every State. The coming of new railways to Puget Sound and the
development of new facilities for reaching the Mountain make this
certain.[3]

[Footnote 3: For details as to rates for transportation,
accommodations and guides, with the rules governing the
National Park, see the notes at end of the book.]

[Illustration: Snout of Nisqually Glacier, with the river which it
feeds. Though much shrunken since the epoch when it filled the whole
canyon, the glacier is still a vast river of ice; and its front, seen
several hundred yards above the bridge, rises sheer 500 feet. The new
road to Narada Falls and Paradise Park crosses the Nisqually here.
Automobiles are not permitted to go above this point.]

Every step taken for the conservation of the natural beauty of the
Park and its opening to proper use and enjoyment is a public benefit.
Outside the national reserves, our lumbermen are fast destroying the
forests; but, if properly guarded against fire, the great Park forest
will still teach future generations how lavishly Nature plants, just
as the delightful glacial valleys and towering landmarks teach how
powerful and artistic a sculptor she is. Experienced travelers and
alpinists {p.055} who have visited the Mountain unite in declaring
its scenery, combining as it does great vistas of ice with vast
stretches of noble forest, to be unequaled elsewhere in America, and
unsurpassed anywhere. In the fascination of its glacial story, as well
as in the grandeur of its features, it has few rivals among the great
peaks of the world. The geologist, the botanist, the weary business
man, the sportsman, all find it calling them to study, to rest, or to
strenuous and profitable recreation. Here is a resource more lasting
than our timber. When the loggers shall have left us only naked
ranges, without the reserves, the Park may yield a crop more valuable.

[Illustration: Pony bridge over the Nisqually, on trail to Paradise.
Note the granite boulders which the stream has rounded in rolling them
down from the glacier.]

*[Illustration: The road a mile above the bridge, overlooking
Nisqually Canyon and Glacier.]

*[Illustration: On the Pony Trail to Paradise. This trail winds
through the dense forest above Longmires, crosses the Nisqually, and
then follows Paradise River, with its miles of picturesque cascades.
It is one of the most beautiful mountain paths in America.]

Until recent years thi