Marble Hill press., 1921-08-11

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%. estabHshu.ui - ths uAsnuok"s
vi NafhnAl tark lh this s.u scamp
Aui "a. request Or 10 s.iahhshmsui
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4., gfut-witius l. ns such q paradox a. u
s..a4. a. frst ttslsht. Ths uafiuuaI lara -.
thusfas's - The ,,slutry wo4ld have ihs uatl"aai
Tarks system comprehensive u 10 airrai1 faif1
- Ysr .saupls. u coutaias ths Grand tabyHn. the
T.a.sf uou1srfuI example ia ths ~ur.i ~ strram
sf.-.H1. 'fs ua is.fI. suHHs ,@ats - 'hs '"t.
ts.utal divide "a Relay M.unisin the frakish
,,lI.4u.H atfittffs. - ftr triiussfrsr t" rrli's
= q rfrti.turlr t--ap.s u Mssa Verde Crater Laae.
tu "a crater 20 sf,his'uris volcano, Lafayette
"a fts gaasf q MaEr. yArml..fyIls o., oldest
ry-sk f~u, in America. MegGt Ralai~r 'ai
single l-as ul'h ., living sladsfr >"ga',a ''ih
o. m'l..aus - ius rrr-s.
Thls trsiry Or uailouai Iark system hat shhh
D. efsu..f, tsus.t~ 10 shH~u u th~ mv,susuts 20
ESTABLISH 'h~ Rsiat-.i. Nativai lagk Be- 'ail-
fusnla ths M.s.Issypvl Nalisy Naiiuuai pafk 'h~
Nanuost cave Nattrrui uarN in kenturky. The
uva~. Natiuual para IN iniiaus ani ths okcanf-
E~s Natl..aal fark gn U,srs.a iu ihv Statement
. Nsfaaal lara tsstry. mad. iu tpis - The
late TrunElin X Lane a. srsrvtary - tho late
rioF t. found This
air stua}Iu. Tee para prpjy,ts you shoaid sess
g. rri .csuvry - slpfrgs. and iistiartIyc gull.
~ - s1say natural fsat4rr - s1fravriiuarJ ~
uHleus a. to - - natiauai .Htyr'H-f and lmVrr-
taace IA should s.,k distinguished "tampl"s
81 typical form, 4 vpg.t archltce;urv Tie
uaffaHaH fa7k system a. u1e Cuusututed should
o., - i.s sr,d Co. standard dignity and prestige
- ihy luriasiUa u ar,as shich cXpr~ss In less
thsa th~ standard terms TIE particular class ct
And q .at.ht whirh they rrgrc--aI"
ukenrukr~ = wtihnut doubt q natural wonder.
IL e,,s.Fs nearly s-,yn hguIrvi sgEarr milsS In
southsas'sru Georgia Anous u" trrshwaier
s~amps east - the Mlssissigpi U = cNr,y-ic'l In
site opiy ~ TIE E,ers!sdss Ia scrncry Is first
class q - Elnd u ls rvtusv f'r sam. rN'vq-
to0niy rare forms % aaimal NE Il i Al inl-
Tnrtant watering Sr"aud ter large numbers %.
nisruf0ry satsrfONL II has extraordinary In.
terysst as a aurai arcA Il suli cuutains In spite
~ extensive unbertnk op~raticos ah"at 80
aauarr u.ltes OF diversified Territory 10 az ahso
lu;rly prilnsyR state. THIS latter fact Il i'm
tarfan, lunsnuch as it Is stated that the Dismal
swamp and the Everglades hh,v aiFcady hsN'n
chanEvd BY man h-yuad the hor~ ~ Possibility
of prrs.ryRtinn In aaturai state
80 II there i 10 be a swamp national park. II
wogId apt.ar to be a cas-. of Okrnnokos both-
ing
Even should the destiny of okcnnnkee not he
that u a uatiocaI pArk. u Is possible and eyen
probable that soUe u It's arra NiIl he preserved
60 the nation thruugh The nkehnokcr society
Thl. society vas orsanEsd IN lpis It's ohtert BE-
inE TO give authsutic publicity regarding the oke-
rnoke~ swamp: to seeurr It's rcserSAtion and pres
.rvAlion foe public. educational scientific and
rscrratiotsal uses" The secsrty has the hearty
,OaarS.nsnt Of the National PARK association.
III. United states biological survey, the American
Museum NJ Natural History the National Ass"ci'
atioa II Audubon societies, the Biological soci'
aty af America the American Came Protective
association. the State Geological SuTaN of Georgia,
the Cornell university departments of zoology
and entomology. and many scIcnfiits and nature
lovers Throughout the country, The president ot
the society il Professor James ~. Neciham OF
Cornell university, and the secretary, pr j. o.
Wilson Of waycross, Georgia,
one of the frs, aims OF The society Is to secure
certain representative portions OF the swamp ms
the nucleus of a reservation to which additions
may be made as rapidly opportunity or funds
permit The society plans, after securing the
AREA for n reservation. to present It to the Cnt'
ted States government. 10 order that II may be
administered aud perpctuated "a national Wild
life refuge.
okehnokee was named by the Indians, The
name means Trembling Earth" II Is an iBspira
tion since often Il Is hard tn say where the land
enns and the water begins. Cowhouse Run, for
tSampIe Ia almost solid with water lilies and
"neyer.wets" (Orontiuml yet a boat can be polei
through Il between colonnades Of cypress 20 ls
lands covered with long gleaved pine tpinus palus
tr,sl. The otter hunter goes about In q fat.
has,cme,i craft with his hound The big Water
stretehe. for miles between shoreless margins
aanked hy cypress; here one may discard the
fcrked push. pole and take to the paddle. Chase