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is going forward on land leased in one of the National Forests. 

 The active cooperation of the Forest Service has from the first 

 been an essential factor in this undertaking. 



At other points on the lands of the National Forests other 

 institutions of various characters have developed, the ground being 

 held under liberal leases. In this list should be included schools, 

 sanatoria, fraternal camps, summer resorts, etc. 



Perhaps the most interesting of all recreational developments 

 on the National Forests is to be seen in the municipal playgrounds. 

 The first and most fully developed of these is 

 Municipal tne one established by the city of Los Angeles, 



Playgrounds Cal., on Seeley Creek Flats in the Angeles Na- 

 tional Forest. Here the city leased from the 

 Forest Service a tract of 23 acres of well-wooded mountain land 

 beside a pleasant stream and lying at an elevation of 3,500 feet. 

 On this tract they have erected 61 small summer bungalows, each 

 capable of accommodating from two to six persons. These 

 are furnished with cot beds. A central clubhouse has been 

 built; also a central kitchen with a pleasant outdoor dining 

 room. Water supply, sanitary equipment, cement swimming 

 pool, tennis courts, and other simple camp facilities have been 

 provided. When in full swing the camp will take care of about 

 300 persons. 



This camp is under the management of the Los Angeles Play- 

 ground Commission, and is run as a part of the city playground 

 system. Citizens of Los Angeles who wish to take a vacation in 

 the mountain forests register with the playground commission 

 and are sent out in relays for terms of two weeks. Some classifi- 

 cation of vacationists is made. For example, the first two weeks 

 of the season the camp will be open to families, the second two 

 weeks to boys' clubs, the third fortnight to women and girls' 

 clubs, etc. Members of the regular trained playground staff are 



