Arizona republican., 1921-04-05
BY FREDERIC J. HAskIN

WASHINGTON, April 1.-The work of surveying the boundaries of Mount Mckinley national park, which is said to be the most remarkable of all the areas which the United States government has set aside for the pur poses of conservation and public pleasure is to begin this spring. These boundaries will enclose & great area of primitive wilderness, teeming with game, in which it will be unlaw- ful to kill that game except for min CTS and prospectors who are actually dependent upon it for a living.
 It is hard at present to arouse pop ular interest in a national park in Alaska because it seems so far away. Yet the new government railroad in Alaska will bring Mount Mckinley within three weeks of New York city, and you can travel all the way, ex- cept the last 20 miles, by boat and rail. This means that Mount Mc- Kinley will be no harder for the tour ist to reach than is Hawaii. which in recent years has attained such wide popularity. It will soon be possible to go, on summer vacation of a few months, from the most populous city in the world to one of it's most remote places, where wild life exists in the abundance of Columbian days. This is an opportunity which the American tourist will not miss It is said that plans are already un- der way for a big hotel there to ac- commodate him. It is probable, too. that the national park service will in due course install there the shelters for travellers which it has in other parks. Here, as in all national parks and forests, everything will be +A ell no, Q nrd a hotel, you can take your own outfit and camp, or build your own cabin if you want to stay longer.
 It is the prospect of this movement of tourists to Alaska which has prompted the government to set aside Mount Mckinley as national park The prime purpose in creating the park is to protect the big game herds within it, and the reason for this is that game is an absolute necessity to the development of Alaska. The ex- ploring, prospecting and surveying which are the necessary preliminaries of civilization such a country. can not be carried on unless can can live off the country as they go along Our own West could not have beer opened up without the great herds O. bison and antelope that covered tht prafries and the deer and elk tha
 
 tection was ever afforded these wilS herds, but they were not finally de stroyed until they had served thei purpose. The West was so far iron civilization that it was not menacet by tourists.
 Conditions in Alaska
 The case of Alaska is different l is rapidly being made accessible t the civilization which owns it. sportsmen and tourists are allowe' to slaughter the game. soon there vii | be none left for the men who ac | tually need it. The Alaskans are sai l fully to realize this and therefore t favor the establishment of the parl | By preventing the shipment of gam | from it, and the carrying of arms int it by tourists, the game can withou much expense be given all the pro 1 lection it will need for years to come The region will in this way serve as reservoir from which game will over flow in all directions, keeping tn | country stocked.
 The northern slope of Mount Nc Kinley is said to be one of the fines game regions in the world. A gres variety of game and fur bearing ami
 mals exist there in abundance, bu