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Show I (Mi OF PARK TO AOIO IS PROVING POM Washington, D. C, July 17. That automobiles have only waited the opening of the Yellowstone National Park to make it an objective touring point in their plans, is amply proved by the many who have Inquired at the Touring Department of the A. A. A. both at the Washington and at the New York headquarters, not a few of Whom are Irom the extreme east. Kully thirty per cent of the transcontinental transcon-tinental tourists have scheduled a trip through the Park and this ratio is now rapidly increasing as the opening open-ing day approaches. The plan for opening the Yellowstone Yellow-stone (o automobiles, on August 1. is completed. Colonel Brett, U. S. A. Superintendent of the Yellowstone National Park, has compiled a very embracive set of rules to govern the peculiar situation which this season is bound to como about when it is appreciated that t-he roads are not all they should be and that the mountain horses, used by the stage lines, aro too wild to take chances with. There may be some motorists who w,ill complain that the regulations are unhappily strenuous, but it Is believed believ-ed that a general spirit of good sportsmanship will prevail on the part of those using their automobiles for touring the Park and because of this the rules will be accepted as they ought to be. With motorists ahowing a full appreciation that they are pioneers pio-neers in the opening of the Park, they will demonstrate ways and means for better all round regulations that are bound to come from the experiences this year of those in charge of the Park and the enforcement of the new rules. It is an experiment not without with-out certain risks and obviously there must be no accidents to mar the opening. open-ing. It is only natural that considerable time must pass before the mountain horses, used for the stage coaches, will be fully accustomed to the automobile, auto-mobile, and before the roads through the Park are in really proper condition condi-tion for this new kind of traffic. However, How-ever, those in charge are fully alive to the new needs of tourists and are certain to make modifications in the regulations as soon as conditions improve im-prove and as promptly as possible. The regulations are now in the hands of Stephen T. Mather, Assistant Assist-ant to the Secretary of the Interior and in charge of National Parks. As soon as he has gone over them for criticisms and corrections they will be printed and widely distributed. |