The Lamar register., 1922-07-12
LIKE SOLOMON IN
ALL HIS SPLENDOR
R II. McNeal Starts for Kansas Today
To Boost For The Santa Fe
Trail-All The Way

Decked out in all the colors OF the
rainbow and with the little old ford
hitting on all four, r. H. McNeai, re-
preventative of the Arkansas Valley
Garage Mems association. and the
Commercial Clubs of the Valley,
started Wednesday morning for Great
Bend. Kansas, and points down the
line to represent the National o'd
Trails during the next two months.
His business will be to furnish IN
formation to tourists and to route rs
many as possible over the Santa re
Trail through this part of the valley.
His car was artistically painted in the
colors OF the Old Trails-red, white
and blue, and was neatly lettered with
snappy wording deGigned to bring his
work to the attention Of tourists.
A specially prepared map shows the
Santa Fe Trail from Kansas City to
Salida, Colorado, so plainly that
child could follow it, and it also has
special maps of the towns from Holly
to Canon City, showing locations OF
camp grounds and just how to get in
and out Of the towns. 1t also con-
tains good writeups of the valley
towns. The San Isabel Forest comes
in for lot Of publicity in the folder
also. Mr.. McNeal's work and the dis
tribution Of these maps should result
In great good to the towns sending
him out and will also help tourists by
sepding them over the best trail in
Colorado. County Democrat.
Mr.. McNeal began an active cam
paign at once and has been at work
all along the line and is now at Great
Bend. He found conditions along the
Trail east of here to he about the same
as here until Great Bend was reached.
There the Denver Auto Roads lnfor-
nation Company had man stationed
for the purpose Of making all tourists
believe that the Santa Fe Trail is still
suffering from the effects Of the floods
Of last year and is unsafe to travel.
Il has been having great effect and
over half Of the tourists have been
turned north over the Kansas-Colorado
Boulevard making straight for Denver.
The fight is between Denver and Colo
RADIO o-Springs, but the whole western
section of the Santa Fe Trail is losing
out as a result Of this fight. One OF
the special features Of Mr.. McNeal's
work is to offset this propaganda and
furnish proof that the trail all along
is in far better condition today than
it was before the flood Of June last
year.
In connection with this work Of Mr..
McNeal one of the Garden City boost
ers. Chas. Bogart, will make an attempt
on Tuesday morning, July 1s. to beat
Santa Fe train No. s from Garden City
tn Denver. a distance of over three
hundred and fifty miles. Mr.. Bogart
made q trial trip through here few
days ago and feels confident that he
can win. He is to take stock Nash
Touring car for the race, and has
side bet of one thousand dollars on
the result. II he can do this it Will
show that the trail is in fine condition
as No. 5 makes the trip at better than
thirty miles an hour including stops
and the trail has a greater mileage
than the railroad. Mr.. Bogart should
pass through Lamar about ore o'clock
next Sunday morning. but at that hour
will not have large reception com
mittee out to welcome him. He Will
make no stops except where he needs
gas. and the towns all along the route
are all granting him permits to break
the speed limits.
The towns all along the line in both
Colorado and western Kansas are
uniting to offset the Denver propa-
ganda and it is believed that when the
full facts are known by the tourists
1t will react against the authors as
Denver fears that if the tourists go
to Colorado Springs first, many OF
them will pass up the capital city.
Large Cattle Deal