The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1912-12-05
EASTERN PAPERS
LAUD SCENERY BOOKS

IL will be Of interest u lo..t-,
to know that the large essts,n s,a' People N,
papers have been lavish N H tSa;- news. news
of the recent publications ~ ~ IN praise y,
Williams, "The Mountsin ,p goan II.
God, " and "The Guardians ot Ia ~ was c
lumbia. The scenes depic,oS ~ b ~ ~
latter book are all familiar o'1 ~ ~ I! .he
Pile Of Hood River for tie yiyi3 s 5os. 5eo
criptions tell of the wohders az ~. - Nes- =
eion around Mount hood ga ~ 'IS IL. ie.
Adams and of the Columbia .U 60 ,a0u'l'
recent issue of the 0tegoniaSS - ~ =
two columns to SUMMARY m vo.';..,.- 'e'ee
by eastern newspapers. 0ne - ~
chief of them was that Of Henry I.
Finck, one of the editors Of the Ssu ~
York Evening Post. Mr.. FircL -aI" Nv
had just returned from Alpine tTsveis Js
says:
"By issuing these two bandsonoly
illustrated volumes on the mcTrta;rs
and forests of our Northwest Mr.
Williams has rendered sery;co " ~
great value to the states Of Wssbi,ol
ton and Oregon, and to all nstnTa.ioSS-
ing Americans. 1t is possible as the
writer of this review can attest IN he
fresh from a fortnight's sojourn At the
Rifelalp, above Zermstt' in face '"S ~
the Matterhorn and the glacial won
ders of the Corner Grat, aeknowledcfd
the climax of scenic Switzerland and
still be awed and thrilled at the mere
sight Of the pictures Of Mount Tacoma
(Ranier) and the three guardians of
the Columbia river Mounts Hood
Adams and st. Helens-incIuded in
these books, To enjoy the Playground
of Europe, Americans are bpInirg
the Europeans to spend $3.50, 600 0OO a
year. 1t is safe to predict that some
day Oregon and Washington will mar.
vest as many millions from the visitors
to their mountain and forest play-
ground as they do now from tbeir
bountiful fruit crops; and MI. Williams
pictures and descriptions will greatly
accelerate the advent Of that date
His books are perhaps the strongest
argument ever brought forward in fa-
vor OF the exhortation, See America
Too. More than 50 photographers
professional and amateur contributed
their best to make "The Guardians
of the Columbia" a pictorial monu.
ment to the Pacific coast; and so well
are their contributions reproduced that
one needs a reading glass to get al
their impressive details, The number
of these illustrations exceeds 200.
Many are full page. some in colors. A
glance at them will convince any AL.
pinist that we have picturesque peaks.
snowtields. glaciers and rugged ice
formations unsurpassed anywhere and
so cast are the four mountains named
that not only do they dwarf the Gas.
cade range near by, but all along the
Oregon and w ashington coasts at a dis.
tance of so miles and more one may
say of them in astoniShment, 'ThoI
art so far and yet SO near.
The Springfield Republican has this
to say about the third section of the
book, "The Forests" by Harold Doug
las Langille:
"The interest and value of the booE
oAC ihuNh ihNlCuoCu ny tue Chapter
which deals with the forests vivid,
and yet with scientific accuracy OF de
tail. The forests of Oregon and Wash
ington are second only as natural won
ders to the Sequoyas of California, ant
in the depth of the Northern forest
there are revelations of natural beaut,
which even the big trees of Californi
may not rival. In Washington an
Oregon together thore IS estimated
be no less than a third of the standin
merchantable timber in the entir
country, a statement easily to be b.
lieved as one looks at the remarkabl
photographs here, which show besid
the puny figures of the lumbermen tn
immense trunks of the various species
1t may be doubted whether the forest
of the Northern Pacific states hav
ever been pictured between the cover
Of a book in the manner approachIn
the excellence of the present volume.