The Washington herald., 1921-06-26
SUMMERS ADVENT
FINDS GREAT PARK
OPENED TO PUBLIC
Wild Beauty of Mountains
Brings Motor Folks
In Abundance.
CAMP SITE s FIXED
Ranch Round-Ups to Be
Part of Seasons Fes-
tivities.
CAMP SITE S FIXED

YEILOwSTONE PARK Wyo..
June a5.-wonderful Yellowstone
Park Is about to open her gates for
the 1871 season, and there Is every
Indication that for the next ninety
days her roads and trails will be
,thronged with visitors from every
State In the Union. There are al
ready several hundred tourists
camping In the park, fishing and
otherwise passing the time until
they can cross the divides, which
the onicials of the park are now
opening as fast as snow conditions
permit.
Sylvan Pass through the Absaroka
Mountains. which is crossed by the
Cody approach road, will be open In
q few days. considerably in advance
of the formal date for opening the
park-June 20. Even Dunraven
Pass. through which one of the most
thrilling roads Of the park runs. will
be open on June 81, about ten days
earlier than usual, The roads over
the Continental Divide. which Is
crossed three times in the park, are
already open.
Park Roads Excellent.
Yellowstone's roads are in excel
lent condition since the weather set
tied and brought less rain. They
are thoroughly dry and will be kept
IN splendid condition all summer.
because the maintenance crews are
on their stations with all the equip
ment necessary to keep their sec
tions hard and smooth About los
miles Of the road system will be
sprinkled twice a day.
Facilities for camping in the park
are better than ever before. The
National Park Service has greatly
extended its developed camping
areas by adding to the pipe lines
that supply the camps in the most
popular sections Of the park with
pure water. and by installing more
comfort stations All OF the camps
have been cleaned thoroughly and
wood is being brought in for tourist
use. OF course. visitors are at lib
erty to camp anywhere in the park,
but the developed camp grounds are
attractive to people who like the
community spirit and good fellow
ship that prevails where big groups
Of motorists pitch their tents to-
gether.
New Ranger Stations.
During the summer, at Old Faith
ful and at the Grand Canyon of the
Yellowstone, the government will
construct big, new ranger stations,
each Of which will contain an i'm
mense room designed especially as
a community center for campers. 1t
will have a large fireplace and will
be especially attractive on cold or
rainy nights The rangers at these
stations win conduct information
bureaus and will give talks on the
natural features of the park
This year at headquarters. Nam
moth Hot Springs, a new informa-
tion ONCE and museum will be
opened. and II is believed that II
will be the biggest tourist informa-
tion bureau in the West, although
II Is not expected that 1t will dis
tribute as much printed matter as
some other bureaus will put into
circulation In connection with this
Office, lectures will be given, and II
Is expected that campers will be es-
pecialIy pleased with the facilities
that have been provided for their
entertainment and comfort in con-
nection with this establishment.
Roads approaching the park
through Montana, Idaho and wyo-
ming, although in bad shape in
places a few weeks ago on account