Warren sheaf. [volume] (Warren, Marshall County, Minn.) 1880-current, 1920-09-29
An Account of Trip to i 49,
Yellowstone National Park
BY the Editor Of the Sheaf.

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Satire but: learned from his wife that
he was not at home. Andrew, so we
used to call him when he grew up in
Warren, is a; Z. S. deputy marshal for
Montana and coming man in Mon
tana politics. He was candidate for
a state Office at the recent primaries
and although he did not land the posi-
ton this time, he is yet young man
with good staying qualities and it
would not surprise us to see him goy-
ernor of the state at some future time.
f., We left Helena on Wednesday morn
ing, Aug. II, bound for Great Falls. the
home Of the N. E. Bystrom family. DR..
P. a. Fair, of Helena. who ACCOMPANY
led us, wished to show US something
wonderful in the scenic line, on the way
.assda therefore guided -: ever i, ;fiffer-
ent road than the OLE usually travel
led, to the great gap of the Missouri,
about 20 miles from Helena where the
river has broken through the noun
tains, ages and ages ago. When we
came to that place we hired gaso-
line launch to take our party down the
river for many miles as it flows onward
in its course through the big opening
in the mountains made by erosion.
On both sides of the river rise the pic
turesque, often perpendicular. walls of
the mountains, a thousand feet or more
in height. - The beautifully tinted
strata of rocks cut through and. laid
bare by the action Of the water and the
peculiar; often grotesquely. carved
rocky formations, with here and there
a grassy and. wooded slope extending
to the waters edge, make scenery al
most as grand and sublime as in the
Great Canyon Of the Yellowstone. 1t
surely is an interesting sight. Return
ing to our automobiles from this very
enjoyable little excursion down the
great gap of the Missouri, we motor
along winding mountain roads to the
other end of the gap, where great
dam has been constructed across the
river, called the Hotter dam, that fur
nishes power for hydo-electric plant
capable of generating $4,000 horse
power, if we remember rightly. The
electric current is transmitted by cable
to Butte, Helena and other Montana
cities, supplying them with light and
power. Thus the river which has
flowed idly in its course since it ac-
complished the herculean task of break
ing through the mountains, has been
harnessed by man and made to serve a
useful purpose. On the bank of the
river right below the dam and in full
view of the great works, we ate our
lunch, posed for a group picture before
the camera, and then resumed our
journey to Great Falls, where we ar
rived at about nine o'clock in the even
ing. The Bystrom family were now at
home, and we, Minnesota pilgrims also
felt at home because we were with
them. DR.. Fair went to the home of a
brother pastor to spend the night, so
we babe farewell to him and thanked
him for his hospitality and genial com
partnership. At the Bystrom home we
rested, visited and enjoyed ourselves
for three whole days. We discarded
ordinary citizens clothes. The trium-
yirate Of young ladies, Martha, Ebba
and Edith, who had tried to make a
mash with every good looking Montana
cowboy and tourist we had met, on the
way, including DR.. Fair, now became
very reserved and sedate, and began to
primp up 50 as not to be too far behind
the young ladies of Great Falls in style.
The writer thought he would put on a
little style himself by investing in a
new hat. We entered one Of the larg-
est clothing stores in the city to make
the purchase and the salesman who
sold us the new head gear was our old
friend, Mr.. E. NJ. Thompson, formerly
for manv wears tho head If tho drv
goods department in the store of the
Peoples Trading Company at Warren.
We surely were glad to see him. At
another time Mr.. Bystrom took us to
one Of the largest banks in the city. to-
get check cashed and the genial young
man who handed over the money to us