Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1920-08-28

monuments and forests, have been
 lassoed by scenic running moose, in
 the master motor road of the country
 known as the National Parkto-Park
 highway.
 This lariat highway was suggested
 by the National Park Service; map
 ped out by the American Automobile
 Association, and brought to fruition
 by the National Park-to-Park High
 way Association, of which Gus
 Holm's of Cody, Wyo., is president.
 Its defined course not only makes
 history for motordom, as being the longest continuous wonder way in the world, but invites anticipation ot the
 bearly condition by the Congress ot
 the indisputable fact that within the
 confines of this encircling highway is an arboreal fairyland, with interna- tional drawing powers.
 This connecting park highway Is 4,5OO miles in length and traverseS nine states. Its dedication recently, at Denver, to all the people presaged the day; not far distant, when a ted- eral highway system of hard-surtac- ed boulevards will extend from coast to coast, in the consideration of Wnicn recreational benefits and facilities Tn reaching open markets with crops are destined to be important factors.
 The mapping and opening ot the National Park-to-Park highway IS the first concerted step taken toward that great end. Its scope, as to varieties in climate and length of journey may he fayorably compared with contin- ental Europe, in that sixty-day tour of the route now is in progress. ste phen T. Mather, director ot the Na- tional Parks Service; A. l.. Wesegaro' who made the pathfinding trip as the representative of the American Auto. n,obile Association, and offlclals o1 inc National Park-to-Park Hlgn"aE Association, are among the ot1'ciai nartv. The dedicatory ceremonies held in Denver ape being continued Tn meetings held in the principal cities visited, including Cheyenne ana Coo!' Wvo Great Falls, Mont; Spokane and Seattle, Wash; Portland, ore'' Sacramento, San Francisco ana Los Angeles, Calif.; and Pueblo and Coi- orado Springs, Colo.
 In the caravan of twenty-five auto roobi]es bearing the party are ears representing every state thru which the highway passes. California, Wy oming and Montana sent cars to Den yer to begin the journey rom the starting point, on August 25, and oth- CT cars containing state and county officials are acting as convoy Ie guide the caravan thru its own com monwealth. The official party VIII be here in October. :,
 The master highway begins, larlat fashion, any place, in Maine, .Virglnia' Florida, Illinois or louisiana, where ever the automobile tourist lives Other cities on the route may be used' but Denver is the logical gateway to these twelve national parks. The scenic lariat, officially, is thrown out from within the department of the m- terior, at Washington, D. C., of which John Barton Payne is secretary.
 The connecting park highway touches every main transcontlnental trail including Yellowstone, Yellow stone-Glacier Bee Line, Roosevelt' tbe National Parks and the Pacltlc highways, and the Old Trails road ana the Rainbow route, crossing ana us- ing them in part to make continu- ous thorofare, when considered wltn many connecting auto roads running north and south. .,
 National Parks are Natures silent sentinels, beckoning the wanderer' m Colorado, to behold the great granite heights in Rocky Mountain Park: Tn Wyoming, to marvel at petrified for ests and spouting geysers in Yellow stone park; in Montana, to eXpefle"ce alpine climbing in Glac- fer park; passing thru Idaho to Wasn- ington, to witness Mount Rainer park with it's snow-capped peak buried Tn the clouds; in Oregon, to long TOT passage on the rock phantom ship riding the lake waters held in the col lapsed top of an extinct volcano Ill Crater Lake park; in California, to be thrilled by an active volcano in Las sen park, mammoth waterfalls in To- semitic park, and big trees in General Grant and Sequoia parks; in Arizona to stand in awe of the Creators mas ter stroke of erosion in fashioning the Grand Canyon, and in passing thru New Mexico to southwestern Colo rado, to become entranced over the prehistoric ruins of cliff dwellers in Mesa Verde park. Zion National park in Utah is also included in the wonder group of federal playgrounds.
 Director Mather, in the dedicatory ceremonies held at Denver, at the out set of the official tour, said to the tourists and visitors representing 1 every state in the union:
 "More than ever before there exists a real inclination among our people to see America first. Where for years the lure of Europe has caught their fancy, the eyes of all those coun-