The Key West Citizen Newspaper, June 30, 1947, Page 5

r we ied in AsHncton ime Everglades Nationa Jands.within. the park area. + “#5 > * , Federal officials had agreed to handlé the legal details of acquiring water at the southern tip of Florida became a, : t * THE 1047 LEGISLATURE’S.- APPROPRIATION of $2,000,000 > wo Clvalt Key © XN Fa oRI@A- (With igre of The Miami Herald) . ‘ \ Evi ti k..is.a reality: at last. It-came into being when Interior Secretary. Jul W He did so after receiving $2;000,000 from Governor Millard F. Caldwell of Florida. The sum was appropriated by, ift: fro * * * * bys , from the, public funds covers. the gift of the remaining park area specified by Krug as acceptable. ‘The money will be useg.to purchase or condemn these lands. ‘ A a \ * . The brief ceremonies in Kriig’s office ‘constituted the formal creation of the park. It became the country’s 28th net title to such properties after receiving privately Rei ed the official documents tly. : site i nts recently. acreage. needed. to round out. the minimum ‘ ere peered Toe Ma Lt tional park, exceeded in size only by ¢ Xellowstone, which was carvetl from three states, and Mt. Kinley National Park in Alaska. 4s * as -» Establishment of the Everglades National Park climaxed 19 years of work on the project. TI! ‘t. He organized the Everglades National: Park Association to foster the plan. he idea was conceived in 1928 by Ernest F. Coe, Miami landscape * . * * * * i * se one GROUP WON ENACTMENT of state and federal legislation leading to creation of the park. But action had lagged for’ eight reactivated the Everglades Natioial Park Commission, a state agency created to acquire the necessary land. right to the federal government. years until Governor Caldwell The 25-member commission conducted conferences with state and federal officials, and obtained. the $2,000,000 appropriation which brought. the park into being. To be eligible for designation 4:@.national park, an area must contain outstanding natural scenery or historic interest, and the site must be déeded out- National park officials have announcéd intention ine i i ical V ‘uni i i at rh of developing the Everglades Park to emphasize biological values—the wealth of unique birds, fishes and other wildlife in the area, It lies in the only subtropical region of the United States. crusted with snails like tiny bal-| the limestone beneath; form- loons of pink, yellow or mauve. ing a vast underground reser- xk wk * voir. . The. land is flat. Tree islands,| In wet seasons, some of this; although not very tall, loom high| water forced its way thro above the horizon. In summer,|the old safid-filled channels, top- they are dwarfed by. cumulus| Ped with, muck. These are’ the clouds rising 10,000 feet or more} “transverse -glades” which nour- into the blue sky, gleaming in| ish muth of South Florida’s win- eee sunlight. ter vegetable crops. lo part of the Everglades ; The general flow of th National Park is more than | was south ‘and west, iewita Cape nine feet above mean sea level. | Sable, which. might be called the Most ‘of it has an elevation of~|delta of the, Everglades. less than five feet. Muck is thin there. The land Eons ago, Lake Okeechobeq within the new national park is! and the Everglades formed a literally good for nothing ex- basin rjmmeéd by, higher land.! cept what it is—t i Tce caps forming at the earth’s glades. amiraun ete: poles sutled water from the | kik * so that the sea receded to; But human'hands have been @ paint probably 25 feet lower, changing the Everglades fast for| ‘than ‘its. present level. ; the past 40 years. The richness Thus drained of salt water, the of its soil—where it is thick— Lake*‘Okeechobee -. Everglades led to the digging of canals toi pest be tereme meeualleoe bowl of, drain off the water. 4 rock. Rain honeycombed the Effects of drainage limestone. The ocean ‘churned be visible in the Svinte, | against its outer walls, grinding, Parched m caught fire and rock into sand. When the gla-, burned, ri bare kena ciers melted. and the. ocean rose stone. New Kinds of vegetation | again, this sand was thrust into! grew in what had always been the channels through which rain’ swampland. Birds, iutenle and | had escaped from the basin out | fishes died. to, sea. : Alligators were almost wiped Then began the. formation of out before thei: Ossessi i 1 i os ; a the peat and muck in the Ever-i Florida’“was Gade” illegal. OF Auto Painting ‘ glades. Rain filled the basin. Ve-! chids and air gatation died and rotted. Tiny ed from eel ihe creatures added their bodies to truckload to be sold for dimes! the silt. Repeated through thous-' ad quarters... ands of years, this process of Drained. -by. the canals, the!_ary, WORK GUARANTEED— muck} thick in some spots, thin water lével in‘ the underground Peer fritie Mnatione fiope reservoir fell and shrank inland | % : m the coastline, wh Sawgrass and other plants | water took-its place jae ba | Sppeared in the Immense pond. | combed Its water filled ee . Geological studies within the ; Gagmiaeeenateee eet ee oe atheseren SOBA ELOH#4 Your Horoscope New Photo Print Method To Be = Shown At Center Camera fans who would like to print their own photographs will have the opportunity at St. Mary's Parish Center. under NCCS auspices, on Tuesday. at 7:30 p. m. when Mrs. May De- Laureal and Joe Galinski will demonstrate a new method. Registrants for the Cam- era Club are invited to bring their own negatives for printing. VT SS hh hertahe past eight years showed whi was happening to the Ever- | glades. These led to measures fo counteract the destruction. Creation of the Everglades Na- tional park came just.in time to preserve forever a part of the United States unlike any other. —COMPLETE—— $4500 to $5500 We Do Expert Body and Fender Work Let Us Give You An Estimate TONY'S "Sen" 603 GREENE STREET stands in the way. There are! | SATURDAY, JUNE 28, 1947— |Today’s native will be. sympa- jthetic. There will be a certain jamount of the gift of acquisition, ‘and considerable good fortune with, possibly. but little knowl- ‘edge of how to use wealth. The ‘impulses are extravagant to ex- ‘cess. A Curbing of the. nature jwill do much to assure success, | | SUNDAY, JUNE 29, 1947—To- ‘day gives an extremely forceful nature. ‘Progress is likely to be! ‘made by sheer force of strength,| {| without any consideration of what, {good powers of application, but | ithe danger is in the native be- jcoming tyranous. | MONDAY, JUNE 30, 1947—If , ‘this nature is carefully trained,’ there is the making of a worthy; person, if the disposition is not nin | eeeecocccccocoooooooooooe | PEPPER'S ‘Plumbing Supplies! | DOWNTOWN. MIAMI given over*to license. In thi latter. case, it is liable to lead to’ domestic unhappiness. 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