The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-05-11
AUTOMOBILE TOURISTS
BEGIN SUMNER DRIVE
Garages Report Many Motor
lists From West Since
Springs Start.
HUNDREDS EXPECTED
War Will Not Seriously At
feet Travel, According
to Forecasts.
HUNDREDS EXPECTED

Tourist travel through Missoula has
been late in getting started on account
OF the bad weather, but it Is bound to
come with a rush, according to local
garage men, Most Of the tourists are
awaiting warm weather and passabie
roads before starting out, but one ga
rage reports that it has had two or
three tourist cars every day this week.
The early birds are coming from the
west say the garage men, who are
puzzled to know how the tourists
crossed the divide. as the roads are i'm
pascal BILE in the mountains on account
of snow. 1t is thought that the cars
were shipped part of the way.
viii Be Many Tourists.
Missoula will get an unusual number
of tourists this year. it is thought.
Last year an average of 10 cars day
passed through the city during the
touring season. 1t is estimated that
each car had four passengers. so an
average of 40 people went through here
every day, or a total running into five
figures Missoula is located on the
the Yellowstone trail and the National
Parks highway, and gets share in all
the tourist business that comes through
on these two roads.
Registers Placed.
The Missoula Chamber of Commerce
has placed tourist registers in each Of
the garages in this city. and hereafter
every tourist will be asked to sign his
name and address in this register. in
order that an accurate check may be
made. An information bureau for
tourists Is conducted at the chamber
OF commerce, where the automobilists
may obtain information regarding
routes, the condition Of roads. hotels
and garages. The chamber Of com
lnerce will be kept informed of the
condition of roads through telephone
communication with the cities in west
ern district, and will, in fact, be able
to tell the tourist anything he asks.
Secretary Richards has already re-
ceived many inquiries concerning the
conditions of roads in this part OF the
state, and II is believed that the steady
caravan OF tourists which will continue
all summer will start soon.
Parks Attract Many.
The national parks. which yearly at.
tract n ma jorty of the tourists who
pass through here, will be opened The
same as usual this year, in spite o
the war. despite rumors to the con,
trary, that have been current. 1t is
not thought that the entrance of tn,
United States into war will cffec
western tourist travel. and all indi
cations point towards an increase o
last years tourist travel. when nearl,
half a million people visited the ma
tional parks alone.
Road improvement has moved for
ward ut n rapid pace during the las
few years. and conditions for auto
MODELLING will be better than ever i,
the opinion Of those who have followe
the tourist movement for several years
It has been pointed out that it is ever
more important now than in times O
peace that health and vitality be con
served. that rest and recreation mus
materially assist in this conservation
OF human tissue and energy, and tina
the mountainous regions of the ma
tional parks and the northwest in gen
eral offer unbounded opportunities 70
enjoying vacation.