Show NOTOR TOURISTS TO SPEND OVER TWO TAO BILLIONS IN 1925 I Good Roads Auto Camps and Small Hotels of Great Benefit to Any Community to At- At Attract Attract At Attract tract Traffic Millions Enjoy Nations Nation's Playgrounds nd na md UP WASHINGTON April 18 t wide nation-wide survey of the tourinG possibilities of Gf the 1925 1928 season easan that the swelling tide Ildo of distance distance tong automobile touring will roach unprecedented proper lions ions this year ear according ao o a a forecast Issued from the national headquarters of the American Automobile association today taday The 1925 crop crap of af motor tourists the A A A A survey declared will willbe willbe be worth warth two and a hilt billions o of dollars dollar to a a thousand and one communities located along the playgrounds of the nation and along the highways highway and trails trail leading to the centers of af motor tourist traffic t CONSERVATIVE ATI The rho figures used In the forc c c st are conservative and are based on data dala sU supplied by pivotal sections of the country where the business of af catering to motor mator tour tour- tourist 1st st traffic has been blen placed on aa a a dependable basis The Tho demand for tor touring touring information and facilities nd the preparations already made ann n ir n- n the season reason all go to Indicate I hat previous records will be broken brokell Florida's harvest of af o tourist gold is estimated at California Is making preparations for a million motor mator tourists this season eason with also halt a billion dollars dollar as Its goal the northwest with Colorado as the tho gateway of the region will run a close second to California and Florida cars registered In Colorado last year r according to the Denver Tourist bureau and at the rate o of early increases the mark for this season la tb td to automobiles According to of- of ot-inal ot 1101 tai figures motorists en- en ent enI t en-t t I red the state of Oregon last lasts lasta s a uon As Aa compared with au an are which registered In the a nonal ca-nonal tonal lIonal parks parka last lut year the parks parke park s e is now looking forward farward to toI ton n I banner year with carsan cars carsan at an he objective Three A clubs an om will route more than into New England 2 23 CENT GAIN OUN Wi h conditions for tor touring m fe re fa favorable than ever before 9 rt ts is every reason to expect dast a 25 per cent increase In inT vie 01 ie number of GC automobiles that w n ill lDa inako mako o long distance trips the nil lanaI touring board of the A AA A A A predicts There are more roads and bet bet- bet te is roads for tourist traffic many n nW w links inks have been filled tilled In oun care is better touring touring- on a largely due to themore the themore themore more efficient organization of motor clubs dubs there are more mo- mo moor me- me metor mo motor tor or camps and better camps while I more mor hotels along the highways of af bet- bet the tho importance r r service to the tourist trade is motor touring lourine a Not ot ot only gigantic business and aud a D great com com- com munt builder but the Towing growing habit of using the automobile more and more for or long distance long t Ipe is one of ot the tho most healthful a of af today Thomas P Henry president of hi h American Automobile asso- asso 8 O- O HilIon declared nO DS Pr Henry attributes tho the motor tour tour-s tour tour- of r growth S to tour four principal factors m the extension of o the good oad the e in the of af motor nunn l and efficiency lc the theoan ne ne no realization on Jar of or h tin 11 average motorist that only by br b greater use of ot his hit car carr r pleasure does dots he ht get the most tUl ow ot or hiS me Investment and finallY I d of Gf o community J g u ii ions lOfS to attract tourist at n II He Ho said There Thre was never ne a better limen timeo time o 0 own awn an automobile In the past pasti i l months a one o oo DIllion o dollars has been spent on oad building and maintenance byn by byn byn n federal government the elates rind the municipalities Many of ot tie ho transcontinental highways have been Improved having been spent pent on the Lincoln highway alone while now new miles ot of road roa 1 have been con con con- con Motor club service has haa been extended The Amer- Amer Amerlan lian Amer lan Automobile association through its clubs dubs has made to tG route tta which means 0 touristS this season There fe re few places in the land where A service will not ur extend Lur Jur policy is to follow the tour tour- tourist t 11 through Our national touring bureau Issues to tG each club lub a road on conditions ot of the main mainor mainor mainor or arterial highway of the coun- coun country i coun-i try ry This Is an important e te e feature and should help to tG prevent the congestion of Gt o traffic on in the main maln trunk lines liner line L A AUTO lIPS CAMPS There Thero are more than motor camps maintained by com com- communities communities and by private individuals individuals In the new A A A A A A camp camp- camping ing ng manual manu at 2600 of ol these th the are re named as standard To the tho mo mo- mo mol l d who wha wander tar far afield 1111 t his manual will prove an In Invaluable In- In Invaluable invaluable valuable guide and in the manu manu- manu manu-J J 1 he b will find a 0 a detailed de- de de of the tho facilities offered by each cach camp In our hotel hotI book hotel hotels II are named thus an assurance that the tour tour- tour It t will have at hI his disposal a maximum selection of Gf over night over at a reasonable cost oat Despite the popularity of the U public public camp site tite the A A A A A that there Is still a a great SToat opt op- opportunity op opportunity for the dev development of small mall hotel hotels on routes leading to tG centers center It attractive and well kept these hotel hotels can do with the motor tourist who hG neither care cares a to camp out Gut nor to tG Invest In the th luxuries ot of the big city hotels hotel VALUE VAI TO TOWN The large amount mount of ol money that changes change heads band as ae a a a result of tourist travel goes goe to tG show once more mare that good roads are of ot far greater reater value alue t tto to the the com unity than chan they are to tG the individual motorist Every community lo- lo located rated lo-rated on a road used by tourists receives tU lt share of ot this money nd tho o communities which real real- realIze realIze realize ize the value o of Gf thi this thle business and put In a position petition to tD profit proUt by br It It will be the tho ones oneil that will Il receive th the major part of at reat source ot of Income In w ihl this treat great on to tG the money monty Inn given lv n by tae ne motorist to the hotels the thy service tatton garages aruea r ce and th the t on an his way way the motor tourist laIn Is In many cases a prospective In Investor In- In vestor vestar Many of them diem are seeking new homes while thousands settle In communities they visit Many purchase unimproved land For ar this reason the motor tourist oc- oc occupies oc occupies the position of oC an Import Import- Important important Important ant agency In the creation bf community values alues If It this factor was more clearly recognized ma- ma mo would not have to tG fight so many legislative proposals als of an annoying and restrictive char char- character character acter ENJOY VACATIONS C i While the material results of motor motor touring are tremendous perhaps the greatest benefit accruing lag ing n nto to the country from the de de- de development Is the so social la Influence Hundreds o ct of thousands of af families families Illes lies of Gf limited means now naw enjoy enJay I annual vacations visiting the I beauty spots o of America with their cars Seashore and mountain national forests and parks lakes and streams are arc all available to tD millions of our Gur citizens ns at a cost ast very little higher than our ordinary ordinary nary living Jiving expenses To put these within striking distance of the multitudes swarming In our industrialized cities is on one If f the reat great reat boons that the automobile hM has brought to our modern civil civil- civilization civilIzation |