The Madison journal. (Tallulah, Madison Parish, La.) 1888-current, 1914-03-21

ing. Alighting at the village of Bolton, we have
delicious meal in the Great Northerns pretty
Swiss chalet hotel and climb aboard stage coach
for the ride to Lake Mcdonald For an hour We
travel a boulevard cut through dense forest Of
pine, spruce and balsam. and then, where group
OF cottages are clustered on its shore, the lake
opens out before This 11-mile stretch OF water
Is so beautiful In setting and color that words
are adequate to describe 1t. Lake Mcdonald was
a popular resort long before the national park
was established, and there are several hotels and
camps about its northern end. To one Of these
the Glacier hotel We are taken by launch to b.
greeted cordially by its proprietor, ]. E, Lewis
who for years has been taking care OF fishermen
and other folk who wanted to spend a week or
summer in the open. So near that it seems but
moments walk from the shore, the mountains Of
the park tower to the skies, casting their jagged
reflections in the still waters Of the lake. ten
mile ride through the forest that clothes Their
lower slopes brings US to Avalanche lake. Pes
green in color, rejecting the spruce and pine and
hemlock that crowd to its very edge, 1t lies hks
precious gem in deep basin that is veritaos
mountain garden At one end the rock wall rso
almost perpendicularly for 5000 feet, and over 10
edge ard down it's face dash four torrents az
charged from Sperry glacier. two miles away.
Not very easy of access but wonderfully impres
sve when you get to 1t after some five nous
climbing is Sperry glacier. Just a great neld
ice and snow about three miles in extent and
unknown depth, 1t lies glttering and sparkling
under the midsummer sun. Crevasbes cross ~
expanse here and there, and the tourist must
exceedingly careful if he ventures out on us sur
face. Indeed the authorities do not permit lnl-
unless with guides and ropes on any OF the sH
ciers In the park. The wind is always hisn
there, and snow and rock slides are frequent
The mountains and glaciers and lakes ana
passes we have seen are only few OF the Wonoo.
Of this wonderful park-ony few. indeed u
that part that is open to ordinary sightseef.
Almost half OF the park. the northern par. a.
known to few except forest rangers, gudes nar
ans and some scientists. Doubtless befort man'
years the whole region will be opened up. sno INV
remarkably satisfactory system of camps esuc
lished by the Great Northern Railway conpsI'
will be extended to the Canadian border "Hn~
the last year these accommodations have pesn :.
larged greatly to meet the demands OF the rspu"
increasing stream Of visitors.
One more thing must be said for Glacier W
tional Park: 1t is pleasure ground for the y.
ple not for the millionaire. No fine clotnes'
expensive Injuries there. All charges are les.
lated by the government, and 1t Is the ampiuv 7.
Of Louis Hill, chairman Of the board OF dlrecVoi'
the Great Northern, to keep the necessary
penses Of visitors down to the minimum. oiaS
park Is his hobby and his pride and ne =.
familiar with its trails and passes as arc
guides and the Indians. or course, tourist u a,
to the park helps his railway, and at some uw. M
the far future the company may begin 10 - ~.
even on its lavish expenditure OF money 10 iu1
things comfortable for those who go all the W."
to Montana to see the Switzerland OF Ameri~
haven't yet devised better name for II.