The Ordway new era. (Ordway, Colo.) 1902-1927, 1920-08-27
TOURISTS AND
TOURING

By L. I. C.

Every CODCelvaDle klnd OF car lS
to be seen driven by tourists into
Colorado. There are the four's
skies, the twin skies; large and
small, new and old. There may be
somo with four cylinders hitting on
two or three, but then they hit. Some
cars are kept in such trim that one
might not believe they had been
driven from the Gulf Coast of Texas
while others look rather haggard.
Like humans tho decrepid condition
depends some on the age of the car
while in other cases the owners are
not so particular and havo brought
mud in from another state which may
cling on until they get back home.
Drivers, in most cases are very
careful. They must of neceGsity be
careful otherwise there would be
more accidents than there are. You
will meet few who, no matter where
! they are going or over what sort of
roads they are travelling, will "open
her up and letter sail" Most cars,
however. travel at a very sensible and
and safe rate of speed which is not
damaging to the car nor dangerous
to the people within and those they
meet. The reckless ones get theirs"
sooner or later. and on some of the
finest and widest roads in the mount
aims there are frequent accidents,
nine times in ten, due to reckless
ness. One car was swinging around
q curve on one of the canon roads at
such rate of speed, recently, that
the driver was unable to make n
sharp turn in tho road and his car
shot up an embankment so steep that
1t fell back over him. The accident
nrHYa i "a
to he hoped he carried life insurance
enough to keep the widow until some
Locbinyac who prefers widows comec
along.
There are the road hogg", but
they are fast diminishing-andt these
road hogs are not the drives of any
particular size or kind of car. The
car has nothing to do with it. 1t all
is to be traced to disposition of the
driver. If man is polite and court
eous in his business and with his
friends he will be courteous on the
road and In most cases he is, but
some times they leve this behind
when they go travelling.
Trouble signals must be displayed
otherwise help is not offered by car
car on the road but what is willing to
stop and lend assistance IL assistance
is needed. but they whiz by without
batting an eye unless they arc hailed
by the car in trouble. Most car
trouble is taken care of better by the
driver than il Tom, Dick and Harry
stopped to help out. Too, with the
hundreds of cars on the road It would
Keep one stopping most of the time
asking, I'm trouble"
Some times women get out on the
road knowing nothing more about 4
car than to push on the gas and steer
the wheel, being at the mercy of tho
passer-by If tire trouble should oc-
cur or trouble of any kind happen.
They've no business to do 1t, but
thcn-,
/ Signs are wonderful things on the
lCoad. It's mighty nice to read:
4 "Bingville 6 Miles"
Curve or to see .
hand pointing in the direction of the
town you want to reach with the
distance in plain figures. There are
cross roadS in some places which
tend to puzzle tourist, because tn z
right or left road or straight ahead
all look alike. with no sign of any
kind to give information. These
places should be marked. 1t is i'm
possible to get too many good in
formative signs.
In some sections of the state buai-
ness houses have put up signs in the
absence of proper markings by tho
county. 1t maybe that OF drug
store and reads:
"Cure-All Remedies at Townville
IS Miles" or "X-Y-Z Garage 9 miIec
to Bingville."
People read these signs, and be-
aides advertising the place of buoi-
ness for the dealer the sign gives
them some information.
Upon the Santa Fe trail between
D., here and Pueblo is a sign which has
n hand pointing out with the worda:
"Dotson Lake" Thousands Of tour
lists have noted that sign. 1t would be
well to have one down east of Sugar
City something like this:
Horse Creek, Sugar City " mile"
"Ordway 6h Miles"
Then another should be put up be-
tween Ordway and Sugar City read-
ing:
Meredith Lake Miles Long"
with a hand pointing to tho lake. The
tourist sees the lake and wonders
what it Is. He should be made fam
liar with ell the roads, the towns,
the distances. and the interesting
things along the highway. Over In
I Kiowa county is an historic place
an Indian battle field. 1t is act far
from the Kansas-Colorado boulevard
and there should be a sign, big one