| Show A NEW NATIONAL PAEK tb grandest pleasure grounds in america valley in california the heart of the to the i people probably few people east othe bocky mountains are aware thab curing last autu new national pleasure ground larger chaa tho state of has been established in this country park la in california com plemely surrounding the yosemite valley grant of 1864 thirty times as large as thai grant intakes in not only watershed of the merced river region aa defined hy the encircling which includes tuo luane peak and cathedral heakon Pe akon tho mount dyoll with it buena vista betit embraces also the noble hetch betchy hetchy a second yosemite semite Xo and the magnificent grand canon tuolumne with its massive walls and domes and its cas of water hy those of in the sierra it crosses tho tuolumne meadows and i annexes the splendid range that con taws mount dana and mount gibbs and it has saved from the lumberman and the sawmill saw mill the mono pass the pierced and tuolumne groves of big trees and has secured lake eleanor in short it has brought within its protecting area all that needs to be reserved in that region of natures marvels of this achievement says the new york sun is interesting the grant of yosemite valley to california a quarter of a to be held for public use resort and recreation was a mistake the valley should have been retained under the charge of the interior department for the same purposes like park since it was intended for the whole country such a disposition of it would have made iia custodians directly responsible to the general government and woud have secured the aid of congress for its care 1 A ftera time another mistake in the yosemite grant apparent the area conveyed bad not been large enough and the valley was menaced by the industries gradually approaching it tho surrounding forests were falling under the axe sawmills saw mills were busy among the great trees enormous herdti of shoop pastured on the mountains and trampled and stripped the herbage and shrubs whilo the woods aben cleared of their more valuable timber sero sometimes burned so as to destroy the underbrush and improve the pasturage even where the fires were not intentional the presence of the industries led to tion from this source through carelessness and accident all this meant not only less majestic and exquisite than the yosemite but tho diminution of the wonderful falls in this alley during the they are most visited since the cuttong of these forests was lassure sure to an earler melting of the endows these surround mile ought to bd joined to tha tract as portions of a the magnificent botting of a central gim f whilo aps project was cunderi discus sion jiame outcry was raised in cali the present management of th 0 yosemite valley itself 4 heated controversy arase ant it atleas became fd tho proposed enlarge meni bottno made not bo the error ot a new rational lat ional park must bill for athla enlarge been drawn by mr C D delegate cx from arizona but avon tho aholo 0 the tho yosemite general introduced last burch yet was itself too limited in scope it happened john muir the california naturalist and n johnsoa of tho century magazine had camped together ian that the request of tho latter mr amrid sketched out th bound arici oI laan onali park as ita bughi to bo these greatly extended boundaries by mcjohn son before ommittee of congress an duero to billand ithe as atvas abuse rOnder ithe urgent of its It supporters iblas concurred in by abo tho very tho session in chis way tho araa measuring from forty to forty five and west its lasterni ca outline boing about thirty savan north and bouth was secured to the country ass public pleasure ground df theyo mariposa big remains to be rational yat ional park sec abw park andor abe exclusive control of the sec interior and the provision ot similar to those of the yellowstone tone park it is probable therefore ther eforo latter i will bo put in athe custody of a troop ol 01 regular cavalry I 1 I 1 1 ws a second act passed at the and approved on the another park in sets apart for national aba tract containing tho tulare 1 county also is under ih e accordingly the sequoia groves th in mariposa caun ties within and without the new national yar kare now adequately secured but mention is also merited ol 01 the public spirited gift just madany mr armstrong of six hundred acres of redwood land on the northern f bordero sonoma county nea cloverdale with a of support to fit this gift is put in tho hands ot trustees since it could not bet legally given states but it isal for pub he uses W I 1 A bard on book Borrow wj hafe collected bocha and choso whoso good nature has to thole with teem says the new york world will fecat answer which a manof wie fiade ao 40 one who tho which he founds inow return the volumes aa e bad lont them f 1 seyour he your acquaintances finda ds ear 1 toj retain the boalts thenis elvea than in themi jeffort of tobacco smoke on the throat is authority for the statement that most of the leading rf otora suffer from a f cr throat brought be by act that way itea publia lie railway i aar Is even thau the of i tobacco 1 f |
