sleep in tents. One is located near park headquarters, 5 miles from the lake, and the other directly overlooking the lake. At the latter point a handsome stone building is under construction and to a limited degree will be used during the season of 1914. The kitchen and dining room will be used at the opening of the season, and rooms as fast as they can be finished and furnished. Two wooden buildings heretofore used as a kitchen and dining room will be remodeled and used for sleeping accommodations. Tents will also be provided for those desiring them.

Free camping privileges are open to the public, subject only to rules and regulations of the Department of the Interior.

FISH AND GAME.

There are no fish in any of the waters of the park, except the lake itself and Anna Creek below the falls. The lake is abundantly supplied with a fine quality of rainbow trout and at least one other variety, the nature of which I am unable to determine. No fishing is permitted except by hook and line, and a limit of five in one day is maintained. The fish are large and the flesh is firm. A few have been taken 28 inches long, weighing 6 or 7 pounds.

The park abounds in black and brown bear, black-tailed deer, cougar, lynx, timber wolves, coyotes, pine marten, fisher, several varieties of squirrels, ringtail grouse, the common pheasant, and numerous varieties of birds common to the country at large, as also the Clark crow.

While there are many deer in the park, they are rarely seen along the roads, for the reason that heretofore dogs have been permitted to run at large and probably chase them, causing them to become shy. However, the department has issued orders forbidding loose dogs to run at large, which order will be strictly enforced, in consequence of which deer will doubtless become a common sight for visitors.

FOREST FIRES.

During the past season there were several small forest fires, apparently caused by careless campers. In one case they were apprehended, and as the offense was accompanied by the destruction of live trees, the offenders were ejected from the park and warned against a second offense. The season's loss through fires was merely nominal.

BRIDGES.

On the roads as they heretofore existed were 16 bridges, varying from 16 to over 100 feet in length. They are all constructed of wood, and most of them should be replaced by new ones. However, the construction of any new roads by the War Department sometimes requires that they be moved or even abandoned, in which latter case the planks are utilized elsewhere. Under such conditions I think it would be unwise to undertake to make any extensive repairs until the new roads are at least graded, when the matter of new bridges and bridge repairs can be considered, with this reservation, however. that they may be kept safe in the meantime.

BUILDINGS AND FENCES.

Buildings and fences in the reserve are in good condition, but when next season opens up it will be found that the fences are broken by the great depth of snow and will require a reasonable amount of repairs. The same may be said of the buildings.

During the past season I moved a small cottage forward to the main road and completely remodeled it, making a convenient office building that is greatly appreciated by the traveling public. Heretofore a small room in the superintendent's residence has been used for both living and business purposes, which of itself was unsuited for public use; besides, it was fully 200 feet from the road. Within this office I have installed an excellent vertical filing cabinet and have all park papers and correspondence systematically filed. The front room is used by the chief ranger, who registers visitors and issues licenses to the public, whereas the back room is used by the superintendent. This arrangement permits of the entire upstairs being utilized for storing supplies, as sleeping quarters for employees, or for emergency.

All park buildings have been painted and the most important repairs have been made during the season. Trees within the yard. have been carefully trimmed and accumulated brush and logs have been removed.

Through the middle of the yard from north to south is a low place that ought to be filled, particularly as the new road to the Klamath entrance will be constructed across the lower end of it early in the season of 1914. This work can probably be done at a cost of about $500.

PARKING AND REPAIRING ROADS AND TRAILS.

As early as possible last season work was commenced on roads, all of which were in bad shape, having been washed out in many places to a depth of two feet and more, so that it was impossible to turn to one side or the other. Instead of cutting out the middle, as has heretofore been done, I cut out the sides and dragged them.

The trail to the lake was in very bad shape and required a great deal of work, which was given it. At an expense of probably $200 certain rocks can be removed from the trail so that burros can pass over it, in which case the Crater Lake Co. will keep these little animals at Crater Lake Lodge for the use of guests.

Vast quantities of dead and down timber encumber the grounds of the park, affording dangerously inflammable material for spreading fire and destruction. All this should be cleaned up, together with such underbrush as interferes, but the cost would be prohibitive. However, a certain amount of this work can be done every year along the roads, and in the course of time a system of clear places can be established that will reduce the danger of fire to a minimum. I have in this manner cleared the road on both sides from beadquarters toward the lake to a distance of about a mile and have carefully trimmed the trees, which not only adds a degree of safety but greatly beautifies the park.

SANITARY CONDITIONS.

