TELEPHONE-CONSTRUCTION.

Ten miles of new line were built between Logging Creek and Indian Creek ranger stations. Eight new instruments were installed and connection was made with Great Northern line on the east side of the park. There are now 67 miles of telephone line owned and operated by the park.

TRANSPORTATION AND ACCOMMODATIONS.

The park is reached by the Great Northern Railway, which skirts its entire southern boundary for a distance of 55 miles. The eastern entrance is at Glacier Park, Mont. (Midvale post office). The western entrance is at Belton, Mont. At the eastern entrance the Great Northern Railway has completed one large hotel 206 by 96 feet, artistically constructed of frame with log columns, both exterior and interior, a 58 by 42 foot chalet used as an auxiliary hotel, open the year around, and two dormitories 34 by 102 feet for the help, also laundry, warehouse, etc. A 100-room addition is now in course of construction at Glacier Park.

At Belton, the western entrance, the accommodations for tourists consist of one main two-story building, comprising the lobby, dining room, kitchen, and seven sleeping rooms, besides a large dormitory 104 by 35 feet, and three auxiliary cabins of the Swiss chalet type.

Two Medicine camp consists of the following buildings: Dining room, 18 by 60 feet; one dormitory, 28 by 84 feet; and two auxiliary chalets 18 by 18 feet and one 28 by 28 feet; all of the Swiss type.

Cut Bank camp consists of one dining room 18 by 60 feet, three chalets 18 by 18 feet, and one chalet 28 by 28 feet, all of the Swiss type.

St. Mary camp consists of one dining room 42 by 85 feet, one club room and store 28 by 66 feet, one dormitory 18 by 84 feet, three chalets 18 by 18 feet, one chalet 28 by 28 feet, and one laundry and toilet 16 by 40 feet.

Going-to-the-Sun camp consists of a dining room 18 by 60 feet, six chalets 18 by 18 feet, and two chalets 28 by 28 feet. As this is one of the most popular camps in the park, additional buildings are contemplated.

Many Glaciers camp consists of one dining room 18 by 76 feet, six auxiliary chalets 18 by 18 feet, two chalets 28 by 28 feet, and one laundry 16 by 40 feet.

Gunsight camp consists of one dining room 18 by 76 feet and one dormitory 28 by 84 feet. The overflow at this camp has been taken. care of in house tents.

Sperry camp consists of one dining room 22 by 80 feet and one dormitory 32 by 90 feet, both buildings in the main being constructed of stone.

At the head of Lake McDonald John E. Lewis conducts a stopping place for tourists, which comprises one main hotel with 12 rooms, dining room, club room, and 16 log cabins. He is now building a 65-room addition, which will be ready for next season, making a total capacity of 105 rooms. This hotel is on patented land.

At the mouth of McDonald Creek, at the head of Lake McDonald, Frank Geduhn runs a hotel for the accommodation of tourists, which

to be greatly injured by the drought. I believe there will be no necessity for the purchase of forage for the park team during the coming

year.

During last winter I had about 50 acres of timber in the vicinity of Cold Spring thinned out and the underbrush cleared out along both sides of the road. About one-half of this plat has been set to Bermuda grass. The healthiest and hardiest trees were left standing, and the weeds and underbrush should be kept cleared out from among them so they may have the full benefits of all the substance in the soil. This makes a very pretty grove of trees, and, because of the proximity of the Cold Spring, it has become a favorite resort for picnic parties. A table 36 feet in length has been built there with benches all around it, and additional benches and two comfort stations have been placed in the grove.

Forty-eight new benches were built during the year and distributed in various portions of the park, some of them in West Central Park, some in the vicinity of the Bromide Springs, and the remainder in the vicinity of the Cold Spring, as indicated above.

Up to the end of the fiscal year just past I kept the weeds and grass cut in all the frequented portions of the park, and had succeeded in almost eradicating the Canadian thistles which grow rank in some places within the park. The weeds are getting another good start, however, since the failure of the appropriation for the new fiscal year.

The fencing in and around the park has been kept in repair during the year, and some new woven-wire fencing was built around a lot near the superintendent's residence and that formerly occupied by Ranger Townsley.

