Evening times-Republican. [volume] (Marshalltown, Iowa) 1890-1923, 1902-07-08

PART ~.
If you are going to visit the park yol
Will need warmer clothing if you go il
June. July and August are the pleas.
anter season, but you will find it Yer.
warm, even at that altitude in the mid
Ole Of the day. The mosquito Is the Ca
ly discomfort YOU viii meet, and the,
are not a trilllng matter Last year il
/ August we found no mosquitoes, btu
| tourists told us they We're very annoy.
/ ing in July. can not say whether the,
are generally worse in July or not, bu
on the whole | believe would chanc,
August OF course much depends on
ones convenience. If you can gee
away from business more easily in JllS
than August, take July
| When the tourist enters the park Il
does not occur to him that he is within
easy reach fthe busy world. 1t seems
to him that for five days at least. he is
| to be isolated from the world, and its
worries and cares. and n feeling OF rest
fuinesS steals over him. but from this
! he is suddenly and rudely awakened. A
telegtrahic message is handed him by
the operator in the Office of the hotel al
Mammoth Springs. and he is informed
tina the can keep in constant commune
cation during the whole trip by tele-
phone. There is 4 telephone line from
Mammoth Springs to the first lunch
station, from there to the Fountain and
to the Upper Geyser Basin. Here the
line stops. but on the other side of the
rark the line continues from Norris
Station to the Canon Hotel and from
there to Lake Hotel. So that the only
Part of the route not wired is between
Upper Basin and Lake Hotel and The
Thumb. which is our lunch station for
the third day on the road, is the only
stopping place on the entire route,
where you con not receive and send
messages. So if you desire you can
keep in constant touch with your bust
ness affairs by wire, morning noon and
night.
Niggardliness.
This is another Innovation that the
park commissioners have permitted.
Their education is by process of evo-
luton, and no doubt that the busy, en-
ergetic little woman who has charge of
your comforts at the Upper Bason, will
in due time be permitted to raise fresh
vegetables, without in the least ma,ring
the magnificent forests and sights of
the park. The annual appropriations are
very niggartlly The average congress
man can see no utility in parks. With
him 1t is a matter of sentiment only,
and While he is frantic to vote for a
river and harbor bill, that carries with
it an appropriation for his constituents,
when q man like Lacey proposes, a
designed to preserve our
song birds. or our forests and water
supply, which latter is the very life of
q vast area of this country, he is met
With ridicule. A school of education
for congressman might be good thing.
If he can get an appropriation for his
native town of Podunk he is big fell
low. but when an appropriation is asked
for by the park commissioners. there is
a fight and the commissioners are
treated much as some men treat their
wives.
Sham Inspection.
We were treated while in the park to
a sample of the careful supervision
that the interior department exercises
over the park officials and the trans
portation company. At Mammoth
Spring we noticed an old swell, with
his wife and six children, from 10 to "a
years of age. He had been there a
week when we arrived. AS the wine
list was freely patronized at their ta-
BILE we were led to inquire the name of
this august and imperial person, and
earned that he was a Mr.. of
New York city, sent out by the govern
nent to inspect the park. When we got
10 the Canon hotel we found this fam
ly comfortably situated at that hotel,
still busy inspecting the park. The
officer and the hotel Off
10 doubt that Mr.. --'s report will
ind nothing to criticise. No man could, |
n decency accept the Inequalities that
we're offered him and his family and
hen offer criticisms on his hosts con-
luct. 1t seemed to me one of those
sham performances that one so often I
meets in official life. This man was
He wanted to spend the sum-
ner in the park with his family; he
lad pull so he secured the position
# government inspector. If the inter
or department really wanted to detect
buses in the park they would send
person there, who would see
vithot being seen, or, at least. without
icing known. / imagine that our
Wealthy friend secured very inexpen-
i've outing.
Don't Try Special.
Before we leave the Fountain hotel
want to say to those who contemlate
listing the park that If you think of
iring a team and seeing only points of
interest give it up 1t will cost you more
han the regular trip. 1t is all interest
ng and you must see it all. In every
,arty those will be found who are in
oubt about this. was am in doubt
70 longer A team and wagon will cost
GU $40 a day. You must go to Upper
Sasin and ycu must see the canon.
)ne is fifty miles south of Mammoth
springs and the other fifty miles south
asst. You must follow the road. You
ow see how impracticable the scheme.
{ you should miss the lake and Lake
Otel YOU would ALWAYS regret IT,