The Seattle Star Newspaper, February 25, 1902, Page 4

4 THE SEATTLE STAR. MT. RAINIER, THE GIANT =» «s| SER ES = VOLCANIC PEAK, CROWNED WITH THREE DEEP CRATERS a the glacier It repays the tourlat to ‘ Steam Caves in the Solid Ice Form a Mysterious <2 Sis wee ye eat ie ae of thin glacier for about one-hal , 5 5 F ; ald thee | mite, then crossing diagonally to , benders, Fy which an ascent may be made into ag . “ ; Y be ised fh Paradise park, little below Camp ke ‘ « ‘ AClerR OF a of the Cloud ed no 1 n pena Paradise Park , , of rope SUBLIME SCENES WITNESSED ABOVE THE CLOUDS :*:2c%%¢3) © eae fe ean t above er, Crossing ‘ ead are - 5 ; , " bent £ food above the How to Reach Rainier and Ascend the Snow-clad Slopes---A Com- (Snes, cump oc ; . : ‘ f f pair of blankets make tise park, althou rm - 7 . ; plete Description of the Trip From This City---An Account a, bende crystal atreame'and with A VIRW IN PARADIBE VALLEY, wer sight and sour xhing water falls may be of Early Explorations---Subsequent Discoveries Uwe weeks sojourn in thi enchant | and an 1996 the Mine Annie Ha profitable, remembered eattic, and Mra, H. F. Garretaon Made By Seatile People thin im practically an unexplored re-| of Tucoma wdded thelr namvew {0 ne roll of the daring imb yonder Deak, to discover a Has Three Distinct Peaks aa tentiet ‘ter xenze wel “eae mit of Mt. Rainier con-| !* Columbia's Crest Fh Hop Bhould the objective patnt of th of itm two crat rint be Columbia's creat, the ser rth peak, catled Lit ent for a guide whould be mecured Adrens of the ne of The south side of the mountain wt rty, In making the ascent the ; ped from pably chat » of tour jective point in Crater peak. Lit os seneaetinne = for some tim come, on ac-| erty Cap can be reached from th peterpan vad count of Ite accessibility, The north center peak by descending about 1,0 roaching storm, tractions unsurpasned by any other umt "gbove the crater. Va » Trump part of the reserve. Seattle park foot ton the r r > the m h side, can Be reached by the tain beehive-shaped mars of this phenomen “= old Ralley Willis trail and Klysian | snow plied up between the two cra fields, on the northeast wide, by the! ters Forests on Mount Rainier Carbon river tral, which is the most, The top of Crater peak hax not yet | The First Explorers t Jeano. Portions of th wh as the ‘weather | rims of beth craters bare | ¢ tain, which can be! Lieut. A. V. Kauts was probably) 1)'n% of bath oral Pf heat extrem the first person to attempt to find a BE od lg a euibly from venne path to the summit of Mt. Rainter Clouds of Crater Steam pe: ‘That was in July, 1807, and the route) places the grout , Imont. tnvar chonen was the rocky pur that ex-| to alt Steam Ie « in the form tends from Peak Suc -|caping in thin clow: : « and seems to] | mire’s aprings. Th tenant the rocks that compore the , t ton » ORF | a soldier by the - In Jets from numerous sma 1 ing du reached the rt e found im some parts of the cra’ « ant t is vi | peak with Peak Suc and could Steam also jewnes from the center of e mts 4 A, Ser vey bly gained the top with: the crater, melting great pareages In < apt but retains : f i Mate Ge ‘etanai® & CONTAIN ING THE STEAM CAVES. “ ‘at . eg " ret vid . * piece of © makes i P or traveling ft th mead it leads NAINIER. What do you know about Mt./ «ether! Why, then, take any other the wagon road which starts from . outing? South Seattle and runs muyaliup, 3 Rainier? In order to reach Mt. Rainier you a distance of % miles, From Puya y , ‘ ‘Time and again you have glanced | munt first go to Puyallup, or to Ta- lup the road is Indleated on the ac-| “ A VEIW © across the intervening hills and your|coma. From either town you will|companying map. Thia route from " ‘ find country roads in good condition | Seattle is a little longer, but ghose| . ; rk! ature's profusion astonishes| Cassiope they are sing! oopir ack and two eyes have rested upon the familiar!) tung over to the National park. |asine it are not ebilend to tasers | (| ‘i ‘ . park! . Nature's profusion nishes| Cassiope they are single, drooping! sack and smcks of ‘ on were cover not patches ix, half hidden In the ieaves with an fi sack o white cone which stands ‘out s0/in the center of which lies the great their camp equippage and other j ; : after ucre;| “On the rock cliffs 0 = hand-| ing a flap to pull ove era! a th ky. ee Mects at Teceme: as & alea prac- a pate Syiraea, bearing dens f ll ke t vscaenengea a ps 4 oon it would be ae well if starting » to take the train at Se-| p a, {0- will keep one warm 5 ‘ r it be wet rose-colored flower from Tacoma to leavg there in go to Puyallup and have ; 5 “ i i tywhere @ and many of t miles away and you have probably| the early morning. on a stage which |» See Caras ok weadinese ter | : : * Singers vagal seeker ane Information of Value Been seized with a momentary im-| starts from the Hote Donnelly. The t rip to Mt cage The dis-| " ‘ #9 Flowers in Profusion if latter is a charming The well known Seattle pulae to run over there for an ufter-| Cast Per passenger Ix 88 for the Found | tan mn Puyallup to the moun 5 : rte Sacto gr 9a via Big rapher, fd. 6. Carta a earn getge nen | {2 10 Longmire’s Springs, near tr Just ebuut the i Most conspicuous perhaps is. the ¥ covered by tte larg 1 up to the sumintt of Raines aa of Mt. Rainte 2 rom Taco ale ah-pink aster, commonly| purple bell shape has furnished The Sta But how would you get there? An Excellent Road 7 ry stables at Puyallup = Ps stalen by the tourists. So ower stream trickles ov e flustrations used in til What would you find? Not a dozen are somewhat more reasor dundant im this that it frequently | the rocks are sure to be p says that he took one 7 Persons in all Seattle couid tell you ten ts going it would cost les F from Tacoma, when pri i occupies the ground to the exclusion | from T: a to the sum from personal knowledge and expe-| pecial conveyances. The road Is Vit) conveyances are to be hired, . count ee eraip’ lean pre? Little Monkey Flower oubinta anal hook Sinn EES Gnd POCERIY. Het. ween: i. a tir Maia ot te tar ana, Some Wonderful Springs fy tiful is a handsome blue snd | low by the miminuttve little monkey | tal expense af $25 per person, —— ee eel onere it eaters tee perk. Any crai-| Pongmireegeiiammare worth viett-| the curious flowered painted cup. The| flower. Like a great many other’ occupying two weeks. ME mesion. nary driver can take a vehicle over|ing for a few days. The water of last is remarkable for its variety o Mysteries of the Mountain | the road to Longmire’s some one of the raineral springs —ail | . coloration. Commonly it ts a beau- One hundred thousand people Lake Park, just beyond Tacoma, t#| different—will sult any particular| ‘ tiful deep crimsan, but al} Mpa goon Beattie scan the great volcano w reached at hoon and Hatonville at| case. And the bathe—delightful! To| . 4 from this to yellow are seen. and no out knowing the first thing about its| night the asme dey. There the trav-| stand in those bathe and feel the : “ prenty s Sem Bee ee on wed wonderful mysterfes. It has been stops at a little country inn,| warm water bubbling up from the ers. A pretty Knotweed with oblong many years since any Seattle news-| where good table fare ix served and | earth's int ated by Its subter- | f i heads of shiny white flowers te also paper has given even a partial de-| the beds aré white and clean. ranean fires, is @ novelty and a lux-| ‘ : ‘ Jabundant. in great profusion ts the gcription of Rainier, and none of! This ride ta fei nterest.