El Nuevo mexicano., 1916-05-11
Uncle Sam Acting as Tour
Agent With Railroads
(Los AnaeIee TImas.l

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with the railroads and the tourist interests
In the vacation movement, but II Ia doing *
In the most effective poaalhle way. Under
the imprint Of the United States department
Of the interior a booklet has Just been ISSUED
for free distribution ON the national parks
and monuments of the West. There are 2,
100000 copies of this booklet and 1t is plan
ned to place them where they will do the
most good. AZ f
'eThe governments Campaign win hell
California most said General Passengei
Agent Peck, of the Salt Lake. yesterday
for three Of the nine national parks are In
this state, and all incidentally, are readily
accessible from Los Angeles.
Fully 10,000.000 persons will see these
government booklets" he continued, HanC
the effect will be felt here, as we'll as all
along the Pacific coast. A new class 81
walltoaao n~on-tourists will be reached bS
the distribution plan; a class that the rail
roads and tourist agents sometimes have
difficulties in reaching.
"The United States government III coop
Grating with the krailroads In this uniqus
plan, iE doing so that Americans may sec
America first, and learn what there is In
store for those who visit the great national
parks OF the great West. And all roads lead
to California in this instance"
District Passenger Agent Jackson, Of the
Union Pacific, is one of those who have re-
ceived copies Of the booklet issued by the
department of the interior. 1t gives gimp
ed OF the nine national parks. which are;
Yosemite, Sequoia and General Grant in Cal
%ffornia; Crater Lake, Oreson; Mesa Verde
and Rocky Mountain Colorado; Mt. Rainier
In Washington; Glacier National Park in
Montana; the Yellowstone in Wyoming, and
the Hot Springs Reservation in the Ozark
mountains Of Arkansas. In addition the
booklet contains an account Of the Grand
canyon Of the Colorado in Arizona, a ma
tional monument, administered by the de
partment of agriculture.
Explains Difference
There is a difference between a national
Park and a national monument, according to
the booklet. A national park is an extensive
tract Of public land reserved by special act
OF congress from sale or other disposition
and set apart for the recreation and instrnc
tionJo the people. A national monument is
reserved by a generailact of congress pass
ed in 1906, and includes public lands con-
tanning historic landmarks, prehistoric
structures and other objects of historic and
scientific interest.
YOsemite National Park is reached from
Los Angeles by either the Southern Pacific
or the Santa Fe. 1t lies near the crest Qf
the Sierra Nevadas in western central Cali
fornia, and its 1,100 square miles contain
scenic features of beauty SO unusual and 80
wide in variety that adequate description
reads like a romance. The famous falls.
which provide a water spectacle equalled
nowhere else in the world, are at their best
In May and June, while the winter SHOWS
are melting.
The oldest living trees are found In the
SeQuoia and General Grant National parks,
upon the upper slopes of the high Sierra.
Some Of the trees there were vigorous
youngsters before the pyramids were built.
John Muir called the Sequoia Natures for
est masterpiece" The parks are easily
reached from Los Angeles, n afford ideal
camping spots.
The Grand Canyon Of the Colorado in Arr
iona, on the line of the Santa Fe, has been
described as not the eighth, but the first
wonder Of the world, the most sublime Of
all earthly spectacles. II filled Theodore
Roosevelt with awe.
Each Of the parks has a personality OF fts
own. Mt. Rainier, for instance, Is an ex
tinct volcano down the sides of which flow
t~wenty-eight glaciers, or rivers of ice. era
ter Lake fills with water OF astonishing
blue the hole left when the top Of MT, Ma
zama in Oregon was blown off during an
eruption in the distant past.
The cracking OF the earth, resulting in
one side thrusting up and overlapping the
other, formed Glacier National park, with
its summer icebergs and it's cliffs several
IHOu6dHu lttL ui6uf uO AOAO"DeDNA -
notable not only for its geysers but for its
gorgeous canyons and as being the greatest
wild animal preserve inethe world.
Straddling the continental divide, the
Rocky fountain National Park, has snow.
cad mountains extending from end TO end
and its glacier records are remarkable. The
slcsa \ de in Colorado hides II itl barrnn
can, ms the wellpreserved ruins OF q eiyi
~'iyattCn which passed out OF existence 20
many centuries ago that not even tradition
its people.
The thousands who viii be attracted to
California through this new campaign Of
the government and the railroads will find
when they get here numerous vacation
within a few miles OF Los Angeles,
ulich ere not mentioned in the publications
vf The department. of the interior. In the
Sierra Madre mountains and along the coast
Of a 'hossand wonders they viii have giimp
cs g., extraordinary scenic beauties.
Fer those who want TO study REMARKABLY
rtlics es unknown peoples, during va ;atloG
time. New Mexico offers peculiar adYan'
tages. The BRndelier National monument,
about thirty miles west Of santa re, com
prises $4,000 acres of prehistoric ruins. The
School of American Archaeology has its
headquarters at Santa Fe and holds a sum
school from August 1 to 81 Those
wishing to attend the school or visit the
can reach them from Espanola
NJ. on the Denver and Rio Grande rail
The Mesa Verde National park in
southwestern Colorado, can also be reached
by the Denver & Rio Grande.
WASTED TALENTS
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