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"ith th p1" D nt 130 1 Id r c gin in J at on 15 n ar Pint of ruly, aslstant ;. J,~ Iv • DEN.VER OF"F"{CE O F" Denver, Colorado . J OHN BRISB E N WALK October - 1912. ~ ~ 1h,J~~ . ~ I havel had in mind the possib~lity of " I getting together t~e cleverest, ablest and most 't l interestin~ men of the Continent for a week ' s \, '\ Camp Fire every year\ in the Park 0 f the Red Roc ks, near Denver, and I a~ trying to make up a list of the men "most wort~ while" between the Atlantic and Pacific . To your should li ke to add two or three friends whom you regard a s pre- eminently tit. It The total wi ll include five hun- dr-ed , carefully studied d~t fro~ among the alr eady great , and the coming , in i7lfe world of science , thought and action. i nclude names from among the leading r anroad m ~n of the country, t he managers of great affairs / ,noted publicists , authors , artists , composers , merchants , the most interesting men in politi cal lif e ~ in the educa- tional world, in the wo rld of inve ntion ; the ablest editors of the daily, weekly and monthly press , actors of delightful social qualities , like David Warfield, men of research like Luther Burbank, noted Engineers , great architects, physicians , surgeons , clergymen and lawyers . Where ve r there is a personaliiy that is interest ing and truly "wort h while" , the committee \llill seek him oui; al'ld endeavor to " bring him into camp 8 " You will agree with me that wi th even fifty acceptances there wi ll not be one of the five hundred who will wish to stay away ; and I have that many aSi$ured in advance . Th~ i dea of such a camp was suggested to me while a guest at t he Midsumme r Festival 0 f the Bohemian Club of San Franci sco , in t heir Camp on the Russian River. ~here the ablest and mos t interesting men of the Bay Cities gather , f or a wee k each year, around great camp fires , under the giant redwoods . The fellowship and interest of that week can no t be put i nto words . But with the men "most worth while" of an entire continent , we ought to have the Bohemian Grove raised to the nth powe r. The particulars are outli ned in the enclosed. I hope that nothing will prevent your acceptance, conditional uf course , upon the exigencies o f health or unexpected business demands . Y o u r st r uly ' ~ ' L~~~ ~~ ~ tfl~. IS--I- C DENVER OFFICE OF JOHN BRfSBEN WALKER THIS INVITATION TO GO INTO CAMP FOR EIGHT DAYS NEXT AUGUST, AT THE FOOT OF THE ROCKY MOUNTAINS, is sent you because your name is on a list, carefully studied out from among the already great , and the coming, in the world of science, thought or action. It will include names from among the leading railroad men of the country, the managers of great affairs, noted publicists, authors, composers, artists , merchants , the most interesting men in political life , in the educational world, in the world of invention j the ablest editors of the daily. weekly and monthly press, actors of charming social qualities like David War field, men of research l ike Luther Eurbank, noted engineers , great architects, ~hysicians , surgeons , clergymen and lav~ers . Wherever there is a personality that is interesting, and truly "worth while" , the Committee will seek him out and endeavor to "bring him into camp". With even a hundred acceptances , there will not be one of the five hundred who will be willing to stay away . And every year the "worth while t! qualities of the Camp in the Red Rocks will grow. The idea of bringing together the men !tmost worth while" , to be found on the American Continent. was suggested by the famous week conducted by San Francisco ' s most interesting men in the Bohemian Grove on the Russian River. To sit around the great camp fires and attend the ceremonies of that week. ending up by the pro- duction of a musical and dramatic work , original with the members , is a privilege eagerly sought by men of all degrees , and never to be forgotten by those who take part. #2 The Park of the Red Rocks at Mount Morrison, near Denver, is one of the most attractive camping places on the Continent. It is probably the most centrally situated, at which such