Bisbee daily review., 1913-09-25
Lincoln Highway Celebrations To
 Cross Continent
Program Arranged for Gala
 Events in Town Along the
 Route from Coast to Coast

DETROIT, Sept. I9.-With local celebrations from coast to coast all along the route of the Lincoln High
 way, on the night of Friday, Oct. 31. this great transcontinental thorough
 fare wifi be dedicated to the nation
 most honored president, Abraham Lin
 coin. Patriotic citizens of the 13
 states traversed from New York tol California, the same number bound to-
 gether by the Declaration of Inde- pendence, will rejoice over this new
 bond. permanent enduring memorial to the Emancipator, conceded by all
 as the greatest patriot this country has ever produced. Programs are being arranged in every city, village, hamlet and cross roads either on or adjacent to the route between New York and San Francisco. The pathway through these cities and villages where The
 Lincoln Highway will soon be reali- | ty, will be decorated with the stars and strips. bunting and the official | flag of the Lincoln Highway Assn. There will be parades, the good old
 Eas aioned toronlight processions. band concerts, motion pictures of good road building and many l speeches. Local orators will tel about the urgent need for the Lincoln Highway and the notable character of the man after whom 1t has been named. They will paint with sweep 1 ing strokes and brightly hued colo-s ! the Lincoln Highway Of the future. ' long winding caravans of wagons. farm machinery, automobiles, the pro ducts Of the farm on the way 10 the ] city and the goods of the manutactur- | CTS being carted to the farm, bicyc-es motcrcycles-every clas of vehicle. Everyone will use this Highway open at all seasons of the year, smooth. l dustless, certain; operated without toll charges and materially aiding ln ' the prosperity of the sections traYeS- sed.
 1 At these meeting plans to rename each section The Lincoln Way will | be preached. Local designations are ' to be dropped Markers will also ln- diyidualize the Highway. It consists i of a strip of red three inches wide white 15 inches in width and blue. strip three inches wide, with letter IL in blue ron the white section. The words Lincoln Highway Tn small | type are also on the marker. The ' first of these markers was placed on
 Monday Sept. 15 at Clinton Iowa where W. r. Coan, president or the : Clinton National Bank, and state con sul for the Lincoln Highway Associa' tion. set one on the road near Clin- i ton.
 Patriotic cooperation Of the farm CTS will be asked at these celebra- tons to eliminate danger by imnrOV- 1 ing ;he railroad crossings, and to stTaighten out angles. curves or sharp | iogs that now confuse the tourist ana to otherwise assist In making luz Lincoln Way" one universally Vseo and enjoyed by all the people. The following Sunday, Nov. 7, pas | tors at each point, and Of every re IUgfons denomination are to preac sermons on the character and acA.eN E ments of Lincoln, his real patriotism, linking his name, his high ideals ana Ipurposes with the movement back or l and actuating the building Of this en- Iduiug and useful memorial to h.m' State consuls are now being aI-| roiuted along the route and ID oJnS' states 10 arrange in the dlstrlouIloA cs contributors certificates for the lh10 900 900 fund necessary to eomplets ltbe Lincoln Highway. Some named are Payson W. Spaulding. Of Evan stop for Wyoming; E. P. Brlnegar' ~hairman of the Lincoln HlgnWay Ironmirtee of the San Francisco i Chamber of Commerce, for Ca nor nia. Fl. o. Smith, president ot tas
 prenier company of indianapolis TOT Indiana: F. E. Edwards, of the Chl,
 csgo Automobile Club, for Northern TISnois. c. L. Newcomb, Jr, chairman
 ng inc Iinccln Highway committee ol IFbe Denver Chamber of Commerce
 for Colorado: W. F. Coan, president os the Clinton National bank ioI Iowa and H. E. Frederickson, o! Omaha, for Nebraska.
 I'm line with the plan to make me lrtncoln Highway not only smooLn, ! rermanent roadway, with eass
 cradles reaching all important polnlS
 of scenic splendor across the cCunsiS | scbool children will assist in makln5 it a beautiful one as well. frees are Iio he planted along the Highway o9
 Arbor Day. 1914, by the ehiieren an from wear to year the Lincoln Hlsh, wav will be made as pictureque anu laq charming as that old Roman hisH,
 way, the Appian Way