The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1920-08-02
REVENUES FROM
TOURIST CAMP
Advantages That Come
Because Of Accom-
modations

routes. The tourists who camp a
Blackfoot become travelling advel
tisements to recommend this rout
because they say the Blackfoot cit
park is such haven of rest. Peopl
coming from Oregon and Washing
ton and northern California get t
Arco and then ask about the road t
Blackfoot and are usually advise
against coming this way. 1t is gen
orally conceded that the road t.
Idaho Falls is better, and the roa
via Birch creek, Lidy Springs an,
Dubois is far better than the Black
foot route. If the road were labele,
with sign boards so they would no
lose their way in the desert, and i
were made good enough so the.
could make time on it, the city parl
camp here would pull much of thu
trade this way.
Juanita in the Moonlight
Sunday night there were abou
twenty-five outfits in camp at the
park, and a representative of the
Salt Lake Stamp company was en-
tertaining them with violin solos
that were exquisit. The night was
still and the tourists gathered about
in the moonlight under the trees
and applauded at the end of each Sc
lection. A good many visitors from
the town drove out in their cars, and
there was general honking along
with the other applause.
Greetings for the Natives
On The Idaho Republican guest
book in the cook house were inter
esting comments and messages. One
said to tell Jim Hunter that Ed Wray
of Delta, Colo, passed thru and said,
Hello"
William Thornton, formerly a
Singer sewing machine agent here,
passed thru with his wife enroute to
the park and will be back about Sun
day next. They left here eight years
ago and were glad to get sight of
the old town again.
Wanted to Spend Some Money
w. T. Seward of Guernsey, Wyo.,
wrote that he went this way on his
trip into the park and came thirty
miles out of his way to camp here
n 90 in 0vn tc Ny,f fDI
to spend some more money in town
that treated them so well. He had
some work done on his car as he
went thru before, and he decided to
have the same garage do some more
work returning.
"Where Can We Get a Bath"
A Twin Falls lady asked where
they should dump their dish water
and waste when the slop barrel was
full. A lady from Rogerson, Idaho,
when asked if she thought shower
baths would be used and appre-
ciated, said indeed it would. Every
body wanted to clean up as soon as
they got to camp, and that was a
common remark, the need of a bath,
and people keep asking, "Do you
know where we can get bath?"
The way it is now, they go to
a hydrant from 100 to 800 yards
from the camp, get bucket of cold
water and wash in their basin. Our
suggestion is that we extend the
water main so there can be taps at
two or three places, and make two
little bath houses, each with dress
ing room, two lavatories, two shower
baths and one tank of water with
electric heater attached. Then they
could temper the water and get any
kind Of spray they wanted accord
ing to the way they turned the fau-
Gets. This feature of the camp alone
would be rare drawing card for
this route and the town.
Blackfoot Has the Advantage
Pocatello is working on the tour
ist camp matter, but they have no
shade in theirs, and tourists prize
The Blackfoot grove. Sugar City has
a park, and it is said to be at dis
on account of waste
water. Blackfoot has the facilities
to outdo everything on the line, has
them all beaten up to date and has
spent enough money on baseball de-
feats to win substantial honors in
tourist service for years.
Need Another Cook House
One party when asked for sugges-
tions as to what more was needed
in the camp suggested the need Of
more lights. Another group said if
we wanted to do more than we had
done, which was very gem
erous and considerate, they would
suggest another cook house. When
they came there was not room for
more than part Of the bunch wish
ing to get in, and the popularity of
the camp as it is being praised all
up and down the lines of travel for
hundreds of miles wherever tourists
meet and talk, will be drawing an