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Show Improvements in Yellowstone Park Transportation Facilities and tho Hotels Ho-tels Are as Noar Perfect as Possible. ST. PAUL. June 23. Harry J. 'Horn, general manager of the' Northern Paclllc railway, has just completed a trip through Yellowstone National park, nnd In his report on tho improvements improve-ments and the general condition of tho park :it the present time, says: "MnJ. Clilttcnden, for tho Government, has entirely reconstructed tho ronda. which are now In splendid condition, and the dust Is kept down by systematic sprinkling sprin-kling with carts. The Improvement mado In the roads and transportation facilities were a revelation. "Tho new hotel at Upper Gey6cr basin. Old Faithful Inn. is undoubtedly tho most unlqiio hotel In the world. It Is constructed construct-ed of rock and logs and of rough lumber throughout, the braces, stairways and balconies bal-conies being worked out from all sorts of odd-shaped logs. Tho lobby of the hotel la made up of a series of log balconies oxtendlng from the lloor to the roof, a distance of nearly ninety feet. Tho dining-room dining-room In tho hotel Is similar to tho magnificent mag-nificent dining-room of tho Washlncton hotel ln Seattle, except that it is built entirely after tho fashion of a log cabin. Tho hotel is furnished with arts and crafts specially designed furniture. The toilet sots are of old brown colonial pattern, pat-tern, the model of which was taken from a New Bedford sailer that sailed tho ocean a hundred years ago. Old blue delft china and rag carpet rugs harmonize perfectly per-fectly with tho surroundings. Tho construction con-struction of tho hotel Is strictly on original orig-inal lines, and I have no doubt that In time It will bo extensively copied. "Tho attractions ln tho park now center quite as much In the hotels and ln tho splendid coarhing trip over the most superb su-perb roads In tho country as they do In tho well-known natural attractions and tho wild animal life seen here. "My trip was a very hurried one, and with relays of horses I mado tho 133 miles, including a night nt Upper Geyser basin, ln 2SM: hours. Thl? Is the bOHt commentary on tho pork roads and tho facilities afforded af-forded by tho transportation company that can be mado." |