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O NC TOURS c r t 11 e S S S Proven P t to Q Be Shortest of 7 J t Ail A l Tr Transcontinental S f Motor Rout Routes s y- y S t ctt DETROIT Mich ul h. h July S S 2 The 2 The Hn- Hn eol 1 from New e York to o S San Francisco was tho the first arid and I Is and I always will be the tile Ihor t mental road rand The Tho r towaR towa laid out bythe Lincoln Highway association In h a ns the thc shortest most practical route connecting the two coasts Union Today To- To through Kh gh tho heart henrt of the tho day the tho distance over oyer this famous tamo-lI rap d froth from fr r Times square at I Forty ort feC second nd street and Broadway New NewYork York City to t Lincoln fn park ov overlooking overS over over- rIo r- r S Io looking the Golden Gate Cate at San Francisco Fran cisco is miles mUes not nOl ov r 10 lQ per ent J I from froni coast to o toast cost than Jhan han hanth I th lh air line During the eight years the tho Lincoln Lincoln Highway Highway aa- aa has bee been prompting Its He improvement im tin- provement tile the Lincoln w wa way h has hag s dov devel lop l- l op d from a mer mere mer series s of ot connected trails t a n a red d line lino o on the Into map the S S for example of connecting high high- in t theN the e world DurIng Dur- Dur Ing th t time considerably b ov over r 31 S has been spent by the gov- gov the tho states t tes and rid the thc countiesS counties S 9 oh the Improvement of this thIc route rout j r The Thc Lincoln highway Is b by no moans means completed te from Irom const con to coast and no tone should b undertake c a Cl tran S rental e ital trip this year without Inq In- In q from the headquarters of of- th the Lincoln Highway in De- De tr troit as to the condition of ot o those H sc c of at the route which J it Is pro proposed to drive Millions and nd millions more moreS S I bc required to complete what ha 1 lias lins b been en called the thc backbone of or a na national naS na- na thc Main S t n tI highway Y street tHreet of America the fact that the Lincoln highway high high- why way is s not a boulevard tro from 1 coast to const need not not- deter the seasoned motorist motorist mo mo- from tram undertaking undertaking- a n trip which h has s come to be looked upon as the great Am American rican tour During the thc past few years so many muty thousands of at motorists ts have completed a a transcontinental d drive e 1 that today tho the motorist motoristS can hardly classify as a a. S tourist who has not at some somo tim hIring during 1 his lis ls motoring career completed the across the Amerl American an conti canti- n nets nent lt S THE URGE OF THE AMERICAN S WA WANDERLUST v I ach ch year cross country motor tJay travel l 1 on the thc Lincoln highway has n n nJ n- n J alSed and the volume of ot through ush travel over the thc route has done dono ono math to point the tho need aced for rapid im improvement Im- Im H provement o and to concentrate highway high high- on way Ay funds on its betterment The does dOl not daunt tho the American S motorist who has confidence In him him- himself self elf and arid hl his vehicle and sets out for a hollday a-hollday devoted cJe to the thc fresh tresh air all of ot ofte The te te open on and th the securing of or a n. h new newS w S Appreciation cal on of ot thc the manifold wonders bf hI native land j J 1 S wanderlust is born In hj every I American m Its force has ever ver 5 t hammered at the tho frontier line seeking seek seek- I 1 Jug ing new new fields of exploration and and arl- arl I L C n o. lure r Today ong o dl r f g t tor tor to tour tour- t the thc inborn n graving t t Is I hc travel i. i 1 and d. f for tr v heritage of ot all of us The The- tr n clear clear- s eitai drive Is Ia Is' Is hot riot n e r.- r. the ra haunt aunt bitt but dangers sailing and imd such lUdl hardships no or difficulties I B ns as I 5 encountered lcd only to toom- toom c maybe th ni be enco ami trul of t the the trip th the the delights adventure nd add t td to the background und of t an n i I is t l Which with all till It Its pl pleasures to be forgotten In tn an an automobile Rl along nJ th the the L n ln the little stretch Q highway ay with a tt n joJn the hc ances ancestral nc can imagination lion one ca I who ouo tied d dUa of h s h o. o and historic p qt of N New w Jersey Jr t i tl o of DC 5 Pennsylvania in the 1 Infant days daS Ll'S the republic He Ho can visit those spate oc ot f where where- still breathes tho the spirits Washington toni of ot ra J. Lafayette ett and nn colonial historic 1 characters of ot other the wit wil- struggle against limes Umes who whose c I In the es establishment s- s dorness and the Td nd republic of the new Its gradual extension westward will Cv evor r. r form torm one o of the the- most Interesting and 1 id thrilling pages of r f our history Ho Ife can rim follow the tha path of ot the thc pioneer lr tho the emigrant and th the trader the he woodsman II and the thc hunter cro crossing the picturesque Into the tile i the I v vast et Valleys ys qt West Ho H can cnn foll follow w. w tho trail of ot th the he tr trapper the Indian n fighter f the pony p of ot fortune fortunto for fortune soldier r express c rider and the 8 tune o toward that vanished frontier which swept fl westward across