Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-06-25
ROADS in GOOD
CONDITION ON
Y.-C. BEE Line
Many Tourists Expected From
Yellowstone Park
This Year.

Road conditions from Yellowstone to
Glacier park are in uniformly good con-
ditiOn, is the consensus of answers TO
a series of letters sent out by l.. r.
Jones. secretary of the I-G Bee Line
Highway association.
Evidence that the roads are being
given close attention in keeping them
in good condition for tourist trade is
given in the letters. as well as proof OF
the optimism of the towns on the high
way regarding tourists travel.
In Fine Condition
Replying to your letter regarding
the roads from Gardiner to Livingston.
will say they are in fine condition and
have been for some time. as we have
had very little rain this spring" writes
Earl III. Hall of Gardiner. There is a
fine piece of road from Livingston this
way for Is miles or more. Instruct
all tourists that the road is plainly
marked. both Y-G Bee Line and Vel
lowstone trail"
Also showing good road conditions is
the letter from d. p. Bates, secretary
of the Park County Chamber of Com
merce. He writes:
Roads through Park county are in
very good condition. The last few
DAYS have dried them up and they are
bClhk ~Nl oGiN i'"A W.
sail north to the county line is quite
rough but we believe We can get it
smOothed down within a few days.
However, the road is not bad at all.
The road from Livingston to Pine
Creek is hard surfaced and equal to
paving.
Park Road Changed
About 100 men worked on the road
from Pine Creek to Emigrant recently,
and while | was not there myself. | am
told the rOad is shaping up fine. The
county also did some grading up there
during the last few days. The road
from Emigrant to the park is receiving
constant floating by patrols.
II might mention that the road from
Livingston to the park is changed this
year from the north side of the Vel
lowstone river to the south side be-
tween what we call Carriers bridge.
about five miles south of Livingston. to
Emigrant. | notice the Blue Book
and some other like publications show
the straight road. We are trying to
mark this sufficiently well but | notice
there is an inclination on the part of
many travellers to disregard the signs
and use the auto route book direc-
lions.
Y-G Bee Line Popular
I'VE put on a good roads day re-
Gently and had $50 men working the
roads in every direction.
THE auto travel is starting early
this year, and the greatest number of
cars passed through Livingston for the
park that have ever passed through on
the first day of the season. About 60
cars were registered at our tourist park
last evening. A good many inquiries
with regard TO the Dad from Livingston
to Glacier park by way of White Sui
phur Springs and Great Falls have
been coming in. | expect that the
Y-G Bee Line will receive a consid-
cradle amount of travel this year"
Reports received by the Great Falls
Commercial club show that the high
wsy from Belt to Great Falls is in ex-
cellent condition.
S. H. Roll of Fairfield writes that
the road conditions are good. He says:
81 Miles In Hour
"The highway is in excellent condi-
ton between here and Great Falls and
between here and Choteau. People
have been driving from here to Great
Falls in an hours time. The distance
is 81 miles and this time seems to me
is an average to show good road on
ditions."
Reporting on roads out of Browning.
F. G. Campbell. superintendent of the
Rlackfeet Indian agency. writes:
The roads from Browning to Badger
creek bridge. or really a half mile south
of the bridge, are very good. From
Browning west to the Glacier park
road, they are rough but we are doing
come work on them and by June 30
they will be In very good condition.
They are passable, however, and if
tourists are not in too much Of a
hurry, they will get over them without
any difficulty"