The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1930-07-25


stages from one to another. after spending short
time in each one. Thus these vast areas Of scenic
wonder have this summer become Fairgrounds
for a President" although the Hoover tour serves.
If anything to emphasize the accessibility Of these
vacation lands to every American and the fact
that they belong to every one of us just much
as they do to the President of the United States.
Although changes in the itinerary may be made
during the course of the tour; at the time this
article was written, the original announcement of
his plan called for visits to the following national
parks: Glacier in northen Montana, Yellowstone
in southwestern Wyoming Grand Teton in south
central Wyoming Rocky Mountain in north CEN
trial Colorado. Mesa Verde in southwestern Colo
RADIO. Seqnoia and Yosemite in California, and
Grand Canyon in Arizona. In general it was an
nOunced, he would start in the north and work
SOUTH visiting first Glacier and making his last
stop at the Grand Canyon when he Is Washington.
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Already famous as a fishing President" Mr..
Hoover, according to early announcements. would
spend week in Glacier. the longest halt pro-
posed for the entire journey of more than 5000
miles, because of the excellence of the fishing
there However, in most of the parks where he
will pitch his camp temporarily, he will find con-
venient and well-stocked streams. In the Yellow
stone for instance, the National Park service,
which has supervision over the 81 national parks
scattered throughout the country reports that
trout fishing in Yellowstone waters is unexcelled."
All three drainage basins in that region abound in
trout which often are record-breakers as to size.
Yellowstone lake is the home of large trout, which
are freely taken, the park officials assert, while
the Yellowstone river and its tributaries yield ex-
cellent catches to the skillfu angler. There is
good fishing also in the other rivers Of that large
pork, as well as in many lesser lakes. The United
States bureau of fisheries during recent years has
been keeping the lakes and rivers of the national
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special hatcheries for this purpose and co-operat-
ing closely with the officials of the National Park
service in providing this sport for all visitors to
the various parks. I'd Aa3
However, the opportunity for fishing which the
President will enjoy during his tour of the ma
tiona parks Is only minor item In the attractions
which they will offer him. OF our national parks
it has been said:
"The national parks scattered mostly through
ont the western part of the United States from
the Canadian border to Mexico, with one on the
Maine coast another in Alaska and still another
in Hawaii, offer the greatest playground given by
any nation in the world to its people.
These great areas set apart for the permanent
and enjoyment of the American people not
only afford opportunity for healthful and pleasant
vacations; they combine natural beauties and
wonders which, taken as whole, are unexcelled
in any other part of the world. They are outdoor
laboratories, in which the geologist, the botanist
the student of wild life and Of nature in any of
its varied and ever varying forms may proftabIy
spend weeks or months of intensive study.
1.-The national parks constitute a perpetual art
gallery in which the lover of rocks and trees and
skies, painted in all their natural colors by the
Master Hand of the universe, finds never ending
pleasure and surprise. They are a series of muse
ums in which are spread before the eye of the
beholder the geysers and the mud volcanoes of the
Yellowstone, the giant trees of the Yosemite and
Sequoia, the stupendously wonderful canyon of
the Grand Canyon, described as the greatest ex-
ample of erosion and the most sublime spectacle