The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1903-04-12

Yellowstone will rise the terraces OF the
Mammoth Hot Springs with their wealth
of scenic splendor almost unsurpassed.
These terraces are a series of natural foun-
tains built one upon the other upon the
high slope above the Mammoth Hot
Springs Hotel. Above them on the slope
the feeding waters are emitted from the
earth through limestone deposits and are
strongly charged with calcium carbonate,
which for centuries has been slowly de-
posting itself as travertine. the brilliant
white rock OF which the Coliseum of Rome
was built. This terrace, with its success
sion OF natural basins, rises like a success
sion of fiat glaciers. The water within Is
pure crystal and so perfectly smooth as to
mirror the azure of the sky or the varic-
gated tints of the sunset glow.
Minerva Terrace of this series near Fort
Yellowstone is one OF the most delicate
handiworks of nature. Perhaps the Presi-
dent may force his way to the canyon and
great falls of the Yellowstone or view some
Of the geysers of the park. Old Faithful
of the Yellowstone group is the most per-
feet geyser in the world. Every hour it
spouts to height of 80 feet. while rain
bows play around 1t. and sometimes it
day. Indeed. while in the great park the
President will be treadng the snowy sur
face Of a redhot earth furnace not far
beneath his feet Within its precincts are
scattered 1000 geysers, one hundred mud
volcanoes and countless hot springs whose
waters in some cases bubble to the snowy
surface with temperature of 165 degrees.
SEALED GUN AND BRUIN.
When the President enters the park his
gun will be sealed. IL he carry one. During
President Arthur's visit to the same reser-
walton he and General Schofield shot game
at pleasure. as suggested. but to-day the
rules governing the park are more rigid.
They are made by the secretary Of the in
terror, who. of course, would waive them
II the President desired, for the spectacle
of President being disciplined by order
of a member of his own Cabinet would be
rather anomalous.
But Mr.. Roosevelt wants to set his fell
low-citizens a good example of obedience
to law and order. Hence, he will not pull
a trigger within the precincts of the peo-
pies pleasure ground. The rules of the
park not only forbid shooting. but also the
capture and trapping of game. Campers
are permitted to fish for sport and for their
own food purposes, but angling for COM
merce Is strictly tabooed. Another regu,a-
ton provides that no one shall reside per-
manently within the reservation without
special permit. In spite Of these and other
regulations, poachers are lately reported to
have renewed their work within the yell
lowstone, and 1t is said that the President
will devote some of his time to a study of
the best means of more securely thwarting
these lawbreakers.
1t will doubtless be sore temptation for
the President to take quiet little shot at
bruin after his recent bad luck in hunting
that rotund and furry inhabitant of the
forest dens. Bruin is the most sociable of
all wild creatures Of the Yellowstone He
has become semi-domesticated in the hotel
vicinities and has learned that the refuse
heaps of the hostelries offer a much more
regular diet than may be had by dint of
foraging in the thicket.
Having made his run from Minneapolis
up through Montana. the President will end
this first chapter Of his trip at Cinnabar
! the terminus of the Northern Pacific, FIVE
miles above the park He will there leave
all the members of his party to shift for
themselves until he energies, sixteen days
later.
SECRETARY ON DUTY.
At this little town Secretary Loeb with
two stenographers, viii attend to such cor
respondence as has accumulated during the
first two weeks of the trip. There Secretary
Loeb will receive the presidential mail and
dispatches. If any documents of unusual
Importance have to be brought TO the Pres
ident's attention one of the executive clerks
will be sent to Cinnabar. but Secretary Loeb
will let little short of an outbreak of war
induce him to disturb the chief. However
the secretary will be in direct wire connec-
ton with the Presidents headquarters at
Fort Yellowstone. Not even the Cabinet
members aboard the presidential train will
dare to follow Mr.. Roosevelt into the park
The President will again break away from
all of the members of his party on May G,
when. after having resumed his trip, he will
enter the Grand Canon of Arizona for a
long stretch of genuine rough riding, his
sole companion being Governor Brodie, of
Arizona, who was lieutenant colonel of the
Presidents regiment In the Cuban cam
paign.
Another disappearing feat will be accom-
plished by the President in the Yosemite
valley, where he will camp four days with
John Muir, the famous Yosemite guide.
For the fourth time Mr.. Roosevelt will cut
loose from his party and make a fifty-mile
equestrian dash across the plains of Wy
oming, from Laramie to Cheyenne. During
all of these four disappearance secret serv-
ice and newspaper men will be expected to
keep of the trail. and those journalists who
travel on the presidential train will keep
faith. But whether any correspondent dis
patched to the field independently will be
able to keep up with the strenuous execu-
tive remains to be seen.
JOHN ELFRETH WATKINS, JR.
PROTECTION PRECAUTIONS.