The Bismarck tribune., 1922-01-10
COMPLETION Of
NEW BRIDGE IS
TOURIST LURE
Representatives of National
Parks Highway Decide to Ad-
vertise Passing of Ferry
ANNUAL MEETING HELD
Report Made That $4,000 Auto
Loads of People Passed Over
Red Trail Last Year

Completion Of the Missouri River
bridge here is to be extensively ad-
vertised next spring and summer to
tourists contemplating trans-conti-
mental auto trips as an example Of
the improvements being made on the
National Parks Highway, Geo. N.
Remission, vice-president of the trails
association, said upon his return from
Spokane, Wash, where the annual
meeting of the association was held.
Spokane newspapers will feature the
bridge in early editions, and other
advertising will be given to North Da-
kota through this. Mr. Keniston
found much interest manifest in the
bridge and in work being done on the
Red Trail in North Dakota during his
trip when he stopped at several
towns
Mr.. Keniston found business men
pf the Spokane section optimistic over
the future, and expecting a large i'm
migration next year. A representative
Of the government predicted 40 per
cent increase in auto travel to yell
lowstone National Park next year.
Sixty thousand auto loads of tour
lists passed over the National Parks
Highway last year, Mr.. Remission in
formed the meeting at which he pre-
sided.
The association decided it's greatest
objective during the present year
would be to better the road conditions
as much as possible and especially to
indulge in spreading the knowledge of
the trail, as the results of the past
year are regarded as having been
reached with about one, tenth the pub
licity the trail might have IL
Discuss Camp Sites
Coincident with the meeting of the
Trail association, the men having in
charge the tourist camps in the parks
met and after considering the large
problems of the park camps, decided
that a charge OF fifty cents per day be
made f or tourist parties h
charge being made in an attempt to
reduce the number of "bunls" who
during the past year gave trouble in
some of the camp sites. This meet
ing also recommended that there
should be no private advertising in
any Of the camps, that public speak
ing be not allowed and that lights be
'out at eleven o'clock p. m. each night.
1t was also suggested that system
of registration, including the name OF
each passenger and driver, the make
and number OF the car and the license
number be inaugurated.
The Department Of the Interior was
represented at the meeting by G. E.
Gooding, chief engineer of the Nation
al Parks Service, who announced that
"a miles of new roads were proposed
for the parks this coming summer,
construction being pushed as fast as
possible under the material conditions
in the parks district.
Officers Reelected
Mr.. Remission believes that the most
important procedure of the meeting
was the selection of Fred Adams OF
Spokane as the executive secretary
of the association. MIR. Adams re-
signed his position as secretary of
big Columbia river irrigation project
to accept the new position. He will
become the active head of the~prOmo-
tion OF the trail, and will be respon-
sible for the raising Of the proposed
budget vof $22,5O0. The other officers
were reelected, including w. G. Ed
ems of Chicago, vice presidents George
n. Keniston of Bismarck and John A.
Gelatly of Wenatchee, Wash, and
treasurer f. L. Crow of Spokane. The
North Dakota members OF the execu-
tive committee are J. j. White of
Fargo, D. c. Rand of Jamestown, and
n. Berringer of Dickinson.