The Washington times., 1915-01-18
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= PARK IN COLORADO
House Public Lands Committee
Favors National Project at
Longs Peak.

The Senate has sanctioned a bill
making a national park Of the ter
ritory Immediately surrounding Longs
Peak and including a large part Of
the Estes Park district Of Colorado.
The Committee on Public Lands Of
the House has reported the same
measure favorably by unanimous vote.
Congressman Edward T. Taylor.
Democrat Of Colorado, is a member Of
the Public Lands Committee of the
House. He has worked consistently
with Senator Thomas and Others to
obtain this national park for his
home State. Plans for the creation
Of the park were formulated some
years ago. They were prompted and
later stimulated by the strong appeal
which the beauty of the Colorado Acc
tion and It's eminent fitness for park
purposes made on the minds and i'm
aginations of mon who saw the dis
trict In its varying beauty through
the seasons Of the year.
o. The district which it Is proposed to
set aside for national park purposes ID
now included in one of the Govern
ment's forest reservations. Therefore,
1t Is not necessary TO purchase land.
In the Senate bill 1t Is provided that the
total expenditures by the Secretary of
the Interior for maintenance, supervi-
sion. and Improvement purposes shall
not exceed $4,000 each year until Con-
gress shall give added authority for
greater expenditures.
Superb Natural Scenery.
Opposition to the creation of this Col.
orado park has developed from time ia
time. but 1t Is said in Washington that
in the Ivain the objections have been
met. 1t was intended originally to In.
clude in the tract to be set aside a part
OF Estes Park. which today is quite
thickly populated. Objection was en-
| tered to the inclusion of this small sec.
ton. and, as a result, 1t has been elimi
| aside, however. contains the fnes
scenery of mountain. valley. and forest
| and the word OF those who have looked
upon the country from the heights anC
from the lowlands is that no noblee iaat
| ural picture can be found anywhere IL
| the land.
The bill to create a new national parl
has a place on the unanimous consent
| calendar of the House.
! Of the bill on Monday by any member
| or members will hold. but 1t Is under
| stood that no protest will be entered
and that the measure will he allowed t.
go to vote. and to favorable vote
| its advocates firmly believe.
Enos A. Mills. nature lover ant
writer, who lives on Longs Peak. which
Is included within the proposed park
has been an advocate OF the measure
ing OF the tract included In the legisla
ton, Mr.. Mills has said:
Flowers Border Snow.
This park Is a wild gardeA built on
vast scale. IT'S terraces. slopes. peaks
plateaus and canyons are beautiful Will
forests, meadows. and flowers. Primeva
robes Of pine and spruce cover ant
drape all slopes below the altitude o
1000 feet Within the forests are nu
n'erous ragged meadows that are dot
ted and frinsed with growtns or aspel
and birch. The heights above the tim
Der line are not barren. but are over
spread with miles and miles Of arcti
moorlands that are colored with will
flowers. The perpetual snow fields hav
a SUMMER fringe of flowers and ever.
lsteep or winding stream flows through
fores: of wild bloom
When Walter l.. Fisher. OF Chicago
was Secretary of the Interior, he be
came convinced of the popularity o
the Colorado national park movemen,
Feeling assured that the people wante
the park. Mr. Fisher detailed X. r
Marshall chief geographer OF tn
United States Geological Survey,
make an examination OF the region an
to submit report on the fitnes OF tn
land for park purposes and the prac
lticability OF the plan.
Much Wild Life.
John Dickinson Sherman newspape
man and nature lover, OF Chicago. ha
written with fine appreciation OF tn
beauties OF the proposed Colorado parl
Moreover. Mr.. Sherman. being a love
of the wild life. touches on matters I
which Mr.. Marshall does not refe
| He writes of the mountain sheep, tn
elk. the deer. the bear the beaver. tn
smaller mammals, and the birds
plumage and song which inhabit moul
tain and valley.
If the House of Represe sha
indorse the Senates action there wi
be given not only to the people
Colorado but to all Americans a par
tor use for all time as a pIeasul
ground. natural and potent attra,
ton to all who love nature at its bes