The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-12-17

which this government has set apart
for them and for all others.
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 n 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 &C
feasibility has come into existence.
II crosses the Rockies in Colorado at
point OF supreme magniflcence;
hence its title. the Rocky Mountain
National Park. Through 1t. from
north to south, winds the Continental
Dividc-the Snowy Range in name
and fact. Two hundred lakes grace
this rocky paradise, and bear and big
horn inhab!t 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
talns 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
a great highway along the Columbia
river. This should be connected by
road with Mount Hood and a portion
OF the present forest reserve convert
ed into park. The limits OF Sc
quota Park, in California. the homo
of the great redwoods. should be so
extended as to include the Kern
River Canyon, a 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 rs part of
a national forest 1t comes under the
control OF the department of agricul-
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 now hotels which should make
the visitor desire to linger rather
than hasten on his journey. One ho-
tel was built on Lake McDermott, in
Glacier park, one is to be built imme.
diately on the shoulder OF Mount
ltainer, in Paradise valley. another in
the valley Of the Yosemite, with an
annex high overhead on Glacier
Point, which mere 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
1. 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 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,
a 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 1t the
largest and most populous game pre-
serve in the Western Hemisphere.
Its great size, its altitude, its vast
wilderness, It's plentiful waters, its
favorable conformation OF rugged
mountain and sheltered valley. and
the nearly perfect protection afforded
by the policy and the scientific care