Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-05-17
EVERGREEN HIGHWAY
PLANS ARE ENDORSED.
Interstate Officials Here-P esidsnt
Hill Comr7ents-Great Work for
All Northwest.

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The meeting OF the Interstate
; highway association to be held
in Lewiston will be the great
est road meeting ever held in
the northwest.
, At conference yesterday plans
OF officials OF the association
were enthusiastically approved.
Road construction on broad, com
a most important conference held II
Lewiston yesterday, when officials o.
the Interstate Highway association
met with the road committee o. the
Lewiston Commercial Club and the
j leading good roads advocates al
| Clearwater, Idaho, Nez Perez and
Asotin counties. The visiting officials
OF the interstate association were
President Ben f. Hill of Walla
| Walla, Secretary A. j. Elrod, of
Pasco, Treasurer r. w. Rigsby da
Pomeroy. Herbert Dahlen, a Walla
Walla business man, interested in
good roads construction, was also
a member of the party.
The specific object of the visit of
the Eastern Washington men was to
secure cooperation in campaign in
behaM of the Evergreen highway,
which is being promoted by the Inter
state association toward the end that
tho great North Pacific states shall
secure an all-winter route from the
east to the coast, this highway to
serve North Yakima, Pasco, Walla
Walla, Dayton, Waitsburg, Pomero
and Charleston, connecting at Lewis
ton with water grade thorofares ex-
tending into Montana and into south
ern Idaho and Utah, in the latter
states connecting up with the great
systems that spread to the east.
The meeting yesterday was held
at 10 O'Clock in the Commercial club
room and the visitors We're met by
Representative Quinlan of Idaho coun
ty, Samson Snyder of Clearwater
county, f. A. White, president OIL
the Lewiston Good Highway associa-
ton; E. A. Cox of the North and |
South Idaho Highway association; d. /
J. Wyatt, of the Lapwai Valley High !
way association; R. A. Foster and
Engineer p. p. Oehler, of Charleston;
NJ. b, Mikkelson and Curtis Thatcher
Of the Lewiston Commercial Club
good roads committee, George E. Erb
Ind Wallace r. Strubble.
The visitors brought most cheer
'ul information relative to the CO.
operative spirit shown by all east
srn Washington communities in the
natter of the construction Of the
system thru that state and brought
PRACTICAL assurance that the link of
he Eastern Washington Division
highway thru the Pomeroy country
o Charleston, connecting here at
lewiston with the Idaho system, was
lssured. The visitors explained that
t was now desired that an ener-
,etic and comprehensive campaign be
to show the advantages of
he Evergreen route for tourist 1
ravel, this exploitation to also be
L direct and immediate value in at 7
racting the attention of thousands {
Ie people to the general advantages
# the rich inland empire region. The 7
initial plans for the campaign have
lready received attention and the
ext step is to unite all the inter
sted communities.
The most important business of |
ne meeting was the decision to be- I
in nationwide publicity campaign
Dr. the Evergreen highway in con-
ection with the Yellowstone Trail I
nd the Sunshine Way Mr.. Hill stat A
d that from conferences he had Il
ad with United States officials he
ut that the Lolo Pass road was as
lred since the government deem
l that construction important from II
military consideration.
Secretary Elrod advised the meet
g that he had been in correspon- p
snce and conference with the Of e.
GERS of the National Forest Re- hi
rves, the Yellowstone Trail asso- bI
alton and National Highways as in
'ciation and with officials in the "
Lrious states. He said that both
9 officials and the highway asso- te
atoms were interested in the pro- by
otion of route that would be hs
.ssable all the year. He said that ga
e national highways association he
ID the publisher of the Automobile til
ue Book We're willing to cooper
e in pathfinding trip this sum- fe
er over the route of the Ever it,
cen highway and the Sunshine Way ed
'm Vancouver, B. c., by way or ar
attic, Pasco, Walla Walla and in
'meroy to Lewiston Charleston, ly
ence over the north and south pi