Show T SCENIC NIC playgrounds OF AMERICA dy by 0 M h 1 K 1 i eternal ice I 1 I 1 E amazing variety of tile the natural tural wonders appearing in esterre es terrt north america Is nowhere more strikingly displayed dis plumed than alian in our contrasting national resources of perpetual uil ice and apparently inexhaustible boiling avate anter millions of americans know of old faithful geyser gesser Fire firehole hole take lake roaring mountain the frying g ilan the minute man alan find and other yellowstone park wonders which contribute tons of boiling water to the missouri river system every day of the year in delightful d cou contempt tempt of old man alan weather and his winter rampages thousands of 1023 1028 and 1020 1029 visitors to the park also know of the new imperial geyser a spirited debutante of tile summer slimmer of 1028 1928 which twice dally daily spouts to a height of feet or more from two to eight thousand tons toils of water this volume which involve a contIn continuous unus two hour eruption would water a city of perhaps people but very few people have stopped stop to contrast tills this national legacy of gur ma a i V 4 V Z the carbon glacier gle hiss and stearn steam with an equally interesting te phenomenon of perpetual leu masses which defy the summers heat waves just ns as unconcernedly as tile the geysers gebers face the prophecy of a long hard winter very few americans realize that there are acres and acres of perpetual ice fee within the united states nione at less than halt half tile the ele atlon of the famous bolling boiling water basin tar far lower than denver keno ileno the black hills summits or the grand canyon rim and even lower titan than many appalachian Appa lachlin uplands of the atlantic sea seaboard boardl 1 more amazing perhaps Is the fact that the lowest loest hut but least known ice bank lies within 53 miles by air or nr 75 by auto of a city of half a million people and that only an eusy easy hike alike of less titan than two miles Is needed to reach tile the foot cliff of immemorial ice fee from tile the auto road tills this lowest american ice held field Is tile the carbon glacier elevation feet on the north side of mount etain ter in the state of washington like some of the immense prehistoric ice teeth of glacier national park which ate out deep box shaped slipped cliff w walled ailed valleys only to melt away completely in their dept depths lis the carbon glacier although in general a part of the octopus shaped lee ice pattern which reaches practically to the summit of tile the peak has in fact grinned gnawed so deeply into its mountainside bed that a towering precipice wall of its own making now completely isolates it from the summit glaciers hy by contrast its southern slope rival the better als qually glacier which finally dies it a dirty ignominious death at feet amid tile stares of bus bundled humanity en route to paradise valley begins on tile the summit craters rim and loses two full miles of elevation before its final boulder burled burlea and almost shame faced wilting there Is defiance and grandeur rather than lhnn apology however in the imposing precipice of ice fee with which tile the dogged old carbon glacier makes its last flow bow after fighting its way GOO COO feet lower low er mount lount rainier pronounced renear re near Is reached by highway from seattle or I 1 iacoma wash usually b uie ie long luire paradise valley route which also permits rail travel as ansar ar as ashford via the milwaukee road the carbon glacier Is cast easily ly accessible in dry weather only and via to instead In of ashford Ash foid fairfax Is cached eclied by tile northern pacific pacina rall railway way but inquiry should be made regarding automobile transportation the othe 15 miles travelers des desiring iring to go on a glider glacier with will bali safety and information at as well as thrills will find guide parties available by foot at P paradise valley rainier and by horse and foot la in glacier national park montana z E 1930 western newspaper union I 1 |