Mountain Home maverick. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1906-1911, 1910-03-31

AUTO ROAD
UTAH AND IDAHO WILL JOIN
HANDS AND PROVIDE A
FINE HIGHWAY.
salt Lake Man Now in Boise to
Boost the position-WouId BE
an Excellent Advertisement For
the Gem State.

The increase in the number Of
automobiles in the west, the interest
being taken by people in the develop
ment of the country through the
agency of the automobiles, the nee
essity for good roads to better ad-
vertise state and for the comfort
of those who travel over them, were
some of the features touched upon
by Frank Botterill, the well known
automobile man Of Salt Lake, who
has been in Boise for the past few
days on business, and who is vitality
interested in the department Of the
intermountain country, says the
Statesman.
THE good roads convention held
in Salt Lake in january did a great
deal of good, and ! think it started
a movement which will result in hav-
ing an interstate pike, and, in fact.
might ultimately mean a national
road. We all feel the need Of good
roads We know that during GER
teia months of the year that II is
impossible to do any travelling with
comfort outside Of the city's paved
streets. IL Is not due to the fact
that The weather is inclement all dur
ing this period, but because the
roads have such rough surface that
an automobile, or, in fact any
vehicle, cannot travel over them
with any comfort to the occupants.
In regard to the automobile busi-
ness in the west, the strides which
have been made In this Industry
have been somewhat enormous. The
man in the west who decides to pur-
chase car for business or private
use wants the best He follows the
models very carefully and he finds
which machine will stand the wear
and tear and the one which has the
greatest powers Of durability. ! find
that in selling cars now. the pur-
chaser does not rely on the Judgment
Of the agent He knows pretty well
what he wants and insists upon get
ting It.
Il feel that as an advertising
agency, the automobile has done
more to build up undeyeloped ana
unexpIoited country than any other
one means Take the most remote
eooffon 90 tbo .root .-ht.l g.. t..t....
built up, and where promoters are
trying to colonize. and there is the
automobile Regions are reached By
an automobile where other modes Of
transportation cannot get near.
How much greater would this
agency be and how much more
potent would its effect be if the
people Of the intermountain states.
by concerted action, went after this
question of goods roads and made
possible an interstate. or indeed. 8
national highway. We in Salt Lake
realize what it means and we are
going to do all in our power to see
that something be done in the near
future. The plan to have Congress
set apart one million acres of public
land, the money from the sale Of
which to revert into a fund for the
building Of good roads in the state
where the land is set apart is a step
in the right direction and will start
the movement thoroughly. There is
bond Of sympathy between the peo-
pie of Utah and Idaho. and we feel
that what win be Of benefit to you
here will benefit us also. If we must
build up this country. however. we
must make the country roads so that
the easterner who is used to riding
over smooth highways feel as though
he were at home"