The Holly chieftain., 1922-05-04

tion and presentation of model drafts. This COM
mittee will report to the coming conference. Its
membership follows:
Everett L. Mlllard. Chicago chairman; pres-
dent Municipal Art league.
Charles q. Sauers, indianapolis, Indiana State
Department Of Conservation.
Judge Asa X. Owens, Phillips, Wis.
Chancey Hamlin, Buffalo, N Y.
e. w. Allen, State of Washington.
The attitude of the coming conference o.
questions of policy is probably pretty accurately
Indicated by a list of recommendations formulated
at the first conference by the Round Table COM
mttee. This Informal committee was made up
of delegates actually engaged in the construction.
supervision and development Of existing parks.
The recommendations include the following:
ut is recommended that any legislation for the
establishment of state or municipal parks or
forest preserves provide for the development and
Improvement Of such areas In such manner
that they be freed entirely from oil political In
huence.
"That all moneys given, appropriated or accru-
ing to such bodies, including those moneys earned
by the utilities and facilities inside the areas be
placed at the disposal of such boards and ex-
pended by them without the further formality Of
legislative appropriation, but accounted for In
accordance with the states or municipalities
finance laws.
'That wherever the necessary capital Is avail
able, all the utilities be operated directly by the
maintenance work be done by their forces without
contracts concessions, but If such capital Is not
available that these utilities be let as concessions
to concessonaires with sufficient capital and abil-
ity under proper restrictions and regulations by
the board
"That all buildings In such areas be the prop
erty of the board and that no privately owned
structures Of any type be permitted except in the
case of large forest preserves, where this policy
does not interfere with some Of the higher type
Of utizations
"That long-term leases of clubhouses,
camps, or other buildings be made, and that a
strict limitation be placed private residences,
even n large forest reservations, and that these
should be permitted only with due regard to
future public use."
lpnsmuch as the new interest in state and local
parks is largely an outgrowth Of the discovery by
the people of the national parks, the national
park service Is giving Its heartest cooperation
through Director Stephen T. Mather The con-
nection between national parks and state parks
is often close. since 1t is sometimes difficult to
decide the destiny of scenic areas ambitious for
national park honors Mr.. Mather Is likely to ask
the opinion Of the conference concerning dozen
or so national park propositions which raise the
question: Are they not best fitted for state parks
These propositions incude:
Mammoth Cave, Kentucky; Petit Jean, Ar
Kansas Grand Coulee, Washington; Bryce Can
yon, Utah; Mississippi valley. Iowa and Wiscon-
sin; Okefinokee swamp. Georgia; Yakima, Wash.
ington. Blue Ridge, Georgia; Sand Dunes. In
diana Roosevelt Bad Lands, South Dakota.
Secretary Of the Interior Albert b. Fall, In
whose charge the national parks Of course
heartily endorses the coming conference. He
says In referring in his 1921 annual report to
the Des Moines conference and the Increased
activities In the state park movement:
"lt Is hoped this will In time result In state
park being available every hundred miles or 50
along the chief traffic arteries to the national
parks which will contribute much to the pleasure
of out-of-door camping"