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where the engineering work seems to have justified that 

 thrill of inspiration which resulted in naming the pass 

 "The Golden Gate." 



Fort Yellowstone has quite an air of romance sur- 

 rounding it. It was at one time the headquarters of a 

 large force of cavalry and housed some of the most dis- 

 tinguished soldiers in the United States Army, many of 

 whom received their medals of distinction in the Indian 



Photo by Gifford for Northern Pacific Railroad 



NOT MANY OF THESE GREAT ANIMALS LEFT 



There are but a few herds of buffalo left in the United States. One belongs to an Indian family and has been reduced 

 in number by several recent sales to other countries than the United States. It would appear that Congress is 

 determined to carry on the work of exterminating the buffalo that was started by the plainsmen a generation ago, 

 for the Government has refused to do anything to prevent foreign purchase of buffalo. 



fights in the Northwest. The vacant buildings carry one 

 back to active times and bring a blush of shame over the 

 lack of a more intimate knowledge of American history. 



One of the most interesting natural phenomena in the 

 Park is the Mammoth Hot Springs, which is built of a 

 number of terraces formed by the depositing of 

 salts from solution in the hot water of the springs. The 

 colors of these terraces change from day to day, and 

 offer a never ending source of interest and wonderment 

 to the visitors. 



From the Mammoth Hotel at Fort Yellowstone, the 

 tourist can depart from the Park by the way of Gardiner 

 Station at the northern boundary, or return by the way 

 of Yellowstone on the western boundary. It seems most 

 advisable to take the trip from the Canyon Hotel over 

 Dunraven Pass by the way of Tower Falls to Mammoth 

 Hotel and out again by the western entrance, for by this 

 route, all the roads of each of the two circuits are tra- 

 versed, with the exception of a short link between the 

 Canyon Hotel and the Norris Basin, which is, perhaps, 

 the least interesting of the necessary links to complete 

 the circuits, although it is more picturesque than some 

 of the essential stretches of road. 



The Park is the largest in our system and contains 

 over two million acres. It is ridiculous, therefore, to con- 

 sider that anyone can really see any material portion of 

 its vast area in the length of time that is usually devoted 

 to a trip in the Park ; there are hundreds of miles of 

 trails, innumerable lakes, streams and wonderful moun- 

 tain peaks, together with an infinite variety of natural 

 phenomena, all of which offer sufficient interest to enter- 

 tain the most exacting for a 

 period of several months ; in 

 fact, many tourists who wish 

 to see the geysers have 

 not sufficient time to take the 

 entire circuit and are forced to 

 enter the Park at one side or 

 another, visit the nearest basin 

 or two and depart. This, the 

 Government now permits, al- 

 though there was strenuous effort 

 put forth on the part of conces- 

 sionaires to enforce the tourist to 

 stay in the Park a sufficient length 

 of time to guarantee the opera- 

 tions of the concessionaires. 



The introduction, therefore, 

 of the automobile, has been a 

 tremendous advance in the sensi- 

 ble administration of this Park, 

 for it is now possible to cover by 

 motor practically all of the roads 

 that the Government has built 

 in the Park in considerably less 

 time than it would take to cover 

 one circuit by horse-drawn stage. 

 There is still plenty of work for 

 the horses to do in the Park in the 

 way of transporting people by saddle over the trails and 

 giving them a more detailed knowledge of the mountains, 

 so let us hope that the good work will go on and that the 

 roads in our parks may be made safe for the automobile 

 travel which is undeniably inevitable. 



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WOOD WASTE USED FOR PULP 



HE use of a steadily increasing amount of wood 

 waste in the manufacture of pulp is indicated by 

 figures compiled by the Forest Service. Although 

 the pulp industry showed a decline in the last year for 

 which complete figures are available (1914) on account 

 of the increasing cost of raw material and general busi- 

 ness conditions, more wood waste was used than in 

 any previous year. 



Approximately 330,000 cords of waste with a value of 

 $1,400,000 were utilized by 35 of the 200 pulp and paper 

 mills of the United States. It is thought that as the price 

 of cord wood goes up the amount of wood waste used 

 will become greater. 



