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FOR AfJI:;;:;RICA~T S.'OU::iI STS IN Ro6KI ES.

Glacier PCirk, Mont ., Sept -- Six Eagle Scouts from Great " Falls, Montans., and · 23 scouts· of the same rank fy:om other west-

ern cities devoted the last two weeks of August to trail build­

~Tlg acti vi ty in tl1e Rocky Mountains of Glaciel' National Park.

The scouts began thi s practi c e work in 1925. •

The work iVas done under the dire·ction of R. G.

:vfatthev-v'S , of Everett, Wash ., R. E . Crompton of Wenatchee , Wash .,

and M. L. Orouch of Great FallS, I i\~ont ~, scout executi ves in

their resp ective cities. The oonstruction of the trails is

designed to open ne'"r parts of the Park to tourist travel in 19 28.

Under th e aI'rangernel1t made bet vlfeen the Nationa l

Park Service and the Boy Scouts of America, the boys volunteer .

their serv::'ces and wQrk without pay, the government furnishing

t ra nsportat ion to t~le Park , :11ed18, too Is, tents and general

supervi sion.

j The Eagle Scout trail bu~lding program was con-

cei ved in l~ and the idea was present ed to Stephen T. 1iather,

director of the National Pa J~k Service, by Edgar 7V. Maclay ,

president of the Great Faflscouncil. In 1924 32 Eagle Scouts ,

headed by Lir . Maclay , started the firls t trctil in Yellowstone

Nationa l Park and the success of the plan was so evident that

arrangements were made to continue t~e program in each of .the

la.rg e r T'atio!lal parks of the mtion .

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, The fo~lowi:;1g year, 19 Eagle Scouts started

, .building t:::-ails in Glacier Park. The movement &'180 ,VB,S extended

to Rainier National )Park in Washington where tropps from T8~coma •

and Seattle joinsd forces.

The E~f,le Scouts assigne~ to Glacier Park this

season were: . Walte:::, }~orrisJ Gordon Williams, De1bert Brick,

Wilford Willey, Rex MEnion and TIs,lt e:- Robinson of Great :r<'alls,

Montana; Jean 3lili th of Mi 88oula, Montana; Burri 11 W~()i t ehead of

. Cut Bank, Montana; Clay Covington and William Bergeson of Hel-

ena, Montana.

Robert Johnson of Aberdeen, S. D.; Donald Kendall

of Iron, Minn.~ Richard Webb and Charles Campbell df Dallas,

Ore.; Bradford Datson and Howa:,d Stafford of Eugene} Ore. ; Lloy(i

Lilly, Gordc;>n Day and John Travjs of Port1and, Ore.; Van De~ich of

Kellogg, ~da.; Bryce Wood and one other fl'om Everet t, Wash.;

Stuart 1illico ani Homer Bergren of Seattle and Will iam Hannes

of Council Bluffs, Iowa. In addition, Spokane had two represent-

atives and Wenatchee 1 Wash., three.

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September 2nd 1927 t J

Memorandum to Mr. Hill:-

We are sending you by Mr. Kas in response to your wire, the Prince of Wales Hotel stud~es so far completed. These have been somewhat hurriedly got together, and do not represent any final conclusions on our part. We expect to carry them further, in anticipation of conferring personally with you about them when you arrive in St. Paul.

The sketches sent to you include prints of Schemes A, B and C which you have already seen, your studies made after seeing them, and prints of Schemes D and E, which have been made since the writer's return from Waterton Park. Scheme D is a working out of your suggestions. Scheme E is a first attempt at carry­ing out some ·of the i9.eas that resulted from the wri ter 's recent visit to the site.

The essence of of these ideas are that it would be better to permanently restrict the development of the extensions on the east to one wing, and to count definitely on providing further accommodations by a corresponding wing on the west. We have been led to this idea because of several considerations.

The first is that any increase in rooms will automatically call for an increase in dining room, kitchen and service facilities. These will have to come on the west; therefore, it would seem most economical to combine them with a part of the desired increase in rooms, by means of a wing containing kitchen and dining room on the first floor and bedrooms on the upper floor.

The second consideration is that of economical operation. We believe that a compact scheme of balanced development on both sides of the main building can be made more efficient from the point of view of operation than a one sided development.

