Omaha daily bee., 1911-01-22
OIL PAINTINGS OF SCENERY
Great Northern Has a Remarkable Elk.
hibit on Display.
MARvEIs OF SCENIC BEAUTY
Originals Are said TO surpass Any
other Scenery Anywhere In the
whole wide worId-HiII
Orders Them.

A collection Of valuable oil paintings
depicting the wondrous scenes IN Glacier
National park in Montana is being eN-
hibited by the Great Northern railway at
the Land show. The public generally is
not yet familiar with this park. but II is
rapidly coming into prominence through
the advertising Of its scenery which is
declared TO be incomparably greater In
scope and magnificence than the Alps.
This fact has been borne out by the oil
paintings which were done by the WE'LL
known scenic artist Ferry, who was
selected personally by Mr.. hin Of the
Great Northern.
These paintings have just been COM
pleted and are on exhibition here for the
first time. The reproduced scenes are
wonderfully true TO nature, marvelously
executed as 10 color and probably repre-
sent the greatest collection of its kind
ever assembled L, c. Leedy, general i'm
migration agent Of the Great Northern,
who is displaying the collection Of paint
ings, says that Mr. Hill never was strong
on scenery as a railroad asset, but when
he visited Glacier National park he was
instantly converted Mr. Hill has visited
the wondrous scenes in the Canadian
Rockies, in Yellowstone park and in
Switzerland, and he declares that they are
decidedly tame as compared with those Of
Glacier National park.
Great Scenic Beauty.
Glacier National park embraces a region
located in northwestern Teton and north
eastern Flathead counties Montana which
has recently been attracting unusual public
attention for its scenic beauty-particularly
because Of the fact that congress has set
II aside as a national playground. 1t is a
vast empire in itself, containing about L. 400
square miles. II Is of about equal areas
east and west Of the main divide of the
Rocky mountains and its northern boun-
dairy is the Canadian line. 1t embraces
what is known as Lake Mcdonald and
Lake ST. Mary's county, containing with
out a doubt the most beautiful mountain
scenery in America. It's highest peak, Mt.
Cleveland. is 1O,4A feet above sea level,
and there are scores of lesser mountains
ranging in altitude from 5000 to 10000 feet
From its high places the waters finally
flow into the Hudson bay, the Gulf of
Mexico and the Pacific ocean, and there
are more than forty glaciers within its
margins.
Nowhere is there a glacial region more
interesting, more beautiful or more valu-
able for scientific study than that part of
the Rockies in northwestern Montana ad-
jaceht to the Great Northern railway.
This region viii eventually become a
paradise for the enthusiastic scientist, the
hardy camper the studious lover Of nature
and the tired business man. The wonder
full scenic features and geological displays
combined with the invigorating climate
are a scource OF constant delight to those
who have visited the Lake Mcdonald
country.
Sperry Glacier is one Of the most inter-
esting in this or any other country. 1t has
a frontage of more than two miles, and a
length OF about five miles. Its highest
and largest head is on top of Glacier Peak
one OF the most spinous processes OF this