The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1921-06-08
AUTO CARAVANS
AR + TRAVELLING
THROUGH CITY
Thousands win Pass Over The
Red Trail Before the Sum.
mer is Ended
ENJOY LOCAL CAMP SITE
Bismarck People Find Pleasure
in Welcoming and Visiting
With Tourists
ENJOY LOCAL CAMP SITE

Auto tourists are beginning to pass
through the city in large numbers.
Almost every night there are Wis.
itors in local hotels and at the free
camping site east Of the city provided
by the Commercial club and Town
Criers.
Many Bismarck residents are visit.
ing the camping grounds in the even.
ing to extend welcome hand to the
visitors and the visits are much ap-
preciated. Usually, too, the tourists
have very interesting stories to tell
The camp site is believed to be one
of the best along the National Parks
Highway, although in some cities
there are shelter houses. The grove,
which IL located on the penitentiary
groundss is beautiful spot, and offers
2 quiet, cool place at night for the
tired tourist. Facilities for. cooking,
q free telephone, information ana
other, conveniences are provided.
,t. Several Parked There !
Last night visitors at the camp site
found several cars parked there. One
party was travelling from Duluth to
Portland, Ore. One man was travel
ing to North Dakota point on the
Canadian border. Another party was
from Plaza, N. D., to California, and
there were two or three parties which
had retired for the night. E.
The night before the visitors at the
camp included q party OF tourists
from Massachusetts,. A lady In the
party confded that she felt that the
trip would be all right IL she did not
encounter any Indians or bad men
travelling through North Dakota and
Montana. She had been agreeabiy sur.
prised, she admitted, to learn that
she was travelling through a very mod.
ern country, where she met c0urte-
GUS people on all sides. One party Of
four which stopped ct the camp was
travelling from Idaho to Calgary, Can!
ada. They had left Calgary last
year, toured through the southern
states, spent the winter in California,
the spring In Idaho. and were return.
Ing home. ", w !, z III v All
Roads through North Dakota arc
about tho best encountered by tourists.
according to their reports, when the
weather 10 fair. They encounter rough
going IN rainy weather, however.
What Tourists Spend
Thousands Of tourists will pass over
the National Parks G1ighway this year.
1t has been estimated that each tour
list which stopped for the night in Bis.
narck spends an average Of 81, either
for hotel accommodations, food, gaso-
line, oil or other necessities or luxi-
ries Of the trip. Thousands\of dollars
will be spent in the city during the
summer by tourists and local boost.
ers are extremely anxious that all
tourists be accorded the most c0urte.
GUS treatment possible so that they
will not fail to speak good word for
the city wherever they may 60.
One Of the tourists camped at the
site last night did not quite under.
stand an experience he had. He had
driven his car, a make frequently used
by whiskey runners into the city. The
tonneaa was loaded with canvass
camping equipment. A man dnkonwn
70 him stepped sup and searched
through the car without explanation.
A description OF the man identified
him as q state officer. The tourist
laughed when visitors explained that
the officer undoubtedly was searching
for contraband booze.
Many of the tourists are people OF
moderate means, showing that one
must not necessarily, have large means
to enjoy cross country trip.