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One ', of these, young- heroea . ranr out; from * the mt and aceoated Toro. . “ 1 say. ydu ; > feifow. la jour name JBrownT* - ;. * “ Ye%? *ail.Tom, in-conslderatjle-a»- • ‘ ishroent, plad, Tiowerer. to .bare lighted on some one alregdy who seemed to know bhh. \ ' c* I It notD seCTtis a national necessihj promising iKe — JOHN B ART OH PA1JKE XATiON.VL Conferenreann Park* — the first in our history — was. called ^December 1 la's^ ..for tlte • sticund weeirvin Janttary, 1921, in sJ, ,'niV. ^itrai^i Uui.it;aai ; :.. from John , Barton Payne,-secret- tarV. at-the- interior ami ex officio he^l'of the naUpnOlVparfe !servicu. Gov. W. L. ilarding of. Iowa is- • iued - the .call. The conference was .called because, as Secretary' Payne says, ‘ ‘ it seems a national necessity. ” . It was balled to meet ~ in Bes Moines because Iowa haa-become a leader JainiHU^th^ kates. in pgMriBph*itr aud J work. -. __ Slofe limn 3,000 invitations have been sent out. to Icdi vidan is and ofgauizktions known to be ac- tively interested. And Governor Harding.- also 'an nounced that . the. attendance was not lirnited fo .persons specifl.caliy invited, for everybody intern ested in the park movement would be welcome, ’ • T , tie conference will discuss matters of all kinds pertaining to national, state and local parks. , 1 tr~&CT7rf T -~Mar c h ■ 10 last---long befopei the Chicago convention — and i>aidi amon-g other things, in an addf-ess before tlte- Mtte HJ^h -club : .. v \I like the slogan *See _ Atnerica First. ’ In these, .lays of the motorcar we might revise it and say • ‘ Motor-to America.Plinst, ’ . This ts --the a,utdn>obile aWe. Ali Anierica' is motoring and leaving a gold ’ - / en trail behind. ' ! want the ‘ golden .trail in the. ITiited' Sfatejt and the ,ertm:atiQn and pride In ‘ ’ the ' conn try 'XvIsTi'Ti a ! iciuT ; — 7 ‘ ^ “ We .are so vast, so varied; so physically beyond' compare, that it is gistd to think of. America first and know America first, and do the practical t things, which - prosper! America first. * ■ « T shall never be content until I car\ motor from Washington to Denver in. comfort, and from this gateway motor, safety and rejoicingly over a cir cuit of our national, parks and khow the inspiru- t imi and rejoicings that evhr' must- attend.\ - Tins Is the keynote of the Des Moines confer- ♦m<-e: But the slogan of...the conference goes Still i - farth e r -and^ declares-: .... ‘ . r . \ It should l>e made possible, for a citizen of .the - United States to travel in his automobile from -the — y-Vrfnntic to the Pacific and camp every night on— puiiiic ground fitted up for hlS'comfort — national, state, municipal and local parks, ; have observed that from time to time, ” says Secretary Payne in his letter of suggestion to Gov ernor Harding, “ suggestions are made for the ere- nr ion of national paints ou t -of h cbnlc areas' that for'definite reasons should be\ taken up by 'the ” states themselves, and there are undoubteiliy many . parks suggested to.the state park authorities that should'he taken up by counties and municipalities, lim-ntiy. there-baa been a ’ widespread tWjre on the-part of st^ite park authorities to confer among. uthemSeives and with the national park service, fiot alone on this question but regarding'£he po^Sibil- ~ Ity of se-t-uring' uniform state park legislation - throughout the country and the discussion of park problems in general/ 1 , “ The ’ miuests for such a inference have be- ' come so insistent/that It now seems a national 1 necessity,- proiaising the. greatest results to the, partidpants- and the States they represent, ” . \-Secretary- Payne suggeafed Des Moines as a meeting place/for the conference because of the «.. “ estraonllilttry results in the field of- state park cTeation awl development achieved by the sta^e of Iowa under its public park act, ” from which '- the. delegiU ’ es*. can lenm tjhnehj , cave .and its; envi- rons. 