Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1920-08-24

stone-Glacier Bee Line. Roosevelt, til,
national parks and the Pacific high
ways, and the Old Trails road and tn,
Rainbow route, crossing and usin:
them IN part to make a continuou.
thoroughfare, when considered will
many connecting auto roads runnin;
north and south.
National parks are natures senti
nels, reckoning the wanderer. in Col
orado, to behold the great granite
he'ghts in the Rocky Mountain park
IN wyoming, to marvel at petrifiet
FORESTS and spouting geysers in Vel
lowstone park; in Montana. to expe
Renee unsurpassed alpine climbing
IN Glacier park; passing through Ida.
no TO Washington. TO witness Mount
Rainier park with its snow-capped
peak buried in the clouds; in Oregon
TO long for passage on the rock
phantom ship" riding the lake
waters held in the collapsed top of an
extinct volcano in Crater Lake park
mammoth waterfalls in Yosemite
park, and big trees in General Grant
and Sequoia parks; in Arizona, to
stand in awe Of the Creators master
stroke in erosion in fashioning the
Grand Canyon, and in passing through
New Mexico to southwestern Colo
RADIO, to become entranced over the
prehistoric ruins of cliff dwellers in
Mesa Verde park. Zion National park
IN Utah is also included in the wonder
group Of federal Fairgrounds.
Director Mather, in the dedicatory
ceremonies held at Denver, at the
outset Of the official tour, said to the
tourists and visitors representing
practically every state in the Union:
More than ever before there exists
a real inclination among our people
to see America first. Where for years
the lure of Europe has caught their
fancy, the eyes of all those countries
are now directed to the most spec
tacular world aggregation of scenic
wonders, set apart for the enjoyment
and recreation Of free people.
"The great bulk of travel to our
parks is in private automobiles and to
these are now being offered still fur.
Their opportunities to see these won
derlands by the National Park-to-
Park highway, connecting IL major
parks in our national parks system,
like thread Of gold connecting jew
els of the rarest beauty.
"The official park-to-park tour ded
icating this remarkable route to the
park traveller, is an event of inspiring
interest, for he can in one complete
tour experience variations in climate
ranging from the frigid to the trop-
ical, and Outlines in one park"
~ There will be convention at Den
yer, possibly in November, ct which
time the National Park-to-Park High
way Association will begin actively
tie consideration OF q road program
that will eventually bring permanent
Of the connecting park
highway, which encircles an area
equal to that of 20 European coun-
tries. All western states will be rep
resented In this gathering, which will
appeal to congress for aid in hard
the highway.
The meteor vehicle has firmly estab-
lished its position as part Of the coun-
try's transportation system. the motor
production schedule increasing from
It's, 900 cars in 1910 to 100000 in
1920. This growth Is responsible, in
part, to the country's newest bust
ness-an enterprise which deals in
in travel through definite
y outlined connecting park highway,
Ind greater accessibility in reaching
The national parks for the thousands
If travellers who have been made joint
.enants by e far-seeing congress.