The L'Anse sentinel. (L'Anse, L.S., Mich.) 18??-current, 1922-01-13
Secretary Fall
Is "Surprised"

the national parks in 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 II 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
tional 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 M
tary: Miss Isabelle Story. In green.
Yosemite; Miss Beatrice Ward, In
blue. Crater Lake; Miss Leila Price,
In lavender. Mount Rainier; Miss
May Schnurr, I'm yellow. Yellowstone;
Miss Bertha AIilterberg, 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 as well that God is mani
Where nature indebted 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 |
Tha nf,
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,
gorgeous ring OF palisades
Buttressed and bold and sheer.
Although you travelled many a mile,
This stirring trip to take.
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 love the best
Its majesty surpasses
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.
Its meadows quite beyond compare,
Where flowers bloom In spendor.
And every spot affords a view
That satisfies the hunger.
I'm sure II you come back. that you
VIII feel whole lot younger.
Yellowstone.
Miss Yellowstone had so much to
saw about the oldest and biggest of
the. national parks that she wisely re-
jected poetry for prose:
From all the mountains and the valleys
OF Yeifowstones T. bring you greeting
From the mighty river and the laIse
whose beauty IL as, yet untouched by the
vandal hand OF commercialism. l bring
you greeting
And from the mammoth hot springs and
the playful geysers and the crsnnIes and
crags and the Eagles nest. and the can
yons and the water fails. and from the
Ink and the Buffalo. the Brown Bear