. St. Nicholas [serial]. ent, must not expect to violate suchlaws without getting into trouble. No formal permission or charge of any sortis made the tourist or camper unless he wishesto build a cabin or summer camp in some par-ticular locality. Many people find it convenientto set up a home in the woods to which they canreturn each summer without being bothered bythe hauling in of tents and camp equipment. Forthis privilege a permit is required, and a smallannual fee, generallv not over ten dollars a vear. In addition to permanent private camps, thereare many hotels and summer resorts located
. St. Nicholas [serial]. ent, must not expect to violate suchlaws without getting into trouble. No formal permission or charge of any sortis made the tourist or camper unless he wishesto build a cabin or summer camp in some par-ticular locality. Many people find it convenientto set up a home in the woods to which they canreturn each summer without being bothered bythe hauling in of tents and camp equipment. Forthis privilege a permit is required, and a smallannual fee, generallv not over ten dollars a vear. In addition to permanent private camps, thereare many hotels and summer resorts located onnational forest land, and permits are required forsuch enterprises. To draw people to these recre-ation centers of the forests, the annual charge isfixed at a very reasonable amount—from ten tofifty dollars per annum. In 1915, there wereover a hundred such resorts in California alone,and about seven hundred and fifty private campsand cabins in the forests of the same State. The equipment and mode of travel to be de-. N I 111; bll<J^^llo.\^; .natkinal i-dki.^ r. wvdmixg. cided upon depends, of course, on the locality to betraversed and the purpose and length of the vaca-tion. In general, saddle-horses and pack-animals— either horses, mules, or burros —are necessary,though now in many places wagons and evenautomobiles can be used. Recent railroad con-struction has opened up some of the forests thatwere formerly more or less inaccessible exceptby stage or wagon, and the work carried on bythe service in constructing and repairing roadsand trails within the forests tends to make theirmore remote regions constantly easier of access. Thus the health, pleasure, and convenience ofthe wayfaring public are served through nationalforest administration, which is opening pathsthrough the trackless wilderness; protecting, re-storing, and perpetuating the forest growth, andaiding the States in the preservation and propa-gation of fish and game. The use for recreationof the national
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