Great Falls daily tribune., 1920-06-13

Ywin increase each year, it is expected,
because Of good roads and good accom-
modations.
Good rotations.
/ Motorists travelling in this section OF
/ the state have little inconvenience from
| lack of excellent accommodations Every
! small town along any Of the highway as
! sociation roads, and through much Of the
| other territory, has its garage and repair
| men, gasoline and hotel accommodations
| for the motorist
! Great Falls alone has Is automobile
| dealers, representing q different recog-
nized makes of cars. 1t has 10 truck
| dealers, II tire distributors, two radiator
works, seven vulcaniZing shops, 10 access
sories companies, and four electrical
! equipment firms, some of the most COM
| pletely equipped in the state.
The highway pamphlets under prepa-
ration by the Great Falls Commercial
club, and which will probably be finished
! by July 1. will be complete in every de-
tail. Because of the fact that the edition.
will be limited however, motorists who
wish to have reserved for them a copy
are urged to write to Secretary Leavitt
at the club about the first of next month
and they will be distributed in the order
in which the letters are received.
Later, various highways passing
through this city will be outlined dis
tinctly above the rest. in answer to in
quries regarding certain routes from
motorists and prospective travellers from
other parts of the United States. In
this manner. western Montana roads and
Great Falls will receive excellent pub .
licity and advertising outside the state.
and a distinct service will have been rem
dered tourists local motorists, dealers
and business men of Montana and Great
Falls.
Big Tour In FALL
Next fall, one of the largest motor,
caravans TO travel a distance of over
5000 miles will pass through Great
Falls over the Y-G Bee Line. 1t will
travel over the Park TO Park national
highway, through Yellowstone park, and
then to Great Falls. from where it will
continue to Glacier national park and
then west.
This will be the mammoth publicity
tour of the Park to Park National High
way association. in which it is planned
to educate the public to the beauty of the
national parks. of the west. and to
spread the gospel of "See America First
throughout the country. 1t is expected
that a number of Great Falls men viii
join the caravan when they reach this
city next fall
Good highways in California and other
coast states have been the making OF
those places in a business sense. Tour
ist travel constitutes much of their in
come.
Good Roads Mean Prosperity.
Good highways will mean added mil
lions to Montana's business annually.
This states does not have to depend en-
tirely on tourist business. but good roads
will materially increase the productive
power of the entire state. the agricul
tural districts and mining and industrial
centers. and will mean much more in the
future than can possibly be estimated at
this time.
By preparing the data and publishing
the road maps of this section OF the
country, with Great Falls as the hub OF
an immense territory. one of the richest
on the American continent, the Great
Falls Commercial club. through this SER
vice to the community, made an immense
stride forward the result of which can
never be estimated in dollars and cents.