| ury not to be missed. The hotel may | Alaska valerian, ring great co- them has ever published detailed in-| Several beautify are passed, | be wanting In modern conventence, | , 3 4 rymbs of pinkish white flowers, de- formation which would enable people| Ghop and Clear being among the but it possesses a charm in be-| ey then si ; , An abundar to go there with full knowledge of| prettiest ing in keeping the sur ‘ve : ei " ta furnished ‘by several ap route, the time required to make| 1 arney is <emumed early|roundings, Carved out of th ats 4 (ea of Arnica, the b trip, the expense, ¢ the next morning and at noon | cedars of forest and painted ; yale : eins ke ; we Seven years ago M . §. In-| Ashford’s postoflice. sometimes aiso| with ochre from & mine near f "9 t fir graham of Seattle issue small, | called Kernahan's, ie reached. Up to| by. it ts typical of plonesr lite in th Wea 3 : uitercupa Mustrated pamphlet, en-| this point the road has been excel-| far Weat. The host and hostess, sata ut : . le plant ts the mountain gentian tled The Pacific Forest F and | lent. Bicycles could easily traverse it.| Mr, and Mra. Longmire, provide well | ; i BS > , . with ite 20 or more stems each te ‘Mt. Rainier, in which he described| Pressing ¢ e he second elr guenta at $1.50 per day. The . — aE inated by the bluest of blue b ‘organdie ‘The hard timem how. | he liked ever tone amphitheatre of about 2 acres, LOOKING DOWN A CANYON OF A MOUNTAIN STREAM } F MT. RAINIER Wears a Plumed Cap 11d not know of the shelter aftorded| celebrated stear ay sa halt by the # ‘ on account| would furnish of its be flernoon they| shelter at nll tim NISQUALLY GLACIER NEAR TH E SUMMIT. thereafter the! t the mouth unding flowe trad ¢ and form # pleasing contrast tn the mire to the f mass of 1 now and then the up as the supersiltious nature of the red man would permit him tof They reached and named Peak St #, then crossed to the middle p and named that, spending the nig smaller Stevens and V Trum nen the Longmi powed the climbers ny hey hypily % < ee : : ie VIEW OF THE SUMMIT FROM INGRAHAM GLACIER: e summit by the northe M4 » "i — limbing to an altitude of 13,800 feet = mountain plants, the blossom of this | says that e can do it again aad Ly do Cone and hafl storm 1 what x a * ie Indeed it seems remarkable that f ta to be an impassabl we AN é plant only one-half an inch higt xper He _ believes fA Pgs PS ose att ~ Bane ¥ with minute leay uld bear flow * 5 Mt, Rati whter ‘Mate Gate . 3 é ‘ ers mh in length thousands of # Ingraham Gets Ther } § "ia the Sabee Ghihinte th xpenses incues the cliffs the Alpine e, camping 1 back. In 1888 Ingraham ather party for the pur , Ways ocours, Its de k ides and ying the ent the fronds form 1 bee ined by John Mutt . ys. Niaqually rive Keith, an artist, who ’ tat n cliffs and th ponte . sterial for Piet \. ain plants form nm pour forth & genuine m pl ter Sey + 4 . tirely to the exclu hile the th. ¥ nd at Yelm Van ¥ } plants, None of th agreeable acidity duc 7 * - ¥ est x or a active t ‘ , Up a Mountain Trail deemed certain. The Gibral-| pack a Dae : corymbs of its pretty 4 aint " oad ends at an choren and a s os Superficial th r How to Visit Rainier Pp Age lt made. But two hour TOWARD TATTOOSH RANGT. piri anne Manga apg there during weed by Mr. Mulr on! must ha r ¢ sven, tall and stately in the sea ally quite differ ter of ‘th The flow dis HINGTON d by a high battlement of ba dene bend ord at t to be an a tion, climbir ¥ f nks 6 M 5 aptior " The meadows proper mit if you rn n to rl between the altitude 000 h 100 feet, and excepting the « he ridges and a seatt hi and there, are b ¢ Here we find the Alpine fir handsomest of its tribe, ground and rising t i A rath, | above it, The contest with th