The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1932-09-08
DISTRICT IS UNIQUE
ASSERTS ALBRIGHT
FOLLOWINCS survey
Views Area BY Air and From
Auto In Company With
North Dakota Men
INSPECT ROOSEVELT RANCH
Trip Covers Grand Canyon Of
Little Missouri and Kill.
deer Mountains
INSPECT ROOSEVELT RANCH

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Dickinson. N. D., Sept. 8.-"You
have something unique. something of
interest nationally and we feel the
time has come when something must
be done toward the establishment Of
the Roosevelt National park or q ma
tioual monument In the Bahamas
territory, Horace M. Albright, direc-
tor Of national parks Of United States
said Thursday after inspection We'd
neSday Of the area by auto and from
the air. Director Albright came to
Dickinson Tuesday morning from the
west and was met here by Senator
Gerald p. Nye, who came from Minot
In a cabin airplane furnished by
Northwest Always, Inc. for the In
spection Of the park. Col. L. r Brit
tin. vice president and General man.
ager and W.. r. Bullock, operations
manager and pilot, accompanied
Senator Nye and Director Albright on
an air voyage Of 200 miles from the
territory south of Medora, where was
located the Maltese Cross Theodore
Roosevelt's first ranching project,
north past the former presidents Elk
horn ranch and the grand canyon Of
the Little Missouri to the Watford
City bridge and through the Killdeer
Mountains region back to Dickinson.
Director Il Impressed
1.-THE unusual opportunity which
was offered through the cooperation
with Northwest Anyways and local
parties on the Slope seem to have
impressed upon our guest. the ma
tional director, the merit Of our park
proposal" Senator Nye sold, adding
IT am confident real progress to-
wards the realization Of our park
dreams has today been accomplished
and that we stand in much better
position than heretofore, to accom-
plish an enactment Of legislation with
in a year which will recognize the
merit that the Badlands have as q
showplace along with other national
parks"
Albright gave every indication that
activity towards establishment OF
park or national monument would
start at once. However, he called at
tention to the fact there may be some
difficulties in securing control Of the
land in the area. There win have to
be very thorough, consideration OF
the land problem together with full
appraisal of the resources Of the area
and it would seem that we can prob
ably work out q monumental park on
q smaller scale than was originally
planned" Albright said. He stated it
was necessary that the government
control the land In the park area, cit
ing as an example that development
In Rocky Mountain park was retard-
ed Is years because Of conflicts aris-
ing out of private ownership within
park boundaries.
Launched In 1921
The project for Roosevelt National
park has been carried forward In
North Dakota as one of the activities
Of the Greater North Dakota associa-
ton which has worked to maintain
interest in the project first introduce
ed In congress by Representative J..
H. Sinclair In 1921.
wednesday afternoon Director Al
bright and Senator Nye were piloted
on an auto trip through the Badlands
by Attorney Walter Ray. Medora: NJ.
j. Connolly, New England, director OF
the Greater North Dakota associa-
ton; Lewis F. Crawford, Fargo, form
er state historian, and Carl Olsen, and
Nate Halliday. Badlands ranchers;
Congressman ]. H. Sinclair was called
to his home at Kenmare and was UNI
able to accompany the party g
planned.
During the day the park delegation
called on Editor Walter +. Cushing OF
Beach, recuperating at Dickinson
hospital from an operation perform
ed five weeks ago, finding him still
as enthusiastic for the Roosevelt Ma
tional park as when II years ago he
fathered the project later taken over
by Greater North Dakota association.
Only Surface Scratched
I'VE have not scratched the surface
of the possibilities Of tourist traffic"
Director Albright said in addressing
the Dickinson Lions club at dinner
given park delegates Wednesday eve
ming. He congratulated the. state Of
North Dakota on the work Of COM
pleting the oil surfacing and paving
OF roads across the state. Good roads
mean more to the state than estab-
lishment Of q park in bringing tour
lists, he said. stating only 10000 cars
visited the Yellowstone National park
this year while there are twenty -four
million cars in the United States.
Tourists travel all roads except dusty
roads. Albright said calling attention
to the fact that the majority Of tour
lists travel transcontinental southern
routes, even in hot months, because Of
oil-surfaced roads.
Albright left Thursday morning for
Wind Cave National park at Hot
Springs, South Dakota with Edward
d. Freeland, superintendent, who
drove here to meet him.