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and went up the Madison river into
the park and on to Emigrant gulch-
Here they were interviewed by a news
paper reporter and an account of their
travels was published in the Omaha
Herald.
Full and final disclosures of the Won
ders Of the park came, however, in
1869, when three Montana men spent
36 days there. They were D. E. Folsom,
G. w. Cook and William Peterson
Their report led to the Washburn-
Doane expedition of 1870, the final re-
suits of which were the setting aside
of the park as a national reserve. Gen.
Henry D. Washburn, surveyor general
of Montana, was the head of this last
mentioned party He was accompanied
by Nathaniel P. Langford, Cornelius
Hedges, Truman c. Everts Samuel T..
Hauser, Benjamin Stickney, Jr., War
rem c. Gillette, Jacob Smith and a
military escort from Fort Ellis under
command of Lieut.. G.. G. Doane.
The only unfortunate incident Of
their trip was the experience of Everts,
who became separated from his Coin
panions, lost his horse and all equip
ment and wandered for SO days before
he was found more dead than alive
by a rescue party that went out from
Fort Ellis to search for him after the
other members of the party had re-
turned and reported his absence.
The development of the park fol-
, lowed rapidly upon the action Of con-
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19
(By w. w. CHEELY)

NvHE stories of the geysers and hot
springs and other freaks of nature
In Yellowstone national park were
so years in the telling before the people
Of America could be brought to believe
that they were as marvellous as they
were reputed to be. Even the Indians
who inhabited the territory surround
ing the wonderland had but little
knowledge of the country. When Cap
tain Clark of the Lewis and Clark ex-
pedition passed down the Yellowstone
valley In July of 1906 he heard no word
from the Indians with whom he came
In contact Of the strange country
which lay so close to his trail and
which he undoubtedly would have halt
ed to explore had he known of its ex-
iStence.
The name yellow Stone" was first
officially used by Lewis and Clark in
a report to President Jefferson re-
garding the progress Of their expedi-
ton into the northwest and which
they forwarded from the Mandan viii
lagos in Dakota in the spring of 1905
before proceeding on their journey
westward. 1t was given as the name
Of the principal tributary to the Mis-
souri, river, of which they had been
told by the Indians.
The name was used even before that
time, however, by David Thompson.
English geographer who later played
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19
Secluded Flathead Area
Where L Lindberg Hid Out,
Rich Inn Scenic Wonders

MO REGION In Montana is richer in
scenic beauty than the Flathead
country, and no part of the state
more nearly virgin.
There are the millions of acres that
are covered by forests, traversed by
mountains or encountered by glaciers
dating back to prehistoric ages, or
regions that provide pasturage for
mountain sheep, deer and elk and
hunting ground for beasts of prey
such as probably existed in 1911 when
the first white man to set foot in this
western Montana region, David
Thompson, OF the Northwest Trading
company, arrived in the Kalispell dis
trict.
Two years ago, John B. Taylor, SUI
pervisor of the Deer Lodge National
forest, went along the south fork OF
the Flathead on surveying and
map making expedition. He mapped
over 100 square miles without having
once set eyes on single human be-
ing other than the members of his
own party.
In the Flathead national forest, as
In the Deer Lodge national forest
there are sections upon sections OF
area Of the land that nobody knows
land that will rival almost any part
OF the earth in natural scenic beauty
Lindbergh Liked 1t
Three years ago Colonel Lindbergh
they were still calling him Slim
and the colonel was himself just q
little embarrassed by his newly-won
title-who was somewhat oppressed by
the public attention he was receiving
selected one of these remote locations
in the Swan river country-after care
fully spying out the proposed location
when he flew away from the Butte
airport and was unaccountably absent
during the entire forenoon.
During Colonel Lindbergh's visit tc
the Swan lake country, it was found
that the game was so tame that II
feared no human being, so rarely had
mankind visited that region. A hoary
old goat, his whiSkers waving in the
wind, stood on a shelf of rock neal
the top OF a mountain peak 10000
feet high and viewed with an air OF
indifference the colonel's airplane, evil
IDENTIFY regarding 1t as some kind Of 8
bird which really didn't matter TO hin
at all
Rare Old Goat
When the Lindbergh camp wa
pitched beside the body of water nov
known as Lindbergh lake-the lake
widening OF the Swan river, causet
by q glacial deposit. is about fivt
miies long and only quarter OF mil'
wide-the old goat came out of tn
lorest, shaking his head belligerenti!
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There are glaciers to be found on the
sides of these mountains. In a small
district there are more than Is fine
lakes"
The first school district was not es-
tablished until 1884-and it extended
from Flathead lake to the Canadian
border and from the continental divide
to the Idaho line.
The first church in the district was
built at Demersville in 1890-just south
of where KaliSpell now stands.
Development of the region dates
from the building of the Great North
ern in 1891. The effect of such de-
velopment on the forests will be un-
derstood when 1t is stated that the
Flathead national forest contains an
estimated stand Of nearly 5,000,000,000
feet of lumber board measure, and the
annual growth is 68,00O,O0O board feet,
while the forest is at present called
on to yield annually only 100000 feet.
There are thousands Of acres of
forest land that will not be cut for
another century, If at all. There are
miles on miles of mountain chain
rugged, impossible barriers to travel
IN almost any form.
All the merchantable. timber may be
removed, all of the tillable land may
be placed under cultivation-and still
the Flathead will offer miles on miles
OF almost virgin scenery to delight the
eye of the nature lover and to challenge
the endurance and the skill of tie
hunter and trapper or the explorer.
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19

