The evening herald. (Klamath Falls, Or.) 1906-1942, 1921-04-11
HEAD Of PARKS
FAVORS CRATER
LAKE COMPANY

= national park service. when his at.
tcntion was called TO tho organi.
zation OF u company to put Crater
Lake. Or. on the map. with every
facility for comfort and enjoyment
at this great natural monument.
was delighted and said everything
possible will be done 10 cooperate
with the Oregon men who have un-
dertaken this task.
Reports from u. NJ. Albright,
superintendent OF Yollowstono ma
tional park and fold assistant to
tho director. on tho results Of tho
meetings In Portland under aus
piccs OF tho Portland Chamber Of
Commerce. have greatly cncour-
aged our efforts TO have the Cra-
ter Lake national park take It's
proper place as one OF tho great
cst tourist attractions In the
United States" said Mr.. Mathor
today.
Action Approved :
"The action OF President II. u.
vanduzer OF tho Portland Chamber
OF Commerce In appointing n COM
mittce 10 organize company TO
tako over concessions In tho park
and provide adequate accommoda-
tions for tourists In n notable stop
forward. This committee. headed
by Governor Olcott as honorary
chairman and Eric II. Hausor.
chairman. In representative OF the
entire state and shows n spirit OF
cooperation which In bound to ro-
suit In Crater Lake taking it's place
among the major attractions along
tho Pacific coast adequately de-
voloped for tourist travel. Ono 9TH
or important feature OF these moct-
ings has been the unsclfish atti-
tudc OF A. l.. Parkhurst. tho present
operator In the park. 10 forward
this movement by placing n rca-
nonablo price on his properties aud
his earnest desire TO offer to tho
public this season the best service
that can be furnished with the pre-.
sent facilities until tho new com
pany can step In and make Improve
mcnts.
War Change. Plans
National park development be-
Kan 4 number Of years prior to
the war, and at that time adequate
accommodations for tourists with
In the parks were largely provided
by the railroads. who foresaw In
tho parks a means for develop
Ing their passenger travel. How
ever. with the coming OF the world
war conditions were changed and
tho railroads no longer could par
ticipate In the actual development
OF the parks: at the same time
war-weary Americans turned to
the national parks for health and
recreation and travel increased to
an unprecedented degree.
''In parks like Glacier and YeI-
lowstone. where excellent hotels
had been erected by tho railroads.
these hotels were able TO care for
travel In n measure: but Il also
became necessary to expand great
ly tho facilities OF tho public
camps for those persons who de-
sired to live out-of-doors. Then
camo the throng' OF happy motor
lists who brought their own camp
equipment, and public camp
grounds had to be provided TO
take care OF this class.
Californians Join.
In Yosemite National park where
, tho railroads never had Interested
themselves In providing accommoda.
tions. II became necessary to take
care OF the ever-increasing number of
persons who desired to visit the park
ana through the enterprise OF public
spirited citizens like A. II. G. Dohr-
man, OF San Francisco, and Harry
chandler, editor OF the Los Angeles
Times, n company representative Of
the whole state was organized to
handle the development In Yosemite.
This was the first time that San
Francisco and Los Angeles had ever
Joined hands to accomplish a COM
mon end. II was at this time that
Harry Chandler gave voice to the ex-
preston that every citizen In Calh
fornia who had a stake In tho state
that he had made through his busi-
ness operations In the state, owed at
least moral obligation to help de-
velop one Of the states natural at
fractions that should be the pride OF
every citizen OF the state and tho
nation. to wit, the Yosemite National
park. And 1t is on this account that