Ashland tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1876-1919, 1919-08-19


Bert Johnston and p. w. Waltz
of Oakland, Calf, camped in Lithia
park for a few days the last of the
week while on an automobile trip
to Seattle.
Il. B. Estes, Viola NJ. Robertson
and r, l.. Grayhill of Live Oak, Cal,
formed a party of automobile camp
ers who passed night last week at
the free auto-park here.
Charles Johnson and family of
Pasco, Wash, we're among the camp
ers at the auto-park during the
week, while en- route to California
on an automobile trip.
Mr. and Mrs F. l.. Beery Of Den.
yer, Colo, camped for a couple Of
days during the past week at the
free auto-park, while making trip
of the coast states.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Skipton of
Albany spent a couple Of days dur
ing the past week camping in the
auto-camp at Lithia park.
c. A. Barker and family of Bridge,
Coos county, spent couple OF days
at the auto-camp the past week while
resting up on trip that will take
them into California.
II. H. Weller and family OF Sedro
Wooley, WASH, are spending several
days in the auto-camp and enjoying
the mineral waters and other at
fractions of this resort. They have
visited Crater Lake and made brief
excursion into California, and after
a rest here will return home.
Mr.. and Mrs. o. j. Brondt. Mr..
and Mrs. Walter Gamer and Miss
Couillard, all Of Salem. spent al
couple Of days In the auto-camp last
week. They will return home by way
of Crater Lake, Bend and the Me-
Kenzle Pass.
w. II. Limher and family Of Van.
couver, Wash, spent three days dur
ing the past week at the auto-camp
while on a tour thru Oregon in
their car. They went from here to
Pelican Bay where Mr.. Timber par
tlcipated in the barbecue given by
the Elks who were holding their
state convention in klamath Falls.
The party expect to return home by
way OF Central Oregon and will go
by the little used road from Eastern
Oregon past Mount Hood. They
were enthusiastic over the facilities
provided for tourists at this free
auto camp, and took back some in
teresting ideas for the Improvement
of the Vancouver camp.
Lee Perkins and wife left Chicago
on May IL for tour OF the Pacific
coast by automobile, and arrived at
Ashland during the past week where
they spent several days resting Ia
the auto-camp. They report road
conditions on the coast to be bad
this Year owing to the fact that
three-fourthS of the Pacific high
way in Washington and Oregon is
under construction, necessitatins
many rough detours, but are enthu'
slastic over the manner in which
THE west Is attacking the good roads
problem Mr.. and Mrs. Perkins
state that by next year motoring
over the Pacific highway will be a
JOY
s. ]. Lee and family of Spokane,
Wash, came into the auto-camp last
Thursday evening to spend few
days here while on their way to
Southern California. Mr. Lee states
that they have had excellent luck so
far on their trip, altho they have
found the roads badly torn up by
construction work. He holds an
optimistic view of the future of tour
ist travel for the northwest, and
states that from his observations on
the trip he would Judge that auto
tourist travel would be double that
of 1919, and when the Pacific high
way is all paved It will be several
times as large.
q. l., Bump and family of Forest
Grove came into the auto-camp for q
couple OF days during the past week
after making an automobile trip to
the Mexican border and return. The
party reported a fine trip so far.
and are enthusiastic over the prog
ress made in road construction on
the Pacific highway in this state.