advantages of climate and scenery can be secured. For the first year, 1913, the program will be less attractive than for succeeding years. Three nights will be devoted to the ceremonies of the Camp. Tuesday Night: "The Mysteries of the Cave of Saturn." Thursday Night: "The Oracle of Delphi." Saturday Night: "The Cremation of Fear." Each afternoon there will be a concert in that great Natural Auditorium, of which Mary Garden wrote: "Never, in any opera house in the world have I found more per fect acoustic properties than those under 'Creation Rock', in the Natural Auditorium, at Mount Morrison. I predict that some day 50,000 people will assemble here to listen to the world's greatest masterpieces and that its fame will be more than that of Beyreuth. It is a marvelous possession Denver has in this great Park of the Red Rocks." Each night, when there are no ceremonies, you may sit around the great camp fires on the Rock of Mnemosyne , and hear or tell good stories; or you may attend the tent parties that individual members may arrange. The mornings may be devoted to lounging, trout-fishing, horse back riding, or mountain climbing. There are delightful drives to the summit of Mount Falccn, to the beautiful little mountain parks, via Bear Creek Canon with its rushing waters; or through the superb scenery of Turkey Creek; or you can take the little railway to the summit of Mount Morrison, ~rom which you will have a view covering a magnificence of scenery two hundred miles in extent. You will "- . have at your command, during the week, a veritable wonderland of parks, peaks and canons. The world' s most accomplished and talented men and women will be invited each year to present their work in the Natural Auditori- um to this audience extraordinary. The list will include famous singers, dramatists, actors. authors and composers - the latter to lead in person the symphony orchestra rendering their work. The Camp is reserved exclusively, during the eight days, for the members -all men. But the families of members may secure tents at the Bear Creek Camp , a mile away ; or accommodations at the Denver Hotels , 40 minutes away by automobile; or at nearby resorts. Tents of any size or snape may be purchased or rented , from the indian tepee to the compartment house tent. If bought , they can be stored for the winter without cost. The USe of the Natural Auditorium and that part of the Park occupied by the Camp is given free. There are no private interests of any kind. The Camp will be supplied with running water and shower baths; service will be at the Camp tables; the food simple, but well cooked. Price of table $2.00 per day. In addition to this there will be a charge of $10.00 to each member to cover the cost of mUSiC , care of camp, water, etc. If there should be a surplus at the end of the camp , it will be carried over for next year' s camp . If there should be a deficit, it will be met by the fifty local members . The regulation which excludes ladies, applies only to the eight days of "The Camp". Members who wish to do so may remain in camp after the eight days , and be joined by their families, to stay as long as they may wish. This is , we believe, the first attempt that has been made to bring together the "most worth while" men of the continent. The theory is that all will be glad to take advantage of the oppor tunity if any considerable number of the others are coming. When the roll of 500 shall be filled, no additional names can be added unt1l vacancies occur on the list. Kindly send your reply to Mr . ~ohn Brisben Walker, Chairman. Denver, Color ado. .-.., . '-. == ) IJ-~ U. SMoSo.z.i ne Rifle 1'" ~o Coli6.,.. ~ ~==-~~0\E_:-_--=--_;:_- ~_- ~ .J.--~-_-::--_7 --'_:~_~ -~_-··_:-_·-J __-"- _-··ICl-d-- P~tcnted AUIl, 30, 1916 ~lPEtr~ Patented Nov. 23, '" OFFICr Lawrence' Kennedy NOV 2~ _ G. N. ~ 1 h : :ai":lInJ I;I.lIlt CuPyri l: hh-d IIy I ~ • ''' " ':1 '1 I,- t I "' : I ' O\' -.\ ., Patl:I A u5. JO, 1.915 i'dtl:i Nov. 2:J,191.5 . .By Patented AUIr, 30, 1SI' UECOILPAD Lawrence E'Ke.nnea!l Patented Nov. 23, FOn St.MthOl1JIant Stl'au~ 1fiI1n. fJ\' BENET-MERCIER Lawrenc/1 Kennedy l£amrrurt 111• .il(tnnt~y INVENTOR AND PATENTEE OF RIFLE, SHO'.!' GUN AND MACHINE GUN RECOIL PADS· DETACHADI.J.o.: AND ALSO ON HINGE MIWTAUY GUN S·rOCKS. On.DNANCE AND EQUIPMENT N. W . PHONE MIDWAY 1I90 6.C 'f -~ ...... ·!'