The Rock Island Argus and daily union. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1920-1923, 1921-08-09

7 the stump from the forest service
and the camper can cut il and huiI5
his own house or hire some one ~
do 1t for him. The land once leas.
ed may be released in succeeding
years.
!! Not all the persons who natron-
/ ize the national forests build ana
tiers. Many prefer to pitch camn
IN tents, which requires no permit
or to motor from place to place
Forest rangers have headouar-
ters at intervals through the for
ests, and at these headquarters
marked by an American flag. camn,
ers and travellers can obtain infor-
nation, use a telephone, and pct
help in an emergency.
The different forests have tbei-
own special attractions. Pixies neat
is in the national forest of the San
name. Olympic elk, once almost
extinct but now protected and in
creasing, may be shot-with a
camera-in the Olympic forest in
Washington state. Game trout
abound in the streams of most Of
the forests. Deer, bear, elk, grouse
and other wild game are to he
found in the various forests and
may be hunted under state game
laws.
In the Suitable River forest in
Washington the full-blood Indians
OF the Suiattle River tribe never
fail to interest campers, while in
the east the White mountains boast
of their lakes of the clouds, 5000
feet above the sea, and their water
falls, and the famous Old Man of
the mountains cut by nature in the
side of a cliff.
The West Gets the Crowds.
Of them all, the forests in Col
orado and California are the most
popular as vacation retreats. A
million people visit the Colorado
forests and 100000 the California
forests every year. In the east the
White Mountain forest is probably
the best known.
The eastern forests have to be
conducted along somewhat differ
ent lines from the more extensive
western Fairgrounds. In three Of
hem public camping grounds have
been carefully surveyed and desig-
mated. No one may lease a lot in
hem, because if monopoIies were
granted, a few people would quick
y take up all the land. These
.hree forests, the Pisgah in North
Carolina, the Wichita forest and
game preserve in Oklahoma, and
he White Mountain forest in Maine
Ind New Hampshire, are being used
by picnic parties, fof Boy Scout and
camps, and by camp
srs, who are permitted to stop for
several weeks without charge. HO-
els and inns located at picturesque
spots help to make the forests ac-
;essible for people who cannot con-
pitch camp.
The forest service, with the help
If all those who use the national
orests, is protecting and manag-
ng them so that the American
PEOPLE can have woodland play
for generations to come.
Four million dollars a year for
ne last three years have been ap-
by congress for roads
through the national forests. and
he states using the fund are re-
uired to put up an equal sum.
)ver 100000 trout fry are put
nto the streams and lakes of Col
RADIO alone every year. Rare ami
nails and birds are protected
gainst hunting. Timber nurseries
re maintained by the forest serv-
&c and millions of young trees
100000 for Washington and Ore
on alone-are set out in the for
SITS every year to replace losses
y fire and trees cut for timber.
Red tape is eliminated as much
S possible in issuing leases and
ermits. In return, all that is
sked of the camper or autoist is
nat he be careful with his camp
res, put out or report any fire
lat he may find, and leave his
amp ground clean and neat with
II trash and refuse burned or
uried