Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1913-01-30
munion and acquaintanceship WIN na-
ture.
TIpToP HOUSE ON CAMELS HUMP
is DONE.

lIlOP BOUSE ON CAMEL -
is DONE.
In the same periodical G. {. Graves re-
ports in very striking manner the pros
ress on the house. at the very summit
of Camers Hump. His picture SHOWS inc
frame standing and near by two yoke
OF oxen with the slew-back and us ioau'
The OK team was dubbed the 'Cainei
Hump Exprerss" and II was DIT OF a
surprise to everybody to find that wheeis
could be taken to the very top FROM the
accounts of e. NJ. F. OF night on tho
mountain, information has already oeeh
given of the intent to build permanent
house was actually set up before tue
be quite so elevated The frame or the
house was actually set UP before the
oxen arrived on the scene for the limit
of the oad-apparently--was reached' the
! timbers left there some distance below
| were "soul-carted" to the very top ny
members Of the Camers Hump ciup,
who bumped themselves to do It Tho
building Is completed, the walls are or
sheets OF steel In imitation of br1cks ana
the roof of galvanized iron The house Is
! fastened down by six wire cables and
the building Is considered fire, wind and
! hedgehog proof. II is about 30 feet by
90 with steep pitched roof The noun
tain is owned by Joseph Pnttell of Mid
| dlebury, who has done so much for the
| forestry of Vermont; the l9nd about the
/ house Is given to the state and provi-
sion is made for occupancy by the club,
Tho State fire wardens have rights of
shelter and accommodate and 1t is
hoped that the Legislature may provide
the modest sum needed Tor a carriage
road to the house. which as some one
! has phrased 1t, will cost no more money
than has been paid in single year by a
single town In its warfare on the hedge
hog. The road has been surveyed and
partly constructed in the interests of
fire prevention and from the situation OF
Camels Hump the forest fire trails cen
ter at its top.
EVERYWHERE ARE NANDAL
1RAMPERS
The section Vosges of the French AL
pine club has completed path work In the
Haye forest between Toul and Nancy
and there Is nothing now to be done blu,
| to replace signs that vandals have de.
stroyed 1t is curious to see that the
same spirit In all countries leads to the
mschievous destruction of marks oil
monuments. 1t is the bane OF the APP
palachian Mountain club In the White
mountains, which is obliged TO expenc
much money in replacing signboards thai
have been ruthlessy torn away by per
sons who should have learned better
manners. The last report OF the Appa
lachlans shows that the emergency shell
ter on the Crawford bride trail near tn,
Lake OF the Clouds is shamefuly abused
by trampers who camp In the vicinity OF
even within It. The structure was pur
posely made bare and uninviting so
that there would not be the temptatio,
to occupy it. but only blankets remain
out Of the array of materials original,
loft in the hut to bring back life to an!
exhausted person who might need shell
ter. There used to be matches In scale,
jars, crackers also sealed. and kerosene
Picnic parties broke into the Jars t,
supplement their lunches with the bis
cult; smokers took the matches for thei
pipes and the kerosene went to light sun
dry campircs at the doorsil. Indeed tn
doors Is not the limit of the camp
fires, for one party was surprised II
the wooden shelter one night last eea
son with a fireplace of stones and
fire burning within the structure itself
There should be laws for those who thu
ruthlessly destroy the emergency sup
plies and shelters laid UP against need
since life may yet he lost through tn
vandalism of unworthy trampers In tn
mountains. The French club has bee
obliged, for reasons OF the same genera
nature, TO fortify the Balif-Viso refug
by Installing a custodian during the sea