Casper Daily Tribune Newspaper, February 15, 1925, Page 49

SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 15, 1925 Che Casper Daily Cribune PAGE ELEVEN .SCENIC CHARMS OF YELLOWSTONE. ee ON TOURISTS STEADY GAN IN VITORS SHOWN Sanctuary for Game Is Largest Maintained In the World. (Continued From Page One) rail tourist who is always a “dude” in, the Yellowstone. Now “sage- pfrushers" traveling in their own cars from every state in the Union outnumber the rail “dudes” by three to one, West Gateway Popular. The most popular rail entrance to the park is the western or West Yellowstone gateway, but the east- ern or Cody gateway is st{il the favorite of the motorist. The south entrance is becoming more popular each year. Good roads now ap- proach the park gateways from every direction. This year, within 60 miles of the park, $946,000 is being spent on approach roads by the states and counties with federal aid and by the forest service. On the Wyoming approach highways $602,545 is being expended this year, $229,005 on the approach roads in the Jackson Hole country, and $308,540 on the Cody road. The completion of the new road through the Wind River Canyon had a pro- found influence on travel, {ncreas- ing the use of the Cody gateway immensely. Too much cannot be sald in praise of the policies of the state adminis- trations during the past six or seven years in concentrating highway ex- penditures on great trunk line roads with emphasis especially on those approaching Yellowstone National park. The fine highways to Cody and to the park via the spectacular Shoshone Canyon, the magnificent ‘Wind River road from Lander through Twogwotee Pass, the Ho- back Canyon road, all built or re- built recently with state, federal aid and forest funds, have given to the park “feeder” roads equal to and in some cases surpassing the highways of the park itself, long regarded as among the best in the Rocky Moun- Program, Yellowstone's toad system would soon be so Inferior to con- necting state highways that {t would justly receive severe criticism. Highway Program Projected. Fortunately, within the past year priation of $7,600,000, to be expended over a period of three years in re- building existing highways and con- structing new roads in the various national parks. Yellowstone will receive only $480,000 of the fund, but much needed improvements can be made with that amount. A large “part of this allotment will be ex- _iended in widening narrow sections of the Grand Loop road, which touches all of the principal points of interest, grades will be reduced, guard rails built, and several new roads opened. These new sections will really not open any more of the park to motorists than is now accessible. They will eliminate old roads that are lacking in scenic tn- terest or possessed of excessive grades. Among the new roads that are to be opened is a 12-mile drive along the shore of Lake Yellow- stone from Arnica Creek to Bridger Bay on the section between West Thumb and the Lake hotel; another new road will be the so-called Fire- hole Cutoff between Madison Junc- tion and the Firehole Cascades; still another will be a road through Lower Geyser Basin touching many interesting scenes of geyser activity. Camp Grounds Improvement, Concurrent!y with road improve- ment, we will continue development of camp grounds on a large scale. ¥ Few people realize the problem in volved in caring. for 100,000 camp- ers. If people camped in one place all the time they are in the park, the situation would be less com- * plicated and expensive to handle, but every motorist sets up camp In different place nearly every night, 80, in reality, we must care for these guests four or five times, or ex- pressed in another way, we must care for 400,000 to 600,000 guests one night. As they represent the combined entrants from all gate- Ways, no city or group of cities along the approach roads have any such camping problem to meet. Un- managers of the Ing very numerous and tame. congress has authorized the appro-| on the trails, selves are being vastly improved by fortunately, the average camper does not realize this and seems to feel that in the park, Uncle Sain should give him electric lights, tables, baths and other facilities, as well as wood, water and garbage disposal service, such as he recetved in most well equipped camp grounds in cities along his route to the park. Nevertheless, the park is grad- ually developing a splendid camp ground system and canmicely care for 7,000 to 8,000 campers a night, while its hotels and permanent hotel camps can house and feed from 5,000 to 5,500 rail and motor guests per night. At one time dur- ing the 1928 season, a rough census showéd about 14,000 people enjoy- ine the park, Innovations {n service for the 1925 season will include housekeep- ing tents in areas adjacent to pub- Mc camping grounds, and