Indiana daily times. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1914-1922, 1921-07-29
LIEBER APPEAL
FOR DUNES GETS
: TOIND. EDITORS
Backer of Park Idea Tells
Hoosier Scribes Advantage
of Plan.
ON GREAT AUTO ROUTE
Bv stan Correspondent0

WITH THE REPUBLICAN EDITORS
IN LAKE COUNTY. July 29.-The edi-
tors this afternoon forgot partisanship
and politics as they wandered amid the
dunes and gaZeG upon the blue weterS
Of Lake Michigan-the scene Of the pro
posed Dune Park Of Indiana
They gave rapt attention, as Richard
Lieber. who conceived the Dune ParK
idea. talked TO them Of the advantages
of having the historic mounds preserved
TO posterity.
Much has been said for the desir-
ability Of preserving the sand dunes
IN some form or other" CGid Mr. LieOer.
THE United States Government likely
Will not take them over because there
is No legal precedent; all other parks
either having been cut out Of the public
domain or presented to the Government.
Up To STATE
TO BUY DUNES.
TT is plainly, therefore, the duty Of
the State TO rescue this land Of unsur-
passed beauty and protect it for all
time to come. Teachers and preachers,
nature lovers and artists. social welfare
workers and other Missionaries and wholly
impractical people in season and ont Of
season have worked for the preservation
of the dune land, while emincntly prac-
teal men have in the meantime been
busily at work removing whole hill
sides Of sand for the purpose Of track
elevation and for cash. During this time
the great mass of people has indOlentiy
looked on.
"Why should the dunes De saved
There are many reasons why they should.
According to scientists our own Indiana
sand dunes are the finest in the world
They are the most accessible dunes; they
possess extremely interesting fauna and
flora; offer unparalleled opportunities TO
observe the action OF wind and its in
fluence on the sand and plant life The
Lake Michigan beach is beautiful and
offers bathing facilities 10 a multitude
recrea tional uses are unlimited The
dunes are poetic. they are beautiful, they
are wonderful; they ere just about the
most beautiful and wonderful thing we
have n the Midwest. They are. the
emily free access to Lake Michigan left to
the people. To choose from. there are
fifteen miles OF broad, clean. safe beach.
to furnish bathing facilities TO thousand
ards OF people At the same instant fBut
how much longer viii they be available -
Fishing in Lake Michigan off the dunes
shore IS excellent. There are hundreds
Of good camp sites on the beach and back
in the dunes.
The dunes are the only outlet for the
people of Chicago and Indiana on Lake
Michigan. They are the one big and last
opportunity 70 furnish recreationaI out
doors for the millions OF Chicago and
northern Indiana Industrial centers.
Their health value is enormous. Millions
Of people are limited TO two weeks vaca-
ton and with little money 10 spend Two
weeks spent in the open air Of the dunes.
away from the city. means a complete
reJuvenation. Here the great nun bers
of foreign horn laborers Of the region
may see and be taught what the primitive
America was. II viii give q nav sense Of
prOprietorship not only 70 the recent i'm
migration but 20 the children that are
to the msnor born. and By sta5Eshfug
this gre common playground OF the
people, Ne viii make a center for the
getting together and the unisying Of the
cosmopolitan people OF the world
gathered together in this international
citizenship, such as nothing else can ac-
complish The present generation needs