The Churchill county standard. (Fallon, Nev.) 1908-1920, 1917-01-03
SpECIOUS ARGUMENTS ARE USED TO
DIVERT TRAVEL ON LINCOLN HIGHWAY

Valley could also take advantage OF
this direct route to get into Califor-
MIA and Oakland over the Lincoln
Highway. The article also states
hat overland travellers from Arkan.
.ag, Texas, New Mexico and Missouri
Who would naturally tour west over
the Santa Fe Highway into Los Ang.
eles, would also be tempted to turn
north at the junction of the Arrow
Head Trail coming north to Salt
Lake City SO they could get into
Oakland over the Lincoln Highway
In preference to going on to Los
Angeles. The article does not ex-
plicitly state how far they would be
tempted
We are Informed that Messrs Bige-
low and Durant found some of the
greatest scenery in America on this
Arrowhead Trail although the writ
er was under the impression from
memories of early travel in that vi.
cinity that the scenery most remind
ed of. was the Sahara Desert.
TIE statement is made that the
Lincoln Highway Association IL
working hand in hand with the Ar
rowhead Trail Association for the
betterment of this tributary which
means so much to the people of Oak
land and San Francisco and motor
lists from all over the country, whose
education will be broadened by TAX
ing this trail TO the Pacific Coast
which must of necessity land them In
Los Angeles.
Now. we believe that II is a well
known fact that the Lincoln Highway
Association was conceived and organ.
lied for the purpose of making the
most direct route from New York
City to San Francisco and a very
large percentage of eastern travellers
who come to the Pacific Coast travel
the Lincoln Highway at least as far
as Salt Lake City. The volume OF
travel over the Lincoln Highway is
composed of very large percentage
OF eastern tourists visiting the Pa
cifc Coast and 1t is from that source
that the people of Oakland and
Southern California expect to re-
ceive the most benefit. Now, how
on earth a road diverting from the
Lincoln Highway at Salt Lake City
and leading directly into Los Angeles
will benefit the cities along the Lin
coin Highway west of Salt Lake City
the writer cannot see. How on earth
any citizen or newspaper in Oakland
can consistently advocate an advan-
tage for themselves or their locality
In the construction of the Arrowhead
Trail is more than We can see. The
construction OF this trail is simply
another route opened By the boosters
OF Los Angeles and Southern Cali
fornia, to whom We take off our hat
with admiration and respect, to di-
vert travel from the Lincoln High
way TO Southern California at Salt
Lake City.
Last year. from actual record kept
in Fallon. il was demonstrated that
the travel over the Lincoln Highway
was composed of twenty per cent o.
travel towards the west and eighty
per cent of travel from California
east. The disproportion being ac-
counted for by the diyerting OF west
bound travellers from the Lincoln
Highway at Ely and turned to Los
Angeles. and the construction Of the
Arrowhead Trail forms another link
which would catch the west bound
traveller at Salt Lake City and turn
him in TIE same direction
We think the Arrowhead Trail "A.
ISOLATION Of Rodiands. California
owes e debt o. gratitude 20 the
Oakland Enquirer" bnt what tht
Lincoln Highway advocates of San
Francisco and OAKLAND owe 70 The
"oakland Enquirer for tss article
we leave foF them % determine.
Yours very respectfully,
l. ~. KENT.
Lincoln Highway Consul. Fallon. Ne.
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