Fur company trappers who had been
in the Snake river valley under COM
mand OF William L. Sublette, deciding
to leave that region and the compe-
tition of the Hudson's Bay company,
went up HenryS fork, crossed the con-
tinental divide into the valleys of the
Madison and the Gallatin and on into
the park in the neighborhood of Gin
nabar mountain. Joe Meek was a
member Of the party. During fight
with the Blackfeet Indians there, Meek
lost his horse and most of his equip
ment and became separated from his
companions. He wandered for several
days before he found his comrades and
in the meantime traversed the geySer
districts southeast of the Yellowstone
river, which formerly we're more active
in Meeks biography.
Described In 1884
In 1884, Warren Angus Ferris, a
clerk for the American Fur company
visited the Firehole basin of the park
and wrote description of it. He had
heard of these wonders from trappers
at the rendezvous which met at the
Great Bend of the Yellowstone where
the city Of Livingston now stands
With two Indian guides he went alone
to investigate the region and he records
that his guides were even more amazed
than he at what they saw.
In 1852, Father DeSmet, in letter
made reference to the park region and
gave the first correct geographical To-
cation of it. He did not say that he
had visited it himself, but quoted
James Bridger regarding it,
Bridger's knowledge Of the park
dates back at least TO 1880 and prob
ably before that. During the years
Immediately following that he hac
thoroughly explored the region ane
could give an accurate description OF
it. Unfortunately, Bridger had repu-
tation for exaggeration which his hear
ers always remembered when he tolc
of the wonders Of the Yellowstone.
The first government expedition into
the park region was that headed by
Capt. w. F. Reynolds of the corps OF
Typographical engineers Of the army
in 1859. Unfortunately, it was unable
to penetrate the upper Yellowstone
country because of the snow and de-
parted to carry out another mission
farther north hoping to return al
some future time This plan was
thwarted by the outbreak of the Civil
war which etfectually ended govern
ment activity along that line for 9
number of years.
In August, 1868, party of 40 pros
pectors headed by Walter w. DeLacy
started from Virginia City to seek golc
in the park region. Members of The
party discovered Shoshone and Levi.
lakes, one of the geyser basins anc
numerous hot springs. They spent two
months in that section. Another party
of prospectors in the same year visitec
the park and named Cache creek anC
Bear creek.
Expedition Of 1864
In 1864, James Stuart and 73 mer
started from Deer Lodge and wen
through the park for the double pur'
pose of prospecting for gold and pun
ishing Indians beyond the park TO-
outrages of the preceding year. The,
found no gold. Stuart was called hom'
and the party split up and went il
different directions in the country cas-
of the park
In 1866, party under the Leadership
of George Huston left Virginia Cit!
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19