near by, lunch counters where meals can be secured at a low price. Fishing Delights Anglers, Fishing is greafly enjoyed by nearly all visitors to the Yellow- stone. Our hatcheries are now pro- ducing enormous quantities of young trout. Last year we planted 18, 544,000 young trout in waters in and adjacent to the park, while we sent to other states 12,000,000 eggs for hatching. This fine work is done by the U. S. Bureau of Fisheries, working closely with the National Park Service. Practically all fish planted in the Cody region and all fish that went into the Jackson Hole came from the park hatcheries. The wild life of the park ts thriv- ing. Only the elk and antelope are in danger, and if they get through the present severe winter, {t will doubtless be several years before they again face a crises. Many elk were killed this year both north and south of the park, ‘but the herds were not decimated as badly as in 1919. We fear starvation of elk in the Jackson Hole because the winter began so early, but the Izaak Wal- ton league {s raising funds to buy more winter range, and the state of Wyoming and the federal govern- ment have bought large quantities of hay. Buffalo Herd Miultiplies. The buffalo herds in the park now number nearly 800. The big herd known as the “tame herd,” and numbering 700 animals, and ranging on the Lamar river, was used this fall by the Famous Players-Lasky corporation in filming Zane Grey's “The Thundering Herd.” Colonel T. J. McCoy, of Wyoming, arranged for this picture to be filmed in the park and was not only one of the production but also one of the important actors. The bears, of course, are becom- They Lp the roads. Grizzlies are holding their own, but are so shy that they appear only about dusk in the vicinity of the hotel garbage heaps. The bears are very keen competitors of the geysers «nd the Grand Canyon for popular favor. They never fail to please, even when they sometimes accidentally nip a finger that holds out food for them. The famous geysers still play as they have for centuries. Old Faith- ful, of course, {s the favorite, but the Grand, which plays twice a day, 1s becoming better known. It is believed to be the most beautiful of all the geysers in Geyserland, a name often given to the park. The Mammoth Hot Springs are very in- teresting now. It is to be regretted that visitors as a rule do not take the time to see these marvelous terraces. Trails Hold Charms. More and more people are going and the trails them- the National Park Service. It is to be hoped that the Tetons will soon be added in order that the trail system of the park may be ex: tended to these magnificent granite peaks. There are many reasons why the Tetons should be added to the park, aside from the fact that they naturally belong to this great- est natural museum of all time, but the one reason that several beautiful lakes that mirror the serrated crest of the mountain range should be saved from irrigation development by Idaho interests is sufficient to Justify giving this region a park status at an early date. Soon the 1925 season will be here. There {s every reason to believe that close to 200,000 people will see the park this year, Already over 20,000 reservations have been made for accommodations. Dude ranches will have the biggest year in their history. The whole state will enjoy good tourist business, and its great est lure for the traveler from afar, Yellowstone park, will be found by all its guests to be ready to serve and please them better than ever before. The park is being operated on a basis of kindness, courtesy and hospitality that is truly western and especially typical of Wyoming. _ THE LABEL New Buildings Relieve Crowded School Conditions in District in Last Year (Continued from Page Ten.) special attention to balanced diets and health foods. This class meets once a week also. Special attention is given to discussion of choice of foods for underweight girls in the classes. In the high school, the work is given in two years, usually being taken the first two years. In or- der to receive credit, a girl must have a complete year’s work involv- ing beginning sewing and cooking, personal hygiene, and care of the house, which have been added this year to the course. In checking the foods preparation {s done with the {dea of meal planning in mind. Along with this work, the girls are given instruction {n care of the house and {ts furnishing. ‘The other half of the year ts given over. to garment construction and personal hygiene. The garments made include underwear, blouses, simple dresses with special attention given to appropriateness, durability, cost, etc. A part of this course is given over to repair and care of clothing. The second year of Home Econ- omics takes up meal preparation and serving, and buying and marketing as well as child feeding. Closely cor- related