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Inc. lliU.TO.N KDCOKDKR. Doin? Yellowstone Park and Other Western Resorts Copyright tltfl B.J. Keynulda futiacce Slip a few Prince Albert smokes into your system! You've heard many an earful about iho Prinr Aihnr patented process that nrr hit arwi smoke your fill without acomohnrk! StsiL-a vu. utuin iun lilclL nnt.nn .4 1 I- ii luvw uui every nour oi me day.

Prince Albert has always been snld young woman who spends most of her time complaining instead of drinking in the wonders about her, to the too enthusiastic type whose superlatives grow wearisome. In our stage traveling from the Canyon hotel, besides the driver and the Kansas party, were two Boston women, one a woman of seventy-one, and her daughter, and a Los Angeles woman with her young daughter. In a short time we learned that the L. A. woman had a gardener, an electric and a touring car, and that Los Angeles was the garden spot of the world all else sank into inferiority beside it.

The appreciation of the Boston pair was refreshing in comparison. No chimp of wild flowers escaped their notice, while each smoking spot in the geyser basin drew forth exclamations of wonder, although the old lady said each time, "Oh, my poor nose!" The geysers and hot pools have an odor like carbon dioxide I think anyway it was something connected with chemistry, all of which is a night-mare to me. One of the girls declared she could never eat an egg again. without coupons or premiums prefer to give quality There's sport smokine a pipe or rnllinir your own, but you know that you've got to have the tobacco 1 We tell you Prince Albert will bang the doors wide open for you to come in on a good time firing up every little so often, without a regret! You'll Ae national joy smoke feel like vour smoke nnst has been wasted and will be sorry you cannot back up for a fresh start. You swing on this say-so like it was a tip to a thousand-dollar bill It's worth that in hanni- ness and contentment to you, to every man wno knows what can be The important point to decide in planning a trip thiOURh Yellowstone Park is the method of transportation whether by the stapre and hotel system, the "Wylie Way," or one of the other camping parties.

Each plan has its friends and advocates, and before leaving for the west we sought and received much advice on the subject. Miss May Terkins, Frank Kaul and Miss Paise Moore strongly advised the "Wylie Way," while Mr. and Mrs. A. J.

Way and H. J. Klus-mire advocated the hotel plan. We valued the suggestions of all our friends. We went the hotel way, although up to the time of entering the park we were strongly inclined to the Wylie Way.

The Wylie Way, the Shaw and Powell and the Old Faithful are companies which operate stage lines and maintain permanent camps near the principal stopping places in the park. Their patrons are hauled in their own stages and stop for meals and lodging in tented camps. The tents are provided with floors, stoves and other conveniences, and the companies claim travelers are as comfortable in their camps as at the hotels. The idea of camp life is carried out as fully as possible. In taking what is known as the "hotel way," the travelers are transported in stages over the same route as the camping parties, but at noon are given luncheon at eating houses and at night are quartered in the fine hotels which have been constructed at various points on the established stage route through the park.

These establishments are really marvels in hotel construction, one of them, the Canyon Hotel, costing nearly a million dollars. It is located thirty miles from the nearest railroad station. Although I went through the park by the hotel way, I paid regular rates and received no concessions, hence I intend to give the concern no free advertising. If any of my friends are contemplating the trip either this year or next, and will take the trouble to talk with me, I will give them my frank and candid opinion of the merits of the various ways of seeing Yellowstone. Each method has its merits.

The hotel way is slightly more expensive than the camping tour. gotten out of a chummy a vague impression that in the corner of Wyoming there existed a government reserve where geysers played and where animals were permitted to roam unmolested by the hunter. Yellowstone National Park occupies the northwest corner of the state of Wyoming and strips of the adjacent states Idaho and Montana. In 1872, by Act of Congress, this portion of the Rocky Mountains was set aside as a National Park, "For the Benefit and Enjoyment of the People." It is rectangular in shape, fifty-five by sixty-five miles in sixe the greatest dimension running north and south; it embraces practically three and one-half thousand square miles. Snowclad mountains within and adjacent to the park, range in elevation from ten to fourteen thousand feet above sea level; while the park stage route ascends from 0,700 feet, at Yellowstone Station, to an altitude of 8,300 feet in crossing the Continental Divide.

