Marble Hill press., 1920-08-05

N.usu NliOuH HEs expended last winter. lI"'
ably there's nothing anor - l's Kind loo ttc 'nuh.
ny. Ne, Rocky Mountain makes zap; you 'ah
s"i IN hv motor ur 'h" east. south and west. hai
you can't get through 'hc park until 'he Fall River
roHi across tho continental divide 's finished
possibly this fa''
From Rocky Mountain rs easy travelling str1iitht
north 10 Chcy".ra wyo. uu 'hc Lincoln highway.
llcr" YOU ~ northwest uu 'ho Yellowstone hi-h'
wa, via CaSr.r rhernupaIs and Cody ." the east
entrance ~ lr.uvstour
There ARE 3rl miles ~ automobile highway 10
Yellowstone with exit, uu lll four sides ~ tht
square Mr WrSfEnri W.T. go u 40 the east and
20 out M the north. FROM Gardner be- v.I head
north for Glacier In The northwest corner ot Mon
tana NJ against he Canadian line
And 80 lf COOS 40 around 'he 4H"m.ie circle
easy travelling here hand going there and every
now and ,0.n % zap There's one uf these gaps
In Mount l.lucr and another In Crater Lake
that Is VI NeStCarl earn drive into both hui
can't drive through until projected road, are built
Tie viii be- r-tky tf be- gets into Lu>~"u Volcanic
nt all DH.srcSs established this park in 1919
but with rs slal hapznri national paris policy has
appropriate. mo- money for 10 yet The roads INTO
the other -re California parks are excellent
and more 100 being built
From a. .ura.a the Santa Fc trail win take
the pathfinder back 10 Denver y,a Zion, Grand
Canon nuG Nrsa Verde.
Director Ntther OF the national park service
l. an enthusiast. He gets salary of Si5m a
wear and ... already spru, more than $4,000
on the pHr.- out uf his own pocket And one ~
his particular national park rnthu,asms is this
National Par, 'o-rurk highway. Last summer he
did over 40un miles " pathhndmc In his own cat.
In his 1919 rrport he has considerable 10 say on
the question = iutcr.park tourist travel boy auto
mobile, Here are some II The things he says:
The prospects for the establishment Of the Ma
tiougI Par. .o Park highway as a great system ot
Interstate r.urcs in the West have grown brighter
almost daily nee the opening of the past touring
season THERE * now wide demand for he
highway whore prior TO this year IT, Importance
was seen D, relatively few communities. most OF
which vcr, un direct routes 20 the national parks
and had unusual opportunities TO observe IT'S
growing volume OF motor travel
"Nauv O. rNr sections of amy Uterpark highway
system are ut course. so situated rs 10 naturally
REQUIRE ne special designation and ia such cases
the roads arr either being repaired or plans for
their Improvement are under way. ON the other
hand IN several states there are numerous routes
thai might be- selected rs sections of the system
and II Is necessary to choose one or two routes
for special attention IL the funds available are
not to be- spread thInly and neIectveiy over MI
such roads.
II should point out again the fact that some
links of any complete rark.to-park system OF high
WAYS may have to be constructed by the federal
government without state cooperation. In Ger
tain states through which the highway would run
most Of the land belongs 10 the federal govern
ment In such eases, particularly where the road
would be used principally by motorists en- route
To the national parks from all parts of the United
States It would seem that the federal government
would he under the obligation of defraying the
cos. Of such sections Of the interpark system.
Last spring long before his nor~naticn at chi
cage Senator Harding was In Denver and IN an
address at Mile High club luncheon, March 10.
he said In part
81 like the slogan See America First We
ought to link our national parks with the best Of
motor highways. | shall never he content until
| can motor from this beckoning gateway to glor-
ious America. portrayed in her national parks,
over circuit Of our national parks. We are 80
vast. so varied, so physically beyond compare that
II is good to think Of America first and know
America first and do the practical things which
prosper America frst,"