A third consideration is that of appearance . The hotel has an extraordinarily commanding location, especially when seen from up the lake, and from the north approach by road. The writer 's study of these aspects on the site leads us to prefer a dignified, balanced grouping of buildings, with everything disposed to enhance the effect of the present building as a dominating central mass. We are preparing studies based on photographs to show the effect of various groupings, which we shall be interested to show you when you arrive in St. Paul.

We sincerely welcome the recent decision to postpone immediate construction c£ all but the help's qUarters I because we have become more and more convinced that there were many considerations

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that needed more carefulcQ1s'f5r:>at i on than a program of con­struction this fall would allow. Furthermore, the present procedure will take care of what is, in our judgment, the most pressing need of the hotel, namely better service facilities. In accordance with this decision we are proceeding i mmediately with studies for the ~elp's quarters, which will be ready for your consideration on your arrival.

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Very t ruly yours,

TOLTZ, KING AND DAY, Inc.

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In the writer's observation of the way the hotel was working out, it seemed to him that Bome provision for dancing and for meetings was very essential, and that the Tap Room was not likely to function successfully in close connection with the hotel proper. We were, therefore, very glad to find both these ideas incorporated in your suggestions.

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St. Paul , T-inn ., Sept . 2 , 1927 . - 1 .

I am returning herewith Volumes I and II of Ca tlin' s

THE ORTH -41 .. ERIC-"1T IJ IANS which you kindly ioaned me when we were

working on the Indian designs for decorations in the Prince of

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BAR I TERS. OLIOI OR • E C.

r . G. Dorety. sq., Vice pre ident and General Ooun e1 reat Borth rn Rallw y 00 pany

St . paul , inn .

Dr . 1I:; : 0 rd ton- tarton B hw y

ter of Publio ork letter ot 31 on eOI'd ton­nt you . By t De uty ln1 t r'

" e qulte r l1ze h t 0 ing to the 10 g winter per10d re in 0 be pr sed to oomplete thl IO d b Jun 15th . e·v. how.ver, set out to do so .

nd are qUlte tltled with the ro re d thi f r .

-The ub- r~d est section' 111 . n ou t . be 1 ished by October 10th; tne e terly ectlon

will likely not f1ni hed until 8. before freez -up.

- e h ve reoently disoover d ple B pply of e t ot 0 rd ton. nd ho e to h ve

on oth of thls work before ibl to co plete

Yours rul .

BRiO (Signed) A. B. HOG

FORM tt53A GREAT !"'\RTHERN RAILWAY COMPA

FAST MESSAGE BE BRIEF n Y

o 0 Jenka.. t ' 001 .

t a.t ~ cler ar I 1'0 and lUG for an rele cd from our service. lefor has male

'breacb contract asldn{ for extra hel u to fifty .. more en ear1ng until nine , t n or slav n o'clock. all you ullL bot relieved at onoe from our service an any 1. copy of tb1a to both of thea and so to

hotol so· tho 111 not roounn long r at our as. 00. Lot your Is er or bia r roo tat vo t e ov r rk and avoid any"f ther raf~lng. io or can oom lete rk Itb or tbout very f ~J In-

s t~J.ctiona. 0 ~ Tue - l' and h1 0 for 1nfl.uenee on the reat rt ern.

uie 111. Copybymtl1l to: Mr . Wm. II . Tucker,

v Foreman, c/o Glacier Park Hotel Co .,

. Glacier Park, ontana.

CLt.SS OF SERVICE DESIRED

DOM EsT IC CABLE

TELEGRAM FULL RATE

DAY LETTER DEFERRED

NIGHT CABLE MESSAGE LETTER

NIGHT WEEK END LETTER LETTER

Patrons should cbeck eJass of service desired: otherwise me8sage will be

t.rallSmitted as a full~rate eommunieation.

W STER UNION

N E W COMB CARLTON. PRESIDENT ~ J . C. WI LLEV E R . FIRST VI CE-PR.ESI D ENT

Send the following meuage. ,ubjecl to Ihe lerma ,on back hefalf. which are hereby agreed '0 On Butte Divioion. Ja t . 6, 1927 .

