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, ' V. THE OMAHA SUNDAY BEE: JUNE 9,,, 4918 11 D PIKE'S PEAK AND REGION, MECCA . FOR TOURISTS New Broadmoot.Hdtel v - ' ' .Recently Built: for Tourist's - - - - Occan-to-Ocean Highway Of' fens Motorists Short Cut to Colorado, Where Nature's . 1 Beauty Charms AIL ' V 1 1 tie OqqI Colorado Rockies to ':;mhmhhbbW v: V. 9 '! . " Nebraska' and Iowa motorists who are planning this'summer to tour the Colorado Rockies wia be interested in the direct route being developed let ween Colorado Springs and QmjJ aha. 3 his is a combination of ; the 'PODufar O-L-D and Pike's Peak Orcan-to-Ocean Highways, and by it f l ike s reatc is Drougnt nearly iwt miles closer to the Missouri jiver. The, logged distance, via this short route is 606 miles, 'Whereas the" Lin coln Highway route through Big fconngs and Denver to : Colorado Springs is 706 miles. ' . Y This -short cut to Pike's" Peak is Nft made possible by utilization of a cut off between .Axtell, Neb., Jn , the O-L-D route. and AUjiena, Kansas, on the Fifce a Feak Ucean-to-Ocean Highway, It is 62 miles between "these two points and- the route is reported as practicable, vand in good touring condition. The cut-off line is marked with a white, black and white band on telephone poles, each band being eight inches in width and the black being in the center between the two white stripes. The marking on the Pike's Peak Ocean-to-Ocean Highway is a red band above a white band, each 30 jnches in width, and this marking ; tan be followed from Almena all the way into Colorado Springs, and Manitou. v " Many Traveled Routes.' . There are many other options for the Missouri river tourist westbound to "the Motorist's Mecca," as the Pike's Peak region has been appro priately named because of its attrac tiveness to the fburist. There is the regular O-V-D route which leads in- , to Denver, 75 miles north of Colorado Springs and connected with it, by a splendid graveled state highway. - Also the Lincoln Highway into northern Colorado, via thaf branch fronv. Big. Springs through Sterling, Colo., is a popular way for the mo torist. And, if it is desired to go and come by different - routes for variety, there is the choice between several excellent southern routes which lead across Kansas, such as the Golden Belt route, the Midland' I Trail, the Kansas White Way, the J Union Pacific highway and the Santa f Fe Trail. ' ?! ' Roads Into Mountains. , Arriving in Colorado, the motorist f will find Colorado Springs and Mahi-.-' tou convenient headquarters at which ' to establish himself and from which to make . his tours into the scenic Colorado Rockies. Splendid YoadsJ converge at the foot of Fikes Peak; leading into all parts of the moun . ' tains, to the places of scenic beauty, to the (fishing streams and lakes, to ' the national parks and monuments, and through the popular national for- i here are many, many mterest- K trips to be made, and a visit at he headquarters and touring infor mation bureau of the ( Colorado Snritii? Chamber of. Commerce 1 will -, vriug'- many suggestions ' ior sucn. trips, together with the necessary . roat logs, maps and rep'orts on road ' conditions. ' A'motor trip to the mountains this :. summer takes on a new significance. With every oneworking at top-notch speed, there is even more than the ordinary need for the rest and rec ' reation that puts the human machine in condition to stand th entrain of the coming months.' And there is no bet ter way to get the full benefits of such a rest than to make the trip by motor. It provides ' the , maximum of out door life with the constant change of ' scene, with new sights and exper- iences each day. Many States Represented. - Already Nebraska tags are notici ble on' the streets in Colorado Springs and Manitou and on' thehighways i leading into these, popular - resort , cities. And other cars from y Iowa, Kansas, Illinois, Missouri' Oklahoma and Texas are increasing in number each day as the weather gets warmer, and the call - of the snow-capped mountains becomes more appealing. Pike's Feak has been'dug out" of its snow-blanket; the cog trains are scaling the mountain each day, and' within t few days the automobile highway will beleared to the sumit of tht mountain and the pilgrimage " of cars to the highest point on the globe -accessible to automobile will : begin. ' v. . .