with this is the budgeting of the family income for all its expendl- tures. Each class has its theoretical family consisting of father, mother and three children who Ilve on a moderate income in Casper. It is the duty of each girl to budget the family income to the best advan- tage, taking into consideration, liv- ing conditions prevailing here. The final work in this class is the service of a meal, which has been prepared and planned, as well as served by each two girls working in pairs. The rfothers are the honored guests at these meals and the young hostesses are justly proud of the success of thelr efforts. This work has been directed this past semester by Miss Virginia Williams. ‘The other half of the second year’s work is given over to dressmaking and millinery, with a few weeks de- voted to house furnishing and plan- ning. This is the first time this has been given in just this way, and the girls have become very interest- ed in plans and furnishing of a home. The dressmaking is quite ad- Wanced and includes wool dresses and sport dresses as well as silk and other costumes. Special attention is given to renovating and remodel- ing old garments with an idea to economy. The high school cafeteria is under tho management of the home econ- omics department this year. One reason for this change in the man- ner of handling the student lunch problem, was to allow an outlet for some of the food prepared in the foods classes. Of course this lessens the cost of the operation of the Home Economics department besides providing more prac: tioal experience. It is not pos- sible to have the girls prepare all the food. Three competent women do this work. Nutritious, appetizing food at the lowest possible cost is served to the students and teachers and any outside people who should Oil Royalty Earnings Aid In Financing Income from government oll royalties distributed to public schools of the state during the years 1921 to 1924, was as follows: 1921 1923 1923 -----.-----. 1,210,303 1924 -----—------ 2,000,000 happen to be there at lunch time. Visits from outside people are en- couraged because it is not only in- teresting but aléo gives an idea of how the lunch problem is handled. The walls of the cafeteria have been newly painted and with the white curtains at the windows and a few good pictures, {t is a very at, tractive place in which to eat. Stu: dent help is employed at the two lunch counters in the lower halls of the main building, where both hot and cold sandwiches, cookies, dough nuts, apples and candy are sol Girls also act as cashiers, check | counter girls and other help in the force has been increased in that time from three to five teachers. This growth has not been entirely in the number of students and teachers; new equipment has been added—a new power saw, a drawing room fil- ing cabinet, and many new hand tools. The most important factor . of growth has been the new automobile building built last spring by the car- pentry classes. This fine brick build- ing has a lecture room, a tool room, a wash room and four partitioned stalls for automobi! Here boys put on overalls and learn by actual experience how to-care- for, -repair, overhaul, and rebuild ° automobiles. The boys work on cars brought In for repair just as In any commercial garage. No labor charges are made for repairing cars; only actual cost for parts and material used. We believe that an unusually high character of work is done through- out our manual training department. Those who have visited our shops or ha en our exhibits are often sur- prised at the high quality of the woodwork. Nothing inartistic, ama- teurish or that will pot bear close in- spection as to construction goes out of our shops, School men visiting our schools often comment on the superior finish and graceful lines of Income From State Funds Distributed Income from permanent state funds, including state oll royal- ties, income from grazing and agricultural land, distributed to public schools of the state during the years 1921 to 1924 inclusive, was as follows: 1921 —-____-_________ $673,822 1922 781,378 1928 ~--------__-_-__. 691,813 1924 women nn = 697,976 our furniture pleces. Our drafting work {s of high quality, also, as evi- dencea by the fact that we carried off all the mechanical drawing first prizes at the state fair. There are several new and inter- esting Ines of work being done in our department this year that have not been mentioned herein. One of these {s the work in machine de- sign undertaker for the: first time his year. Such work {s usually con- sidered as of coll grade eonly, but the most advanced students in this work hyve completely designed a large tripple sanding machine. This sander will be built in the shops this spring to supplement our shop ma- chinery. Architectural drawing is a new and advanced subject in our de- partment. Soon