across tho tiie Cr great Crt t open pJ plains Into Into the the foothills i nn and over the cr crest st of or th Th lh The n modern dern th m motorist can cover corer In lit A R. ft few tew 7 short hours hours' the tho tho territory Which took tool C years c of and persistent fighting fight lag ing against the thc redskins and the thc wil to hiring within the limits 0 atour of at r our modern civilization Ho Ito ca can cov Coyer cover i 1 In days regions which only some sIxt sixty I years ago ngo required months o ot endless I struggle lo t tc fc c traverse with the energy p of ot f desperation nn and th the dauntless S spirit of the thc early pioneers Th The TIu j tra transcontinental Lincoln highway to those who have hwe an Interest t tIn In the past turns each of or the pages S of Americas America's pro progressive o history LINCOLN HiGHWAY cONDITIONS THIS YEAR Th The condition 1 o of th the Lincoln ln high h 8 ay as the tho travelers of or 1921 will fIn find 1 It it- it itIs Is Is' a a subject of sr greatest Interest to the thc tourist tour tour- no now Of Ot f first Importance I 1st t. t is th the fueL fact that the thc Lincoln highway highS high way is as wen well and permanently P marked In n 11 a n uniform u way as it Is 15 possible poe pos sible zibie to mark It The Lincoln Highway High way association 8 has developed the ex existing ex ex- ex high standard of ot marking upon t the thc route as LS the result of long stud slUt study u upon n this s subject rind fillet the expenditure re of large sums of ot money n ney In Its Its com comple comple- l 1 lion Ion The marking of at the astern section section sec see tion of or the route from OmaHa to th the s Atlantic coast In a permanent mil mil- form torm fashion was completed by th the association ton In 1920 at it a cost of 30 This year the tourist follows th the theme C same me standard enameled marker marken r 5 from ocean to ocean It Is Js possible to make malee the complete e Lincoln highway drive and spend each cad I night If in a t. t comfortable hotel Despite C this fa fact an Increasing n number of ot o f fI travelers trl seek eCk change and h healthful l I recreation b by camping out along alons the tb rout lout Lincoln highway tr traffic fic ha has S assumed ned such huge proportions as nJ tt to a he be of the greatest possible po value ti to D the Ito many communities along the tH tHa wa a way Hence as an ace on to tb the tho public particularly in that v I west of ot th thc h Mississippi l river adequate 5 camping campIn facilities have ha been provided pro d db b ly by m municipalities g. g fn In many Instances at considerable Many Man of ot the these thes e C free tree camp sites sites- are re quite elaborate providing pro cooking facilities lights lIghts lIghts' r pas gas s. s water and firewood and in maui man many instances watchmen No more more graphic S J.- J. Jr rr r r Th t q ri Qt the hc ot o. o th nt oln l l r uvel can DC oc S. S smalltown small of one ti J rl n c town ton pr providing ng ld euh n a t free Camp mp to s last Mast summer I m more 1 h en were were were accommodated than there v In tho the town att starts sartS 5 Assuming that the Jray traveler ler 8 D- D com com- C the from New York ork City upon Lincoln n highway way tr trip p. p this r jear ar arh h will cross cross cross' at the We ferry erry I In ih thc ih tl ot of o s section New Jersey cover a n bet better er I nv avail available nI n- n road than has ever e before be been fl I this The Thc hl highest ty type tyL 1 able In ln im Lin I lon upon the tho I of at concrete construction c between I coin highway at any point Now Nc the two 10 1 coasts Is to be found in Jn Jersey r at the thc present time S 11 I Pennsylvania Ia drive The fhe OC orCel with int Interest ret rest Th The n. n scenic of a n. full fun measure me and ana O Between Chambersburg burg tho Lincoln highway I Is closed c ct one or two t for r reconstruction and at one at-one points minor detours may be m tl mt m- m Pennsylvania l l ls t red rd In the main the s section Is mn macadam I paved cd ell v maintained main maintained main main- tamed and Inviting to travel l 1 To To Tomo mo mor mOe lIn unaccustomed to driving drivinS In the tho traffic tt us ue laSIn using laS laS- commercial the the- heavy r- r rW NV Ter the Lincoln highway In W In tog ing will b be an ob object our ob and Pennsy Pennsylvania soy of interest significant itt of of the de tic development e- e of at motor tran transport port Illinois Across Across' Ohio Indiana and the Lincoln highway will note not O evident being made nI jn n tho progress I th the highest type of or t r road a i construction Delightfully ng K-ng stretches stretches' of at perfect concrete Lincoln I highway Interspersed per ed with ome bric k ke surfacing will be bo encountered Th The e Is emphasized value of at 0 this Improvement covering co the relatively rela reIn in sized by iy y contrast tl cly short stretches of ot unimproved an anthe and d road to be bo found In this section th the dirt detours detour several of which h hs will wm b encountered at different ent points point s Ohio and ziril Jt In Ti Indiana during tho the summer In diana dlana where much uch new P pe an nt t Improvement is scheduled The Tho Lincoln Lin Liti coln coin way across Illinois is concrete e front from