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Show : _ _ Pleads for Preservation ofColorado of -Colorado Colorado - Colorado River Wilderness ( An interesting mteresting "slant slant " " on 011 the theproposed theproposed I proposed , ' yiithdiawal uthdlawal 'aithdiawal aithdiawal of the time theFscaJante timeFscalante theFscalante , FscaJante Fscalante National Nahonal Monumentin 1IonumentI 1IonumentIn 1\Ionument 1 Ionument Monument \ In iioutheastcrn outheastcrn southeastern Utah is lS con- con contained cont.mined con contained - I tained t.mined tmined . in 111 iii the letter Jetter pubhsh'd pubhshd published pubhsh'dbeJo publishedbelots publishedbelow conI ( ' I beJo\\ beJo belots beJoIuch \ which \\Iuch Iuch 'aiiicli aiiicli \ ' \ Iuchas \ was \\as as isas received by bythe bythe the editor of The Times-Inde Times Inde 'l'1mes-1ndc- 'l'1mes l1mes 1ndc Times-Indc- Indc 'l'1mes1ndcpendent TimesIndcpendent ' TimesIndependent ' - - - pendent from from II Dodge Free- Free Freem'ln Freemtn Frec-min Frec min - I Ithe m'ln mln mtn ' of Chicago , a graduate gradu\te gradu te . ' \ of ofthe ofthe oftlie the school of or geology of Prmce- Prmce Prince- Prince Prmceton Princeton Prince-ton Prince ton - ton unn university unnersity erSlty . \ Mr 1\11 1 11 ' . , Freeman Freemanhas Freemanhas Freemanhas has spent four summers in the theprtmlbve theprimitive theprimitive prtmlbve primitive wilderness wlldeme along arong aking the theColorado theColorado theColorado Colorado river , and his view vlew- vlew view- vlewI vlewpomt viewpoint viewpoint - point pomt will prove m interesting resbng to tothe tothe tothe the residents resldent of this district districtEditor's - I Editor's Editors ' note ) Chicago . , June 3rd 3rdMy My dear Mr , . . Tavlor Ta3lor Ta Ta3lorPossibly TavlorPossibly } lor lorPossibly Possibly you " ' will 'aill aill 111 remember remembcr me as asthe asthe asthe the eastern "dude dude " ' who stopped in Inyour Inyour your office last August with Dave DaveRust DaveRust Rust of Provo We Wsi W had been ( were werestill werestill werestill still for that matter mattcr : ) on a 3-month 3 month 3monthpack 3monthpack 3-monthpack 3 monthpack - pack tup tllP tiip in the wilderness area of ofSoutheastern ofSoutheastern ofSoutheastern Southeastern Utah- Utah Utahfrom Utahfront Utah - ' from front Kanab Kanabto Kanabto Kanabto to Moab 1\ioab 1 ioab 1ioabIf \ If " Ifas as Dave.as Dave 'a a ' \ was \.as .as . as 'a a ' . wont .ont ont . ont to tocll tocall tocall c\ll c ll call . ' \ it 1t At that time . , 1as I 1 \ ' was \\as as 'aas aas some some- some'what somewhat somewhat - what 'what ' concerned with icports leports meports that a anew anew i new national monument was being beingI beingcreated beingcreated I created out of the marvelous coun coun- counI country coun- coun country country - - try \ ' we 'ae ae . e had passed pa.csed pacsed . ; through , but butnever butnever butnever I never for a minute did I attach any anycredul1ty anycredulity anycredulity credul1ty credulity to these thc&e thce & rumors-l rumors l rumors-I I rumors - - I must mustI mustconfess mustconfess mustconfess confess that I considered them the theresult theresult theresult result of Zeke Johnson's Johnsons Jo1mson's Jo1msons ' able ablethough ablethough ablethough I though somewhat somcwhat futile ( to me mepromotional ' ) promotional propaganda But wlienI whenI when I picked lcked up Tlie The Tile Times-Independent Times Independent - of May 28th tod todly todiy , ' ( I leceive 1ecelve meceive each eachIssue eachissue eachissue Issue with Wlth e.er-incleasing e.erincleasing e.er eer incleasing e ever-inci ever inci . er-mci er mci - casing easing interestby interestby interest eachI by the way ) , Ias I \ ' was \\as as 'aas aas quite startled startledto I to find honear how ho\\ ho ho'a hoa \ ' \ near a reality this thisscheme thisscheme thisscheme scheme is apparently getting gettmg Hence Hencethis Hencethis " thIS lettel-\\hich lettel hich