The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-06-17
Clean CAMPS and ROADSIDES
aim OF MOTORIST ASSOCIATION
APPEALS TO DRIVERS OF COUNTRY TO
PRESERVE WILD PLANT LIFE AND KEEP
BEAUTY SPOTS NACT

Washington, D. C.-An motorists
are urged to get behind the program
of the American Automobile associa-
ton for cleaner camps and roadsides
and fer the preservation of wild life
in the 1925 touring season, according
to a nationwide appeal broadcast
from national headquarters.
At a recent meeting of the execu-
tive committee it was decided to
throw all the resources of the ma
ticnal association and its affiliated
clubs into the movement for the main
tenance of the beauty spots of Amer
lea intact and against ruthless de-
struction of wild shrubs and flowers.
The appeal went out under the sig
nature of Thomas P. Henry, presi-
dent of the association.
The A. A. A., President Henry n
nounced, will extend and intensity the
program which brought such good re-
suits last year. While the associa-
ton is taking a leading part in the
movement, many civic organizations,
including chambers of commerce,
wcmen's clubs, the Garden Club Of
America, the Wild Flower Preserva-
ton society, Boy and Girl Scouts and
other bodies interested in outdoor re-
creation will cooperate.
"This work should be regarded as
one aspect of the safety program in
which the country is engaged" MI.
Henry said. eve are doing every
thing possible to make the roads
safer. 1t is also imperative that or
ganized motordOm put an end to the
needless destruction which is rapidly
depicting the natural beauty of the
landscape.
BE good to your country is the
slogan of the campaign. Under this
slogan the following notice will be
carried on hundreds of thousands Of
maps issued by the association, in all
its publications, including camp man.
ual, hotel book and tour books, and il
will also be prominently displayed in
the touring bureau of every club af-
filiated with the national association:
Don't pick too many wild flowers
Holly, dOgwood, mountain laure
and many other plants and flower:
are being rapidly exterminated Il
this country because Of unlicensed ant
ruthless gathering.
"Be good to your country and le
all enjoy it!
"Extinguish camp fires when leav
ing.
Burn or bury all rubbish.
Leave your camp in as good Orde
as you would like to find it.
"Observe these few cOurtesies 0
the road and keep your country look
ing as lovely as God intended it t
be!'
There are few motorists" sal
President Henry, "whO would NJ
commit themselves to the observatio
of these few simple rules. And yt
in actual practice thousands disr'
gard them. This is due to needles:
ness rather than a wanton desire I
destroy. Hence we may hope to a.
complish much through education.
the communities where a campaig
was waged last year, fewer cars wei
seen loaded with the product Of Il
despoiled woods.
Mature provided us with so muC
beauty that we took p~rofusion f
granted and dealt with this ~profusiC
with lavish hands. But today y
stand in danger Of exterminatiT
much that contributes so much to 4
charm Of the trail. Many plants a
flowers are practically depleted.
"Of course motorists have oft.
been blamed unjnstly. But thers
no doubt that they have been carele
in the past and there is plenty
room today for writing a new cha
Ter in the creed Of q good motors