| Show SCENES S 'S OF ALLURING BEAUTY MAKE WONDERFUL FAIRYLAND OF AMERICAS AMERICA'S PUBLIC PARKS PARKS' Commercial Congress Delegates Hear Brilliant Lecture Illustrated by Moving Pictures of Worlds World's Most Gorgeous and Inspiring Natural Wonders in Our O Own n Land by Interior Department Department Depart Depart- ment Official No Need to Go Abroad to Get Ones One's Fill of Grandeur and Delight After a S day of business and Interesting Inter Inter- 1 eating esting and Instructive addresses yes yesterdays yesterdays yesterday's yes i s program for the he trans commercial congress ended witban with an elaborate sea seQ America first program pro pro- gram given last night t in tho the hippodrome hippo hippo- drome at The afternoon session ses us aba sion was wa also alzo given over to a see America session cession tho speeches of which were printed eXclusivelY exclusively in inTHE inTHE THE nIB TELEGRAM yesterday From the time the afternoon session I adjourned d the e delegates and their thel friends enjoyed a a. refreshing bath in inthe inthe inthe the lake and later many of the other othor attractions until it was time for fo the night session to convene An illustrated lecture given by L. L F. F of the division of publications pub pub- department of the interior interi r was the feature of last nights night's see sea mon sion This lecture was permitted through the courtesy of Walter Waltor L. L Fisher secretary of the interior The Tho slides elides showed the most famous s e conic enk oni spectacles 8 of Ame America ic-a ic Following th the lecture A. A L. L Sommers Som mers rep representing Gov M. M E. E Hays of Washington ton tho the Seattle chamber of commerce and nd the be city of or Tacoma introduced in iu- a resolution asking President Taft Tuft to issue a pr proclamation this year and each succeeding year designating some ome date as a. a a national see America I S-S S first day Interesting talks on this subject were also alO made last ast night by W. W Aldrich Aldrich Al Al- of of Denver Roland Cotterill of Seattle secretary oi of the board of park commissioners and W. W W W. Hays of ot Salt Lake City Dr A A. A C. C Wh Wherry rry of this his city also spoke telling of Utah's fruit and the plan to send it It ito to o the bi big fruit markets market throughout th the ho country c see America first In la speaking on see Mr dr said Should See Seo Americans Wonders Every year the great r resorts orts of Europe are arc visited by thousands of tourists who whoa a apparently y have havo no knowledge of the great eat national parka park arka which have hava been created by congress for fr the benefit of the people and In which there are natural features and views Jews that can not be sur sur- passed If U the traveler seeks Alpine gin gla- lers ciers he ha hu has only to go 0 to the Glacier GlaeSer national park where there ther are more gIn gla- lers ciers In the tho same sarno area than In Swit- Swit erland If it he desires to travel In com corn rival rUal fort ort over finely built roads that those hose of France Switzerland and Germany Germany Ger Ger- many the Yellowstone park extends extend Its Invitation to him The Yellowstone national park In northwestern Wyoming Is U the oldest and the he best known of all the parks and reservations res rca It It was waa created by an act ct of since that time congress In 1872 and ever e the he government has hal been constructing roads and cutting trails until no now the park ark Is In a high state of or development de and all parts part of ot It are accessible to tho the traveler In Jn this p park rk may be seen natural nat- nat ural ral phenomena the like Uke of ot which Is found nowhere else elle In the world In this park may be seen Been the deer the bear the antelope and nd the bison on their native range ange because hunting bunting Is prohibited and the he bands of ot deer and antelope roam loam through the valleys valley and over the slopes as s they thoy did years n before belon the they were vere practically exterminated In the greater part of f the wc west t. t Top of orthe the Continent The Glacier national park In northern Montana on the Canadian border Is tho the newest of the parks controlled d by the federal rOv government This park has an anarea rca area of approximately acres acre and nd has las a maximum length of ot sixty miles It has baa been well called the top of the con- con for within Us its boundaries Is 1 situated situated situated situ situ- the great continental divide At one point In the park a a. tourist may mar take a acup acup aup cup up of water and cut cost the contents toone to tone one ne side whence It will find Its way ay to the ho gulf gult of or Mexico to another aide side whence It will find nd It Its ItJI way onay to the lhea Pa- Pa a chic ocean Ien ean or fW Jr la lii a third direction whence It will find Its Us way to Hudson bay The park obtains Its Us name nanie from the numerous glaciers which glisten In das doz- zUni sling white in the saddles saddle between the hIgh peaks The traveler visiting this park must be prepared to travel on horse horse- back ack Those who desire to see seo nature In Ints Its ts wildest mood or to travel through