The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1919-06-03


vacation trip prepare for 1t now.
Last year vacations were mostly
thinking. Discouragement Of travel
by the railroad administration ended
preparations and punctured the outing
hopes Of almost everybody.
Now 1t will be different. In the
breezy language of the manager Of the
main service bureau In Chicago
"Uncle Sam is out for railroad travel
this summer with. an ak"
Not much will be chopped off trans
portation. but there Will be a return
to old methods Of excursion rates
based On the one way charge instead
Of the favorite scheme under govern
ment control Of no discount If a pas
sanger prefers to ride back rather
than walk.
As one way rates are higher than
they used to be the new excursion
rates will be higher than they were
before the war. Nor will they be so
low as before government control Of
the roads. How much lower than at
present IL best told by the manager Of
the Chicago bureau Of service. How.
ard 81. Hayes. who says:
How They Figure Il.
/: Suppose you have a friend In the
clothing business who gave you 20 per
cent discount on a suit Of clothes. Let
that stand for the discount the rail-
roads gave on round-trip ticket from
what you would have paid If you
bought two single tickets, one each
way. Now, you bought a $50 suit of
clothes and paid $24 for 1t with your
20 per cent discount off. All right.
Now, your friend says, the suit is
worth $40 and was worth that last
summer when he wouldn't give you
any discount and did not care wheth.
er you bought it or not. But this year,
you can have it with the same old dis
count, for $32. See? It is not posi-.
Bile to go into the rates for this sum-
mer now; they will be announced
about June l when the excursion sea-
son opens.
Last year." continued Mr.. Hayes,
"our clothing store, so to speak, had
nothing in the windows, no lights in
side or out, and there was no desire
to show goods. This summer we will
be all stocked up and lighted, with
pullers-in at the door. In the win
dows we will have announcements of
more trains, more advertising, fast
schedules, observation cars, liberal
stop-over privileges, wide choice of
routes, every inducement to travel In
comfort and convenience"
Many Visit Parks.
When the government took over the
roads all expenditure was stopped.
This included booklets and folders
formerly used by individual roads.
There was then established the United
States railroad administration blu.
reau Of service, national parks and
monuments. Mr.. Hayes was placed
at its head. The purpose Of this bu- !
reau was to invite travel to national
pleasure reserves. All other kinds of
travel was discouraged. The. twelve
great forest parks Of the west were
open all last year to tourists although
some of the hotels were closed. With
all the Encouragement of sthe high
costs Of living, higher taxes and de-
creased transportation facilities the
number of park visitors in the war
period of two seasons was increased
81 per cent over the highest record of |
1916. This year 1t is expected to be
more than six hundred thousand or a
further increase Of one hundred thou
sand over last year. One Of the no.
Hceable things by the park manage
ment last year was the magnitude Of
The automobile travel coming from
every state Of the country. Automo-
bile associations and manufacturers
believe this travel will be greater this
rear and are preparing for it.
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