The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1912-01-21
GRAND CANYON OF THE coLonADo.

aispiayed and dIstribut By this Pub
! ''e''y bureau VIII cause the most ard
encd stay-at- and stlck-in-the-
| mud to wrtthe in the throes OF the
"anderiust Some OF the railway com
pahieh are showing Uncle Sam what he
can do In ta!s advertising line One Of
| them by the expenditure of few thou
sand collars has lately hung framed
photographs of American scenery in
the principal cities OF the Orient. there
10 Tempt European tourists to return
home by way OF America.
Many American tourists after con-
! tempiatlns an itinerary covering our
natural wonders. decide upon a Euro
pean trip because OF uncertainty of ho-
tel accommodations in our national
parks. This current OF travel would
be turned inward by the proposed Du-
reau OF Parks, for one of it's further
functions would he the promotion Of
uniform and standard accomm ID tions
| for visitors, in whom confidence would
be restored IL assured OF government
regulation and supervision OF the three
b's-ed, board and bath.
Our Europeward Tourist Army.
American tourists spent $35o,00o, 900
| in Europe during last summer alone
according to United States Senator
| Smoot. who has introduced the park
| bureau bill in his House of Congress.
/ .
| ural majesty of the Alps. Switzerland
| alone takes from tourists. each year,
\ more than 2Q0,00o.0o0. or n sum equal
! to that which would be raised by tax
Ing each american citizen considerao-
\ ~ more than So.
| The American tourist army is row
| 100000 strong. each year. according to
John Ball Osborne, chief of the Bu-
| reau of Trade Relations Department
| af hal az ynI
| frst-class and spend an average OF
| $1,000 apiece for transportation. board
and lodging. and the other half, travel.
| Ing second class, average $500 apiece
! for these same items. This total OF
| $50 100000 is entirely exclusive OF
purchases. And a hint as to the an
| nual fortune which the Yankee tourist
leaves with tho European shopkeeper
| was given to Mr. Osborne this sum
! mer. in Paris by an American citizen
WHO is keen observer and, who has
lived in the French capital for many
years.
81 suggested" said Mr.. Osborne
that it seemed not impossible that
| American tourists expended annually
| in France. at least Sl00.000.00O. He
| replied that he believed that almost
! that sum WIS spent annually by our
| compatriots In the little Rue de la
| PniH-for Jewelry on one side of the
street and for gowns on the other
/ Our Seven Scenic Wonders.
| y shamefully small proportion ~
these 100000 annual Europeward tour.
!! lists ever behold the seven wonder:
| of their own country, which we may
| catalogue as follows:
| l. The Oldest aud biggest Of livins
| things-the giant trees of California
some of which haze been growing
, since a thousand years before the
birth of Jesus of Nazareth. The TALES
of these. the Dalton" towers to 90:
feet. and the thickest. the Genera
Sherman" is thirty-siX feet in diane
! ter. Both are growing in the seQuois
National Park. whcro arc also to b,
4 seen 1.166.o0o other aequoia trees. moro
4 than 1900 of which are more thar
i ten feet IN diameter. a recent tour
/ list aptly said that a bear ascending
one of these monsters would look like
a squirrel upon an ordinary tree
| while 1t has been estimated that {
single branch of such monster of tn.
forest Is often as large as ono of Eng,
lands most majestic beeches.
KipiinB Was Awe Struck.
I .. The worlds greatest seyser re
! sion. Yellowstone National Park, which