Montana oil and mining journal. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1931-1953, 1938-07-09
PARKS GEYSERS
ON NEW SCHEDULE
Observation-Disclosures IN YET.-
LOWSTONE SEEK REASON FOR
THE CHANGE
Bear Family Of Mother and Three
Cubs Which Greeted President ana
Mrs. Roosevelt and Their Party Last
Fan Has Finally Broken Up.

Ranger naturalists ON geyser OBJ
servatiOn duty in Yellowstone ma
tiOnaI park this summer are
puzzled. They are wondering II
they are seeing more activity from
the guShers than they have seen
In several years or IL there have
merely been changes In the direc-
ton Of the flow of water.
Grand geySer, magnificent zoo
footer, regularly on q So to 48 hour
schedule, has taken a new lease on life
and started to erupt at approximately
30-hour intervals.
The Giantess, a veritable torrent
which continues from II to SO hours
when in action and reaches a height
of $50 to 200 feet, but which is listed
In the books as erupting only once or
twice year, has confused the experts.
The behemoth Of geysers was observed
spouting last September, last Novem-
Der and again on May 80. Indications
point to the fact that an unobSerVed
eruption occurred In April That makes
four times in nine months for the
Giantess, more than double its normal
Congress Pool Spouts
Congress pool, bubbling hot spring,
suddenly took on geySeriSh ambitions
last winter, and now all signs indicate
that 1t is erupting quite regularly.
Anu W bOkJ AZ tllf even OAQ
seems to have taken on q new zeSt.
The prima donna of them all set new
all-time record when it threw its water
column 223 feet into the air recently.
The new figure is 70 feet above its
150-foot average and 80 feet above its
previous 192-fOot observed record.
Lake District Ranger David De
Lancy Condor thought he had q yell
lowstone park pest safely removed
yrTt1nY, ha 70 NfgyTsnH O TNanrorsr4iV1or h1oplr
bear in a trap. But, feeling in q SYM
pathetic mood, Condor decided to open
tiny trap door and let the bears
cub enter the cage to be with its
mother preparatory to long trip to-
one Of the country's ZOOS Taking one
look at the by 10-inch opening, the
full-grown mother started through, and
before Ranger Condor could do any
thing the bruin pair had Scampered
into the woods. Condor is no longer
sympathetic.
Yellowstone parks presidential well
coming committee has broken up. The
mother bear and her three yearling
cubs which performed for President
and Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and
his party when they entered the park
last fall have parted company.
Greeted President
When the presidential party left
Mammoth Hot Springs to tour the
park. the family of four bruins was
stationed at its usual position along
the highway. When the party arrived
at the station near Twin lakes, the
bruins stepped to the roadside to ex- /
tend greetings and entertain the group.
The president and Mrs. Roosevelt and
grandchildren, Sistie and Buzzie Dali,
were enthralled by the entertainment
and newsreel and press cameramen by
the score dashed up to photograph the
show.
But now the family has parted COM
pany. One cub still remains with the
mother, but two have left to live
independently In the cold world.
Rangers on duty at Yellowstone
parks checking stations discovered
that park visitors won't be bothered by
skunks while camping in the area. Lee
Shrum, on duty at the west gate, re-
ported that @. S. Baumgardner, Crane,
Tex, started into the park with two
pets, each with broad white stripes
down the back, but that during the
first night in the high altitude both
had frozen to death. Although Baum
gardner assured Shrum that his pets
we're inoffensive, Shrum couldn't con-
ceal a sigh OF relief when he heard !
the news. !