The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1922-01-13
PLAN TO PROTECT
HIGHWAY SCENERY
STATE FORESTER WOULD PRE-.
SERVE NATURAL BEAUTY By
THE ROADSIDE.
QUESTIONABLE Is Also Sent to Won.
ems Clubs, Farm Organisations and
Commercial Bodies Of the State:
Sentiment Opposes Nlutilation Of
Landscape.

Sentiment Of Montana residents
relative to conserving the natural
scenery along highways, to planting
trees and shrubs along public roads
and establishing state tourist camps
Is being determined by State Forester
r. P. Mclaughlin. He is sending q
QUESTIONABLE to the women's clubs
farm organizations and commercial
clubs of the state.
Replies Mr.. Mclaughlin has al.
ready received are unanimous for q
policy of state control of the scenic
beauties along highways and regula-
ton OF camp grounds. LEGISLATION
making this possible is favored gem
orally among those who have re-
piled.
Complaints that trees are being de-
stroyed. that rocks in canyons are be-
ing used for commercial ADVERTISING
signs, that sanitary conditions at
camp grounds are not always good
are being received by various author
tiles. The national forest has regu-
lations covering such matters. but
there are many tourist resorts in
Montana outside Of federal control.
Here is Mr.. McLaughlin's question.
naire:
Do you favor the preservation OF
trees and shrubs that add beauty and
shade to our roadsides?
Do you favor the preservation of
trees and shrubs that add beauty and
shade to our roadsides?
Do you favor restricting or prohib-
lting the promiscuous use of rocks.
trees. lodges and other natural road
side features on the public highways
for comercial signs and other forms
of advertising?
DO you favor plan to extend the
growth of trees and shrubs along the
highways of Montana by planting
where needed?
DO you think property owners ad-
dining the public highways could be
encouraged and induced to Cooperate
In preserving the shade, scenery and
beauty Of the roadside?
Do you know what the tourist trav-
Ell in Montana is coming to mean?
Do you know that Colorado has over
q million and q quarter tourists last
year! DO you know that there were
At least 100000 tourists in Montana
last year? That the tourist business
IL growing and is sure to become an
important feature in Montana BUSH
ness? Do you believe that little at
tracttve things along the roads add
much to the charm of our bigger.
grander, mammoth scenes?
Would you favor a law whereby the
control and custody and preservation
OF the trees, shrubs. rocks and other
features ON the public highways were
centralized in some department of
state government?
Do you think the state forester ia
the proper officer to be made respon-
stble for this? Why?
It not the state forester. what Of
ficer in your opinion should be
charged with this work? Why?
Do you believe that roadside parks
and camps should be established to
tourists and campers3
Would you favor a plan whereby
donations or purchases of small idle.
waste and isolated tracts contiguous
to the roadside could be made, secur-
Ing to the state title to such tracts
FOR roadside parks and camps?
Should then complete system of
such camps and parks correlated with
municipal camps be laid out?
Should these camps be regulated to