The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1913-09-09

tor!c attractions >. the route Nil en-
vince one hat along no other high
way will there b. found - complete
= Panorama Of cur national life 10
starting point : the Wa>h4aEtoa
monument. then Alexandria and
Mount Vernon deepen the iTnpr~>~toa
or the Father e our Country Thea
comes the series II bAtueaeld< n
the Richmond Petersburg and Apo
UlatioN- In North Carolina onc pass~.
the birthplace OF Daniel Roone and
follow his trail IL Tennessee Ten
nessee presents the hattleneld< o.
knoxville. Aurfrs~seoro and others.
with SIDE trips to Chattauooca From
Memphis to T~xarkana enc follows
the old military road followed ~ oar
troops on the march TO The war With
Mexico. Two generations ago II n.
far Southwest the trails are those ~
brave Generals LEADING oar regulars
10 the Indian wars
Buried Cities OF Southwest.
Tourists 60 To Europe and Egypt L.
see antiquities. but few realize how
rich our country Is IN memorials OF
forgotten years. within the Colorado
Plateau. in New Mexico. Arizona.
Southwestern Colorado and southern
Utah. are remains 81 a pre-Columblan
civilization dating back at least =
thousand years Within sight of the
Southern highway IN Lincoln county.
New Mexico. Is a pre- his, oric irrlgalnK
wall or stone. starting al a spring.
three-fourths Of a mile long. six feet
wide at the base and ffty-two inches
high at the points OF best preserva-
tion, with a groove or trough. in the
top TO carry the water. In the region
referred 10 there are thousands on
thousands Of ruins. TO the south Of
adobe, to the north OF stone. ruins OF
houses, towers. fortresses. cities. some
in valleys, some on mesas. some on
flat-topped Mountains; some. like the
cliff jewellers. hidden away in lonely
canyons underneath mighty over
hanging cliffs. All were deserted in
1910, when the Spaniards entered the
: land. Then. 10y lateral roads. easily
accessible. are the petrined forests,
+, the Grand Canyon OF the Colorado.
the weird Pueblo Indian life and the
5 thousand other attractions that con
? stitute this wonderful America
Then. too. there Is an increasing
. number Of the wealthiest and most
powerful citizens of the United states.
Canada and and Great Britain. who
l tour a continent to see, not its scenery
or It's antiquities, but It's groS1nE
. cities, its corn and cotton producing
/ areas. its pasture lands. with their
[ direct bearing on the rising cost Of
meat. its mineral resources and water
a covers, and all ITS undeveloped re
sources. These were the men who
o were mainly kept in mine at AsheNlre
Is Another route might have been takcr
le east of Memphis. that would have LED
e more nearly through the heart o. tht
d SoUth's industrial, commercial and
o manufacturing development, hut IA,
e other route would have biseCted tht
q other routes that reach out on olthel
side to every other part Of Dixie
= while the region ~aCtually Havcrsed
need offer no apology for the unfold
ing panorama of Southern progress.
9 Route Now Being Logged.
is Thus the question Of route was con
, sidered by the Commissioners "a
le Asheville in the broad spirit Of tn
entire South and Of the nation. N
better witness could be given OF tn
wisdom of the decision than the fac
:, that the American ASso
ic citation has given this route inoorse
20 ment AS the first official A~li-Southerl
&c Trans-Continental Highway. W l.
- Westgard, their official pathfinder,
!, nav logging and mapping this roui
80 preparatory TO the issuance OF the ~
- fetal route book by the American Au
:, toTnobile Association.
We aim at the immediate smooth
. ing out of the every rough place o
le the road and the steady improvement
= of the road by State. district. count
al and township bond issues, or in tn
use of the usual road and hridg
IN funds. Since the Asheville CONVEX
'lf ton. and under the stimulus OF on
J. National Association. about - 0e0. 90
Z. have been voted for the mproveHlen
liz OF sections of the road.
But looming large above all this
=, the distinct purpose 10 20 to WASH
~ ington next winter and ask the COY
ny m Of the United States 10 de'
- ignate this as The Southern Nation
v ighWa and 70 build. own IN
maintain il forever as such. In Iowa
ty to the convention which met at ~
call of the Southern Governors. :"
who obeyed that call, expect IN.
- everyone of those Governors an
= every Senator and Representat'
from the entire South viii upport
Congress the Southern Nations
Highway bill and that all Souther
and Southern preache
80 and educators will join us in seekir
- 10 unite all hearts and hands IN tn
;i great patriotic uprising OF the Souti
la nd to once more make herself
80 most vital part in the national me
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