It is the intention of the War Department to install the first unit of a proposed sprinkling system for the new roads close to park headquarters and to establish a construction camp near Anna Creek for the season of 1914. To accomplish this a water reservoir will be constructed on the side of a hill high enough above the base of the park buildings to insure abundant pressure for a gravity system and fire protection. A pipe from this reservoir will pass by the park buildings and will be extended to the proposed construction camp for domestic purposes.

The additional cost of piping to and through all buildings under such circumstances will be very slight and should be taken immediate advantage of. Besides this, a septic tank should be constructed at once and a satisfactory sewerage system established on a permanent basis, so that sanitary conditions may be maintained.

ELECTRIC LIGHT AND POWER.

An electric light and power plant is badly needed, for which abundant water power is available close to headquarters. Not only is the light needed, but power also for light machinery. In this connection it is well to observe that it is unwise and unnecessarily expensive to send out of the park for work that can be produced there. Many things now impossible of production within the park can be easily provided with a little power for such things as saws and lathes.

We need more tools, that will probably be secured as they are needed, but we also need a modern, well-equipped woodworking shop, blacksmith shop, and power provided for them.

GAME PROTECTION.

But two temporary rangers are allowed during the season, one of whom is constantly employed in issuing licenses and registering visitors, so that one man must patrol the entire park. Then is it strange that there is always a report current that deer are slaughtered by poachers, who only need keep track of the ranger to carry on their nefarious practices with perfect impunity? However, hunting in the park is not general by any means, and is only carried on by an irresponsible class of semicriminals. Because of the protection afforded, deer in the park become very tame during the summer and when driven to the lower levels by the first heavy snow fall an easy prey to the despised deer skinners.

This entire matter could be satisfactorily handled by creating a game preserve, to embrace not only the park but all that portion of the forest reserve on the north to township 26 and on the west to range 1, Willamette meridian, then giving to it just such protection as is now afforded to other game preserves of a similar character.

PATENTED LANDS.

There are approximately 1,200 acres of private land within the park, probably all of which is held for speculation. It is covered with excellent timber, and it is only a question of a little time when some speculator or mill man will gather it up, when the next move

been half encircled and made accessible from eastern as well as western Washington.

The northern half of Mount Rainier National Park, though quite as important in all respects as the southern half, and though much nearer to the population centers is now inaccessible except by crude trail travel. This is a condition that should not exist, for administrative reasons as well as for all the other reasons for which the park reserve was created. A survey should be provided for and followed by a construction program such as is outlined above in connection with road. extension in the southern section of the park. Such survey and construction work will complete the encirclement of the mountain park and make it accessible from all directions.

Respectfully,

The SECRETARY OF THE INTERIOR,

ETHAN ALLEN, Superintendent.

Washington, D. C.

RULES AND REGULATIONS.

GENERAL REGULATIONS OF MARCH 30, 1912.

Pursuant to the authority conferred by the acts of Congress approved March 2, 1899, and May 27, 1908, the following rules and regulations for the government of the Mount Rainier National Park, in the State of Washington, are hereby established and made public: 1. It is forbidden to injure or disturb in any manner any of the mineral deposits, natural curiosities, or wonders on the Government lands within the park.

2. It is forbidden to cut or injure any timber growing on the park lands, or to deface or injure any Government property. Camping parties will be allowed to use dead or fallen timber for fuel.

3. Fires should be lighted only when necessary and completely extinguished when not longer required. The utmost care must be exercised at all times to avoid setting fire to the timber and grass.

4. Hunting or killing, wounding, or capturing any bird or wild animal on the park lands, except dangerous animals when necessary to prevent them from destroying life or inflicting an injury, is prohibited. The outfits, including guns, traps, teams, horses, or means of transportation used by persons engaged in hunting, killing, trapping, ensnaring, or capturing such birds or wild animals, or in possession of game killed on the park lands under other circumstances than prescribed above, will be taken up by the superintendent and held subject to the order of the Secretary of the Interior, except in cases where it is shown by satisfactory evidence that the outfit is not the property of the person or persons violating this regulation and the actual owner thereof was not a party to such violation. Firearms will only be permitted in the park on written permission from the superintendent thereof.

5. Fishing with nets, seines, traps, or by the use of drugs or explosives, or in any other way than with hook and line, is prohibited. Fishing for purposes of merchandise or profit is forbidden. Fishing may be prohibited by order of the superintendent in any of the waters of the park, or limited therein to any specified season of the year, until otherwise ordered by the Secretary of the Interior.

6. No person will be permitted to reside permanently, engage in any business, or erect buildings, etc., upon the Government lands in the park, without permission, in writing, from the Secretary of the Interior. The superintendent may grant authority to competent persons to act as guides and revoke the same in his discretion. No pack trains will be allowed in the park unless in charge of a duly registered guide.