o f them. At six o ’ clock you will This plateau is about six miles
'
be down to the buffalo corral across to where the road strikes
getting a snapshot o f the last the Firehole river at the Fire-
remnant o f the American bison. hole cascades.
Drive up or
When
you have finished the down that river a short distance,
sights adjacent to your camp, pitch your tent and string up
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i you will move probably to Wil- that crack fishpole you are so
low creek. This trip takes you proud of, for the water is as
To prove to the readers of the Forest Grove Press that you can get
It was a cold, cloudy day, with
better values for your money at our store than any other place in the
I had another accident a fte >' through the “ Hoodoos,” a mys- clear as crystal and lousy with
Northwest we are' going to make it possible for you to come to Portland
a healthy breeze blowing from leaving Livingstone which left tic jumble of silver colored rocks
rainbow trout. Take along your
and return at our expense.
the snow-capped “ Little Belts,’ ’ my rear tire flat and resulted in augRestive o f ghosts and bob-
camera too, you will need it.
that a friend and myself left the our traveling by train to Gardi- R0bblins, even the skeletons o f a
O U R PLAN
You will soon reach the Lower
Purchases of $ 25.00 cash entitle you to 25 iles fare, paid by us
little shanty “ way out on the ner. 1 his canyon is itself worth few trees scattered here and
Geyser Basin, in which is located
Purchases of $ 50.00 cash entitle you to 50 iles fare, paid by us
prairie,” northwest of Harlow- taking a long trip to see. There! there among the jumbletl mass
les fare, paid by us
Purchases of $ 75.00 cash entitle you to 75
the
Great
Fountain
Geyser,
ton, Montana, in the latter dàys are some warm springs enroute, (deacl fo r .n o man knows how
Purchases o f $100.00 cash entitle you to 100 iles fare, paid by us
Purchases of $150.00 cash entitle you to 150 iles fare, paid by us
o f July, 1911, headed for t^e most o f which are used by sani­ long) resemble the bony frames •whose crater is about thirty feet
to
200 miles fare, paid by us
c u l l i l i J you
»•'
Purchases of $200.00 cash entitle
in
diameter
and
plays
from
thir­
AND SO ON
Yellowstone National
P a r k . tariums, and fropi Livingstoi
I
of departed spirits. The “ Silver ty jto forty minutes every 25 to
“ An even
hundred miles to to Gardiner the rocky walls a. Gate” is probably the greatest
30 Mays.
The Lower Basin is
In order to avail yoursplf of this Free Fare offer get a cash fare re­
Gardiner City,” we were told by perforated*t?y paint and Portland single
attraction among th£ good for four or five days’ ex­
ceipt from your ticket agent and bring it to us and we will allow you for
those who claimed to know, but cement mines. There are many “ Hoodoos.”
it as given above. An opportunity to come to PORTLAND to do any
plorations. The Mammoth Paint
trading you may have to do at OUR EXPENSE.
one who had been there would farms and a few small towns
As you travel, each mile is
REMEMBER, YOU BUY FOR LESS FROM US. Below we give
not venture an opinion o f the along the way, and if you like marked by a milepost, giving Pots are perhaps the greatest
a few SUGGESTIONS from our stock. If it’s used on the farm we
Six or seven differ­
have it.
hunting or fishing, camp awhile ! the distance both ways to the curiosity.
distance.
ent
colors
o
f
soft
paint
bubbling
For many days we two had and take a side trip up one of ! nearest great attractions. Each
Buggies and Spring W a gon s
Iron A ge Potato Planter«
“ Deer flies” i attraction is named and pointed and sputtering up all the time
D elivery W agons
Superior Drills
discussed
the matter as to the side streams.
like a pot o f boiling mush, and
Sw enson G rubbers
R o ck Island plow s
whether the sights would be and “ green heads” make good out by sign posts.
Each camp­ all within a few feet o f each
Standard P ota to D iggers
Canton plow s
O lds and W a te rlo o Engines
Chattanooga plow s
worth the cost and inconven­ fishing bait and are easily cap­ ground is located in the same
other. Next comes the Middle
D airy Supplies
Superior and Canton Discs
tured. Just sit still for a few way.
iences o f the trip.
C on tractors' Supplies
Pittsburg Fence
Basin with the Excelsior Geyser
Harness " f all Kinds
Bain W agon s
My ideas regarding the size minutes with the left hand ex­
After leaving
the “ Silver as a big attraction. We saw the
Feed Mills
Canton W agon s
When two Gate” you enter Willow Creek
and grandeur o f this place of tended palm down.
