The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1923-10-11

camp free or charging is a matter o
minor importance compared with tn
possibility of turning the tourist trave
to larger profit We in the Occur IA.
lene district have not yet grasped th,
magnitude of the tourist movement in
the west We have regarded it more
as a possible means of advertising the
mining industry Of the district and in
cidentally of profiting to the extent OF
the few dollars the tourists from ne
cessity leave in the city during their
one night stay If this is all we ex-
pect to get out of it. it it doubtful
from a purely business standpoint
whether the results are worth the
effort and it might be well to forget
the business end Of it and maintain
the camp on a fee basis merely as
matter of hospitality and courtesy to
the stranger within our gates.
What the people of Wallace should
do and this applies to other towns in
the district also. is to work out plans
that will attract and hold tourists for
several days and induce them to visit
sections of the district away from the
main highway Doubtless there are
those who think we have nothing in
the way of scenic attractions and out
door life to Justify an effort of this
kind and are also laboring under the
impression that the tourists are all
broke and leave no money in the
country To all such we refer figures !
recently compiled by the department /
OF the Interior showing the enormous /
sum drawn to the west by tourists /
who visit the national parks The de-
partment estimates that S1OO.OOO,OOO /
was left in the west this year by tour
lists visiting the various parks, not
money taken in by the parks, bat dis
made by the tourists for
supplies and service along the roads
and in and near the parks Here are
some figures compiled by the depart
nent in connection with national parks.
N the northwest: Yellowstone. So
100000; Glacier. s125O,OOO; Mount
Rainier sL5OOOOO; Crater Lake, 81
100. 900.
Why not try to get a larger share of
hose millions? Wallace is situated
IN what is unquestionably the most
and popular transconti-
rental highway in the west, and the
ravel over. it, already large, will in
rease every year We have mountain
cenery that ranks in beauty and
randeur with that found in any other
festern state We have mountain
treams and lakes teaming with trout,
18th ideal surroundings for camping,
nd we have a summer climate that
unsurpassed in the west Why not
apitalize our natural attractions? In
he Yellowstone park the tourist is
lrilled by a winding climb in a sight
eeng car to the summit of Mount
'ashburn. yet we could give him an
lual thrill by driving him on a good
automobile road almost to the summit
Sunset peak, from which he would
ave view equally grand and in
bring as that from the top of Mount
'ashburn What tourist with fond e
,ss for fishing could resist drive to
e North Fork. to Slate creek. to
hidden lake or to Revett lake, even
ough the latter included negotiating ri
tortuous mountain trail? q
The tourist money is coming west in W
creasing volume Are we going to 4,
ntnue to let it slip by without al 10
'ort to sidetrack some of it? This SO
something to think about between W
W and the opening of the next tour 81,
season. de