Evening star., 1926-06-19
Mammoth Cave Park Project
Pleases the East and South

Mammoth Cave. kentucky's wonder
Of the world. with it's hundreds of
miles of underground passages. cham
Ders and streams. at last is to become
a nationaf park. The idea pleases
especially the East and South. and the
approval of the cave area is linked in
discussion with the Shenandoah and
Great Smoky projects. which are ex-
pected to give the country east of the
Mississippi parks comparable to those
of the West
"It is altogether fitting" says the
Philadelphia Public Ledger. that
scenic areas in the South should be
thus conserved. even as tracts of the
West widely varying in dimensions,
have been purchased and protected.
The fact that the national parks al
ready in existence were used by nearly
1000, 900 visitors last year, with 325,-
900 motor cars traversing their Won
derlands of forest. waterfall and noun
tain, Is an indication of the general
appreciation of natural beauty which
the current projects sOr parks in the
South are to realize in new and most
desirable region"
Expressing satisfaction that the
Kentucky delegation in Congress won
its fight for the inclusion of the Nam
moth Cave area" the Bristol Herald
Courier indicates the scope of the
Eastern projects with the statement
that the athree represent a total of
1900 900 acres" OF what remains to
be done. the Knoxville Sentinel says:
Assurances have been made and re-
ceived that help from the Nation at
large will be generously given when
the parks should receive the recognl-
tion and sanction of the Government.
and that stage we have reached. But
a campaign will have to be waged to
realize on these promises and pros
poets for aid from the friends of the
parks everywhere"
The Fort Wayne News.Sentinel
points out that the Federal Govern
ment is to take over the Mammoth
Cave preserve, including 70,61S acres.
in fee simple and without cost to the
National Treasury" and rema rks thu
the Government Is extremely fortu-
nate in being able to acquire a prop
erty so picturesque without any cost
The new parks are described by the
Charleston Evening Post az priceless
possessions to Americans" and the
Post feels that 1T is a great satisfaC
ton to the people of the South that
these regions of rare natural beauty
and delight are to be preserved for
ever" The Port Huron Times Hera ld
also remarks In a discussion of the
Mammoth Cave that these great nat
ural wonders of the earth really be
long to the whole people and should
be made public property. 1t is well,
continues that paper. that the Gov
ernment has at last been put in po-
sition to acquire the control of this,
one of the oldest and strangest of the
country's natural wonders"
Great benefits to their State are
seen by the Kentucky papers. The
Louisville Times thinks that with
Mammoth Cave as a national park.
and Cumberland Falls as a State
park, Kentucky will realize hand
somely upon attractions which have
been, to a considerable extent, un-
recognized even within the State"
The Lexington Leader adds its ap-
probation of the benefits: For many
years, for several generations, travel
ers have visited the caverns OF the
region from every quarter of the
globe. In years to come, with more
rapid and easier means Of communi-
cation with the increase of wealth
and the growing tide of travel. multi
tudes from etery Stats and from