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Show ISILT LUKE GATEWAY iSWPOM Automobile Travel to Yel lowstone Park Heavy for First Ten Days WASHINGTON Kug S L nder t e adm nls ra on of ecretar Lane he de part men of he nterlo his n reased he pleasure of a oraoblle our ng In this ountrj bj ope ? he le lows one Na onal pa k o mo u a s and by rebuild ng 1 e Tioga oad nh h gi es a d rec entrance to Tosem te pant fron the ess Colone LJid M Bret n charge of he military po and super n endent o he Yellows one Na onal pa k has sup p ed Chairman Da d G Jo e of the ourtng bureau of he Vmer an Automo bl e assocla on he fo owing nforma on ' egarding he open ng of lei on stone park Heavy ra ns throughout the west made he ouds approa ng and n he park hea anl Iff ul et f ft , au omobiles n ou sts ante ed 1 he park hen was opened to them o he s da o ugus The f rs en da s of a e by en ances is as fol o s T es entrance. 161 cars. q9 persons north en ranee, $6 cars 310 persons eas en ranee S3 cars, 280 persons south ent ance, 1 car 3 persons totals 31 cars 1190 persons. This shows the wes em entrance to be the fa or te as it has been for the bdrse drawn tourist travel No accident has marred this radical departure in touring the park and the schedules ork perfectlj although travel is the hea ieat In the history of he park ! has been found pos sib e to permit a fe additional trips and a certain amount of night travel to hose whose time s so lml ted that wi hout this liberty hey would have to give up the park tour I desire to empha ically state that this Important change In the method of seeing the wonders and magnificent scenen of the park has been made eomparatl e j eas for us by the cheerful and ead compliance with he regula ions and schedules on the part of the automob le tourists They have no only met us ha f wa bub ha e been most careful of freight and other teams wh ch cannot tra el on a schedule that will avoid the automobiles. automo-biles. In my opinion automobiles have come to stay and the succeeding years win f nd the horses and pack animals transporting s ghtseers on tral s to p aces just as Interesting as venose now known and to the moun tal homes of he thousands of wl d an majs which follow the snow line n the summer |