Amarillo daily news. [volume] (Amarillo, Tex.) 19??-current, 1922-07-16
n, i.iJN 4 DICKINSON
Manager Touring and Transportaiion
Bureau. American Automobile
tssoeistion

In consequence of the better reads
campaign which has been In progress
throughout the United States during tho
great Increase In transcontncntal and
intcrsc,,ional automobile travel
One Of he first transcontincntal high.
ways Ia benefit from the popular de-
mand for improved thoroughfarcs was
tho National old Trails road.
Only few years ago this important
artery was improved for only vcrv
few miles from It's eastern terminus at
Baltimore IS time went ON Us inter
rtatc Importance was recognized success.
sivcly by ohio, Indiana and Illinois.
with the result that the moiorist is now
able 10 travel II from the Atlantic sea-.
buard tu tho Mississippi River on first
class pavement. West II 81 Louis. few
hard surfaced roads viii De- encountered
but the natural earth and gravel roads
are we'll graded and dragged. so that
they afford good surfaces during dry
weather
Much the same conditions exists along
isc. lincoln highway although n this
case there are stili some Indiana aud
Ohio sircichc' that have not been sur.
faced. Illinois paved hor section with
roncrcir hast ,or so that within M.
other year or two u VIII be- possihlc
o. travel from Now YORK 10 Clinton Ia,
over couilnnoue u,cad,tu and concrete
The eastern extension ~ the yellow.
rtunc Trail FROM Roslon 10 Chicago via
Alhsny Buffalo and cleveland likewise
affords good pavement practically
throughout
Roads Rra>o,r,bl, Good.
Whichever route ia followed west of
thc Mississlppi river viii depend partly
ON the season. but mostly ON the ulti
mate destination
Without donbi lhr National ola
Tran. Road IL best adapted for those
bound for Southern California because
II IL most direct affords good road con-
1l,iurrs' ana II exceptionally pro,ii.s
with satlsfaciorv hotels Even without
these advantages II would bc q favor.ic
because g tho opportunity Il affords for
visiting tho Grand Canyon the prchls.
torlc cliff dwellings and the pctrificd
forcai
IN" Lincoln highway though reason.
ably satisfactory as regards road sur.
faces is distinctly inferior a. to hotels
aud scenery because It passes through an
unusual, dcsolatr scctiun ~ wyoming.
Utah aud Nevada
In fact. MANY who ARE headed Tor san
Francisco prefer thu Pixies pcpk. Ocean
T. Ocean Highway which runs almost iu
an ah line frum indianapolis to Colo.
rido Springs and thence through won.
dcrtullv scouic section ol Colorado tu
sal Lake CITY.
Last but by me- molus least boz This
rst1log uf ,ross.ruuntrv routes. ere
those leading into thu northwest. afford
ing visits to YcuoVstonr Glacier aud
M liHuicr Nat "ual Parks. the Culuu.
bir River Highway and other natural
marvels
TIN two principal highways FROM chi.
caEo are the yellow giouo Trail aul ~.
tonal Parks Highway They are rough.
u parallel throughout thcr entire
course and in t,cl actually coincide In
one instance Tor several hundred miles
lrlcus" rivalry exists between the
rcapccti," supporters II these two rplds.
with Nv" result that thcy both provido
very good average If road conditions.
az we'll ~ profusion ~ camp sites and
aud fairly g'sd hotels
Those 1T thc motoring fraternity who
have r"m' to rol, ou their own drviccs
fT shelter nud food whom touring are
h"cnly aware ot Tho impurtanr, ~ suit.
uhl' C,nu M places
Y" iuqurr maximum ~ comfort and
convenience. the cainp 80" should boz
hirh dry aud preferably lucatcd on
Ecnil, sluping hIllsd de- Go permit NJ prop.
81 dpinagr iu ~" event ~ q sudden d..
lugc. The plri should bc trria,ll, SHADED
but not .u drus'', vuulcl l1 tu shut
ufi cooling brroz'e.
The uuSiW ty 90 pure water b. abso.
lutcly mt 81 as much OF 90, plulsur,