Baraboo weekly news. [volume] (Baraboo, Wis.) 1912-197?, 1914-03-12
WASH|NGTON'S FACE
ON MOUNTAIN SIDE
Baraboo Resident Tells of
Unusual Scene in the
Western u. S.
WILD ANIMALS THERE
The Spell of the Olympics is
Described by Writer
of Article.
WILD ANIMALS THERE
BY Wayne Newell.

It may be surprise to some who
Who have read that delightful story os
Hawtherne's, "The Great Stone Face"
TO know that such an image
as thRt on which Ernest so lovingly
gazed and from which he drew q life
times inspiration does actually exist
and to know what is indeed more
wonderful that such image Is that Of
our own loved Washington stretching
southw ard for m any miles parallel to
the Pacific coast, the waters of Hoods
Canal bathe the feet of the rugged
Olympics. Not much bro ader than
the classic Hudson this comparatively
unknown finger OF Puget Sound re-
fleets on Its placid surface landscape
as picturesque as is mirrored on the
renowned waters that lap the base Of
the Adirondacks hidden for the most
time either by the SHOWS of winter or
the forest fire smokes of summer, the
beauty of this whole region Is rarely
seen In all It's spleudor.
1
settled by the first rains of early
autumn and before old Boreas has no
more than wrapped his turban of
snow around the brows of the higher
peaks, there come a few days perhaps
in early September wnen the Olympic
group stands out In unrlvalled beauty.
At the head of his broken and dlsor-
dered ranks, proud as nis namesake of
the elder world stands Mt. Olympus,
the monarch of the group, while from
across the unexplored peaks and
chasms smiles his mate, Ellinor, the
beautiful q leen of the Olymplcs.
Serene in their peculiar beauty they
stand unabashed beneath the sunset
gIance OF proud and lofty Rainier, the
majestic queen of the distant Cascades.
Within the wilds OF these fern clad
hills skulks the restless catamount,
here chasm resounds to the roar of
the laundering cataract and there the
unscared elk or caribou is lulled to
sIumber by the drowsy tinkle of
tiny waterfall.
The magic Of these hills is irresist-
ibIe. Even a short trip into their
most accessible parts is repaid with q
charm almost indescribable while the
more hardy, who have penetrated
farther into their depths declare the
succession of peculiar and picturesque
landscapes found there is past the
power of pen or speech.
1t is therefore of less wonder to those
who have been under the "spell' of
the Olympics to see them furnish us
| with the truly. remarkable phenonr-
enon that the writer has referred 10 the
great rock profile of the face of the
immortal Washington.
1t was the good fortune of ths wri-
ter to be making a trip up the canal
one day following heavy rain.
The smoke was entirely dispelled, the
outlines of the mountain sides and
crests stood out in sharp relief against
the clear western sky. Old Olympus
had donned his cap Of snow but the
giant ridges which, starting from the
interior, extended sheer TO the waters
edge and were bare and bold.
| Our old stern wheeler was wheeling
mp the opposite shore when fellow
passenger, an old resident, called the
writer's attention to one high COM
mandlng ridge whose outline
" as clear and perfect against the sky.
On his remark that he had never
seen Washington's face to better adj
vantage the writer rested his glance
souarely on his rugged crest and there
to his delight lay the serene and bene
VIOLENT countenance, so familiar TO us
all. AS the writer remembers, after a
few years, the features covered line
about one-half mile In length and gave
q most wonderful effect The distance,
perhaps five miles from the view
point, softened the features and gave
almost life to the likeness.
Not alone were the features with
their exact proportions perfect, but
more wonderful than all, there beann~
ed from this contenance that same
combination of dignity, grandeur and
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