The Concordia sentinel. (Vidalia, Concordia Parish, La.) 1882-current, 1921-02-05

Belleaire. OrmOnd Beach has an excellent course
which stretches along the Atlantic, while Ormond
DaytOna, Fort Pierce ROckIedge and others lead
up to the Palm Beach Golf club the oldest course
In this famous resort.
The South pays back some of this NOrthcm
money in the summer Chicago is q summer re-
sort for thousands of Southerners. Maine takes
in something like $j0OOOOOO summer and
Michigan nearly S15,OOO,O0O 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 1O5S,455 visitors from all parts of
the United States. Many of these tourists were
from the South. MOtorcars from practically
every Southern state largely In evidence.
In 1917 travel to national parks tOtaled 4SS,2GS
visitors, which was increase of over 100000
visitors for the best previous travel year. In 1913
the war year, 451 ,661 visitors were recorded in
the same national parks In 1919 two additional
national parks were created, and travel for that
year increased to 755S25 VISITORS or 67 per cent
the war year record. Also In 1919, 6,191 WIS.,
itOrs recorded In six national monuments.
making a total travel for 1919 of 811,5l6 EX-
pressing this astonishing growth of tourist travel
in terms of percentage, travel in 1920 increased
lit per cent over 1917 134 per cent over 1915 and
80 per cent over travel for 1919
In 1917 54692 private cars were recorded; in
1918 1896 An 1919, 81, III ; and last summer the
total number of cars entering the national parks
was 12S074.
These visitors spent q 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-
ztr,ha fwx Into
idea of the national parks in winter is all wrong
and the public is fast coming TO realize that to
able-bOdied and red-bOoded people they are quite
as attractive in winter In summer. Scenically
they are more magnificent In the winter;
frost and snow give added beauty and sublimlty
both by day and night
e "see America First"
From the viewpoint of the red-bloOded man and
woman looking for winter outdoor sport three OF
the national parks are 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 u
is a touch Of frost that brings man to his full
mental moral and physical stature. And there
will soon be no finer winter playground in the
world than IN Rocky Mountain, Yosemite anu
Mount Rainier National parks.
It's fine big country we Americans have WIN
all sorts Of climates ana all SOrts Oh sCeheI''
country and the climate and the scenery are good
enOugh-there are no better-to keep US at homs
most of the time. Doing travelling ana Vaca
tioning at home, we shall keep hundreds OF NIL
lions of American dollars at hOme-and WORKING
where they will do the most good we useu 10
spend about $5O0O00,OOO in sightseeing aDroam
every year. Now the slogan, See America First
has helned 70 keen us at homeland we are en-
loving il 10 the financial benefit of the good OLD
United States of America.