The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1915-01-11
THE HAsKIN LETTER
National Forests asR recreation Grounds
81 Eredsris !. Haskin

b Frederic
let Tin back to nature Is UNI
,doubte IDLY coming more and more
IAN annual habit or all Americans
who can AFFORD Il. Our great cities,
with their oSer-sfimuiafink life and
the industrini pace we have set our
selves, are terrific drains upon the
Nervous vitality OF the nation and
,,a return to q more or less primi-
ltiye way Of living Is q So ereign rem
Iedy for worn nerves. More than any
Iothst sort Of feereati ion, IL lifts the
mind out Of the rtit Of routine pc-
Icupat Lion. It exalts the senses, and
temporarily tnhibits much Of the In
ttellectuai activity. To anyone iiay-
Ling enough vitality 10 react TO q
new envifohnief q month In the
woods or mountains, living wholly
out of doors IS l literally q relapse
Into barbarisni Business and war
and the cost Of living are forgot-
ten, and how to- get three meals q
day and catch enough fish to supple
lment the bacon are the really Inn
fportant concerns Of life.
Striking evidence of this vogue OF
the return to the primitive are the
records Of the forest service, with
regard to persons upon the national
forests These show that In 1918
over q million and q half persons en-
tered the forests for pleasure. and
that nearly a quarter OF q million OF
these were campers. who transport
ed their own outfits and found their
own trails; for the solicitous profess
sional guide. who does all Of the
work and leads you up to the game
has not vet become the Institution In
1.-THE Rockies that he is in the North
Woods. 2;
The westerners have taken the ma
tiohal forests for their Fairgrounds
and an increasing number OF east
erners are taking long journeys ev-
cry summer to join them. The wes-
terner, however, takes 70 the woods
much more readily than the eastern1
err and this, very probably, expS us
to some extent the superior yigor
generally ascrfbed to- him. In the
east. outdoor recreation is looked
upon as an amusement for the rich.
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