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of the earth where the rails no bad
to M modeled so as to secure the
bail to be overcome. ever VII built
in»: Ihort s. time. But the term! in-
creased number of visitors to
park has proved that the new lln' 1|
fully appreciated. 0! the more W
tench who entered the vs“
Star nearly half went by “Ill '1",
western gateway that Mariam!!!“
created.
The government scouts who 8N
meridians of the wild creatures I!"
about the cal ones who 0"" m
much of the inter beauties of in!
Dark. Those who have been than
any length of time have learned much
that is new about the habits of the
animals that abound there, slthoulh
they are chiefly concerned in keeplnl
poachers out of the park. There are
fewer of those now than there Mild
to be, because heavier penalties have
the factually against poachers about 100
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“0'! the see. where the mercury
sinks sway below sero from Decep-
‘W ‘” Norah. there is fsr more won-
“? Ind mystery in elevation: than
”10, laminar tourist ever sets“! iii“
of. Civilisation is miles away soon”
a wilderness of shining. 'snowciad
mountains. The gsledriveu snow
dances over this waste and is Pilot!
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the park.
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the “lip cold." i
n... are manna buffalo in the
M new. the protect them more of-
: visitor.
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of September. when it ends. as “0"
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wonderland by the most. direct route
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between the . 10th
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the nioa‘Psciilo at OI-
‘ night. 'e ride in a Pull-
' at Yellowstone station.
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Hotel
sin-so e2 rsn m eschews
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susonr ornament '
are kept in an iaoloeure and have be-
come partly domesticated. The re-
mainder run wild in the country to»
the east of the Yellowstone llh- '
Fully 5.000301)! winter in the foot-
hills of Mount Washburn. on Speci-
men ridge, along the out fork of the
Yellowstone and. along the main
stream of that river clear to the base
of Mount Inverts. During the winter
the elk live in "yards"—-plsoes £00 to .
1.000 feet in diameter. where they
keep the snow trodden down. The
hull elks patrol these “yards" at night
so as to keep away the mountain
upon them.
The elks shed their horns about the
first of March. and until they grow out
been laid by the government on those
who are caught. i ‘
The few that do venture in the park
mostly come in winter. Then there is
less chance of being detected. but,
cold and snow. One thing more than
all others tempts them—the buffalo.
Unscrupuious taxidermists will my
the weight in silver for a buffalo head
nowadays. for these bonds are prac-
tically unattainable by legitimate
menus. The rest of the wild creatures
that make their homes in the park are
. seldom molested.
Poaching in the Deep «Shows.
it has been 17 years since one of
these poachers after buifnio has been
caught. but he did so much damage
before he was arrested that it has
taken a long time to make up for it.
more risk of losing their lives in the.
, field mice and other small rodents est
sprouting horns will not be injured.
in the time when they shed their
horns they are still herded together.
and new and then a scout will run
across some secluded spot in the pri-
meval wilderness where the ground is
covered with iwogor three score of
these great antlers. some of them all
or seven feet long. They are allowed
to remain where they are. for it is not
permitted to take them from the park
or even to use them for decorative
purposes there. But before the end
of the next winter they disappear. The
again lead a quiet life so that their .
into fantastic drifts. ' Sometimes it ’-
swopt with a roar Wfimmm
tsin our... roster moan
railway train ever trsvoi . 1‘
to the eaves home, birth. ill MM"
in summertimes than him” '3" b“
sing with in. but in winter‘iM! "‘5
pictures of desolation. elmOIl infill“
lilisbabie from the rest of the land-
scape beneath’the sushi-audios W)"-
lf the caretakers wish to 8“ out they
have to obtain exit from a window on
one of the upper floors. Tail ire“
buried in the snow about “he “'1‘”
lions and other animals that prey .TM senersi aspect of the country is
entirely changed. M ,
Masses of Forest White in Place of
Brilliant Hued Rocks.
