The daily Gate City and constitution-Democrat. (Keokuk, Iowa) 1916-1922, 1920-05-25
Automobile Tourists Will Have Fine,
Up-to-date Blue Books With
Transcontinental Routes
Marked.
DEVELOPMENT IS SHOWN
1920 Volumes Give an Idea of How
Widespread the Highways Pro-
ject is Becoming-Have
Many Maps

I
about this time deniZens Of self-pro-
ipellia are getting ready for the open
road. There are signs. Bridge has
fallen from grace and evenings that
were given to the evening newspaper
and social clubs are now given to
emery paper and golf clubs. Fam
banksian movies get the skids while
father contemplates non-skids for the
automovies.
! For, summing /: up, the facts are
these. copious lady ApriPs beat it for
home and mother after a brief but
weepy honeymoon and the motorist
| is turning his attention to the four
vamps of the summer family-May,
June, Julie and Augustine.
! Annually, however, even since sea-
planes began pacing the swallows
north. the automobile blue book 5
iblcssoming anew has been really the
first chapter of the touring season.
This year the volumes, which are i3
and include Volume T-devoted prln-
cinally to transcontinental routes
are radically new because road I'M
proyement assumed such tremendous
PROPORTIONS during the season just
ended.
Even the most casual inspection or
the 1920 volumes shows how wide
/; spread has been the new highways
development. There are more maps
/ for one thing, hundreds more. AMI
last years maps are completely re-
vised. So. too, are the volumlnous
details in the logging, and to own one
! of the new books is to be thoroughly
Familiar with every step of the route
ono is taking. which way to turn ana
when.
The mileage of good grade, tour
able roads is now we'll beyond the
half million mark. Indeed, blue book
scouts constantly reported during the
/ winter that roads were being made
lin remote spots that never knew
contractors gang before.
| Thousands more points OF interest,"
are included: those notes which
NESTLE in the route matter tell
tourist everything about a town be-
fore he has come to it. There is
hardly a town or village of any size
hut something of it's scenic or historic
Interest is set forth for the tourist s
quick reading.
The comprehensive index, indicat-
ing the names of every worthwhile
motel service stations and repair
shops, is improved and enlarged, and
the whole is a wealth Of just the sort
of information the motor tourist pal-
iticulariy needs, travel he on long or
short trip. The books of particular
interest to Iowans are classified as
follows:
| Volume 5-Iowa, Illinois, Missouri,
western Kentucky, southern Wlscon'
sin and southern Minnesota, with ex-
tension routes to Memphis, Little
Rock, Topeka and eastern Indiana.
Volume 11-Wisconsin, Minnesota,
northern Iowa, northern Illinois and
upper peninsula Of Michigan, with
extension routes to St. Joseph, South
Bend. Lafayette, and Indianapolis, 81.
Louis, Kansas City, Port Arthur and
Winnipeg.
Volume T-Transcontinenta Blue
Book. This volume includes only the
main, heavy trunk lines OF travel for
use of long distance tourists, partic'l-
larry for coast to coast travel. The
volume is absolutely limited to these
main highways and no other roads
or side routes are given.
Volume Anew York Metropolitan
Blue Book. An intimate guide to New
York City and surrounding territory
within a five mile radius. A COM
plete New York guide not only for
the automobile tourist, but also for
anyone who Is living in or visitin g
New York.