The daily star-mirror. (Moscow, Idaho) 1911-1939, 1922-01-03
secretary carries as lightly as did the
girls the blossoms.

/ play.
Have seen the Joy which each succeeding
Has brought to visitors who. seeking
Have found as we'll that God is mani
+ fest
Where nature undehled still holds her
sway.
The mighty rock that stands as sentinel,
| O'er-shadowing the trees beneath its
| WALL
The rushing roar of waters as they fall
With rainbow tinted spray, ALL all impe
! The thoughts of man to turn to Deity
| This Is the message from Yosemite.
Crater Lake.
Miss Crater Lake, fittingly in blue,
had this to say in rhyme:
In far-off Oregon there lies
A lake of wondrous hue,
Not even cloudless summer skies
Are such cerulean blue.
In wildly contrasting shades
Its blood-red walls rise clear,
A gorgeous ring of palisades
ButtresSed and bold and sheer.
Although you travelled many a mile,
Ills surfing "Trip 10 Jake,
I'm sure you found it worth your while
To visit Crater Lake.
Mount Rainier.
Miss Mount Rainier was also strong
on description and verse Here's her
piece:
Among the mountains of the West
Those mighty granite masses,
Rainier's the one 1 love the best
It's majesty surpasses.
"A crown of everlasting white
BY day in sunlight cleaning,
A spectral crown when seen at night,
While all the world lies dreaming.
And through the snow, in contrast rare |
The trees grow tall and slender
It's meadows quite beyond compare,
Where flowers bloom in splendor.
And every spot affords a view
That satisfies the hunger.
I'm sure if you come back, that you
VIII feel a whole lot younger.
Yellowstone.
Miss Yellowstone had so much to
say about the oldest and biggest OF
the national parks that she wisely re-
iected poetry for prose:
From all the mountains ard the valleys
of Yellowstone. l bring you greeting.
From the mighty river and the lake
whose beauty is as yet untouched by the
vandal hand of commercialism, bring
you greeting
And from the mammoth hot springs and
the playful geysers and the crannies and
crags and the Eagles nest, and the can
yons and the water falls, and from the
ID, ~,
and the Grizzlies and even the Mountain
Sheep and the Antelope. ever grateful for
safe haven from the hand of the hunt
err, from all of them, I bring you greet
ings.
And not to be outdone, all the trees, big
and little, and all the rest of the growing
things in Yellowstone join in the wish
that your three score of years may be
heightened far beyond the allotted span.
Rocky Mountain.
Miss Rocky Mountain, with the pert
ness of youth seized the opportunity
to take a whack at a few who have
been stirring up opposition to local
national park service policy. Her
troubles, however, are practically
over, inasmuch as both the Estes Park
Chamber of Commerce and the Den
yer Civic and Commercial association
have Endorsed the policy in question.
Miss Rocky Mountain was modest as
well as pert, for in spite of her youth
and the ssilly strife" she leads all the
national parks in attendance by a
wide margin Here's her contribu-
ton:
feel quite young and immature.
In fact, you might say insecure,
For l am Rocky Mountain Park
It's hard at times to tell my friends
from those who seek some selfish ends;
They almost leave ME in the dark. :
But am sure that you'll agree
That II my friends are good to me,
And put an end to silly strife,
And not find fault, it won't be long
sefore l grow quite big and strong.
And live a very useful life. I
Hope Of the Future.
And then Miss Yosemite wound up
he literary feast with this effusion:
And now, Mr. Secretary, we had &
oped by this time to welcome big o
sister to our midst, in the shape n
Z Roosevelt National Park. Il
Perhaps by the time another year rolls
round. YOU can make her acquaintance
nd who know5--perhaps by that Time, e
ew little sister will have arrived from
omewhere in New Mexico to join US IN -
ur Dirt hday greetings.
At any rate, may the year and all the y
ears to come bring only peace, happi- el
ess and a continued opportunity to serve ir
le nation and it's people.
The Roosevelt National park she
peaks Of is Sequoia, enlarged and
18th the change of name; legislation re
j. pending in congress to that end In .,
new little ssister from New Mexico" Il,
he refers to fhe movement to eStab- y,
sh national park in the Bandelier q,
ationa monument region, which is fo
eli in relics of prehistoric race. or
one thing is certain :, secretary T.,
the interior in sympathy with the Il,
ltional park movement has an "op
,rtunity to serve the nation and its
'ople.' OT
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