RECOMMENDATIONS.

The greater number of recommendations I shall make for the coming fiscal year are merely repetitions of recommendations I made in my last annual report, which were not provided for by Congress. They are as follows:

REVETMENT WALL.

The high flood waters of Rock Creek have washed the bank away between the main Bromide Spring and the Cliff Bromide Spring, so that the trail between the two springs has become very narrow, with a likelihood of the improvements at the last-named spring being eventually washed away down the creek. Rock Creek has been eating into this bank for years, gradually lapping its way nearer to the Cliff Bromide Spring and cutting off communication between it and the main spring. The scarcity of the Bromide water makes it essential that the passageway between the two springs remain intact as they both find outlet on the side of Rock Creek not available to vehicles except by way of the Bromide Bridge. This is owing to the fact that the waters issue from the side of a very steep cliff, and the only other means of reaching the springs is by way of the Cliffside Trail, which comes down the cliff near the main Bromide Spring, so it will be noted that if the path between the two springs should become impassable the Cliff Bromide Spring would be cut off entirely even though it should remain intact itself. Therefore it is

highly important that a revetment wall be constructed along the south side of the creek, beginning at the south end of the Bromide Suspension Bridge, running east past the Cliff Bromide Spring and connecting with the rock ledge on Bromide Bluff, which overhangs the creek. The cost of this wall would probably not exceed $300.

NEW PAVILION AT WILSON SPRING.

The pavilion now over Wilson Spring was constructed during the latter part of 1907 out of old material, and was only a temporary makeshift. It should be supplanted by a permanent, serviceable pavilion, which would also be an ornament to the Park. I believe this could be done, with native conglomerate rock columns, at a figure in the neighborhood of $140.

ADMINISTRATION BUILDING.

The building at present occupied as an office was originally constructed of rock and a cement composed of lime and sand, the intention of the two old Germans who built it being that it was to serve merely as a summer camping house. It is loosely constructed, so that rodents, and even snakes, have been known to inhabit the walls, the rats having stocked them with winter provisions, so that at all seasons of the year, on damp days especially, the office is pervaded with an unhealthy and offensive odor. The cheap quality of the cement with which the stone walls are built makes them permeable to water, so that for some days after a rain the atmosphere in the office is exceptionally obnoxious and chill and disease breeding.

In the center of the house, where the chimney is built, it has been recessary to place a prop between the ceiling and the floor in order to hold the chimney up, and even the ceiling is so loosely put together that rats and mice inhabit the portion of the building above. it. The mice run at random through the office and build nests in the desk drawers, cutting up the office supplies in building them.

The present site for the office is also undesirable and inconvenient to the visiting public, and in my opinion it should be abandoned and a new, sightly, and confortable administration building be provided. I recommend that Congress be asked to approprate not less than $10,000 for this purpose, and suggest that the building be located in West Central Park just at the foot of Second Street West and facing Davis Avenue. This location would be convenient in every way to visitors, the office could be easily reached from all parts of the city by good walks in bad weather, and would be accessible to invalids who require information and who are unable to take so long a walk over rock hills to obtain it. The location recommended would also be a sightly and comfortable one. I can think of no other location in the park that would be so desirable, all things considered.

REFORESTATION OF PORTIONS OF PARK.

In the latter part of 1908 Mr. R. L. Rogers, of the Forest Service, made an examination of the park with a view to ascertaining the practicability of reforesting certain portions, and early the following

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year made a full report covering his findings. In the spring of 1909 the former superintendent, Mr. A. R. Greene, planted a number of young trees, but the drouth of that year killed all of them but one before they could get a start. During the last two years about 178 young trees have been planted, the greater number of which are still living. During the first year or two after the trees are planted it is necessary to keep them watered during the drouths of the summer season, and until their roots can go deep enough into the earth to sustain them through long dry periods. New trees of varieties suitable to this locality should be set out each year. I find elms, oaks, walnuts, pecans, and box elders all thrive here. I believe $100 would be sufficient for this work during the coming year.

