The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1916-08-15
Ono Who Knows Hawkeye State Of
fers Good Advice to Those Who
Are Planning an
Outing.
PLENTY FINE SCENERY
For Autoist Who Has Few Days, or
Better a Few Weeks to Spare,
There Are Unlimited
Possibilities.

One who knows the Hawkeye state
offers the, following good advice to
auto folk. who have a vacation on
their hands and are undecided, just
where they shall go:
Where there are majestic rivers
there is scenic beauty: hence the ter
ritory etched by the two greatest riv-
ers OF North America, and half a doz-
en- only slightly smaller tributaries,
is sure to abound in picturesque
landscape. As matter of landscape,
Missouri and Iowa do abound in those
great rolling watersheds, broken by
the tortuous threading of wooded
streams, which are the delight Of the
motorist as he glides along through
the panorama.
The valleys of Iowa and Missouri
are the most beautiful in the middle
west. But the scenic appeal of these
states for the motorist does not limit
itself to valleys. Both states are
rich in variety of landscape and nat
Ilra1 wonders. Missouri has its
Ozarks, mountains amply rugged
enough to satisfy the motorists de-
mand for smooth going and the art
lists love of the rough and irregular.
Another variety of scenic charm Iowa
pOss esseS along her northern border
is a chain of lakes as alluring with
their turquoise beauty as the lochs
OF Scottish poetry. Throughout both
states are countless caves. many of
them OF great size and fantastic
character.
Indeed, our motorists have no rea-
son to look superciliously upon the
scenic attractions OF their state. They
may set forth on a vacation motoring
tour, confident that without going
outside the boundaries OF the COM
nonWealth. they may enjoy scenic
charm and grandeur as gripping as
that thousand miles away.
See America first by seeing your
own state first" is a mighty good
text for our motorist. He may see 1t
by making the loop of his motoring
. tour circumscribe territory q little
farther from home than Is his won't
Our motorists throughout the years
are too fond OF hanging close to the
home town whenever they automo-
bile, and then skipping far afied
when vacation time comes round. The
consequence is that our motorist
knows but a single patch Of his own
state, and nothing OF its beauty in
home.
A tour par excellence which, though
1t trayerses two commonwealtfs, runs
through but one state from a topo-
graphical viewpoint, follows the
course Of the Mississippi river. with
ST. Louis and McGregor as the ter
minal points. Il connects Hannibal,
made famous by Tom Sawyer, Keo-
kuk, Burlington, Davenport, Clinton
and Dubuque. The return trip may
be made over a half dozen routes
back from the river, through Cedar
Rapids, Des Moines and Ottumwa.
This route is continuous panorama
of valley scenic beauty-the cliffs,
bluffs and rolling landscape of the Mis-
sissippi watershed
1t is particularly marked by Burt's
caves, in the vicinity of Clinton and
Maquoketa, the Trappist monastery at
Dubuque, the greatest power dam in
the world at Keokuk, and the painted
cliffs and bizarre rock formations at
McGregor.
Burt's caves are just beginning to
receive the attention of motorists they
deserve. The cayerns and the sur
rounding country, rich with giant
ferns and forest verdure show nature
in her most artistic mood.
An All-Missouri tour links Mexico
f'dnHiDdir tuiIllCOLut, 81 JOsepD anu
Kansas City on its northern side
From Kansas City the route drops
south through Nevada to Joplin and
the Ozark region. The net objective
point is Springfield. whence the tour
Is continued 10 Sedalia. The circuit
beauty at their finger tips. describes
Jefferson City.
The charm of this tour will be
vouched for by any motorist who has
taken it, or any part of it. 1t supplies
variety Of scenic beauty and gives a
wonderful presentation OF the wealth
and development of the state.
An Ali-Iowa tour which viii be
revelation to motorists skeptical Of the
beauty at their finger tips, enscribes
circle of the state with Des Moines