'and s o o n;. Are. 'these 1 properly nu- .tibnal, park of state • park projects? ' - Itis the ' same thing with state .park projects - — > of ’ which there is no - --ehdt'vnhiwtewfof-ex^v ample, has Just fin- -isli e d . through a s e m iduiflcial and , non-politicitl com- ipission a-scenic suf^ ' yey' of the ' state. ' f ■■ and that body, says , ’ . it finds nnich state park material and much 'that Tr lucre properly loeiii.- A scenic survs |-Chiir|** KlBKster. ,wlw» devoted ttocm- ; vp I vck to the mnae of tlw Worfcin** men ’ * Collett*- He »«t la- ■ fvrayo a devoted feten 4 of 1 bte jfHeodv. ; the workInRiueat . he tried, htfc fittod at i an Idealistic colony, called Rushy, la j Tenncaaect \he waa a trejneat vtaltor f to Am.erlCa, qnd waa a ifreat friend and ■Ita ASlty .. h.Jl i a ifc yvhoae fnfloeBee over him la-ahown la the freqoeat quotation* (a hi* - hook*. Til# /other \ votame* Inc t a d rd- to “ Tom Brown at pxlorg.” -ittell*k> Laid. ” and hi* “ Memoir, of a 'Brother. ” Hot he wfU alwaya he remembered a* the aane and-trreat-hearted author Who haa andet*<ood *omethtac of, the aotil of a Srhoothoy,, and who haa written the area teat book' la Etacilnh of the •choolboy'a life. I'ST ns Tom was swallowing his Inst ,mouthfhr (three; o ’ clock fn ‘ Ah, I (bought so ; you know my. \ aunt Miss East ; she lives somewhere down ‘ your way hi Berkshire. She _ wrote to roe that you were coming to^ “ da ’ irind'asked^me'fa'giv'eyou'aTift You- see. ” suit! his friend, as they . strolled up toward the* school gates, “ a great deal depends on how a fellow cuts up at first If he ’ s got ’ nothing odd about him, nnd answers straight forward and holds hLs heat! up; he getw- on. You s ee Fm doing tiie handsome thine -by you. because my \father knows youro; b e side s , I w^nt v to please the o]d lady. She gave me half a aov this- hair, and perta^sfit don hie ft nert if I keep in her good books.* Thus began a friendship which lash ed through all their school days and gad»tfc<fcttroBfc==&feafe ship apd loyalty .and good \eportsman- ahip age great featnres in this book. ... which shows an Insight Intd the brain . and heart of a boy which ■ is just as wise In the year of our Lord. 1920 as It was In the day# of William IT. „ Tom and East were together' la . garoOs, in mischief, in , fights, in good, deeds, or in deviltry, as they -were - in tegeni nns , syndicating, metb* : . ods of working _ put the mysteries of the Greek and \Latin languages. And the morning), winding his comr i later, when the wise Doctor irAnaxAz, js&sk «r' state States, made by thevlenpral Federation of' Wom en ’ s Ciuh.s,-.shows areas suitable for national, state and local parks. - . , • The -conference will .wrestle with this, embafrass- ment- -o£ riches. It isTSopcd — r^ffid espeeted- ! “ ^irat out of ' its ..deliberations will- come a ciassifica.tlbn ■ and standardization of park, areas and a ’ 'dr»ft of li'standard state park .law, which can (■•<- arnnit/eu by the several states to suit local conditions,\ .. parks. JPubik — fW- tw more of areas. pirited, ’ citizens A liiV llV-'t a score oc more of areas, are undey. con-' sv-serotien.- It Is the.hope of the ’ board to have at Jesse o®te psult fu eacb of the 89 ctiunties of the 1 ‘ -pisi.ar .-intnlbaf is strong for-the-law — View .\ picturet 1 hcrewi th. is a scene in < 5 e of the prospecti.ve parks. It gives a -hint of ■Mr. Harlan's “ fairy lands, ” , with which the Hawk- ty» state-;.s Abundantly blessed. 