The Glenwood post., 1924-01-03

care you going to miss Uncle Ted's
story tonight?' Ruth asked as Jack
entered the library.
"Indeed 1 am,'' answered Jack.
I'm so used to his stories it doesn't
seem possible he isn't here"
"oh, Ruth-Jack!' called voice
from upstairs.
"Coming, Mother,' they answered
at once.
"Now, Children their mother said,
"Uncle Ted cannot be with you this
evening for the usual story. I re-
ceived letter from him today and
he also sent one to you, but asked me
to give it to you this evening""
"You read it to us, will you, Moth
err" asked Jack.
eyes dear, of course. This is what
he says:
q" Dearest Ruth and Jack: 1 am
truly sorry it is impossible for me to
be with you this evening and was
wondering if you will miss my story
as much as 1 miss telling it. So that
you will not be too disappointed I've
decided to write you one.
"'I am certainly seeing many in
teresting things on my trip and it is
hard to choose what to write about.
You will remember some time ago I
told you about the beauties of the
United States. Among those scenic
wonders I named the national parks.
In order to make it easier for visitors
to travel through those parks and see
their natural beauties, the federal
government has built roads, trails,
cabins and hotels. The result of that
development has been that tourist
travel to the parks is increasing by
thousands each year.
GO when the parks were first ere
ated, the states in which they were
located complained that too much tax
able land was being taken from their
control. Since the tourists have be-
gun coming to them the local opinion
has changed. The states are getting
far greater return from the tourists
than they ever could have received
through taxation of the park area.
"'Secretary Work of the Interior
department told me the other day
when was in Washington, that over
$35,OOO,O0O had been expended in these
various parks by visitors the past sea-
son. The money they spend in com
munities outside of the parks is in
proportion. 1t has been estimated
that American tourists in Europe spent
$1O,000,00O this year, so you see they
are beginning to "See America
First" which not only helps this
country financially but educationally.
"A bill has been drafted and SUBJ
mitted to the proper committees in
the senate and house for further i'm
provement of the roads in the national
parks. This will be an inducement for
Americans to tour their own country
first.
"'You will remember Crater Lake
National park as the one having the
beautiful blue lake. While there
were only about $35O,0OO spent by
tourists there, Oregon considers this
park a paying business.
Yosemite National park in Cali
fornia is one of the most beautiful in
the west. A few years ago the gov
ernment surrendered part of it in order
that dam might be built and big
reservoir created to supply water and
power to San Francisco. Most of its
natural beauties were preserved, how
ever.
Many people go to the Sequoa
and General Grant National parks in
California to escape the extreme heat
of the summer. This community is
better by about 100000 derived from
summer tourists.
TT is estimated that about $4,000
people outside of the state of Colorado
visited Rocky Mountain National park.
Many people also went to Mesa Verde
National park in southwestern Colo
RADIO. Some organizations in Colorado
estimated that railroad and automo-
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