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Show ALASKA OFFERS NEW NATIONAL ATTRACTION ,BAN FRAN CI MOO, Marvh . Tourist travel to Mount MrK'alor national park, Alaska, a vast tract of bit irm country surrounding and Including Mt. McKlnley, th hlfhest peak on the continent, soon will bs an accomplished accom-plished fact, with ths completion of ths government railroad In Alaska, th national na-tional parks -rvlce of the drpartment of th inierlor announced hro recently. recent-ly. Ths railroad aiproa.e to within fifteen or twenty mtls of ths park's southeastern corner. Work of marking th boundary of ths park will be started this spring I as soon as w sat her perm Ita by the 1'nltftd States general land office. I through ths surveyor general at Ju- j I neau, capital of Alaska. This will be the first step taken by tba national1 parks re fries In establishing protao-i protao-i ton over ths rsgloa. Tba parks sorv-1 sorv-1 Ire will asaume act Irs admlalstratlvs i control of the region July 1. Ths toeal length of tha boundary Is approximately 20 miles, but, due to tha rugxed topography of ths park and the fact that tha boundary croeaea several Immense glaciers, it will be Impossible Im-possible to monument the entire line. |