Greene County herald. (Leakesville, Miss.) 1898-current, 1920-02-06
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Mount Mckinley u917, in Alaska. 2,2oo square
miles. including Mount Mckinley (2O30O feet), and
vast numbers of big game
Grand Canon of the Colorado 1919), 95S square
miles in northern Arizona, including the Grand
Canon, one of the natural wonders of the world.
Lafayette (1919). eight square miles on the Is
land of Mount Desert, Maine, presented to the ma
ton by the property owners.
Zion u919), 132 square miles In southern Utah,
including Zion canon. which is said to be the
equal of Yosemite in form and its superior in col
oring
The national park service is committed to four
enlargement projects of size and dignity. These
includes
The establishment of the Mount Evans region
In Colorado national park area by adding 1t to
Rocky Mountain National park. The Mount Evans
region under consideration contains 100 square
miles, is splenddly scenic and is practically ada
cent to Denvers municipal mountain parks.
The addition of about 1000 square miles on the
south to the Yellowstone National park. This area
includes Jackson lake, Grand Teton, Mount Moran
and the headwaters of the Yellowstone river. 1t Is
the range of a large herd of elk (not the Yellow
stone National park herd), which Is threatened
with determination under present conditions.
The addition of about 1850 square miles to Sc
quota National park and the change of the name
to Roosevelt The proposed addition lies to the
north and east and includes the canons of the
Kings and Kern rivers and the west slope and the
crest of Mount Whitney Q4,501 feet). 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 en-
largement lies TO the north and would increase
the park from 249 square miles to 800 square miles.
In the seven years since Secretary Lane took
charge of the department of the interior the at
tendance at the national parks has increased from
1853 in 1913 to 755325 in 1919. The increase in
from hp ~ Is Qs-
pecaly significant. 1t was not due to increased
tourist railroad traffic 1t due to the fact that
the American people turned out for vacation In
their own automobiles and three-quarters of mil
lion of them chose to go to the national parks In
the II national parks where records were kept
Yellowstone, Sequoia Yosemite, General Grant,
Mount Rainier, Crater Lake, Wind Cave, Mesa
Verde Glacier Rocky Mountain, Lafayette and
Grand Canon-there were 563,51 visitors and
o. private cars This means that approximate
ly four-ffths travelling In their own cars And
these cars came from all parts of the country.
Rocky Mountain with 33.638 private cars and 169,-
492 visitors attracted from 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 world-word OF mouth rec
ommendation of delighted visitors-no small part
of this increased attendance is due to the publicity
methods of the national park service, which has
carried on fairly comprehensive campaign of ed
ucatlon.
During these seven years congress has been In
duced to Increase it's annual appropriations for the
national parks from about $4,000 to about ST.
100000.
In general 1t may be said that the schools are
now beginning to appreciate the educational value
of che national parks museums of natural his
tory and object lessons Of the process of earth
making that the outdoor organizations are preach
inc their hea Ith-giyng 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 if his successor proves as good friend Of
the national parks they will be indeed fortunate
They will not be satisfied, however until there
is secretary Of national parks with seat In the
cabinet