Ogden Standard-Examiner | 1920-12-05 | Page 35 | Park-to-Park Road Approved

PflRK-TO-PARK ROAD JPPROVED Steps to Promote Travel to Nation's Playground Taken by A. A. A. WASHINGTON. Dec. j Unanimous uppronl to the early linking up of tl.e national park-lo-park hlnhwoy was given bj the American Automobile ns-- ns-- latlon at a well-attended meeting of the executive hoard held at Itl mali. headquarters In the national capital with President I'avl-1 Jameson in the chair. While great!) increased thousands thous-ands of road tourlsis visited the national na-tional parks during the past summer. It i realised that these playprounds of the nation will not serve their max- Imum purpose until hichwuv connections connec-tions are ,stahlis!ied Of SUCll eliai..-ter eliai..-ter ai! to make it possible for i ho traveler trav-eler to plan hi journev SUCOeiSfjllly and oonvenlently Even II oonKress dissents from (rrantln( a specific appropriation ap-propriation for connected roods to these scenic and recreation areas. It Is certain that the atales will see to it Mi t their apportionments of federal roail money win not disregard this hn-portan hn-portan vvork. besides nrhlco, In, some Instances, even the counties will he helpful in the premises lo PARK INCIjUDI l in the laying out of the park-to-park route this year, the A- A. A. supplied 18 a pathfinder Its experienced experi-enced field representative, A l. Westward, West-ward, w ho has a t,-uiscontiio rial tout ing record. Stephen T Mather, n rector of the national parks service, lent valuable aid to President Gua iioims and his fellow enthusiast! oi the. park-tb -park undertaking which encompasses a doseh parks and monuments monu-ments and passes through as many siules. At the Denver meeting of the highwa: . . . M . mi the Zion park in Utah was added to the list The A. A A at Its meeting here Went on record against the proposed irilKatlon reservoirs in the VallB RlVt i ha.stn of the Yellowstone, such action it was asserted would mean opening no the way for the commercialization of the national paries. in I ERN vnn . VGRJ l mini FOr those Americans- w ho have time and opportunity to Indulge In foreign road travel while their own country la providine. itself with Inter-state highways, the American Automobile association is gradually renewing the conveniences which existed prev ious to the war. The most recently added thins has lo do with securing the trlptyouc is.eied by the ToOrink club of Uelglum be f org taking ship for tho other side The A A A. Issues the document to members and guarantees the return of the car to the United States before the deposit is returned to Its owner With the utomoblle Awiociatlon of Great Urltain a slmllai arrangement was consummated several sever-al months ago. and It Is not unlikely that other countries will be provided tor In the same nvnnner. It Is expected, howovcr, that In tho . omparatlvely near future, the International Interna-tional Touring alliance, of which the I A. A. A. Is the American member,' will be able to establish with the prlr.- clpal Kuropoan countries the international interna-tional trlptyque to supplement the international in-ternational plate of Identity whereby the car owner cun obtain from his home government a number which takes care of the registration of the car and Its driving. Unfortunately.' the United States is not a signatory to this International agreement, but In; ihe present congress the s. A. A- and; the other motoring organisations with which It co-operates will make a de-l termlncd effort to have Included In the Sweet-Pillman bill a section covering th,- entrance of this country into the International convention. This measure meas-ure has for its principal purpose the recognition by all slates of the registration regis-tration licenses issued bv one another