Durant weekly news. (Durant, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 190?-1944, 1915-11-12
INTERNATIONAL HIGHWAY
MAY CONE THGoVGH DURAN
ConccEscd Acfica VIII Bring Defer
son Highway fr,cm WinniYcS. tAp-
s-i.. a. New Orleans, Alonc the
Katy and Ihrears Tisis Cfty.


A uuge corceriaa arsaoa On the
rSrt of cities aicrr tAe line q the
Katy in OkiahorrA an1 TEXAS via
wAir fte gaffersoa CouaU Highway
Association into une ana force the
infernRuonN sqsomotDe rouie 10
ccue ont % Kansas into okiAAo1la a
instezd 81 into Arkansas. sr8 parsl-
isl the Katy tracks shroasa oflzho-
ira ana irto TcxaS which woul3
r-saa th4s THE rcutc voult 80
nrourh this county and THIS city
Ih.s iz tAs csfusc1 of President C.
. o. johnson CO this city. vho is pres
ite-t CO the otiAAcza. TEXAS a Guif
Hiehuay AsaoCiafion. ana also q.
othc- rood-roasers vho have slu1-
ioe the s-cgosiuca-
The jefferson Highway Associa-
ucnp i1ns an autorotil6 roate fron
Wiurlres- Canada, 90 New Orleans
Tie roate. sisrsils GO WIaalQss viH
ccue fhrolrh Fargo. y. p. and ola
81 7clnts In Scuta Dakcia. thrcn-h
Sioa1 CITY. Iouas thcaos across the
river tc Omaha. Sa1rasss- tholca .o
ths Missouri River. and fellow the
-ivtr 90 Kansas CITY. ani thc-ce to
Nsv oriezzs By orc 90 tWo routes
ore rolff. as p-cPos. Is th7ourh
Southern Missouri arkansas Louis-
iaza another proposed route IS
town through Parsons Kansas. au5
alo-r the Katy. through Okiahoma
and Texas u win require ooncert-
- sffo-r a-t q slrcrr nrht % 7-n
tAe route awzy from Arkansas and
Louisiana ard hrias 10 thrcrrh OK
lShoma and Texas
on tire ism ana 1s,h ot iAis
meath thsre is 20 be held az New Or
llea1s q coave-uca participates ia hy
delegate, f-o- cues ard conuuui-
les thaf ~szt she route 70 pass hy
then. ara = strong effort is being
made % sead delegates from DurAnt
'to the convention. and the g Eza12-
sion Club viii more than iiksly Sc
that delegates are sent although nc
official action has hesa been taken
~ the club. NeAieste-. Atok8. Wsg-
tonsr AID other cities along the Katy
VIII send DELEGATES. ard NcAlester
las gsedEe3 The erection % an ss0.-
aos bridge across The south CanR6-
iaa River Il the route along the Katy
IS desirnzted.
Every year more and more people
ara ;aki1g 10 the iasA % making their
siEhi-seeiaE tours by automobile. and
ifhouszn6s and thousands CO national
x-d international travellers would
PASS through this city every year &
This highway were landed. and trav-
slers are the best nousy-s9endsrs OF
earth This hirhw2y would Be worth
.. much 10 this community as a Tall-
road trunk liue- in the opinion O,
business men. and i IS certainly
vgrrh a s1g-ene effort on the part o.
lorzi people 10 land the route
c. O. johnson has received ths
following letter. which indicates
hat al lssst one city along the pro-
posed route fhroguh Okiahoma is
setting busy. and that il is up 10 the
oiher cities. Dnrlnt iagsuded. 10 ge'
besy ss weIl-
vinita. Okla NOV. s. 1918
Ny C. q johnson
-D-rsrt- OklahomA
Dear sir-
= DC not know how much atteu-
uon vour city hs given 20 the matter
cf the proposed Jefferson Highway
the toute 10 De designated st the con-
veuuoa 70 be held in View orleans
IN ne l5t hand 18th cf November
81 Ne expect 10 wia cut and get this
read 20 run trCngh our rity and your
city ne musi al pnm teEether and gl
10 thar eonTsntion prepared. az poll
ucia-s pui IT, 10 pack the convention.
II other words. Kansas expects 70
send rot less fhsn fifty delegates
Eastern Oklahomz viii have hftE
delegates. ard Shernan. GraenFilie
Gnuer. and WarshaIl shSuld send ac'
lrss than fifty delegates
-Our train. which wil BE- terue-
s-he Kausas-Oklzhoma-TeXas gefier-