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Los Angeles, Cal., where every canyon which has running water 

 is crowded full of camp houses, many of them substantial and 

 well furnished and occupied for several months of the year. 



Indeed some of these colonies readily pass from the character 

 of summer camps to the condition of permanent towns. At 

 Cascada, Cal., where there is now a railroad 

 Permanent terminus serving an active lumber industry, 



Communities a large and permanent hydroelectric de- 

 velopment, and a growing vacation clientele, 

 the town shows every assurance of permanence. Yet it is all 

 built upon the land of the Sierra National Forest, not a foot 

 of which can be patented. Every building, every street, and 

 every public utility of every sort exists upon a revocable permit 

 granted by the Forest Service. It is true that, at some future 

 time^if the development of Cascada continues, the territory may 

 be eliminated from the Forest and the town thrown on its own 

 resources, the land may be deeded to individuals, and all the 

 usual agencies of local government set in operation; but by 

 that time the physical form of the town will be largely fixed — 

 for better or for worse. 



One other specific example out of many deserves separate 

 mention. In the Cleveland Forest, at an elevation of about 

 i mile, is a tract of land covering several thousand acres and 

 possessing a somewhat remarkable landscape beauty. There 

 is a good forest cover, mostly of yellow pine and black oak; 

 there are numberless grassy natural parks; there are many 

 springs of sweet water, running brooks, and two attractive 

 little lakes. 



This tract lies about halfway between San Diego on the west 

 and the Imperial Valley on the east, and is accessible by auto- 

 mobile over a good road recently constructed by Forest Service 

 engineers. This road connects with a new State road between 