'This delightful swale area is aear lJe forter. round his throat, pnd tucking the enda into the breast of , his coat, the horn sounds. ’ Boots looks lb and says: “ T^U-y-ho, sir,'' and they hear the ring and -the -rattle .of the four ■fart tmvrs Bad 'the t ' '' .'i 'n made dreg. to •rr .v as it dashes \up to . the Peacock. • ‘ “ ‘ Anything' for us, ‘ Bob? ’ , says the huriy guafd. dropping down from he-\ hind.and slapping himself across the Chest. __ o - ............... — _____ ; __ . . When Senator Harding declared, “ All America is motoring'and . leaving a golden' trail behind;- ’ be.., said something, .as. the 'tongue /Of. the day. has - in The official national'parks attendance figures for - 1920-give a hint of this motor travei. In 1910 there wpre 35*1,097 visitors to the national parks' and probably a large majority of them went by rail road. In 1920 there were .919,504 .visitor*,' and - more than Go. per, cent of them were traveling in their own cars., Tn 1917 private cars were record? ed to the numbef of ,54,682; last season,. 128,074. These ears^ bore tiro lif ’ ense plates, of every state in the Union, ' ' /-•■-. ' -- ■ - - All conference roads lead to Des Moines because it i# the capital of a state that has.the.real park \• spirit~and Is doing things the right way. .Tb* . Thirty-seventh general assembly created a. State board of conservation. The Thirty-eight assembly endowed lids board/ftith ?ld6,000 a year and other wise .empowered it. The members of this board, . who serve without pay, areijJr, L, H. Paasmel. Ames, chairman,; Joseph Kelso, Bellevue; John F. Ford, Fori Dodge, and- Edgar K. Harlan, Des Moines, secretary. , ' ' ' ’ The Iowa .state park law is a working insmb ment. The srinte board of conservation, with the rifritten consent of the executive^coahcll. has the power to establish public parks in all suitable places and ' to Improve them and make them are wsslble from. the. pufilie highways. Thelxsard has “ \power to purchase. «r condemn lands-for both park ' and - highway purposes. , ^ v Secretary Harlan, who is curator of the state historical, department, delivered an- eloquent ad* dress July 24, 1919, before the Des Moines K*»- tarians. . The state has published It with the title,' “ Iowa Law. Policy and, Proceedings- Upon a Sji-: tem of Public State Parks and Reservations.' “ 'Young genl ’ m ’ n, Rugby, ’ answers a hostler. -- . “ 'Tell ., young gent tp look alive. ’ >rah, -Winneshiek county, 1 says the gua.rd, opening the hind-boot the . iag pubi The deulHirations. and action of this first nation, i ntid shooting \the parcels jo after eat- td ooBfierenc* on parks siiouid interest tiie whole-1 aminiog'- them ” by . the- lamps. ‘ Here, •jtounfry. It is. expected that both Secretary Payne ; shove the portmanteau up a-top — Fll asset Director Mather*of the - national park service /fasten him presently. Now, there, sir, will attend. No pfogram has been annonneed at /jhiup' up behind.* ' -■ fMs Writtog. but.the end is bfoad enough to in- ; “ ‘ GoOd-by. father — rhy love at home.* etude alt ohases the park movement, of which.]'^.i asr shake of the hapd. ; Bp gees hig national park features are attract- j-Tem, the guard catching his hat-bex aitentkHn : t ■ ' j anholding, on'with one\ hand while Assaults of commecCia! interests on the nationalj with the other he claps the horn to his parks .under the new water-power act and neces- j mouth. Toot, toot, toot ‘ the hostlers ' saty tit aaemimefit to exempt national parka/. The j let go their heads, the four bays plunge Grand Canon icene pictured jierewitb is .at the I at the collar, and-away, goes the tally- west end. of the national park. Where there nrf ho into the darkness, 45 seconds from 'xsagalficeut vraterfaBs. 