The daily enterprise. [volume] (Livingston, Mont.) 1883-1884, 1884-07-21
The Park Superinteadency.

certain correspondence relative to the
management of the Yellowstone Park,
additional to the documents already
before the senate. The correspond.
ence was withheld until the 3rd of
July, very few days before the ad-
journment of congress. Some ncw
matters are developed by this CORES
pondence between Major Conger and
Secretary Teller, interesting in the
light of the formers removal. Among
other things it appears Superintend-
ent CoDger has had trouble with as
sistant superintendent Henderson,
who is Il brother of repsesen.
tative Henderson, of Iowa. and
with the officers of the In
proven company. Conger charges
that Hobart, manager of the company.
employed hunters to kill wild meat in
the Park in violation of the rules, and
furnished it to the hotel at SIS a hun
dred. Under date of April 18th last
Conger reports tn at he had discovered
a hunters camp, in which he found
twenty quarters of elk and about
one hundred pounds Of jerked beef,
Or dried meat. some camp utensils
and I; small Quantity of provisions.
In the neighborhood of this camp he
also found three other piles of elk COW
cred in deep snow. He says this
slaughter of game YVES made to supply
the hotel company. and with the COM
pliclty of both the Hobarts there can
hardly be a reasonable doubt. ''In
these camps we found the company's
property. and near there the dead body
of one of their horses, beside one man
that we caught in the act and took
from him sack full of fresh
elk meat that he had just
killed, who was III the EN-
ploy of the company last season, and
is now in the employ Of Hobart to
supply him With fresh meat. The
man s name lsNIra Dodge c. T. lIo-
bart replies to this charge by entering
q general denial that the Improvement
company had anything to do with the
destruction Of game in the Park, and
charges Conger with violating the law
by having loaned horses for the use Of
tourists to go through the Park, rent~
ing them at the rate Of So per day.
Hobart says the horses were hired Of
him (Conger) on the occasion of the
9Th for q specified distance, and were
to be driven each day. The party de-
sired to drive them farther than the
distance he said they should go. but
they yielded rather than not have their
services and took the horses, were gone
five days at the rate of So per day, and
the agent of the Improvement company
settled with Conger for this service.
The ENTERPRISE has been ut some
pains to inquire into the basis of this
charge against Major Conger of hiring
horses to the p. /. COM
pany. So far as we can learn it is en-
tirely baseless. The incident that
probably suggested the story to the
Hobarts was the fact that CasS Con-
ger, the Majors son, had two or three
horses which were his private prop.
erty and did on one occasion let them 20
the Park Improvement company.
Those who know Major Conger best
knew that he is Il man Of unhlnch-
ing honesty and the severest con.
Numerous Instances
are cited wherein he refused to EN-.
brace opportunities to make money
handling government prop
erty. and few who know him in this
country will believe that he would do
so paltrv IL thing as to hire govern
,nenr horses to the HObarts especially
when he knew they were lying IN
wait 20 bring charges against him.
The Park Improvement company, as
by the Hobarts. fought
Major Conger from the first. He in
.erfered with the exercise Of the mo-
power over the Park they
assumed to possess. He was re-
straininc influence which they could
not control. and therefore they sought
70 lie rid of him. and spared no effort.
low and despicable, to com~
nass that end. His relations with