-. Nebraskans who have been frequent visitors in past years will note this year many improvements and changes in the Pike's Peak region. Attention, first of all, wilV be attracted to ,the - new Broadmoor hotel, now just open ing1 its doors. Two million' dollars has been spent in constructing this line new hostelry, in securing and im proving its grounds and water sys tem, and in developing its wonderful gojf course on he slopes of Cheyenne K mountain. New roads and mountain trails also will be accessible Ideal Health Resorts. The Colorado Springs-Manitou 1 region is:the ideal family resortr and . increasing numbers opeople from the eastern and southern, states are making it their regular summer home. For the babies and chfldren there is nothing that will put health into lit tle todies and roses on thf cheek quicker than the suflshine,. mountain air and pure water that is. found here at the foot of Pike's Peak. Women, too, find in this invigorating climate the tonic that is needed; and a- few weeks for the so-called-"tired - busi ness Tnan" gives him new energy and , sTnce the x closing of European catering places, Manitou is coming (o be recognized more and more for its wonderful mineral springs. These "waters, which bubble forth, from na ture's great laboratory, are known to contain valuable medical qualities, and in themselves they bring many a visitor" and permanent .resident to the picturesque resort at the foot of - Pike's Beak.V . r"" -trj-r BROADMOOR 7 4 in I i NEW HOTEL SCENIC SPOT OF WEST New "Hostelry EluilV at Cost of K $2,500,000, Provides Rest ful Quiet. vW'th Elegance 1 of Modern Hotel. ' Colorado Springs, Pike's Peak, the Garden of the Cods and the scenic Rockies of Colorado have an added charm "this year for American tour ists. The new attraction of this far- famed mountain region is a magnifi cent hotel, the Broadmoor, built at a cost of $2,500,000 and furnishing ac commodations for about 600 guests Harmonizes With Scenery, The Broadmoor is something ot a paradox, combining, as it does, the elegance of the better metropolitan hotels with , the restful quiet of a Swiss chalet. Here the seeker after recreation can live in a vacation at mosohere and scenic environment that is unsurpassed, either in the old world or the new. 4 A 10-miunte , drive from Colorado Spring? takes the tourist to the Broadmoor, built on the shores of Lake Broadmoor and cradled in the foothills of the majestic Rockies. The hotel is Italian renaissance in style and finished in stucco and ornamental tile, architecture and color being in perfect harmony with the towering mountains . and their soft pastel shades. - The surrounding estate . of 1,640 acres is equally as magnificent and includes an -18-hole" golf course, and the rugged slopes of Cheyenne moun tain, dense with pine trees and cut by tumbling trout streams. .' Convenient Apartments. The main structure of the Broad moor is nine stories in height, the seven upper floors being divided'into suites and guest rooms, each having an outside exposure arid bath. There are also 65 sleeping porches, screened and shaded, for those who would slumber out-of-doors, ' and a' large number of mainsonettes, or small apartments, that are situated in the two wings of the- building. Each of these mainsonettes has a nrivate en trance, the living room being on the first floor Vand the. sleeping room above. The occupants need onjy to go into the hotel for their meals." The Broadmoor, in fact is designed for privacy and to prove a home at mosphere for. the vacationist. En trances and exits, f or example, . are so arranged - that - gtfet ts need never visit the first floorof the hotel, where the are fusion, common to the lpetropolitan hotel, also have been ..eliminated by putting the-power and refrigerating plant, the laundry and the store room in a separate building and by bringing supplies Into, the hotel through an underground service tun nel. Provisions for Diners The majority of the Broadmoore guests will wish to visit the first floor . of ' the hotel, however, for here are located a sportsman's grill, whera golfers and . equestriennes may have their luncheon- without the tecessity of changing" clones; a dining room for the children and their nurses, an auditorium and mov ing picture Jheater, two Turkish baths an8 the largest indoor swim ming pool in the United States. . The -second floor ol the hotel is devotra .entirely to