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A visit to Yellowstone National Park, one of the pleasures which millions 

 of people have had and almost everyone would like some time to enjoy, will 

 this year offer additional thrills with the opening of the new highway. The 

 highway lessens the distance to the park by approximately 50 miles, making it 

 an easy four-hour drive from Billings. From Billings to Red Lodge it is a 

 distance of 60 miles, over an oiled state road and through the "Gateway to the 

 Beartooths". 



From Montana waters 



I-eaving Red Lodge it goes past the fur farms and zoo, by Rock Creek 

 valley, about four miles being national forest highway. Then, as the govern- 

 ment-built road, 60 miles long, starts its trip through the colorful mountains, a 

 new region, unique in its primitive appeal, comes into A'iew. From 6,000 feet it 

 rises to Beartooth plateau, 11,000 feet above the sea, then goes over the "top of the 

 world," past lakes, across the end of Beartooth, largest lake in the region, 

 on to Cooke City, center of a rich mineral area and to the park but four miles 

 beyond. 



THE FEDERAL "BAG" 



What is coming out of the grab bag is always a mystery, but when the 

 Biological Survey Agents grabbed the whole bag of three hunters, they found 

 plenty cause for excitement. One look was enough, for the three men had 86 

 ducks in their possession, including 45 bluebills, 39 canvasbacks. and two red- 

 heads. This took place in Maryland, which is the northernmost state of the 

 south Atlantic district. When federal agents get you, they may leave your 

 pants, but these three hunters not only lost their kill, but their guns, hunting 

 coats, jackets, licenses, and duck stamps. Quite a grab, but it probably was 

 not a blind one. 



