The Tacoma times. [volume] (Tacoma, Wash.) 1903-1949, 1941-06-25
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family OF three bows Ia
grown up here. Two Of them u.r.
oofn during our residence hsrs
We have grown 10 love II a. on,
80 eea's'aef j
Preston. married and shou, =
years Of age, will prove a fine su.
perintendent for this park. Tom
UNISON declared. although he could
not recall that Preston had eve,
visited Rainier unless on a casual
trip.
Praises Preston
Preston Is a splendid fellow ana
highly capable man for this
post Tomlinson said. He Ia.
come up through the ranks and
has deserved the promotions he
has received.
lie Is graduate of the college
OF forestry at University of Colo
rado; served as temporary. later
as permanent ranger in the Rocky
Mountain National park. then be-
came a chief ranger and won an.
other promotion to assistant SUI
perintendent before being assigned
three years ago to Lassen.
From his Rocky Mountain and
Lassen service, he knows noun
tains, but he has a real thrill in I
store for him when he takes over $
here. The timber, too, will appeal :
to him. 1 believe he holds a mas :
ters degree in forestry"
Big Increase =
Tomlinson recalled that when he 9
came to Rainier in 1928. the park a
had just had a great increase in
The total of 10. 900 that II
year was some 20 or 25 per cent Ell
greater than the year before. CT
We had a permanent personnel ca
of nine men on our staff. including
myself" he recalled. Last year HI
he number of visitors was 456 600 of
md our permane 1t staff has grown pi
% Al. m
When took over. congress had at
lot yet fully awakened to the need
4 appropriations for developing u
ur parks, this one particularly. s''
iere We had only one important . '
Dad into the park, Nisqually, and -" -.
My a one-way road to Paradise -,
alley. M
Since then. we have expended r..
lore than s10,0O0,o 900 on new da,
'ads and other facilities exclusive :
the work done by the CCC bows slo,
hieh has been very important bv
in itself. We have aet
'mpleted the loop road around the des
st side of the park. we completed Def
Id greatly improved the White
ver road to Yakima park: the e
arbon River road has been ex- -
nded and improved and MANY NJ.
lies of new construction has been
ought about in the interior roads a
d trails. Na'
Many improvements
"A very substantial progress has org
en- made on the Stevens canyon in
Id which will connect the Para arm
e road with Ohanepecosh. How F.
n, 1t will be probably three PER-
hrs before it can be completed nate
! opened to travel. In my Is eral
Irs here I have witnessed a ire men
ndous improvement in the park faith
ilities and in public appreciation room
them" Frid
daJ. Tomlinson had served some will
years in the army before COM at v
to the national park service. ton
ny Of those years being spent tn
he Philippines. Before assign is to
1t to Rainier, he had briefly vide
a position in the postoffice tainr
ice in Nevada. with
here the Tomlinson's oldest
William s., was born. He il al
i9 and in university. next il w
n A. IT., II, and a high school bul
lent, born in Tacoma; and the -
is Robert N. II, now in grade 49,,
"a re.1s- IN 9eo''' dex
= - ..'o "isi'eu 10 re- by u
-. .io i'" iiieius ana 10 Russi
- y ..s eo'i'ihueo deVo- away
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