Nowhere in the are there geysers to compare, either in magnitude or number, with those in Yellowstone Park. The terraces and beautiful pools of Mammoth even surpass those in New Zealand. The Grand Canyon of the Yellowstone is unsurpassed in beauty and coloring; and the Great Falls, at its head, is 308 feet in height. The administrative headquarters of the park is at Fort Yellowstone, a four-troop post. Mounted guards escort the coaches on the tour; and scouts are employed to protect the game.

Hunting is not permitted in the park, but the visitor may enjoy trout fishing in mountain streams and Yellowstone Lake, where it is exceptionally good. The animals have government protection. The rock formations and deposits arc preserved in their natural state. The road system, under the direct supervision of government engineers, is one of the best in the country. The cost is defrayed by annual Congressional appropriations, and no pains have been spared to make the grades easy, and ho roads so wide that coaches can pass at practically every point.

Steel and concrete bridges span the streams, doing away with fords and making accessible to the tourist many sights heretofore inaccessible. The roads are sprinkled nnd kept constantly in repair. jimmy pipe or a makm cigarette with Prince Albert for rJ' 111 Jmmm, THK Prlnc fK li iff Mi. WWW" Albert tdl J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO CO, ttiaitoa-SUH, N.

C. red tin, and In fnrt, every Prlnc Albert inu-kiiue, haa i nr. 1 i i Tht thi revert renl mrHiti(t to vm OUituri'VftiHPHWliv You'll I. If of Ilia tidy rem) Hrm rnn Patented hilv.ttHh.1Wl7" TIiaI that tha United Ktatm Govern- mm prorma by which Prime Albert la til a tin. And by which tonilum hitm mnet The most interesting types one meets are the stage drivers.

They are fond of their horses nnd invariably good to them. Moreover they are splendid drivers and convey the tourists safely over the dangerous passes. Our first driver was a young fellow a good jollier, whose efforts were chiefly exerted in keeping his pnrty in a lively humor. But the last day of the trip we had two old timers who had been staging in the Yellowstone for 20 and years. We sat on the front seat with one of these and greatly enjoyed his talk.

In driving over the Sulphur Basin one of the Boston women inquired rather anxiously, "What if we should break through the crust?" Skid, the driver, replied, "Oh, you'd just get home that much sooner." Which piece of repartee pleased him immensely. He was quite satisfied with himself. A rather humorous although pathetic-thing about the drivers is their hatred of the autos. Too old to learn a new trade, they fear these new machines will soon crowd them and their stages and horses out of business. One of the old drivers who had driven in the pnrk for 20 years and a stage in the Black Hills before that, was especially bitter.

He thought the rtnges should be kept for the park to help preserve the naturalness of the place by using the vehicle of the pioneer. When told that he would probably be driving an auto bus within a year, he replied, "No; when the ponies go, I'll go." throAl pmrrh cut nut Hvery-wliere tohai-i-o told vnn llhnd Prince Albert awnlttng you in loppy red trngn, ttriy red ttna, Uc; hitiiUnmt pouted Mini bnlf piuind tin hnniidora and In tht clever cryntnL rImnii humidor, with 1 ttponge molMtener tup, that haepa th tnbnrcn In auoh tin condition- alwayal aw v. 1 NViif get the best scat in the stage. Then he will hurry into the hotel desk in the hope that he will get one of the best rooms. Ho is coivituntly fighting for the best table in the dining room and the best berth in the sleeping car.

Under a thin veneer of civility he is constantly pushing others back that he might have the best. Fortunately this type is not very numerous. Most tourists arc friendly nnd courteous, and one makes many delightful acquaintances while doing the travel stunt. The trite remark that the world is not so large after nil is often proven true when one leaves home and meets up with friends in the most unexpected places. Two days out of Ilolton we were being driven over Salt Lake City by a friend, and while passing through Liberty park our car overtook a couple walking through the grounds.

It proved to be Prof, and Mrs. Mack who were spending the day in Salt Lake City on their way to the Pacific coast. Up in the interior of Yellowstone a few days later, while exploring a Wylio camp, we were surprised to find Frof. and Mrs. E.

