The Holbrook news., 1912-09-13

known and most infrequently
 visited of the natural wonders
 A of the White mountains, will
 soon become accessible. to the multitude of tourists who visit year ly that picturesque playground of the east, the New England Alps. Already the river and wild and rugged tract of woodland about it have been ac- quired as a public park by the So ciety for the Protection of New Hampshire Forests. Plans are on foot for clearing away the tangled trails and opening up good, practicable roads through the region. By this means Lost River will be found again by hundreds of people to whom it has been only a name.
 The problems which have arisen through the acquisition of the new re- serve will come under consideration at the 11th annual meeting of the so- ciety at the Mt. Pleasant house, Breton Woods, July IS and 19. There will be preliminary day, the 17th, which will be spent in the Lost River territory, to enable members to familiarize themselves with the To- cality.
 In cooperation with the society the state forestry commission will be represented The meetings will have as presiding officers, former Govern or Rollins, president of the society, and W. R. Brown, chairman of the commission. It is expected that many of those interested in forestry in other states will be in attendance, including the directors of the Ameri- can Forestry association, state for esters and teachers of forestry, and possibly the national forest reserva- ton commission.
 Among the topics which are to be discussed are fire protection, forest taxation, the relation of forests to the flow of streams, the management of forest reservations by the society and by the state, state ownership of for est lands and the national forest in the White mountains.
 Long Time Lost.
 Situated somewhat of the beaten track and in the heart of the forest, the Lost River territory, in spite of it's attractiveness, has drawn com paratively few of those to whom the Old Man of the Mountains, the Plume and the numberless other bits of natures handiwork have long been familiar It is only within the last few years that Lost River, its mar velous series of caves and caverns, its shady pools and silvery waterfalls have become at all well known even to the more ambitious travellers. It is expected that increasing numbers of raincoated, rubber-booted devotees will soon make the fascinating under ground journey along this strange stream as it dips and winds its way far beneath the surface.
 Seven miles west of the village of North Woodstock, the widest portion of Kinsman's Notch, lie the deep gorge, the virgin forest and the over shadowing mountains which give the | river It's setting. The little stream takes its rise on the steep slopes of | Mount Moosilauke. Darting downward | in it's rush to the waters of the Pemi- | gewasset in the valley below, 1t | plunges into great vaulted caverns of | limestone, now and then losing itself | in subterranean passages so far in | the heart of the earth that even the | murmur of its waters fades from the | ear
 Just a little mountain brook at the | outset, 1t courses along until 1t l reaches Point Lookoff Before 1t be- gins it's descent into the underworld | 1t glimpses a view which is second to ! none in the whole region. To the | south Mount Warehouse and Moosi- lauk jut abruptly skyward. To the north Mount Kinsman and the Gordon | range tower in the distance. Stretched | out below lies the green length of the Pemigewasset valley.
 Leaving Point Lookoff the brook tumbles down between two gigantic powders into the first of the caverns, the Hall of Ships. The walls about seem to be made of a number of pet rified keels as if the distant sea had | hidden there the relics of some for gotten feet
 Great Masses of Rock.
 For a mile or more the bed twists | between and beneath great masses of rock through strange passages and widening chambers, one succeeding the other in a bewilderiRg series. GAma are as big as good-sized rooms,