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Show P. P. 0. 0. Representative Repre-sentative Visits in Beaver County More motorists have used; the Piki-s Peak Ocean to Ocean highway this season than in any previous summer of its history, according to Miss Elsie A. Stegman, publicity manager of the organization, who visited the city last week. She was here for the purpose of securing first hand information and new pictures of the places of interest in and about the city for the association's use lu its literature for 1926 distribution and for its monthly magazine. Tnu Appian Way of America. She Is making mak-ing a trip of the entire highway, from New York to Los Angeles. Several conditions have contributed contribut-ed to the especially heavy traffic over ov-er the route this season, Miss Stegman Steg-man pointed out. The national newspaper news-paper advertising campaign conducted conduct-ed by the association this spring anct early summer drew many tourists to the route. So great wa.s the interest aroused by this advertising campaign cam-paign that up to June 1, more requests re-quests were received for touring Information In-formation at the association's headquarters, head-quarters, than were received during the whole of last year. Another reason rea-son for this highway's popularity tn that the booklets both the mup guide andi tourist guide booklets of this highway are accessible to prospective pros-pective tourists. These booklets are sent on request from the national office, of-fice, are given out to all cities along the highway and at the leading travel bureaus in all the larger cities of the couutry. off the highway. The Pikes Peak Ocean to Ooean highway is the shortest route Between Be-tween New York City and the Pacific Paci-fic coast; it has more hardsurfnclng than any of the other transcontinental transcontinen-tal routes and its road conditions are as good, if hot bettor; It has ttK' lowest grades in the mountainous sections of both the east and west, audi, it goes through or noar, more places of historic and scenic Interest tnan any omer cnxss-coumry nign-way nign-way Throe automobiles have been kept on the highway during tho wholo oi trig summer by the P. P. O. O. association. asso-ciation. They are those of the general gener-al manager, H. D. Judson, who was here some time ago; Miss Stvgmnn, and of the advertising department. Before the close of tho season, all three cars will have made a round trip over the highway. The P. P. O. O. association ti planning the largest national newspaper news-paper advertising campaign that It or any olher trail association has over ov-er conducted for next Bprlng, MlrtS Flagman said., and the booklets or the organization will bo more attractive attrac-tive and greater numbers will bo Issued than ever before. TlK're Is ev-I ev-I ery Indication that next year will bo ja bigger touring year than this and j with the extensive advertising belns' done by the organization, It Is oer-i oer-i tain that the P. P. O. O. will got u lari;" .hare of this tra c. I Dining her stay in this ctlon, Mi sb Siegman visited I.' hman's cavo, Ileavcr canyon. Zlnn National Park, ! Brym ranyon and Cedar Breaks. It ji b'T opinion and that of Mr. Jud-i Jud-i on that this section will be develop-' develop-' ( ri into one of Ihe country's nioit Im variant tourist renters within the. :n : ' f'-w van Much apace will b" a, -.a, i,a io th'Ff attractlopa In the jlalT, literature of th" association. ' Mi s K'cKman's mother. Mrs. Lucln fariai'i i; making the trip with !W- . |