American Big-Game Hunting 
must be worth every effort to preserve it, 
even at considerable cost of time and money. 
With the encroachments of civilization, 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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