Evening star., 1925-08-09

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ever offered to the tourists Of Yellow
stone National Park. Old Plains week
will be celebrated, beginning August
80 at the Buffalo Ranch. The feature
of the affair will be a buffalo round
up, staged upon the prairies close by
the Lamar River. which will serve to
revive the interesting experiences OF
the Indians and the first pioneer
settlers of the Great West.
All the thrills and picturesque sur
roundings Of a real buffalo roundup
are promised, with the dumb actors
drawn from the Lamar River herd
which numbers approximately 800
head, a majority Of the buffalo now
being within the park boundaries.
Hundreds of Indians, costumed and
accoutered as in primitive. days. and
scores of rip-roaring, rearing, tearing
cowboys will comprise the human
cast.
Old Stage Coaches.
Leaving civilization behind at the
Canyon station. visitors going to the
Buffalo Ranch will ride in old-time
stage coaches. with teams Of four or
six horses, and one Of the stirring
experiences of the trip will be the
fording of the Lamar River under
conditions that will simulate the
dangers and excitements that beset
the traveller of years ago.
At the ranch. in addition TO the en-
crossing drama of rounding UP the
great herd of buffalo-the same. by
the way, which movie fans all over
the country have seen In the picture,
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be given the opportunity of visualiz
ing this great country as 1t was SO
many decades past. Typical Indian
camps, with their teepees. open fires.
trayois, chiefs, braves, sQuaws and
papooses, and exhibits Of the handi'
work of the tribe, will be open to
inspection.
There will be Indian dances and
mystic ceremonials and the 1875
tenderfoot will have all the nalr.
raising thrills of the tenderfoot of hall
century ago except the possibility
of actual hair.raising. There will be
no scalping of palefaces, although
Old Plains week is supposed to be a
lark for the Indians as well as treat
for Yellowstone visitors.
Record Attendance Expected.
Inquiries and reservations already
received indicate that all records OF
travel in this greatest Of all the ma
tional parks will be broken during
this celebration. Already new marks
have been set up this season and 1t
is believed that the end is not in sight
Up to July Is a total OF ol, ,s5e
visitors had been clocked at yellow
stone, as compared with 48,s3s foI
the same period last year and 41,oSs
in 1923. OF this years travellers, oy
far the largest number-3l ,51S-came
by automobile, and required 1l,61s
cars for their transportation.
The largest number OF travellers or
one day was 2,555 on July ,.on wnlcr
day a new record was also estao
lished for the number of AUTOMOBILES
entering the park in a single day
SGT. as compared with a previous rec
ord of 502 made on July ~ last year
A Million Visitors.
Exact figures are not available, but
II is estimated by the National Park
Service that since the first known
entrant, John Golfer. more than one
million other Americans have visited
the Yellowstone and been awed ano
enchanted by its wonders and beau
ties. This, together with the STEADY
growth of park travel, is hailed al
evidence that Americans are realizing
more and more that they do not neec
to go abroad to find magnificent seen
cry. At the same time 1t has beer
impressed upon them that 1t is gooo
business for them to do their travelling
at home, the beneficent effects being
felt by almost every line Of industry
and business from transportation tt
banking and from agriculture to hote
keeping.
France reaps a golden harvest from
tourists annually and practically al
of them foreigners Very few are
her own people. OF the foreigners
the majority are Americans. theil
proportionate number being exceeded
only by the open-handed manner II
which they scatter their money abou'
wherever they go. On the other hand
comparatively few Europeans come t.
the United States on sightseeing trips
and it Is a measure of enlightened
selfishness for Americans to do theil
holidaying in their own country.
A Vast Wonderland.
Few persons who have not visited
Yellowstone Park have any real con
ception Of the extent OF this vast won
derland. Perhaps some idea may bt
conveyed by the statement that II th'
scenic marvels OF this national reser
walton could be spread out In q strir
one mile wide along the shortest rail
road route from New York City t
San Francisco, there would still b.
approximately 216 square miles for I
side trip from New York to Wash
ington.
This startling computation is baset
upon figures which show that th'
shortest railroad route across th'
continent between the cities namet
measures $40 miles. while the Vel