The incomparable wonder of the
Grand canyon of the Yellowstone. that
'huge gash in the earth whose walls
.glow with every tint of jewels and
flowers, is a memo! oddest white save
‘where here and there‘the winds have
swept away the snow and left the bril-
lisnt~hued rocks exposed. Their reds
and yellows and purples and crimsons
‘glow the brighter in contrast with the
surrounding whiteness. The black to
liege of the pines stands out sharply.
Where the water slides over the preci-
pice and forms the Great fills of the
‘Yellowstone, it more down as white as
ready for;
hiootds and Yellowstone stages that
are aw him. The trip throush
the parts may he made in ‘ilve‘ days.
or it may be out down to two by vie
iting the region of the moors alone.
Many.» Many Wonderful Things.
There are many wonderful things
on the road before one gets to the
Yellowstone park. however. Going
west from Ogden on the Union Ps-
cilic is one of the most stupendous
pieces of railway engineering in the
world, the great Salt Lake cutoff that
was constructed at a cost of 06.000:
000 to save fortyvthres miles of the
distance between Ogden and San
Francisco. It crosses the Great Salt
lake at its deepest portion and is
102% miles long. Some of the best
engineers in the world pronounced
Tthis cutoff impossible. but it was
built and is one of the unique lea-I
tures of American railroading.
Another thing that attracts trsv-
elers is Salt Lake City itself. which
«has been constantly in the public eye
ever since it was a little huddle of
wagons in the wilderness more than
three gerrerrtions ago. in many ways
it is one of the moat reins
cities in the world. and as the est
of power of the religious empire of
able
Uiam- carded wool. Down at the bottom of
The hearts that are seen around the the gorge. where the waters are swift.
hotels in the summer time. stealing i and deco. they are black. There are
garbage or lighting [he senrchllghf, ; Immense icicles 200 feet long. All ice
when it is turned on ihcm at night. go i bridge a hundred feetI high is formed
HE polar regions are hardly
less accessible than the Yel-
_ lowetouc National park“
\‘b the greatest playground of
l); the American peoplew—is in
winter. This is scarcely
conceivable. for in summer
one of the easiest places to
‘ rcsrh and to travel through.
Lieut. Frederick Schwstka made an
attempt. to explore the park in Jan
uni-y nearly 25 years ago. He had re‘
turned not long before from an expe-
dition in search of Sir John 'Frnnk-
lln's party that had perished in the
static regions. Before that be had
been on a 3,000‘mile sledge journey in
the frozen north and had suffered ter-
rible hardships. On his trip into the
Yellowstone Park Lieutenant Scllwat-
lie was accompanied by a large, well.
organized party. They traveled on
Norwegian skis and Canadian web
snowshoes; but the snow was so light
that it would not support them. and
their inhoggnns were exceedingly till"
ficuli to draw. it took them three
days to cover 20 miles. Lieutenant
Schwnihn. inured as be was to such
hardships, fell ill and was unable to
proceed. He and all the rest of the
party but four' oftthc sturdlest men
turned back. The’ photographer. l".
J. Haynes; Edward Wilson. a govern-
ment scout. and two others kept on.
it ioolt them 29 days to make the cir»
cult of the park. 200 miles. The ther-
mometer ranged between 40 and 50
degrees below zero most of the time.
and the adventure nearly cost them
their lives.
" Winter Populetion of the Playground.
The total winter population of the
pork is usually between four and five
hundred people. These include three
troops of .carslry. The cavalry can
use their horses only during the sun:-
trier months. During the winter they
are stabicd at Fort Yellowstone. The
lingo horses are driven down to the
lowlands. milesswn-y. when the tour
lei season'dii ever. and grass in the
sheltered valleys there until the
snows melt. ~ ‘
la the great hotels ,thsr are
wronged during .the tourist season
live only the caretakers; swereiiy
"99‘.“ each place. a man‘s'hd his
wlfc.h~'ilhe first bllsrard isolates from
the ~mie. outside symphony. “I this
me of 3:3i2 square miles. No valley
h hr
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that 0 mi hith- ruse. new
death I . "it’s .
.fooriin hmerlce. at
mile
40.000 visitors now find Lt‘
”greet national domain ithat has an.
ithinn'ge £3731; {listen elevation, ob
e1 t g.» . setpwhile many of ' . ' ‘
he aidnnteiti. posits within‘sad nest-«é h“ d“ “a
_ the perk rise prom 10.000. to” 11.000.