1t1H Tucker , c/o Glacier Park Hotel Company, 01 aci er Park, on tana.

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Form 1206A

NO. CASH OR CHG.:

CHECK

"TIME FILED

I drafted an1 am familiar 'Ii th contract. You travel at our expense but first at our re uest. The end .rorks ,?hen we say so. The end has arrived and your traveling expense ! a over and any expense J

traveli·ng wi thout our request is at your o'm expense. I learned in California that you are unreliable and. I have proof at Glacier Park that this is true .

Lou! s " Hill

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FORM 1153A GREAT N --1THERN RAILWAY COMPA,. · ..

FAST MESSAGE BE BoRIEF C 0 Jenks - st Paul F G Dorety - st Pau1

On Butte DiVision, Sept . 6 , 1927 .

• W R Smith - Great Falls, Mont . Mr . Beck, c/o Agent, Glacier Park, Mont.

Have sent following Western Union telegram to wm H Tucker, care Glacier Park Hotel Com ~, Glacier park, Montana. Quote. I drafted and am .familiar with contract. You travel at our expense but first at Our request. The end 'Works when we SSiY so. The end has arrived and your traveling expense is over and any expense- traveling wi thout our request is at your own expense. I learned in Cd ifornia that you are unreliabl and I have proof at Glacier Park that this is true. Unquote.

LoUis W Hill .

FORM 1153A REAT "'RTHERN RAILWAY COMPP ' Y

FAST MESSAGE BE BRIEF sept . 6, 1927 .

Mr . Beck, . Glacier tark, Montana. \Y R Smith - Great Falls, Montana. F G Dorety - st Paul . Have just wired C 0 Jenks , st . Paul, follovnng. Quote I told 1m H Tucker last night at Glacier Park I ifould wire and have he and his foreman released from our service . His foreman has made serious b r each contract asking for extra help up to fi1'ty or mor e men and he not ap­pearing until nine , t en or eleven o ' clock. Widl you ould wire have them bo.th relieved a t onc~ from our service and any expense to us . Am sending copy of this to both of them and also to Mr Beck a t hotel so they will not remain longer at our expense . Let your man Di shmaker or his represent ative t ake over work and avoid any further grafting. Di sbmaker can compiete work i th or without very fe':! inst ructions. Both Tu cker and hi s foreman are bad influence on the Great Northern. Unquote . Please notify these two individuals they are no l onger in the Company' s service and their credit is no longer good. A foreman in

-charge of an extra gang who gets U lJ at nine , ten or eleven o ' clock should have had a shorter life than this man.

Loui s W Hill .

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CLASS Of SERVICE DESIRED

DOM E-STIC C ABLE

TELEGRAM <'ULL RATE

DAY LEITER OlEFERRED

NIGHT CABLE MESSAGE LEITER

NIGHT WEEK END LEITER L EITER

Patrons should check class of service desired: other wise message will be

transmitted as a full · rate eommunieation .

WhSTER UNION

NEWCOM. CARLTON, PREStO.NT J . C . WILLEVER, '- IAST VI C . - PIt •• 'OKNT

Send lhe following mU3age, ,ubjuiJo lhe lemur on 6ac~ hereof. which are hereby agreed to

COP Y Glacier Park, Mont. 6 400 P

Ralph Budd Executive Officer Great Northern Ry. St. Paul , Mi~

Form 1206-A

NO. CASH OR CHG.

CH ECK

TIME FILED

Expeot to oomplete golf oour se except water system Wednesday Sept. seventh.

Suggest I turn oourse over to Mr. Thompson Please advise if this meets your approval

will then make final inspeo1;ion with him an~ leave instruotions for the oare and

attentions before leaving.

Wm. H. Tucker.

On ont ~D1vis1on, Se.t. 7 p 1927.

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r und 'to the 1'1 tel, a

oaota on the in ide on' t e tor cannot be used 1'or r1nk1ng

or oooldns. ''l'h1a 113 a greet inoonvenieno'" arid ./

ense, and,

l ' tho lpoa ./ore 0 de od. and ' 601d to us as \'later ipso, I -

oul ae 0 the oom !urniohing th to 0 ON tho

expenos of putting th into ohapo for oupplyine oa:rater.

