The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1924-09-10
YELLOWSTONE PARK SUPER
INTENDENT PRAISES BEAU
TIFUL "GALLATIN Way
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benefit and enjoyment If posterity.
Before leaving on an early morn
ing train for Livingston on his way
back to Mammoth Hot Springs, he
took occasion to meet for the first
time, Mrs. Doane, widow of one of
the members OF the original Wash
burn-FOlson-Doane exploration par
ty which first explored and mapped
Yellowstone park in 1869. He said
the party took on their supplies in
BOzeman, and going over the Trail
creek route and through Yankee Jim's
canyon IN the upper Yellowstone, en-
tered the park near where the town
of Gardiner now stands and while
camping at the junction of the Glib
bon and FirehOle rivers mapped the
park, or as much as they had seer of
it, and decided IN the plan of cOnser-
walton and preservation which was
~afteTward put in the form of a bill
and signed by President Grant.
Exploitation Unsuccessful.
In referring to the attempt of GER
tain interests to exploit the Yellow
stone by securing the passage Of a
bill designed to take away from the
people their public ownership of the
water power in the park, Mr.. Albright
referred to the reports made by the
United States photographic engi-
neers to the effect that the waters
from the Yellowstone lake did not
cause the disastrous floods further
down the valley, but that such dam
age between Billings and Forsyth
was directly tracable to the high wa
tiers from the Big Horn river, with
a water shed Of $4,000 square miles
as compared with the Yellowstone
lake water shed of only 900 square
miles. He said that the Yellowstone
river was a natural reservoir
and that it did not reach its maxi
mum high water stage until from one
to two weeks after the damage had
been done by the Big Horn raise. He
said that if the Yellowstone lake is
ever damned for commercial pur-
poses, the water would have to be
completely shut off at both the up
per and lower falls for a period of
about six months in three wears ont
Of every ten.
Mr.. Albright praised Bozeman's
cooperative spirit and its friendly
and harmonious feeling toward the
park service and what it stands f.y.
, He expressed his appreciation of the
valuable assistance rendered the park
cfficials by the professors at Mon
tana State college through their Sc
entific advice and h~elpfulness in 9th
r er directions. He said the park was
DESTROYS Of increasing the business
0 contact with the city of Bozeman
and that the tourist business could
1 and would, be developed into one Of
I the community's profitable industries
> He promised that as soon as mex
q years congressional appropriation 70.
y National park roads was available
t work would begin on the construct
e ion on the park road between Soldier
n station and the West Yellowstone en-
trance, which would match up will
n the work that Gallatin county anc
e the Gallatin National Forest service
: has done, and which will complet,
the 90 miles of park highway be
: tween Bozeman and the park which
i both he and Stephen T. Mather, di
rector of all the National parks. pro
claim n of the most beautiful ant
safe park entrance roads anywher,
: in the United States.
The meeting was presided over. a
POSTMASTER, by w. Burr Clark. super
5 visor of the Gallatin National forest
City Attorney George D. Pease. de
( ivered a response to Mr.. Albright
address which was direct and to tn,
: point and was well received. He sal,
that it did not matter to the peonl,