Daily inter mountain. [volume] (Butte, Mont.) 1881-1901, 1900-09-15
He INTER MOUNTAIN takes
a great deal of pride in being
able to present to it's readers
today the Impressions of the

the >faVOr1te falr OneS OF several
Montana cities were chosen for the
exciting ever occurring in the state and
the Inter Mountains undertaking was a
of newspaper enterprise. PeO-
pie In and out of the park commented
wOnderingly upon the act that "a single
Montana journal should carry nine young
ladies upon such an extended pleasure
trip. emitting nothing that was conducive
to their enjoyment and comfort. How
thoroughly satisfied the fair excursionists
were, we leave. for them to say in their
own words. Mr.. Wyfie took an ardent in
terest in their welfare and did everything
possible to make the trip complete. Even
Mother Nature did her share in honor of
the party, as was evidenced by the OPP
perfume playing of a geyser in the Up
per Basin which had not spouted in three
years.
The evenings were made merry with
music and wherever the young ladies
went they proclaimed their presence
thusly:
Razzie dazzle, hobble gobble
Sis, Boom. Bas!
Inter Mountain, Inter Mountain
Rah, Rah, Rah!
CAME BACK ALIVE.
Butte, Mont. Sept. /, 1900.
To the Inter Mountain.
Dear Sirs: This is to certify that I.
u - NcAAy SNAAA OoSh lAoll lLS
Park alive. from that great ndescribable
place.
On Wednesday,, August Is, 1900, Mr..
Berger. manage of the Inter Mountain
Publishing company accompanied by
Miss Lizzie Evans, our chaperone, Miss
Lucy Grannis of Dillon, Miss Sue WEIGH
Of Deer Lodge, Miss Lizzie Gibney of
Missoula. Miss Bertha Vetters of Ana
conda, Miss Helen O'Neil and myself of
Butte, left for the Yellowstone National
Park. Arriving at Bozeman. we gather
ed in Miss Della Tate, of that city, found
her to be quite charming and winsome,
winning all the soldier boys on the trip.
Next. we came to Livingston. There
we were. met by Miss Alice Goodson of
that city, good by nature as well as by.
name. In the morning, before leaving
Livingston. we We're Joined by Miss
Carrie Bennington Of Billings, one of
the fnerriest. jolliest and dearest girls
of the crowd. Now we're off for the
Park
Leaving Livingston we arrived at Gin
nabar Thursday morning about 10 o'clock.
There we were met by the stage that
took us to Gardiner. We ate lunch there
n had our pictures snapped about II
different ways. Leaving Gardiner we ar
rived at Willow Park. Our first nights
experience at camping out. After sup
per we gathered around the camp fire
and had an open air concert, free for
oh' lis lINaIIo luFolSu us WILL d
recitation. Miss Granni doing the same.
Miss ONeill gave us a good old Irish jig
followed by a grand cake. walk led by Sue
WEIGH and Miss Bennington. The rain
appearing at this time drove us all
into the tent, where we sat around
the big dining table and sang all the old
familiar songs we could think of. Every
bdy SANG with such vim and spirit that
1T must have aroused the wild animals
in the hills surrounding. T he visit of a
bear soon after we had retired proved to
us beyond a doubt that they heard our
wild ~carousing. I thought I heard a
bear grunt outside the tent, but Miss
Evans, my roommate, being such a
brave girl, would not listen to my fears,
when l finally thought I was dreaming
and thought I would settle down and
go to sleep. when suddenly the air was
pierced with a Shrek from Sue WEIGH,
who, when asked what was the matter,
said she could have sworn that 1.-The
bears cold nose had been pressed to her
: Cheek" This aroused our whole tent. SO
everybody armed with ~valises, teles-
~cooes, umbrellas, etc. went bear hunt
ing. Dur noise had evidently scared
him OIL. In the meantime Mr.. Wylie had
! been aroused from his slumber by our
cries, came and asked what was the
y matter. On being told. he ordered us
: the whole camp. Thus endeth our first
bear story.
Friday morning we are once more on
I ahe road. We left our camp at 1880
but all were well wrapped and josh
ing * we all forgot the cold. In the
meantime we have come to the Black
:Growler, after which Mr.. Berger takes
his name 1t was such a terrific growler,
and could be heard for miles away.
! Along the Dad we saw Obsidtan Cliff.
Beaver Lake and Eagles Nest Rock.
! That night we -eaanped at the Upper
. Geyser Basin. Saturday morning we
saw the geysers play. especially the Bee
Hive geyser which threw water. from
! 200 to ESQ feet IN the air. and Old Faith
, ful about zoo feet. high. ust' before
ilunch Saturday we saw the Sunset Lake
and Emeral pool Words cannot express
their beauty. The AFTERNOON we had t.
Famuse ourselves. Mr.: Berger Miss
caught the fish, Miss Evans the grass
hopppers. while Miss Bennington kept
track of them. .tNo fish story. Miss
ID, GoOdsOn and Miss Vetterss strOa4ed OH
by themselves. Miss Vetsers taking hel
kodak along to get q few snacs OF the
fpark. In the meantime MISS ~Goodsor
opposed for her. The park really looked
so grand to us all that Miss Vetters said
! she m take a few extrafsnacs OF n
so that sitter She got home she would
: have no trouble In trying to tonvince
*iherself that she was really in the park
!. Sue WEIGH and Z went horseback riding
Miss Grannis feeling Ill. remained at the
camp, while Miss O'Neil stayed with her
That night the soldier boys rave us 9
dance. Oh what a glorious time we die
have. Nex morning we left the Basin
We visited the Lone Star, and ate luncf
at q place called the Thumb. In thu
afternoon we took the steamer Zillah tt
cross the Yellowstone Lake. Mr.. Waters
Ca ctain Of the steamer, was very kline
ITO us. In the evening he gave us {
mooonajcht excursion on the lake. TIT
next morning we went to see the Natura
Bridge, all but Mr.. Berger and Mis-:
Evans. who took a row boat and wen
fishing. Mr.. Berger never got a bite
Miss Evans catching three fish. and
1t had not started to rain Miss Evan
might have been fishing yet. Afte
lunch we saw h Mum Geyser, Sulpnu
Spring and Mountain. In the ~evenin,
about 6 o'clock we arrived at the Gram
Canyon, camped there that night: am
next day we started taking in the sights
and they were sights worth seeing. All
orr partv were very brave. Not one re