The Republican., 1935-10-03
SELBY AND YUTZY RELATE
STORY OF HUNTING TRIP
Returned Sunday From 5000
Mile Trip to Wyoming-Elks,
Antel0pes and Bear are Targets
BEAUTIFUL SCENERY SEEN


Republican by Lester Yutzy and DR..
B. F. Selby, who just returned last
Sunday. Messrs. Yutzy and Selby were
successful in bringing down a bear,
two elks and two antelopes.
The party consisted of DR.. and Mrs.
B. F. Selby, Mr.. and Mrs. Lester C.
Yutzy and daughters, Hasaleah and
Dolores, and Mitchell Franklin. The
account follows:
owe left for Holm Lodge, Wyo., by
automobile on Wednesday morning,
September II, arriving at Holm
Lodge Saturday evening, distance
of 2,085 miles.
"From Cody, Wyo., to Holm Lodge
we went through the Shoshone Gorge,
which has grades as high as. 18 and
% percent. At one point on the road
distance of Ia miles there are 6
tunnels cut in solid rock for the road
way. This. gorge also has the Sho-
shone Dam. The scenery through
this gorge is magnificent.
"Cody is the home town of Buffalo
Bill, and we visited the Hotel Irma
built by Buffalo Bill and named Irma
in honor of his daughter. This hotel
has been made modern but still has
the old bar room of the wild west
times and has the marks of numerous
shooting affrays.
Sunday morning, September 18th,
DR.. Selby and Lester Yutzy left on
horseback for the hunting grounds,
distance of 35 miles, which was
made in one day. The pack outfit
and two other hunters had gone to
the camp three days before. With
the pack outfit it takes about one and
half days to make the trip. This
trip is through the woods with no
roads at all, riding up over hills that
are so steep that one wonders if he
will be able to stick on the horse.
Elevations are as high as $4,000 feet.
Snow from years gone by is lying in
the hollows on top Of the mountains
with flowers blooming within so
yards of the snow.
zone week was spent hunting in
which time we secured one elk each
and DIR. Selby secured black bear
weighing about 200 pounds. We wit
messed a fight between two bull elks
in an open space, about 400 yards
distant The fight lasted only a few
minutes but while it was on there was
plenty of action. The fight was ended
when the animals were disturbed by
the approach of the guide. 1t is sell
dom, according to our guide, that
fight is witnessed by humans between
animals of this species.
"On Sunday, the 22nd, we left camp
for Holm Lodge arriving that even
ing. Monday was spent taking in
what we could of Yellowstone Park
and on Tuesday afternoon we went
out for antelope securing each a nice
head.
"While the hunters were in the
woods the balance of the party con-
sisting of Mrs. Selby, Mrs. Yutzy and
two daughters and Mitchell Franklin,
took in Yellowstone Park and also the
famous Jackson Hole country. On the
way to Jackson Hole they went thru
the Teton Mountains, known as the
Grand Tetons, and the Teton National
Forest. Scenery on this trip was
wonderful. Jackson Hole is a typical
western town. Some of the cowboys
still wear their guns and some of
them two guns.
"Wednesday, the 25th, the party
took in the sights at Cody, and left
in the afternoon for the Black Hills
and Bad Lands of South Dakota. They
visited the 'stratosphere bowl in the
Black Hills and viewed the stratos-
phere gondola and balloon and
watched the work making ready for
the fight into the stratosphere, which
is to take place in October.
"On the road to the top of Mt.
Rushmore the road winds through the
hills and bridges are built across
from one hill to the other, and at one
place bridge is built directly above
another one which is only about 100
feet below the second bridge. On this
road two tunnels are cut through the
solid rock, 9 feet inches high, and
feet wide, one tunnel being It's feet
long and the other one 130 feet long.
At the top of Mt. Rushmore the face
of George Washington, Abraham Lin
coin, and others, are being carved.
Some idea of the size of this carving
can be realized by the one of Wash
ington which is 60 feet from chin to
forehead. This work is now in prog
ress and we arrived just as the work
men were quitting for the day.
eve went through Deadwood, S. D.,
and also Lead, S. D. At Lead we saw
the largest gold mine in the world On
+ha 1atl1ry, IN tho Rio Horn Mountains