The vidette. (Iuka, Tishomingo County, Miss.) 1912-1967, 1917-06-14
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and was promised to route tourist:
by them after Oct. /, 1917, ovel
the M S n. Now am going t
permanently locate the M S II be
tween now and Sept. 1st, and il
you want to get it to run by you
you had better get busy. / have
three routes now being considered
The last one is by Doskie. ] had
a committee of citizens from the
Doskie route call on me and pledge
their route as one that would car
ry on the first petition. / told
them to sign it up and build it and
Iwould adopt it as the M S H.
Now | learn that Burnsville has
offered stronger petition than
before; and they claim they have
seen their mistake and will build
their road.
will state right here, for the
few that are skeptical. that we are
going to build this NJ S H and we
are not going to wait on any one
route. This M S H should be and
will be the making CT the settle
ment it goes through. 1t will for
all future time designate the main
travel through the country, and
men who think anything of them
selves or their future will supp srt
it. 1t means more than you re
alize. Now its cost is small and
it must cost something or it's not
worth having. 1t will be so small
q cost that you will not feel it and
your hauling will more than pay
the cost, as you can travel the
year round with double the load.
1t will make distance shorter,
make you proud to live on a Ma
tional Highway. Your children
will stay at home, your farm will
be nearer the markets, the time
you save in travel will over pay
the cost, it's all to win and moth
ing to lose for the one that gets
this M S H.
Don't think that by voting it
down you can stop it. Itsure will
be built. It's being built now.
It's all ready from Chattanooga to
the Tishomingo county line.
have several letters from Sell
mer, Tenn, Bolivar and Somer.
vile. They are all begging for
the M S H. ] am going over
there and see them with the view
of joining them. / am only run
ming this M S H through the
places that want it and / don't
have TO depend on any one place
to go through. Turn it down, but
it don't stop the route. You just
stop your own community and the
knock is your own knock.
Here's the final word to the
knockers Knock and you knock
alone. Boost and the world boosts
with you. You can miss this M
SH. Some one of you will miss
it and great will be the loss. am
going with the first to vote the
route and settle what should have
been grabbed at. You must re.
member that you will not have a
chance at another National High
way and you are choosing today
for all future time the main line
for all future travel. tie more
important than most of you think
Now don't get it in your head that
we want to force you to build this
M H. We don't want to &c
where the people don't want it
and you are welcome to turn i
down. You. who turn it down
are the only losers. will no
ask a single man to vote for it
You do just what you want to do
/ have plenty of routes to selec
from and none to beg. for a rout'
like this is too important to holt
out and beg for admittance.
will be admitted by people VII,
want a National Highway, yor
citizens aure and sho ild rule. Blu
you citizens can't stop this High
way. 1t will be built. Do yo
want it