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About Eugene register-guard. (Eugene, Or.) 1930-1983 | View Entire Issue (May 21, 1961)
JutmJIyJVoelcly J May 21, 1961 AMERICA OUT-OF-DOORS "'' I' A . 1 mijoy Your Plav Areas . 1 .n j Them Tl A rTi-iii-!! r Our forefathers left us two legacies: nature's wondrous spectacles unspoiled, and a duty to. pass them on to our descendants in the same primeval splendor TTN THE midst of our enjoyment of nature and outdoor life, may 1 suggest that.we pause occasionally to consider a humbling vJkm, fact. These mountains that we climb and these flowering meadows that we trample, they are ours to enjoy but they belong to others, too. QA story is told of the first white men in the , South Pacific who sought to buy an island from the natives. The chiefs . Conferred solemnlyJarid reached a decision. "We hope you will use this land, but we "cannot sell it," their spokesman said. "It belongs to others to our forefathers who entrusted it to us -and to our children who will soon inherit it. We have its use for only. a little while.' We who have the use of our national parks are' sharing a unique treasure. No other nation has anything quite like ... ,r...e wVMoaitMo xx vamis st tea, uuiiuiwia . ox nines 01 trail, and countless VlStftSTftf nnnnmllolful hooilHr nK Mnfinnnl Tn'1.- G... "1.1.. - ' --.J. .' ..-.v; vw,.oi iiaojrM;iii auraciea over.bu millionvisitors last. year. : fl Whvdnt.hevrnmp? TlvpHwoit icVwQiiooi minT.nn 4.u- '- ".. n .y-?-'-r::H: . . --- -- , ;rs" , :r " " "j"rv - " : rf "lttU, someinmg jeit unsatisfied byourmodern worm. iive man Toon n rio-nt rnnt a imHnr faMiir ; :a i. ... w . , . - , uvvwiuugii, ou lie uuims a cnurcn, museum, .-----, .. . . , ,, .vuivoiicicyuvu iciuains, wnn us invitation to wonder how it ' nil lnn nkutl' SL 11 1. 1 J. A. 11 ' . ' . .1.. " '-,.,- , , an uuuc aijiiui: wii.m uj4 i-mii i ii lsrsn ri rna mnom nti i nm. : ...... , - . . . ... w L -TV PV to Jirifil By STEWART L. UDALL Secretary of the Interior as told to Curtis Mitchell or listedMri "secret plans for wartime. But here hides the birth of ultimate victory. Nature's beauty can -"' restore your waning faith in yourself or your God. Nature's lessons can be borrowed: her directness in achieving her ends, her singleness of purpose, and the discipline which forgives no errors, We have heed of such qualities, v q The National Park System began, appropriately, with a camping trip. In 1870, several citizens were exploring1 the wilderness of Montana when their minds turned to America's destiny. ' 4It was already clear that our restless people would increase in numbers and works, and that the tide of r (uonunuea on page a ramily WeeltlK. May 21, 1M1
