The twice-a-week Twin Falls times. (Twin Falls, Idaho) 1916-1918, 1917-07-31
EVERGREEN
HIGHWAY
ASSOCIATION
A YEAR-R OUND ROUTE
THROUGHOUT THE GREAT
NORTHWEST
The Pathfinders Visit
Twin Falls
Military, Commercial and Social
Necessities Can Only be Met by
a Route of This Kind.

South Idaho in general and Twin
Falls and contiguous towns east and
west in particular have been visited
by the representatives, Of an immense
highway proposition-nO less than q
feasible all-the-year route from Brit
! ish Columbia through Washington,
Oregon. Idaho, Utah, Arizona and
New Mexico to the western seaboard
at Los Angeles-an international
highway, if you please.
To this end the Evergreen Highway
association has been formed and it's
purpose advanced by an appropriation
OF $112,500 made last winter by the
legislatures of Oregon, Washington
and British Columbia, and a path
finding tour was organized by its Off
GERS. This party started from Vic
tcria. British Columbia, July 16, and
after visiting various Idaho cities, in
Guiding Nampa, where large and en-
thusiastic meeting was held last Fri
day. and Boise, they arrived in Twin
Falls last evening.
The pathfinding party consisted OF
the president of the association, Mr.. B.
r Hill, of Walla Walla, Wash; it's
secretary A. ]. Elrod, Pasco, Wash;
Hon. j. NJ. Howell, secretary of state,
Washington; the state highway com
missioner, camera men, press cOrre-
spondents, etc. President Hill was
called home from Boise, and at this
part of the trip the party also includ
ed Mr.. G. c. Scharf, division engineer
Idaho highway commission; Mr.. e. A.
Bremm, of Pocatello; Chadwick Ayres,
representing the Animated Education
al Film company, of Seattle, and w. T..
Hudson, the Pathe camera man.
The party was met at Bliss about
noon yesterday by cars from Twin
y Falls carrying the county commits
sioners, Mr.. Wilson, of Kimberly, Mr..
a L. Swim and a TIMES representa-
tive; also by Mr.. Weaver's car from
Filler and two or three cars from Bull
with Messrs. Peck Green and other
: business men. The entire party, ex-
cept the camera men. who were look
ing for scenery along the Snake, mo-
tored to Gooding, where lunch was
had and a meeting held; and thence
to Twin Falls-a part coming via Je-
rene, Shoshone and the falls, and
{ the others via Bliss, Hagerman Val
ley, Buhl and Filler.
Reaching here rather late in the
evening, a rousing and well attended
meeting was nevertheless held at the
q rooms of the Commercial club. This
was presided over by Mr.. d. M. Dem
, ton, chairman of the clubs good roads
committee, and was addressed by Sec
L retary Elrod and Capt. Howells of the
pathfinders, by Engineer Scharf. by
Messrs. Armstrong and Anderson of
Jerome and Messrs. Swim, Brecken-
ridge, and Commissioner Moore, OF
Twin Falls.
Time and space forbid any attempt
q to follow the speakers severally. The
- message brought by the pathfinders-
- and it was an important one-related
= chiefly to the immense advantage OF
- all inviting route for tourists upon the
= proposed lines and the impossibility
~ OF securing it except through coop
n eration-the active and intelligent Co
IL operation of adjacent counties anc
Ia states. The proposed route will joiI
- the grand sea-board trail and thus
= constitute a part of a great militar,
&c highway-the need for which is es
4 pecially seen just now. 1t will alsS
he invite tourist travel to which peopl,
a. are apt to be foolishly Indifferent
a Sixty per cent of the so-called tour
lists that come through the northwes
av arc people from the middle west II
he search of a location; they all serv
o. as advertisers for any attractive local
he ity, and collectively, they leave a min
es of money along their route-a featur
ne that California long since appreciate,
he and spent millions to encourage b,
good roads. Tourists in the west an,
To- northwest are actually spending sever
ne hundred millions per annum, of whicl
he California is now taking a full third
M Idaho is especially interested in tn
la route here proposed, not only becaus
nv it will tie together the northern an,
xe, southern parts of the state but ais
because it is sure to become one o
the most famous in the world
Following the general meeting
ST conference was held of the road com
mittee with a delegation from Jerome
This delegation was interested in Sc
- curing improvement of the road fron
N Twin Falls to Haley. Lincoln pro
q" poses as part of it's work to expen
$500 on the Zimmerman cutoff whic
shortens the road fifteen miles be
ms tween this city and HALEY. The
I've wanted cooperation to secure money
re- If possible, from the federal and stat
ex funds. Every dollar so obtained vii
necesitate the expenditure of two dol
lars more locally, and it is felt tina
ot- this will result in getting much roa
TO- built. The local committee promise
ire tfc closest cooperation and will tax
up the matter at once.