1 Application for power .per- j the time they had pulled up. ” UBit has been filed here, as Jn Yobemlte and Se- j:-go Tom Brown started to begin, his t quoia. ' , i- ‘ j.-schoql days at Rugby when i William Irrigation reservoir right of .way bill, ajremiy >-jY sat upbh. the- ' throne/- Squire Brown had meditated something' as foiiows ‘ the- night before ; “Shall I tell him to mind his Work and to passed by senate, covering Fails River basin in YeRovrst^ce National park, and the entering; wedfflB. for .. many other irrigation projects/ in this and spoil the Yellowstone falls,-the crowning glory of j jj e isn ’ t sent to school for tfeat — Yrflowrstoce gorge. \r • > . j at any rate not .fog that mainly. .1 ReadjnstmenL. of _ paJriopaj.. patfe i qutw a straw ; for Greek par- Examiner Rocky- . Mountain National park, with j tidtj, Qr the;digamma, no more tfoes 24*0G9d6 visitors last summer, had $40,090; Yellow- j n-other. What ts he,sent ta school stqoe. with 79.777. hmj $278,000; Yosemite, With J f 0r » Well.-partly because he wanted •OSaWOE,'-had 3300,000; Mount Rainier, .with 56,491. [ to jr 0 , -if He'll only turn out a. brave, had 3*0.000; Glacier, with 22.449, bad $95,000. Thu* j helpful, truth-teiling Englishman, and Rocky Mountain, with 43,343 more visitors than the j a gentleman, and & Christian, that ’ s atttdr four parks combined, had an appropHation j a u j want/ ” * Bpon this view of the of yfjO.OOO as against- 3713,000. with ah- offset of fi^ise he framed' his ' last words to AlMm£ $sSi>,QO0 ih- revenues prodneed- On the basts J ippm. “ And now, Tom/ niy boy, r# idT the 14*22 fiscal year estimates the discrimination r member you are going at- your own against Rocky Mountain wiii be still more marked I'earneaf request, to be chucked Intd tBCxt ritBimer. as if wilt have but ,3X50.000 as [ this great ’ , school, like a ‘ young bear ajajjBst S1.G15337.. Cplonido wiil turn, over to the i a u y 0 ur troubles before,yon — Arnold of Rugby decided that Tom was headed toward destruction. If was by means of friendship for ’ a weaker boy who needed hia protection'that ha. rescued him. What was the marvel of. the ■dnetoris pww er^ava»-b o j»2~ 2IS& k couldn ’ t enter into half that we heard; we hadn't the knowledge of our own hearts' 6r the knowledge of one an other; and little enough of the faith, hope, and love. neq<i**d ,to that end. But , we listened,, as all boys in ' t'/ieir bet ter, mood» will listen Cave, and men, too, for the \matter of that), to a man whom they felt to be. with oll- his Tieaft and soul and strength, atrl*- Ing against whatever , was mean and unmanly and. unrighteous, in our Ilttie world, tt was not. the cold., clear voice of one giving advice and warn- lng\mntrse.rene heights to/those who . were - .struggling and -sinning . below, but-'the warm,-Bving voice of one who was fighting for'us and by our sides, ; and calling us to help him: and our selves and- one another/ And so, wearily find little by little, was brought home to the young boy. for the .first time, the meaning of his life : that it v was no fool ’ s or sluggard's, paradise into which had wandered by ehane&y hut a hatt'fe field, ordaiped. from of old. where there are no spectators, but the youngest must take bis side, and the stakes are life and death. And he who roused this consciousness in them In I ow A l ” soys Sir. Harlan “ it is but a short nadnmd perk servire-next Season the. Fall Rjvef,} earlier than we should have sent you ids. ” H£ ro ’ n road ovw Uc* Continental divide, through