| Show UR MIT to ax p 44 tj 4 A pd T ROU it s vyt I 1 W 0 jn A Z 4 Z f ai V 1 the diary diy of n eastern tender 4 e 11 aw j roote journey Y over its cent century UT id 44 gy BY PHOTO PHOM CO cd awl 0 Y NN 4 N J rl aft I 1 e 4 y af I 1 t t y wy X mya kcf tw 11 P gf diw r rm v avs 7 EF sy iti S y aisis art N M av a v y 11 yv 7 4 yaw ar 4 f y p y 1 g 4 l A Z api M 7 vv v V laj 4 un NIN ts A iva iv A y rr V 1 A 1 v A V tS tsow WW uwe 6 aka W f r y 3 i w icv N 1 iafe V M x zy az h m AA A A 1 A 4 R 6 V ay iy I f 1 y sa s ayi A a ays yys fei kr Js 4 te rf a ass i h t V n ia rl 4 M i ty vm y S ac S Q fall 44 r 7 A 2 v w foj 7 ay f t w C 1 45 ai fal f F 6 ata W i I 1 y tah i vaar Ks afe c TN bass t 7 ON 4 Z y si fC X 3 A T w wv 1 4 ati a t rw f afen fe WP r 7 vf teM eal ta 2 ra ca 1 in lyv N si 74 r t T 1 11 i t 1 jt J t 7 t S T rt y r wy li i vars vW rS s y A Js 0 jr r 40 k car r ar war cal beisys aw c at on o n t a a a that s a pratt good place to stay mell vie 11 alva always think when were tar far away of montana song of the Glacia ls HE particular cular part of montana albut which this song wai surf lies in the far northwest corner of il the state where the nock hock moun bains their sura n its covered with voth y eternal sno snow N their bases clothed w in pine forests of p perpetual green 44 Ls sn ung oner the canadian border dova down n through the heart of the continent to the ir ions summer lands of mexico lighty lakis sapphire and opil opal op il and diamond clear in the varming lights reflect the blue west net ern sk K threescore living green with the depths ot of ice that trA endures dures seison seaon after tea sea tor for lies the tile the hollows hollons of the giant peaks crystal astrea ns 1 descend I in countless waterfalls oer the brown broun rocks and break the silence of the forest trails in these mount ins left save tor for a few trails I 1 is they were there before the first white men pushed their wi na acro acres s the plains to the further ocean the wild things of af thit that earl wilderness still find a refuge Acus accustomed custom tomed pd to think of montana as a stat of cattle ces big wheat cropo crop arid and the home of copper we e know nothing of thin pirt part of it this lind of delight let we in fit common with ith some borne of other americans are its owners Cong congress Tess in one of its moments ct wisdom two icara ears ago set it aside as a national possession to be as chief two guns gung said a playground tor for all tile th people rich and poor white and indian forever it Is ib no now glacier national pirk park and there iro ire some 1 square miles within its borders you mav ro im through it tor for a month and never tread the came ground twice it 11 was iab b pony that a party of eastern astern tender tenderfeet feet fresh from occupations in which ex arci e is it a discount and locomotion Is mostly b street car explored the pirk park a fan fc weeks ago the emerged from a two tho weeks bitile after ome me tribulation tIon hard as nails arid and health as fly E this talf daiev is a brief record of their experiences two tuo efte mont Thurs thursday daN it is elslie miles from the pirk park p irk gateway at mid vale tale to the first chalet at iwo ItTe medicine dicine but these ar arc ifor itani kilps and as old fold fald if thea lie would only sell jou ou land on the mon tani tana and let aou ou resell it on tho the pastern ecale it would be a mighty satisfactory tran acolon the trail led ove several small arid and on through foresti of pine ind ecru scrub oak but always it led ed upward uphard a little neater the snow capped mountains inclosing the garcen allaead the pace paca dropped to an easy wilk w lk the horse feet tell fell noiselessly upon the thick pine and scarcely sc arcel a sound disturbed tho forest peace late afternoon came all too soon A sudden turn in the trail brought into view vieh a i ett log chalet beside a deep lake tile tho coming coining down to its very edge smoke A riad from the lie cook house chimney suggesting I 1 cd d bilings to eat cat the ponies conlea bako into a trot and tor for the moment saddle soreness was vias forgotten this was ano two medicine tho the end of the first stage of our journey journe cutbank camp pride friday leaving two tho medicine we rode roda anay aw ay in a golden morning A light hoar frost sprinkled the grass the sun was rolling a curtain of white mist upward front from the violet sides of rising wolf ot mountain upward tho the trail wound the horses picking their wa va oner 01 er fallen trees now dipping into beasts east hollows now climbing a slippery bank one rode at an angle of 45 degrees forward arid and bayward bak ward alternately the trees grew gren thinner and sc scribbler scrub bier natures nature s stunted stepchildren step children the official tenderfoot poet called them and the trail steeper until we nis emerged aloft almost at the timber line presenta Presen tl we ie riding in a flurry flurr of snow flakes that hid mountain arid and ellei A cloud rift letting through a gleam of sunlight revealed our enow falling as rain in the valley below noon caroe came and luncheon it was mas hardly more than tour four hours since breakfast yet et hunan eyes watched tire the preparations until at length