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Show YELLOWSTONE TRAVEL WILL BREAK RECORD8 Assistant 8upt. Chalmers 8y This Will Be The 8hort Line Banner Year, "The Yellowstone park travel Is fine," said O. D. Chalmers, assistant superintendent of the Oregon Short Line, yesterday. "From present Indications Indi-cations we will break last year's record," rec-ord," ho continued. "Up to the present pres-ent time tho passenger traffic Is much heavier than It was for the same period pe-riod In 1911. Seventy-flvo per cent of nil tho Yellowstone tourists pass through Ogdcn on their way In and tho big majority of them return this way. There aro some who go In from here nnd go out from tho north end but most tourists after seeing the park return to the main lines here." Ogden Is recognized as the gate way to Yellowstone paik. aa . I the gateway to tho wesu. More v!,4 ' Iowstone tourists pasa through u I city than any other city on the u I leWng.to the park. TourlsU I take the train here at 8;20 In it evening and arrive at the park J I following morning at 8 o'clock I "The bookings lor the Yellowy I are the best on record," gaia H M Hays, general agent for th9 ,, Permanent Campl-. Company, .q I ganlied parties under the leadership I of tourist companies are coming tni, way at a rate of about five to on. I m against the other Yellowstone gat,. I way. Tourist pr-moters'recognlie th M historic Interest and points of beafiy ' tB. along the line through Utah, Colorado" and Idaho, and this prompts them to route their parties this way " The new literature on the wonders and beauties of the park may be had at the city ticket office of the Rarrl man nlles and also at tho htodnnir" tcrs of the Wylle company. Th. beautiful little book entitled, "Wherl Gush tho Geysers;' that Is BSUea Z the Union Paclfle and the Oregon Short Lino each season, 8 0n finer paper this year and the coloring of tho views Is much better and more realistic than ever before. |