El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1917-04-21
Mount Mckinley, Alaska's Scenic Frank c csrpsns,
Wonder, to Be Made National Park "'9sa pen By Frank
Highest of American Peaks New
Accessible Attempts Climb Mt Mckinley

the Kantishns- He made the trip up
the mountain IN partnership Win tne
srchdeacon, the latter furnishing SiVvV
for expenses against MS eNpeilell,-'
and the understanding being that tn
two were TO divide the proceeds Whicf
were TO come from Archdeacon stuck )
book and lecture describing the ascent.
Harry tells me that his snare OF tns
ROYALTIES amounted to ISL, and that ne
got all told about SLIGO out OF the
trip. The men were - days on the way.
Of which 80 days were spent gong Up
and only two coming down on can
get q graphic description OF the
Journey by reading Archdeacon Stuck ;
book entitled The Ascent OF Mount
Denall.-' although doubt whether YOU
will find there the statement winch
con played out at the last and that he
had 10 carry him on his back TO the
top
Suggests Hotel on slope
Beiuore Browne thinks il viii pay
the government well to establish "A
hotel on the slope of Mount Mchln-
ley. and to build an automobile road
from the railway 20 it He says the
tourist traffic will warrant almost any
expense that the government might
undergo in that way. and that as soon
as the road is completed there VIII o.
"a great deal OF travel on account N
Mount Mckinley alone
One of the wonders OF the park viii
be the wild animals which thronE that
region and which now that they are
to he protected by the government VIII
make the park the largest and best
populated game preserve of this con-
tinent The only place 7 know that
VIII al all compare with it is the stri0
two miles wide running from Nom
hasa. on the east coast Of Africa, 20
Lake Victoria Nceyanza. sea miles in
land. That strip. a mile wide on eacn
side of the railroad. fairly swarms with
zebra and antelope Of various kinds.
You may see CRATES. oStriches AMI
gnu. animals which nave horns Ike q
COW and tail like a horse, from the
.ar windows, and We're II not against
the law vou could easily Kill zebra
with pistol as you stand on the plaI-
form 7 have counted hundreds OF ze-
bra in an hours ride. and I venture
that I saw MORE than 1000 sntelopes IN
a single trip through British East
Africa The animals nave learned that
they are safe when near the railroad
and they do not stop feeding as the
train passes
Ii will be the same in the Mount NJ
Kinley Park That region has thou
sands of caribou. or American reindee--
BeImore Browne saw I25 in one bunch.
and the animals sometimes move hack
and forth over the park IN droves OF
thousands. Charles sheldon tens ne
that he counted 500 mountain sheep in
one day, and the whole park IS the
home Of these. the most beautiful or
the sheep kind II is also the home %
The bear and the beaver. II has moose
in the low timber and bushes along the
stream and there are foxes. rabbits ard
lynx. and the many varieties of birds
which are to be fOund in Alaska It
will he the most interesting place tor
the study OF natural history. Protected
by law. the most OF The animals viii
become so tame that *hey will not run
at the approach Of the tourists and
they will be preserved for all time
among the wonders OF our national
fauna