Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-07-14
STATEHICHWAY
WILL PUT CITY
ATPARK'SD0OR
May Use Federal Money to
Build Gravel Road in
Reservation.

Six hours by motor from Great Falls
to Glacier Park station.
Leave this city after lunch. drive
moderately over pdvement-like roads,
and eat your evening meal in Giacler
Park hotel.
This ideal weekend automobile trip
for Great Falls motorists will he in
all blue books before another two years.
il plans of the Montana highway COM
mission mature.
Money to build a graveled road from
Browning, east and south to connect
with the Y-G Bee Line at Dupuyer,
has cen applied for by the state high
way commission. This road is within
the Blackfeet Indian reservation and
funds for its construction may be taken
from federal highway funds, under n
recent ruling of the secretary of agrl-
culture. who ordered that all federal
highway money. previously apportioned
to states and not matched dollar for
dollar by them. may be used in build
ing roads on Indian reservations within
those states.
Good Roads to Choteau
Already the road from Great Falls
to ChOteau is like a pavement. 1t is
in fair condition from Choteau to By
mum, and with a little effort can be
made excellent to the point where it
will link with the highway on the reser-
walton.
When this highway lis completed,
more han ever will Great Falls be the
gateway to Glacier National park.
Glacier Park station. on the main
transcontinental line of the Great
Northern railway and on the Y-G Bee
Line automobile highway, is the east
ern and principal entrance to the park.
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Glacier Park hotel. the gateway hostel
~ of the park and starting point for
trips farther north.
200 Rooms in Hotel
1t is a short walk along wide poppy
bordered paths. through the gateway
arch to the hotel. The architecture
of this mammoth structure is what
may be called the forestry type-the
striking feature being The immense logs
of Douglas fir used as supporting pill
lars, inside and out. Many Of these
logs are ~ feet high and several meas
ure 3 feet in diameter. They extend
from basement to roof.
From Glacier Park hotel four at
t~ractive auto trips may be made. as
the automobile highway starts here.
The one-day trip to Going-to-the-Sun
chalets on st. Mary lake is always
popular.
The popular going-in point for all
tourists desiring to visit the Going-to-
the-Sun and Glacier regions is the st.
Mary chalets, 30 miles from Glacier
Park station.
Emerging from the dense timber
along the automobile road. one gets
the first comprehensive idea of Glacier
National park, as the mountains
massed at the head of st. Mary valley
suddenly are exposed to view.
Ribbon.Like Bodies of Water
Here are two narrow. ribbon-ike
bodies of water-the st. Mary lakes.
The upper lake is 10 miles long, with
the mountains rising abruptly from
the shores; at the lower end Of this
lake are the st. Mary chalets-the
fourth group in the chain of places
operated by the hotel company.
AT st. Mary chalets a sturdy
launch, capable of carrying 100 pas
sengers, is waiting. and transfer from
the automobiles is made bv passengers
taking the side trip to Going -to-the-
Sun chalets at the head of the lake.
Here, perhaps, the loveliest single pic
ture in the park-in fact, many who
are competent to judge say. in the
worlds to be seen from the chalet
porches.