Show pa adso AM annia V ro un ARM AMIL pr A 4 z P es d o na arf 0 77 1 I W 44 U tk r irk GRI ai M sa W 41 t ax nw n N IR V 0 14 0 AI na 4 by ELMO SCOTT WATSON N the site for his summer J 4 vacation president hoover has set an example for all of his fellow americans unlike some of Ws pred V who picked upon one particular locality and established a summer white house there he is devoting five or six weeks of this month and next to on tour of a iba ible parks in the west traveling by easy A stages from one to after spend time in eab one thas these vak aielts of wonder liliie this amner i come ill langi rounds for a president serves if anything to emp haslie tha of theise vacation lands to every Ameri cip abid the fact that they to every one af us just as much V pa they di to the of the states although chan gesla the made U during th course tour tim e this VW article wast written the original announcement of his plan milled foz for visits to the he foila following 7 national parks glacier tn in northe n montana in southwestern wyoming grand teton in south central wyoming rocky mountain in north central colorado mesa verde in southwestern colorado sequoia aud and yosemite in california and and grand canyon in arizona in general tt it was announced noun ced lie fie would start I 1 in n the north an and work south couth visiting first glacier and making his last stop at the grand giand canyon fyhen when he be la Is washington washing ton bound f i 1 already i 1 famous a as s a fishing P president r e ii d ary mr hoover according to arly aly announcements would spend a week in Glacier the lori longest gest halt pro posed for foi the entire endro journey of m more ore than miles because of the excellence of the fishing there however tn most oath the e parks where he will pitch his camp temporarily tempo aar aly he will find con and well stocked pt rehms k in the yellowstone for instance the National Nt lonal park ser service ilce which has supervision over the 21 national parks Katt scattered ered throughout the country reports thili that trout fishing in yellowstone Yell ostone waturs waters Is unexcelled all three drainage basins in that to in trout which often are record bre breakers akers as to size yellowstone lake Is the home 0 large trout which are freely taken the park jark officials assert while the Yellow yellowstone atone river and its tributaries tributa ries yield ex cellena catches to afi the t skill angler there Is good I 1 fishing also ingber in the ather 1 riverson river that large park as well bell as in ganv maul lesser lakes the united states bureau of fish fisheries erle during recent years has been keeping the lakes and i ri of f the iati national onal parks well stocked with fish having established special hit hatcheries cherles dorthis for this purpose andico and co ing closely with the of the national park service tn in providing this sport 6 for all visitors to the varl various olig parks 9 0 t however the opportunity for fishing which the twill enjoy during his ls tour of of th tha national im parks Is only a minor item in the attractions which they will otter offer him of our oui national ar s it has been said p the national lonal parks scattered mostly throughout the western lattof part of the united states from the canadian border to mexico merico with oiled one on the maine coast another in alaska and still another in hawaii offer the greatest playground given by any nation in the world to its people these great areis areas set apart for the permanent use and enjoyment bof of the american people not only afford opportunity for healthful and pleasant vacations they combine natural be beauties antles 1 and d wonders which taken as asa a whole are s re unexcelled un elc i belled in shy any ot other her pa part t of athe the world T they hei are outdoor laboratories in which tile th e geologist the botan botanist lit the student of wildlife and of nature in any it f its vil varied aled ad nd ever varying forms aay may profitably spend weeks or months of intensive study the national pal its constitute a perpetual art aft gallery in which tho the lover of rocks an and tofee trees s a and rid skies painted iiii fed in all their natural colors by the master bond band of the universe finds never ending pleasure aud surprise they area are a series bt museums to in which are spread before the eye elii of the beholder bel holder the geysers and the mud volcanoes anoe of the yellowstone the trees of the yosemite and sequoia the stupendously wonderful canyon of the grand canyon described as the greatest gren test ex er dample of erosion loboa and the most sublime spectacle aclo ante in the corid world 1 the extraordinary J waterfalls ot the yellowstone and yosemite tho the glaciers of 0 mount blount rainier iter and glacier Glac Wile fer fei the beautifully blue crater cratem lake lying in the vast hollow of an extinct volcano canoe with sides 1000 feet high the jhb prehistoric clari dwellings of the mesa verde i the fa 1 caay cally eroded pinnacles of the bryce canyon tho the only active volcano to in the united states proper aCL at lassen asefi mount blount luckini mckenley ey the highest mountain in neith north Amer america amerlee leq rising higher above the sur rounding au country than any other mountain inthe in the world and numerous other marvels of nature there drei mord feature of conspicuous grandeur deur I in nithe tha L national parts barks of the united states tb than a ira fre rea readily city acce accessible silbIe ln in all the rest of the iio world ald 1 together while 4 considered individually there are few if any celebrated scenic places within easy reach abroad which are not equaled or excelled in america at the be sami same time