Mohave County miner and our mineral wealth., 1921-01-21
TO SEEK AID FROM LEGISLATURE PARK
 10 PARK HIGHWAY

Commercial associations, radiating the activities of community progress can find the desired assurance for supporting hte National Park-to-Park Highway movement in recommenda- tions made to Congress in the annual report of John Barton Payne, secre- tary of the Department of the In- terior, in the estimation of Gus Holm's, secretary manager of the as sociatioH that has it's general offices in Denver.
 The following paragraphs from Sec 1etary Payne's report are to be used by state directors of the association in seeking recognition from western legislatures convening this month:
 "This year saw the establishment and designation of the National Park to-Park Highway. The national im- portance ol this highway can not be overestimated, for in extent and gran deur of natural exhibits it surpasses any other scenic drive on earth.
 "The value of this highway as an important factor in the industrial de- velopment of the West can not be overestimated. While the highway follows a well-marked, definite route in the form of great circle, it is but the nucleus of a great interpark road system which will later be de- veloped."
 Motor travel to the national parks in 1920 showed that 12S,074 cars en- tered the playgrounds, against 97,- 721 in 1919. The 1920 report shows that 919,5O4 tourists visited seven- teen national parks and 13S,951 visit ed eleven national monuments ,mak- ing a total of 1,05S,455. Twelve of the seventeen parks are on the route of the National Park-to-Park High way. In 1919 there were 1,516 vis- itors to the parks and monuments.
 Officers of the National Park-to- Park Highway Association, aided by state directors, are urging the finan- cial support of commercial associa- tions and automobile clubs in towns on the route. They are also encourag- ing support from other towns not on the route, in states traversed or en- circled by the 6,000-mile wonder high way, referring, in this matter, to the report of Secretary Payne, which reads:
 "All of the states already offer ex- ceptional smaller circle tours within the limits of their respective boun- diaries, which will considerably dis tribute the interpark travel through their different communities as it pass es fro none par kto the other. This great interpark road system will be rapidly developed now that the Ma tional Park-to-Park Highway is des- ignated."
 MT. Holm's, returning to Denver from Cody, his home, said: q have attended to my personal affairs, and expect to devote my entire time now furthering the objects of this asso- citation. Prospects are bright. We have national recognition. The Amer ican Automobile Association the Ma tional Highways Association and the National Park Service have approv- ed this movement for permanent inn provement of the highway. We need, however, sustaining financial assis- tance, and are depending for it, in part, at least, on county commission CTS and commercial and automobile clubs in towns on the route."
 The state assessment to the 192O- 21 road budget program is being rais- ed by c. T. Woolfolk of Flagstaff, state director for Arizona ,and Father c. Vabre, a vice-president.