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A Snowball Fight in Summer, Lyman Glacier 



on a summer-home lot, but to meet a pressing demand the tent- 

 frame privilege has been instituted. It should, of course, be under- 

 stood that tent-frame privileges will not be granted on the same 

 tract where regular summer-home permittees are located; but, 

 for the sake of general good arrangement and in order that each 

 neighborhood may be kept attractive to all, tent-frame occupants 

 are to have a colony of their own. 



PERMITS 



Under an act of Congress, the Secretary of Agriculture is given 

 authority to lease suitable tracts for a term of years to those who 

 wish to build summer homes upon the National Forests. The per- 

 mittee has a full year in which to begin his improvements and may 

 sasign his lease to approved parties. At the expiration of his permit, 

 he has the option of renewal or may sell or remove his improvements. 

 The permits run from one to fifteen years. 



The regulations governing the issuance of permits are few and 

 reasonable, and are designed solely in the interest of the health, 

 safety, and convenience of the people and to preserve the beauty and 

 usefulness of the region. No limits are set on the cost of houses. 



