, 1926-09-22
YELLOWSTONE 1926 SEASON RECORD BREAKER
WONDERLAND "SHACKING UP" FOR WINTER
Forestry Official Writes Impressions Gained in Natures
WOnderland-Pays High Tribute to Albright
and His Able Assistants
(By Margaret Hayden)

osprey which builds its nest high
and bears patiently being taken for
a mere eagle. Many species here
tofore listed as extinct are .~increas-
ing in this welcoming atmosphere.
In recording this fact even the
technical ornithologist POLITICALLY
confesses in scientific Nature Notes
to being thrilled by splendid birds
floating gracefully among the water
lilies of forest-clad lakes" While
the 5000 feet altitude is not favor
able to bird life, every species in
the west finds refuge there.
The setting aside of Yellowstone
really fostered in great measure the
idea of forestry, our own Shoshone
having been reserved in 1891 as a
part of Yellowstone responsibility,
thereby becoming the Oldest nation
al forest. After about ten years it
became a separate unit, with its
own boundaries, with A. A. Ander-
son, now a New York portrait paint
er of note, as the first supervisor.
At the present time national for
ests surround Yellowstone and are
consistently reciprocal as game
fences, functioning as game pre-
serves.
Besides the visit of the Crown
Prince and Princess of Sweden.
more than half the governors of the
United States visited Yellowstone
this year, n the Sierra Club spent
three weeks hiking along it's trails,
which is the natural way to see
game. During these last days
banker conventionists were in Vel
lowstone, and while the park snow
conveniently fell at night they
danced with the park staff, Supt.
and Mrs. Albright being present
with the hotels collegiate corps,
technically known as "heavers,"
"china queens" meat burners"
pillow punchers,' "sheet singers
"pack rats" and "gearjammers.'
We had it directly from the maid,
whose forbears were senators from
somewhere, hat there was great eff
fort to outshine even Sweden in
cleanliness, but the wonderment of
the prince centered upon the high
class of the park staff personnel.
These technically termed employees
must also be artistically proficient,
in music, dance, or drama.
Perhaps in no other spot in all
the world is the a~ristocracy of the
mind so genuinely manifest as in
Yellowstone, and the uniform force
has established a worldwide repu-
tation for intelligent courtesy and
Service with a capital "S." The
superintendent also believes in in
jecting woman's ideals into the
park. OF the five women in ranger
uniform, at least two remain thru
out the winter, Mrs. Tex Wisdom
at the east entrance needing no in
PRODUCTION to the Cody community.
The ~mile-round- Canyon hotel with
its million-dollar lounge is indeed
a miracle in the mountain tops, and
much of the popularity of the park
is due to those who brought out
their vision on the dome of the
world"
Happily there have beer no fires
in Yellowstone and Mr.. Albright
spent much of the summer at the
neighboring Glacier fire.
With one bus into Cody instead
of forty as at its peak time, the
park is again consigned to wild
life, thirty-three rangers, and road
gangs, who, instead of the chime of
the yellow bus, listen to the bugle
of the big : bull elk battling over
his harem, and keeping well ahead
of the coyote bowling down from
the mountains.