-l, ''''; .4_~ - .Y"....3 t::.a. t -::.~-=.w _ ...',J :,...,..,_....,...... _..'":.-....; .... -.."- - 0 .,~ . . • ' ":I ...... :)~ ..- ...... ; - ---.:--~.., ---'-'- -"- ..... -~ .~ :;,rcblclIi3 in . . ~ ;__ J. 3nou.:d li:.ce the prlVl ... e~e .. ~e _ _ 40.. ______._".:J' ••.,_ " ...... \.,.\0,..... ••... i__ ... •3 _ ::.:. -r ~ -0.-..... I ~- I "", '."- .'"- -.- -"'CC, -~~- 'V" .....- ~-,r ' : -=3..:'ing "tc "- - - - _~. v __ ~_ .• ". , -:lr. ""l .; "" -...... """-- .... __ .':?..:r 3 - ...... ! ~ ...... ,-.=.--~ . ~..: -'"!"'I -: I f _ .y .... .;l.r:._ ;c i:::': 3, """"'.: _...... _.~ ...... J._ : --- ::'''- 'J I _ .!) ~., .. " J. "" -- -- .... ",..:.-" _.,--...... - ~13o . ., - ~' ~ .... .i -2-- woc:en are obliged to 'Ha·:ie the strea.!llS which, of course, is bad. It ~ill be particularly bad this year with the streams as full 903 they a.re. As you probably know we lost one tourist 1,vho could have been saved nad there been a good foot bridge, and she had used it. My impression is that the Glacier Park now has the best superintendent it has ever had, and I joubt if other parks have much of an improvement upon hi~. 3e is as good a man aa can be obtained for tte money, and I should say bet~er t~an could u3ually be obtained. However, he will need your co-operation and assist~nce in laying out his work, so that he may be authorized to go ahead. This year may be a bad year for fires, as last winter-- ", \ ! killed a number of trees on the east side. There are hundreds of 1 \ acres of young pine trees that have all turned re~, and are apparent- ly dead. .Fire in these would run very ra;idly and be impossible to control. Very little attention has been paid to fire hazards in the park in the past, but from now on they will probably give it con::Lierable thought; it is a matter which has always distu!'bed us. The greatest event to Glaoier Pa.rk was tte visl t of ,.--/ Secretary Lane with Assistant Secretary Miller, and I am in hopes that you ~~d Mr. Mather will be able to visit the ~~rk this year, and I shall apr-recia te it if you care to let xe knew t a.bout -,.,::en you will be in the park, 'so that I oan save your time a::1 my own by taking a few matters up with you on the gro\:nd, :'There iT.~t:era can be bet:er taken up ~~d explained than by correspondence. Agai~ thar~i~g you for your message, Sincerely yours, (Signed) Louis ~. Hill. . . ~iiiiiiilL COP Y On Line, Glacier Park, Mont. August 1, 1916. Ron. Frankl.in K. Lane, . Secretary of the Interior, Washington, D. C. Dear Mr. Lane:- After waiting two years for some on in authority to visit the Glacier Park, on advice from Washington I gave up my engagements to meet llr. Marshall and go over park matters He spent two days on an automobile trip and left here without visiting any of the trails. This was a great disappointment to everyone here. includling Mrs. ?inehart and a number of other important wri t·ers now trying to find trails to travel. The system of directing the park from Washing- . ton has proven an utter failure here. Authority must be plaoed with the man on the ground. You have a good super- intendent in Mr. Ralston, competent, intelligent and cons i oentious. Mr. Marshall appe4rs to have none o.f these quali- fioations. Rangers should be instructed to work and com- petent men appointed; not college students looking for vacat- ions st the government·s expense, like former Secretary Fisher's son. All these things will come out in the magazines, and possibly in time we will have what the situation warrants. It is hopel~ss to wait indefinitely for such a simple remedy as placing authority with the man on the ground. I have trieq without results taki~ matters up with WashL~gton; COP Y WESTERN UNION TELEGRAM Glaoler Park, Montana, August 1. 