The Western news. [volume] (Libby, Mont.) 1933-current, 1941-06-19
Glocier National
Pork Now Ready
For Summer Visitors

Glacier National Park, where lin
Rering winter SHOWS survive the
siege of summer sun, this month
approaches a midsummer scale of
operation, with all major chalets,
hotels, and cabins hanging out the
welcome sign.
Although motorists have been US
ing the Park highways and camp
grounds since the official opening
on May |, it is on June Is that the
colorful red BUSES join the motor
procession through walls of snow TO
Logan Pass, the patient saddle
horses begin Flooding over the
Parks thousand miles of trails. and
boats again ply the waters of the
Parks deep blue lakes.
This year. tourist facilities along
the Going -to-the- Sun Highway have
been improved at both ends and at
Logan Pass.
Moderate-price coffee shop and
cabin accommodations, newly con-
structed by the Glacier Park Hotel
Co, at East Glacier, on St Mary
Lake at Roes Greek, have been open
for several days.
AT the west entrance, new auto
checking station with overhead can
opies WILDE ready for service about
July l. The Park Administrator
Office has been remodeled and aug
mented with an annex building. AT
the entrance to the main building,
an information office has been es-
tablished with rangers on duty,
where national park publications
may be secured along with sug
gestions and advice for an enjoyable
visit in the park.
AT Logan Pass an information
ranger will be stationed, supple
menting the usual ranger-natural-
ist service. Thus information and
protection service will be available
at the Pass at almost any hour Of
the day.
The pass is particularly striking
spot in June and early July, while
the remnants of snoWdrifts pierced
by plows on May Is may still be
seen as high walls of snow lining
the highway. AT and near the Pass.
the rare spectacle of wild flowers
intermingled with snow may be
seen where the yellow glacier lily
and the white globe flower have
blossomed in the spots of Alpine
meadoWland.
The lining of the East Side Tun-
mel on the Going to- the-Sun high
way is proceeding without disrup-
ton OF traffic. It is not anticipat-
ed that any other road construc-
ton or repairs other than oiling
will be undertaken this year that
would interfere with the constant
flow Of tourist travel.
The highway is being made safer
for motorists, however, by the cree
ton of highway warning signs and
the painting of center-hne stripe.
This work is under supervision of
Public Roads Administration en-
gineers
The launch international" re-
sumed its regular trips on June Is,
linking the American and Canadian
sections of the Waterton- G lacier
International Peace Park in its in
ter-American cruises up Waterton
Lake At the same time the Great
Northern's Empire Builder" began
making regular stops to deposit rail
passengers at Glacier Park and Bel
ton stations.
This year, in addition to the usual
launch service on Swiftcurrent,
Josephine, Two Medicine, and Nc
Donald lakes, f75-passenger boat
is being fitted for excursions on ST.
Mary Lake. 1t is expected to be
ready on or about July /.
Authorized park accommodations
now open are: Many Glacier, Lake
Mcdonald. and Glacier Park hotels,
Two Medicine and Going to-the-Sun
chalets, and Swiftcurrent and East
Glacier cabin camps and coffee
shops. Additional accommodations
not under the supervision of the
National Park Service are available
in adjacent towns
High mountain chalets and sad
dle-horse camps will be opened on
July |.