El Paso herald. (El Paso, Tex.) 1901-1931, 1916-09-09

we climbed up the side of that range. 4
short hour later we were IN the great
mining and smelling city Of Anaconda
and shortly after reached Butte, where
We remained over night.
Over the Continental Divide
About nine the next morning, July 8
We left Butte. for the run TO Livingston
and Yellowstone park Most OF the road
was good but some was very bad and
treacherous. 4 short distance out OF
Butte We crossed the Continental Di-
vide at Pipestone Pass, but the grade
was so easy that we ran a half mile
before We realized We had gone over
the divide.
During the day We passed through
Three Forks, the birthplace Of the Mis-
souri, river; the famous Gallatin valley
and its city OF Bozeman; through Chest
nut canyon and on into Livingston
At Livingston / went over nv notes
and found that we had Travelled a total
distance OF 42S5 miles since leaving Fl
Paso and had average 100 miles per day
while actually on the road II was slow
travelling but we have had hundreds
of miles Of bad road
july We started for Gardner. the
north entrance to Yellowstone national
park. The road was very bad and 1t
took us from noon to $50 D. m. to drive
the So miles
The Visit To Yellowstone.
At Gardner / left nv car and took
the stage for the Park tour, as ] did
not care to be bound by the auto regu-
lations. With all the descriptive books,
pamphlets and newspaper and magazine
articles that have been written. 1t Is
superfluous for me to attempt any dis
cription of Yellowstone. except to state
that the Mammoth Hot Springs. the
Upper Geyser Basin and the Yellowstone
CANYON with its wonderfully pretty col
oring and water falls, are the three
great features OF the park. Other feat
ures while interesting, are all largely
subordinate to the trinity / have named.
For many years, certain transportation
Companies have had a monopoly in the
park-in past wears their service was
GOOD but now the old fashioned stage
coach Is out of date and a time killer
for the tourist. This season many tour
lists whose time was limited, complained
bitterly because it took practically SIX
and seven DAYS to see the park by stage.
when it could easily be seen in four by
motor bus and at the same time give
the tourist much more time to investi-
gate interesting features of the park.
Yellowstone Eastward
We STAYED in the park six days and
during the forenoon of July Il returned
to Livingston. At one that afternoon
we started down the valley of the Vel
loyystone. The road generally was good
and we arrived at Billings at $50, but
found the town crowded with people
waiting list of over two hundred al
the hotels-so we drove on Il miles to
Huntley, where We secured hotel &C
commodations.
The next morning We found the road
generally good to Custer and generally
poor from Custer to Miles CITY Just
west of Miles CITY the road for two or
three miles passes through typical bad
lands of the same formation that has
made Medora. \. Oak. famous.
Running on escaped Paving"
While We were IN about the middle OF I
that particular stretch a heavy shower I
fell and changed that road TO some |
thing resembling a pavement with about |
an inch covering Of soft soap. I think |
it was the stickiest proposition we were /
ever on top of on wheels. The track !
of the craziesf Mexican WAGON / ever |