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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 119
COMMISSION RESOLUTIOB OF THE CITY OF BOZEMAN II RE APPLI-
CATION OF E. V. BLABKENSHIP FOR SITE ARTIFICIAL GLACIER
MIDDLE CREmCCANYOlf.
WHEREAS, heretofore on the 6th day of May, A. D., 1920, ~he City Couneil
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of the City ot BOzeman passed
and adopted Council Resolution No. 1016 for the
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establishment of a Reoreational
Fark in Middle Creek Canyon. and requesting our
Senators and Representative.
in Congress to take suoh steps and to use such means
as shall be necessary to pertect
an exohange of the railroad lands in said canyon,
in order that the Government
m~ acquire same and to set aside all of said oanyon
trom the mouth to the head
thereot. for a Reoreational Park.
.AND WHEREAS, since said time the work for the oreation and the establishment
ot said Reoreational Park has
been going forward.
AND WHEREAS, E. V. Blankenship has recently tiled in the office of the
Supervisor ot the Gallatin
National Forest at Bozeman, Montana, an applioation to
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aoquire a site in Middle Creek Canyon for the purpose of experimenting, construct-
ing and establishil16 an artificial
glacier therein, and particularly for the us-
at the water of what 1s known
asP1isade hils.
AlU) WHEREAS, i1' JLr. Blankenship, or aJQ'one e1 se, were permi t ted to use
the P11sade Fails, or e.D1'
other portion or part of the Midd1e Creek Canyon, for the
purpose referred to, it wo~d
de.troy the beauty. not only ot the talls, but the Ii
soenery in the immediate vicinity;
that the use ot any portion ot the Canyon
for such purposes should not
be permitted.
:NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the Conmission of the Oi ty of Bozeman,
that the said Commission for
themselves, and on behalf of the Citizens of Bozeman,
do hereby protest and ob,eot
to the use of the Middle: Creek Canyon, or any part
thereot, by Mr. Blankenship,
or anyone else to establish an artificial glacier in
said ~on. or to use said Canyon
for said experimental purposes.
AND, the Commission of the City of Bozeman. on behalf of the Citizens
of the City of Bozeman. respectfully
ask the officers of the Gallatin National
Forest to deny the applioation
of Mr. Blankenship. upon the grounds and for the
reasons herein set forth.
ABD, the Coumission does hereby approve of a.ll that is contained in the
petition of the Citizens of
Bozeman addressed to the Chief Forester, Washington,
D. C., and the Honorable A.
JiI. Abott, Forest Supervisor, Bozeman, Montana. in
regard the application of E.
V. Blankenship for constructing said artificial I
g~cler in the Middle Creek
Canyon, and their obJeotion therein set forth.
That, a copy of this Resolution be delivered to Mr. A. H. Abbott,
Forest Supervisor of the Gallatin
National Forest, Bozeman, Montana, and the
Chief Forester, Washington,
D. C.. and the Distriot Forester at Missoula, Montana.
Passed and adopted at a regular seasion of the Commission of the City
of Bozeman on the 17th day
of August, 1928.
Attest:
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Clerk or t~e .;mm~iQn.
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