A distant outpost of the Bureau of Education
Most of the National Parks are situated in the western part of the continent. Through the beneficence and wisdom of Uncle Sam there have been preserved for the American people the prehistoric dwellings of extinct races in Arizona and Colorado. Rocky Mountain Park, Colorado, and Crater National Park, southern Oregon, attract thousands of visitors annually. Every summer, innumerable groups of Nature lovers camp and tramp in the Government forest parks of California. In all, there are now (1919) sixteen National Parks in the United States and Alaska, with a total area of nearly 10,000 square miles. In 1916 a National Park was also created in the territory of Hawaii, with an area of 75,295 acres.
Use Your Government
TRAVELING OUTFIT OF U. S. SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS IN ARCTIC ALASKA
To many of us, perhaps, Uncle Sam’s Government may appear to consist of a vast number of men using up time and money in doing a great many things in which we see no useful purpose whatever. Other men in the Legislative Department appear to be discussing at great length the framing of new laws, good, bad or indifferent, and we criticize them accordingly. The thought that we can capitalize our citizenship in a most valuable material way and that we can make direct personal use of the Government, whatever our calling in life may be, few of us have ever realized. We have pointed out some of the ways in which Uncle Sam helps his relatives. Whatever your chosen work may be, whatever your interest may be, turn to Uncle Sam and learn how valuable a friend and support he can be.
SUPPLEMENTARY READING
| USE YOUR GOVERNMENT | By Alissa Franc |
| UNCLE SAM’S MODERN MIRACLES | By W. A. Du Puy |
| UNCLE SAM, WONDER WORKER | By W. A. Du Puy |
| THE AMERICAN GOVERNMENT | By Frederic J. Haskin |
⁂ Information concerning the above books may be had on application to the Editor of The Mentor.