The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-10-16

sumo any airs OF superiority with the
$50 park guides, with the 65 chauf-
feurs who drive the picturesque red
buses, or with the cooks of the Park
Saddle Horse company. Among
these are college boys, artists, poets,
and sciOns of EurOpe's a-ristOcracy.
When off duty the employees of the
companies are quite as willing to
join the dance at Mikes Place." as
in the ball room of the hotel. There
on the east side of town, on every
night of the season, the large hall is
filled with a crowd of pleasuTe-seek-
ers, many of them from the big ho-
tel on the hill. Here is seen a var-
iety of costumes, from the latest
mode in sports suits to the uncOn-
ventional garb of the cowboy, who
furnishes the much sought Wild West
air to the entertainment. A good or
chestra furnishes the music that in
spires the dance.
The town is sheltered by the
mountains on the south and west,
and by the uplands north and east.
At any season of the year it has a
businesslike appearance, because Of
the constant coming and going of the
trains. nder the hotel management
are a number of cottages, the homes
of the chief employees. These are
attractive without and within. Most
of the other houses in the town prop
er are of the bungalow type, and Of
a rustic style of architecture, but
within them are pianos, victrolas, and
even radio sets.
The principal building here, as in
most small western towns, is the
schOOlhOuse, a long, story brick
building, that is modern in every re-
spect, containing as it does, running
water, and being lighted by cleo
tricity. Here IS pupils receive IN
strUctiOn under the efficient man.
agement of Superintendent Manken-
burg and his assistant, Mrs. OlesOn.
The course includes at present one
year of high school work. That this
is accomplished with but two teach
ers, speaks eloquently for their abil-
ity.
There is a small, well-chosen Ii
brary, and the sc%hOOlhouse is also
the home of a circulating library, at
present consisting of 100 volumes,
with Mrs. Burr Smith, librarian. This
library is the result of a continuous
campaign of the Glacier Park Wo-
mems club-fOr the town has a club
of 20 wOmen who are public spirited,
and fully determined to work for the
towns best interests. They have sol
icited contributions Of money and of
books for the library. Among those
who have responded to this appeal is
the Great Northern Association of
Physicians and Surgeons, which don
ated $50 for it's upkeep. The librar-
ian reports that an average of 80
books are drawn monthly.
There are two stores in Glacier
Park, and a butchers shop. The
town also has a gift and curio shop
and two garages, besides those of
the transportation company. Ice
cream and refreshing drinks are
procuTable, and it is possible to Sc
cure a shave and haircut, or a mani
cure. On the west side a movie the
atre is in operation all the year, even
when the hotel is exhibiting its
beautiful mountain scenery. The pic.
lures presented at the theatre are az
good, if not better than the majority
of those shown elsewhere.
Back of the hotel is an extensive
garden where both flowers and vege
tables are grown in abundance, anC
demonstrate what this section Of the
state can produce when there is the
requisite amount Of water for irriga
ton. Aside from flowers and vege
tables, berries a be successfully
grown, and the country is unsur
passed for d~airying purposes.
Glacier Park has no churches.
Sunday school is conducted by tn
Methodist mission with a fair attend
ance. During the summer CathOIi
services are held every Sunday at TIL
hotel, and there are occasional ser
vices during the nine months inter
i'm, when the hotel is closed.
From September Is until June Ia
the village rests, while gathering IL
strength for the summer invasion
Then, all at once it rOuses itself t
receive the daily crowds that ar
brought in by train, or by autOmC
bile. There is great hurrying to an
fro on the part Of pleasure seeker,
and the town reaps the harvest