Pacific News Sarvioa, Wash. Bureau.
WASHINGTON, The National
Parks of the country have closed their
most successful season. Despite the
threatened railroad strike which un
doubtedly adversely influenced tourists
travel last summer, the aggregate at
tendance to the parks actually exceed
ed the record established last season,
which was due largely to the lure of
the California expositions, according
to Stephen T. Matten superintendent,
m his annual report to Secretary of
the Interior Lane.
The construction of new roads and
the improvement of existing highways
within the parks is strongly urged in
tht report, which points out that state
roads, especially those of California,
outside Yosemite, far out-class the
government roads in the parks. Last
season 12,563 cars registered at the
portals of the various parks and this
year's reports show that 19,848 cars
carrying 78 916 tourists passed
through them anti made tours of the
pp rks.
"The number of tourists entering t:
parks in private ears is astonishing
when one takes into consideration
the fact that they have been open to
inetor traffic only a very few years
and that one of the largest parks has
only been open n season and a half,"
the report states. “This tremendous
increase in automobile travel leads to
one conclusion only, and that is t
in the early future travel in private
machines will overtake the increasing
railroad travel and constitute the
gieater portion of all park travel."
"American tourists have the light
tc expect that the federal government
wdl pursue a broad policy in the ex
tension of road system in the several
parks, and that they shall enjoy all
privileges not lnconsistant with good
administration of the parks manage
ment and protection," states Mr.
i'ather, after showing that $C5,311
was received from automobile fees as
against $12,689 In 1916. This money
is spent for maintenance of park
reads.
"Mount ltanier, Yosemite, Sequela,
Yellowstone, and General Grant Parkl
now have proved earning capacities
sufficiently large to cover the costs of
their administration und protection,
tli report sets forth. Therefore, in
so far as these five parks are concer
ned, the $511,300 appropriated by con
grtss for the parks during 1917 will
be used only for improvements. The
total appropriation of 1916 was but
$’52,550.
"Many of the parks should have
gateways to mark their boundaries,”
the report states. “These gateways
should be simple, dignified, and In
complete harmony with their enviro
ments. They should not be costly
s'ructures and should be erected if
p< >-sible before next season. Gate
ways already constructed at the
northern entrance to Yellowstone and
the southwestern entrance to Mount
Ronler are most Impressive, and It Is
with a thrill of pride in our great
national playgrounds that the average
visitor passes through these gates
underneath the stars and stripes
waving over them."
The report lauds the creation of the
new Lassen Volcanic Ntaional Park In
California and the Hawaii National
Park which embraces the craters of
the three great volcanoes, Kilauea,
Maunn Loa, and Haleakala, on the
Hawaiian islands. Also the purchase
of private holdings In the Sequoia ,
Park which includes many of the
laigest and noblest specimens of the
famous Big Trees, was highly com
mended.
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SAYS DANIELS CARRIED CALIFORNIA
AND RE-ELECTED THE PRESIDENT
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WASHINGTON, D. C.—Ordinarily
there Is no subject more dull than pol
itics for the first six-months or a
year following a Presidential election
but last November’s election was ao
different from ordinary elections thut
the tradition has been altered and
people are still eager to discuss the
r< suits, especially the part the west
played.
A new theory of how President Wil
scn was able to carry the normally
Republican state of California has
been advanced by H. A. Brown of
San Francisco, wtio ts in Washington.
He declares that Secretary of the
Navy Josephus Daniels was responsi
ble for the result.
"The Secretary of the Navy is some
politician,” said Mr. Brown today.
Mr. Brown points out that Lit -i . had
been some business depression in re
ernt years on the Pacific Coast and
U at many men were out o£ work.
Secretary Daniel? realizing this situa
tion turned a good deal of the ship
building ordinarily done for ttie Gov
ernment on the Atlantic Coast to the
Pi rifle. This put many men to work
and the prosperity was reflected so
[ that the entire situation was aided.
1 Mr. Brown points to the town of
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Vallejo as a typical example. Thij ]
town, he says. Is normally Repubicr.’i
by a large majority. This year, how
iter, Vallejo gave Wilson a majority
of 5,00o which enabled him to car y
lilt state. Thi3 vote was due entirely
to the shipbuilding work which Mr.
Daniels had ;ivet. the Pacific Coa *
in Ar. Hr own's opinion. The explr -
atioi is a brand new one here aiul .«
beirg accepted ns plausible.
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WART BETTER ARMY
TRANSPORTS-MAY BUY
BIG MINNESOTA
Pacific New* Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The army
quartermasters are considerably
troubled over the overseas transport
facilities of the army. In this con
nection they have been seriously con
sidering an offer for the sale to the
government of the steamship Minne
sota, the largest merchant vessel un
der the American flag, which formerly
was on the run between Seattle and
the Orient and which has been laid
up in San Francisco for some time.
Military circles are confident the ves
sel shortly will come under govern
ment ownership.
Practically every one of our army
transports dates from the time of the
Spanish-American war when they
were purchased by the government to
meet the needs of overseas warfare
and colonial administration. It Is
with such vessels as these that the i
trans-Paclflc transport service has 1
been maintained by the army since j
that time, the cost of repairs is large,
and the outlay for operation is in
excess of what would be necessary
for modern vessels. Moreover, they
a>e out of date with respect to ac
comodations for passengers, animals
and freight. The Mlnnessota could
entry practically threo times the
amount of passengers and freight that
ct n be accomodated on one of the
largest of the present army transports.
MAY GIVE BONUSES
FOR IRW RECRUITS,
Pacific News Service, Waeh. Bureau.
..WASHINGTON, D. C.—An old sta
tute passed more than half a century
ago providing for the payment of $2
apiece for recruits for the United
States Army has been dug up by Ad
jutant General McCain and probably
will be put into operation to stimulate
recruiting. The law give3 $2 to any
person persuading a man to enlist In
the army
The statute was placed on the books
to help raise troops for the north In
the Civil War. Secretary of War
Baker is expected to ask Congress for
$FO,000 to pay 3uch bonuses.
HOW ASIASTIC
FLEET IS SUPPLIED
WITH COAL
Maclflc New3 Service, Wash. Bureau
WASHINGTON, D. C.—The contin
u'd scarcity of merchant bottoms in
which to transport coal to the Orient
for use of the navy and the conse
quent high offers of ship owners to
undertake this service has caused the
navy department to maintain the
policy adopted last' year in utilizing
naval colliers In keeping the Asiatic
flret supplied and in replenishing the
coaling stations on the Philippine and
Hawaiian Islands and on the Pacific
coast of the United States. Although
the latter service was Interrupted to
' some extent by slides in the Panama
canal which resulted In the necessity
in shipping by rail across the contin
ent 60,000 tons of coal for the stations
at Tlburon and San Diego.
The Proteus and Nereus last year
carried a total of nearly 40,000 tons of
coal to Cavite, Olongapo and Guam,
which at the rate quoted for this ser
vice by reasonable ship brokers of
ftoni $10 to $30 a ton showed a saving
o, $700,000.
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Pacific News 8crvioc, Wach. Bureau
WASHINGTON. Vice President
| JVtrrshnll who presides over the United
! S'ates Senate has Just tendered his
unnual dinner to the ages, the young
boys who run errands for the law
makers. The Vice President was in
At'zona so did not attend but he ar‘
rrnged for the dinner before leaving
Washing:on. Several of the boys
crude short speeches on their impres
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Tach boy received a book as a gift
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('liver of Pennsylvania each gave the
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