The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-02-25
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AUTO TOURS IN 1906
Nomads This Year Will Be in
Greater, Number Than
Ever Before.

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It is conservatively estimated that
there willAbe twice as much automobile
touring in 1906 as in 1905, while many
observers are inclined to consider this
estimate far too low. Not only is the
contemporary production Of touring
cars larger than ever before, but the
inclination to get out on the. road is
constantly on the increase among the
majority of American motorists.
Along with an increased reliability Of
automobiles for this sort Of service
there has been a steady growth in tour
ing information Of the accurate sort,
SO that it is no longer necessary to ego
it blind on one IS first trip in new
direction. In fact, should occasion
arise, motor touring schedules may now
be arranged and carried thru with a
precision approximating that of the
| older methods of transportation. This
fact has been the means Of encouraging
men Of large interests to make trips
away from their business headquarters
that would have been impossible only
! a few years ago.
| The Nomadic Spirit.
The average American Of wealth and
some leisure is by nature nomadic; he
likes to be on the Ego; the habit of
retrospection has not yet taken serious
hold Of him. He Is not satisfied that
there shall be any region that is at all
accessible and suitable, unexplored by
him. With this spirit his fathers
crossed the seas, faced the savage, and
carved an empire out Of the western
1yil No
settlement planted than this impulse
scorned the narrow limitations of his
earlier life, and with earnest vigor hi
pushed on over the Alleghenies to the
heart Of the continent. From the val
ley Of the Mississippi to the Rockies
: and then across thef Sierra Nevada
mountains, at last the fearless pionee
felt the breath Of the Pacific blowing
full on his brow. %~.a,r.~.. ~
We are not willing to sit under ou
fig trees and<dwell upon the past. TIL
= promptings Of our nature still spur IL
on-only now having gone from the At
:, lantic to the Pacific, the spirit Of trave
) has frequently reersed the points o
the compass, and Is returning from tn
Rockies to the old colonial shores. A
. the western people travel eastward, an
:, the fasteners \seek the west, ther
). springs up an intimate knowledge an
. relation between the two which is MAX
. ing for better and broader nations
. . life. The habit Of travel breaks u
:. the provincial spirit OF. our people an
a is helping to make the nation thorol
cosmopolitan. - =
Auto Goes Everywhere. -.
Road travel brings one nearer th
fpeople and gives the traveller a bette
practical knowledge Of the country tina
any other means could possibly do. IT
newest, it is at the same time, the mo-
I comfortable and the :best-so long {
conditions are not prohibitive. 4
i Road Improvement in America, WIFI
it has not satisfied all expectations,
yet going forward in no uncertain wa
J. in q number Of progressive commo
wealths, with result that the area
i automobile touring is extending We,
fast in almost every direction.
Il Facilities are keeping pace with tn
movement, and it may safely be sa;
that there are literally nj more fro
tiers for the automobile to cross.