Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-08-10
4 NEW NATIONAL PARK
BY Frederic J. Haskin

narities, mostly virtues. The whole
area is not covered with timber. Prohe
aoIy not more than one-fourth of the
surface OF the park is timbered. The
i,anusSape gardener of the ages who
Ialo down the plan for these central
rockies, had a different idea.
Ihe trees he planted in clumps and
groves and scattered about without
thSLhe ny or reason. They Chamber up
CANYONS and scramble over the
IIlouhtaln sides. But in the valleys
where appear little stretches of level
lahu' there are seldom trees. These
open out INTO pa-kways and meadows
covered with luXuriant grasses and
plossoming in flowers the varieties of
"hlch mount into the thousands.
SNOW Beds That Never Melt
rom the meadows and the lakes in
ine valleys rise the mountains-tower-
ing masses of rock spotted to tbe
underline with forests and above that
lDe Delt crowned with perpetual SHOWS.
there are many snow beds in the park
tHaI never melt, and there are three
Oh these OF sufficient magnitude to pro-
duce glaciers.
browning the whole are those cloud
eHects produced in the clear air of
.nese sse ATTITUDES and of which it has
oIten been said that they alone were
recompense for trip across a contin-
eht' The altitude and the clarity of
the atmosphere work as strange ma
slc upon the clouds. These become as
substantial and as clear in outline as
the grim walls of a monastery be-
neath which one passes. They pile
IN huge masses about the plateaus, as
though pushed forth by some stupen-
dous volcano. They roll down noun
tain gorges and lie in the roadway
Ihe traveller drives into cloudIet that
mas drltted into his track, is enVeIoped
ior time in its misty folds, and he
drives out of it again into the sun
light.
one of the chief considerations that
led to the creation of this national
park was the fact that it constituted
a region that was already visited by
something like $4,000 people every
summer. Its elevation is so great and
the snow so deep in the winter that
IL is, ditflcult to establish homes here
In which people will want to live the
year round But in summer the eli
mate is so attractive and the condi-
tons lend themselves so ideally to
camping that the fame of the resort
has long been such as to draw many
people to it,
Road From Denver
Just outside the region set aside is
a settlement known as Estes Park.
1t is the gateway to the new reserva-
ton. There are hotels and outfitting
establishments for campers. A good
automobile road leads to the park
from Denver. Considered from the
standpoint of accessibility from the
East, the new park may be reached by
a much shorter and quicker journey
than may any of the old ones. The
vacationist who wants to know what
the big mountains at their best are
like may get the idea here with least
loss of time. Judging from the num-
bers of visitors who have visited it
while the region was still but a part
of the national domain. 1t is expected
that it will soon become the best pat
ronized of the national parks.
The government has not as vet ex-
erted much influence upon the new
park. 1t Is just now in the midst of
the task of selecting rangers and in
augurating its administration. 1t will
follow the general plan under which
the other national parks are adminis-
tered in handling the new playground.
There will be a superintendent who
will enforce the regulations laid down
by the Secretary of the Interior.
Rangers will act ds his aids. There
will be no soldiers in this park as there
are in Yellowstone, as the area is so
much smaller that they will not be