Show I f fj j b r j No Inferior National Rational Parks i ii I i tir 4 E national 1 parks service is going to have have Wk J 4 to towage wage a strenuous fight against poll poll- i to prevent inferior scenic or playground nd Z areas areas re s from being designated national parks I r Already campaigns arc are under tinder way say to make 1 V federal raJ parks ou out of regions that have no noT T claim at all to such distinction vUIn In this western country the designation of national parks means something It calls up t pictures of sonic some of the most ra ravishingly I r bea beautiful scenery in iii the world world the the Grand Grand' canyon and ind Zion C canyons Ons 4 slone stone None can question for a minute the right Bryce of-Bryce and Zion to b be among the twenty twenty- odd national parks of the United States Suc- Suc out and ceding generations will hunt them acclaim them as amon among the greatest scenic glories of the world It should not be long in fact until the travelers visiting these southern south south- erli ern erli Utah parks will double and then jhen treble The IThe parks are arc only at the threshold of their renown and popularity We Ve are arc indeed fortunate for- for f to have these wonders within our commonwealth commonwealth com com- and we have many mans many others The entire Wayne wonderland is a scenic spectacle up to the standards of a national park American Fork canyon and some of 11 10 the canyons at Salt Lakes Lake's very door are i the c equal of many of the far famed and greatly advertised wonders of the Swiss Alps These 2 arc things we need to appreciate more than titan we do So while we arc are justly proud of Salt Lake b being bang ing the center of Americas America's gr greatest scenic attractions it is well to oppose the too-rapid too expansion of the national park system Certain Certain tain taut sections of the country doing are political 4 wire pulling to get national parks The interior in- in tenor dep department is to be commended for opposing the inclusion of regions that faIl fall far short of the standards maintained for national national na na- na- na parks The importance of the tile great federal playgrounds and scenic sections depends depends depends de de- de- de on making the name of national park park- stand for the choicest outdoor attractions attractions' in inthe inthe inthe the country |