The Wolf Point herald. (Wolf Point, Mont.) 1913-1940, 1929-11-29
ON THE TRAIL
THRU WYOMING

i. At the end of an interesting
day spent riding through a beauti-
full and rugged country, the Ed
itorial party reached Jackson Lake
lodge late one afternoon. 1t was
Sunday, but to us one day was
like another. Since our early
morning breakfast at Lander we
had had two meals, n a mid
morning Dutch lunch spread on
long tables under the trees at Du-
bois, and the other a dinner at
the Diamond G. dude ranch, the
buildings of which nestle charm
This is one of the many places
in Wyoming where eastern mil
lionaires rough it in de luxe style.
We were told that the young
women in vivid shirts and over
alls who waited on us were some
of the millionaire guests of the
place. AS the busses unloaded we
we lined up and each received a
paper plate, knife, fork and spoon.
AS the queue wound past an out
of door fire place, we were each
given a piece of steak from the
quantity that was broiling on the
wire grill. Then we passed through
a spotless kitchen where half a
dozen colored women were busy
dishing up food and on into the
dining room. After dinner we
strolled around the place. IA few
rodeo stunts were staged for Il
benefit. Outside the buildings
one could we'll understand why
overalls were worn, for there We
made the acquaintance of what
Wyoming people call the deer fly,
a fly that leaves a memorable inn
preston upon anyone whom it
chances to light. 1t was all very
well for the natives to call them
deer, our crowd called them darn
and then some-for there were
few among us who were not stung
by the little pests.
Sight Moose
Before reaching the Jackson
Hole country our driver told us of
the habits Of some Of the wild an
lmals there and said that he
thought that after supper we could
locate some moose for us. At the
Jackson Lake lodge we were as
signed to our quarters. There are
a large number of cabins, but the
Accommodations were not suffic-
lent for the entire editorial party,
so the State of Wyoming had sent
up from Cheyenne a number of
tents, equipped with cots or pneu-
matte mattresses. In the larger
tents there were eight cots, some
of the tents being occupied by
men and others by women.
When we went to the tents to
freshen up a bit before dinner,
we were covered with the dust
of the hot afternoons trip. The
mere sight of those cots, with
neither sheets nor pillows, just
heavy brown army blankets, pro-
duced many an exclamation of
dismay. Why, we were going to
roast with all those blankets
how did one sleep without sheets,
and the like. But the
ones who outfitted those tents
knew the Jackson Hole climate.
We got acquainted with it that
night, when the thermometer
dropped nearly to the freezing
point.
After supper we took our field
and wandered out to see 1
What we could discover. Our guide
vas not with us, but from the
op Of a hill back Of the Lodge |
were able to distinguish five ,
moose feeding in a meadow.
Around the Bonfire ,
AS it grew dark a pile of logs
we're placed On end in a circle {
md a bondfire was started. The !
EDITORIAL party and others sat g
round on logs while a program t
vas given for our entertainment. c
t was good, but long before 1t f
to its conclusion, we were ]
hilled to the bone, despite the c
onfire. Those army blankets,
rhich at five o'clock had seemed
nough to smother the most cold n
looded Of the party, seemed to a
ave shrunk in weight to cheese a
10th texture by $50. We had been S
armed to have a supply of heavy t
for the park trip, but a
lis was the first time we comp I
shended what the admonitions 2
ere all about. When it came to T
down the luggage to n v
litcase per head, some of the 1
arty had checked garments seem Il
Igly superfluous to 10 weather,
nd were not to see said garments
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