| Show UTAH PARKS TO ATTRACT MORE AUTO TOURISTS Motorists Will Spend Estimate WASHINGTON Aprily IS Corn Com Communities near the playground of the nation and along popular motor trails will ill reap a crop of tourist gold this year the American American Amerlean Amer Amer- ican lean Automobile association estimated estimated esti esti- mat mated d today in predicting automobile automobile automobile automo automo- bile touring of unprecedented pro pro- portions Declaring its figures were conservative conservative con con- the association said motor motor mo mo- tor for travelers tra would divide 1000 between Florida and California Califor- Califor nia lia with the park regions of the West Vest and New England also bidding bidding bidding bid bid- ding for a large share A 25 per cent increase sG s in the number of ot long distance tours was forecast With ith the Wendover cut off nearly nearly neary near- near ly y completed and the Lincoln highway highway highway high high- way being Improved Utah ought to double her tourist trade this year ear said E. E S. S Woodruff executive secretary secretary sec eec of the Auto Club of Utah Saturday in commenting upon the probability of a large number of automobile au- au tourists passing through Utah this year Mr Woodruff said that was spent in Colorado and was spent in California last year ear by automobile tourists lie He said that Utah received between seven seen and eight million dollars' dollars worth of tourists' tourists trade ROUTE SHORTENED I Utah is between these two states and should receive double the amount over over last year and should increase for the next three years ears Mr Woodruff stated He added that the road to Los Angeles which is over the Arrowhead trail trall is being fhe which shortened eight five eighty miles will no doubt increase tourist trat- trat tic ic The Arrowhead trail will now cut off from Las Vegas N Nev v. v to Daggett Cal instead of going from Las Vegas to Goffs and Ludlow Cal Cat to Los Angeles Mr lr Woodruff stated that many of the highways have been very much improved throughout the state and says he expects a big season on automobile travel W. W D. D Rishel mabel manager of the touring bureau of the Utah State Automobile association said regarding re regarding regarding re- re garding the situation Utah is in for a big year In tourist travel because the Wendover Wendover Wend Wend- over off cut which is expected to tobe tobe tobe be completed about May 15 16 will mean that Salt Lake will be on practically a direct path from eastern eastern east east- ern era points to San Francisco And when they do pass through Salt Lake we can direct them to southern southern south south- em ern Utah where they may take in Zion Bryce and other wonders of Utah INFORMATION SOUGHT I have ha received letters from the Omaha Auto club Hoosier Auto club of Indianapolis and the Pittsburg Pittsburg Pitts- Pitts burg bur Auto club of Pittsburg Pa requesting information regarding the Wendover cut off and if it it is saO safe to direct tourists over that route which of course it will be beIn beIn beIn In the near future In the past they have been routed routed routed rout rout- ed over the Yellowstone trail through Montana and over the National National National Na Na- Old trail through Arizona and New Mexico missing Utah alto alto- gether There is every indication that Utah will get the travel this year that has in the past been routed through these states The completion of the Wend Wendover over cutoff cutoff cutoff cut cut- off links Utah with the transcontinental transcOntinental transcontinental highway to San Francisco He lie said he was not sure whether or not the off cut-off of five eighty-five miles on the Arrowhead trail would be finished this year In connection with the telegraph dispatch from Washington Mr Rishel said there were auto clubs in the United States and travel that the figures on tourist this year were about correct |
