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/^*ET some todayi You’re going to call Lucky Strikes just right. Because Lucky Strike cigarettes give you the good, wholesome flavor of toasted Burley tobacco.toasted.CITIES SLEEPING ON TOURISTPLAN. SAYS. 8UPT. PAYNKButte. Jan. 13—'Butte, an well as many other cities of Montana, are back numbers” with recard to reaping the financial harrest made possible each summer by the tourist travel to the national parks, especially Glacier park, W. W. Payne, custodian of Glacier park, declared while in Butte on business. Denver has outstripped Montana cities In-measurably in harvesting the fruits of the summer tourist travel, he said.As the quietest and best means or awakening to the fact that thousands of dollar* annually .are being spent elsewhere which would otherwise be spent In Butte, Mr. Payne urged the establishment of a tourist bureau, patterned after the one In operation in Denver. Improvement of roads and construction of camping sites will also prove of great benefit to the city, he asserted.For same reason—1 don't know why—Butte and other cities of Montana are absolutely aaloep with regard to tourist travel to the parks, said Mr. Payne. Yet Butts Is on the most direct park to'park highway In tlje state, is the Jaygeat^city in the •tate and has many' things of Interest to offer the tourist, including a number of natural booh I c wonders.Thousands of dollars are annually lost ta the city as a result of fhls attitude of Indifference to the tourist traffic. Many opportunities to spread the fame of Butte and Montana are also passed tfp. It strikes me that the attitude is wholly Incon-the people of Montana.By establishing a tourist bureau | ststent with the progressive spirit of and operating it in the proper manner this situation will be quickly remedied. Make the tourist feel at home upon his arrival, sad especially In a city like Butte, he will stop for ssveral days. When ho leave* ; make him feel his visit was appreciated and back he’ll come the next year. Construct camping sites to moke' it easy for tourists to spend a few days in the city. Show them courtesy by directing them over the best routes to travel. If this is done every tourist become# a booster for the city and the state, and the material benefits increase in proportion.”A congressional appropriation or $393,000 for Glacier park is askedthis year, Mr. Payne said, being the largest over asked. The largest appropriation ever made was $115,000 in 1917. If the request tor the increased appropriation Is granted by congress many Improvements of the park will result, he added.An appropriation of this size will penntl of the realization of a plan long fostered, the custodian said. It wilL finance the construction of roods anti^ trails connecting the esst and west sections of the park and make possible the Improvement of the trali to the Canadian border which will result in a great influx of tourists from Canada and a flow of American tourists into Alberta.“The connecting of the east and west portions of the park can be effected by Improvement and construction of a road running along the east side of Lake McDonald, thence to Glacier hotel and from there to Sun camp and over the mountains by ovay of Logan paas,Thle appropriation would also make possible the Improvement of the Belly river country in the northeast portion of the park, bordering along Watertown lake park, the first of the Canadian parka. The North Fork road will also be improved so that tourists may visit Bowman, Logging and Timber lakes, points of great scenic beauty which are now rarely visited because of the difficulty oT access to the country.Trails ieadlng'east and west over the mountains will also be constructed. Many Glacier highways, running from Babb to the international boundary, will be Improved, opening 'Sunny Alberta’ to American tourists and our national parks to the Canadians. This road was almost impassable last summer because of the seepage from the reclamation ditch. Many Canadians who would otherwise have spent weekends at Glacier park as a result remained In their own country.”Among other Improvements in the park during the year, Mr. Payne said, it a greatly Increased force of men to patrol the trails to prevent fires and fight them in their tnrip-ieucy. Glacier park suffered a loan of $70,000 In 1919 as a result of fires, ha said, the moat of this money, however, being spent In fighting fires on the Indian reservation as a precautionary measure.. The fires interferred very little with tourist traffic, he stated. The majority of the Ores were caused by carelessness of camper*.We anticipate the most successful year In the history of the park in 1920.” he stated, and plans are now under way for Improvement of hotel and saddle horse accommodations. In 1919, 23.000 people visited the park and only one kick was registered. We Intend to keep up this high record if hard work will do it.”
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Helena Columbian
Helena, Montana, US
Thu, Jan 29, 1920
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