Willmar tribune. [volume] (Willmar, Minn.) 1895-1931, 1916-08-09
PLEASURES Of
MOTOR TOURING
OPEN TO NATION.
Interesting Trips Of Scenic
Beauty Plentiful in
All Sections.
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
Automobile Is True Discoverer
Of America and Its
Charms.

When YOU hear a man say that he
Is sorry he ever bought his car it is
not necessarily an indication that he
paid more for it than it was worth or
that operation OF it is costing him
more than he can afford. The prob
abilities are that he is one Of the
people who never have INDUCED in
the pleasures Of touring.
There are many men who still have
the old-fa shioned notion that automo
biles are to be used only on city
boulevards. They ride from their
homes to their offices and from their
offices to their homes, with an occa-
sonal trip through the parks and
over the routes where the crowds are
to be found on Sundays.
Consequently, they soon grow weary
of what they call the same old
thing" They have yet to learn that
touring in an automobile is not sur
passed by any other kind of outdoor
fun. They have failed to put their
cars to one of the best Of their many
splendid uses.
In these days Of road-improvement.
and since automobiles in general have
been developed to point at which
the troubles that used to be common
have practically been eliminated. it
1t possible for the tourist to start
for almost any point with a reason
able certainty of getting there and
back.
The betterment of roads in almost
all parts of the country has been &C
companied by the establishment OF
many conveniences which add to the
pleasures Of motoring. One never
gets far from place at which gaso-
line is supplied: tires can be found
at nearly any country store. and
shop at which emergency repairs can
be made is usually close at hand II
things happen to go wrong.
Furthermore. there has, owing to
the popularity of touring, been an APP
probable Improvement in the accom-
modations offered by hotels in the
small towns and villages.
The country tavern has been re-
habilitated. To the liveliness and
pretensions Of the old stage coaching
days have in many instances been
added modern conVeniences and up
to-date service which contribute much
to the enjoyment Of the touring party.
Attractions Everywhere
Within easy reach Of almost every
city in America there is some place
that is we'll worthy Of visit from
the tourist. In most cases there are
many such points.
The car owner who complains that
"there's no place worth seeing" within
days ride Of the town or city IN
which he lives is to be pitied, because
the trouble undoubtedly is his own
inability to appreciate what Is sub
lime, or beautiful or interesting.
Not every state has Grand Cam
Won, Yosemite, Yellowstone Park.
a Niagara Falls or a Mt. Vernon, but
there isn't single state of the Union
that is wholly devoid of natural Won
ders, if it possesses no other spots
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reason or another. It Is hardly too
much to say. indeed, that there isn't
single section of any state that Is
altogether lacking in places OF un-
usual scenic charms or historical OF
romatic associations.
The coming Of the automobile tour.
;st has brought about the "discovery'
OF hundreds of interesting places tina
might otherwise have remained for
ever unknown and unsung. The hillJ
regions and the prairie country, tht
lakes, the rivers and the valleys. al
have their peculiar charms. so tina
there Is easily accessible within {
weekend tour of every importan
center Of population some place tina
Is worth seeing and worth knowing
In addition to the attractions tina
are to be found on short local tour:
there are always the long trips tt
make their appeal to the automobile
beauties and study the greatness o.
his country. The man who crosses thu
continent in an automobile gets rea
conception of the vastness of tn
United States: he has an ADEQUATE
understanding of the country's agri
cultural and mineral wealth, and h
obtains the opportunity to get "c1os'
up" view of the most splendid among
its multiplicity of charms.
sn-> r.vo->a S>c<1nu.
There Is the Berkshire Hills coun
try in Massachusetts,, the White Noun
tain Region in New Hampshire, tn
beautiful district around Lake Cham
plain and Lake George in New York
not to mention the Mohawk Valley
the Catskills or the Adirondacks. TIL
Blue Grass section of Kentucky; pic
turesoue Eastern Tennessee an
western North Carolina; the LAX
regions of Michigan. Wisconsin an
Minnesota; the splendors of Caltfor
mia. Colorado and Arizona. To at
tempt to name all or half of the won
derful places that are easily access
ible to the automobile tourist woul
be to follow the example of tn
brook, and go on forever.
There should be no trouble whatsc
ever in obtaining any route informa
ton that may be wanted. no matte
what section of the country the tour
ist may wish to visit. Route care
and maps are free for the asking an
they supply all the directions that II
0otoTist EoQuireA