19169 Hon. Franklin K. Lane, W~8hington. D, C. Your nineteen sixteen year book recom~ end1ng roads and tr1ps 1e more of a joke book. Many of th e tro.lls reconm ended are olosed for want of appropriations that ~uat be authorized from Walh1ngton and have not been. Four Chloago men walk1ng from Cut Bank to Red Eag~8 today w111 endanger their lives over 'Red Eagle Stream acoount no foot bridges. I reported this to Ranger Ed Sweetman. St, Mary's. who haa oharge of this trail but has not been over 1t this year. I do not knc~ whose fr1en4 he 1s but I would sug0eat you put soa.e IT. a.n 1n hie place who is 'R 1lling to at least go over his traila once a. year. The Glaci.er Pa.rk 1s a. dlsrr.al failure this year account your men in Washington not authoriz1ng work intelligently and. souand-erins mooney· buil i 1ng road.s for Senator Walsh last year, and holding up t h1s ye~r'8 appropriation. I expeot to wlr~ you dally and hope someth1ng will be done before I leave here. L, W. Hill. o 0 P Y On Line, Glaoier Park, MOnt. August 1, 1916. Ron. Franklin K. Lane, Seoretary of the Interior, Washington, D. O. Dear Kr. Lane:- After waiting two years for some on in authority to visit the Glaoier Park, on advioe from Washington I gave up my engagements to meet Mr. MarShall and go over park matters with· him. He spent two days on an automobile trip and left here without visiting an1 of the trails. This was a great disappointment to everyone here, inoludling Mrs. Rineh~rt and a number of other important writers now trying to find trails to travel. !he system of direot1ngthe park from Washing- ton has proven an utter failure here. Authority must be plaoed wj. th the man on the ground. You have a good super intendent in Kr. Ralston, oompetent, intelligent and oonsi oentious. Mr. Marshall appe4rs to have none of these quali fioations. Rangers should be instruoted to work and oom petent men appointed; not oollege students looking for .aoat ions at the government's expense, like former Seoretary Fisher's son. All these things will aome ·out in the magazines, and possibly in time we will have what the situation warrants. It is hopeless to wait indefinitely for suoh a simple remedy as plaoing authority with the man on the ground. I have tried without results taking matters up with Washington; ---2--- possibly through the publio pres8 we may get some aotion. An appropriat10n is made by the government and Kr. llarehall wants to hold it over until next year. There are a number of us who have deoided to make a oonoerted effort to get another man in his plaoe. I hope you will have someone wire Mr. Ralston to go ahead and spend the money on the old trails that were built and are now ~passable and start work 'on a number of new ones. I . told lIr. )larshall what I thought of him so he oannot objeot to ~ telling you. fhe Yellowstone is going baokwards and we do not intend the Glaoier shall. This year the Glaoier is without guides through the Government's aotion of giving the horse business as a monopo~ to the man that the government people tried to throw out of here and we urged that he be given a show. Now someone in Washington is giving him a monopoly and all the guides are leaving the oountry. There is no exouse for this exoept a laok of ordinary intelligenoe on eomeone's part; and further, I should think it a violation 0{. government regulations and the Aot under whioh the park was oreated. The people are oomplaining daily of laok of horees, with the oountry full of horses - probably ten thousand within one hundred milf's of the park, but the ovmera are not allcwed to take out guide lioenses. ;' -:. have been all through this onoe before with iYa ingtan, but evtdently to no avail. The lettnra that I sent in to Washingt n addressed [~-I-lrcJ ---3-.. to yourself and men 1n authority are pa8sed around and aoknowledged by various people. I intend giving a oopy of this letter to eaoh of the prominent writers that oome here to help adv1ae them, and possibly some of the extracts of thia letter in prl~t may reoeive attention, while the letter itself may not • . The Eaton party with Mrs . Rinehart oame here as formerly and were unable to obtain any oa. experienoed guide - started out with a bunoh ot Ind.ian boya, ontirely unaoqua1nted with trails. Thoy were unable to travel the trails all last year, for the simple reason that your people in oharge in WashIngton have not made proper u~e of last year'. appropriation, nor prompt use of this year's. Laat