The semi-weekly miner. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1882-1886, 1883-06-13
TELLER's DUDES.

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priated $40, 900 for the protection and
improvement of the Yellowstone
National Park, and included in this
sum was a provision for the payment
OF a superintendent and ten assist
ants. This is all right. The appro'
priation could have been doubled or
quadrupled with profit to the Park
and to the country. There is no dis
position to find fault with the appro-
priation but there is cause for dissal-
isfaction in the appointment of the
guides, orast they are termed, superin-
tendant's assistants. Secretary Tel
Ter certainly could have found
men in Montana who have
all the qualifications for the position
without looking to New York, Penn
sylvania, Iowa, Kansas, Maryland,
Minnesota and Indiana for them.
There are scores Of worthy, adven-
turous, hardy and intelligent men in
this Territory who know every foot
of the National Park, and who
would make first-class guides and
who would gladly have accepted the
position. OF course no political obli-
CATION would have been met in ap-
pointing them, but the travelling
public, the tourist and the sight-seer,
would have been better served, and
that, we presume, is the object in
paying for guides.
Their pay does not amount to
much-only 5000 a year each-but it
is that much money thrown away
upon a body of men who probably
never saw the Rocky Mountains and
who have as little conception of the
great wonders of the National Park
and OF their duties therein as 3 Gen.
trail African has of the atonement.
They are doubtless good Republican
strikers in a small way, and a part Of
that grand army of place hunters
who stand ready to represent the
country at the court of st. James or
to sweep out an Office at twenty-five
q month.
Not satisfied with imposing his
dudes upon the tourists to the Park, |
the secretary has appointed . Mr..
David Kohr and a Mr.. w. G. Eaton, |
both of Washington City; the latter
clerk to Assistant Secretary Joslyn,
\ committee to inspect and submit =
report upon the condition of the Vel
[owstone Park. These appointments
ire in keeping with the others.
Messrs. Kohr and Eaten are doubt
less very worthy gentlemen and faith
ul clerks and deserve and should
nave = holiday, but they are quite as
we'll qualified to report upon the con-
lition Of the Alice and Moulton
mines at Butte as they are to report
,pon the condition of $500 square
niles of the most wonderful country
lpon the face ofthe earth. We do not
their report will add much
Wonderland literature, but
he writer's may add health and
strength to their tagged physical sys-
ems, and have a good time generally
It the Governments expense, which
lfter all is probably the full measure
# good the obliging Secretary desired
o confer by his appointment. But
eriously the Secretary has not done
ustice to the country OF to the liber-
lily of Congress in the appointments
The Great Park deserves
'etter treatment at his hands. He
hould have appointed men to the
'ositions mentioned who are init
acquainted with the country.
here is no dearth of them in Mon
ana, and the interests of all parties
oncerned would be better served by
onfinipg his field of selection to this
territory.