Arizona republican., 1921-10-18
APACHE TRAIL \
 B|G ASSET SAYS
 TRAVEL EXPERT
Head of Ask MT. Foster" Organization Declares Scenic Route Could Be Big Tourist Attraction

Arizona has in the Apache Trah one of the greatest scenic attractions in the country, perhaps in the world, and the trails present condition is a serious drawback to the valley, in the opinion of Ward G. Foster. head of the Foster & Reynolds company the Ask Mir. Foster Travel Informa- ton Service. Mir. Foster was a guest at the Adams yesterday. arriving from Los tnge,es in the morning and leaving for Tucson last night.
 In HIr. Foster, Phoenix entertained an angel unaware" it might be said, for every year his unique organlza- tion gives hundreds of people in every part of the country information con cerning the valley. Literally. IL IS the sole business of the Foster & Reynolds company to stimulate travel.
 MT. Foster declared yesterday that the Apache Trail was the valleys greatest possible attraction for tour ists. and he believes putting the tran itself into shape will bring hundreds here every week.
 Trail a Big Opportunity
 q see no reason why the Apache Trail should not be the means of drawing thousands of people to Phoe- nix" he said. They would be tour ists. of course, but the tourist is the modern pioneer. If he is impressed with something he tells, scores of oth- CTS about it. and many of them fol- low in his steps on their own travels. If he is particularly impressed he often remains and induces friends to come Southern California and Flor ida owe much of their recent devel- -fs-~e- T hNr not mean the money which tourists spend. but the advertising the tour | ists give"
 MT. Poster commented on the fact that transcontinental tourists now are | routed to the Roosevelt dam from | Globe and tken returned to Globe, | not being sent on to Phoenix because | of the really deplorable condition of | the famous scenic Apache Trail. Mir. Foster was in Phoenix in the ! course of a swing around the circle ! from his headquarters in New York, | which he left Aug. l. Before coming | here he went through northern and | northwestern states and down the l Pacific coast to Southern California. | Now he is on his way east again by | way of New Mexico, Texas and New | Orleans, whence he will go to Chi 1 cago before the threatened railroad | strike begins.
 Finds Conditions Improving Conditions are improving through out the country Mir. Foster said, with | California and Florida in the best | shape In this connection he re-
 marked that improvement in the To- cal situation was apparent here even l to transients.
 'I was here just about a year ago.' | he said, and as soon as l arrived this morning l began to see that things were much better than they were | then. Cotton is moving and busi- ness in general picking up, l under
 stand. It IS plain conditions are
 much better
 | The travel service head struck an other encouraging note when he said l indications were that tourist trave'
 this year would be about the same as | last, which was a good season, al-
 though it suffered by comparison with
 the two boon years that came before i Beginning Nov. l, he said, he under
 stood the Southern Pacific would add
 a second section to its crack limited
 train to California.
 The Ask Mir Foster" organization now known by travels the country | over. was originated by it's present | head 33 yearss ago at St. Augustine | Fla. Now it has offices in 40 of the