The herald. [volume] (New Orleans, La.) 1905-1953, 1922-05-25

two states created Palisades Interstate commits
slons in 1900 and Governors Theodore Roosevelt
and Foster NJ. Voorhees, each appointed five COM
missioners. The commissioners are unpaid and
honpartisan Politics have been kept out of the
park. The development work has all been done
oy the commissions own force and all park activ-
Ties are conducted by this force The commission
expects each separate activity TO be self-support-
ing
The funds appropriated and contributed TO date
are mus summarized: BY New York. in cash.
So,'93523, in lands, $4,000; by New Jersey in
cash, S7279S3; by private contributors. in cash
S4'3ol44; in lands, 1852, 765; total, S13119 42O
Inc park now contains 1000 acres in New Jersey
extending for l. miles along the Hudson (the
Pallsades) $50 acres in the Blauvelt tract west
or Nyack; $50 acres in the Hook mountain Rock
land lake section, and 33,7OS acres In the Bear
mOuntain-Harrman section. Mrs F. H. Hartman
made oae gift of 10000 acres and 81 OOOOOO
over one million people visited the Bear noun
taln-Harrlman section last summer; every sum-
mer $4,000 poor children spend an average of ten
days IN the camps. Every possible facility for
every sort of recreation is provided There are
even medical service, religious exercises and
cooked-food distribution. AS TO the people who
used the 12-mile strip under the Palisades their
number can only be guessed at
The Des Mones conference was attended nv
l4O delegates from so organizations in % states
The coming conference will be larger This mark
cations. Here are few samples: Save the Red
woods League of California General Federation
OF Womens Clubs; American Society of Land
scape Architects; Wild Flower Preservation So
ciety of America; American Bison society: Amer.
lean Alpine club; American Committee on Preser
walton of Natural Conditions; American Civic
association; National Park-to-Park Highway asso
citation; National Park Service
The scope of this second conference is perbans
best suggested by the report of the committee on
resolutions. DIR. Henry C. Cowles University of
Chicago, chairman, which was adopted at tho
first conference This report includes the fol-
lowing:
"The National Conference on State Parks &c
sembed in Des Mones, January 1O1I-12 1901
upon the call of the governor of Iowa and at rho
suggestion Of the secretary of the interior and in
cooperation with the national park service de-
cares its belief:
THAT the public parks, local county. state ond
national necessary for the best deveJonmant
of patriotism, of efficient manhood and woman.
hood and of business and civic life In the Irni,ad
States.
'That such parks should include not only amnIe
and organized provision for recreation bur also
for the preservation in their natural state NJ
liberal areas embracing the varied types of nrai
rie, forest, lake, river and mountain scenery of
America, we'll the natural wonders thar
distinguish our country.
"That it is incumbent upon our governments
local. county, state and national, to continua m
acquire sites until eventually there shall be pubIic
parks within easy access of all the people of our
nation.
THAT this conference, recognizing the funda
mental value of forest recreation recommends
the establishment Of further national stare
county and municipal forests and that the recra
atiOnal of such areas be correlated with
similar activities in other publicly owned areas"
At the first conference a special committee was
appointed to study the park laws of the several
states and to confer with the executive committee
Of the National Conference of Commissioners on
Uniform State Laws with a view TO the prepara-