The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1921-03-04

Versing = short mileage in Canada, this
new highway affords one an oppOrtun-
ity Of viewing the forests of Maine,
the famous White Mountains, the lakes
and rivers and historical points of New
York State, the Niagara Falls, Detroit
and its wonderful automobile indus
tries, the beauty spots of Michigan,
the 500 Locks, the forests of Wiscon-
sin, the ten thousand lakes of Mime
sofa. and then, the wonderful plains
f North Dakota and Eastern Montana.
Finally to the Glacier National Park,
the continuous mountain area and
thence through scenery unsurpassed to
the Pacific ocean.
The Glacier National Park.
One of the most important features
of the T. r. Highway has been the fact
that this new route has opened up a
shorter and more direct route east and
west to and from the Glacier National
Park, the mammoth youngster play
ground of America, with scenic SPLEEN
dor amazing, wonderful and massive
with virgin forests, mountain ranges,
mountain lakes, trout streams, sentinel
peaks, glaciers, and thousands of ma
lures curios wisely preserved by the
government for all time.
Thousands upon thousands of tour
ing parties have already visited this
curiosity shop of nature. Each sea-
son since its inception has seen the
number greatly enhanced over pre-
vious years; and none Of these have
been disappointed, because it is i'm
possible to eXaggerate Or overestimate
the features encompassed within its
boundaries.
The Theodore Roosevelt Memorial
Highway leads the tourist over good
roads, though interesting, unusual and
Surprisingly beautiful country to this
newest wonderland, the Glacier Ma
tional Park. The highway has already
been marked from Portland, Maine to
the eastern entrance of the park, and
from the western entrance far into
Washington state.
The Park Road to Be Constructed.
Results of united efforts on the par
of the various state organizations o.
the association, to bring about the con
struction of a highway through the
Glacier National Park, have brought
about excellent possibility of this &C.
complishment in the course of a very
short time. Estimates have been fur.
nished to congress for the construction
of such a road, and the matter is now
in the hands of congressional commit.
ties. Today no road connects the east
and west entrances to the park, anC
thus tourists are forced to ship their
cars via the Great Northern Railwa,
for a distance of some So miles.
The number of motor cars coming tc
Glacier National Park is $500 annu.
Tally. On completion of this link OF
highway, it is estimated that the ira.
vel through Northern Montana to the
Glacier National Park will number al
most $4,000 cars annually, and thi.
within a possible five years.
Many Beautiful Lakes.
Thousands of beautiful lakes ar,
available to motorists who travel tn.
7. R. Highway. The miraculous gran
deur of the lakes of western Montana
Idaho and eastern Washington, in thei
majestic settings and wonderful back
grounds, is not exceeded by those o
any country in the world, even Swift
zerland.
For miles and miles the T. r. High
way skirts the shores of these grae
gifts of nature. In the midst of pr
! maeval forests one encounters thoS