The Ronan pioneer. [volume] (Ronan, Mont.) 1910-1970, 1916-11-10


communities of Colorado are doins
to make the tour of the eastern mo
torist pleasurable. He says:
How Colorado Towns
Care for the Motorisr.
"All the towns and cities of Colo
RADIO make special effort to take
care of the motorist. The city OF
Pueblo, however, is doing more than
any other center. A large park has
been rugged up as camping ground
with as much apparatus as can be
arranged for without spoilino the at
mosphere of wild life which the auto
travellers seek. A big stone fireplace
has been built, over which dozen diff
ferent parties can cook at once, each
on it's separate compartment. The city
furnishes free firewood, and delivers
1t at the camp. Water has been piped
to the park for the special benefit of
the auto tourists. If there is any
thing else that the city can do for
them it would like to be notified.
Every Autoist Leaves
$3.50 in Colorado.
"This town is only one of scores
that are doing the same thing on a
larger Or smaller scale; and what the
city is doing, the county and the
state is doing, not only in Colorado
but in most of the mountain states.
Colorado has carried the program far
Their than any of the rest of them,
but they are all working for the same
end. They are out to get the auto
tourist, whose tribe is increasing with
amazing rapidity. The auto tourist
is the newest source of revenue in the
Rockies. In Colorado he classes
ahead of the cantaloupe and gives the
sugar beet a hard run. For these new
gypsies, unlike the. old fortune-te telling
breed, scatter gold instead of gather
ing it. To be specific every automo-
bile that tours Colorado leaves in the
state an average of $3.50
cit is more than interesting to note
the way the mountain states are 60
ing after their share of the new bust
ness. Such municipal camp grounds
as Pueblo furnishes are only one de-
tail in an elaborate scheme which
hedges the tourist about with safe
guards and comforts. State lands are
leased for the express purpose of set
ting aside tracts where the camper
may be undisturbed. In any thickly
settled section the auto camper, in
common with every other wanderer
is beset on every hand by NO Tres
pass signs. Many of the touri st par
ties report annoying experiences to
the eastward where farmers refused
to let them camp on their land, and
they wandered disconsolate from farm
to farm in the twilight, seeking a
place to spend the night. AS they
get westward most Of these troubles
are over. The people of Colorado
for instance, are being educated to
realize the value of the Tourist and
to treat him accordingly. He is well
coined by landowner, city, county and
state.
Everyone in Colorado
Gives Tourist Glad Hand.
"Maps are furnished to him
weather and road reports covering
every section of the state in detail
are gathered daily by long distance
telephone and put at his disposal. If
the county pike 60 miles to the north
ward is being worked over and torn
up. the tourist is told all about it
before he starts, and told just how
much additional time he will need
to 60 the other way and where it will
lead him at nightfall Another very
real service is rendered by this hos
pitable state in teaching the lowland
motorist how to drive the mountain
roads. Often he needs the instruc-
ton badly, never having driven a car
execent in the level country.
"The whole effort on the part of
everyone, official and unofficial. is to
see that the motorist gets through
his vacation without getting into tron-
BILE, that he enjoys all the wild life
that is compatible with comfort, and
that he carries away good impress
sion to make him come back next year
and bring his friends.
Thousands Of Motorists
Tour Montana.
"Thousands of motorists ont OF
sightseeing tours, from nearby states
travelled through Montana last year
Their disbursement ran into millions
of dollars. 1t strikes me that the
communities Of Montana should make