The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1903-04-12
ROOSEVELT is
HUNTING LIONS.
Whether He Has Killed Any Is as
Yet Unknown.
MANY WOLVES IN THE PARK
SNOW FALLING AND WEATHER
is VERY COLD.
MANY WOLVES IN TIE PARK

4 NACONDA. Mont. April IA spe-
4 eial to the STANDARD from Gar
diner says
President. Roosevelt IS hunting noun
tain lions today on slough creek. IN
company with Major Fitcner, The acting
superintendent of the park and a guard
Of soldiers. he left Fort Yellowstone or
Thursday morning for Yanceys fifteen
miles east of Mammoth Hot Springs.
from where he went 10 Slough creek.
There are more elk and deer In this
vicinity than in any other portion of
the park. and where the big game is
most numerous there are also TO be
found the most mountain lions. The
president viii undoubtedly bag a few
lions although il is not known here
whether he has secured any as yet He
will also get plenty of opportunity 10
shoot wolves, as there are many Of the
big gray fellows in that section.
The president left for The Yellowstone
i'm excellent spirits He was 90 have
ridden a fine bay Kentucky thorough
bred. but the animal is sick and a sine
troop horse one of the animals from
the gray troop, was substituted,
Trip to Yaneey's.
No members of the Presidents party
accompanied him 20 YanCey's. The trip
was not an especially difficult one, as
the soldiers had broken a trail through
the Yellowstone. The snow is not eX-
I tremely deep, and no special difficulty
was experienced In reaching Yancey's.
From Yancey's the president viii prob
ably visit .the lower falls. The soldiers
have broken a trail there. Lower falls
/ is five miles mp the river from Yancey's.
There are a great number of elk and
/ deer i'm that section. also. 10 is i'm the
vicinity of Slough creek that Death
guich is located, and it is understood
| that the president contemplates visit
to that stran@- canyon. The snow is
deep I'm that vicinity.
The weather was fairly good when
/ the president left Fort Yellowstone on
/ Thursday. bat il turned bad yesterday
/ Ii has been showing heavily since and
/ has turned cold. Those who have been
! i'm the park many seasons say that the
/ weather is worse now than il was ever
: before so far as white men know. at
] this time of the year. IL is showing
( heavily today. The wind is not blowing,
/ however. and it is not thought that the
snow viii drift to any great extent. Tie
/ 2
| special difficulty i'm reaching Fort yell
: lOwstOne. as the distance is not great
and a good trail has been broken.
Trip Will Be Difficult.
! President Roosevelt and Major Pitch
! err will return to Fort Yellowstone on
/ Tuesday if the chief executive carries
out his present plans He win leave
/ Immediately on a tour of the park II
/ is his intention to 90 through TO the
/ lake. New SHOWS will make the "trip
more difficult than was anticipated, but
! il is understood that the president pro-
poses to make it if he has to travel on
skees most of the way. No one viii
accompany the president on this trip
through the park except the soldiers.
The president today hunted at a p0int
on Slough creek about twenty-five miles
/ from Yancey's. Under no circumstances
! will ne either shoot elk, deer or any ami
mails protected by the rules and regula-
tons of the park.