Richmond daily register. (Richmond, Madison County, Ky.) 1917-1978, 1922-01-13

| The mighty rock that stands as sentinel,
O'er-shadowing the trees beneath its
wall.
The rushing roar OF waters as they fall
With rainbow tinted spray. all. all impel
/ The thoughts OF man to turn to Deity.
This Is the message from Yosemite.
Crater Lake
Miss Crater Lake, fttlngly in blue,
/ had this to say in rhyme:
| In far-oit Oregon there lies
lake OF wOndrous hue
Not even cloudless summer skies
Are such cerulean blue.
In wildly contrasting shades.
Its bloOd-red walls rise clear.
A gorgeous ring OF palisades
Buttressed ard bold and sheer.
Although you travelled many a mile.
This stirring trip to take.
I'm sure you found II worth your while
To visi; Crater Lave.
Mount Rainier.
Miss Mount Rainier was also strong
on description and verse. Here's her
piece:
Among tho mountains ~ the West
Those mighty c~anite masses
Raiuicr's the one I love the best
Its majesty surpasses.
crown cf everlasting white
rs day I'm sunlight cleaning.
A spectral crown when seen At night
v lille all the world lies dreaming.
AMI through tho SHOW. IN contrast rare.
Tho trees grow tail and slender.
1.
Where flowers bloom in splendor.
And every spot affords view
That satisfies tho hunger
I'm sure Il you coma hack that you
Wnl feel whole lot younger
Yellowstone
Miss Yellowstone had So much 10 |
say about tho oldest and biggest OF
the national parks that she wisely re-
iccicd poetry for prose:
from all the mountains ard the valleys
OF Yellowstone. bring you greeting.
From the mighty river and the lake
whose beauty il as vet untouched by the
vandal hand OF commercialism. l bring
you greeting.
And from the mammoth hot springs and
the playful geySers and the crannies and
crags and the Eagles nest. and the can
yons and the water falls. and from the
Elk and the Buffalo. the Brown Bear
and ene Grizzlies and even tile Mountain
Sheep and the Antelope. ever grateful for
a safe haven from the hand OF the hunt
er. from ali OF them. I bring you greet
Ings.
And not to be outicne. all the trees big
and ll;tie. and ell the rest OF the growing
things in Yellowstone Joln IN the wish
that your three score OF years may be
heightened far beyond the allotted span.
Rocky Mountain. !
Miss Rocky Mountain. with the pert
ness of youth. seized the opportunity,
10 take whack at a few who have
been stirring up opposition to local
national park service policy. Her
troubles, however, are practically
over. inasmuch as both the Estes Park
Chamber of Commerce and the Den
yer Civic and Commercial association
have Endorsed the policy in question.
Miss Rocky Mountain was modest as
we'll as pert. for in spite of her youth
and the "silly strife" she leads all the
national parks in attendance by a
wide margin. Here's her contribu.
ton:
] feel quite young and immature.
In fact. you might say insecure
For / am Rocky Mount1in Park.
las hard at times 10 tell my friends
From those who seek some selfish erNis;
They almost leave me in the dark.
But / am sure that you'll sgree
That N my friends are good to me.
And put an end to silly strife.
And not find fault. 1; won't be long
Before ! grow quito big and strong.
And live 4 very useful life.
Hope Of the Future.
And then Miss Yosemite wound up