entertainment and includes the 'wain dining room, where 700 persons can be served; grill and breakfast rooms, palm court, lounge, writing room, jibrary and ball room. At this : level there are also two tearaces ..for al fresco dining, where dinners are made more appe tizing by being served under the glor ious blue of Colorado's skies. ' .' ' , - Provided for Sports. . Guests at the Broadmoor have an almost unlimited opportunity to sat isfy their varying penchants for sports and rcereation. At .the hotel garage; which has facilities for housing 100 automobiles, cars and chauffeurs can be engaged for' making the many scenic mountain tours in the vicinity of Colorado Springs. , v ' - Fine saddle horses and picturesque burros can be rented at the Broad moor Astables. Broadmoor lake has been shocked with a millkm mountain trout and -there, are innumerable streams in. tie nearby mountains tha can be profitably whipped by thYan gler. Te hiker wflhfind a network of scenic trails, in . the Rockies that lead to the most scenic of nature's shrines. Courts have been provided on the hotel grounds for the trtinis player. v :,.:y .-tVrk J. . y Eighteen-Hole Golf Course. The golf course",-laid but by Donald Ross and situated on the first geptle slopes of Cheyenne mountains, prob ably will be one of themost popular of the" Broadmoor's many attraction. Play on the entire eighteen holes can be watched by spectators lounging on the, hotel veranda.', .The putting greens and fairways are sprinkled with water piped from distant moun tain streams' and ' a glass-covered, heated loggia connects the club house MOTOR "' I ' ' " "T ijj BROADMOOR! BtUT OP STON SEI Al CWCRETB J KATURAIXY IT IS yMCOOl1 ) f(JC 2 ' k ' . : ' "Hill Ail il CARS IRE FAVORED BY THE travelers; now Government Curtailment of Passenger Service and Equipment Will Throw ( Auto Into Limelight. "The goverhrhent's repeated . re quests that the motor car be used this year for transportation purposes in place of the steam roads wherever and whenever possible, is going to make touring more popular this sum mer than it has 'ever been, says Henry Krohn, sales manager of the Paif-Detroit Motor Cat company. "Not only will the long trips be made' by automobile, but in (innumerable cases the short journeys will also be made by machine. The.motor car will thus be used to help out the railroad situation and make it easier to trans port war supplies, fuel and" food and will .doubtless play as important a part in this field as the motor truck. "This development, however, much as it is to be desired, is haying a de cided, effect on selling conditions, and as summer gets nearer the peculiar natpre of the situation will be still more marked. It means just this greatly stimulated demand and prob ably "two purchasers for every avail able car, for it must be remembered also that production has been cur tailed. The demand is already extra ordinary. The growing recognition of the practical service a car renders and its absolute utility has greatly widened its appeal. All manner of business and professional men regard it as a necessity and this fact, too, has become a big factor in the situa tion. At present we have on file sev eral thousand unfilled orders. The man who expects to ride this sum mer in a new automobile "would do well to consider the$eN facts, and act accordingly.", ! J . V V ' Iv Where Summer ' Is Fanned by Mountain Winds The. Broadmoor of Coloradp Springs is Recreation's choicest hostelry. Here where the. Rocky Mountains soar from the plain, under skies of turquoise blue, summer is fanned by a cool mountain breeze and , the nights have a million stars. full ten months. The mountain streams swarm with trout Broadmoor stables are stocked with saddle horses. The garage accommodates one hundred cars. C Conducted upon the American plan' and open all the year, Thb Broadmoor offers cuisine service and appointments y C The Broadmoor golfing season lasts a 1 unmatched by any resort noteu , r. v v.". . W B'ROADMOOR ; If " j t . , COLORADO SPRINGS ,11 " ilUstrate Owner's Service Department If the N. A. C. C. horsepower is right then why is it that a motor with a long stroke with a three-inch bore has the same power as a motor with a shorter stroke but with a thre-inch bore?