The Sunday Oregonian. (Portland, Ore.) 1881-current, November 02, 1913, SECTION SIX, Image 69

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K SECTION SIX
Magazine Section
Pages 1 to 8
VOL. XXXII.
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PORTLAND, : OREGON, , SUNDAY MORNING, NOVEMBER 2, 1913.
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On The Road To Mt. Rainier-.
r I lHE nearer one approaches Mount Rainier, the more impressive its great mass becomes. One firsx
begins to realize fully the immensity of the peak in the fine view obtained from - the 'National I
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ernment road upward from the Inn. The view shown above is taken from this road about half way be
tween the Inn and the great frozen face of Nisqually glacier. Tha road winds and twists fantastically.
One may look down the hillside and see three or four , switchbacks snaking through the trees below.
Foothill peaks that would be real mountains to an Easterner rise as mere pigmies at the base of the
mountain that was God. Huge firs grow thickly over the tops of , these lesser peaks and give rise to
wonder at the extent of the forests that clothe the altitudes to the snow line. The air; is perceptibly
keener and thinner and-long before , the glacier, Is in sight, reminds one of a refrigerator.
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