Show 00 00 WANT DUNES AS CITY PARK Weird Sand Hill Region May Be Taken Over OverBy OverBy OverBy By Chicago I I CHICAGO AUK Auit 1 r An OP A An An atmosphere ot of wildness and mys mya mystery tery by its physical solemnity and grandeur seems to grip the traveler traveler- who ho wanders wand into the sand dune wonderland along long the southern shore ot of lake Lako La e Michigan As far Car as aa the eye can see soe e is an nn expanse of oC shifting sands most mot of ot it as ns soft sort And delicate as fine tine finely finely ly Iy granulated sugar There I hero may maybo maybe maybe be bo a 0 small mountain of ot It one ono day and only a 0 knoll the tho next Many of ot these mounds are aro per per- permanent permanent manent however which rear rca back like a 0 protecting cliff for Cor Corth forthe the tho th inland MILKS 1 In lu Illinois and Indiana tit time dunes cover a region of oC approximately approximately 10 B square miles fit Tho Indiana Indian dunes park commission is now In the process of oC ob oh- obtaining taming 2000 acres for Cor a pro pro- proposed proposed proposed posed Hoosier park Trees and temporary houses or shelters shelter standing landing clear ono year will r be s found to be entirely submerged by n. n live dune the n next Tho The dunes are formed by y the constant sweeping winds ls which bleh blow over o Lake Luk Michigan The light Ight sand is 19 shifted back ond an forth orth producing pro queer and freak Creak freakish Ish sh formations The Tho dunes dune region originally was wall covered with great white pines but with the disappearance disappearance disappearance of oC the tho trees due chiefly to o unrestricted lumbering the dunes began to crumble Oxen UNDER LAKE LVKE I Geologists Ge that the land now lying in this section at one onetime onetime onetime time was the tho basin of ot an nn inland sea greater than the present Lake Michigan Lake Chicago as this body ody of ot water was known existed rom from to years aP and was wan formed in the tho passage pa age ot o otho tho second glacier In three suc euc- successive successive stages the tho lako lake receded leaving caving the soft sandy formation of ot the dunes The Tho dunes have a peculiar at- at attraction attraction traction because uso of ot their vastness and their creation of ot a a. sense ot et isolation There Is III an nn ever chang chang- changing changing ing panorama ot of hues and tones tones- Tho undulating crests are broken by an nn occasional gnarled gnarl ell root or of stunted tree Tho The country is 19 ot of value chiefly to the botanist ornithologist and other Investigators gators in tho the field ot of natural science Almost all tho flora Oora of oC the temperate zone is III represented here Natural lakes of oC mirror- mirror like surface in many places have e been formed In the valley valle of oC sur sur- surrounding surrounding surrounding rounding sand mounds A part of oC the dunes not always alwa's known is tho the tree covered shrub overgrown section of oC marshes and glens where many forms of ot wild wildlife wildlife life liCe exist Other sources of oC Inter inter- Interest interest est are the Indian trails and relics rolle still to bo be found Cound The rhe trails wind windover windover windover over hills and through glens The Theold Theold old post road from hOln Detroit and Michigan City follows tho the beach from Fremont Tremont III through Duno Dune park and along tho the beach to Chicago Two hundred dollars is now at the tho disposal dl ot of o tho the dunes park commission for purchasing tho the park parl and 1000 Jl will be bo turned turnell over to tho the commission within eight years for continuing the tho purchase |