The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1911-02-04
OKLAHOMA ROADS
LEAD TO v|N|TA
Mammoth Good Roads Movement
Started in Northeastern Oklahoma
With vinita as the Center.

vinita is coming into her own as the
recognized center of northeastern Ok
lahoma. A movement is now well un-
der way for good roads district to be
created in the northeastern part of the
state with vinita as the center. The
following from the Tulsa World ex-
plains the proposed good roads
scheme:
On addition to the good roads
movement which is now underway in
Tulsa county, looking to the forma-
ton of the first good roads district in
eastern Oklahoma, as provided by re-
Gently the state legislature, the auto
mobilists of the state are now con-
cerned with another movement which,
If successfully carried out, will do
much towards giving the eastern part
of Oklahoma dozens of miles of good
roads.
while the proposed movement
comes as an incentive to automobile
ing, and grows out of the intended
route from the larger cities of Okla
homa to Monte Ne, in northwestern
Arkansas, its elimination will see sew
eral hundred miles of good roads es-
tablished not alone for the man with
the automobile. but for the men with
the hay wagon as well.
"The proposed routes will lead from
Tulsa. Sapulpa, Bartlesyille, Paw
huska, Muskogee, Claremore, Vinita
and numerous other points. There are
in Oklahoma about $50 members of
the Monte Ne club, and between thirty
and forty OF these reside in Tulsa.
These automobilists propose to i'm
prove some one road connecting all Of
these cities and towns so that travel
at all times of the year by auto will be
a pleasure, with the club house in the
Ozarks as the objective.
"All of tho routes out of Oklahoma
win center at vinita. They will be
marked with white rings painted on
the telephone poles and fence posts
by the wayside, and from Vinita on
ward the route will be similarly mark
ed. This will leave the autoist free to
trevel without uneasiness as to the
road he is to take.
"E. r. Kemp of the Tulsa member
ship of the club, will take care of the
proposed route from Tulsa to vinita,
according to W. H. Harvey, president
and manager Of the club. who spent
yesterday in Tulsa in the interest of
the good roads movement. w. F, Mof-
fit, president of the Automobile club
OF Muskogee will look after the route
from Muskogee to Vinita; the Bartles-
Vile and Nowata members will have
charge of their route into Vinita;
while Mr.. Harvey will personally take
care of the 80 mile route from Vinita
to Monte Ne. The other distances, re
spectively, to Monte Ne, are: Tulsa,
$50 miles; Bartlesville, 160; and Mus
kogee, $50. Recently ten of the Bart
lesvilIe members covered their route
in two machines and went the $50
miles in eight hours. In this party
were George c. Priestly, Dr. R. D
Rood, Frank Phillips, Clint Moore and
Judge J. ]. Shea. Through Rogers
county, the Claremore members are tc
be asked to look after the improving
of the road.
THE route now contemplated from
Vinita will pass through Grove, South
west City, Sulphur Springs and Rogers
Ark. and while the road is said to be
good in it's present state, Mr. Harvey
is now organizing volunteer move
ment. on the Iowa plan, to make it 3
turnpike and to have it completed by
April l.
From the very first, automobilists
have been the heavy favorites of goot
roads, and while this has been due
more, perhaps, to the pleasure of rid
ing over smooth surfaced highways, i
has done much to show the farming