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A Y lY ARK v r A Jj c H O yf l 1 PARK PARK- 4 K LANES LANE'S Intention n to resign ns secretary of the department of the interior and leave lerl the Wilson Nilson f cabinet is learned with regret by the arm army of national park parle enthusiasts Part of this army of nature lovers of course expect the Republicans to win in 1020 1920 and so are resigned to the loss of Secretary Lane in the O sp spring of 1921 1021 O Others who exp expect ct the Democrats to win have hoped that S Secretary Lane w would uld continue to o be head hend of the interior department for for another four our years To o be sure Secretary Lane sa says s 's that he has not sent ent In his lils resignation to the president and has not oven even talked to him about It as he does not wish Ish t to add to Mr Wilsons Wilson's burdens and worries is t this Ut r Put p be admits that U R 13 b. b Uh tiUi Inte t n- n ton don to o fe t t the he cabinet So go o It looks as If It the tle nit nr- n- n ional parks es would lose their official head hend sooner than han anyone had bad reason renson to think think think-a a prospect which pleases leases none of the hundreds of thousands of ot national na na- ional park enthusiasts Doubtless most good Americans think well of Mr Lane His public life Ufe has established his reputation lon tion for ability His long service on the Interstate commerce commission and in the cabinet has made him ilm very well known He has made for himself an enviable name as a p per r cent American who has las had a n vision of a n Greater Grenter America and has lias labored faithfully to bring that vision to his feU fellow ow Americans The national park enthus enthusiasts however havea ha have a n nil nn th ti own men Individually and collectively Ively they think well of ot Secretary Lane for tor his altitude toward the national parks parIes They believe that hat the phenomenal growth of at the national park m movement in the lust last seven years ears Is in no small part lart due thle to his official operation co-operation and official leadership park movement is believed by its supporters to be the livest national cause which is not primarily allied with reconstruction after the great war It stands among other things for the outdoor life for recreation amid scenic beauty for See America First for the development of of the he national parks as a gr great groat at national econ economic asset for the le keeping at nt home of hundreds of millions mullions mil mul- lions lons of ot good American dollars for the preservation ion tion of American flora and fauna for the establishment establishment of ot m magnificent public playgrounds grounds for the people forever for tor Increased and better Americanism Ameri AmerI- When Secretary Lane assumed his seat sent In the cabinet national park affairs were in an exceedIngly exceedingly exceed- exceed bad nd wa way The federal government regarded the he national parks as a n lIa liability fUty rather than as an asset Their nd administration such uch as ns It was vas was considered a n nuisance Though the department of ot the Ule interior was charged b by law Jaw with their care they hey were managed by half dozen clerks derks In various vari ous working on part time No Nobody body was responsible and nobody cared Congress granted haphazard appropriations under protest A new now national park project was an adventure in politics And the American people six years ago ngo scarcely knew there were any national parks Yellowstone and YosemIte were known ns as scenic beauty spots shots rather than as ns national nl parks parIes Railroad folders were the one source of information The public still that the Swiss Alps were the only mountains worth seeing with the Canadian Rock Rock- ies second choice Secretary Lane had the vision to see that the national parks parIes were a n great national economic asset asset asset as as- set Instead of a n financial liability that the See America First movement was a live national cause and that the national parks had an educational and a n recreational mission for the American Ameri Ameri- can people He lIe at nt once he began an to put order Into the national park chaos Then the world war gave him his op op- by shutting off oft American tourist travel abroad before the war Americans Americana were spending like Ilke yearly In foreign sight sight- 1 11 a aa a rr 4 I S' S seeing And he be held a n winning hand because as asa asa a n matter of or fact our national parks excel In supreme supreme su su- preme scenic quality and variety the combined ac- ac lle scenery of the rest of ot the world The rhe national park situation is still very far from being satisfactory according to the views of the unofficial leaders lenders of the national park movement Congress has no settled national park policy Poll Poll- tics is still a n large factor In determining the establishment establishment establishment es es- es- es of new national parks There Is no standardization Q of national park parle acts Congress appropriates annually J for each park panic separately with the tho result of ot unsatisfactory allotment of funds Nevertheless a lot has been accomplished under Secretary Lane And here are some of the th things that have been peen brought t about The passage of an nn act In 1010 establishing the national park paik service as s the ninth bureau of the interior department This probably was the most important piece of national par park legislation since the national park system s stem tit was as begun by the creation creation creation crea crea- tion of the tho Yellowstone National p park rk In 1872 1872 the first national park of of the world It provides the machinery for the administration protection and development of the national parks The act sets forth that the service shall promote and regulate regulate regulate regu regu- late th the use of the national parks by such means and measures as conform t to their fundamental pur pun purpose purpose pose which purpose Is to conserve e the scenery and the natural and historic objects and the wild wildlife wildlife life therein and to provide for tor the enjoyment of ot U the e bame In such manner manner and by such means menns aswill aswill as ns will leave lenye them unimpaired for