as if inviting the whole camping party
to a butting contest. He had EVIL
IDENTITY never seen horse or mule.
Today that goat foresters SOlemnly
declare, Is SO sophisticated that he
knots his beard before retiring" and
he has grown SO wise that he never
browses below an altitude Of 5000 feet.
Although a visit to the district Is
feat for WOOdsman, summer homes
have been built into the forest region
for miles and miles, in the Swan river
country.
Lindberghs visit called the attention
Of the world to a new Eden, and then
the rush followed. Up on the shores
Of Swan lake few well-knOwn men
had established homes, as in the lower
country a few others had done the
! same, but the district, throughout its
greater part, was virgin.
The homes are not yet sufficiently
numerous to change the general ap-
pearance Of the river valley. The
presence of these houses may be
looked upon as an advantage by
many They relieve the district OF the
air of remote solitude without IN any
manner impairing its beauty or gram
deur.
There are two ways OF entering the
Swan river country, a region that is
Just bit different from other parts
of the forest area" says Supervisor
j. B. Taylor. "One may enter from
Big Fork-that is, from the northeast
corner of Flathead lake, about 20 miles,
by road, southeast Of Kalispen. Big
Fork Is formed where the Flathead
river empties into the lake. Persons
entering by this route will be able to
drive about Is miles-then the road
! gets worse and by and by 1t gets
."worser" down into the Swan river
valley.
1.-The second route is by way OF
Ovando and the Blackfoot valley and
thence on to the Clearwater river
There is a good road to what is known
as the Gordon ranch. 1t is fine
drive to this ranch, which is the CEN
trail point in the Swan river country.
The road passes half dozen beautiful
lakes of various sizes, including Seeley
and Salmon lakes. 1t is favOrite re-
sort for Missoula summer home build
erS.
Holland lake is four miles from the
Gordon ranch. The lake Is two miles
long and haH-mile wide. There is
q hotel or two and various accommo-
dations. Lindbergh lake is five miles
from the ranch.
I'm this region there are some
splendid peaks. Mount Mcdonald Is
about 10000 feet high. Glacier and
Grey Wolf peaks are nearly as high.
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such an important part in the history
of northwestern Montana. He was
among the Mandan Indians in 1897
and learned from them of the Yellow
stone river and of its sources. The
data he ascertained was SO complete
that it enabled him to estimate the
latitude and longitude of the rivers
headwaters It is a notable thing that
astronomical observations taken nearly
three-quarters of century later proved
his estimates to be in error only 81
miles.
French Knew the River
There was nothing in the informa-
ton he cleaned from the Indians, how
ever, to indicate that the physical
characteristics of the region we're un-
usual
The Yellowstone river had even at
that time long been known to the
French traders of the northwest. They
called 1t "ROache Jaune," the English
translation of which is yellow Stone. .
The French In turn had arrived at the
name by translating the Indian desig-
nation Of that meaning, which, accord
ing to Gen. Hiram NJ Chittenden in
his admirable work on the history of
Yellowstone park, was, in the Mime
tree tongue, mi tsi da zi," literally
Rock Yellow River" which in the
French language became Roche
Jaune" and Pierre Jaune" and in Eng
liSh yellow Rock" and Yellow Stone, y
now written Yellowstone.
This name could have originated no.
where else than from the yellow color
ing Of the walls of the grand canyon
in Yellowstone park, and seems to have
been the name applied to the river
by many of the Indian tribes of the
northwest, despite the fact that the
River Crows have since the earliest
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19

north on the advice of the Indians or
because of his own good judgment in
seeking short cut home is not re-
lated. At any rate he went directly
across Yellowstone park. Chittenden
says that he undoubtedly saw the west
arm of Yellowstone lake, and the hot
springs in that district; also the Grand
canyon and the falls of the Yellow
stone. He crossed Mount Washburn
to the ford of the Yellowstone at
Tower falls and passed out of the park
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conjecture No doubt white trappers
were in and out of the region many
times without any records having been
made of their trips. In 1880, COL P. w.
Norris, at that time superintendent of
the park, found carved in the bark Of
a tree about quarter of mile above
the upper falls of the Yellowstone,
the initials ~. O. r." and the date,
Aug. 19' 1919, undoubtedly a mark left
by some early day trapper.
In 1929 party of Rocky Mountain
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To Vote on Lighting

At a special meeting of the Plenty
wood Commercial club, it was decided
to bring before the taxpayers spe-
cial election, at which time they will
vote for or against purchase Of Diesel
engine for electrical service at Plenty
wood The election will be held at the
time of the primary July Is.
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19
~ Parks PRACTICALLY UknOwnT To IN
n Early Days And
in A Y
nhoutH gAnhg Hunting CnSne

The Crows we're victorious and what
ever credit they gave Golfer for tne
victory no doubt redounded TO the ben
eft of Lisa's trading post in the next
few years.
Recrossing the Teton to Jackson's
hole, Golfer left the Crows and started
on his return trip for Lisas post on
the Big Horn. Whether he turned
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19

to The east over the Great Bannock
trall previously mentioned.
Dubbed Golfers HelI'
Golfers descriptions Of the regions
through which he passed were received
with derision and the term "Colter's S
Hell was thus originated.
Who the next white man to visit the
park may have been is a matter Of
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19

gress in setting the region aside as a
national park after the report OF the
Washburn-Doane expedition had been
received. The United States geOlogi-
cal survey in 1871 sent out an expedi-
ton which gathered data and made
maps and Yellowstone park became a
reality.
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19