year, a large amount ~f money that , .l1~uld have been used on trails was uled to build a road to let a few of Senatbr Walsh 's constItuents from outside the park drive over to 'ake MoDonald, and the i mpression is this year that the appropria tion made by Congress for road and trail work w1ll be held over to expend on building a road from the foot of Lake Yo Donald up to as near as the money ,,111 oarry towards Senator WalSh's house; the people in charge should realize that this 1s a publio park for all the people, and not only for on, sel- • fish senator. It is nothing new that we are asking tor. Our requi.itions have been on t1le for the last two, thre and four ye ara, and our r~qu1rements outlined to you Nhen you were here. One woman lost her life as the reeult of not farrylng out our ~ ~-/ - /'iJ --4-- recommendations tor aafe trails and sate hand bridges. I meet parties every day who have been lost in the mountains for want of intell1gent' trail work, toot brIdges and sign bO.ard8, all of which have been requested year atter year. In former yeara tourists blamed the Great N0rthern tor these short-comings, but now they realize that it 1s a government matter and that the government is making ample appropriatIons but the money is not intel11gently expended~ Again referring to tormer ~ecret&rY Fisher's Harvard law sobool son - ~hy should he be given a pesition whioh reqtie•• ~ an experienoed woodsman? - simply to giT. him a: vacation at the government'. expense, and use 'meney that in tra11 work mIght be very beneficial. Hia salary alone would be suttio1•• ' to improve several of the one-day trails. We here are · all . afraid that the poor young man will aut off his toot with an axe or get lost in t he forest. Like moat government men he 18 pleasant to me et; but, of course, there are ot'her r e .... uirements. A.suming from messa ges I had received that· Mr. - ~8hall [email protected] would at least a.t tempt to look the park over .t, :. deoiding on ~pproprlations , I took the troubla to lave a oarwlth t ~o ~uto mobiles shlppej from St. Paul; also a oar of horsee, as I wa. &jvlsea they were short ot horses in the park. I gave up a. number of important engagements and o&'1)') e here to find tA r.Ku8hall had &rrlved with & tlredfeeling and did no t stay long ~r.ough to get rested. He told me he would return neat year f r at n day's etay. I thtn 1nformed him that if they ma de proprlatlon negleoting suoh r eaponsib111tee a $ he h~d t ak~n upon [5 -1-(0J --~ h1mselt, I would use my best ettort to get h1m ott the job, and I am oerta1n I w111 not be alone in this ettort. "Where the woman was drowned oroasing the stream on a horse, he put up a sign -No HOrses Allo~ed· a simple but absura way to avoid responsibility that is direotly on those 1n ~~arge. He also 1ssued instruotions that pr1vate autom obiles .ay not pasa ~ buss on the roadj - all buss dr1vers mu~t hold the middle ot the road and not turn out. This rulIng, however. does not ap ply to Mr.Mahshall. as I learned from dri ving with himj but 1t was app11ed to Mrs. R1nehart and her private auto, and I have nodoub"t you w111 hear more from th1s, e1 ther 1n the Saturd.ay ETen1ng Poet, or some other paper of reasonably good o1rcula tlon. Mr. lIarshall 18 h1s two days here gave .Wfioient evidenoe that he cannot help but make a ta11ure of handling rational parks, and the sooner you put a oompetent oonaioentious man 1n hie plaoe, the eooner yeu w1l1 save youreelt a good deal of embarrassment. Congress 1B appropriating $35,000.00 for t¥e roads outsi de the park asked ~hat t he Great Northern direot th ~ ex penditure of t h is money. This I ielt would be a miatake, as your people are either competent or are not, and it is up to t hem to do what they are paid for, and for th&t reason we sug gested that the $35,000. of road work be done under the dir~oo tion of Mr. Ralston. This he is handling 1n & very oompetent way and w111 continue to do so unless 1nterfered w1 th by some one in W&ahingtonj Ur. Marshall attempted in 1nterfere and t ell [y-l-rD him how to do it. I know enough about road work to det1nlt~ ly state that Wr. Ralston 18 suoh more oompetent and efficient and able to intelligently