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Show ROOSEVELT ENTHUSES OVER BIG PARK stance, be admirably suited for Alaska Territory, which I look to see develop astoundingly within the next decade or two. not only because of Its furs and fisheries, fish-eries, but because of Us agricultural and pastoral possibilities." At the conclusion of the ceremonies the President's train pulled out for Livingston. Living-ston. Here John Burroughs will leave the party and will spend a short time at Spokane, Spo-kane, Wash., and on a ranch In Montana, after which he will return to his home at Peeksklll. N. Y. GARDINER. Mont., April 25. President Roosevelt yesterday afternoon resumed his tour of the West. Eefore going, however, v he participated in the laying of the cor- iier-stene of the new gate at the northern entrance to Yellowstone park. The ceremony cere-mony was performed according to the Masonic ritual, and was in charge of the frand officers of the State of Montana, neclal trains brought hundreds of people peo-ple here. Including a large body of Masons, Ma-sons, and as the weather was perfect the scene was a very' pretty one. There was placed In the stone a picture Of President Roosevelt, a number of coins, copies of ' newspapers and Masonic emblems. The President rode down from the post accompanied by MaJ. Pitcher, and was escorted to a gaily-decorated stand, where he delivered an address. Troops B and C of the Third cavalry, from Fort 4 Yellowstone, were drawn up In front of the stand a a guard of honor. Frank E. Smith, grand master, conducted the services. ser-vices. The President., on behalf of the Masons of the State, was presented with ; a Masonic charm mounted on a nugget of Montana gold. ' The President hetran his address by thanking the people and' the soldiers for r his enjoyable two weeks' holiday, and then spoke of the natural wonders of the i park. 'The Yellowstone park," he said, "Is something absolutely unique in this world, as fir as 1 know. Nowhere else greater number of people come from Europe Eu-rope to see it than come from our own Eastern States to see it. The people near by seem awake to its beauties, and I hope that more and more of our people who dwell far off will appreciate its really marvelous character. Incidentally, I should like to point out that some time people will awaken to the fact that the park has special beauty to be seen in winter, and any person who can go through it in that season on skis will enjoy himself as he scarcely could elsewhere. else-where. I wish especially to congratulate the people of Montana, Wyoming and Idaho, Ida-ho, and notably you of Gardiner and Cinnabar and the Immediate outskirts of the park, for the way In which you heartily heart-ily co-operate with the superintendent to prevent acts of vandalism and destruction. "The preservation of the forests is, of course, the matter of prime importance In every public reserve of this character. In this region of the Rocky mountains and the great plains the problem of the water supply is the most important part of the home-maker's office. Congress has not of recent years done anything more irrportant than passing the irrigation bill, and nothing is more essential to the preservation pres-ervation of the water supply than the fireservatlon of the forests. Montana has n its water power a source of development develop-ment which has hardly been touched. This water power will be seriously impaired if ample protection Is not given the forests. for-ests. Therefore this park, like the' forest reserves arenerally. Is of the utmost ad- ' in any civilized country is there to be found such a tract of veritable wonderland, wonder-land, made accessible to all visitors, where at the same time not only the ' scenery' of the wilderness, but the wild creatures of the park are scrupulously " preserved as they were, the only change belt g that these wild animals have been so carefully Rrote'-ted as to show literally liter-ally astounding tameness. '"The creation nd preservation of such a natural playground In the midst of our people, as a whole, is a credit to the Na-" Na-" tion. but above all. a credit to Montana, Wyoming and Idaho. It has been preserved pre-served with wise foresight. The scheme of Its preservation Is noteworthy In its essential democracy. This park was created cre-ated and now Is administered for the benefit and enjoyment of the people. The ovemment must continue to appropriate for it. especially m the direction of completing com-pleting ard perfecting an excellent system sys-tem of driveways. Thos only way that th people, as, .a whole, can secure to themselves and '.their children the enjoy-nifnt enjoy-nifnt in perpetuity of what the Yellowstone Yellow-stone park has to give 1 by assuming I th ownership in the name of the Nation and by -legally safeguarding and preserving preserv-ing the scenery, the forests and the creatures. crea-tures. "At present It la rather singular that a vantage to the country around from the merely utilitarian side. "But of course this park also, because of its peculiar features, is to be reserved as a beautiful playground. Here all the wild creatures of the old days are being preserved, and their overflow into the surrounding sur-rounding country means that the people of the surrounding country, so long as they see that the laws are observed by all. will be able to insure to themselves and to their children, and to their children's children, much of the old-time pleasure of the hardy life of the wilderness and of the hunter in the wilderness. "I have been literally astounded at the enormous quantities of elk and at the number of deer, antelope and mountain sheep which I have seen on their wintering winter-ing grounds, and the deer and sheep In particular are aa tame a domestic animals. ani-mals. A few buffalo are being preserved. I wish very much that the Government could aomewhere provide for an experimental experi-mental breeding station of cross-breeds between buffalo and the common cattle. If these croes-breeds could be successfully perpetuated we could have animal which would produce a rob quit aa good a the old buffalo robe with which, twenty years ego, everyone was familiar, and animals, moreover, which would be so hardy that I think they would have a distinct commercial com-mercial Importance. They would, for ln- |