Show uncle sam promotes the out of door movement realization that the mem bemb lers ers of his bli big family should be encouraged A to live more in the open air seems to have come suddenly to uncle sam for he has done more perhaps in the past twelve months to stimulate and encourage the out of doors movement than in any other equal period of time first came the bid for a greater recreational 15 use of the national forests TH LIFE and now the general land office has completed a sale without precedent of sites especially for villas on the banks of the beautiful flathead lako lake in montana to attract larger numbers of va to the vast forests owned by the government the forest service secured legislation that permits the leasing of sites tor for summer homes for as many as 30 years for merely nominal rentals this arrangement which went into effect last spring makes worth while the erection ot of substantial improvements and has already greatly increased the number of persons sojourning sojo in the forests in the summer season in many of the forests applications to lease five acre tracts are pouring in and dwellings from simple log cabins to pretentious homes are springing up in mountain glens and by river banks and lake shore in order to determine just what the forests present in the way of attractive sites for summer homes and facilities for boating bathing fishing mountain climbing and other outing activities the forest service is now making a recreational survey of the domains over which it has control and will list fist and publish the data as rapidly as possible now it is realized most of the applicants for cottage sites are persons who happen to be familiar with the forests when the data now being collected are available however city bound souls who long for the woods but have neither the means nor the time to make long searches for satisfactory sites will be able to choose just about what they wish without stirring fram their doors |