Douglas daily dispatch., 1927-11-20

Imposing nOCel DullC Oh enormous
logs. In the foreground is a village
of Biackfeet Indian teepees, while IN
the background looms range OF
mountainS-real mountains; not make
believeS-like the Adirondacks or the
Catskills The hotel stands at an
altitude of 1900 feet above sea level
while the mountains tower a mile or
more above it, Al group of Blackfeet
Indians on the front porch of the
hotel lends atmosphere and dignity
to the scene. If there is anything
that an Indian has plenty of, it is
dignity. You begin to feel right off
that you are going to have a bully
time at Glacier park.
If you arrive in the early evening
you are obliged to stay over night at
Glacier park hotel However, that is
no hardship, for the hotel, which has
a capacity of more than 400 guests,
is built and operated regardless OF
expense with every modern comfort
and luxury Rates, regulated by the
government, begin at $3.50 day on
the American plan without bath. You
see you are not overcharged here or
elsewhere, for the government regu-
lates prices of everything in all ma
tional parks.
When ready you go on, either in
the morning or early afternoon, in
one of a fleet of gorgeous red open
automobiles, to Many Glaciers hotel,
SIS miles distant, right in the heart
of glacier clad mountains. That auto
mobile ride is something to remember.
In the first place the road is as
nearly perfect as a road can be-
wide, smooth, and free from dust.
It Duns along the foothills out on the
open prairie, up one hill and down
another sometimes reaching an alti-
tude of 5000 feet and alongside beau
tiful lakes and rushing mountain
streams of green glacial water
Perhaps the outstanding feature OF
my memories of Glacier park is the
unbelievable quantity and variety of
wild flowers along the. road. Liter
ally there are square miles packed
solid with these flowers, carpeting
the EARTH with "a blaze of glory
Every hue Of the rainbow is there
with some hueS that no rainbow
would dare attempt. AT each hotel
you will find on table each duly
labelled, specimens of SO varieties OF
these wild flowers If4,sthat is not
enough you may listen to a nightly
lecture on the botany of the park at
Many Glaciers hotel.
This hotel is in an enhancing loca-
tion; no milder word will do it jus
tice. 1t stands SO close to the margin
of lake that you could almost sit
on the veranda and dabble your feet
in the water only idabblit1g in ice
water has little charm for most folk
Except for the narrow gap through
which you enter, the lake and hotel
are eneircled by mountains that
measure fully up to your widest con-
ception of mountains. Serrated peaks
rough and irregular as the teeth, of
much abused saw, tower thousands
of feet above you, while here and
there glimpSes of inviting glaciers
may be caught beyond forest-filled
valleys. The hotel, up-to- the minute
in every detail, can accommodate
600 guests. Lazy folk may stay there
all season, if they will; others will
be eager to wander off on horseback.
or on foot on splendid trails built
and maintained by the government
to points of interest, with the certain
knowledge that a cozy chalet is wait
ing in some convenient spot for them
at nightfall
Two things the visitor to Glacier
park should not fail to do. One is
to take raincoatS and waterproof
shoes whenever he steps out doors
Mountain climate is highly emotional:
it weeps on the slightest provocation..
You may start out in a glorious sun
shiny. day; half, an hour later you
will find yourself in a shower heavy
enough to drench YOU unless you
have "a raincoats and ia another half
hour the sun will be shining brightly
again. The showers are. part of the
fun, provided you are equipped for
them,
Another thing you should do is Ito
stop at the ranger station going in
and arrange StQ have yourself elected
from fthe park at specified time;
otherwise you will not be able to tear
yourself away.
A visit to- Glacier park may be
spent as one chooses. u The tourist
can lounge around the hotels and
chalets, riding III autos or launches,
and leave without getting his shoes
dusty; or he can take guide and
plunge into the wilderness where he
can rough it to his hearts content
The park is a paradise for fisher
men. The lakes and streams are
literally swarning with trout so big
that-well, dare not risk my repu-
tation for veracity by telling you
how big they are. could have
caught lots of those big fellows if 1
had wanted to, but when I thought
of all the poor little minnows that
would be orphaned well, I just didn't
have the heart to do it.
After leaving Glacier park there is
a 24-hour ride to Seattle, every mile
Of it through splendid scenery If
you can spare the time you ought to
take the morning train from the park
and stop over night at Spokane and
go on from there in the morning to
Seattle, or else take the morning
train gon the Spokane, Portland &
Seattle railroad down the gorge OF
the Columbia river, for the sake Of
the view from the car window. 1t is
foo p0Od to miss hvsi NIGHT TRAVELLING