1908 



NEWS AND NOTES 



69 



are several military parks east of the 

 Mississippi, marking battlefields of the 

 Civil War; besides mihtary reserva- 

 tions about posts. 



Mr. H. K. Bush-Brown, of New- 

 burgh, N. Y., has proposed a National 

 Park on the Hudson, enclosing West 

 Point, which will be for all the pur- 

 poses mentioned above, protecting the 

 forests and other elements of beauty, 

 and opening the area to military ma- 

 neuvers, "while diminishing as little 

 as possible the value of land for villa, 

 private park, or small farm purposes." 



An article in the Outlook, accom- 

 panied by a map, has the following edi- 

 torial note : "The plan proposed in the 

 following article for the creation of a 

 National Preserve in the highlands of 

 the Hudson deserves the serious con- 

 sideration of the entire country. It 

 would be in a peculiar sense a National 

 undertaking, because it would com- 

 memorate the War of the American 

 Revolution, the military operations of 

 which were carried on to so large an 

 •extent in the Hudson Highlands. It 

 would protect the natural beauties of 

 one of the most picturesque regions of 

 the United States, for the Hudson is 

 to America what the Rhine is to Ger- 

 many. It would provide the opportun- 

 ity for an inland protected navy-yard 

 in Newburgh Bay, accessible to the 

 largest battleships and closely allied 

 with the army and naval stations at 

 W^est Point and lona Island. It would 

 give Government protection to the 

 beautiful forests, lakes, and streams of 

 the region, which are too little known 

 to the people at large, and at the same 

 time would make the territory included 

 more desirable for private residence. 

 For these reasons it is to be hoped that 

 the Patriotic, Historical, Forestry, and 

 Scenic Societies of the country will 

 give the plan their active attention." 



famed canyon has been a part of the 

 Grand Canyon National Forest, and 

 its establishment as a National Monu- 

 ment is made by virtue of the Act of 

 June 8, 1906, which provides that ob- 

 jects of scientific interest may be de- 

 clared National Monuments if such 

 action is deemed necessary for their 

 preservation and protection. The 

 President says in his proclamation: 

 "It is an object of unusual scientific 

 interest, being the greatest eroded 

 canyon within the United States." 



It has long been realized that it 

 was highly desirable to have this won- 

 derful gorge, hewn out by the Col- 

 orado River, set apart as a National 

 Monument. This assures the area of 

 exclusion from all kinds of entry, and 

 means that the Government will have 

 power to prevent the marring of the 

 scenic beauty by unsightly exploita- 

 tion of any kind. The area put in the 

 National Monument constitutes ap- 

 proximately 825,280 acres. In deter- 

 mining the boundary of the National 

 Monument an effort was made to 

 draw the line approximately one mile 

 back from the rim of the canyon. 



The President has made 

 a National Monument 



Pinnacles 

 Made 



National ^ ^^ jagged peaks 



Monument , .u td- ^1^0 



known as the Pmnacles, 



in the western part of San Benito 

 County, California. The area of the 

 Monument is about 2,080 acres. This 

 natural wonder is nine miles due east 

 from the Southern Pacific station, at 

 Soldad. and is reached by two roads. 

 The Pinnacles are located within the 

 Pinnacles National Forest, which has 

 an area of 14,108 acres. The move- 

 ment to give the peaks special protec- 

 tion and preserve them for their scien- 

 tific interest was started by Hon. J^ C. 

 Needham and other influential Califor- 

 nians, in 1904. 



The Grand 

 Canyon Set 

 Aside 



President Roosevelt has 

 just signed a proclama- 

 tion making a National — ^, 



Monument of the Grand Canyon of part, on the Yukon River in Alaska, 

 the Colorado, in Arizona. This world- has aroused deep interest in the North. 



New Mineral A report from Seattle is 

 Found in that a recent discovery 



Alaska J2S miles below Ram- 



