Marble Hill press., 1920-02-05

Mount Mckinley ugI7l. In Alaska :S' square
miles. including Mount Mckinley t2bSpp fc,'i). aud
vast numbers ~ bis gam"
Grand Canon ot the Colorado (laial as squhrr
miles In northern Arizona. Including the Grand
Canon one n the natural wonders ~ N" world
Lafayette uHial, right squarr miles on she l.
land n Mount Desert. Maine, presented io a." na.
uon by the property owners
Zion Uplgl. l32 sguar" miles ln southern Utah.
Including Zion canon. which t. said to p, tho
equal of Yosemite 10 form and it- superior 10 o'l
otug.
Tho national park service j. committed to four
enlargement projects II size aud dignity. Thc>e
include
The establishment ~ the Mount Evans region
In Colorado a national park area by adding It to
Rocky Mountain National rsrk. N" Mount Evans
region under consideration contains IGh sauar'
miles Is spleudidly scenic and l. practically ada
cent TO hnNcrs municipal mountain parks
The addition Of about Loo square miles on the
south to the Yellowstone National park, This AREA
includes jackson lake. Grand Teton Mount Moran
and the hcadNaters ~ the yellow stone river II Is
the range of n large herd u Elk mot the yellow
stone National park h.ril. which IL Threatened
with determination under present conditions
The addition of about 80 square miles TO Sc
quon National park and the change Of the name
TO Roosevelt The proposed addition lies to the
Kings and Kern rivers and the west slop. aud the
crcs, OF Mount whitney u43oi feru. The Idea
Is to make the enlarged park national outdoor
memorial to Theodore Roosevelt
The addition OF the Diamond lake region to the
Crater Lake National park IN oregon. The
largenent lies Ia the north and would Increase
the park from 80 square miles TO $50 square miles
In the seven years since Secretary Lane took
charge OF the departmcn, OF the interior the at.
a.. 81 81
252 1853 in 1913 to 755 325 In 1919 The Increase In
1919 was from 45i SOL. The l9lS-ig increase is
peclay significant II was not due 10 ncrea sed
tourist railroad traffic IL was due To the fact that
the American people turned out for n vacation In
their own automobiles and three-quRrtcrs OF mil.
lion OF them chose to go TO the national parks In
the Il national parks whore records were kept
Yellowstone. SeQuola, Yosemite, General Grant,
Mount Rainier. Crater Lake, Wind Cave Mesa
Verde. Glacier. Rocky Mountain, Lafayette and
Grand Canon--there were 56S.5il visitors and
9772l private cars. This means that approximate
ly four ffths were travelling In their own And
these cars came from all parts OF the country.
Rocky Mountain with 30 Gas private cars aud l6s
492 visitors, attracted from every state In the
Union. Yellowstone saw cars from every state ex
cept two
While the national parks received the best kind
Of advertising In the word-word OF mouth rec
concentration OF delighted visitors-no small part
OF this increased attendance is due to the publicity
methods of the national park service which has
carried fairly comprehensive campaign OF ed
ucation.
During these seven years congress has been In.
duced to increase its annual appropriations for the
national parks from about $4,000 to about ST..
100000
In general It may be said that the schools are
now beginning to appreciate the educational value
Of the national parks as museums OF natural his.
tory and object lessons Of the process OF earth.
making that the outdoor organizations are preach.
ing their health giving Importance and that the
American people are awakening to their recrea.
tional and economic value.
National park enthusiasts feel that In this prog.
ress Secretary Lane has had no small part and
that II his successor proves as good friend OF
the national parks they will be indeed fortunate.
They will not be satisfied. however, until then,
is secretary Of national parks with seat In the
cabinet