expend the money than Karsh~ll is. The season is very short here and any red tape or delay in Waah1ng ton cannot help bpt lose ua a. year, and as we have lost four or five years the matter •• becoming too serious to handle delIcately for fest of oausing any embarraament. It iareally an outrage to hundreds of tourists to advertIze the park and bawe the government j01n 1n t he adveJ't1e ~ ~~ ; 1ng, as you dId th~s year at the railroad's expenae, and then not mak e good. on the roads and tra1ls. I rea11ze that this letter 18 very direot but I hope you w111 realIze that nothing haa been aooomplished in this. part that has not COQe by direoting a seriou8 JlPpeal to lJaahi.nS.tQn, , ...... '\_..:i- On Jour tr1p here we bad a large amount of wort la1d out, th.en matters stood stIll ia,11 Mark DanIela arrived here and ." intended leaving without laying any wort ~, but I co~ered him ~~""' . 1n the lobby of tho hotel and l&1d a map before him, and got his to outline and authorize a small amount of work for thaSes,80n. ~11e he had charge of all t he parks his Gole interests asemed to be in the California parks, and later an effort was made to get the a.utomobiles trom this park to move to the Yosemite. Surely this is a poor way to build up parks. On speoial telegraphio requests ~e now and t hen ge ' a pleoe of work started, but most of the roade and trails ye bave been obliged to build, and i t 1s a faot t hat there sre DO~ as many trails open and ~ vallabl e todGY as there were before the part was oreated. Thi. bringe up the ~u e8 tion: at haa be- -1- oome of all the appropriations, and I can answer: It haa b.en paid outmostly ~ government.mployes who have not been held up to their work; for example, a large foroe ot rangers wlthout duties and who praotioally aooomplish nothIng during th. year in the .. ay of helpIng tour1 ats by building and mainta.ining trails roads and brijge80 The remedy i8 very simple: Plaoe the n ••••eary oonf.14enoe 1n your looal .uperint.ndent and g1 v. him tbe authority, and 1f you do not, I.te.l that you wl11 not hear the last 0t it for aomet1•• to oom •• I he.~~~A a lor. g wh1le tak1ng th1s mat ter up with you, .--..~ ~- ...... ' but there o~rtainly 8eema to be no one else interested, It they were interested they would ahow up here onoe 1n two or three yea.rs. While it is true they may have other "parka to look after, that is not a .ufficient exouae, as I also have other thinge to do. but am able to find time to post ayaelf eaoh year on oondit1ons in this park, and" oonditions this year 1ndioate that your system of directing the work trom.Washington l' de- moralizing the park more and more eaoh year. Very truly yours, (S1gned) Louis ~ . Hill. p.S. Your pppl1cat10n Glaoier NatlonalPark, Season 1 ~ 16, general 1nfcrlI.'atlon pamphlet, out11nes no end of trips that oanno't be made, ~or the rea.on that intel11gent allot1ng of appropriat10n waa aot . ade l ~s t year and evidently haa noteeen made this year. The t rail~ t.re 1mpaasbble and at1ll the Goverrutent publishes a. r ;-I-/~] --8- 191:: puphlet, r~com ::. e!ldlng i.f).a.t tourists go oval:' trails that a:'e closed account of be1ng impas83.ble • .9.Jlj even at this late date , the f1rst of August, w:lan alLple ti~e haa paaaed for thiil year's ap ~ ropriation to have put these trails 1n shape, if the authorities in Washington had placed 3uff1oisnt co!1!"1J.ence in ti' elr tlan on the grotl.'"'ld, but no.! having done 80 t hey have t1ed. l:P practically balf of the park, 1n 13p!:e ot the ta.c~ tha.t the go'ternem..."l t has laaue.1 a. hand book Qut11ning .cU.l thane t.rlpa. Noth1ng could bo ~ora lnconalstent. COP Y GREAT NORTHERN RAILWAY CO~PANY President', Office St. Paul, M1nnesota. Louis v:. H111 Prea1dent On L1ne.August 4, 1916. Hon. Frankl14 K. Lane, . Wa.hin~ton, D. C. De~r Mr. Lano: Thanl!:a tor meaaaee th~t lTId.ttera in Glaoier P:.'l. r k ~ill receive attent10n. On the strength of your m eQsa ~ e I U~ g o in~ east tor & taw daye but expeot to return hoping to find the work authorized. I h~ve a letter trom Kallspell advi s ing the AAsiatant Seo~ et ary and Sena.tor Walah have written st:J..ting appropriation .haa been r!'I '... d '1 for building a. road along the shore of Lake ~ oDonald. I quotd troUl the letter as follows: -I am just in rece1pt of l~ttero fro~ AaaiQt~nt Secret ~ ry ot the Interior and trom S~nator Walsh stating that an ap propriation has bean made tor building the road !