Fanning M 21s
O ld H ickory W agons
Upper Basin with the Riverside
mvstery, science and beauty, or three flies have gathered to- Canyon, where you get a speci­
Sulkies,
Gangs
and
Riding
Attachments
for walking plows, Land Rollers,
Geyser in the foreground and
which belongs as much to the i gether with one accord and get men of good roads and how they
Ensilage Cutters and Blowers, and a full line of everything else used on
Old
Faithful
in
the
distance
both
gets
the farm.
poorest as to the most wealthy, to quarreling
, . as , to
. which
,
.
are sometimes built, as you pass in full play, from nearly a mile
the
next
bite,
bring
the
right
through
the
>.Golden
Gate...
where money is forgotten as well
W e Carry O nly the Best
away.
Riverside plays once
us “ class” and where every­ palm down with all the force Then you come out in a beautiful
i every seven hours for about
We Sell the World-Famous U. S. INTERLOCKING
thing is as free to the humble you can and you’ ve got good bait broad basin.
The “ Electric I twenty to thirty minutes. When
enough
for
three
or
four
mag­
CREAM SEPARATOR
toiler who perchance has saved
Peaks” loom np to the right. not in eruption it is the most in­
nificent
rainbow
trout.
pp money enough to reach the
Here the scenery won’ t interest nocent looking hole in the ground
It holds the world's record for close skimming. It is the longest lived.
It is the easiest to clean. Endorsed bylO.OCO users in Pacific Northwest.
border and fit himself out with a
We arrived at Gardiner City an Oregonian much, but the
you ever saw.
When in erup­
' blanket and a week’s grubstake about 10 a. m. and immediately fishing in Willow Creek might,
tion it plays about one hundred
Pacific Northwest Headquarters for U. S. Separator Repairs
while he walks through the park proceeded to stock up with four j ais0 the wild strawberries which
and fifty feet at about seventy
THE WORLD’S STANDARD
carrying his camp on his back, days’ provisions, and being un- rjpen ¡n Julv and August.
Far­
were vague indeed and we were able to get any bicycle repairs, ther on you come to the “ Appol- degrees and the water falls back
into the Firehole river.
The
wholly unprepared for what we we passed through the entrance inarius”
spring.
“ Devil’s
Upper
Basin
has
almost
number­
arch and walked the first mile to Dream” is just as appropriate
found.
212 FRONT STREET. PORTLAND, ORECON
less hot springs, mineral springs
Before we reached the north­ where the road strikes the Gard­ and easier remembered.
It
Everything for the Farmer. Nothing but the Best
and geysers. Old Faithful, per­
ern entrance the “ even hundred” iner river, a beautiful mountain takes a couple of drops of lemon
haps
the
most
noted
geyser
in
miles had lengthened into one- torrent. Here we rested for an Juice to Ket the full effect o f the
the park, plays for about ten
hundred and sixty-three miles. hour and ate a lunch. Then on variagated taste o f this water.
minutes
every 65 or 70 minutes
Mammoth Hot
Our first day’ s ride carried us to towards the
We did not stop at Willow
the
year
around.
The stream Inn bears may be seen at most
From the Upper Geyser Basin
Big Timber, Montana, where we ¡Springs and Fort Yellowstone. creek, but traveled up it several j
sometimes
reaches
nearly
two-
any time. The big old grizzleys the road follows the Firehole
first saw the Yellowstone river, |
! We found the road macadamized miles to where the fishing looked
hundred feet and is about three
and
equal
to
Forest
Grove
pave­
are
about as tame as dogs and river to its source at the Conti-
swollen by melting snows and
good. Here near a mountain of
feet in diameter. You will want
ment.
Every
half
mile
was
a
almost red with mud. The same
real glass we cast our flies time
Here is Two-
to camp at the Upper Basin for will open a can o f fruit, beans, nental Divide.
day we traveled twenty-four tank o f water and a large road and again without result.
Tire-
etc.,
quicker
than
you
can
witli
Ocean
Lake.
The
road crosses
at least a week. At the garbage
miles up the river and camped sprinkler goes over the road two ing o f this, we filled up on straw­
(Continued on fifteenth page.)
In many berries and rode on to a camp dump back of the Old Faithful an opener.
on its banks.
