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Show ID DUNES TO BE GREAT PLAYGROUND Ctizen of Indiana Seek '( ( Novel Conservation V I INDIANA POUfl. Jan. 1. An effort to i. reserve the suni dunes of Indiana as a : great national playground wt he made before the Indiana bglslatura this month I bf Hoosiere interested in the wnaerva- I - 0n of the xtat? s nHturaKreourres. The hsmakrrs will be asked for ll,fKMi,'Kfl for ; tM work, with the stipulation that an mini amount be subscribed by the public. i J The dune are east of Chicago and f aaith of ;sry, the eity which sprang up like a munhroom on the grounds of the stel IndUrTtrv and carved away many of 1 tar- dunes. Thy are JJH miles from tha cent -r of population and it Is the plan to farninh a place of recrentlon, particularly far the million of popl from Chicago and Ureal Lakes regions. fcientlftts and public spirited persons I have endeeivored to have the government set ssit'e the dune land ss a, national i '' park, but without apparent success. ! i Richard Ileber, director of the state con- I ; aervatlon department, ta a new champion ' 4 of the movement and plana te place the ' -matter befor the general assembly. eT "The dune, are the one big and last J opportunity to furnleh a great recreation- a4 t al outdoors for the millions of America's"' , I second largest city and of the northern ! 1 Indiana mdiintrlal regions," lleher said. ; I Lieber declared trsft hie program calls I for a park about eight mflea along Iike i I Michigan and extending inland more than 1 a mile. ' I |