lettei-'ahich lettei 'ahich ahich lettci - \ ' which \ by the way , IS ISthe isthe isthe the first letter I have ever ' WIltten wiitten WIlttento wiittento wiittento to an editor ' ' I Posibly Po lbly ibly you may \ ' wondei 'aondei aondei \ ondel why a aperson aperson aperson person several thousand miles awa away awayshould awayshould should have the cheek to offci offel offea his hisviews hisviews hisviews II views on a subject of no apparent apparentconsequences apparentconsequences . consequences to him but apparentI believe believeme 1ieve 1ieveme I me Mr Taylor , I have and always alwaysshall alwaysshall alwaysshall shall tyour be interested in the affairs ofyour of ofyour t your delightful state I have spent spent4 4 : of the greatest summers of my mylIfe mylife mylife lIfe In the slickrocks shckrocks slmckrocks of southeastem southeastemn southeastemUtah southeastemnUtah southeasteinUtah myI I Utah and I feel certain certam that l1oth- l1oth l1othmg noth nothing ioth- ioth iothing - - intriguing ing mg quite so inspiring and intrigu intrigu- intriguI - - I ing lug can exist anywhere else on onearth onearth onearth earth Hence my interest in thIs thisgovernment thisgovernment I Igovernment government proposal-purcl proposal purcl proposal-purel purel proposal - purely } < ' thIsi sel- sel selI selfish sd- sd sdfish sel selfish - - i I fish , to be sure , but an inteiest mtelest mnteiest I Ifeel I Ifeel Ifeel feel is shared by manyethers many thers "thers ethers " ' be- be besides be besides - beIsIdes be-I be I sides me Of course I i icallzc Iealizc cause that thatny thatny thatmy \ny ny ' \ ny pressure that may be brought broughtto to bear agilnst ag\inst ag inst agiInst ' \ the creation broughtI of ofEscalante ofEscalante ofEscalante I Escalante WJlllcomo National Monument WJlll wall wallcome willcomo como come mainlv mainly from trom those ranchers I who graze their cattle and sheep Inthe in inI Inthe I the proposed propcscd propesed area to be withdrawn ; I ! and I certainly hope they raise raiseheaven raiseheaveii raiseheaven heaven heaveii and earth to retain their theirllghts theirtights theirlights llghts tights My antagonism to said pro- pro project pro project . - ject while of far lev lecs less ; Importance , of ofcourse ofcourse ofcourse course , , l3 is nevertheless what I Ifrankly Ifrankly Ifrankly frankly consider ( prejudicial prejudic1al as I Iam Isin Iam am sin ) to be a fair one under the thecircumstanc thecircumstances thecircumstances circumstanc circumstances and I hope youll you'll ' ' bpar with me till I get it off my niy niychest mychest mychestMy chest . chestMy My impressions ImpresslOns of national parks parks.and parksand parksand .and and . monuments are that the tlie they al aie aiebasically aiebasically e ebasically basically beneficial benefiC1al to American AmericanlIfe Americanlife Americanlife lIfe There can be no doubt that the theidea theidea theidea idea of bringing some scenic mas- mas masterpiece masterpiece mas masterpiece - - terpiece such as Grand Canyon Canycn or orCrater orCrater orCrater Crater Lake , to the 'doorstep doorstep ' ' of ofthe ofthe ofthe the aveiage avelage avemage Ameiican Amellcan is an e cx- cx cxtieniely ex-tiemely ex tiemely > . - tlemely tieniely good one Furthermore Furthcnnore I Iam Iam Iam am quite agreeable to the idea of ofcreating ofcreating ofcreating creating national monuments such suchas suchas suchas as the Navajo Dinosaur Dmosaur 01 oi Petri Petri- Petrified Petri- Petri Petrifled Petrified - - fied fled Forest in order to piotest plotest some'scientific somescientific some somescientific ' oddity 01 oi some arch arcirmeo- arcirmeo arcirmeologicil archieo-logicil archieo logicil eo- eo eo10gIc'tl - - 10gIc'tl 10gIctl logicil 10gIc'tl.onder ' \ ' wonder \.onder .onder 'aonder aonder . from rfrom the amraudmg amrauding amraudmgpublIc amraudingpublic amraudmgpublic publIc I agree also that with the thecreatIon thecreation thecreation creatIon and