Chicago to the tho Mississippi LITTLE LITTLE PA PAVING VI NG WEST OF MISSISSIPPI Crossing the Mississippi river Int o Jo Iowa a and from that point practically Y distance until California I la Is s all of at the tho reached the tourist misses tho the perma neatly hard surfaced road to which h ho has in the thc main been ac accustomed d on the eastern section of tho route rout e. e Iowa presents a perfectly perfect graded drained and for tOl a 11 great percentage of o otho fn f tho mileage well wen graveled Lincoln Lincol n ft highway a a. a dry weather boulevard bua but bu buta t a route w which In the event of heavy y y rain rain on Its graded dirt sections wi will ll offer some difficulties and incon en Inconvenience advisable thing to travel travels The to do while upon the road In this state stat e or ox In Nebraska In n the event of ot rain Is to wait valt With until It Is Js past The roads road dry with great rapidity and and unless s the tho th e storm is of ot exceptional severity se th the e journey ma may bo be resumed without difficulty dif difficulty In but a n. few hours after th the e sun has come out Fr From m Omaha on the Missouri river rive r w westward stward tho motorist makes th the thc gradual ascent of th the The Th Therise Therise e rise of ot tho the land to the continental l d divide Id is so 80 gradual that it is difficult to appreciate the increasing elevation Across Across' the state the tho Lincoln highway y yr this year Is In better condition fo for tor r travel than It has ever been before e. e Splendid d progress has been made In i n grading draining and graveling an anthe and d the wet weather taboo has has has' been bee n practically eliminated d. d As the thc tourist touris t reaches the west western rn part palt of ot the stathe state stat e he begins to appreciate te changed sur sur- sur a t. t different type of countr country country coun coun- tr try indicating that he is out west The man n on horseback Is more more frequently fre fre- seen The sombrero is the ac accepted accepted ac- ac headgear Intensively cultivated cultivated areas become more rare The Th e open range comes cornea into inlo view view the the the sagebrush sagebrush sage sage- brush blUSh the tumble weed and ever eve r larger grazing herds jot ot horses and an d df cattle begin to indicate the fringe o othe of ot f the real West Arriving at Cheyenne Wyo particularly particularly If lf the arrival is timed to to co coIncide coincide coincide co- co with the Frontier days day's celebration celebration celebration tion the Western Vestern atmosphere is emphasized em emphasized em- em and once enjoyed Is 15 never neve r forgotten As in Nebraska a notably y ry improved Lincoln highway will be followed followed fol tol- lowed across the state of or Vy Wyoming where but three years ago this route rout e was a a. trail the tourist toda today will fin find Ind ed d something less than sixty miles o ot at f what might be termed poor pOOl or hard har d fd driving Ing across the four tour hundred miles mile s of or the thc route in this state This Is trul trula truly trul y a phenomenal nal development de for which h th the greatest credit must be given t to o the Wyoming state highway department department depart ment which has devoted itself with i co commendable consistency to the im improvement Im- Im improvement provement ement of ot the thc Lincoln highway in In- In the states state's ap appreciation of i th the e economic value of ot this great road rOad UTAH AND NEVADA CONDITIONS Utah offers scenic diversion dl aplenty b Mountains 1 and valleys and probably of t the greatest interest t. t Great Salt Ial and the Great Salt lake desert Ever Every 0 e effort Is ls being made mado b bv by tl- tl T Lincoln I Highway association to to brine about the c completion of the Goodyear off cut across the lower lowel arm of or 11 this I desert lesert which i will 1 do more than nn anything any any- thIng else to facilitate travel tru across the United States 1 If and md when wm completed this Is 5 stretch of oC road will II eliminate the tIle major difficulties I o of t the lC trip riP acro across s the state and th the continent n The state fate has delayed the completion of or this road towards th the tho building of Jr which the as association iron con COIl The state slate In ill co consideration con con- sl of this con contribution con con- tm tell to com complete let the necessary con I dege desert t link in iii 1918 1913 but ut after rC ler spendIng the association H money has I not y yet t r found needed to ri finish n I s h the tel Job Because of ot this thIN delay dela all nil CI cross cross- o s- s country travel suffers Buffer rs 1 Inquiries should bo ho made thOde d by b y t the he westbound tourist at rs r's r I-r i by the e east eastbound I tourist tour tour- 1st at Gold Hill as to conditions Ox- Ox x- x 1st ng upon the route between C these I points and the f I advice e received e e d fol- fol lowed In view of f the thc i states state tat s 8 n neglect neglector lect o or the cutoff ih the 0 old Lincoln highway the route around the s south h l nd i-nd nd of or th the desert by way of ot Fish S Sh Springs s an and C Callao lIno may be necessary in ev event enl this tills section J T any se of th the Lincoln f I n highway high high- wa |