- not converse; level. Yellowstone lake.
' lies in tiles. in the ingest
that sitia»
first, above the mp opt:
though they were penned in by the
polar ice. Of course the telephone
and the telegraph bring them s’d'raps
of news from the outer world. but the
only way of getting about is on
snowshoes or skin. Even then the
distances between the places where.
the peeple‘live are so great and the
ways so dangerous that few venture
forth. Only the government scouts.
whose duty it is to look after the}
wild life in the park and see that lij
'is not molested by poachers. get ouii
at all. The rest of the people there
are like the bearswthey hibernate
until spring. An ample supply of fuel
3nd provisions is laid in before the
first snowstorme begin to swoop over
the Continental divide. and there is
little to do until the sun swings;
northward and the snows melt. 1
Building e Hotel Amid Arctic Tem‘
persturs.
Despite the arctic rigors of this re
into winter quarters in November or'
limembcr and sleep until spring.
There are hundreds of thorn. black.
brown and grizzly. They go into;
olives or hollow logs or under thci
roots of trees that the snow will:
Early in March. 1894. s party was
organized at Fort Yellowstone for
the purpose of vlsiilng the winter
ranges of the game to ascertain the
exact number of buffalo that still es-
lsied and to photograph them. The
\TJSI
‘ of its majesty.
at the base of thewfalis.
The great geyecra play endlessly.
each at its appointed period, although
no one is there to see them, Every sev-
enty minutes Old Faithful sends its
columns of water and strain 300. 500.
wmeiimes 1,000 feet i to the air and
holds it there for tilted lnutss. Boole
ilmes the winds unfold from its top
an iridescent banner of spray; at oth-
er times the fountain form is a perfect
cone. in winter its boiling hot water
gives off a vast cloud of drifting?
steam. At nightfall of a lanuaryz
evening. this Immutable water clock
of the Yellowstone becomes a specter
of ghostly while. a sight so strange
and startling that even these who
neighbor with it never lose their awe
All about the geyscrs
glen. however. 250 men have been
fighting the cold there ibis winter:
completing the fifth of the big hotels?
.ihnt are the halting places of tour:
lists in this summer playground ibai'
ibelongs to the people of the United
‘Siutos. The first order prepared on
the kitchen ranges of this new has
teiry which stands on the brink of‘
the great precipice down which more
endlessly the mighty cataract of the
Yellowstone. was for nails. Neils big
and little. brads and spikes. ten-pen
ales and shingles. had to be heated
on the cookstoves before the carport.
iers could handle them. The reason
for this haste was that the new hotel
had to be finished in time for the
summer season. when the park is in
its brief period of verdant glory.
More people will go to the Yellow-
-stono National Park this year then
ever before. in 1872. when the fed.
crul government dedicated it “as a
public parli or pleasure ground for
the benefit and enjoyment of the poo
pie." probably not more than a thou-
sand persons a year were visiting it
.111 the next twenty-three years the
butcher of visitors climbed slowly to
about 5.000 annually. in 1896. the su‘
thorities began counties the mom»
who entered the bark. and complete
‘mords have been kept ever since.
'i‘here were Milli visitors in 1806.
can years later thevnumbsr had men
to 20383. in 1908. it dropped ”to
iy a income», ‘3!" liflviht-Wl fill
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able lacrosse in letters that. the part;
in 100s '
nearly twine near I”; , .
year before. tine "£59140!”me
.due‘to warships: . ‘ ,
gateway to the nuke-st emulsions;
Meats-which TIM. it much
tints. The nestyesr it tell oi! mes--
Mammal,-
psriy traveled on Norwegian snow- mrrr. Theresa many natursl carol
shoes. with packs of sleeping bags ill the Ill'h- Sometimes 90“? W '5“
provisions and camera. directly to been will snuggieup to eseh othenln
Hayden valley via Norris and the the same cave and sleep the winter
Grand canyon. They found 81 bah sway. it is in winter. too. that the
tale is the valley. together with our cubs are born. When the baby beer
morons 'emsll groups of ell: numb, comes into the world he is potpourri;
inn more than 300. . . . , " bigger than a rat. but he grows and
in s secluded sectioned the end slows in his case. not worn by bit-
the second day“! march the! ill -«
seed the cache of s poseher. ’il‘h
were much surprised at this. as tb
had bed no idea that there'wss s
- one in tho park killing some.
