Salt Lake Tribune | 1917-06-16 | Page 4 | Defer Opening of Yellowstone Park

DEFER OPENING OF I YELLOWSTONE PARK Because of the tardy season Yellow-I stone National park wllj, not he thrown open to tiie public this year until June j 20. It was originally planned this year i to open the park Juny 15, as In former :, years. The first trainload of park) "help" is scheduler! to pa.ss through herY tolay on the way from Ios Angeles t Yellowstone. The party, whim wf travel by special train all the j ' Los Angeles to the &-'', numbers aNl 140 persons' wtio --fKefl during the winter win-ter in hotels and jesorts on the Pacific coast. In view of the opening of Yellowstone ( park the Oregon Sttort Line is preparing a new time table- to become effecth'e June 2". Tl'.f; pi-inrh-al ci i.anges wdll be the restoration of th'; Yellowstone specials, spe-cials, whirdi were d ison t inued when ti- park Hosed last fall. The special out of bore will leave fiis year about $ o'clxk. at night, insU-t-j of 7:1.1 as in former years. The purpose of-the change is to permit visitors tn Yellowstone W remain in Salt Lake for dinner. ' 1 Another change on the new time table will be the leaving titn of the niK'"1 train for Butte. At present the train leaves here at 11:4"-, but on tl;e new carJ it will leave at 11 o'rltv-k. but wait at Pof,atdlo for the Portland train, whicii will b-ave here at 11:50, the same as a, present.