Daily capital journal. (Salem, Oregon) 1903-1919, 1910-04-20

ptro1ing in scenic environment
excellence the finest rOadways
pnrope, the Great Apple Way,
" nnecting the cities of Spokane
,U.h and Occur d'Alene, Ida, is
,ov assured, and work will begin
Thin few days. When COM
r,oted it will be a monument to
odern road builders and a standard
for generations to come.
pisoctlng one of the most fertile
,..i,,oted fruit districts in the inland
annire for thirty-one miles, the
.oodway. sixty feet in width, will be
min of macadam, with an asphaltum
hinder Every mile will be Of
standard construction and properly
oro,yned and drained, with fountains
tor man, dog and horse placed
mile apart.
The feature will be the planting
lof apple trees forty feet apart on
hoth sides of the roadway, these be-
inc alternated with English elm
trees, which afford ample shade, at
NO same time withstanding the COM
mon pests which work havoc among
tha American shade trees not native
70 the district. The Spokane County
Good Roads association, Of whicha
IL A. Perry Is secretary, Will SUPER
wise the road work, and the trees
will be planted by the orchardists
living along the line of the road.
Planting will begin early in May.
To Cost $4,000 a Mile.
Funds for the building of the road
will be obtained through an assess
ment district, acting in much the
same manner as a city improvement
low Members of the legislatures
of Washington and Idaho as well as
townships through which the road
townships through which the roal
runs have already declared them
selves in favor of the road and will
become actively engaged in the pro-
motion of the enterprise. The cost
is estimated at $4,000 mile.
Contracts have been signed by the
officers of the Spokane Canal COM
many to furnish water necessary for
the irrigation of the trees for
period of five years without cost to
the county or state, and each prop
.erty holder along the right of way is
a self appointed custodian, caring
for the trees and also assisting in
the maintenance of the roadway un-
iii such time as it is taken over by
the state,
Finest Pleasure Drive in America.
. The route of the proposed high
way follows the Trent road from
Spokane through Trent, Otis
Orchards, East Farms, Post Falls /
and on to Occur d'Alene, passing
through one of the most picturesque
valleys in the world. 1t will connecr
Spokane with the summer resort on
Lake Occur d'Alene, and when COM
-pleted it will be the finest pleasure
drive in the United States.
Governor Brady of Idaho and Gov
.arnor Hay of Washington have eX-
pressed earnest interest in the plan
and are pledged to use their personal
and official influence in the promo
ton and maintenance Of the novel
highway. The &C nmercial bodies Of
the two terminal cities and in the
intermediate towns have indorsed
the proposition and offered every as
sistance in both moral and financial
support of the project. Governor
Hay said: II believe this Is one OF
the greatest plans now on foot in the
state of Washington or in the whole
world. You have my unqualified IN
dorsement, and if l can be of any
service you have but to ask it,. am
satisfied that the great highway as
outlined will be one of the sho"
places of the United States in few
years and shall do all in my power
to assist in its promotion"
Governor Brady of Idaho said at
recent reception rendered by the
Commercial club Of Occur d'Alene.