The Washington times., 1925-05-06
WEST COAST IS
TOURISTS
GOAL
Seattle Man Tells of Ad-
vantages Of His Country
for Autoists

Westward hot is the slogan of
an ever increasing number of mo-
torists and tourists from the Mid.
die West. said Douglas Shelor.
manager Of the Automobile Club
OF Seattle. Washington. with facts
and figures to prove that Ameri-
cans are waking to the fact that
in the Pacific Northwest there is
a summer. playground almost
brought to the doors Of the East.
erner by improved highways and
tIanscontinental lines.
indicative Of the western move
ment this summer is the list of
125 national conventions to be
held on ythe Pacific Coast, with
thirty-eight of them in Seattle,
including the Knights Templar con-
clave, the National Foreign Trade
convention and other notable
groups. The Shriners, the Elks
and the Odd Fellows are other
large fraternal bodies which will
meet on the Pacific Coast.
Reservations made at the ma.
tional parks, including Yellow.
stone, Glacier and Rainier National
PARKS. are at least 35 per cent
heavier at this time than they
were in May of last year, said Mr..
Shelor What the tourist trade
means to the West can be seen
cy the steady addition of hotel
facilities and Seattle, with the com.
Fiction nf a new SIS. 900 900 MOTEL
and additions to established hotels.
mas taken rank as the sixth hotel
city in America.
Tourist Trade an Industry.
Tourist trade in the Pacific
Northwest ls now becoming an in.
dustry, carefully fostered," said Mr..
Shelor. Just at this time, when
the average American citizen is
wrestling with the annual problem
OF where he will spend his vacation.
the trafScontinental railroads and
chambers OF commerce serving the
Pacific Northwest are conducting
q very extensive advertising cam
paign. They have found out in
the West that community adver.
tising Is just as productive as de-
partment store advertising, il in
telligently conducted"
The results of this advertising
are shown in the steady increase
in travel to the Pacific Northwest,
also in the improvement of trans
continental highways like Yellow.
stone Trail to take care Of the in
creased movement.
"The Pacific Northwest has a
real appeal to people of the Middle
West who wish a change in va
cation spots. Who can frAternize
with the great nature of Yellow
stone-its mountain woodlands, its
marvellous geysers, its magnificent
canyons and plunging cataracts, it's
lakes and flowers and animal life
and not be changed? Who can
experience Glacier National Park
and it is the experience of a life
time-live intimately with it's
classic Rockies, it's great glaciers
and Alpine meadows, its vast am
phitheaters Of natures grandest
creation-and not be better
American?
Mount Rainier.
"Where is there a human being
whose soul is not stirred to new
depths as he beholds the majestic
peak that is the pride of America
Mount Rainier, where our Gov
ernment has preserved in Rainier
National Park the scene of a
titanic upheaval in remote ages
that left to the world its most
marvellous specimen. of natures
architecture?
''If it is rest and recreation you
seek-well, you'll not have to look
far. You can choose from a whole
catalog of sports and diversions
and resting places. The Pacific
Northwest is most hospitable anu
you can scarcely find a place any
where that is unprepared to offer
comfortable accommodations of all
kinds"
OF business conditions, Mr.. SheiUr
said: Business is especially ac-
tive all through the Pacific North
west, as is illustrated by the tre.
mendous building construction pro
gram now being carried out in
Seattle, and in apartment house
as well as residential building, with
practically no vacancies in spite
nf this substantial addition to Office
and housing building. The farmers
of that section are liquidating dehrs
SauoroI ~ radinD he