THE JIOItNIXG ASTORIAN. ASTORIA. OREGON. ooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooocoooooooooooooooooooo ASTORIA IRON VORKS SAVE MT. RAINIER "rVleDe-ale ITLaiUva.ol.llw JOHN FOX. Pre, and Hoyt r L BlbliOP. Koeretary A.UFOX.VleePrea, A8TOKIA AVLVOa BA5K,Traafl AT, JAnvAIT ea, Vn.Mnb.o.Rcport of Expert Committee on Preser vation of Magnificent Mountain Park. i pooooooooooooooooooa (tujimaa E. T. rwn, of the Im portant enmmltta making in4 lubmit tmg following rrputt, ae ft gm-et t the HuUl Owidans' on Thursday, Mil In eiavretitM witti ft reporter if the A'litrlan gave a glow leg diwcrlp' (Ion of the great Itainler .-, which tigstlng Jour and complete circuit about the mountain. "These oummllteatnen har prepared 11m following report, and bre lib beg leave to lulimlt it to your consider tHa s a disinterested xprlon of the ;- ami reeommendation of made tb reporter ivgrrt hla Inability aatttrelover ami mountaineer. in take It down In abort hand, but tb quality of lib dowrlplliia an4 hla v Vut perfM faith In th neeeaslty of reserving tlio park, a YaatmiU and Yellow stooe. and Mt. Hood, art resrrr. d, gWe egeellmt ground fur submit ting lb entire report (a tkU betulf to "il iittWIc, and It la dot. In th hoi. "Vary re.pfet fully, "WAS. K. IAV. W. A. WtOGKS. R p. f-iiRi.noy. "AUEN SAMSON', "E. T. I'ARSONB, Chairman. "It a km pruvUloo (bat Mt M tlw Mt. lUlnler National Path l.ublt aentiimnl t may be riued a twrnMnal rfmathm for the enloy throughout th northwest for tha An-jm-ol and bnwflt of tbo eiti-trn of aur al and euwplet exemption- of thl ji.im- ennntry and every cr ahould mauuitWnt art..i as a nalbmal park tUn to preawe It la ita aatlv rerret , - attrartlriei f.ir the generation to "To tbo Fresldent of tha Vnitad Hlatea.'mma. Hueh waa the unaolmoua oplnl- an. I tha forretary of tba Interior! !on of tba larga and distinguished body "At a meeilmr bald durlni tba Joint Ml woman, rapNnting In Outing of tha M.uma Club and th J ""'lr no leaa tbaa twenty-two Siena Club la July, iwa In I'amdUa ' American college and unlv.reitiae, In 1'ark, of tba Ml. Rainier Katlooal eo'or"lr wits wnoee m tba eommll. I'ark, at wbhb meeting were present jt mMnl ih Prwnt owaa If also lepreaentalWee of tlta American."""""" Alpine Hub, and tha Appalachian Moun tain Club, a rtilntin waa unanimou'ly 'Though tba obMrratlona of tba ma jority of tha member of tha committee diiptcd to appulnl a eommittaa rjra-j ciwfinad to tbt aoutbarly port dm anting thoaa pnwnt from tha mambarVof tha rarva and principally to the alilp of theaa ornlitiin, to rfport Jitiit kuuwa aa Taradiao Park, it la to th pHMidrttt of tba I'nitrd Htataa f It iu.i, In grnrral, what i trua hem and to tba fWatary of tbt Interior, aplira with aqual fon-a to all ati-tiona n tba praaant conditiua of thia Nation-'f tba grant raaarratloa. al Paik, and to rammmand iitcb action "iuau of It coniparativa acraa for ita kattarmant aa might appaar d-' t,ilitjr to tba larga cltian of Oregon aliaWA land Wa.hlnKton. Mt. Raink-r National "Tha following aommlttaa waa ap-, Park, and Paradia Paik la particular, Alplno Club) W. A. BftMika, of Apiala-(a pbaaura ground for thouuoda of -hiaa Mountain Club) E, P. Shaldoa, of ""'l, aa tha Atllrondacka and tha Maaama Cluli E. T. Paron, Chairman,' Whita MiMintalii ara fur tba Inkabl of Sirra Club. I tanta of aaitarn aiatra. "To tbia eommittaa waa added Aldan I "Situatal jiat below tba anow Una ftantpaoa, neanlly gama praaarva ax-'on ML Rainier, tha grandeur and pert of the I'alted fitatea Diologicai ( beauty of tba region are , uneurpatd. fiurva, The tu praaaat during tha Tha lowea alopea are covered with grand encampment, and who mada aa Invca- fore.U. which give way at lilher altl- tudi-a to tba open park country wbere tha valleya and billnhlea are carpeted with greea award apangled with myrlda of wild flow en, and ornamented with clumpa and grorea of aub-alplna in and eprueee, and bardjr mountalnerra of the botanical world. The veKrtatloa extend up Uie nuniniinl to nearly tlx thouaand feet, above which the tone of anow and Ire whe eternal white nee makee Rainier a landamrk for the traveler and a beacon for tba Bailor while they are yet ecorra of nil Ira away. "Riling wet of tl Cacade Divide and withla eight of the Paciflo ocean, where the landward breesee diatributa an enormoua anow and rainfall during lx montha of the year, Mt. Rainier baa a grrat glarier ayatem outranking In thia reapect aa It dura in height any mountain lit Xdrth) America outeida of Alaaka. Ita area of glad era and perpetual anow covert 52,000 acraa, and it rieee In magnificent outline to a heitfht of 1028 feet above the ea level. Within tba limit of rradlae park j on of tha lafgeet glacier, the Xia-I qually, pre down below timber-line, In the park, din barging Into the river of the aam name. Two other, tba ParadU and Co lit a, are alo w ithln walking diatanee. "On the oppoalte aide of the valley from Mt, Rainier, aero the Paradlae' river rle the charp, rugged peak,j of the Tatooeh range, beyond wboneJ aerratad ky-1in from high point with-' In th park may b aeen Adama, St. Uelent, Hood, and other anow pak. i To th rlen(lt, whether he be butanUt, geologiit, of toologit to th artiat In aearva of grand aubjecU fur hla canva'i to the camper who love to pitch hi tent wbere he may Uiten to the muaie of falling water and 811 hi lung with th pure breath of the billet to tba mountain climber reeking height worthy of hi ambition; or to tit ( rmA man tmilnM rhn weary brain demand ret away from J (Continued on page ft I I iLcer Deer" THE i DEER FOR THE HEALTHY WEALTHY AND WISE, oa draught and la bottle lraw4 alter anUnr eoadllloM aa rvpMiy e right kara ta Aatarla. N:rth Pccinc ASTOSIA, OSIGOH. II ll. 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