-INQUISITIVE. I he power rating you mention, ex- pressedi'D2xN divided by 2.5 gives toe horsepower at j.uuo feet per Vlobby, offices and barber shop flinuJte P'?ton "P"d ,and th? Pist0? located. Noise, dirt and con-fsPd va.r'es with the stroke. A moior wua six-incn siroKe na an other with four-inch stroke but with three-inch', bore for both, have the same rating at 1,000 feet per minute piston speed, but thch r. p. m. is different in both cases because of the difference in stroke. The, formula eives anoroximate hotseoower. which will be found in nearly every case to be very close to the actual power produced.', at 1,000 feet per minute piston speed. V I have followed your valuable ques tion and answer department for sqihc time and I .would like to ask a ques tioin myself. My car is a 1915 Ford and I have had a lot of compression trouble. Do you think if I fit some kind of patent rings on the pistons it -will cure the trouble? I. R. J. Perhaps. You do - not v give me enough detail to form an opinion on. If you will writs, me exactly ) how your engine acts and what troubles you "find, I will try' to tell you what is best to be done. . I V . ...... .i .. . ..... xsni ii true mat in a waier pump cooling systerri the water stops circu lating when the motor stops and in the thermo-syphon system the water keeps oir circulating even if tlye engine is not running. FREDER ICK H. JONS.' ' Yes, though there is a little syphonic action in the pump syitenutoo. "1. 'Can you write something on fitting Bearings'? I want to save somr' money and do the work' myself. I own a. Dodge." 2. Do you think scraping carbon is better than using dope or oxygen? B. Little. . t . An article will appear in these columns in the near future on this subject. 2. - Scraping always is best but for a quick, fairly thorough job the oxygen treatment is sufficient. D6 you recommend tire filler? Tj imagine that this is a good time to save- a bit in my ire bill and repair j bill and would like your opinion on fillers. J. M. , v ., ,' , " I cannot recommend filler for or dinary passenger car, use, both .be cause, of . its effect on " tjre wear' in summer and the cost per mile of tire service. , with the indoor swimming pool of the hotel. .. . Jim- Barnes, the r western; open champion, who has been'participating in benefit, matches for the Red Cross this spring, is ' the professional in charge at the Broadmoor course. , He is both an expert player, and a com petent instructor. . V . A SUMMER VACATION in the GREAT NORTHWEST COUNTRY We arejiiost of us going to take our vacation seriously this year. . It is not to be a time of idle amusement but a few weeks to be made the best use of in resting tired nerves, in recuperation of flagging energy, so that we .may return to our work fitted for - oTpnfpr pffnrf in thp nriA orpflt. tasV nf wirinino this war. L j,. - o-r o " - V V f'can conceive of no trip more satisfying in every wayN than through the Northwestern' ;Statesof Oregon and Washington, and British Columbia i with a further extension through Alaska, if one can possfbly spare the time. ? : There is interest all the way in the wonderful scenic beauty of such variety as can be found nowhere else. Mountains, '.glaciers, volcanoes, lakes, rivers and the great Puget Sound. The Crater Lake National Park, or the Columbia River Hihwaya city roadway winding amidst scenery of forest and waterfalls and noble river views un f surpassed in the world, is either one of them worth a journey across the continent .. Mount Rainier' majestic in its beauty, the waterways and islands and interesting cities of British Columbia; the army cantonment at American Lake, near Tacoma, the great ship-building plants on the beaches, the golf courses of the Pacific Coast, the thousands of miles of smooth automobile roads all these afford never-failing means of recrea f tionand, interest. s j : V j - . 'v- . 'V ' - 1 . . Whethepyou have two weeks or six7 weeks at your disposal, whether ydu go by rail or motor on horseback" whether you want ranch life or the best hotejs, take( my advice and visit the great Northwest. ; ' v V. '. We, of the' Ask Mr. Foster Service, know all aoout this wonderfully interesting1 land - We have traveled through it from center to circumference; 1 We are enthusiastic about it beauties, its climate, its sunshine and healtH-gWng atonos phere.: .;-:' K'-:' . Let us plan your trip and supply illustrated descriptive literature, ted Agere toe oasis, V which are not large. 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