The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-04-02

An Alaskan Park.

are many bears. and A.
small game.
All vi this is on the ~.
slope, tor the southern -
most devoid Of lite. rh,s ~
state OF afiairs is caused oy y.
that the northern slope Of ths
mountain is warmeu bv
blowing OF the japanese -
Az . result it has a wan -.
mer. In winter the thern..
sometimes drops far below
out the snow Is not very a. ii
the climate difficult to endurs
We are accustomed to ~
winter there as cold" said -.
Selden, who spent a vho,s
alone on Mount Mckinley -
ter Is the most deliehtfuI -.
OF the year" He went on =
that ne did not suffer from ~
even ON the, coolest DAYS. Ara \.
ne wore no more clothing ~.
would have in winter in ~. I.
irondack mountains. Wints,
says. is the best time for trsv.,s
over the mountain becauss n
the ground is frozen and n.
ing Is good. In the summer ~
are many little boys and ua,,1
Qualifications as q Para ~
This northern slope is desr,is.,
as one Of the most beautiiuI y
gions in the world, rich in ~,
life, full Of wild flowers, healiiss
all the year round. The soutl-.
slope is a vast rock slide whe, !
most nothing can live, Govern !
winter with snow, which someti.s
reaches a depth of so feet.
Mount Mckinley is saN u
those who have seen it to n y
most spectacular park in the w
1t rises in a great dome, cruus
with glittering ice and snov =
an elevation of 1900 feet, Al !
fianked by smaller mountains iSr
to $4,000 feet high. A few hvrr
and a few prospectors, mr. i
whom work on placer gold depfs
are the only human beings il d,
vast wilderness. Although 4 4
rich in minerals it is said th,s =
mining industries have yet ben
established within the park bos,l.
aries. The establishment Of h,
park will not in any way intsrter|
with mining and prospecting. d
| will. however. prevent private IL,
d!viduals from getting hold Of Il.
land and controlling it. 1t mar
that this region will be free n ID
Americans for all time.
This freedom is perhaps II.
greatest boon which is confsrd
by our whole system Of naticni
parks and forests and it Is on
that will be appreciated more vi
more as time goes on. The MI
is that national parks and ioress
we're not also established in b.
east before all OF its wild land
fell into private hands. There IN
! of course, a few state and nstm.
al parks in the east, but not ~
ly enough. Is.
| Reasons for Park ReservatiR
These national parks and fol1l
! in the west means that there n
great areas Of beautiful cos1F
which will never be devasnid
and where any man may rcls
J hunt, fish, camp or build his IN
cabin. What this is worth in hNlI
and pleasure the people Of u
Rocky Mountain states well knus
| What is equally important, thong
| perhaps not so generally recoglt
ed. is the mental value Of phytlu|
freedom. A man who has wands'
ed freely in the great 0utdo@t
building his campfire wherever
pleases, enjoying the sense OF ffse
dom, of escape from worry and
physical well being which sphl1
from such a life, is always ~
with fine sense of his indivitri
liberty.
All of the men who founded Y
American state. and who insila
so strongly upon the value Of 1
dividual liberty, were men Of Y
great outdoors. Patrick Henry q
George Washington were 20
hunters and lovers of the wilde
ness. They had feeling for Pc
sonal liberty which sprang no
the constant enjoyment of 1t. ~
in great cities, with their crosa
| their don't" signs and their pol's'
men on every hand that na
loses his sense of personal liod9
and becomes a little cog. LiDG1
lives outdoors; and individual1
expands when you take the CROW
pressure off it.