Show Gov G. G H. H Dern ern Talks On Forest The following paragraphs are extracts extracts ex ex- tracts from a speech 61 by Governor Geor George Geore e H. H Darn Dern at Portland Oregon Oregon Oregon Ore Ore- gon I think a natural resource should be put to Its highest beneficial use USO no matter what that natural resource resource re re- re- re source may boo bo A forest Is la of course a natural resource and It bas it-bas has hlas three uses First second for tor grazing grating and third for recreation Now in some cases recreation is tho the highest use to which a forest can be put I am somewhat of or an outdoor enthusiast and this summer Bummer I took a trip Into the mountains foi tor or I about a a. week and aud I bad Chad some Bome things impressed upon my mind I found round in the tho Mirror r Lake region region re re- gion glon in ill tho the Uintah Mountains on the Fourth ot of July there wore were about or visitors visitor It It if ifa ita a 8 very ery beautiful camping and picnicking picnicking pic pic- nicking and they Chad bad five o or six thousand camping people thaIn tha In one day with ni nt sanitary facilities ties worth mentioning The same thing Is ig true in its a groat many other places t lacca In tho the Inyo Forest in California according to Lo information furnished me b between tw en midnight on Jul July 3rd and midnight on July over 6 5 auto loads of recreation seeker Becker passed Rock Crook Creek on the Bishop Mammoth road northbound In the Mono Forest much the lamo samo condition existed and In the i i June and Silver SHyer Lake region I I In tho the Eldorado Forest the traffic traffic I I fic fie Jam was so 10 bad Into the tho Elk Lako Lake Camp amp on July that the I District Ranger had to call on two state tate traffic officers officer to go In there I and get things moving movIn The camp was Jammed with campers camper and i mere more trying to get InIn In I In rIts nearly all those places tho the I sanitary facilities arc are conspicuous by oy their absence and it wont won't b bA b ivery I very long before these theae places will h 1 13 v very ry unattractive places to visit rather than attractive places hence it is a very important thing that the Forest Service be given larger appropriations for the purpose of or taking t care of the recreation seekers seekers seek seek- ers erg u-i u 1 o 0 visit the tho National Forests I feel reel as Mr Curtis does docs about tho the value of recreation I think our people generally need to get out for tor recreational purposes to build up I 1 their he health and revive their spirits Continued on page 2 t t. t G. G H. H Derri Derli Guv g ern Talks s On Forest I. I 0 1 i Continued from tram page one and the tile finest places we have are in ou our National Forests Wo We haY have some OWE of tho the most delightful places place In tl the world In tho the National Forests Ip In tu Utah and people are flocking there h r by y tho thousands and the necessary a. a ought to tobe tobe tobe be provided It is not only a matter of ot accommodation but it is also in inome some ome cases canes a a. matter of ot protecting municipal al water a er supplies Huntington Hunting Hunting- ton on Canyon in Utah Is the water B supply for tor two or three e towns and It is a n. favorite camping ing ground and picnicking ground Thousands of oC people go go- gothere there and ther aro are no sanitary facilities to take tako care of those visitors Citizens ought not to tobe tobe tobe be deprived of that pleasure and it itIs itis is r a a. question of providing th the e Forest st I with ith the necee- necee necessary aar sary ar funds to do this very important work c Resolution JU No No 1 G pr pra Governor Governor Governor Gov Gov- Durn Dern cf d Utah HI HEAR Th rh-i ass USI uses t of tiC tb the Na Nl National Forms Form's for far r recreation have havn sro grown so 80 rapidly that it has been Impossible under the tho appropriations existing for the Forest S Service to to supply Ply adequate idea and iiI lire Tre pre prevention facilities on public campgrounds camp grounds The fhe number of ot people visiting the National Forests for Cor re recreatIon recreation recreation re- re creation has increased ased from in 1909 to yin in 1929 The alight t annual increases in the Forest Forest Forest For For- est Service appropriations in thelast the thelast thelast last few years amounting to a few thousand dollars or for the present fiscal year jear still makes this t total t 1 appropriation for far the 15 National National Na Na- a- a Forests with thousands of camp camp w grounds to care for tor but 67 67 J This sum Is wholly inadequate to the crudest needs in sanitation sanitation sanita sanita- tl tion I alone BE IT RESOLVED That th the attention ot of the Congress of of- e the United States be called to this condition and that an apI appropriation appropriation rop- rop of annually b be secured secured se st- se- se cured for tOr this work for tor coming fiscal fiscal fis fis- cal years |