Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1925-06-04

has in ten years Transformed the national PARK
movement from forlorn hope into the liyest non
political issue of tie times. The proof of the pud-
ding" is the National Conference on OUTDOOR
Recreation This organized last summer at
Washington upon the initiative of President Cool
Idge and held it's second annual meeting few days
ago. The federal government now stands as
guide philosopher and friend" of the people In
all phases of outdoor recreation, well as active
participant and financial supporter The Army,
however retains it's organization and continues TO
deal directly with congress-which pays attention
One result of this is that Secretary Work of the
interior department has seen his way clear to an
nounce a national park policy based upon three
troad principles
A'E,irst that the national parks and national mon
u ents must be maintained untouched by the In
roads Of modern civilization in order that unspolied
bits of native America may be preserved to be en-
Icyed by future generations as well as our own;
Second, that they are set apart for the USE
education, health and pleasure of all the people,
s'Third that the national interest must take
precedence in all decisions affecting public or
private enterprise in the parks and monuments
So live an issue is the National Park Move
lnent" so manifold are its activities and SO wide
are its ramfcations that it would take volumes IN
stead of columns to cover the situation. Only out
standing features of special interest to the whole
country can be touched on here, and then only In
outline.
There are now in the national park system nine
teen units The twentieth-Utah National park
has been authorized; the acquisition of certain
privately owned lands within its boundaries will
completely establish it. Two more national parks
Shenandoah and Great Smoky in the Appalachi-
ans-are apparently in the making; the Sixty ninth
congress is likely to pass upon these projects.
The total attendance at the national parks and
at 10 (out of 81 national monuments in the 1924
season was 1670908, compared with 1,493,712 for
1924 satisfying increase in view of the fact that
last year presented many conditions unfavorable
&c American tourist travel, including unemploy-
ment, forest fires and the footand-mouth disease
In the Southwest. Favorable conditions this sea-
son point to very large attendance Rocky Noun
fain in Colorado-the most popular of all the ma
fional parks-led as usual its visitors numbered
E24211. Other figures are: Hot Springs Arkan-
Sas (medicinaD 164,17S; Mount Rainier, Washing
tcn 161,473; Yellowstone, Wyoming, 144,158;
Yosemite California 105,894; Grand Canyon, Ari-
IONA, 108,256. Features of this showing are: The
large increase at Mount Rainier, the 1923 attend
ance being 123, 708; the fact that Yellowstone Is
showing results under intensive system of pub
lefty the 1922 attendance being only 1929; the
decrease in Yosemites visitors from 130O46 In
1923.
Most of the more important national parks are
now officially open to visitors. Rocky Mountain
Yosemite and Grand Canyon, open all the
year; so are Hot Springs and Platt oklahoma
medicinal) and Lafayette (Maine) and Hawaii
Glacier CMontana) and Mount Rainier open june