Pueblo chieftain., 1921-08-08
BY FREDERIC ]. Na.kln


Washington. d. c., Aug Though
inG 1t is rapidly becoming the accepted
antidote for overdose OF business.
Housekeeping. hot weather. worry
even running a government.
President Harding was the last nots-
Bile recruit to camp life. though any
one reading OF his necessarily de luxe
camp with It's half hundred Attendants.
and it's movie men catching Mr.. Edison
In the act OF brushing fly or his nose
and tho President reading n paper,
must feel that Mr.. Harding rcarcely
had chance to get the real flavor OF
life without "A necktie.
The everyday citizen is in this more
/ fortunate II he aspires to build a log
cabin in the woods and fEh. hunt. take
/ ly sit he can enjoy these rccreations
/ undisturbed. for ns many weeks as he
likes. at the price Of few days at any
fashionable resort
| Back to the fores, I. now .hc annual
slogan Of over 5000 go people who have
solved the problem OF restfGl cheap
vacation by using the national forests.
| There would probably DO very llttie
forest left TO get back to by this time
| " tho reckless cutting and b.rninr of
timber had not been restricted some
twenty years ago, and national for
est system built up.
| Since then. ii5 forests. containing
is.Ooo.0o0 acres of land. have been ded-
tented as Fairgrounds for the people.
| In one way. the national forests are
/ Of necessity a onc-sidcd proposltion or
/ the ~ forests. all nut twenty are In
the West In tho East which so much
needs camping grounds there is left
, comparatively little forest land which
could he set aside for the PEOPLE
But the hack to the woods germ Is
| too contn gious and vlrulent to he
! checked by difficulties Of distance. We
are told that tho Colorado forests.
which are perhaps the most famous
In the country. attract people from
every state In the union and from a
number OF foreign Countries The other
national forests nrs rapidly becoming
known as practical Fairgrounds. and
automobiles. tho wnndrrlust. good
roads. nerves. and high prices are all
contributing to the popularity OF the
public Fairgrounds everywhere.
Tho 5000 600 people who have got the
habit or using tho national forests are
only n beginning Some OF the western
forests are 80 extensive and so COM
( psra,ively unused by campers that a
party may travel for DAYS at time
/ thru them without meeting any other
/ vscationlsts.
Tho west is honeycomhed with these
vast forest stretches with snowtopped a
mountains. lakes hidden among tho
plner shady streams stocked with
| hsh. and smooth roads and trails. all
at the service OF the people.
Eastern Forc.,.
! The East has Ito national forests
too. In Florida. tho Carolinas. Arisn-
/ tas. Alabama Georgia. oklahoma
Maine, New Hampshire Tennessee.
] Virginia. and Nest Virginia. These
[ forosts, set aside. most of them long
I after the states wera woll built up, arc
limited In area. compared to tho big
: western forests. Tho smallest Of ,hsra
eastern forests. for inHHnca Boone
forest. In North Carolina. IN only 600
acres. while the largest. the Arkansas
| forest. 70 some 100000 acres. In the
west there are a number OF national
| eats with i.oo0.0oo or more acres and
ono. In New Mexico. with 100000
/ In all Of the national forests except
/ y few In tho ehst any one who wishes
/ to build cabin or cottage NAV lease
q camp ftc Of from n quarter OF an
here 10 acres of ground for from ton
I to twenty-five doliars "a Scar. Timber
J for tho house may he bough, WHERE
available, at cost price on the stump
/ from the Forest service. and the
= camper can cut II and build hls own
l hourn or hire SOM ono IN do n for
I him Tho land once leased may he
I released In succeeding years
! Not all the p-rsons who patronise
I tho national forests build atlorters
! Many prefer TO pitch camp in tents
which requires no permit. or TO motor
| from place to place
| Forert rangers have headquarters at
| intervals thr uthe forests and at these
headquarters. marked by the Amsrl-
can nag. campers and travellers can
obtain Information, use a telephone
and set help in an emergency.
Tho different forests have their own
special attractions Pike's Peak In in
| the national forest of the same name.