Albuquerque morning journal. [volume] (Albuquerque, N.M.) 1903-1926, 1922-07-31
GOOD CANPS|TES
DEMANDED BY AN
ARMY OF MASONS
Shripers Who Will Travel
in Million Dollar Caravan
Ask for Accommodations
En- route.
especial Correspondence TO The Journal,

Especial Correspondence 10 Inc Jonrhni'
Oakland, Calf, July S0.-When
is a camp site not camp site?
Ask any of the Shriners. mem
bers of the first trans-continefital
motor caravan that moved last
month from Washington. d. c., to
San Francisco and they will tell
you.
eLocal communities. both large
and small. are learning that auto
, mobile tourists Of the better class,
demand in a camp site some of the
accommodations afforded by a
hotel,
A vacant lot withsa stream of
water running near by is not site
that will satisfy the average tour
list.
When the second motor caravan
leaves Oakland. Calf. May /, 1928.
for Washington, D. c., to attend
the imperial council of the Shrine,
the caravaners will demand of
local communities that adequate
camp sites be provided. else they
will step on the gas and drive on
to the next town.
sThe caravaners will demand a
site where there is running water,
furnaces for cooking. either by gas
or wood; comfort stations for men
and women; green grass for am
children who may be in the party;
a nearby gas filling station; a serv-
ice station that remains open after
8 O'Clock in the evening and a gro
Gerry and supply store where ar
ticles needed by the tourists may
be obtained at any hour.
In many towns along the route.
the first caravan found it impos-
sfble to have repairs made after
nightfall; they could not purchase
food after a certain hour and in
some cases local shop keepers were
11solent and Independent when re-
quests were made that some sort
OF service be given the travellers
after the usual CLOSING time"
The second caravan will be
known as the Million Dollar cara
van" since. it is estimated. at least
$IO00.000 will be spent by the
tourists between Oakland, Calf,
the starting point, and Washing
ton. d. c., the ultimate destination.
Few Good Camps.
The first caravan Travelled 5,117
miles before they found camp
site that met all requirements.
That Is site in Oakland, owned
and managed by private corpora
ton. There are $50 wooden bun
galows In the place that rent at so
cents per day up to 81 per day.
This fee includes shower bath. gas
for cooking. electric lights and
running water.
Several of the houses have been
rented for a year because of their
accommodations The site is five
minutes drive from the business
district of the city and is ideally
located for campers desiring to
visit the bay cities or San Fran
cisco.
The owners have invested more
than 100000 in the plant and are
giving their personal attention to
its management and upkeep, thus
affording the city camp site that
the city itself would be unable to
duplicate.
Within stones throw of the
camp site is a grocery and general
supply store, open at all hours and
a. Service station that never closes
Acamp site along these lines in
some of the southern and eastern
cities would be certain to attract
thousands of tourists annually
and mean that thousands OF dol
lars would be brought there that
would otherwise be spent else
where.
The second caravan will leave
from Oakland. Calf, May 1, 1928.
arriving at Washington June A.
There will be 200 cars leaving
from Oakland representing the
five Shrine temples Of California
The local Shrine temple, Aahmes,
will send a fleet of white cars and
on one of them will be mounted a
steam calliope that will make the
welkin ring as the caravan moves
across the continent.
Musicians on the coast are busy