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must be worth every effort to preserve it, 

 even at considerable cost of time and money. 

 With the encroachments of civiHzation, the 

 demands of those seeking to use the Park for 

 their own selfish ends must in the nature of 

 things steadily increase. Pressure for timber 

 and water privileges, and rights of way for 

 railroad purposes, will constantly arise. The 

 larger part of the timber reservation should 

 become an integral part of the Park, as 

 much of the game, and its best breeding- 

 grounds, lie within this reservation. Let 

 Congress adjust the boundaries in the best 

 interests of the Park and the needs of traffic, 

 clearly defining them in accordance with the 

 present knowledge of the country, and then 

 forever keep this grand national reservation 

 intact. After this is done, the Park can be 

 maintained only by the constant vigilance of 

 enthusiastic friends, who realize its value for 

 economic reasons, and believe in the purposes 

 of the organic act setting it apart forever as 

 a pleasure-ground for the people. 



Arnold Hague, 



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