we will be planning proper houses; just at present we are repairing automobiles. Many things are made by the stu- dents for the school. <A greater part of the cabinets, cases, and special Pleces of furniture used in the schools are made by students and teachers in the manual training shops. Even the equipping of the new high school by building the fur- niture in the school shops is being considered. Vocational Night School. Originally, night schools were largely for boys and girls who were compelled to leave day school and go to work. Now, classes for boys and girls are a very minor part of the average night school. They are mostly for adults. This change has been brought about by laws almed to keep boys and girls in day school, and by the Federal support or aid of vocational and home economics classes in night schools. Casper has kept abreast of chang- ing educational practice fn the de- velopment of the night schools. Most of the courses are along voca- tional lines and are planned for adults. That this development has been in accord with Casper's needs is evidenced by the fact that last year we had the largest percent of our population in our night school of any city in the United States. The night school attempts to teach any subject for which there ‘s a justifiable demand. Sometimes it is hard to do this. Fifteen men re- cently asked for a class in gas weld- ing. The school had neither teacher nor shop for such work, but solved the problem by employing a commer- celal welder to teach the class in his own shop. The class is now fast becoming a group of skilled welders. The school ordinarily requires an initial enrollment of twelve as a guarantee of justifiable demand, but | often waives this requirement if other evidences show that there is a real demand for a subject. The school now has vocational classes fn o!] geology, auto mechan- ies, auto electricity, sheet metal lay- outs, show card writing, and blue print reading. |Home Economies classes for women are offered in cooking, dressmaking, and millinery. Commercial subjects are bookkeep- ing, typewriting and salesmanship. General educational subjects offered are Spanish and common school branches. Preparation for naturali- zation, and English are offered for foreigners. The. work of the night school ts Aivided into three six-week terms, of which the second is just begin- ning. The. third term begins. the sixteenth of February at which time a new list of classes will be organ- ized. us ureccereguvvonuegeenveenenanneenvoucoooegesnenyonanesroreeeniiny ys The Safety Side of Your Ledger Frequent consultation with your banker will help you keep the story of your ledger clean and encouraging. Our business relations with you, carry our experience and serv- ice to you, and keep in view your success, which becomes part of our greater success. We invite you to call and talk it over with us. The Citizens National Bank prides itself upon its cour- tesy to the public and its accommodation to its patrons. Its counsel and advice in all financial matters is placed at your service, and it desires to establish close and friendly relations with you. socurranvestacnarueerrecseceaseseeencuneerneseccannanareeernannest SS ee ee ee Citizens National Bank Consolidated Royalty Building CASPER xX DIRECTORS M. J. Burke C, V. Norris *Dr. T. A. Dean W. J. Lindsay C. H, Horstman Wm. Cronin Fred W. Cottman J.J, Chapman John O. Mahan MNMANMETEMNETINO HEUTE _poavcaseesererevneenevaqeaneonaeeenennereroseecteeermesrarrennnnaain home ¢conomics department | n new high school at Midwest, | the supervision of the de | Sprague & Nisely Construction Co. ESTABLISHED 1882 OFFICE AND CAMP LOCATED ON WEST YELLOWSTONE HIGHWAY CASPER, WYOMING Officers and Directors CHARLES L. SPRAGUE, President Directors GENERAL CONTRACTORS C. I. CAMPBELL H. M. SPRAGUE C. L. SPRAGUE A. A. NISELY. t in Casper. New, up-to-da Imilar to the equipm s been installed and classes w in progress. Work planned ed out like the classes e conducted. It is expect t the work will be as popular} there agit {s in Casper and if this| proves out, the department will be filled to capacity. Manual Training Department. Manual Training is a very popular subject in the Casper school. Its various branches—woodwork, me- chanical drafting and automobile work—enroll about four hundred boys, The work begins in the sev- enth grade, Seventh and eighth grade boys spend one and a half hours per week in woodwork and the same time in mechanical draw. ing. Shop and drafting classes are filled to the lim in the high school, The classes in auto mechan- ies even have a waiting Ust of those wishing to transfer to the fascinat- ing subject. The department has grown con- siderably in the last year as evidenc- ed by the fact that the teaching CHARLES I. CAMPBELL, Vice President A. A. 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