the he ruinous resinous forests of pine and fir or to escape the common luxuries of or travel will find nd no place In two continents that thal will willbe b be 30 the equal of or this park When one speaks of California the Yosemite park naturally comos cornea to mind Tho The park has an area rea of about bout thirty six by br forty miles The Yosemite valley which Is the mo mold moat t frequently visited place i Is I. about seven miles mites long and fourths three fourths of a mile wide Worlds World's Gr Greatest Oa Cascade Cade In the center of this valley Is III a a. level meadow through which mm runs Merced river while white on either side the mountains rise atoe stow and precipitous to toa toa a a. height of or feet teet above the floor of of the he valley A stream fully thirty feet teet wide falls a distance of ot feet teet then rushes t Over vor a sloping pile of or debris and then hen drops drop perpendicularly feet more From the points which It Is generally viewed It seems seema to make maie but one plunge and the general effect is that a fall taJa OO feet teet high The great gleat waterfall In this park ark however Is the Yosemite falls raIls ThIs Thin fall all I IK is con conceded ed b by all critics to be one on of the most moat wonderful and cascades cascades cas caa- cas- cas cades in the world Its first fall Is 18 a about 1600 feet sheer drop then come a a. series of or cascades partly hidden In which the theall fail all Is over sao f ret feat ct and finally a vertical vertical verti verti- cal drop of feet feel Fr From m the cliffs surrounding the valley the he scene IK If one of remarkable inspiration and beauty here and there one gets glimpses of or the foaming white waters hurling themselves to the alley aIley below In the Yosemite the Sequoia and tho th General Grant national parks parka are found the he groves oV of big trees the like of which are seen nowhere else etu In th the world worM The largest glacial at system m In the world radiating from any sin single Ie peak II Is situated situ situ- on Mount Rainier In western WashIngton Wash Wash- ash Ington Magic Lake in Fairyland Th Th Crater Lake national park Prk In Jn Or Or Iron gun has haa within it It- borders bordera a a. lake that thatis is III B among amonI the natural wonders of the lie world This lake Into which no stream flow and which ha baa no to visible outlet He Uell In what Is la left teft of the eal caldera era of a a. great mountain that rose roae to aa an elevation ele ele- ele- ele 0 of CC over 1000 feet ft above the sea ae H H. H who cares earea nothing for tor th the th wonderful wonder wonder- ful tul history of this lake may miT w Q be en- en ranc d tor by It t em and striking 4 I r beauty Around the lake are twenty miles of or unbroken cliffs ranging from 00 oo to 2000 fe feet t t In height who whoso whose e brilliant colors colon fire sie i e In the clear placid I wn er of the lake III In southwestern Colorado southeastern southeast southeast- em ern Uh Utah h and northwestern New Mexico at on one onA lime dwelt one of the mo moat t re re- re races of the new now world Ugh High up In the tho cliffs which border horder the canyons can- can sons that have hs been cut In iii the Mesa Ideas rde are over prehistoric ruins Three of or the most important ruins ruins Cliff Cliff palace Spruce Tree house and Balcony Bakony house house have have been excavated and repaired and give c the Ute visitor an Idea of ot how these prehistoric people lived lI These great pleasure grounds ground are under under un un- der the supervision of the secretary of or the interior who promulgates the necessary rules and regulations for their o lion tion The Yellowstone Yosemite Se Sequoia Se- Se and General Grant parks are policed po po policed heed b by troops troop of cavalry Want National Park Bureau Increased travel to to th the tho parks park has lC r re resulted re- re suIted In fo so many additional l administrative live tive problems that the small force In Inthe inthe th the office of the secretary of 0 the Interior Interior Inte lute will soon be unable to give I c the tho proper prop prop- er att attention to each one For this reason rca rea son the president the secretary of th the tho Interior Walter I JJ Ii Fisher Fishel and his predecessor cessor celsor Secretary geri have havo recommended mended to congress s that n Il bureau of or national parks be created Bills for tor tho creation of uch a bureau have ha been In Introduced In- In In the senate by Senator Sn Smoot oot a and nd also In tl the house of or representatives and are arc now pending In both It Il Is III rort forty Yta years ra since 0 congress laid the tho beginning beginning- of ot the great national park system b by passing the lie act creating the Yellowstone national park approved on March 1 1872 8 Other parks have havo been created since until at present tho the area embraced In these plC pleasure sure grounds of ot the people amounts to over o acres ceres The policy of establishing national parks has hu resulted In pre from private exploitation and gain great areas which are arc characterized hv liv magnificent scenery and which arc used as vacation resorts by thousands of people |
