Show U UTAHN AHN NAMED TO POST V ITH PARK seii SEF vice WiCE from spending hundreds ot at thou panda of dollars building me he bear river migratory bird refuge in utah david 11 madsen madden Is going to join the staff of atthe the national park service and spend j cl asatri from washington D C by the invitation of horace al albright director of ho he tark park service mr madsen has consented to become as distant blatant land purchaser tor for the park sery service ace to take active charge of buying private holdings in the various national parks how much sir air madsen will handle in this capacity will depend iq in tome some degree on his success as a bargainer and on his dealings with private holders many of whom do not want to get out congress set up a fun fund d of to bo be expended by the national park dark in buying private lands landa within national parks the money to be spent however only when matched 50 50 by private contributions this in means baus that in the immediate future it if contributions are good madsen will be the instrumentality tor for dispensing not loss less than and more will bo be forthcoming it if hla his efforts are successful not long ago the park service in one deal acquired it a fine stand ot of white and sugar pine in yosemite park cal if ornta at a total cost of at halt of the money was paid by john D rockefeller jr the deal was negotiated by frank jr v rho ho is to be Mad maddens sens titular ohlas Soll however Is unable now to 0 o devote much time to this work so 80 it t is expected in time madsen will become the chief land purchaser tor for the park mr air madsen is due in washington tor for conference contero aco with the park service about the end ot of august and on september IS 15 will meet director albright and the wild life committee ot of tho the senate in the jackson hole country wyoming to consider plans now under way to acquire private holdings still fill remaining in tho the grand teton national park and in the yellowstone I 1 that work also is being belli done on a cooperative basis mr air maaen will vill not do 40 much pur purchasing casing this season but will get over tho the west appraise aurous private holdings within various national parks and get some idea of what ultimate appropriation be e necessary to clean up the job to which ho he Is being assigned at present this work Is centering in glacier national park where many owners including senator T J walsh falahi are reluctant eto ito sell out having had bad summer cain campi i on the lakes long bo be fore the park WIL wa ik cleat thero there Is just an intimation that one ona of these thes days mr air madsen may become superintendent of one of the national parks for the parks service has a way of trying out men before making then them superintendents and picking only those who show the right qualifications |