Our camp outfit or three times daily.
consisted o f two double blankets, places water is brought for a ground and stopped to get sup­
a frying-pan, a stew kettle and mile or more and raised several per. My friend started to build ,
two fishing rods, bacon, coffee, hundred feet by means o f hy­ a fire and I went to the creek to
salt and a six shooter. Each of draulic rams, for sprinkling the get a drink. I got it, and you
us carried part of the pack on a road.
bet it was boiling hot.
It was
It must be remembered that the same stream we had fished
carrier fastened to the frame of
our wheel and extending out in Uncle Sam keeps up this park in. Near here we found a couple
front.
Next morning, when “ for the pleasure and enjoyment o f lakes, Twin Lakes they are
nine
miles from Livingstone, o f the people” and everything is called. The water was clear as
Montana, I broke the fork of made as pleasant as possible.
crystal and the rock in the bot- j
my bike Hush with the top o f the
We
We passed a spire of rock on tom was blue as indigo.
frame and had to walk into the top o f which is a huge were now in the hot springs re­
town, which with the time it eagle’ s nest, and several Ameri­ gion and soon came to Roaring
took to repair the wheel, cost us can eagles were circling around. Mountain, a high hill, from base
about seven hours’ time and $10. Five miles from Gardiner is Fort to peak of which issued number­
That evening we rode from Liv­ Yellowstone, the Mammoth Hot less springs o f stinking, boiling
ingstone twenty-three miles up Springs, the Buffalo corral and water. It made a fellow feel
It would like he had business in another
the Yellowstone canyon.
Liv­ a fine camp ground.
ingstone. Montana, is on the take two or three days to see the country.
We were soon in the Norris
main line o f the Northern Pacific sights grouped within a radius
railroad, which runs a branch o f a couple o f miles, but the Geyser Basin, and here is an­
Then you will need Hoes, Trowels, Sprinklers, Rakes
line fifty-five miles to Gardiner grass is good and plentiful, so other place to camp a day or
City, Montana, the northern en­ pitch your tent, hobble your two. There is a dandy camp a
and many other implements. It will pay you to buy
trance to the park. Livingstone horses, strap on your kodak and mile from the geyser basin with
corrals
and
a
fine
spring.
Among
is the headquarters o f most of start out. First you will go to
the best, for good garden tools will last for years and
the park transportation com­ Fort Yellowstone, register and the hot springs paths are marked
out
and
each
spring
is
named.
panies and is where the tourist surrender any firearms you may
years while poor ones will soon break or are injured.
guides meet tourists and organ­ have. Then you will take in the Among the most prominent is
hot
springs
formations,
or
part
Black
Growler,
a
spring
o
f
re-
ize their trips.
.------------------------------------------------ cent origin.
It makes a noise
like the bulldog at two a. m. and
its fumes are deadly poison. All
the trees and grass within reach
of its vapors are dead.
We rolled our blankets under
the trees between the geysers,
The fishing season is now here and we have a
where the mosquitos were fewer,
and came near being trampled
complete line of Fishing Tackle. Glad to show it any
out of sight by a band o f elk
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browsing on the brush and scant
old time.
grass.
Now you have traveled down
the “ handle” o f the “ frying-
E. J. MoAlear, Manager
pan,” as the route most traveled
by tourists and campers is called,
and are ready to circumnavigate
the bowl. The usual route is to
the right across Gibbon Meadows
Prompt service and
The base ball season is almost here and we have
where you may choose to camp
reliable work.
for a week, then down Gibbon
a complete line of Spalding Bros. Base Ball Goods.
River, a beautiful canyon lined
with curious springs and foun­
tains, almost to the junction o f
HILLSBORO, OREGON
the Gibbon and Firehole rivers,
Office American National Bank Bldg.
where is the mad to Yellowstone.
Montana, the western entrance
to the park. Yellowstone is on
Forest Grove, Oregon
the Oregon Shortline railroad.
Then you cross a wooded plateau
which Uncle Sam has not yet
got water on for sprinkling.
THROUGH YELLOW STONE
NATIONAL PARK AWHEEL
FREE FARE to Portland
and Return
Farmers Implement Co.
Springtime is Here
And You Are Going to Have
a Garden, Aren’t You?
FISHING TACKLE
. . . . . . „• '
Ab-
stract & Title Co.
BASE BALL SEASON
W. O. WAGNER & SONS