The St. Charles herald. [volume] (Hahnville, La.) 1873-1993, 1921-02-26

BeIleaire Ormond Beach has an excellent course.
which stretches along the Atlantic while ormond.
Daytona, Fort Pierce. Rockledge and others lead
up to the Palm Beach Golf club, the oldest course
In this famous resort.
The South pays back some of this Northern
money in the summer Chicago is summer re-
sort for thousands of Southerners. Maine takes
in something like S500OO,900 summer and
Michigan nearly Sl5OOO.O00 Wisconsin and Min
nesota are full of 'resorters" all summer. many
OF them from the South.
Visitors to National Parks.
The national parks and monuments last sum
mer attracted 1858 455 visitors from all parts of
the United States. Many of these tourists were
from the South Motorcars from practically
every Southern state We're largely in evidence
In 1917 travel to national parks totaled 4SSZo>
visitors, which increase of over 100000
visitors for the best previous travel year. In i9iS
the year, 451,661 visitors were recorded In
the national parks In 1919 two additional
national parks were created, and travel for that
year increased to 755325 visitors or 81 per cent
the war year record Also in 1919. o6,19l WIS.,
itors were recorded in six national monuments
making total travel for 1919 of S11.5l6. En-
pressing this astonishing growth of tourist travel
in terms of percentage, travel in 1920 increased
III per cent over 1917 134 per cent 1918, and
80 per cent over travel for 1919.
In 1917, 1892 private cars were recorded; in
1918. 1896 in 1919, 97,721 and last summer the
total number Of entering the national parks
12SO74.
These visitors spent lot of money all along the
route-many millions
Here's a prediction that Is interesting. The
time is not far distant when several of the nation
al parks will be crowded in winter with visitors
enjoying winter sports.
Up TO very recently the general public has re-
garded the national parks in general as inacces-
sible and uninhabtable desoatons in winter. This
90 the notin rES in yinto &c all
and the public is fast coming to realize that to
able-boded and red-bOOded people they are quite
as attractive in winter in summer. Scenically
they are even magnificent in the winter;
frost and snow give added beauty and submity
both by day and night.
"See America First"
From the viewpoint of the red-bOoded man and
woman looking for winter outdoor sport three OF
the national parks likely to be pre-eminent
These are Yosemite, Mount Rainier and Rocky
Mountain
Many able-bodied and red-bloOded Americans
do not care to follow the summer all the year. 1t
is touch of frost that brings to his full
mental, moral and physical stature And there
will be no finer winter playground IN the
world than In Rocky Mountain, Yosemite and
Mount Rainier National parks
It's fine big country Americans have. with
all sorts of climates and all sorts of scenery. HE
country and the climate and the scenery are ge"d
enough-there are no better-to keep us at nome
most of the time. Doing our travelling ana 'aca
tioning at home, we shall keep hundreds OF in''-
lions Of American dollars at home-ana WOE
where they will do the most good we ''.N ~
spend about $5O0.O0OOU IN sghtseeils ny,st.
avorv vaar Nnuv the slogan "See America fifst
has helped to keep US at home-ano We orc IA
toylns It. to the financial benefit OF INC s'0~
United States Of America