Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1915-07-18

ages to take him through, should he
SO desire, without pause for further
road information. The opening of the
SnoQualmi Pass road in Washington,
which heretofore was a barrier to a
complete transcontinental tour via the
northern route, convinced the visitor
that such trip would be without Sc
rious difficulties At Seattle e;at h he will
which provides continuously improved
route clear through to San Francisco:
Until this year the scenic wonders of
the Pacific northwest have not been
available to eastern motorists. How
ever, through the combined efforts of
the A. A A state bodies and local
clubs along the northern route sufh-
cient improvements have been made to
make the trip possible without serious
discontinue. The building of the fine
road through snoqualmi pass marked
the, completion of the last gap.
The The Pacific highway. termed the
Road of Three Nations because
it leads the motorist through British
Columbia. Washington, Oregon and
California and then down into Mexico.
opens up wonderland of scenic beauty.
It touches three national parks-Mount
Rainier. Crater Lake and Yosemite 1t
traVerses much of the mountainous sec
tions of Washington. Oregon and Cali
fornia. At Portland it touches the Co
lumbia River highway which skirts
ton Gained for its annual round up'D
to Gearheart-by-the-Se
Mr.. Wtidebrand was greatly pleased
at the service rendered him at the local
A. A. A. club. He declared that the
pleasure of such trip is immeasur-
ably increased by being possessed of
accurate road and route data, and the
completeness of the maps especially
took his fancy. The fact that there are
several hundred A. A. A. clubs on his
circuitous route. where he will be well
coined land supplied with local road
notes. appealed to him strongly, as it
does to other motorists.
For many years motorists touring out
OF Washington have enjoyed travelling
upon improved. sign-posted highways
or other sections of the country. They
have returned home and recounted the
pleasure of their excursions into other
communities. In glowing terms they
told of the splendid roads, easily fol-
lowed because they were marked by the
automobile clubs Of other cities. But
very few of them have suggested that
in return for the pleasure afforded
them. Washington motorists band and
endeavor to make motoring in the ter
ritory contiguous to the District pleas
urable for autoists from other cities
Each summer sees more and more
Washingtonians touring to distant
points, and those who are contemplat-
ing these ong-distance tours are
warned that. in this day Of automobile
clubs and motoring organizations. their
cars should bear the insignia of an or
ganization that is helping in the work
of lettering motoring conditions gen.
orally. or their welcome in communities
which have auto clubs whose member
ships run into the thousands may be
lukewarm.
Julian A. Hillman was welcomed into
the District Automobile Club last week.
Not being of the type Of motorists who
sit by and watch their fellows do the
work and then accept the results as If
they had shared in the toll, Mr. Hillman
took this opportunity of joining in the
| work the A. A. A. and its local clubs
are doing. He was particularly inter-
In his journeys around the District The
Observation-Disclosures Baltimore map.
with it's complete Information about all
Of the roads in the territory outlined,
greatly pleased him.
This map, by the way. is one of the
most complete of its Kind ever publish
ed. 1t was the first map covering such
q large territory on which was set forth
the condition of the roads by the use
of different lines Mounted on linen of
durable quality, 1t performs a real serv
ice to local motorists and should be in
roads in this section. You can tell at
glance from this map just what kind of
roads you will find on any Of the numer
GUS trips it specifies. 1t required several
weeks of work by one of the most ex
perienced road loggers in the country to
one of the things done before the work
of organizing the District club was begun
in earnest. If published by a private
publisher 1t would cost at least as much
as the clubs initiation fee.
Frank P. Reside was among those