Show I Good Sport and andin Best Spender on Road in ill Summer a new animal animal animal ani ani- HE a THE T THE fIE mal which Infests the highways every sl sUmmery nm i spends millions of dollars In his trips around the country In some parts of the the wild and woolly West as some dome some of our pastern astern friends still think of It there are parking spaces where the auto hoboes can stop and cook and camp and have the time of their lives Cities ClUes all over the country are provIding these camps and more more are being opened every year Records kept by the highway representatives representatives representatives last year show that a lit littIe little little lit lit- tle tIe more than automobiles used the the- highway for trips of 1000 miles or more Each of the cars recorded record record- ed carri carried d an average a of three persons to the car According to government estimates the average money spent dally daily b bj by each person on the he road Is 4 Many Mary who camp along the line will not spend more than 3 but this Is more mort mortI than offset by the number who will I spend from 5 to ta 6 G. G Accepting the governments government's H average of 4 a day and three persons to the car we have havo 12 a car dally daily Each Kach of these automobiles was on the highway at least ten days At 12 a car a day this would mean spent by the occupants of each car Taking our record of cars at each we have a total of 4 SOO- SOO This is conservative and it should be borne In mind that there were many other thousands of cars on the highway making shorter trips all of ot them adding to the stream of or dollars The returns from motor travel are not by any means confined to hotels I and garages although of course they I receive a large portion Many persons prefer to camp felong ulon the route but they must have groceries clot clothing ammunition reading matter souvenirs and incidentals Motor travelers travelerS' whether campers or hotel transients are liberal spenders at theatres and refreshment parlors Every motorist buys bus some cl clothing thing during the trip and nd the women's wardrobe is replenished From indications up to the end o or orMay May which is js early for touring In the East this i year promises to eclipse any I other In the history of the automobile |