The Grangeville globe. [volume] (Grangeville, Idaho) 1907-1922, 1917-07-26

Inc evergreen PathnnderS Marty
have come and gone on their way to
the south leaving an ineffacable Inn
preston upon this community, and an
abundance Of good roads microbes
with which to inoculate al citizens
who came in contact with them during
the night and half day which they
spent among us. The party is compos-
ed Of Ben #. Hill, of Walla Walla,
president, and A. J. Elrod, of Pasco,
secretary Of The Evergreen Highway
association of the Northwest, and I.
M. Howell, secretary of state of Wash
ington, together with Chadwick Ayers
and win e. Hudson, film men, with
their picture-taking apparatus. State
Engineer James Allen, Of Washington,
who was with the party dropped out at
Lewiston to attend to some pressing
official business, and did not reach cur
town. State Engineer Booth also fail
ed to come with the party. The tour
lists are a party Of business men of
sterling qualities, who In the interest
Of the great project which they are
fathering, have left their business and
without salary and without price have
gone out on this great missionary tour
for good roads and national military
I
the extreme south and the, extreme
northeast sections of the country by a
transcontinental highway, which 1t Is
hoped and expected will be approved
by the national government when the
data is fully accumulated and the rep
reservations made to the proper author
tiles. M
The gentlemen were guests Of the
Commercial club at its regular We'd
nesday luncheon and each of them In
brief but spicy and instructive ad-
dress set forth their version of the OBJ
ject and aims of the Evergreen High
way organization, and how their mis-
sion dove-tails in with the very best In
terests of such communities as ours
and all others which have an ambition
to grow and develop into a community
which will become known to other COM
munities of like ambitions and to the
outside world and the hordes of auto
tourists who travel the country over
seeking the beautiful and pleasant
features of nature wherever they may
be found. Surely we have those at
tractive features in abundance here In
central Idaho and we should not be
so foolish as to hide our light under q
bushel, or wrap our talent in a napkin
and hide it away. Those features are
one of our great assets and we should
capitalize them by heartily cooperating
in all good roads projects that will tend
to open up our treasures to those seek
ing them.
The party left here at o'clock Wed
nesday, right after luncheon, and start
ed south over the proposed north and
south state highway up the Salmon
river from White Bird to Slate Greek
Lucille, higgins, and Pollock, in Idaho
county, and on to New Meadows, II
Adams county, thence to Weiser ant
Boise. They were under the safe pilot
: age of Fred LYDIA, of the Central Gar
age, and Walter McAdams, who al
steersmen of the auto craft are hare
to surpass, and there Is every conf
dence here that the gentlemen will b
landed at the various way stations IL
|. first-class condition.
! A. j. Elrod, who is secretary Of thu
Evergreen Highway association, ant
, Spanish-American war veteran wh'
, served in the Philippines, where he al
most laid down his life, is a gentle
! man of extreme mOdesty, too much 81
Z to even mention the prominent part h
, has taken in promoting this great ma
. tional highway plan, (and by the wa.
: il Is well enough to mention right her
. that none of the gentlemen are toot
J, ing their own horns for self-glorifca
! tom but the fact is he has had de
cidedly prominent part in 1t. He re
. viewed the work briefly from the star
= and then took up the features of In
. terest on the tour so far as made, wit
!, telling examples and illustrations o
! benefits derived and to be derives
= from good roads and especially froI
the construction of a recognized na
, tional highway like the pathfindin
I party is going to establish. He state
= that the magnificent work done up {
. the present point was the result OF tn
! cooperation of earnest and competen
men who believe in their country an
who are willing to give their time an
their ability to a work that Will Drin
o the northwest 10 the attention OF To
e thousands of tourists In an impressiv
manner impossible through any othe
agency. He reviewed the developmer
an, Of the movement following the meetin
w at Pasco last year and said he foun
q that dties and communities have plan
8 for highway construction and have ei
3 tertained hopes OF an extended systel
3 that would give to them outside col
i nection and the plan of the Evergree
. Highway association has fitted int
& the plans of these cities end commul
n ities so well that all section have joil
'@ ed enthusiastically in the campalg
20 for the border TO border highway. =
Al said the Evergreen Highway associi
IN tion is offering the only possible roul
,e for such a highway and that the peop
le will make no mistake In giving q
NJ movement their support
He further spoke of the auto tran