the j perhajps, ” (Tom vria idK.): “ If schools „ -Governor Hinjjrig ’ s invitation to the conference contains the following: . . / “ Uotopdratlng, with the Honorable John Barton Payne, secretary of the Interior, and in recognition: ..of the importance of the public park, moyement thnwglipuf the United States, the governor of Iowa has the honor to Invite you to a national confen-ncc on parks, to be held In Des Moines, January 10-11-12, inclnsive, 1921/ A pfcogram will , lie presented of affiJmses and dUJeussions by etnl- ncM leaders upon the.-hecesslty of the fstabftsh- menr antjl maintenance of national, state and local parks : u'pon legislation, administration and use Of parks; upon harmonising and co-ordinating these . an»i upoia aU OWltd subjects, ” .». n A . The truth of the sltuatlon Is that what may be call«t::the ••natloual pftrk\ move«ient ” _hft l _ffrpwn . .. ------ ----------- --- ------ -- ---------- ; ........... ....... ................... W bftr-That tt ri uist be a rganlted. regnl ate d and - Ctnportaut acauea »/i«^;aaalnS^j,;w 1 wEme luali l gt o ilc eo r ka e gtst; -11 ---- spin from prairie lands to fairy lands. ” He goes ' od to .enumerate some of tbe beauty spots and. . places Of historic and scientific interest in a coun try of farming land worth up ’ to $5d0 -an mem “ But;\ he says, “ you cannot go swimming, boat-' lag, fishing, camping nor play ball, unless in cities, without trespassing. ” After sketching y»e «lraa- . tlou fr-out the vletypolnts of both recregdicadst and . owner, he Says in pan:, » •'Recognizing these conflicting truths, respecting these Inharmonious interests, the state *et out to . Open, acquire and preserve some of these areas. . Due compensation shall be made to private own ers.. Appropriate, provtetoa ' wm be made that the healthful may resort to the open air with safety, without Contempt of fellow citizens end with fail self-respect. Areas unique for h^ewry wOI be ■quired. . Those embracing objects and materials useful or interesting In scientific study -will b* re- served. Grounds will be height Rocky Mountain National park. .It has been un-.j are what -they were tp my time youTl dev construction by the state during the last , see a -great 'many cruel blackguard seven years at a cost of approximately $.lfi 2 .tJ) 0 . It Is tile crowning touch of a 213-mtle aatomohiie ' hlghVray circuit frtmi Denver, which globe-trotters declare be the most magnificently scenic On e*Uth- Is s lmportaacef tn the tourist dml the na- ' {Iona! park cannot be overestimated. The oldest port of the Fail River road'(shown herewith A is .in deplorable fondltlop. It Is unthinkable that It 'sAmdd not be pot In shape early next season.' Amt the cost of reconstruction will have to come out «( the Rocky Mountain National park appropria- tpe lines of, Secretary Payne ’ s lettfr, The liatlon- f.ntUmal riiuws of today: H* success \and its In- ,treusing Influence, hate ^a^ated an enthusiasm throughout fhe country four, parks of alt kinds — t o nal . - sta t e a nd , local. ;; — - — r:;- ’ a The public campaign, of the Agricultural depart ment and.tbe f<w«*t service wrest control of the national parks from the Interior department th^br exploitation of the national forests — -cre ated for lumbering apd Brazing — TOs drecreatioual imraTOtltara o f tbe aatloaal parks. ^ Federal support of the National Park-to-Farit Of •5,000 niir^rw make himself a good- sc holar? . Well, showed them at. the same time, by every word-he spoke, and by his whole dally life, how that- battle was to be fought; and stood before them their fellow-soldier and \the captain of' their guard. -The true sort of captain, too, - for