The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-17
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for them and for all others. h#st
II may reconcile those who think
that money expended upon such lux
/ urtes is wasted-if any such there
are-to be told that the sober-minded
traffic men OF the railroads estimate
that this year more than hundred
million dollars usually spent in Eu-
ropean travel was divided among the
railroads, hotels and their supporting
enterprises in this country.
During the year new national
park OF distinction and unusual ac-
feasibility has come into existence.
II crosses the Rockies In Colorado at
a point OF supreme magnificence;
hence Its title, the Rocky Mountain
National Park. Through it. from
north to south, winds the Continental
Divide--the Snowy Range in name
and fact Two hundred lakes grace
this rocky paradise. and bear and big
horn inhabit its fastness. 1t has an
area of $50 square miles and lies only
seventy miles from Denver. Many
hotels lie at the feet OF these noun
tains and three railroads skirt their
sides.
This is Colorado's second national
park. the other being Mesa Verde,
where this department. with the as
sistance OF DR.. Jesse Walter Fewkes,
OF tho Smithsonian Institution, has
uncovered during the last summer
prehistoric ruins of unprecedented
scientific interest.
Oregon has but recently completed
great highway along the Columbia
river. This should be connected by
road with Mount Hood and n portion
Of the present forest reserve convert!
ed into a park The limits OF Sc.
quota Park. in California. the home
OF the great redwoods. should be so
extended as to include the Kern
River Canyon. most practicable
project today: but tomorrow may be
too late. because OF lumber interests.
The Grand Canyon is not yet part of
the park system. although MS part of
national forest II comes under the
control Of the department OF aericul-
ture.
There Is no reason why the nation
should not make its public health and
scenic domain rs available to all Its
citizens as Switzerland and Italy
make theirs. The aim Is to trail and
give access and accommodation to
every degree OF income. In this be-
lief an effort has been made this year
as never before to outfit the parks
with new hotels which should make
the visitor desire to linger rather
than hasten on his journey. One ho-
tel was built on Lake McDcrmctt, In
Glacier park, one Is to be built imme4
diately on the shoulder OF Mount
Itatner. in Paradise valley. another in
the valley of the Yosemite, with an
annex high overhead on Glacier
Point, which more modest chalets are
to be dotted about in the obscurer
spots to make accessible the rare
beauties OF the inner Yosemite. For
with the new Tioga road, which,
through the generosity of Mr.. Stephen
I. Mather and a few others. the gov
eminent has acquired, there is to be
revealed a new Yosemite, which only
John Muir and others OF similar
bent have seen. This is a Yosemite
far different from the quiet incom-
parable valley. 1t is land OF for
ests, snow and glaciers. From Mount
Yyell one looks, as from an island.
upon a tumbled sea OF snowy peaks.
Its lakes, many OF which have never
been fished, ar alive with trout. And
through the foams the Tuolumne
river which in a mile drops a mile,
water spectacle destined to world
celebrity. Meeting distractions in its
slanting rush, the water now and
again rises nearly perpendicularly,
forming upright foaming acres some
times fifty feet in height. These
water wheels" dozen or more
In number. will be accessible next
summer by trail to be built when
the snow melts in June.
While as the years have passed we
have been modestly developing the
superb scenic possibilities OF the yell
lowstone. nature has made OF It the
largest and most populous game pre-
serve in the Western Hemisphere.
Its great size, its altitude, its vast
wilderness, Its plentiful waters, It's
favorable conformation of rugged
mountain and sheltered valley, and
the nearly perfect protection afforded