WATER SYSTEM AND IRRIGATION.

In connection with the system of reforesting the park and the eventual laying off of garden spots for ornamental purposes, I have worked out a plan for irrigation which would be of great benefit to the park during years of drouth. This system would also serve for domestic purposes for the regular park force. My plan is to bring water from Lake Placid by gravitation through pipes, connecting with the pipes which now supply both the superintendent's office and residence. Such a system would save the expense of replacing young trees which die after having been set out before they have adapted themselves to the new soil and obtained sufficient growth to enable them to live through hot, dry weather. The estimated cost of purchasing pipe for this work and installation of the system, $3,722, was made from prices obtained from the Central Foundry Co. on 4-inch mains and 2-inch laterals, f. o. b. Sulphur, Okla.

ADDITIONAL BARN.

Owing to the dilapidated condition of the barns located near the residences of the park force and the necessity for the proper storage of the crops raised upon park lands, I deem it necessary to construct an additional barn to be located near the teamster's residence. This barn should be built with the idea in view of providing comfortable stalls for the park team and a place for the protection of the park wagon from the elements. The old barns could still be used for some time to come as a shelter for all the park implements and tools, and the new barn, together with the one now located near the residence of the superintendent, would provide ample facilities for the storage of forage for the park team. I estimate the cost of such a barn as would be necessary at not to exceed $350.

ELECTRIC LIGHTS.

The estimated cost of electric lights furnished in West Central Park, the pavilions and bridges, as well as in the residence of the superintendent, and the purchase of electric-light globes, is $250.

TELEPHONE SERVICE.

Telephone service for this office can be obtained at a rate of $30 per annum, and since no telephones for private residences are now allowable under the law, I recommend that only this amount be requested for this service.

ROADS, TRAILS, FORDS, BRIDGES, CULVERTS, AND PURCHASE OF CAR OF CEMENT.

The roads, trails, fords, bridges, etc., within the park require constant maintenance and repairs in order to keep them in good shape for the traveling public. Often it is necessary to build new culverts, and these should all be made of a permanent nature. I find cement is the best material of which to build them, and I should recommend that a car be kept always on hand for this purpose, as well as for the building of new sidewalks and repairs to springs and bridges. I recommend an appropriation of not less than $1,500 for all these purposes.

CUTTING WEEDS, THISTLES, AND UNDERBRUSH.

I recommend that an allotment of not less than $400 be set aside during the coming year for the purpose of continuing the work of exterminating the Canadian thistles which have grown rank within the park, and for the purpose of keeping down the weeds and small underbrush in the frequented parts of the park, at least.

MISCELLANEOUS, EMERGENCIES, CONTINGENCIES, ICE, ETC.

Not less than $200 should be provided for the purchase of ice for the superintendent's office, miscellaneous expenditures, emergencies, and contingencies. Emergencies constantly arise in the administration of the park which can not be foreseen, and must be provided for in this manner.

SHOEING TEAM, REPAIRS TO HARNESS, WAGON, IMPLEMENTS, TOOLS, ETC.

The necessity for the provision of $100, more or less, for the abovenamed purposes is apparent. The park team must be kept well shod, and the harness, wagon, implements, etc., be kept in good repair so that the best possible service may be rendered by their use.

PARK FORCE.

The regular park force employed during the fiscal year just ended consisted of a superintendent at a salary of $1,500 per annum; a clerk at a salary of $1,000; one ranger at an annual salary of $900; and three laborers, one who did service at the Bromide Springs for an annual salary of $540, one who had charge of the park team, and who acted as a teamster on all park work at a salary of $480 per annum, and another who did small odd jobs, ran errands, and acted as janitor for the park office at an annual salary of $120. This made a regular roll during the year just ended of $4,460, and for the year to come I recommend that Congress be asked to appropriate a total amount for the regular pay roll of $4,690 so that the salary of the teamster may be increased to $500 per annum and that of the janitor to $150 per annum.

FUEL.

The allotment of $80 for fuel to be used in providing heat for the superintendent's office and residence, and for the pavilion at the Bromide Spring for last winter was barely sufficient, and we had