there are many many features of american scenery which are not to be found anywhere else or if found are unequaled abroad in sublimity or beauty there are more geysers gebers of large lag e size in our bair yellowstone national park for instance it Is pointed out by the national park service than in all the rest best of the world together fier the nearest approach being the geyser fields of iceland and naw zealand again itis iris conceded the world over that there Is no valley in iii existence so strikingly beautiful as yosemite and nowhere chii can be found a canyon of such stupendous us size and exquisite colo coloring as the grand canyon of th the e colorado in sequoia national park grow trees so huge and old that none quite compare with them although 41 though the visit of president hoover national parks will as previously stated emitta size alze their accessibility and the fact that they belong to all of us no teven the publicity which hla his tour will give these playgrounds will be needed probably to draw to them a record number of 0 visitors this year for foi we americans have been taking advantage in increasing numbers every year of loncle sams invitation to corneous come corne out and play aay in YOUR playgrounds the hat national ional carls parks 11 aliel The growth in the number who have hav s answered that annual call has been a stead yone with the exception of the year 1914 when the teetotal total amounted to an only ly but by 1021 it had passed the million mark and in 1927 it went over tb the etwo two million mark last years record wai was and it ts Is predicted partly because of the hoover tour that this year alie number will exceed in addition to io the more than two arid and a halt half million americans who enjoyed the wonders of the 21 catl national anal parks last iasi ye year i rn more ra than half a million billiou visited phd 83 national monuments na reservations of historic or scientific interest puch such as ak the pe petrified trifled forest in arizona thedina the dinosaur in utah and the sham cl cliff iff d dweller w eller tulas in new mexico which also are administered hy the rational NAI Ional park eerT ke e 1 with thenn nual hisil U roof this horde of pleast ure it has flag beebi brennn ion increasing problem to take fave carlof caie care of them in iii such h a aay way ns us to assure their greatest enjoy enjoyment mint during their SULY stay but the ahe National Idt lonal park service has proved itself equal to the task there are ample facilities for al all I 1 visitors with all sizes of pocketbooks so that rich and poor alike can enjoy themselves many of the hotels have haie the finest equipment and every luxury J IAVA be obtained in large cities there are cheaper hotels also aud and lodges in which filch visitors may ahe very lery comfortably and quite economically then fred free public automobile camps have been established some of them with housekeeping cabins and caf cafeteria lerla service water wafer electric 11 light and iani sanitary fari conveniences are furnished as well as firewood and add in some places open fireplaces or adoli cooking ing 1 in a word there are tourist accommodations in the parks to suit all tastes and purses purges the aim ot of the national park service sen ice Is to fulfill the purpose for which these great open spaces have hae been created and to make them popular and comfortable and available for people of all degrees of income one feature of the parks which the national park pack service Is emphasizing and to which it Is giving more and more attention each year Is the educational opportunity which they offer they are becoming becom lilg great centers of nature study and this Is being encouraged in every way possible comprehensive plans for the development of general educational work in the national parks have been worked out carefully by a special fal committee of experts appointed d bior for that purpose in speak indof this director horace M albright declared declai ed that berb perhaps s the most marked progress of the year past in connection with the national parks has occurred in the development of the exceptional natural educational opportunities available nine years ago he explained the possibility of developing these areas from an educational and inspirational as well as recreational standpoint began to io be dimly realized and in a amah small experimental way nature guide and museum activities were undertaken in yosemite national park the movement he added met with popular acclaim and at the same time attracted the attention lon of scientists the fact that president hoover Is to tour the parks by automobiles automobile recalls the tact fact that it Is only within recent years that motor cars have been admitted to these national playgrounds previous objection having been on the ground that it would interfere with the 60 stagecoach stage coach routes in the reservations and further that it would frighten or kill many of the wild animals in the parks the newest transportation problem in the national parks Js la now presented by airplane up to the present time the national park service ban not permitted the construction of permanent landing fields within park areas upon the ground that aviation av Is in its experimental and that until more safeguards could be assured to the pub lie in this mode of travel it could riot not be sanctioned fiut mr Al brighi makes the prediction that the airplane probably in the near future will become I 1 an accepted means of transportation to various parks it if mot cot thorn them this question Is s being studied not only by government officials but also by others interested in the subject of the extension of air travel in fin this country IQ by fc union |