Arizona republican., 1916-03-09
A National Park Service.


 The Kent bill for the creation of d National Park Service, for the coordination of the administration Of national parks and for the development of the scheme of national paygrounds is just attracting great deal of attention, enlistns the interest of play ground enthusiasts, stockmen and timbermen, and arousng opposition in department of aeri- culture since it proposes that the national parks shall be under the supervision the secretary of the n- tcrior instead of that department agriculture through the forestry service. supervision it is specifically proposed in the bill shall over the several national parks national monuments the Hot Springs Reservation in the of Arkansas and such other rational parks national monuments and reser- vatons of like character may hereafter created or authorized by congress-"
 The secretary authorized to promulsate rules for the regulation of parks monuments and reservations. for the selling and cutting of timber and granting privileges, leases and permits for the not however exceeding period of twenty years But no franchise of character shall be granted that will interfere with natural curiosities wonders or objects of interest which shall interfere with free access to them by the public.
 Two years the office of landscape gardener and superintendent of national parks was created and headquarters were established in san Francisco The announced policy of the superintendent was "o keep in the United States hundred millions of dollars of the five hundred millions expended annually by tourists abroad" How far that policy has car ried out do not know, but the European war must have given it aid. We informed either as to the work accomplished by the superintendent.
 As is provided in the bill the territory which the national park service would have control would have to be defined by congress from tune to time It would perhaps not be extended beyond location of objects of natural curiosities wonders or objects of interest" to nterefere slightly as possible with the jurisdiction of forestry service when the national park happened lie within forest reserve If so. vigorous opposition would be encountered for settlers stoclmen lumbermen and others directly interested in the public domain satisfied with the administration of the forestry service however much they may objected few years ago to it's estab- lshment
 Most if not all, the national parks, well those which are yet to be created in the west lie within forest reservations. The Grand Canyon reservation for instance embraces 5000 suare miles lying both sides of the Canyon. Within the reservation, both sides of the Canyon, extending a few miles back, the Grand Canyon National monument is located and probably, if national park should be created there no more territory than is included in the ment would be brought under the control of the na- tiona park service
 If the interests of the stockmen and lumbermen of Arizona which have been secured to them by the for cstry administrations will not be disturbed by the Kent bill it is good measure and should be sup ported by all who feel pride in the beauties and wonders of their native land wbo desire that the worlds interest in them shall be stimulated and spread
 Perhaps the development of the national parks could be carried well under the department of agriculture under the department of the interior but it would not be likely to be developed under service especially created for that purpose. The worl, of the forestry service purely utlitarian while that of the national park service would not be largely According to the bill the secretary of the interior would publish his rules regarding permits and leases in limited part of the forest reserves within which the national parks would lie, but we suppose those would be consonance with those of the forestry service relating the purposes for, no doubt in many the privileges granted would extend across the boundary line between the jurisdictions of the services