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them camp on their land. and they
wandered disconsoIate from farm to
farm in the twilight, seeking a place
to spend the night. AS they get west
ward most of these troubles are over.
The people of this state. for instance,
are being educated to realize the value
of the tourist and to treat him accord
ingfy. He is welcomed by landow
city, county and state.
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
sixty miles to the northward 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 go the other way and
where it will land him at nightfall. An
other very real service is rendered by
this hospitabie state in teaching the
lowland motorist how to drive the
struction badly. never having driven a
car except in the level country.
One such tourist arrived who said he
had never had his car out of high
them come who have never negotiated
a long hill. Citizens of Pueblo. garage
men and others, take them out to a
long descent near the town which they
use as an instruction ground and
show them how to get down without
burning out their brake Innings. The
visitors are questioned as to their ex-
perience, and the routes to the west
ward are recommended to them accord
ing to their probable expertness. Some
of the roads might well bring a new
driver to grief.
The whole effort on the part of every
one, official and unofficial, is to see thai
Aim to Make Tourist gets through
Enjoy All of Trip. without wit es,.
ting into trouble, that he enjoys all the
wild life that is compatible with com
| fort, and that he carries away a goot
impression to make him come back mex
year and bring his friends. An instance
of this sort of spirit cropped out here
at Pueblo only few days ago.
A prominent local business man ant
| motorist saw an auto party of stran
gers on the trail, their mudstained
baggage-laden car proclaiming theil
status to the world at large. Th'
| business man was not satisfied will
the expression on their faces. Instead
| of the beatif1c exaltation that shoult
rest on those who have spent two o.
three weeks in touring Colorado, thes'
visitors looked distinctly disgruntled
| So the prominent citizen stopped then
and drew out their story. They hat
| been in the state only six days. The!
| had intended to stay a month. The!
had gone to a popular resort" town
| they said, and found everybody afte
their money. and they had gotten tiret
of being exploited, and were goint
| home.
The native son of Colorado rose t.
| the occasion. He refused to let then
| go away with such an impression o
| his state. He pointed out that sum
| mer resorts were the same the worl'
| over He implored the visitors to TAX
| the trail in real earnest. to push bacl
| into the hills. where they would b
| permitted to camp and enjoy them
| selves, among a population that di
not have to depend on visitors for
| living. He sketched them half dozel
| trips each more full of mountain
| scenery than the last. He succeeded
| in turning them from their determine
! ton to leave. and when they left hin
! the headlights of their car were Sc
| once more to the westward. And h
| was not a hotel man or a garage man
| or otherwise in a position to benefl
| directly by auto travel. He was jus
a citizen who realized the importanc,
of the new asset to his state.
| The biggest thing that the Rocky
mountain region is doing for th'
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