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Show crov;ds visit Yellowstone New Attendance Record for Park Likely Th total numbr of people entering en-tering Yellowetone National park thla year will exceed laat raar by JS.OO or 40,oa peraone. If tha preeent Incraaaa floe not wane, D. 8. Bpeoeer, general peaaenger agent for tha Union Pacific, atated today on hia ratum from Tallowatona with aa official raport fllea by K. M. Albright, park euperlntenoent. Tha raport ahoara a tremendoue Incraaaa at all antraneaa leading Into tha park, wUh tha greatest increase at tha want entrance, which la served by tha Union Pacific. Pa-cific. Tha number of people entering en-tering tha park via aH source. In eluding; rail and automobile, between be-tween tha opening; day, Juno II, until July 11, waa 71,11. aa compared com-pared with M.570 who entered tha park during; the similar psrlod laat year. Tha number of peopls entering; tha park by ralsroad between the opening and July II was IS. 14 1, as compared with 17,716 people who entered during; tha same period Isst yaar, which la an Incraaaa of Q per cent. Tha number to enter by tha Vest entranra thla year la IX.-41. IX.-41. aa compared with lilt laat T e," e Iiil i I.M f -ee.e- ptt The number entering1 eta. rail throusra the other vaieway la aa follow.: North rata, 711; aaat, !, ana eoulh. i. The Union Pacific rallroa haa carried (ha (reateat pereentasa of railroad tourlata Into tha park In tha period reported. It .how. the Union- Pacific carried SS per cent of the tuUl traffic tha Northern Pacific eecond with IS per cent, the Burlington route third with lt.l per cent. "The approximate total to enter the park laat year waa l,Oe,- Mr. i Spencer atated. "There will . ba , aaafly 115.004 thla year If tha pre.-ant pre.-ant Inereeee continue " , ' |