more glaciers
From Its northern and eastern sides one
may look down a sheer precipice nearly
1900 feet upon masses of azure Ice. Mount
Hood and Mount Baker, Mount ST. Helena
Mount Pitt, the Three Sisters, and Mount
Jefferson all possess living glaciers equal
to any in Switzerland, but nobody ever
visits them, because there is no way to
reach them and no accommodations when
one gets there.
1t would be a good idea for the Southern
Pacific Railway Company, which furnishes
transportation facilities in this section, and
an even better one for the state authori-
ties, to import colony of hotelkeepers
and trailbuilders and mountaineers from
Switzerland and give them long and liberal
concessions for hotels, rest houses and
other necessary accommodations for tour
lists in the Sierra Nevada and Cascade
ranges. There are plenty of mountains.
You could drop the entire republic of Swift
zerland down here almost anywhere and
have difficulty In finding 1t again. In the
Sierra Nevadas is wilderness of lofty sum-
mits. Mount Whitney is the highest peak
IA sos feet), Mount Williamson "a, AIS feet),
Mount Tyndall u4.3G0 feeD, Mount Jordan
Q4,275 feeD, Kaweah IA. 141 feet, while
Milestone, Junction Peak, Crag Ericsson,
Crag Reflection, Mount Brewer. University
of California Peak, Split Mountain, Middle
Palisade, Mount Sill, Mount Humphreys,
Mount Darwin and others are 1900 feet
and more.