The Parma herald. (Parma, Idaho) 1903-1917, 1917-05-17
EVERGREEN HIGHWAY
PLANS ARE ENDORSED
President HUI Comments = Greas
Work for al Northwest
Parma On the Map

3 most important conference held Ia
Lewiston recently. when officials OF
the fntsrstats Highway association
met WITH lhs road committee OF
ths LeulstsH Commercial club ana
the Leading good road advocates of
! Clearwater, idaho. Eez Peree ana
Asetin eeuztIss. The visiting Of.
cials sf ths interstate association
| were pre-. Ben p Hi af walIa gaIlz
/ Secretary Al Elrod, Of Pssco. Treas
arer r. W. RIgsby Of Pomeroy. Her.
BERT bahIen, q Waila ~sila business
mas. Interested ia geed roads con4
strpetiaa, was also member Of tho
paFy,
The specific objaeg ot The Yisit 0!
the E44teru wasaiagtos men was ts
secure cooperation is = campaign Il
behalf OF the Evergreen highway.
which Ia promoted by the interstata
assoeiatiea tevara tho end that ths
great Sarth Paeihs states shall Sc.
cure an all-EinteF roHts from th1
east 70 the coast, this highway u
serve North Yakima, Pasea. WzlLa
Walla, Dayton waItshEFE. Pomeros
and Ciafkston. eoaaseting al Lewis
ton with water grade taersfares ez-
tending into Montana aaa seutaera
Idahe Esd Utah. ia the latter ststs8
connecting up with the great system4
thar spread cut Ia the east
The yisiIeFs brought most ohssrfut
infoFmataiea relative TO the coopera-
tive spirit shawn by all eastern WASH
ington eomHnsitisz ia the matter of
construction Of the system thru thas
state and brought practical aszuf-
snce that the link Of ths EssterE
WashiAgtoh DfviHien Highway thru
the Pomeroy country 70 Ci&Fkstou,
connecting here at Lewiston with the
Idaho system, was assured. TIC Tis-
itorz explained that II was now aesir-
ed that az ssergetie aad eorlprehens-
i've campaign be ieanehed 20 saoE
the advantages Of the Eve-s-ees
routs for tourist travel. this exploit
alton % also be of direct and imma-
diats value Il attracting the attsu-
tiou Of thousands Of peoPls 70 th3
general advantages OF the rich IN
land empire regiea. the initial PiaEt
for the eanpaiFa have already re-
'ceive4 sttsasiea saa ths na1t step a
70 unite all tho Interested eommUEz
titles.
The most important BUSINESS 9f ths
meeting was the decision to begin =
nationwide publicity campaign Ia
the Evergreen highway IN eonAsettoa
With the Yellowstone Trail and TIA
sunzhiaa Way. Ar. Hill state that
from conferences he had bad viz
United States officials he fest that tAs
Lolo Pass road was assured siaes th.4
government deemed taat construction
important from a military enasidera-
ton,
Secretary ElroA advised ths meet
ing that hs had been in eorr-spoa~
.dsncs with the officers of the Ns4
cional Forest Reserves, the yellow
Trail association and National High
ways association and With officials ii
the various states He said that botb
he officials and the highway asso-
iations were interested In the pro-
lotion of a route that would be pass
bic all the year He said that the
1tionaI highway association and the
IbIisher Of the AafOuobils Blue
7ok were willing % cooperate in
thfading trip this summer over tbs
=srgresn highway zrd the Sunshine
ay from Vancouver, B. c. By way
Of Seattle. Pasec. waIla and Poue~
= TO Lewisten-CIarkston. thence
er the north and south Idaho high
" thru Boise and on TO the Mexican
1e- The secretary advised the meet
that moving picture operators
luId accompany the party and that
e route would be oncislly logged
1Eh BIZ the National Highways asso~
alton and the Blue Book He SAID
state officials had approved the
an and some OF them would accom-
ny the party. The program out
red by the officers was sadGrzsd
I'd the work OF publicity and prep
-ation for logging the route wili
sgin Immediately
Mr.. Hill states that the meeting o.
Interstate Highway association 10
held in Lewiston in the fall wiz Be
II only the greatest good roads meet
ever held in the northwest. but
i'll be the greatest ever held in the
nfted States. estimated from ths
.andpoint OF influence it Is to exert
! the matter OF highway eonstrue-
ron affecting 4 great part OF this
-estern empire.
The Herald has omciaI inforna-
.on that Parma viii be on the main
ne Of the great Evergreen High
-ay. Il therefore behooves Us TO get
usy on the Job Of preparing our
oads, for this means more 10 Us
izht now than any other internal
We can expect little
id from the county, and. owing TO
he eussedness OF former members
Z the state highway commission.
ofbfng from the state Nyssa Is an