This 'rill ann pO\Yi-lg to run p lon enough to oontinuo ,

a. nov or VI tel' thr~ugh tho pipe to el1m1na.to the oreoso ·0. , r

solbJ.y so 0 ell . oal oan be found hioh, if mixor" .--

1n the tonk and 10"'100. to I" ain in tho pipe 0 au1'.I:'1oicnt

l04gth of ot me, ml t 0 rJ tho creosoto off in t C olution.

At any ra.ta. 1f. a roo onaiblo com 3Y cold th pipe . to u as tar pipe we should tmmcdiatoly put up to them the .. uoation of m dnB proper 0 ttl cnt . Of ~ouroo, if we speoi-

fied oreooote lined pipe, it would be up to us; othe_~ 00 I

tll1nk 1 t 10 up . to them. / '

Louis lUll .

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Mr. L. W. Hill:-

Your letter 7th instant:

The wood water pipes at Prince of Wales Hotel were ordered

creosoted by us. We did this so as to get a longer life. The untreated

pi,e under conditions existing there would probably not have lasted more thaa

ten years. The catalogs of the wood pipe manufacturers state that: Water

for household purposes is not affected by conveyance through creosoted pipe

after careful flush ng out of the pi,es ~s carried off the surplus oil.

Repeated experiments made by the Bureau of Industrial Research,

University of Washington, showed conclusively that the taste of creosote

could not be detected after the creosoted pipes had been properly f1ush~d out.

We have taken up with the C~nadian Wood Pipe & Tanks, Limited, •

Vancouver. who ~urnished this ni~e. and under date of August 17th they ~ - f"

advised as follows:

"We are in receipt of your letter of the 17th inst. and are glad to note that you have the ptpe system working in a satisfactory manner.

With regard to the elimination of the- teste of creosote from the pipe. Time and constant flushing is all that we know of to get this taste out of the water. We have not heard of 8J?Y chemical sub­stance that could be introduced into the pipe to counteract the pre­sence of creosote. We supplied an eight inch pipe to the C. P. R. for use in pumping salt water to the swim;ing pool at Crystal Gardens at Vi~toria. and there was a noticeable amount of creosote in the water in the pool for a time but it has now disappeared.

We eDClose e Bulletin issued by the University of WaShington that deals with this very subject and will no doubt prove of i~terest to you.

We should be glad to hear from you later when the taste has entirely disappeared, in order that we may have somt'! definite inform-' etion on the subject, as this is the first time it has come to our attention in connect~on with any pipe that we have supplied in connec­tion with domestlc supply lines."

I am advised that there is still a pronounced taste of creosote.

After the hotel closes a systematiC flushing out of the pipes will have to

. be made, and I feel sure from the exp~rience of others that we can entirely

get rid of this creosote taste.

A. H. Hogeland

CLASS OF SERVICE DESIRED

DOMESTIC CABLE

TELEGRAM FULL RATE

DAYLETIER DEFERRED

NIGHT CABLE MESSAGE LETIER

NIGHT WEEK END LETIER LETIER

PatroD.8lhouldebeekelaae of lIer'VliCe desired; otbenrioe ........ trW ...

tranamitted ... fall-ra'" communicatioD.

W't:STER UNION

NEWCOMB CARLTON. PItESIDENT

Send the follOUJl", mwoge. subject to the temu on bo~ hereof. which Ote hetcbJl olrud to

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NO. CASH OR CHo;

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Mr .. Hill:

Mr. Day, of To~tz, King & Day. called up today saying

that no doubt you would Vlish to have a roundup with he and Mr. Jones

sometime soon and hoped you WOUld~ot call on them tomorrow (Saturday')

as there is a convention of builders in session tomorrow. Any day

next weelc that suits your convenience will be a.greeab1e to them~ I

Do you care to set any special time or day next week?

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FAST MESSAGE BE BRIEF

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. i nn _,- St!pt ember 10 . 192'1.

Can you us 2 . 0CO pe\1nieG Cll.wier P rk unci if uO when

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H "I Kask .

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WE CAN HANDLE 2000 PEONIES WILL START PREPARING MORE GROUND

HEAVY RAINS LAST TWO DAYS BUT CAN PROBABLY BE READY FOR THEM

IN TEN DAYS

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