+o~ the foot of Lake McDonald to LeWiS's Hotel. The Assistant 8eoretary ha o promised to visit the Kallspull Chamber ot Comn~eroa in Auguet.· It the a.bove 1s t rue why oa.nnot the work to our catr.pa a.nd hotels be authorized? In June we were una.ble to open most of O\lr oJ.:J,pa and hotels on aooount ot the oondlt1on of raods and tral1u. Two Mediolne, Sperry, Granite Park or the Many-Glacler Hotel were not open until the last day or two ot June. still we are paying tor the oonoession baaed on June 15 sea.on. Your Department ohargee us ao muoh an aore for looation, ao muoh a oord for tuel (wood), royalty on w~ter power, Come mission on Dales, ourlos, t$baooo, cloth1ng,news, eto., and still we - .. a..... we are unable to reaoh our o~pa, although ~n appropriation suff1c1ent to put ~oada 1n good oondit1on 1s available. I under8t~nd Ur. Ma.ther will vialt the pa.rk the end of August. !hie oa.nnot help n : ~ttera this yea.r - this sea~(')nts wo rk should now be nea.r1ng oompletion. I am atill hopeful tha.t you will arrange to have tho ~ooa.l super in t enden t of the park a.uthP.:+'.1 zeo. t c bO ahea.d and do the work tha.t i8 neoessary, Mr. Ma~aha ll l ~f.t wi. thout author1 z~ng anything, aside frou; 2. few verba.l ~"<":I. tawen t,; 6 wh i ch ·. I:.heard him make. The theory ofa bureau of n~tional par~a haB proven that 1t would be a.failure as that oontemplates pl~clng ~ll th~ ~u t h orlty 1n Wa Ohington. The only development that hae been ~ade 1n ~ny of the b1g parke has been when the men on the ground have been a.uthorizod to Use their own judgment, and their recommendatione have been baoked up and au thorized. t learned before lea.ving the park that' Mr. lLar ehall: .had arranged to PUl~ohase &. f1 ve thouaand dollar '"Nhi te ''' ~'\1tomobile tra ctor, ',.f to haul gravel over the roads. I told him this would be of no use a.s he oould not tur~ it around on the roads. I would like to make th1~ protest aga1nat the squand~r1ng of Glao1er Park funda for auch foolish purposes, Tbey already haVe a very expensive 10* of maohinery wh10h has not been used for years, It 1s a d1ffioult o ~ se 1n point where a ffi an from Washington oomes up and. tries to tell a ffian on the ground what equipment he needs - and, as a matter of faot, ~rBhall doeo not know. If this purohase 1s not already oonsummated, ! would suggest "-3--- you have someone look into it, and find,out if a large tr~otor oould bp. uled to heul gravel on the narrow roade. Very truly youra, " ac , '1. , (. I I? I ~ ?.' '-0 '{ .1 .0&110d at tho ,Interior Dopartment th1. =orning to aeo ' )l~. Jo •• J. Oottor~ 'ot1u~ Sllporlntendent of Parka in the ablonoe o~ Mr. lathor. Both ho and K:. Albright, If. Mather'. aSllstant, told me that I ' I~. L. I, Hill bad boon making oomplalnt. by lottor. of August 1st and 4th, 10 whiob tho Dopari=ont .a. vory 'ovor,ly oritloised, Thoy told m. that they wero mak~ng ovory ettort that they gould to oooperate with our peoplo and do all thOy oo~d undor tho l&WI to put Gla010r Park ln tlrst olal. oonditlon, 10 far a. the aover~.n~ i. oonoerned, They regret' ed, ot OO\1r.o, the Q.on~tio~ of the roa,d. and. traill, but I their exouse W~I that ~ ~til tho flrat day d&y ot Julytheir handa ' were ab.olutoly tied booau •• thore wa. no monoy availablo for tho noedod work. Thoy oalled to .y attontion/t~. fao~ that thoy bad .0 advi.04 ~o of thls oondltion and t~t I pre.eniod tho aatter to tho Houlo Committoe on Approprlation., and thoy aot &.1do & IUm of monoy. proml.lng that tho Gfea.t Northern would bo r01mbur.od gor any 1I0noy they oxpondod boforo tho paasago of tho Aot, whloh dld not pa •• until the laat ~y of June. Tho provia1on. of that Aot .ota .11do 110,000, or sO muoh thoroof aa tho Groat Northern had oxpendod 'up to tho tlmo ot tho paseago of the Aot. That Q~, I undoratand, i. aomotbing 10s8 than 14,000, but lt baa navor boon pre .onted to tho ' Depaztment for adju.tment and untl1 that adjustment i. mado tho whole .um of 