a boy ’ s army. One Who^had no mis givings and gave no uncertain word of commanti. and, let who would yield \ Or make a trucb, would fight the fight out {so bvery boy felt) to the; last gasp and the'last drop of blbixL\ . And , so Tota lived his life from the. first green days to* the last^nvemorahle night, whert he .was ychaired ” round - the quadrafigle by the eleven, shout ing In chorus: . “ For he ’ s a jolly, good fellow, ” himself as great a boy as all the rest, despite the passage of the yeans! and his dignify of captain. It is q story 6f humanness, with all its good points-apd its frailties.' but espe- cially of loyalty anti of friendship; of games, so much like our owlh In , spirit, and yet so different in details; of East and Arthur, of the brutalities of the old Egg ing system. . the school- bully ghd Tom ’ s classic -' fight with him, of the final war of Independence against wThat wus mean apd sordid. want to leave behind me, ’ said Tom. speaking low, the name ‘ of *- fellow who never bullied a little hoy or turned his back bin a big. one. And then. 1 would sooner have tbe doctor's good opinion of. me as I .really am • than any man ’ s In the world. ’ ” Copyright, UUt by tha PWit FublUhln* Co. (The JBoaton RpeO. Copyright principal oathmiil parks/ ) local parks of alt kinds, from of puf ’ treat, where shafts that ro?eai of all these faetiihQBld. stind. Shore lines of lakes and tie- era I reservoirs} stespa iwgro0»W«fi*«,lh __ rawemmi* «<r«p • early days will be secured. Some wl\l be r^ptaa^ . JtowToe* teOU^aii^oirer a bd.iln time,' with useful and attractiye tre**. Small r^dklde areas ou stream*.' la sh**, vyffi'be^id: «*» to rtpr /te; .. . rndredlwir the YRlrttha rii!l#y/- Iewa amib Wisconsin : .filled/roirh dust their. I «-k .tlH' «aijtfytahn)ent of. Mlsslssjfipl ''alley Na- in-timb to come, U the »tate ’ a_fit»jeottre. “ - - r-^iivf pitrk: Thdlnpa; tlttnoty and Mltfidgro vW Gh8lrmm» BMW»l,2w^ %•'* aCthafac- A nmictod park In the at thc.head of „|rok^ 'oI|y.jrf Xoroa -^tatq ^Uege, i^w»;that -' ■ \ : Iffrhrgait'' ” 'SJentiiriiy ‘ protroser' .-th a t *- e tm gtei si t -'pw-\- Vil h e bo ard a .axvataatro . If. ,, it and made It-oura. The “ w* mast give thought to,the ways In - Which we ran g at from it the most good. On* of these Ways the creation .and development ofV# natloq-wlde things done, and hear a deal of foal bad talk. But never fear. You'tell the r truth, keep a brave and kind heart, and never listen, or say anything ybu wouldn ’ t have your mother and sis ter hear, and you ’ ll ne$er feel ashamed to come hotpe, or we to me you. ” / . Tom ’ s father was a great asset to the boy. For thongfa. he belonged to what is called the npper middle class, the opinion wklyh the sqnlte loved to propound above all others was the belief that a man. Is to be valued wholly for that which he is In himself,, foe that which stands .up In the four fleshly walls of him, .apart from clothes, .rank, fortune, and all externals what’ Soever. .Be held further ‘ that It didn ’ t matter 'a v i^w;^^hejfhrlr»ou' , asste dared with lords' softs o r p l «wtnen*v 'V; sons,' provided they were braye and “ ' SbTmn had a merry and right “ the-boys* «f /bf fiiter/ demScrtittc village, and learned much that among other things to value a . or boy.YtTitH^- f o r . y hat w as 1 In Isolds which later esmbd him ^irou^i Her Inclination. stood'him\In good stead when he got to - ;r “ How shout ycrtir/ poeas; Vanestol^' ' iny- r.und'best hoy ln/ tbe --■«- — ■ ” — lah. who taught him * theUinrpa jteel tempted td'iend It to Kui iSttn? — LoulavUIe OjarierJonmal, ■ a £& ' I; r “ The . editor returned It pith *®» ‘ TrS-.'wltli so many regrets that I
