The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1923-06-28
TOURIST INFLUX
ON IN EARNEST
Register Of Incoming Tour
lists at Tourist Stand
Increasing Daily.
PRAISE FOR WISCONSIN


Wisconsin is beginning to take on
the appearance of a welcoming para
disc for tourists from all oevrs the
land. Kenosha, as the Gateway to
Wisconsin" is making itself the re-
seption committee for this host of
guests. The House by the Side of the
Road" being operated on South Sheri-
dan road by the Wisconsin Motorists
Association is more and more taking
on the appearance of the famous book
that so many more famous men have
had ambitions to write, "The Direc-
tory of Information on Anything and
Everywhere"
During the past week over three hun
dred tourists including parties coming
all the way from Lewiston in Maine,
West Virginia, Massachusetts,, Florida,
Montana evidently not fight fans),
Louisiana, New Mexico, California, and
Oregon, with countless numbers of
tourists from nearby states have stop
ped off at the little House for infor-
nation on every conceivable topic from
road directions, detours, good places
to eat and sleep, and even an urgent
request for a tip on where to get a
nip, to requests of the man in charge
at the tourists stand to look up and
say hello to an old college class mate
living in Kenosha whose address the
tourist forgot but who he remembers
"liyed in Kenosha during the war"
So now you can see that these tele-
phone girls and information operators
haven't so much to boast of when it
comes to calls for information = that
is, information which isn't written in
books.
Receive Real Welcome.
In one day = last Sunday = the
house had 10 calls for information.
To each the desired knowledge was CIV
en-, and in addition a card of introduce
ton to member houses upstate, and a
map of the highways of Wisconsin was
given gratis. During the past week the
House answered more than 300 calls,
and each tourist went away with a
smile on his face as evidence of his
appreciation of the welcome Kenosha
was offering him.
1t was a toss-up on the number of
tourists leaving Wisconsin for points
north, east, west and south, and the
number entering this state from the
same points. The influx seems to be
equal to the natives going elsewhere.
Several tourists = notably those
from nearby states-had some serious
complaints to make about their recep-
ton or farewell, they called it -
while leaving the state of Illinois and
entering Wisconsin. Several reported
that speed traps were planted on High
way Is near Deerfield and that author
tiles watching that section of the road
were merciless in their handling of
cases. There were also some complaints
made by tourists who were arrested for
speeding while approaching Zion City
from the south. One party hailing
from Streater, Illinois, and having for
his destination Los Angeles, California,
insisted that he wasn't travelling faster
than Is miles an hour in order to be
able to "read the signs plastered all
over the road telling what a wonderful
place Zion is when he was arrested
for speeding and given the customary
greeting of "Tell it to the Judge"
Have Nothing But Praise Here.
But these complaints were few and
far between, and on the whole it is
a truly season of tourists who are dot
ting the highways of the state this
year. Within the next week and
thereafter until late in September the
state will become increasingly filled
with tourists from all over the nation
to enjoy the wonders and beauties of
the state, and to partake of the hos
pitality of its Aospitable communities.