110,000 mutt r.aaiD uaallotted tor an¥ further PUrpOiO. I w&. furthof a~v18ed that out of tho appropriat10n thli yoar, the 1\111 of ." .000.00 llaa. boen allotted for the improvement of tbo Two Jlodloino rQadi 16,000 troa Old at. )lazy. to Many Glaoier.; 820,000 for the improvement of tho road. iD tho B1aoktoot Indian Reservation; an~ 14,600 for trail.. Tho,. allottmont. have beon made &Dd wore m&do , pr10f to the utol of Kr', H1l1'. loiter.. Inat:ruot1on. bavo a180 'been ·2. given tor the .urvey of & new rOa~ trom the toot ot Lake KoDonald to Lewis' plaoe, and allo the .ufVOY of & road ovor Gunlight Pase, but , no allotmont hal beenm&do ~o~ building any new roa~6 ontbo weat ,1de. Thoro 1. evide~tly a ' .il~deretand1ng about what the Depart ••ut are d01ng an~ have been dOing tor Glaoier Park. The horse 81tuat1on thoy lay 1, not the beet, bat tha.t they will try to oorreot it. llr. Kather,himself tXPeot, t9 ~eao~ tho pa.rk at an early date an~ tho Dopart .ent people her. hope that UO advorse orit1oiam w111 be put 1n the neW8- . . papera unt11 Mr. ¥athor hal an opportunity to personally 1npaot the 81tu- atiou an~ .oe tUa,t h1. orders. s1ven .oon after tho pasl&ge of the &ppro pr1at10n b111, are oarried out. The , Department have been go-operating w1th me and g1v1ng me overyaasletanoo that I , have asked for, and 1t 1, DooesAry lhat we oontinue to ha,vo fr1end.ly oo",operat10n 1f ONe ro to euo ooed in mak1ng ~b. Glaoier Nat10nal pa.rk what it Ihould bOa I w111 ~ greatly obllged, when you have read th1s letter, 1t fOU w111 pass it along to the Prea1dent, and 1t he bas any euggeatlon. to make I would bo glad to have them 10 that I oould personally present thom to tho Depaumen t. I 4id not know there was any trouble of illy k1nd unt1l I had my talk w1th you 1n C~iO last Konday. I .xpeol to be 1n st. Paul at an early dAte and W8 oan then talk theee mattera over. 0" \ , " , .\ ,"'-, ", OAI of tho provis1on, of t he act appr9pr1at1QI money " 0;' • tor Gla01e~ Park roadl, sot .. alde $10,000 or- eo muoh thereof al 18 naoo ••ary, to roi.burse Groat Northern Ra11w&y company for money 1 t bad.. expended up to the time ot pa.US&go pf the aQt in fixing the road •• thin&; loa. tllan ·14,OOO, but ata:t.ameni oover1ni the oxpenditure ~o never boon preaento4 to the Dpartmont for adjustment, an4 until tbat a4ju,tment 1. ma4, tho whol.e aum of $10,000 must r~ _ .1n \ulallott.4 tor ally other PUrpOIO. W1l1 you kan~y tako up immediately with Mr. Boele and a~k him to let us have a st&tcment at tho ~arlie8t poaeible date, 80 that we oan sand it to Waeh1ngton. I would like to handle th1u through Vr. Carroll as he would prob~bly be able to get tbe balanoe of the $10,000.00 released for useeleewhere on the roads quioker than 1f ne sent it in in the rcgul ~ r ~ay. : ',I;" ~ '. " ::.,'(! j.(;., ' .. . \ '. ' \ j \. ,~ " " . ~ \ L '.. \' ,' ~ rI' r,.- ? ",I ~ u.L d· /' 1'/ ' l . J R.tcrr1ns~ea1n to my letter or yesterday about our Park mattefe in the Interior Departmont. The whole out-t1t are ma~ i~ about Mr. Hill' i lettors and h1e talk w1 th Mar6ha.ll. They &i ~ YOU know oan make us a lot ot trouble. They are on the job and will be until next March or maybe loneer. so we must 3et on with thom or thoy w11l do much ha.rro, and tllore 1fl sen1;'-ment here enough to help them m~'B muoh trouble. They ar~ ~.tt1ng ready to ohargo "The Ba.d Road situa.t1on to the Great Northern Railway, tbay aeked tor a peJ"Dl1t to build the Ua,1n Roa.d trorn Gl.a.oier Park to tbo Park . . BQWlc1~1, and 1 t wae their duty not tl"!6 Department to me; 1~3 t h 1~ Road good." So 6~YB the Secretary, now get the Bl1l f. or work on this Ro ~ d approved by Ral~Qn and get it to me at once, they ma.y ' try to hold. 1 t over and find. fault u.nd let the mn.tter be l:ut otf until next year' and let the appropriation l apae, ~e might not ~et aza1n, BO l eta get it now. The eituat10n 1s Bad l :lr.d I Hope no'thlng more .,,111 bo 8!lid or l=,r1.nted until after the elect1on,we may be a.ble · to make ~ nol~a then. " 14062 u. oJ· 1 ,.0 . - 1 • '7'ran~l i n • • , • 1. . t r , t • l' t J ... • .. • • • t ... - • t " ..f t , • • • • • • • ... - , r t. 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