Arizona republican., 1913-07-05
vERMONT'S LONG TRAIL

The completion Of thrty-f five miles the Long
 Trail over Kilington, Pico, Camel and Horrid. is no sooner accomplished fact than work is begun at the other end the glorious wilder ness lying between the Hump Lincoln noun tain.
 woodsmen left this city yesterday under the direction of R M. Ross of the estry service to begin the work of making this or the trail The task will probably take upward of a month to complete In this way, quietly and unpretentiousy, the greatest pathway in America is being
 It was fortunate for the Long Trail that the forestry department immediately appreciated the value or thlS undertaking as an auxiliary in the fight against forest fires. in providing beat for fire wardens to follow. with convenient oo<outs along the route, and in opening a which men can be rushed to fight such fires may be found. The camps must be equipped and pro vsioned by private subscriptions which the Mountain club collects, But the direction work and good deal of practical help is contribut ed by forestry department Furthermore when a link of trail is opened up the fire wardens tramping to and fro over it. prevent it's becoming obliterated
 the building of alurng kind road. Rome built roads and they have lasted into q day when Rome is not Rome. The native red of this continent built trails and today many Of them have become the steel highways which locomotives run their race with time. A road or trail is more than thing in the external world It is some thing that gets its place deep in the brain of man. And the passion for the Long Trail is primeval instinct. As long there are men there will be those who the open road As long there are men there will be those who travel on their feet for-as magazine writer puts it-"men born with legs and cylinders" As long as there mountains, forests and streams some thing the breast of will respond to the lure of them-Or long to respond
 Not will walk the whole length of the Long Trail. But will be attracted by this unique thoroughfare to tramp over parts and to find release from city cares and tolls in the shade the Green Mountains which it tra- And the and women who come here to tramp the Long Trail will bring many others lift up their eyes unto the hills without lifting up their carcasses. For the men and women who walk the men and women who talk, and in their wake come others who build homes help develop the community. Even narrowly selfish point of view we can be amiss in making the most of Vermonts Q ttractions a place to live in and in opening them for others
 Long Trail will be there when our grand sons feeling the lure of the road and the thirst for unusual and venturOus The hills and rocks touched gently by time t be trail that is now ra- pidly nearing completion crawling serpentIlke through the intervening lOwlands under big bodied ancient naples sunlit hemlocks. over cushlony moss prattlng streams with the malden-halr fern bending them. climbing up through spruces and yet again climbing above the tall spruce through slashes which briars grow ramp ant and berries ripen with to pick them through thick growths scrub spruce, over ledges and across Assures -bathed summlts where the nakedness the rock is covered only by a matted growth the Labrador tea, and where the world stretches either hand like an etched and penciled scroll upturned on the farther edge the sky.
 It is a great work and a lasting One.-Bu1ling- News.