the enjo enjoyment ment of ot ot future generations The promulgation in 1018 by Secretary Lane of ot ofa a n Statement of National Park l Policy ocy This policy pol pol- icy is based on three broad principles First that U the e national parks must be maintained in absolutely absolute absolute- ly unimpaired form torm for the use of future generations generations genera genera- dons as well as those Qt of our own time second that they be set apart for the use observation health and pleasure of ot the people and third that the he national l Interest st must mut dictate all decisions af affecting f- f public or private enterprise in the parks As to the establishment of ot new national parks the statement lays down these principles In stud studying new park projects ts you ou should seek to fir fio scenery of supreme and distinctive quality or natural feature so extraordinary or unique as ns tobe tobe to tobe be of ot national interest and Importance The nat national l park s system stem as now const constituted should not be lowered in standard dignity and nud prestige by bythe bythe bythe the inclusion of ot areas which express In less than the highest terms the particular class or kind of ot exhibit which wINch they represent Seven national parks h have ve been established as ns follows Rocky mountain 1015 In Colorado square miles rolleR of the Colorado on either cither side of ot the continental divide Hawaii 1010 l sq square miles in the Hawaiian Islands Including the volcanoes of Manna 1 Loa and Kilauea on Hawaii and Haleakala on Maul Maui Lassen Volcanic 1010 1916 In California square mn miles including Lessen lAssen eu peak the only active volcano vol yol- cano in the United States State's proper I Mount McKinley 1917 1017 In Alaska 2200 square miles including Mount McKinley feet teet and I vast numbers of big game Grand Canon of the Colorado 1010 lOW square miles mlles in northern Arizona Including the Grand Canon one of the natural wonders of the world Lafayette 1010 1019 eight square miles mlles on the Island Island Is Is- land of Mount Desert Maine presented to the nation nation nation na na- na- na tion by the property owners ZIon 1010 1910 lOlD square miles In southern Utah Including Zion canon which is said to be the I equal of Yosemite In form and Its superior In col col- oring The national park service Is committed to four enlargement projects project of ot size and dignity These Include The establishment of the Mount Evans region in Colorado as a national park area by adding it to Rocky Mountain National park The Mount Evans region under consideration contains square miles mlles Is splendidly scenic and Is practically adjacent adjacent adjacent adja adja- cent to Denver's municipal mountain parks The addition of about 1000 square miles on the south to the Yellowstone National park This area Includes Jackson lake Grand Teton Mount Moran and the headwaters of ot the Yellowstone river It Is I Ithe the range of a n large herd of elk not the Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- stone National park perk herd which Is threatened with extermination under present conditions The addition of ot about 1350 square miles to Sequoia Sequoia Se Se- quola National park and the change of the name to Roosevelt The proposed addition lies to the north and east and Includes th the canons of the Kings and Kern rivers and the west slope and the crest of Mount Whitney feet The Idea is to make the enlarged park a n national outdoor memorial to Theodore Roosevelt The ad addition of the Diamond lake region to the Crater Lake National park In Oregon The enlargement enlargement enlargement en en- lies Hes to the north and would Increase the park from square miles to square miles In the seven seyen years since Secretary Lane took charge of the department of the Interior the attendance attendance at nt- at the national parks has Increased from In 1013 1913 to in 1010 The increase in 1010 1910 was from The 10 1018 increase Is especially especially es es- es- es significant It was not due to Increased tourist railroad traffic It was due to the fact that the American people turned out for a n vacation In their own automobiles and three-quarters three of a mil wll- mullion million I lI lion n of ot them chose to go to the national parks In Inthe Inthe the 12 national parks where records were kept kept kept- Yellowstone Sequoia Yosemite General Grant Mount Rainier Crater Lake Wind Cave Mesa Verde Glacier Rocky Mountain Lafayette and I Grand Cnn Canon there Canon thero n-thero there were visitors and private cars This means that approximately approximate approximate- ly four fifths w were re traveling In hl their own cars And these thee cars came from all parts of the country Rocky Mountain with private cars and visitors attracted cars from every state in the Union Yellows Yellowstone time saw cars every state except except except ex ex- two While the national parks received the best kind of ot advertising in the world world word word of of mouth recommendation rec sec m of ot delighted visitors no visitors no small part of t this Increased attendance Is due to the Ule p publicity methods metho s of the national park service which has hns carried on a n fairly comprehensive campaign of ed ed- During these seven years congress has bas been In Induced In In- to Increase its annual appropriations for the national parks from about to about 1 I In general It may be said that the scho schools ls are arenow arenow now beginning to appreciate the educational value of the national parks parIes as ns museums of ot natural history history his history his his- tory and object lessons of ot the tho process of earth earth- th- th making that the tIle outdoor organizations lire are preaching preach preach- pr preaching fil filIng ing their thell health-giving health Importance antI anil that t the Anier American cnn p people ople are fire awakening to their recreational recreational and economic value National park parle enthusiasts feel that In this progress progress I Iress ress Secretary Lane has had no small part and that if his successor proves pro as good a friend of I the national parks they will bo be e indeed fortunate They will not be satisfied however er until there Is a n secretary of ot national parks a seat In the tha I cabinet f |