Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1909-08-05

or 10 species, which under the rigid
protection accorded them, may be
seen in greater numbers and at
closer range than in most parts of
the country. Unrivalled opportunities
are afforded for studying the nesting
and feeding habits of the osprey or
fish hawl in the canyons of the Gar
diner and Yellowstone rivers.
Large numbers of the Canada geese
have reared their young in the park
this season and showed little fear of
molestation by visitors. Also ducks
of many varieties, not including cam
vaSbackS. PelicanS and gulls occupy
the entire surface of one small is,
land in Yellowstone Lake as their
nursery. More than 20 species of
birds come to the park to rear their
young, but many of the song birds
and others that generally nest near
the human habitations are annually
destroyed by the house cats. For
this reason cats as we'll as dogs will
not hereafter be permitted in the
park
Nearly all the streams of the park
have trout in them,-Rocky Noun
tain, Rainbow, Eastern Brook, Won
Behr, Loeb Leven.-and lake trout
are found at various points conyen-
lent to the hotels, and Yellowstone
Lake is full of salmon trout.
These waters are free to all an
glers under a few wise. simple re-
strictions enforced by the Acting Su-
perintendent of the park. The choice
spots for trouting may be learned
readily each year from the hotel
managers.
The choice piscatoraI waters how
ever are at Yancey's. There. some
twenty miles from Mammoth Hot
Springs, the Yellowstone river. Just
below the foot of the Grand Canon,
is large stream with wide bends
and pools and here the trout seems
to enjoy trying conclusions with the
angler.
Let the tourist who enjoys trout
ing by all means plan to spend sew
eral days here and there in the park
for this purpose.
The most pronounced feature of
the park is the Grand Canon On
this point there are no two opinions.
Even the chronic northumberland he
does find his way here's hushed
to silence when he views this, and
he has no criticisms to make upon
the Almighty for His work at this
point.
The visitors to the park vary some
what in different years.
1904, Visitors to Park, 1927.
1905, Visitors to Park, 26,188.
1905, Visitors to Park, 17,182.
1907, Visitors to Park, 16,414.
1908, Visitors to Park, 1852.
The journey to the park from the
east is in itself liberal education.
One gains a better knowledge Of
ones own country, forms broader
idea of the vastness of our great do
main, learns as one never learns
otherwise what it means to be an
American and to sing, MY country!
It's of thee
The park is one of the grandest
places in the country for a good,
wholesome rest and release from the
heat and noise and dirt and nervous
strain of the city in summer. Going
to the very heart of Gods Wonder
land in the mountains where eleva-
ton brings GOODNESS and health, where
the great hills and forests calm and
strengthen the mind where the
streams roar madly through mighty
canons and the trout sport in the
rapids, where the hot fountains play,
the lakes ripple in the sunlight or
reflect the cliffs which edge their
shores, where the flowers bedeck
descent springs gush from super
heated underground reservoirs, where
from rolling coach, or perchance,
from hotel porch, the noble elk and
graceful deer may be seen feeding at
their ease-going, we say, to this
Wonderland in the mountains, means
a sensible, sane, heaVen-irapired
method of rest and recreation, means
new blood, new nerves, new life.