Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 36, Number 127, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 11 November 1904 — IN NATURE'S WONDERLAND. [ARTICLE]

IN NATURE'S WONDERLAND.

Touring the Yellowstone Now Easy— Long Dormant Geyser Is Active. After being dormant for four years, “Splendid” geyser, in the Upper Geyser Basin, Yellowstone Park, is again active, and its eruptions occur at the intervals of about three hours. General Passenger Agent A. M. Cleland of the Northern Pacific, who has returned from a trip through the Yellowstone Park, Is very enthusiastic over the scenic beauties of the big government reserve and much astonished at the ease and comfort with wh'bh the travel inside the park boundaries is handled. “The stage trip of 150 miles Is accomplished without fatigue,” he said, “and the hotel accommodations everywhere are excellent. The new hotel at Upper Geyser Basin Is a wonder to all the tourists who visit it. It is of enormous size, and built of logs throughout, the rustic appearance being preserved even in the guest rooms. The ax, saw and hammer built the entire structure. There isn’t a yard of plaster in the entire building. The fireplaces are built of big boulders, and the hotel Is simply the rough product of the forest It is extremely beautiful, and has every comfort. “From the tower a searchlight Is operated. I saw Old Faithful by searchlight, and the sight was magnificent. One of the features of the trip was to see the searchlight man chase the bears with the powerful beam of light. The bears are afraid of the electric glare, and ran like scared sheep whenever the rnys were turned on them. On a dark night the searchlight develops many odd and Interesting sights.”