The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-11-29

toothache. What happened may
best be told in the words of H.
z. Mitchell. editor of the Bemidji,
MINI. Sentinel. He says:
mo doubt every MEMBER of the
Elks lodge remembers the cam
paign carried on a few years ago
to raise money for the relief of
the starving elk at Jackson's Hole,
Wyoming. The largest number of
Elk in the world are in Wyoming
and the topography of the country
at the base of the Tetons leaves
no room for doubt as to their
condition during heavy snow. But
the members of the N. E. A. par
ty will not remember Jackson
Hole because of the distressed
Elk though it is more than likely
that they will give the grand
hailing sign of distress when the
location is mentioned.
Oh, How They Shivered
We gathered from our expert
fence that the average editor is
not a duck hunter nor an outdoor
sport. We r positive that their
wives never served in the Nation
al Guard and we are led to believe
that the best way to keep an ed
itor and his wife happy is to make
sure that they have a steam heat
ed room and plenty of blankets
each night. We make these deduc-
tons after careful observation.
We have seen editors and their
wives eat stale bread sandwiches
and smile. We have seen them
brave dust clouds and burning
suns and come with an unflagged
spirit. We have seen them ascend
and descend steep mountain sides,
humping over rocks, hanging to
safety by the lash of an eye, with
out a whimper but we have new
er heard such a roar go up in
any gathering as assembled after
the night spent in tents at Jack
son Hole. Three hundred visitors
in one bunch was entirely too
much for a lodge the size of the
one at Jackson Hole to handle,
that was certain, so with the as
sistance OF the State of Wyoming,
which pressed a detachment of
militia into service. tents were
erected, each equipped with either
cots or pneumatic mattresses and
sleeping bags. To anyone who had
even a taste of military life the
Accommodations were scrumptious
but apparently the fighting that
had been done by the editors had
not been supervised. Some of
the women, unfamiliar with the
combination of sleeping bags,
crept underneath them, others
took the blankets out and dis
carded the bag, some of the men
found a new use for newspapers
and lined their coats with copies
of their publications that had
been received at Landers. Though
the day had been hot as blazes,
night fell and took the mercury
with it. A fresh breeze came off
the lake. Morning came none to
soon for most of the party and
many a face went unshaven and
unwashed because of the lack Of J
facilities.
yet we still insist that the
Jackson Hole country is a won
der, that the lodge for a small
party is ideal and that the his
tory Of the region is teeming with
human interest.
But oh, what a night"
The Morning After
Gray dawn came and people be-
gan to struggle out of the tents.
One group called to another and
inally those who had hoped to
AXE a late nap decided that they
night as well get up. Consequent
y there were few who needed the
Using signal. But that morning
vas worth the trouble of getting
lp for. We saw the lifting Of the
.ossamer mist from the little lake,
nd marveled at the beauty of the
'astel cloud shades that marked
gorgeous sunrise. Before break
asst We took a walk and saw sew
raj moose quietly eating break
asst in the meadow below u.s..
here was the mirror-like beauty
f Jackson Lake and back of it
he rugged grandeur of the Te-
ons, sometimes called the Alps
{ America. Words fail when one
tsempts to describe them. They
re well worth a trip to the Jack
on Hole country just to see. In
ne next installment we will tell
bout the dedication Of the Grand
eton National park, the youngest
ational park in the United States.
he formal d~edicatory exercises
ere held at String Lake about
miles from the Jackson lake
,dge.
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