Ashland weekly tidings. [volume] (Ashland, Or.) 1919-1924, 1921-09-07
WEALTHPOURED
INTO ASHLAND
BY TOURISTS
SIGHT-SEERS SPEND MUCH CASH
Favor AUTO CAMPS IN THE
WEST IN PREFERENCE To-
THOSE OF EASTERN STATES.
BY KAY ESS

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Westward the tide OF automobile
travel rolls its way to Ashland and
Oregons natural scenic beauty.
Automobile ,tourists from central
and mid-western states have dis
tributed over $4,000,000 over the
West this summer, it is estimated,
while the East has had but little OF
this tourist travel.
And the East, with its wonder.
full network OF state highways, Its
great cities, its famous Atlantic coast
beaches, and even with New York
City as lOdestone, asks, How
Gomez"
Out OF the West comes the answer
in two short words-AUTO CAMPS
This summer marked the passing
OF dressed up" auto trips among
the motorists OF the midwest. Tour
ing for them is no longer an ever
lasting struggle to keep clean and
keep their clothes presentable for
swell hotel lobbies and dining rooms
They are in comfortable camp togs.
with camping outfit, and they head
west, where every town and city has
an auto tourists camp for their com
fort and convenience.
Auto Camps Sought
Their tours this summer were not
planned over maps showing the best
state roads. They planned their
routes along the trails which Of
fered the best auto camping grounds.
They had rough travelling over many
roads, but they found a real welcome
in the camps and kept cool and COM
Portable in khaki togs.
Through Ashland's auto park this
tide of auto tourists has ebbed and
flowed all summer. Hundreds Of
cars use the park every week and
on any day the license plates OF
dozen central and western states can
be counted.
We're all for the west this sum
mer," said a central states motorist,
touring with his wife and two kid
dies, "You can't tour and be dressed
up, so we're following the trails of
the auto camps"
But eastern states have auto
camps" the newspaperman replied.
"The east is asleep" the motorist
replied Some cities have auto
camps, but there are long jumps
between camps on many of the best
state roads.
West Beats the Fast
"The West has beat 'em to it, and
has auto camps all along the route.
1t has drawn thousands OF tourists
this summer and the average family
like my own-spends $40 per day
We've been all over the West before
and the scenery didn't attract us.
Certainly the roads held no appeal.
I've never been east of Detroit and
would like to see New York, but un-
til they have auto camps I'll spend
my vacations in the West"
It's the same with all of them.
They don't stop at garage and ask
the best route to such and such
place. They look on the wall and
read the list of "swell'' auto camps
or they ask their camping neighbor
what such and such a city has in
auto tourist accommodations.
Camp Is First Glass
Ashland's auto park has hiped
and running water. kitchens, laund-
ries, a supply store where food can
be purchased, and filling and repair
stations right on the lot.
And 1t is not because 1t is the
"cheap" way to tour that auto camp
ing has jumped into popularity. 1t,
is the comfortable way and the
pleasant way. In the auto park one
will find beautiful cars Of the most
expensive makes with trailers con.
tanning luxurious camp equipment.
parked among the camping parties
who start out with a tent and few
cooking utensils in the family fliv-
yer.