Shoshone journal. [volume] (Shoshone, Idaho) 1884-1931, 1923-08-31


grounds set apart by congress for the use Of the
people forever That official declaration Of ad-
minisiretlon policy was nothing less than absolute
protection Of the national park system against
commercial invasion and exploitation.
Or. John Wesley Hill. chancellor of Lincoln
Memorial university. made the declaration. He
officially represented President Harding and Sec
rotary Of the Interior Work at the Yellowstone
opening. His statement was prepared, careful
and emphatic 1t contained the following
And we are here today to celebrate the
annual opening Of Yellowstone park. the largest
and most faf-famed OF national parks, wooded
wilderness OF three thousand three hundred square
miles. containing incompatible waterfalls more
geysers than are found In the OF the world all
put together. irrigated by rivers like miniature
lakes, and beautifed by lakes like inland seas,
carved by canyons Of sublimity. decorated with
colors defying the painters art. punctured with
innumerabIe boiling springs whose steam mingies
with heecy clouds, succeed with vast areas of
petrihed forests sanctuary of safe retreat for
feathered songsters and wild beasts a wonder.
land playground, santarium and university all
IN one where the eye feasts upon the rIotous
colors OF flowers. ferns and rocks; the ear il
surged with the symphony Of melodious sounds;
the mind Is stated with thousand revelations Of
truth and beauty. ana the faded body weary ws.h
the trudge OF thought toll and travel unpirds
for song and dance beneath the shadows OF the
everlasting hills.
where the friends OF the park and the park idea
have had to night with heroisn worthy It's ex-
porers and discoverers TO retain Il intact against
the bold and presumptuous claims Of the adyo-
Gates Of special privilege. determined to CONNER
cinlixe this land OF wonder. to build railroads
through II. tunnel its mountains dam its lake,
and streams, and secure strangiebed monopoues
with small compensation to the government and
total loss TO the people
"And regardless OF all facts and figures appeals
and threats. therefore. any plan. however mert-
torious on It's face. for the commercial expIota.
tion OF parks must by the very nature of its
aims and purposes be Immediately doomed to
failure.
Good projects bad projects. Indifferent prot
ecs. all must face the fate for II is at hast
established policy OF the government that our
national parks must and shall forever be main
fainsd IN absolute unisnpaised form NOT only for
the present but for all time 20 come a policy
With has the unqualified support % President
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