, 1924-09-11
CITY TOURIST
CAMP GROUNDS
OF MUCH USE

The city tourist camp grounds
have probably been used more this
year. than any previous year due to a
heavier tourist season this summer
During the mid-season there "" e
approximately on an average of be-
tween so and 60 cars camped On the
grounds and at the present time
there is an average of between 80
and 40 cars each night, This month
will probably see the end of the tour
list season. In the early part of the
season most of the tourists We're go
ing East while now the majority of
them are West bound.
Although the city, some few years
ago, made a fair camp grounds in
the west part of the city,-built a
bath house and secured a camp tend
err, conditions for the tourists We're
vastly improved, however, no pro-
visions were made for checking the
tourists, thus much of the informa-
ton given in this article will be the
estimates of Camp Tender Jordan.
Most of the early ~east-bound tour
lists were from California while the
west-bound were from all over the
United States. Many of the Cali
fornia tourists were with no means
of support, they having left Cali
fornia during or after the time of
the foot and mouth disease quaran-
tine in that state. Many of them
were begging their va across the
country and some of them were sell
ing their personal effects to buy gas
n food. AS is always the case
with some tourists they presented
many varied problems to Camp Tend
er Jordan. Some of them of course
were never satisfied and knocked
the camp, the city and everything
connected with the city-they were
the ones, however, who usually left
n bath house in the most filthy
condition, left the water running and
mussed up things in general. Still
the majority of the tourists were of
a higher class and appreciated the
few conveniences which were at
their disposal, free of charge.
In most of the towns, especially |
in the central and northern part of
the state, they cater more to the |
tourist trade and have established |
very good camp grounds, many con-
veniences and go out of their way
to make it more pleasant for the
tourists who stray into their cities.
Undoubtedly this is a very paying
practice for these tourists are the
ones who advertise the town over
the country and their opinions carry
much weight, also at the same time
the tourists are a good source of in
come to a city-so much so that
some of the towns in the central
and northern part of the state DUR
ing the summer months give the
impression of a boom town, while in
winter things are practically dead.
The present Rawlins camp ground
is not adequate nor is IL near as con-
venient as it should be. The city
officers realize this and means are
being taken to make a new grounds
which will be enclosed, kept clean,
have several conveniences and be
an advertisement for the city rather
than a black eye. The chances are
that there will be a charge of about
so cents for the ones who want the
~conveniences while there will be
open space which will be free of
charge to those who do not wish
to pay. This will be one more step
in the progress of growing Rawlins. |
In the past few years many OF
the tramps who rode the freight
trains have taken to the highways
and on practically every morning
there will be a line OF them along
the highways looking for rides. Be-
fore this time, however, they have
usually canvassed the camp grounds
in an attempt to get rides to the
next city. Camp Tender Jordan es-
Inmates that there have been on an
average Of six or seven tramps on the
grounds every morning trying to beg
rides.
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