General Henry d. Washburn, an
early day surveyor general of Montana
and the head Of the official Washburn-
Doane expedition to Yellowstone park
of 1870, the report of which caused
congress to set the region aside as a
great national park. D0ane was a
lieutenant in the United States army
and was the head of the military escort
which attended the exploration party.
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19

David E. Folsom, pioneer Of Mon
tana who accompanied c. w. Cook and
William Peterson in 36-day explOra-
tion trip through the Yellowstone ma
tional park in 1869 which was the start
of the successful movement to have the
ground set aside by congress as a ma
tiOnal park.
Plentywood herald., 1930-06-19

with William
ed the Yellowstone national region 1869 36
such exhaustive study the
pedon started the Yellowstone federal
Evening star., 1930-06-28
PURCHASES RESIDENCE
New York Times Correspondent
Buys Georgetown Property.

Bertram D. Hulen, Washington cor
respondent for the New York Times, has
purchased the large red brick residence
at 1920 Dumbartcn avenue, GEORGETOWN.
The property was acquired through the
agency of l. T. Grayatte and Guthrie
Evening star., 1930-06-28
REALTY FINANCING
METHODS STUDIED
Conservative Valuations on
Bond Issue Property HaIsey,
Stuart & Co. Suggestion.

Valuations on property subject of
bond issues should be conservative. Hal
sey, Stuart 81 Co. declares in a state
ment on study of developments in
real estate financing, in which it lists
the following as tests of value of such
bonds: Type and purpose of building,
location, valuation, earnings, manage
ment, equity, retirement and trustee
ship,
After discussing the Importance of the
character of the building having bond
financing and the necessity of a "stra-
tegic" location, the firm states:
Valuation should be conservative,
based upon appraisals prepared by rec
ognized authorities independent of the
investment house or the building man
agement. Such an appraisal should
take into account the value of the land,
that of the building, its character, To-
cation and surroundings and the prob
able trend of values, accessibility to
transportation facilities and stability of
rentals and property values.
1T is paramount that the appraisal
should indicate a valuation of the mort
gagged property substantially in excess
Of all bond indebtedness.
IF the building securing the loan is
already erected and in operation, earn
ings should indicate a satisfactory mar
gin over all prior charges, bond inter-
est and sinking fund requirements. If
earnings are estimated it is even more
important that an equally satisfactory
margin be indicated and that the esti-
mate should be made by an experienced,
independent firm or individual.
Particularly if the purpose of the
issue is to finance a building in the
af ~%,..,n nkf .ka~kn n,aAf f,l
portion of the entire value of the build
ing should be invested by the owners
indicating that 1t is not speculative
venture. The owners should have suf-
f1cient resources to provide additional
funds should the need arise"
Evening star., 1930-06-28
MAY BUILDING AWARDS
AMOUNT TO S3,105,0O0

New awards for building and engi-
neering projects let in the District Of
Columbia during May amounted to So
105, 800, according to r. w Dodge Cor
poration. This compared with S4,681,-
900 for the preceding month and So
234, 500 for May of last year. For the
year to date construction contracts
amounted to $26316,800 as against $S5,-
503,500 for the corresponding five
months of 1929.
The May construction record showed
the following distribution by classes:
Residential buildings, 81, ,o82 200; educa-
tional buildings, 1852, 500; commercial
buildings, $773,800; public works and
utilities, $104, 400, and Industrial build
1ngs, $82, 500. All other classes of nom
residential building totaled $l09.9O0
during May.
Evening star., 1930-06-28
SALES SPECIALISTS
PRESENT VIEWS
Tell Local Realtors Old Time
Salesman Is Fading
Out of Picture.