attendant advertlSmg advertising advertisingof advertlSmgof of such a1 aisas aleas eas , : flnanciil financhl tinanci'al tinancial ' benefits are arederIved arederived arederived derIved bl by those thoce ; living in the plO- plO pio- pio pio'clmlty - - , < ximlty 'clmlty clmlty ' imlty plOimlty of said areas This is 1S all aU "ell ell "elland w 'a a " ' eli eliand and good and amid the advantages are areshared areshared areshared shared alike alik.e . by 'visitor visitor ' " and and"iisited and"visited andvisited "iisited iisited " . . isited . , " shall shan ' \ we ie e say ; butihen but -ihen ihen ' \ - ihenthe whentho hen hentho tho the thohole whole \\hole hole 'ahole ahole \ ' idea begins to take tah.e tahe . on the theaspect theaspect theaspect aspect of a Roman Holiday in land landwithdraal landwithdra'aal landwithdrawal withdra\\al withdra al w-ithdra'aal w ithdra'aal ithdraaal - \ ' and territorial expan .pan- .pan expan- e expanslon expansion > . .pansion - - sion slon , I begin begm to doubt the Intelli jnteUl- jnteUl Intelli- jnteUlgence Intelligence Intelligence - - gence of cIf the ' brass hats ' in Wash Wash- Washington Washington Washington - ington . , If I ! the latter arc are bent onopening on onopening onopening opening- opening openingup - up the scenic sccnic magnificence magnificenceof of the last Frontier Frontler of America Amenca ( and andit andit andit it certainly certamly looks as if they are arelwhy 1) 1 ) 1)why ! ) why not make the whole state of ofUtah ofUtah ofUtali Utah a national monument all at atonce atonce atonce once and get it over With-in With in with - In fact factwhy , 'hY hY 'ahy ahy " ' limit l1mfl llmft ; It to Utah ? They mightContinued might mightContinued ( Continued on last page ) I ! Pleads PIeads for or PreservationOf Preservationaver Preservation Of River aver Wilderness Wildernessas i erness ernessConUnued - _ ( Continued ConUnued from first page ) as Is well include southe southe'n southen southe"n ' " n WJ Wyoming Wyomingwester Wyomingwestern . oming omingv.estcm v.estcm vestcm wester . Colorado northern ncrthcm Anzon\ Anzon Arizon'i Arizoni Anzonand Arizon'iand Anzoniand ' ' \ and New Mexico to say nothing of ofparts ofparts ofparts parts of ofNeadi -Ne\adi Ne adi Ne\3d1 3d1 Nevada - \ . , and Idaho Idahol ! These Thesestates Thesestates Thesestates states nil an all have alrno almost < ; t equal1y equally equallybeutiful equallybeutiful beutitul beutiful sceneiy scenery scenel y . , much of It morereadily more readily -readily - accessible and adaptable to toreads toreads toreads reads . than t.han tho the wilderness wllderness area areaaround areaaround . around the Colorado River Rivcr And Andthat Andthat Andthat that brings me to another thought- thought thoughthat thought - , - what v.hat vhat . hat has the above area got that thatcan thatcan thatcan can t be fairly falrlJ . ' well duplicated dupllcated in al- al already already al already - - ready existing c'lCistmg clCistmg e'dstrng edstrng ' ' national parks and andmonume andmonuments andmonuments9 monume monuments ts ? ' True there therc arc are cer- cer cer'tRln certain ccr-xain ccr xain - 'tRln tRln tain ' Individual IndividualRenders " -Renders Renders "onders onders wonders - such as asthc asthe asthe thc the Needles Cataract Canyon , acb- acb Rob- Rob Robbers acbbels Rcb-beis Rcb beis - bels bers Roost etc , that cant can t be beatbut beat beat , , but as a whole theie these thel e is much sinni- sinni sinniarlty simi simI- simIlarIty similarity - ] larity arlty between the whole of the theEscahnte theEscahnte theEscalinte Escahnte aiea RIca area and dnd Brsce Bnce Bryce , , Zion etc etcwhich , which in m effect effcct arc are much more llke1 like- like llke- llke - 1 ' sites for toUlists touttsts because of their accessibility accessibihty accesslblht } and proximity pro hrutJ . topeopled to topecpled topeopled pecpled peopled aieas ale3S areas and routes of tra\el tra el travel travelTo traelTo travelTo \ To me