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Show ' "Remove not the ancient landmark," Is a Scriptural injunction to whose value the United States is only beginning begin-ning to subscribe in earnest, says the Omaha Beo. Spasmodic efforts, at preservation have been made here and there, the most notable being In the case of the Yellowstone, but the in-i sensate greed of the utilitarian world has wrought heavy damage in many Bpots of beauty and wonder ere the people awoke to a realization of the wantoness. The Palisades of the Hudson Hud-son have been saved after years of desultory fighting, during which commercialism com-mercialism was steadily at work scar-ring scar-ring the noble features of the Hudson. Similar destruction of the famous Delaware Del-aware Water Gap has been averted with the utmost difficulty. Only private pri-vate enthusiasm and ability to pay saved and perpetuated the Garden of the Gods, whioh a wealthy patron has just presented as a Christmas gift to Colorado Springs. |