The Glenwood post., 1924-01-10
u.ele Tets BED Tine Stories
Current Events for the Children
and Grown-ups, Too
PLANNING NEXT
SUMMERS TOURS

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"Now,' said Uncle Ted as he set
tied himself comfortably before the
fire, "that the excitement of Christ
mas is over and we re pretty well into
the New Year, think we better com.
mence to talk about that auto tour
we re expecting to take next summer"
sLet's go to some Of those parks
you were telling us about Jack sug-
gestea
stI think that would be fine, Jack,
but want to tell you something more
about our country, its geography and
industries, before we definitely decide
where we are going. That will help US
with our planning
"Out in California, one of the states
al have told you so much about, are
!" the highest and lowest points of dry
land in the United States. If we want
to see the highest mountain peak in
the possession of the United States
we would have to go to Alaska 80 our
planning will have to do only with the
states. The highest point in the Unit
ed States is Mount Whitney which is
14,501 feet above sea level. The lowest
is in Death Valley which is 276 feet
below sea level"
"I've read a lot about Death Val
ley" said Ruth.
"Maybe we can arrange to go out
there" said Uncle Ted. eff we do
we will see both Mount Whitney and
Death Valley because they are only 30
miles apart.
"The government has been spending
lot of money improving the roads in
all the parks so that the people of the
country can enjoy them more. It used
to be thought that people had to 60 to
Europe to find beautiful scenery or
desirable places for outings, but we
are learning that the United States
has the best in the world. And with
all of our knowledge of what we have
of interest here we are learning some
thing new every year. There is NO
need for anyone to go to Africa for
adventure in exploration when equally
marvellous discoveries are being made
here in our own country
"But I will tell you a little more
about some of our parks. Wyoming as
well as California has some very high
mountain peaks which rise more than
$4,000 feet above sea level. Many Of
these peaks are unnamed and are nearly
double the height of the very highest
mountain in the eastern part of the
country
"I would like to see Mammoth
Cave" said Jack.
Gan boys are interested in caves"
answered Uncle Ted. "Mammoth
Cave is not now in a national park. It
is privately owned and administered
under will, the terms of which pro-
vide that upon the death of the last
named legatee it is to be sold at pub
lie auction to the highest bidder. There
are only two surviving legatees, both
over ninety years of age, so it may BE-
expected that this property will be dis
posed of before many years. It is a
beautiful cave, though, and we will
certainly have to go there some time
I think for this trip we better consider
only the national parks. 80.
"There is the Grand Canon Of the
Colorado which shows the greatest eff
fects of stream erosion, or the constant
wearing away of stone by running wa
ter. Yellowstone has the greatest
geyser basins in the world The oldest
rock formation in America can be seen
in Lafayette National park which is
on the Name coast. Another bit of in
teresting information concerning Maine
is the oyster shell mound near the
Damariscotta river, supposedly made
by prehistoric Indians.'
care we going to Maine?'' asked
Jack ..-
~ don't know exactly what our
route will be, children; it depends a
lot on what you are both interested in.
will endeavor to tell you from time
to time about the different parts of