J. Benton, who we found had entered the park the day before we had. For two days we were in their company and enjoyed seeing the sights together. Riding along on the narrow gauge Rio Grande road near Gunnison, Colorado, we struck up a speaking acquaintance with a young woman across the aisle. It turned out to be a Miss Sullivan of Chicago, a long time friend of Mr.

and Mrs. E. S. Beck. It is hard to entirely lose oneself in America.

Unless I have more urgent reasons than I have at present, I shall not try it. Elbert Hubbard in his "Little Journey Through Yellowstone," says, "America's a lovely country, why not take a look at it?" After a trip through the Park I can cheerfully echo his sentiment. In attempting to describe the scenery of the park one realizes the poverty of his language. This poverty must be a universal condition, however, for in the last few days we have heard the term "pretty" applied to everything from a wild-flower to the Grand Canyon, and "funny" from a chipmunk to a geyser. A corpulent lady gazing at the bears from the veranda of one of the hotels, exclaimed, "Ain't them cute!" "Wonderful," while a much overworked and abused word, best describes the whole park.

We, however, cared less for the geysers and bubbling mud and the other freak scenery than for the beautiful lake and the wonderful canyon and falls. The geysers fill one with a wonderment and almost a fear of the forces of nature, but the falls and beautiful coloring. of the canyon fills one with the greatest awe. Yellowstone Pnrk is practically all covered with timber, with the exception of occasional valleys along water courses, which are covered with the native grasses and beautiful mountain flowers. The streams are swift flowing and the water jis clear as crystal.

The trees are of pine, cedar and fir, with occasional clumps of quaking aspen. The trees stand close together and grow straight up. There are enough telephone poles uncut in Yellowstone to encircle the earth many times. There is enough wood pulp lying rotting on the ground to supply the nation with print paper for a year. Yet not a splinter of this waste wood is utilized because by order of congress this park is to be kept in its native state for the benefit and enjoyment of the people, and when a stately pine blows over, it lies on the ground until it rots.

To me, a newspaper man, who has had the price of print paper doubled within a month nnd who faces the possibility of getting no paper at all soon, this waste seemed wicked and unnecessary. My guess is that the Germans would have utilized every stick of waste wood. road is not excelled in America. One cannot help appreciating the genius of Harrinian in reorganizing anil rehabilitating this great railroad. It is one of the main pleasures of travel to ride over a well kept track in clean and comfortable trains.

In this respect the Union Pacific is unsurpassed. When I entered Suit Lake City with my three traveling companions my wife and two young women from Hiawatha I felt 1 could easily qualify for the Mormon church. I soon learned however that polygamy had been put under the ban of the federal law and had been abandoned by the Mormons themselves some twenty years ago. A Mormon told us that in the early days their people had practiced polygamy ns a righteous institution for the purpose of replenishing their numbers. When it was practised unrighteously the Mormons themselves did not approve of it, and the violation of the sanctity of the custom finally led them to abolish it from their creed.

The Mormon religion, so our informant told us, encourages much charitable work among the poor both within and without the church. It teaches its followers to have scrupulous regard for their physical well-being, causing most of them to nlistain from the use of coffee and tea and nil stimulants. They are strong on amusements and encourage dancing and out-door sports. For an hour each noon they open their tabernacle to the public mid the three paid organists alternate in giving organ recitals. Any weary pilgrim is privileged to walk in und occupy seat and listen to the most soul-stirring and inspiring music.

The Mormons predominate, in the state of Utah, but in Salt Lnliii City they are said to bo outnumbered by the Gentiles. At least the Mormons do not control tho city government, if they attempt to do so, which they deny emphatically. They claim they work in harmony and union with the Gentiles nnd nre not divided on political or social lines. During our stuy in Salt Lake we heard and saw many commendable things about the Mormon people. They have built up a great state in Utah and nra rapidly developing its natural and establishing new industries.

The Hotel Utah, perhaps tho finest hotel between Kunsas City and the Pacific coast, was built largely by Mormon capital. The city has over a hundred thousand population. It has wide well kept streets, a healthful clim'ite, is nestled among the mountains, and the canyons leading off to, the mountains furnish ns fine scenery as any place in the West. The greatest curse of the city is its innumerable saloons, but It is predicted the state will vote dry within the year. The people of Salt Luke are loyul to their city, hopeful fur its future, and above all hospitable to the stranger within, her walls.

