Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-01-21

sumber II Is delightful TO rise while
The dew IS ON the grass ana pant In
Whole-sOuled exercise nud rejoice I'm
long-draWn bre0ths OF pure atmos-
phcre,
AN OLD CAMP GROUND.
strawberry valley has always been
iaNorlte spot for health and pleas
ure seekers. Thousands OF people flock
mere each summer, dottiug the meade
uNs ana deep, cool canyons leading into
tErm with little tent villages. Sweet
memories or happy events on pcrchauca
WNIung experiences have become assoc
,latcd with lts name and endeared To
lhc hearts Of many 20 The extent that
friend,
NATURES OWN PARK.
Nature has fitted the Slr,vh.~rv
country for an ideal park, and strange
To- say united 10 for scarcely aDythIny
else Prospectors have searched IN
yam for minerals, while farmers 0nJ
It To De too cold FOR agricultural uur-
poses. Occasionally 10 Us cold pnourh
10 freeze ice IN wash ms.
IN July ana frosts occur nightly. maxi
ing the raising Of hardy wheat nm I'M
possibility And yet the days are par-
rect This Is natures own reservation
ana every lover of wilderness WIN ra-
Joic' WIN me That 10y kindly frost IL f.
go well defended Once thrown opeu
me now beautiful hills with thcn MACS
OF foliage would be transformed into
a deaJlato area OF Gtumps, the melody
NJ the icathored songstnrs huahod thc
hsh Killed, game ,Ntgrminatod IN.
valley is good for grazing. Il is true
and syndicate cattle corporations would
no doubt like to Eobbe up that country
hut ln That event q natural park
would be ruined and the rights and
wishes OF the people crushed. Certain
water companies OF Wnsatch county
have accrued water rights which musr
not be impaired in the establishing OF
q park or forest reserve There le no
danger Of this however. as our CON
Eressmen are already adjusting this
matter
PAKRS A GROWING NECESSITY.
The demands for and necessities OF
having % state pork are ever Increasing
When Brigham Young set apart a
patch OF sage brush near Salt lake CITY
for park, many rldiculcd the act. be-
lieylng 50 would be a century enc tho
city would grow to need 1T, while nar-
row-souled individuals complained that
." W hN 20 w We hI E'hN lNlIll lhIlls ] ha
day Liberty park IL scarcely large
enough 90 accommodate the throngs
who gather there and who bless the day
10 was established,
one does not have 10 be very far
sighted 10 note that az our present rap
IA increase I'm population a f.'v years
VIII M our valleys and hills with
smoky cities; that every foot ~ noun
tain ana desert land viii be taken up
and that with no near place TO spend a
vacation unless q state park De estab-
lishcd the people must De left to the
mercy Of hot overCroWded, purse
draining resorts.
Is II asking too much, then, that one
little spot IN our great state while yet
1t can be secured free and unruincd be
reserved FOR the health education and
blessing Of the people for plaisances In
perpetuity2
TO roam the virgin forests watered
by crystal streams, 20 enter into the
free, natural life Of the mountains 10
dwell I'm common with the creatures not
yet driven from their native houuts
ana TO partake OF the spirit and free
dom incident to life In our Wild parks,
Is TO enjoy a luxury ana privilege
which IN England belongs solely to
kings and lords,
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