The Brookings register. [volume] (Brookings, Brookings County, S.D.) 1903-1971, 1915-03-25

. of course, to the Black Hills country
There are mountains, peaks, crags,
canyons, caves, lakes and valleys that
have no duplicate anywhere in the
: world. Persons who have visited the
r Black Hills find it hard to restrain
= their enthusiasm for the wonderful
, scenery that remarkable part of Amer
lea affords. Why have the railroads
: neglected so long to exploit this re-
markable resort? Yellowstone park
was made famous by the Northern Pa
cifc; the Union Pacific made the Gar
den of the Gods; the Sante Fee gave
the Grand Canyon its vogue; and the
Great Northern is attracting thousands
to the new Glacier National park in
Montana. Why do not the Burlington
and the Northwestern and their east,
ern connections get busy with the
Black Hills"
The above editorial from the Sioux
Falls Press of March 18th, is Of more
than ordinary interest to the people
of Brookings county as well as to the
people of all the counties along the
Black and Yellow Trail. While it is
true that the railroads would be great
ly benefited by way of additional pas
senger traffic due to advertising the
marvellous scenic beauties of the Black
Hills regions; yet 1t is equally true,
that a large percentage Of the turist
travel of the future will be over the
common highways of the country, and
over the railroads as has been the
case in the past.
The Black and Yellow Trail is now
incorporated in the maps and publish
ed by the National Highways Associa-
ton of America, and as such is recog.
nized as the main travelled road from
Milwaukee, St. Paul and Min
neapolis across South Dakota to the
Black Hills country as we'll as to the {
Yellowstone National park.
Why not take definite action at once !
o improve this highway, so it can I
suitable for travel in all kinds
If weather. and then advertise that {
in the east, and hence derive some
of the great turists travel that t
s bound to take place this year as a
esult of the great war that is now en- C
aging the attention of the European 7
ountries. n
According to statistics published by 4
Literary Digest last fall, more than
hree hundred million dollars was S
pent last rear by American tourists j.
l European countries. This coming n
eason a like sum or larger sums will o
e spent in the United States by this t.
lme class of people.
At the present time a large number .
manufacturing companies in the o.
stern states are running double time !"
order to manufacture war materials "
IMPLY for the profit there is in il. u
ny does not the middle west wake I'D 81
ID take advantage of some OF the 81
'portunities that are now knocking ID
the door of our section of the coun- !"
Y as the result of this great war. One 81
fthe most important of which is le
urist travel. 10
Why not concentrate the efforts of
tn commercial clubs and county or r.
in the improvement of the &c
ack and Yellow Trail and do some II
ng definite. do something that will 81
ing immediate returns as well as an
rmanent results. The best way to
vertise any community is to get -
ople to come and see for themselves.
And the people will come, just as
ON as we can inform the east that
3 Black and Yellow Trail is in suit
lie condition for through travel.
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