W. T. B. MULES WANTED. I wnnt an unlimited number of mules with quality, any sic or either sex, from 4 years old up.

Will buy them either thin or fat. (I. W.McIMIERSON. Being of a practical turn of mind, to me one of the marvels of Yellowstone is the string of hotels dotted through the park. Their construction seems wonderful considering that every bit of material that went into them had to be transported by wagons over mountain roads, no railroads being in the park.

Each of the hotels accommodates Bcverul hundred guests. The rooms nre beautifully furnished and the dining room service, or technically speaking the cuisine, is the best in the land. The Old Faithful Inn is quaintly constructed of natural forest logs. The Canyon hotel has the lnrgest lounge, or lobby, in the world. The interior is in natural unstained wood.

The oddity of tho thing is that there are some hotel palaces set down and conducted in a forest miles from a railroad. Many touriKts lay over a few days at the hotels on their trip through the park, as this alTords rest and the pleasure and comfort of hotel life in a climate that is unsurpassed. It is especially desirable for women, as the scheduled trip of many miles of travel each day and early rising make the trip rather strenuous. For the service rendered, the hotel rules are not extortionate. The hotels ure owned and operated by a company in which the Northern Pacific railway is a heavy stockholder.

I wonder how many of our readers ever took the trouble to inform them-Belves about Yellowstone Park. I never did. Before visiting the park my knowledge of it obtained from the early study of geography consisted of An interesting part of our travels was the observation of the different types of people we met along the way. In Yellowstone one meets all types from the superficial and discontented 93a You Buy Very Wisely Save Your Gas I have Hccurcd the exclusive ngx'nry for the Excelnior das haver in northeastern Kansas. It has increased my When You Trade With The mileage ten to twelve miles per Ration.

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See or write Green Stamps Coming out of sweltering Kansas th first week of August, the most marvelous thing nlmut Yellowstone to me was the climate. We began to feel it the morning we reached Yellowstone station from Salt Luke City. We wore overcoats and wraps as we started on our trip into the park. As we ascended to higher altitudes inside the park the mercury went lower. The atmosphere is fresh and invigorating.

While the sun gives considerable warmth, in the shade it is always cool. One day at noon I looked at the thermometer and it registered 00 degrees. One sleeps Boundly at night i and the appetite becomes ravenous. A deep concern of the traveler is to get plenty of bed covering. For a jaded, run-down system I know of no better tonic than Yellowstone, and this prescription is given wholly without charge.

Yellowstone is strictly a summer resort. The first train arrives at the Park June 10 and the last train departs from it September 20. When the last load of tourists are taken out of the park, the employees at the hotels are carried out. The railroad ceases running trains to Yellowstone a month later, the hotels arc locked up, and the pleasure ground is turned back to nature for a period of nine months. The snow blocks the trails and covers the mountains, the lakes and streams coat over with ice and the bears and deer which have had a comfortable living on nic-nacs from the hands of the tourists during the summer, are forced to return to the diet of bark and berries that nature provides for them.

BRUCE SAUNDERS Phone 589-W. Hollon, Kansas. 1 PRIVATE SALE All the member of our purty were glad to have gone through Yellowstone before the method of stage travel is pushed aside by the automobile. Last year was the first time uutos were admitted to the park. This year many tourists are driving their own cars through.

Automobiles have to follow a certain time schedule so as not to be on the roads when the stages are passing over them. The United States troopg in the park enforce the rules rigidly. Although the hotel people and the various stage companies object strenuously to the admission of the cars, the pressure of the automo-bilists and their associations is too strong for the department to resist, and it is predicted that within another year, auto busses will be making regular schedules through the park, transporting passengers in one-half the time it tukes by the stage route. The Amercinn people are time annihilates, and they seem to care more for getting over a five days' route in two days than they do for preserving the sentiment and traditions of mountain stage travel. It is not my intention to furnish any free advertising for the railroads in these days of the anti-pass, but I feel like commenting on the excellence of the Union Pacific railroad system over which we rode from To-peka to Suit Lake City.

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One mile cast and three-quarters mile north of Bir-' mingham. During this trip I have been stantly reminded of a quip in Dodd Gaston's Second Thought column which I read rectntly. He said, "If a man has any hog in him, travel will reveul the bristles." Many tourists seem to have considerable of the hog in them. It is manifested in the bristled tourist when he pushes in to.