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Show Yellowstone Park An Alluring Place Dr. and Mrs. J. A. Hagan, Misses Julia and Helen Hagan, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Overfelt and Misses Lois and Helen and Master Eugene Over-felt, Over-felt, returned to Gunnison last Friday Fri-day night after completing a trip through the famed Yellowstone National Na-tional park. The party, traveling in two automobiles, spent some ten days on the trip and barring a few rainy days enroute the visit was made without mishap and only two punctures punc-tures were recorded. There were some thrills, though, while camping in the park. The camp where the Gunnison party was quietly resting for the night, was invaded by three bear. Mr. Overfelt, awakened from a sound sleep, was aroused and when he poked his head from under the coverings, he was confronted with, a monster "'mama'' bear and two of her children. chil-dren. The latter were . about two thirds grown and looked the size of a mountain, so the discoverer stated. With a yell that would put a Comm-anche Comm-anche to shame, Overfelt sprang from his cot and lunging for his car he turned the lights on and the visitors visit-ors sought refuge in the tall trees. A luscious apple pie, which had been left from the evening meal the night I before, was the attraction for the bear. It was not sufficient, however, to satisfy the appetites and they were asking more when abruptly driven from camp. Miss Lois Overfelt, who was interviewed inter-viewed regarding the trip, has given giv-en a vivid descrption of the wonderful wonder-ful scenes throughout the park and briefly it follows: In the geyser district there are two basins, known as the upper and lower basins. In the lower basin there is a group of geysers, the largest being not over ten feet and here is j found the mammoth paint pot, and resembled boiling paint. In the upper basin is found Old Faithful, getting its name from the fact that it spouts mud and water from every : sixty to seventy minutes. It spouts some forty feet in the air and is truly wonderful and awe inspiring. The Mud Geysers are also attractive attract-ive and the names are applied for the reason that they throw mud instead ! of water. ! In the Norris Geyser basin is found 1 the Valentine Geyser. Beauty is por-! por-! trayed here for the reason that the j water shoots some sixty feet into the air and the sun shining on the mist '. creates a perfect and beautiful rain-j rain-j bow. Morning Glory Pool is a pool shaped like the morning glory, taper-: taper-: ing towards the bottom with almost ' perfectly formed leaves at the top. The water here is the color of a blue morning glory- The Emerald pool and the Handkerchief Hand-kerchief pool are interesting sights. The Handkerchief pool sucks the , handkerchief under water and soon I it returns to the surface and can be easily rescued. Inspiration Point is declared to be one of the most attractive places in the park. Standing on the brink one j looks down a steep precipice 1200 feet j and the colorings are most beautiful i . . (Continued on Page 8) Yellowstone Park An Alluring Place (Continued from Page 1) with the gushing river that flows at the bottom. From Lookout Point the Yellowstone Falls, one of the attractions attrac-tions of the park, can be seen in all its glory. Passing over Dunraven Pass, and up the walls of Mt. Washburn Wash-burn to a height of 10,317 feet, one sees two of the most beautiful wild flower gardens in the world. A trip to the southern part of the park was made, and only for the towering Teton Teaks, little of interest was seen. The party visited the scene of the recent disaster when a mountain side broke from its moorings and moved down into the valley. The lake which was formed and the twisted broken trees, give mute evidence of the disaster dis-aster that was caused. Going and coming from the wonder won-der attraction the party traveled by easy stages and all are in one accord that the trip was worth the effort. |