The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1922-01-06
Fall
Is "Surprised"

the national parks I'm their untouched
wildness are priceless heritage OF
the American people, TO be used and
| not abused, to be conserved from
commercial exploitation and passed
on unframed to future generations.
Hence the surprise party. as a token
OF appreciation and Of loyal co-opera-
! ton.
The Interior department people in
sisted upon making their affair quite
exclusive and staged 1t in the secre-
tary's office. They did, however. in
vite Mrs. Fall. So the secretary found
himself surrounded by sort of family
party, assembled In honor OF the six
tieth anniversary OF his birth. In the
party were First Assistant Secretary
Finney. Director Mather Of the ma
tlonal park service, and heads of the
dozen or more bureaus Of the depart
ment.
This official family was headed by
five young women of the national park
service who personified five OF the ma
|
tary: Miss Isabelle Story, in green,
Yosemite; Miss Beatrice Ward, In
blue, Crater Lake; Miss Leila Price,
in lavender. Mount Rainier; Miss
May Schnurr, in yellow, Yellowstone !;
Miss Bertha Miltenberg, in red,
Rocky Mountain. Among them they
carried five dozen chrysanthemums
one for each of the years which the
secretary carries as lightly as did the
girls the blossoms.
Yosemite.
Miss Yosemite, taking on airs be-
cause the secretary visited her first
on his trip presented her blossoms
and said this nice little bit of verse:
We bring thee greeting on thy natal day
From all those glorious regions In the
West.
Our Nations Parks. where you. most
welcome guest,
Have watched the people of a Nation
play
Have seen the Joy which each succeeding
day
Has brought to visitors who. seeking
rest,
Have found we'll that God IL mani
fest
Where nature Undecided 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 impel
The thoughts of man to turn 10 Deity
~ Il. H.
Crater Lake.
Miss Crater Lake, fittingly In blue
had this to say in rhyme:
In far-ofr Oregon there lies
A lake or wondrous hue
Not even cloudless summer skies
!, Are such cerulean blue.
A | In wildly contrasting shades,
, Its blood-red walls rise clear.
A gorgeous ring of palisades
|, Duttressed and bold and sheer.
!, | Although you travelled many mile,
This stirring trip to take.
I'm sure YOU found It worth your Will
II To visit Crater Lake
Mount Rainier.
Miss Mount Rainier was also stron;
|" y on description and verse Here's he
- piece:
. Among the mountains of the West
Those mighty granite masses.
II Rainiers the one | love the best
81 Its majesty surpasses
y 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 rar,
The trees grow tall and slender
le Its meadows quite beyond compare.
re Where flowers bloom In splendor
And every spot affords a view
IS That satisfies the hunger
nj I'm sure II you come back. that you
W VIII feel whole lot younger.
or Yellowstone.
Ill Miss Yellowstone had SO much I
say about the oldest and biggest ,
to the national parks that she wisely r,
at tected poetry for prose:
lis From all the mountains and the vale,
n OF Yellowstone, | bring you greeting
- From the mighty river and the lal
W whose beauty is yet untouched by u
W vandal hand of commercialism, l brir
'oi you greeting.
n And from the mammoth hot springs ar
IN the playful geysers and the crannies ar
craEs and the Eagles nest. and the cal
l'e yons and the water falls and from Il
at Elk and the Buffalo. the Brown RAJ