the charm chann of the v.llderness vllderness wilderness v.lldernessalong wildernessalong . wildernessalong along the Colorado rests far mOl moie moiein moiein e in n its inaccessibility and frcedcm freedom freedomfrom frcedcmfrom freedomfrom from tiodden hodden piths p'lths plths ' than in its ad- ad admitted admitted ad admitted - mitted wonderful onderful \ \ beauty beautJ . ' I oftenasked often oftennsl.ed oftenasked nsl.ed nsled asked . mJ myself . self last sumrnei summel summer hether whether \ whetherI \ hetherI I would get the same sense sensc cf cfpleasure cfpleasure cfpleasure pleasure and enjoJ enjoyment . ment I got nd- nd rid- rid ndIng riding nd-Ing nd Ing - Ing through that country on hOlseback hoise- hoise hoiseback hoise-toack hoise toack - - back if I were to go gc ? through bymotor bJ by b bmotor . motor bus or auto autolth with \\lth lth \ \ a lot ofrubberneck of ofrubberneck ofrubberneck rubberneck tourists ogling oglmg around aroundand aroundand I Iand and making inane remarks - I Itrust Itrust Itrust trust you can satisfy yourself as to tothe tothe tothe the answer that came to mew me ' Oh Ohyes , , . yes , I am suie SUle sure Jo'ou Joou you ' ou can see by no\\ no now no101 nowhow no\\how no how \ \ how ] 10\1 10 1 \ ' selfish my Interest ISIt isIt is isIt It has always alw3)s alw3s ) been encouragmg encouraging encouragingto encouragmgto to me to . know l.now lnow that out there in inSour in5 Sour our country countl1 ' the theie I e lies hcs one cne la large largeaiea largpaiea mea aiea Imea , at least that replcsents represents replcsentssomethmg representssomething repicsentssomething I somethmg something somethmglld.and wildand \\lld.and lld.and wild'and \ \ * . ' remcte remote . , even e\en e en \ in inthe inthe inthe the material diys d\ys d ys days ' \ \ vie sce e arc are living llvmg in inat inat inafc at present What a pl pitv pits , it \ would ould be beto beto beto to destroy thlS-e\ thlS e this-ev this ev thlSeen this - - even \ en to touch itWhy it I iWhy iWhyshouldn 'Why Why 'Whyshouldn ' - -shouldn shouldn - fc t the government goternment go { emment tike t'tke ttke t'ike ' ' I . steps .teps teps to preserve such a territory bJ by byforbidding byforbidding . ' forbIdding roads to enter it . , just asit asit as ast it t takes tn.kes tnkes . steps stcps to create national nationalparks nationalparks | parks for the ' opposite C'Ppcsite CPpcsite reas reason n This Thissounds Thissounds Thissounds sounds rather parado paradoxical parado'ICicll paradoICicll ' dcal : but butlun buthas buthavent lun has en t v a . we e reached the saturationpoint saturation saturationpoint saturationpoint point c cf ! the latter and isn lsn t it time timeto timeto timeto to move mo\e mo e \ toward a n new policy poltcy of ofcreating ofcreating creating so-called so called - primitive pnmltive are'lS arelS areas are'lSwhereby areaswhereby arciswhereby ' whereby those thosc few ( ? ' ) people v.ho vho who v.hoCh0C5C whochoose . whochoose Ch0C5C choose to can recreate for themseh them them- themsch themselves - sch seh selves es some of the 'individuality individuality ' ' "individualityand individualityand " individualityand and to be trite ruggedness ruggedneos ; of thosewho those thosev thosea v a . ho lio have gone before us us9 ? ' It cer- cer cert3inl certainly cer certainly - - t3inl tainly ' seems so to me , . at any rate rateand , and it is my my fend hope that others othersI othersshould othersshould othersshould should feel the sime s\me s me same " \ as I doOf do " I Of ot \ what hat importance all this is I Ido Ido do not know knO\\ knO knONeIther \ \ Neither have I theslightest the theslightest , shghtest slightest comprehension what It itwilt itwilt wilt \ III all mean to you bJ by . ' the time timeyou timeyou timeyou you have ha\e ha e \ waded through these thesemany thesemany thesemany selfish selfishth01.tgl1ts selfishthoughts selfishthoughts many piges p'1ges p1ges pages ' of rambling th01.tgl1ts |