The Idaho Springs siftings-news., 1916-04-14
NATIONAL PARK PROJECT
NOW UP TO THE PEOPLE

ment of Clear Greek, Park and
Jefferson Counties
There has been much said for and against the pro-
posed eenton of the Denver Mountain Park SYSTEM and
the mining interests of Clear Creek county have feared
that government control of the dacent mountains would
hinder prospecting and mining development. The follow
ing statement from Warwick nj. Downing, chairman OF
the Mountain Parks Advisory Commission, will give the
people understanding of the Hiard BILL pending
and the Stngs urges every citizen to into the matter
thoroughly Don't favor the proposition don't oppose
it without knowing what the proposition reallyis.
ITO the people of Clear Creek Park jefferson countless
The commercial bodies of Denver by the Denver
Mountain Parks Advisory Commission ask cooperation in the
creation and the proposed Denver National Park
The boundaries OF the proposed park and its relation to
map boundaries
those stated Congressman Hards bill establish the Denver
National park, No. 12276
We proceed with this great work without your
support cooperation There has been the
thoughtful
ought the of mining industry
than the development of tourist Nothing suppant
the mining industry the backbone Of prosperity There
attractions the exclusion of mining but
them both At the time must not forget that the
and profitable industry and should
exclude the financial possibilities of the scenic
We believe by the
cooperation and together have but both In
words make Colorado the recreation of the
union without the slightest interference with the mining industry
believe that possible aid mining would be
develop possibilities because has often been said
that out of people who or less
extended
money mining enterprise
We need not take the time to reearse the tremendous benefit
a by making it attractive to tourists We
know that spent hundred million dollars in
Europe We know that onenth of that in Colorado
would population fifty and add enormously
wealth. And stated know that the best possible to
induce for tourists visit and become
acquainted with people and enterprises.
We know that Colorado easily be made the
Of We outcass the Pacific The
only place the heat of the the high
attitudes of Colorado vacation in the mountains with the
vgoratng atmosphere with healthy and with the lure Of
will eagerly be sought the million people who live
almost within nights ride by train and within three days
ride automobile and me by all the people of country
those living the rthes The increasing of the auto
mobile that thousands and hundreds thousands who wish
their machines will find else
America of with natural attractions
Colorado.
ALL and good accommodations
travel and third national advertising
her confidence the spending nearly
building and
parks The counties the state their share
Accommodations the the mountain will follow
necessity What will need than other thing
development this work the aid that only through
establishing national parks We believe
will the expenditure of millions of dollars by the
building and hotels national parks
Yellowstone and other national parks 1t will
ALSO advertising of ncalcuab value We have been greatly assisted
by the Forest but the big from Congress must
the development the national parks The
advertising the doing today the ee America First
be exploit the attacivenes of the national parks
Indeed looking from viewpoint it firm conviction
the will be advanced by asking the
national park state namely the
National park This that the of
land the slopes Mount Evans will be transferred from the
jurisdiction of the Forest Service the of the National Park
Certainly by transfer On
the other hand, the benefits are incaculable.
CONTINUED FoUR)