, 1922-08-02
Casper Tourist Accommodations
As Convenient as Home, Wife OF
Kanass Editor Writes on Visit

Ths eomplacent Cssperits who
feels that his town Is the only real
town In the United States IL at least
being recognized as \ man Of sound
Judgment and not unbecoming pride.
But even he. obs.rvant as he prob
ably 10. may not have thought that
the little tract OF land at the south
cod Of Durhin street. wh~a> there
II . frems summer house with
% around II to park a nun Der OF
ars IS almost as widely known as
tho much contested Teapot field or
even OF the refinery sites them
selves.
The tourists camp grounds. which
near nothing TO the citizens tucked
away between whit- sheets after a
meal cooked by somebody aise. take
on an entirely different aspect 10 the
tired traveller. who has been for
three hours after sunset breaking
in time to fix UP 4 late supper and
enjoy he he spitality Of a great or
~ganfzation.
Mrs. E. r.. Collier, s75 South
Beech street. Is the recipient of n
copy OF the sabathR Herald publish
ed at sabatha. Kan. in which there
Is a very long article by Mrs. Ralph
Tennal. wife of the editor Of the
paper. who with her son Robert
made n tour to Yellowstone park
last month. The article deals with
the details Of the trip in a very
entertaining and vivid manner. and
is very encouraging to anyone who
may have thought that persons
praise Casper only TO the face of
C~asperites.
For instance, how does this
sound7
Casper was the amazing site of
"a camp tour ~up-to-date. We ex-
pected a country town OF 5000. We
drove through ten miles OF villain
Gus road in course Of construction
and neglect TO a city of 5000. the
only paved streets IN wyoming. sky
scrapers. elegant buildings and more
Packard cars than are in Kansas
City.
1--WE got our mail and drove to the
shade of a side street to read 1t.
Had not been there two minutes be-
fore a man came up TO the a and
asked IL we were going to stay
over all night, directing Us to h
tourist camp. He was the secretary
OF the chamber OF commerce.
THE camp Is as amazing os Cas-
9 itself. It is not beautiful but
barron. trees just planted; but IL
/ had the conveniences in my W
home that the Casper camp hns. !
.rg-tr 80 r1.lt,- nAro rnnlor-
hi housekeeping can give; a big
loungins room with fireplace and
i CRATE. writing desks, news
papers piano. Nictrola. sewing ma
chine. a kitchen with hot and cold
water. ~stationar- iavatories. toll
cts, all porcelain. n plenty Of
hooks to hing clothes, n mirror. a
Mushroom With stationary tubs.
electric vacuum washer and electric
iron and ironing board. with soap.
bluing. washboard drain. and hot
and cold water in the boiler con-
tinuously. II any one "a give more
unless it would be a nightly free
vaudeville or movie. or orchestra
concert. I can not thing Of it.
"One is privileged TO stay ct this
taitlP n NStn law StAo ~
caretakers are Mr.. and Mrs. j. II.
Pile. with four interesting well be-
haved children. They do everything
to make tourists feel they are per-
sonal guests. The house is the our
lists home. But you a never sat
isfy some. Usually those who have
nothing at home ask for more al
camps. One woman was most indig-
nant because there were no refrig-
orators Everyone cooks at once
and In two days at the Casper camp
we got so chummy that we We're
borrowing each others vinegar and
paprika-
Folks Take their food to the
kitchen in boxes. pals or baskets.
or whatever they carry It in IN
their cars cook their dinners, clean
up their dishes and carry everything
back until the next meal. There is
a sort OF unwritten law that every
woman shall wash the sink q little.
but the final cleaning is given by
the last woman at dishwashing.
AT the tourist camp you are
asked to sign n var with the
amount OF money spent in Casper
and how 1t was spent. We were there
Monday night, Tuesday and until
8 o'clock Wednesday. We spent
about SIS in Casper"
Tho writer discusses Casper gen
eral at great length, laying stress
on h oil refineries. But the CON-
placency of the Casperite a1atn