South Bend news-times., 1915-03-07
WORLDS GREATEST HIGHWAYS MEET IN SOUTH BEND

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work We stand .outtn IN ua, list ol nations
this respect
The good roads movement i'm reality goes hand
hand with iln forestry movement and there Is
more httlHe timc than n"W lor The start ol
ton-"idg $50. omcnt 10 i'nk tae tNo permanent
The Dixie aIa1Wat. stleichiu- as aiH from
north louna1.y Go the southern most limit of %
country Cau present to the traveller ca lasting
permanent ,xnil.i. az trees aud shrubs that viii
unequaled oa amy o,her route in the world
Lander's translation ot one oi Hcinc's poems is
terestin2 i'm connection.
In the Gar north stands a pine rree. ZONE. gaon
Wintr height.
1t sleeps around i'll SHOWS have thrown a GOVERN
white.
1t dreams forever of "a palm THAI. far u The nor
ing land.
Stands silent in most sad calm mid-, heaps
burnin- sand"
I'm linking the pine tree OF The north with "a
palm tree the south. the Dixie highway u1u
more than present roadway for The movement
traffic. al Will show the traveller what the country
forestry and flora really are. From far Californ
the cry Tor prescrN alton of forest trecS ao
its highways one article IN Motoring Map.zine
San Francisco bears ths headline. "1'laat Pay IRE
highways the writer ul which advocates plan S
annual production from such trees would be iu
pOrtant item i'm the matter of upkeep al tEose hie
ways. This aruclc states I'M part County Forost
Grant charge oil tree plantin4 for Grange count
sprung surprise at the recent convention of
Southern California Aforementioned association
Riverside when he read "a paper in which Ire
some time ago. IL going ho possible hi
to put $50 miles of highway i'm shade trees. in
period of three years. at redicuiousiy low cost
IouI cents per Tree
Here is wonderful idea FOR the proposed Dix
Highway association To take mp and push The
could not possibly be "a better way 10 mark ii
road and AT the same time permanently exhibit |
the stranger. and through HIM the people of %
country. something of what can ho produced
shade ard fruit trees. shrubs and plants native /
each section. through which IL passes. First.
course. comes the question al good hard surfa
roadway. the road which BEGINS nowhere and en-
nowhere is not advertisement. for even the smal
stretch il passes through onH The favored feN ee
reach ii; the purpose I'm suggesting the Dixie his
way To provide "a continuous. connected. Dc J!
manent roadway. which in itself would Dc an adve
tlsment, would ahord means for through travel auI
the time enable the farmers IN counties anI
surrounding country through which il passed.
reach the large markets for his produce; the farm
who produces a thousand bushels OF potatoes anI
through bad road conditions and thereby lmitej
market facilities. only dispose of 500 bushc
mas an enormous loss, not only i'm produce bat
labof ana ume+ with the Dixie highway passin
through his country. hard surfaced improved line
with beautiful trees and shrubs ne is not only pr
vidinl closer communication with the outside vori
but is advertising his entire county and her uroduc
When visits a town cte. one seeks out q
main street; 10 is always the best lighted de-
Grated the straneer judges the entire section
what he sees on this street, if it is impossible
shuns that place his next visit and he tells othe
OF it, This is bad advertising A wen lighted -
kept well paved street with the exhibit of the city
wares is good advertisement. not alone for the Il
mediately surrounding country. bat to the world
large. Why not treat main highways in 81
same manner Why not put the same kind or
effort on the Dixie highway. do our ma
city streets Besutify make 1T attractive, ~
means a united effort and with such effort the nj
tree of the north and the palm tree or the sou
viii be linked together with chain OF their ndreI
IN the plant kingdom. which viii a constant sour
Of pleasure, instruction and profit.
The importance Of a main artery from the ceutr
west into the south has not been over-estimate
ON the other hand, it has been under estimate
The OF its possibilities is presented uhef
look back at the first attempt OF forefathe |
open up the west Hubert Howe Bancroft
.RetrospecJon dealing with the first national roa
paints picture well worth looking at by the sout
He says in part over this thoroughfare poured
stream of population. thousands from Europe.
well those from the Atlantic states. which pc i
colating through the minor channels OF inter-cou
muncation. multiplied the mid-continent inha
itants. and orerspreading the plains beyond eros
ing the mountains and deserts. finally deboue mn
upon the golden shores OF the Pacific.
All a.ong the line Of IT, like the paved sire
% a city out through the viIds of country we
seen families ard associations rolling their gre
wagons westward with and comfort the N
attended by women and children. mounted and /
foot with and sheep and chickens. and an ti
concomitants of settlement and civilization meeI
ing the way drOves Of fat cattle and wagons pie
high with food products for the market of the ea
FOR this highway Of happiness. the medium |
wealth and progress at critical juncture tl
development Of the country, thanks due
greater part 10 Henry Clay and Albert Galatin.-
it only requires a moments thought construct
picture fitting the present time Has tile 60
crnment of the United states been paide Have @
states through which this road wended IFS an
VINO contributed their share been paid
growth ard the present wealth IS The
Consider the tourist from the monetary stan
point p hardly realize that the state or Main
viii all her beauty and resources ranks her tour
trade second in the list Of her industries. hI
comes her lumber industry. then her hotels al
boarding houses. We are going back to the ds 4
the waysi inn. The automobile has made th
possible and this very travel is the most Valuao
"A STAYS longer and distributes more widely q
money il has 10 spend. thus henentuns great
number The Manufacturers Record of Dee.
echoes this in the article entitled The can of
south 20 the Winter Tourist wherein they say IT
splendid resort hotels that add the wealth of tl
whole south made possible uuI5 hy this Wintd
travel The thousands thus employed and the gre
home market thus created are huf "a very sTnol
..rfer Q fhss