The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1927-07-15
Editorial Comment
Camping
(The New York Times)

This Is open season for camping-a fact received
with mixed emotions by many There are the in
different. Tor whom camping in any form holds no
appeal There are the envious who do their camp
itg in their office chairs or on the porch rocker on
q hot summer night. and think lonenxly Of cool
streams and pleasant wooded valleys. There are
the professionals who travel lightly and 90 direct
to the wilds to put in effect the pent-up dreams
and carefully made plans Of an entire year. There
are the adventurous, whose inexperience is COM
pensated by irrepressiole enthusiasm and who have
provided against all possible terrors of the wilder
ness by purchasing all the latest "gad1ets" and
"doodabs" and fancy devices that are offered to
prospective campers whose purses are longer than
their heads. Finally, there are the blissfully i-
norant, Who in response to the nomadic spirit that
is the heritage of all beflivversd Americans, adopt
the motto Lets go!" and start off into the coun-
try, trusting to luck and to the advice Of the near
est gasoline station agent to find an agreeable
camping place.
1t is this last category of campers which has In
spired most uneasfness in the guardians Of the viii
derness and in the old-tmers" among the hunters,
fishers and campers. The automobile has given
them the widest possible range Of activity. They
started by thousands on their 3ourneyings yester-
cluttering the roads between the Atlantic and the
Pacific and turning off into bywsvs which have
previously been secure from invasion. "By their
trail can ye tell them" Cans, newspapers, card
board boxes line their camping grounds Forest
fires grow out Of their camp fires. They are-or
20 the regulars" assure us--a dangerous and DIFF
ficult lot, who mar the countryside and annihiiate
seclusion.
The remedy lies not in abusc, but in education
The number Of campers, whether they travel by au-
tomoble by horse. foot or canoe, Is increasing
every year This is the expected result of the
larger number Of state and national parks and for
ests, and Of the facilities which these put Ut the
disposal Of campers. Roads have been built in the
parks and rest cabins put up at frequent intefvals
The Forest Service has built msny miles Of excel
lent trails and provided camping sites for Travellers
This is rs it should be- for there is no better type
Of recreation for the average city and town dwsller
than to get ont into The wilderness and live sim
pie, Il uncomfortable, life..
It cannot Be too often repeated that It is the
first duty 81 campers TO remember the Golden Rule.
Csrelessnsss with fire mssns possible forest fires
with consequent damage that VIII be felt by thou
sands. -Carelsssness sabout the camp-which IL
synonym Tor hsiaess-meaus that o1hsrs viii BE-
made uncomfortable By TIE litter left behind Hsncs
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tieal epp1isatioa sf t3s Goadsn Rule in camping-a
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md rGfuea Hnnsslfetely upon making camp. The
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