, 1922-06-01
YELLOWSTONE PARK TO
ENTERTAIN THOUSANDS
indications that Season 1922 will Eclipse all
Previous Records. Roads in Good Condi-
ton. Semi Centennial Year

Thousands of inquiries regarding
touring conditions in Yellowstone
National Park, indicating exception
ally heavy travel this year. are pour
ing into the superintendent office.
and prompts this announcement that
the park will be open on time, de-
spite an unsual long, cold spring, and
that the roads will be in first class
condition for motoring from the very
beginning OF the season.
Excellent Roads
The autumn of 1921 was warm and
dry. thus making it possible to do
heavy hauling by trucks in connec-
ton with construction work with
out cutting up the roads. Thus, all
of the highways went into the winter
in splendid shape. and under the
system of range patrol in the spring.
to prevent washing by melting snow
water. they are bound to emerge
from their winter covering in prac-
tically the same condition.
The park will be open to private
motorists as soon as the passes are
cleared of snow. but travel by rail
cannot be accommodated until June
goth. when all OF the public utilities
OF the Park are ready for operations.
On that date 1t is expected that every
road In the Park. with the possible
exception of the Mount Washburn
road, will be open. and every human
effort will be put forth to make ac-
cessihle to automobiles this spectacu-
lar and thrilling highway to the sum-
NIT of Washburn, 10000 feet above.
the sea
Many improvements
Always advancing, Yellowstone
National Park will have many new
features available for its tourists to
enjoy, better facilities for their
accommodation and entertainment.
and more opportunities for healthfui
recreation.
The old Cooke City road. leading
ton of the wonderful G~rasshopper
Glacier. a road that his been in dis
repair for years on account of insult
ficient funds to maintain 1t, will be
repaired this veal and patrolled
throughout the summer. Campts at
Cooke City and Goose Lake. and
good horses, will make the Grass
hopper Glacier easily accessible from
Camp Roosevelt.
The road around Bunsen Peak,
closed to travel since the admission
OF automobiles to the Park, will be
reopened this e in improved con-
dition. and will make accessible the
sensational Gardiner Canyon. second
deepest in the Park. In this Con-
yon is Osprey Falls, $50 feet. one of
the parks finest water exhibits.
Big Game
The buffalo corral at Mammoth
Hot Springs has been partitioned,
and this year elk will be in the reach
of tourist cameras, as we'll as the
most magnificent bulls of the buffalo
herds.
Saddle Horse Tours
The Yellowstone Park Camps Com
pany will conduct four fourteen-day
saddle horse tours of the trails, which
this year will parallel every road In
the Park. These tours will be under
the direction OF Tex Holm, famous
Cody guide and horseman. Also
there will be more saddle horses
available at Mammoth Hot Springs,
Old Faithful. Grand Canyon and
Camp Roosevelt, than ever before.
New side trip trails will make the
marvellous scenic SUBMITS OF Mount
Everts, Bunsen Peak and Sepulchre
Mountain, all near headquarters.
within easy reach OF the lovers Of
horseback riding. New trails near
the Grand Canyon and along its rim
will afford delightful new horseback
and walking trips in that section OF
the Park.
Camp Extensions
BY way of improvement of accom-
modations and facilities for visitors,
the dining Of Old Faithful Inn
has been enlarged in capacity by a
new log addition, 50x51 feet - a
very attractive and interesting room.
The Lake Hotel will be enlarged this
year by an annex containing 121
rooms, each with bath. but this will
not be available for use until 1923.
The Camps Company has enlarged
its permanent camp capacity at all
points Of interest by erecting units
OF attractive wooden cabins Of a de.
sign recently approved by the Land.
scape Department of the National
Park Service. At Old Faithful the
permanent camp has been further
improved by the erection Of a large
amusement hall, where a fine or.
chestra will be employed to entertain
guests and campers from the nearby
automobile camp.
The Transportation Company has
added twenty new eleven-passeuger
buses and several seven-passenRer
touring cars to its already very large
fleet.
The National Park Service is en-.
larging its public automobile camps
at all points and will build several
more this summer. The new COM
bined ranger stations and commun-
ity centers for campers at Grand
CanyOn and Old Faithful havo hoou