Judith Gap journal. [volume] (Judith Gap, Mont.) 1908-19??, 1913-03-14

ary catches of Dolly Warden trout in
the. NORTH. fork of, the Flathead. bow
man and other lakes upon the shores
of which camps were pitched. Tie
fishing, which WAS begun bv the
guide himself. merely for the camp
frying pan, became SO furious that
the other members Of the party chop
ped to it" improvising tackle for the
occasion. They whipped the streams
and lakes just for the sport Of. the
p roliRous catches which the virgin
waters afforded. throwing back all
that were not needed to- .;appeasc
tickle appetites which had grown
tired of venison and bear meat after
three weeks in the mountains.
Inside the park proper, probably is
the greatest trout fishing in the
world. Experts who feel qualified
to make comparisons say so at least.
But. within. the boundaries of Glacier
Park the United States government
limits the daily catch to twenty-five
fish for each fisherman. There pro-
badly is y proper precaution. fisher
man declare, since the park now is
open to 4 great stream Of tourists
each summer-last years attendance
exceeding by two hundred per cent
the attendance at some of the oldest
national parks in the country. And
this, III the second year Of It's exist
ence, is all indication of its early
popularity Ut Uncle Sans newest
national park.
Until last year the only possible
way to get into this new national
park was by pony. Last year Louis
". Hill, chairman Of the Board Of
Directors OF the Great Northern
Railway, built thirty two miles Of
automobile scenic highway, linking
st. Mary's Lake direct with Glacier
Park Station, Montana, the eastern
gateway to the Park This opened
the way for the big tide Of "See
America First tourists. The new
scenic highway meanders around the
foothills Of the big range and through
ten miles of pine forest in the
country Uf the Blackfeet Indians to
which is attached volumes OF legen-
Diary tales that are highly interesting
to the tourists.
This automobile highway is part
of the great development work of
MIR. Hill, who, at its beginning has
built the most unique 100000 log
hotel Iii the world Glacier Park
Hotel. This hostelry, from which
the highway leads to the picturesque
Swiss chalet camps at Two Medicine
Lake, Cut Bank and st. Mary's
Lake and McDermott, are built of
huge cedar and tir logs. Some of the
pillars are six feet in diameter and u
hundred feet long
\ strange sequence to this artistic
development of Uncle Sans new
| Park i'll the Rockies is that it has
been a magnetic factor in cenenting
the ties of friendship between the
Indian and the pale face. The Pie
gan or Blackfeet Indians were natur-
ally savage, lighting race III the old
days. The Crow tribe can testify to
this. But since the automobile has
replaced the stage coach in the Park
the Indian has gone forth over the
trails seeking to clasp the hands Of
the visiting whites instead of to hunt
the wild animals Of the mountains,
as he used to. What is most amaz-
ing is that the novelty OF the trans
formation has brought to the faces
of the Indian the smile that wont
come off. They delight III establish
ing their tepee cities upon the reser-
walton and comingling with h e
tourists, exchanging words OF well
come through interpreters. Some Of
the Indians even have become licens-
ed guides and escort tourist parties
through the park in the summer, tell
ing them stories Of the marvellous
game region in the hope of getting
the real hunters to visit their country
III the tall Of the year to go upon big
game hunting expeditions. The old
er members of the Dlackfeet tribe
relate some wonderful hunting tales
OF the buffalo chase in the Glacier