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of its area is public land, most of which is already set 

 aside as a part of the Medicine Bow National Forest. 



It is asked by those who are urging this park that 

 private holdings remain undisturbed and no land be 

 bought by the Government in establishing this park. It 

 is also asked that, on public lands, mining and pros- 

 pecting be allowed to go on under regulations imposed in 

 National Forests. (The region is largely non-mineral 

 and there is not a paying mine in it.) Grazing and tim- 

 ber-cutting on public lands should be restricted to local 

 use and be under forest service regulations. 



Shooting, and the killing of any animal, should be pro- 

 hibited within this area. If it should be necessary from 

 time to time to kill dangerous or predaceous animals it 

 should be done by or under the directions of park officials. 



It is also requested that the forests, fish, flowers and 

 foliage on the public land be protected from destructive 

 agencies or excessive use. 



The proposition is for the general welfare, and the 

 people and the press of Colorado are almost unanimous in 

 advocating it. However, a few politicians and some 

 selfish interests are bitterly, aggressively opposing it. 



Albert Bierstadt, Helen Hunt, Anna Dickinson and 

 numerous authors and artists of note have paid this region 

 the highest of tributes. The Appalachian Mountain Club 

 brought out an entire book concerning it — "Mountain- 

 eering in Colorado," by Frederick H. Chapin. 



Dr. F. V. Hayden, father of Yellowstone Park, says of 

 Estes Park: "Not only has nature amply supplied this 

 valley with features of rare beauty and surroundings of 

 admirable grandeur, but it has thus distributed them that 

 the eye of an artist may rest with perfect satisfaction on 

 the complete picture presented." 



