, 1926-09-22

Yellowstone closes, with the wise
men of the East as of old passing
through the guarded gates at the
Sylvan Pass ranger station, with
Chief Ranger Tex Wisdom welding
unwary gun. Bears and road re-
pairs are the order of these clos
ing days, with September 25th as
the final open day for the Cody
road, though the other entrances
will continue to enjoy a predicted
mild autumn. What Cody. suffers
in present loss, however, will be re-
paid with interest in the spring.
Fully 10000 more people visited
the park this year than last, and
Superintendent Albright gives the
approximate closing figures at 1885,
900, including all strata from pack
rats to royalty.
With the waning of the season
there is less congestion, and due
to this and the "give and take"
spirit of the Park staff, we found
ourselves viewing the unmatched
landscape from the royal suite, and
after the formation dance occupy
ing the rooms of the lady in wait
ing. After annually cherishing an
ambition to see thru the eyes of
the yellow buses life resolved it.
self into one Lincoln after another.
This privilege threatened to be at a
premium at the last, as the residue
of the park touristry united in the
one desire to leave the park by the
last bus over the Cody road, many
of them on this return trip declar-
ing the spectacle of the canyon and
reservoir alone worthy the trip.
The only expressed regret was that
the human eye could not see all
both sides at once. and the only
disappointed people heard were
those who had seen the climax at
the beginning of their tour. Be
tween being puffed with pride and
bowed in humility, we were CRATE
full to be identified with such a
thorofare as our Scenic Seventy,
now closing again for another
course in chiseling and widening
so that even the most timid may
view without alarm.
While thoroly in accord with the
spirit of the Bureau of the Budget
tendent Albright recognizes the high
pressure on Chief Ranger Tex Wis
dom and his corps at the EE sign,
where at peak times to those in
line it seemed verify a condition of
standing DON only"
With the dedication next year of
the Buffalo Bill museum and the
hoped for official opening OF the
park at Cody, it should be a requi-
site of citizenship that all who have
not visited their wonderland of
Yellowstone go on tour to this the
first national park of all the world,
and the largest-in spirit and pur-
pose as well as acres, might truly
be added. While this f~our-square
was reserved mainly on account of
it's geological beauties and curios-
tiles, its geyser formations, it is
now outstanding as the largest wild
life sanctuary, with an appeal and
fascination that challenges any gifts
of domesticated nature, with sun
sets that only deserts see."
1t is not alone in the Canyon
Follies of Jean Quaw's wood-wind
orchestra that Superintendent AL
bright is characterized as the guar
dian angel of the park with GER
tain notifications by the savages),
and each economic invasion of its
wild beauty must be clearly shown
to be for the benefit" of the peo-
pie, as the word is used in the Act
of Dedication, which received Pres
ident Grants signature March LIST,
1872.
Another advantage of late park
ing is the increased opportunity for
seeing other game than the ever
present bear, always the center of
the stage, and ofttimes interfering
with the schedule of the yellow cor
don, while kodaks snap and moth
ers shout for the safety of the boy
who is seeing in the flesh the sub
this caution is not amiss, for not
all bears know where fudge end and
fingers begin, and something less
than 100 people are seasonally
bruised by bruin. The game is in
excellent condition and is already
on the lower levels, seeming to
sense that at last the park is theirs
again in solitude as well as safety.
Two hundred six species of bird
life find refuge in Yellowstone,
among them ducks, swans, wild