| Show Yellowstone Awaits Scouts 4 4 1 t I 4 i 4 u 4 4 1 o c J ld 44 rr t C c 1 q 4 9 c- c Park Itinerary Is Outlined e By HORACE M. M ALBRIGHT Superintendent Yellowstone National Park ParkY PARK i Wyo Wo July 17 Boy Boy Scouts Scout's of Utah Ulah who come Como cometo Y to Yellowstone National T park August 1 for their annual camp and hike havo have before them one of the most wonderful trips of their lives Yellowstone Is a without parallel parallel par par- In tho world for tor within Its boundarIes boundaries boundaries bound bound- aries Is found a greater variety of ot natural natural nat nat- natural ural phenomena than else elso tho the No o description indicating lar beauty of ge geysers sers and hot springs would convey p any Idea o of th the sublimity sublimity ity lly of the mountain peaks tho grandeur grand grand- our eur of tho waterfalls the Interest atthe of at tho the wild life and the outdoor fun tun and good fellowship to be bo had on a trip like liko this All of or these things the Boy Scouts are aTe going to see sec and enjoy and they will wIlloe doe soe oe th them m as few V tourists ever do In tramping over ever tho the park a n. distance of oC miles the tho scouts will get away awa from tho the beaten track and discover what America was was liko be before foro the tho whiteman whiteman white whiteman man camo came they will swill fish in streams where a fly 1 Is seldom cast they will live close to rocks and plants and animals animals ani ani- mals until thoy they really understand YelI Yel Yel- I Everybody In tho the park administration 1 is eager eager to mako the tho boys' boys trip tho the big success of ot tho the year car Every Even opportunity ity will be given them to stud study the wonders of nature while thc they are arc enjoying cn- cn the outdoor life Ufe Representatives tives of or tho the park service will ill be bo with of or their the boys bos at different stages Journey It Is hoped also to arrange a. a meeting meeting meeting meet meet- ing between tho the western lads and the live iivo champion s scouts outs of or New dew ow York Cit City who are touring the tho west as ns guests o of tho the Far Western estern Travelers Travelers' association West and east will meet then thon clasping hands bands In friendship and going back home tc- tc toll their people that the Ule comin cornin com com- in s of or Americans will bereal bereal be bereal real men whether they live west or east cost of the Fathers of ot wat Waters rs' rs At At every night stop tho scouts will around which build a big big- campfire they will gather for songs and stories Park officials are arc planning plannIng- to make the campfires at Old Faithful can canyon on and I demonstrations demonstrations Mammoth M tho the centers centers' of at big bIg- I b by tho the boys bays to which hundreds I of or dudes mountain slang for or tourists will be Invited to to get geta a a glimpse of real outdoor living The Tho first days day's hike of at the Utah boys will be only five miles from West Vest Yellowstone Yel Yel- Mont the end of ot tho the railroad line Une to Riverside Ranger Hanger station on the banks of tho the Madison river where fishing fishing fishing fish fish- ing Is excellent Next day they thep will leave leavo the road an and take to the trails hiking ten miles to the Fountain Ranger Rang Rang- er station where tIle tHey will camp on Nez cz Perce Perec creek reek route of the famous ramous Indian ral raid In 1877 1577 On the third da day they will go to the thc Riverside Geyser Geser another ten miles which will wUl put them j jin in the midst of or the finest specimens of or geysers in fn the world Tho fourth day will be bo spent In camp where allowing the bo boys s 's ample time timo to see seo Old Faithful play many times and perhaps to see sea tho the Giantess Grand Grotto and other irregular performers in action Another ten miles by bp road will put tho the boys bos over the Continental divide on tho the banks 9 of Do De Lacy creek the waters waters wa wa- vaters va- va of or which en e eventually find tho the Pacific Pacific Pa Pa- ocean through Columbia river Re- Re crossing the divide next day to tho the Atlantic AtlantIc Atlantic At At- lantic side Bide they will go bO nine nino miles to the West Yest Thumb of or Yellowstone lake whore where is located tho the famous fishing cone a boiling boiling- spring in which fishermen fishermen fisher fisher- men used to drop their catches still on the lines and cook them Just as they were taken from the tho lake lale The Tho practice practice tice tico now is prohibited by law The Tho next camp will bo be at Arnica creek five lv miles n ay completing tho the first week of or tho the trip nain J ain leaving tho road tho the bo boys s 's next day will have one of at tho the most beautiful walks In tho the park along the shores of or tho the lake lako for twelve miles to and Switzerland nd Bridge DIJ gO bay Italy have no lakes lacs and mountains more moro tramp will be lovely lo The Tho ninth days day's broken into two parts four miles to famous Fishing bridge at the outlet of ot the lake where tho the fish Ish can bo be seen In hundreds h and arid caught with great rapidity and another four tour miles to Thistle creek Ten miles on the tenth day will put the tho bo boys ps at the marvelous Yellowstone Yellow Yellow- Crittenden stone stono canyon canon camping near bridge go the longest lon est Mean Melan arch in the tho world An extra day a will ho he spent at atthe tho the cn canyon on for tor visits to Inspiration point and Art Artist st point Resuming the tho hike the boys will Ili be begin begin begin be- be gin to penetrate Into tho the most splendid splendid splendid did mountain region of tho the park leading leadIng leading lead- lead Ing up lo to the tho Roosevelt country where the late Into President and John fohn Burroughs tho naturalist spent their season out vacation studying animals On the tho twelfth da day tho the hike will Ill bo be eight miles longitudinally and 1400 feet perpendicularly rI so to speak landing them on Dunraven Pass altitude feet This Is perhaps tho most spectacular of ot the loop roads The following following- day tho they thoy t will climb to the tho top of at Mount Va Washburn feet and continuo continue to Lo Towel falls where Camp Roosevelt is located a total distance of at nine miles mUes It Is Js at Tower falls that tho the boys boya probably bly will see seo more animals than an anywhere where else Fine pasturage makes the this r region glon Ideal for elk en deer and buffalo Not far awa away is the buffalo farm where whore the parks park's best herd of 00 animals Is kept The region re ion also I abounds abound In fine fino geological specimens ranging from the petrified trees the the in the tho only standing purification lon world worl to the tho tho like fence columnar basalt basalt basalt ba ba- ba- ba salt of at tho the canyon On tho the fourteenth day tho the bO boys B will strike westward toward Mammoth camping at nt a fine tine spring that night and reaching Mammoth hot Ilot Springs tho the headquarters of the tho park administration administration adminis adminis- the tho following day To afford aCCord them opportunities for studying the tho hot springs formations and seeing the tho ex- ex herd of ot buffalo also swims in Bath lake which is fed by hot springs an extra day will be bo spent at Mammoth Then Thon they will start stan south through h Golden Gate Gato Silver SUver Gate Gato and the Hoodoos to spring whore where they will camp for Cor tho the night Norris Geyser Geier basin will bo ho visited next day a a. distance of at ten miles mile and tho the nineteenth nineteenth nineteenth nine nine- days day's trek will put them at which they the p ppl son River Junction pl pa poj od cd on the tho second day dar out Two it n. i J days daya will complete the tho three and find the scouts at West Nest Yellowstone ready to board train and return to work or study happy and re rc re- re |