The one-time familiar salesman,
eypihed by the book salesman who
stuck his foot against the door jamb
so he could real of to each housewife
the same "surefire" talk as part of a
sales scheme mapped out by his en-
ployer, is fast fading out of the pic
ture, Profs. r. G. Borden and A. C.
Busse of New York University told local
realtors this week at a sales clinic
staged at the Willard Hotel.
The two salesmanship specialists
presented series of sales dramas be-
fore the gathering of about 200 MEM
hers Of the washington, Northern Vir-
etnia and Baltimore Real Estate Boards
TO demonstrate what they have found
cessful salesmanship.
Studied $4,000 Solicitations.
These principles were cleaned from a
study of $4,000 actual sales solicitations
which they witnessed in varied lines of
sized that rules for presentation of
sales arguments cannot take the place
Of knowledge of salesmans product
and of his prospects needs, nor the
requirement of personality and judg-
ment on the part of the salesman, but
that these guiding principles are i'm
portant contributions in the sale of
any KIM OF pIOQuCL.
Drawing on some of the records of
actual sales solicitations they witnessed
the specialists re-enacted several inter-
views to show why the statesmen in
Volved talked themselves out of sales
The six principles illustrated, which
che speakers said were so obvious to
accomplished statesmen that often they
neglected to follow them, are:
Don't talk too much. for it causes
2f7n PaYnSraPf m lnSp interest TYTnVpntS
him from expressing his opinions and
causes him to magnify his objections
and thus builds up sales resistance.
Don't Interrupt Prospect.
Don't interrupt the prospect when
he is stating his objections and avoid
creating the appearance of arguing the
prospect against his will into believing
the sales talk.
Don't fall into the mistake of as
gunning an over argumentatiye or bellig-
erent attitude, or scoff at the pros
poets idea.
"Disarm the prospect by drawing out
q full expression of his objection. rather
than to attempt hurriedly to answer 1t
and thereby possibly win the resultant
argument and lose the sale.
The salesman should restate in his
own words the objection raised by the
prospect to show that the latter's idea
Is fully understood.
THE salesman should base the wind
up of his sales talk on one key" issue
or point raised by the prospect and keep
unrelated ideas in the background until
the contract is closed"
-Four Washington real estate men
presented sales demonstrations. ThS
Ntere j. F. M. Bowie, E. L. Strohecker.
Earl c. Lane and Jack Eaton.
Alfred H. Lawson, president of the
Washington board, presided over the
session, assisted by John A. Perry, sec
retary. Arrangements for the meeting
were handled by Morris Cafritz, Milton
r. Schwab, j. Curtis Walker, Horace G.
Smithy, L. T. Gravatte, r. L. McKeever.
wilmot w. Trew, j. c. Weldon, jr.,
Charles D. Sager and David E. Barry.
Evening star., 1930-06-28
A. &P. TAKES LEASES

Four Properties Acquired for
Branch Stores.
The Atlantic & Pacific Tea Co. has
leased the following properties for new
branch stores to be opened in the near
future, it Is announced by Shannon g.
Luchs, Inc:
The southwest corner of Ninth and
Kennedy streets, northeast corner of
Georgia avenue and Thayer street, Sill
yer Spring, Md; 3105-07 Nichols ave-
nue. southeast, and 214 Massachusetts,
avenue northeast
Evening star., 1930-06-28
STORE TRANSACTIONS
Operator of Women's Wear Shop
Takes Three-Year Lease.

Takes Three-Year Lease.
The store at 623 Twelfth street has
been leased for term of more than
three years to Hilda Goldstein, opera
tor of women's wear shop. it was re-
ported today by Shannon & Luchs, Inc.
The firm also reports that property at
1914 I street, now being remodeled, has
been leased by Herbert M. Sauber,
wholesale florist.
Two new stores being erected on
Pennsylvania avenue southeast between
Prout street and Minnesota avenue have
been leased by the Atlantic g. Pacific
Tea Co. and the Sanitary Grocery Co.
for new branch stores of the concerns.
Evening star., 1930-06-28

g. williams from Howard S. Nutter
The large side lot of this property has
been purchased by Lincoln Green. as
sistant to the president of the South
ern Railway, as an addition to his
garden.
Evening star., 1930-06-28
PRINCE GEORGES ISSUES
$25,a00 TOTAL PERMITS
Plans for Four Dwellings Are Ap-
proved by County Com
missionerS
By a stan Correspondent OF rns star.

UPPER MARLBORO, Nd, June %.
Plans for four dwellings were ap-
proved last week by the Prince Georges
County commissioners. Permits carry
ing a cost-volume of S25,S00 were Is
sued, including the following:
H. G. Huntemann, owner, $4,000
dwelling, Mount Rainier.
H. M. McCully, owner and builder,
$4,000 dwelling, Greater Capitol Heights.
w. Heitmuller, owner: A. jeffrey,
builder: $4,000 dwelling, Chillum
James F. Mullikin, owner and builder,
1900 tenant house and $500 tobacco
barn, Surrattsville.