Show UTAH LITAH LAND MaYBE MAY AY BE PLAYGROUND Plan Chain of State Parks Parks Park ParksOn On Public Lauds In West Vest WASHINGTON Oct Oct 4 Dy The Associated ress A ress A A chain i of state parks to supplement the national parks Is the tha ho aim of the National Conference on State larks ot of which John Barton Darton Payne layne Is I president Such a s system ot or public play play- playgrounds playgrounds grounds Is made mad possible under undera n a rec recent nt act of ot Congress l permit permit- permitting permitting ting the ih elates to acquire unreserved unreserved served public lands for tor the tho pur- pur purpose purpose pose MOSTLY I IN I WESTA WEST WESTA A survey made mado by the tho conte 1 once shows that nineteen states stale have such uch lands the aggregate acreage being 1 lying mainly west of o the pl river and Is available however for parks In three southern states states- i Alabama Florida and Louisiana The Tho Joint Committee of ot Sure y ot of o Federal Lands Land has made a study tudy of ot specific s tracts acts which possess features of ovalue value for tor local purposes It has picked out thus far SS 88 units con con- containing taming acres acree of which 39 units embracing B acres have been withdrawn from other disposal by the General Land Office pending action by the thc concerned under the new neT law SITES recreational units unite have been reported and officials of ot the X Conference declare that t In Utah particularly there Ia 3 beautiful a almost I m 01 0 s 8 t magnificent scenery In public domain One advanced is that state parks be established on the sites of ot the proposed Wonderland Wonder Wonder- Wonderland land National forest lorest In South Da- Da Da Dakota kota kOhS 01 and the proposed loose Roose loosevelt Roosevelt velt National park In North Da- Da Dakota Da Dakota kota Iota Congress has refused re- re repeatedly re repeatedly to approve bills creU in ing these additional national reel parks palls Officials ol ot the National Con Con- Conference Conference ference assert that these could con I easily be made state parks com com- comparable parable to the Custer State park In lit South Dakota to the Palisade Interstate the Adirondack and Catskill state parks parke In N New w York Tork and to the Redwood state parks In California V UT ARUl The Tha Public Land Office has ha withdrawn from front entry a n number ot of areas Pending action by tIme the state while In Nevada the gov gov- gov- gov governor governor eJnor has had 11 areas areal area withdrawn withdrawn with- with withdrawn drawn In lii Alabama a II tract In Little Mays lays Gulf Gule which la IJ very ery and has las gone cone practically unnoticed tor for a number of years has been withdrawn awaiting action by the tho state 00 |