cache consisted of a. canvas is
sleeping bag. provisions and tubes.
gen. and they found six huffalo‘ heads
mshedded in a tree seerhyh am
of lire in the tense led the scooters. ,
. believethat the ember was apt res “
away.“ To capture'hist was ill W
fight with!“ of. his else.
it Parodies tor who no.” .i
; more. .lt lied {b’sen'vssowing
ly silfthe morning. and all t y
shoe moire leading front. ‘
eatirsirl‘bbhterstsd. '
.sreled and went
naturism spring. Wheeheetesrles . . .
into the light he is a full growmoab.
suite able minke ears of himself and . :
.lllo foliage of the trees is heavily
laden with ice. giving the trees a thou-
sand fantastic shapes. A cloud of vs—
~por. like the steam from some greet
manufacturing city. bangs and drifts
over the geyser basins—the workshop
6! nature. ’
The “Sisterhood" of the Geysers. T
There are more than lift! in this
giant sisterhood of geysers. Not even
in lpcland or New Zealand. or any-
where else where the earth is still be-
ing made is there such a convent of
their order as in the Yellowstone. No
g0!!! has ever been able to describe
gtbem adequately in words any more
:ihsn it has been possible to tell on the
Muted page the extent of the won.
ders in this "workshop of the Al-
'xnigbty." it is a place where almost
every form of creative eccentricity in
nature is found.
lot the genera ploy unseen. and
. the agents that are molding the earth
keep at their tasks in solitude sil win~ '
tor long. The great streams and we-
terfslis sever rest in their toll of tear-
the valleys. Only during three months
at the year is it possible for many m
pie to see this Titanic work of Nature
in progress. it mono who travel for
pleasure every summer knew how cu-
rious and beautiful a place the part
,sourl. He was practically for
‘ when. four years later. he came into
leg down the heights and building up.
the Mormons it is unique. The Taber-
nacle. with its great organ. the big-
gest in the world, and the other nota-
ble buildings hove been described
over and over again, but no words or
photographs can picture them ade-
quately any more than they can a
bath in the lake iiself-ln water ini
which one cannot sink. i
To get to the Yellowstone National}
park or to Suit [take City is now one
of the easiest things imaginable. The
directions are simple: You go to Og-
den by the Union Pacific, the lile
and direct route. turn to the north
for tie pork and lo the south for the
"City of the Saints."
The “First Man on the Ground."
it is Just a hundred and four years
since the Yellowstone territory was
discovered. A trapper and hunter
found it. lie was one John Colter. a
private of the famous Lewis and Clark
expedition. When. in 1806, this dis-
tinguished band of pioneers retraced
their steps and started back to St.
Louis over their route that eventually
opened up the great northwest (.‘oiter
broke away. All by himself. he set
out fer the headwaters of the ills
en
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St. Louis. tattered. torn. lndlan-like
in his ways. but bubbling over with
enthusiasm.
lie had seen the most wonderful
place in the world. he said. where
steam coins out of the earth and
scalding water leaped miles high.
where there were diabolical furnaces
under ground. it would have been
the "abode of the damned." he said.
but for the fact that there was no
sign. for hundreds of miles. of human
beings. Surrounded by the curious.
John Colter tallied for days of the
wonders be had seen. And he met
.with the fate of many; so one be
iiovod him.
He told of too many wonders. 8t.
Louissns marveled. then laughed.
then for many s long you spoke of
“Colter's Hell." They thought he had
imagined it all.
But Colter. trapper. pioneer and
discoverer. proved exactly right. it
‘ was not until ~-thirtp»four years later
that he was found. to have told the
truth. Bridger. the noted guide. con-
firmed his romantic story.
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