was heard a call which tor for music grateful to the ear will mill nei neier or be equaled in the metropolitan opera house that call consists of four sll syllables ables grace notes they might he be called it if this were any sub eject for mero inere fril olita it runs like this coome an git it it Is tho the park summons to meals the rush nish follows we got it and proceeded on our way nay non new heartened though the Neat weather ber had still a new variation for us the last section of the eighteen miles from two medicine was traversed through a heavy drizzle and the going was havy lake st mar 9 saturday Satur dai daj e had started from cutbank Cu thank in belter trim than on the da dai before and were riding more at east around the head bend in the trail ahead swept a bind of painted indians drums beating and eagle feathers streaming in the breeze A few fen pates paces from our leading file them the reined in their ponies formed line and made guttural sounds fco of uncertain import georae star black toot foot interpreter trotted to the trout front chief two guns announced mr starr inda eating caring a stal stalwart indian in it headed beaded buckskin and a chiefs chief a aar war bonnet C ilet ilef jim white calf indicating handsome indian both sons of oft olaa man white calf baad daad now great chief they tome to vel welcome corne jou ou to park big nicoll moon medicine man mr mir dig big moon nodded pleasants plea for three daja da s lie makes medicine to have fine N weather cather N while hile j oil ouro ra in par park ibe narrows upper st marys lake monday leming tho horses to be bricked up later we journeyed today b motor launch up st marys lake to this point where still a new nei phase of this NN western estern scenery presents pro bents itself the lake nar rows as aou ou ascend and the mountains come closer becoming as it on more intimate terms with humanity very near seemed their brown sides banded with hith gray and black and snow coi cohered ered summits in tho the cleir air A tiny glacier in a narrow gulch joked so alosa that iou would expect to throw a stone upon its surface with kith ease the guide slid said it was lias a full three miles ana aw a lake mcdermott wednesday we have seen deen miny many beautiful sights but the unanimous verdict on reaching camp tonight was that the days ride had bad been the most beautiful ride of all at which tom dawson the veteran chief guide smiled he Is used to these tenderfoot raptures NI why hy he said you haven t seen anything to speak of 0 yet this Is on the beginning beautiful lake sherbourne was vas passed at a canter tor for the tenderfeet tender teet feet bj b this time have be come hardened to the saddle and eich each riders pane pan Is his best friend toward evening we came upon i a nei nc and strange sight by the remnants of a grass grown gron n stage road NN we e reached a group ot of log houses larger and more preten creten dons than most the guide explained this Is altan a dead town it was built up ti a copper mining prospect but the prospect was a pocket and the pocket soon gave out then eer body went away avay it has been desert ed ten 3 ears we left alan alt n behind and in a few minu minutes tes were in quite a different spot the like lake me dermott chalets chafets ire are grouped about a waterfall around which the mountains stand sentinel their summits as we he saw them first were flushed with pink in the evening light arid and inspired new adjectives of admiration all too weik lake mcdermott friday yesterday we rode to iceberg lake and siw saw our park in still another guise we passed through a forest of giant christmas trees with the snow thick upon their branches and the whole world green roen beneath then skirted the steepest mount mountains aim encountered in all our travel hitherto climbed the famous golden stairs and at list last reached a valley where on three side hugs huge cliffs looked down doun upon a sapphire like set in a sea of white on one side a glacier cantu rles ries old an inch or so a ear down the steep rocks its waters maters beding the lake whose surface Is dotted with huge cakes of tee ice the th hottest day in august Is i cool at iceberg lako lake and finds the glacial fragments frag menti floating there art aa though it were early spring today WP hp traveled to still another beauty spot bracer Cr acer lake haunt of the big horn sheep whose tricks hero here and there were seen on upon the snow s smooth surface Tor tomorrow wo we move on ward nard to lake mcdonald and homeward lale mcdonald cDonald Al monday monda here on the parks western vestern border arid and bi b the sid side of the largent mamy say the most beautiful of all its many lakes wo hive spent our last di da d i our exploration ep lonton Is at an end for here the outside world makes itself felt again hobnailed booth boats and khaki short skirt ind and swelter sweater hers here meet the habiliments of civilization upon a corn com mon men foot footing iniz we slid said good bye to our trusty I 1 ponies onles yester day and toda we tramped it to tho the royal gorge and waterfall which are ara Mc mcdonald Donalda s chief beau ties most of tho the folk who have been to the part arle are going back there our own oan west also has ita lt spell |
