Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 August 1949 — Page 6
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_ Touring. Author Finds Roads Almost Devoid «Of Trucks; Plenty of Empty Tourist Cabins
Hy EARL "RICHERT, Seripps-Howard Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Aug: S-It's pretty nice traveling this year, folks. That is, if you and your auto don’t mind the heat, You don’t have to drive far to see there's a business recession, on. You see it just about every place but in your own pocketbook. My family and I took our annual 3500-mile vacation trip out} through the Midwest, down through the Ozarks and into Oklahoma to see the folks. lover the same route, we had. (o| ““And never--we've been FoInEigthn at § or 5:30 pi om. fn order over ‘much the same routs Since i, cet a place to stay. (We never ~we-nee—iess-trafie We tye the trouble to to-muke reserva--even concluded there were con- tions.) ~siderably fewer trucks. —Fhis-year, we didn't see a single! 1 don't think we got jammed up| “no vacancy” sign as we drove even once in a long line of frafic| gong the highway, But two nice, Wining some huge truck creeping motels; one in the outskirts of “up a hill-an occurance. thatig, jouls and the other east © a w BAppeN every Tew milest Zanenile, Oda nn uy “anout]’ in former years. p. m. about an hour after And—again it may be my imag- pe. checked in.
" ination—there seemed to be &| rn, nicer places near. heavily!
t -decreasein- speed demons inapuiated centers do fifl-up, but e didn't see anyone doing OVeria: 5 much later hour than in re70, the official speed limit, on theicent years: Pennsylvania turnpike. And law-| 15 the usually heavily traveled _abiding drivers seemed to be ‘in Ozark country, we were heading!
ihe great TAJOrITY OTHE other! Gr TINANGH, Mo, THE BAe EET
roads we traveled, chief of whichipning when a rain storm decided were U. B. 40 and 66. {us to stop. We. were alongside a Take busses. In previous years, tourist. court outside Waynesville, | it seemed that om every OpeniMo. and drove in. It was after
stretch of road we would belgp p,m. but there were only two! J
by a huge Greyhound | other tourist families there and Joaded with people. This year we/we got two bedrooms that would were passed by only one Grey-|do credit to the most modern hotel] hound on duallane Road 40 west for a total of $4. of Indianapolis, He was doing 65.) Restaurant and filling station Talking About Prices {men along the road in the Ozarks! I found folks along the road said that only about one tourist | and ‘at home talking about busi-| car is passing for every four that prices, rather than tha/had been expected. \
rope. | grocery- filling. station In the There was the “usual squawk-| {Ozarks sald he was doing a pretty ing about government waste ana |good business this year in lunch spending. But the wheat farmers {meats for sandwiches. of my acquaintance were dashing Not Se Busy Now to get Government loans of $1.92] At Scully's, a fine eating place cents a bushel for their wheation Road 66 with palm trees in| when the cash price was $1.70. the dining room; & waitress said They seemed to be sold on thebusiness was off so much that theory that all will be well with! only two girls were working now, the nation’s. economy if the Gov- where three were kept hopping al ernment just keeps the farmers) year ago. “And we two aren't io ll) busy now,” she. sald. A postal employee, an & One tourist-court operator in anti-New Dealer, gave :the Gov | Missouri said many travelers now ernment hell for about every-i.... driving from one court to.
A te anxiously 100k-|gpnother to try to save 50 to 75
pension on retirement, & good!) Jower their prices if it's getpart of which will come out of thei (ing ate, . taxpayers’ pocket. But all this doesn’t mean that] A grocer sald he was Against ,veling is any cheaper. It didn’t
~~ tiyg-whole—Truman-program. Bul: tnyx—at tegst Tt-just- means it's!
he was glad the Oklahoma Jegis- nuch easier to get service—to get lature had passed & fair trade your needs filled quickly. . law requiring a B#ix per cent Gasoline is the highest it's ever mark-up on groceries and Pro-‘seen with some state legislatures hibiting such tactics as selling having just added new taxes to twa. cakes of soap for the price je recent gas-companies' price: of one. boosts, Regular gasoline sells for A heating supply firm official, {2514 and 261% cents a gallon In
~—who professed himself to be re most places with high-test selling
Truman Demoerat, for two cents a gallon more. { of getting a lot of gov. Restaurants along the road are ernment business. He sald he needed it badly. them charge “big city” prices) The “economic readjustment” 38! with only a few giving quality. If apparent at the tourist courts yny have reduced prices, we.
. and motels. 5 _|didn’t run into them.
Tourist Courts And, with the exception of the There has been a great In-/Waynesville tourist court, we grease in tourist courts; theididn't find what we considered to| Automobile Association be bargains in any. of our over: says their number has doubled night stopping places—although | _ Hince before the war; we were well satisfied with what] But they haven't doubled since we got..and. thought the prises, last. Year, “And Just year, going, were. fair, te
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