be issued giving the user exclusive use of a small tract for a period of 

 fifteen years. This permit is renewable for another fifteen years, making 

 possible thirty years occupation by the permittee. Charges for these per- 

 mits range from $10 to $25 a year. Groups of summer home site lots 

 have been surveyed and platted at easily accessible points on most of the 

 Forests. Permits to use these lots may be issued as soon as applications are 

 received. If an unsurveyed tract is desired, brief delay is neccessary until 

 a survey can be made. 



The Forest Service has begun the work of developing public picnic 

 grounds and camping grounds at specially attractive places. The Eagle 

 Creek Camp Grounds on the Oregon National Forest were opened in 1916. 

 Located on the wonderful Columbia Highway, 42 miles east of Portland, 

 Oregon, these camp grounds attracted 20,000 visitors in 1916, from thirty 

 States of the Union and a dozen foreign countries. The government has 

 spent several thousand dollars fitting these grounds for public use and 

 building a scenic trail up the canyon of Eagle Creek. A loop road leads 

 from the Highway to the various camp sites, so machines can be taken 

 directly to the grounds. About one hundred camp sites have been cleaned 

 up and safe fireplaces made available. During the summer fire was kept 

 burning in a concrete stove near the picnic tables for the convenient use 

 of parties stopping only long enough to eat their lunch. Water has been 

 piped to the grounds from some distance up the Creek. There is a conven- 

 iently located comfort station and a sewer system has been installed. A 

 Forest officer was in charge of the grounds during the season and gave 

 assistance to parties in the way of finding parking places for their cars, 

 and also camp sites suited to their needs. It is of special interest to 

 residents of Seattle and the Sound country to know that a similar public 

 picnic ground will be opened at Denny Creek on the Sunset Highway, 

 60 miles from Seattle. This is on the Snoqualmie National Forest and 

 can be visited by auto or train. 



There is rest, health, sport, recreation and inspiration in a vacation 

 spent on a National Forest. The charm of the open reacts to the physical 

 and spiritual benefit of the vacationist. He returns with new vigor for 

 the battle of life, and memories of an outing that will cheer him for many 

 days. 



Courtesy Popular Mechanics Magazine 



A KiiMtie Registration Booth in the 

 Snoqiialmie National Forest 



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