The Daily Missoulian. [volume] (Missoula, Mont.) 1904-1961, 1917-04-30
Parks H|gHRRY lDEA
GWEN FRESH IMPETUS.
ID. Richards Returns From
Third Convention, Held
in Spokane.
ON BIG COMMITTEES
Missoula Man Member of
Executive Bodies for
Route and Montana.

cities along the National Parks
Highway from Dickinson, N. D.. to
Portland, Ore, were represented at
the convention OF that association,
held in Spokane Friday and Saturday,
according to Secretary D. D. Richards
Of the Missoula Chamber of Commerce,
delegate to the meeting from Mis-
soula. Mr.. Richards returned from
Spokane yesterday morning.
THE National Parks Highway as
ISOLATION is an organization with big
tdea,'' said Mr.. Richards last evening
"This association cOntemplates n road
as straight as possible from Chicago
to the Pacific coast, which will reach
all OF the national parks in the north
west. "A Good Road from Chicago to
the Northwest, The Scenic Playground
Of America is the slogan of the as
ISOLATION and it has but one object
to make the best road possible into
the northwest SO that tourists may be
induced to come TO this section.
"The delegates at the convention,
which was the third annual one for
the association, were all enthusiastic
over the prospects of the highway this
year. Portland sent representatives to
the convention. bringing the support of
southern Washington and the state Of
Oregon. Two national parks in Oregon
had not been included in the route of
the association and Portland through
the National Parks Highway associa-
ton, an organization important enough
to warrant seeking recognition from
port of the highway, after the dele
gates had voted to include on the as
sociation maps those parks in south
ern Washingtn and Oregon, formerly
not shown.
The National Parks Highway route
comes from Chicago, through North
Dakota, into Montana at Yates, thence
through Billings, Butte, Missoula up tc
Glacier park and through Spokane to
Portland.
Detailed information regarding the
entire route was given at the conven.
made and the whole gathering was in.
formal. Every person who so desired
y was permitted to speak his mind freely
and there was much discussion of al
OF the talks. The convention was help
full to every one of the delegates ant
plans for broadening the scope of tn,
association and doing additional ad
vertising of the northwest were laid
The matter of marking the route in
distinctive manner is now in the hand
OF a special committee. The executive,
committee has in charge issuing o.
additional publicity, enlisting aid 0
the government by making this a roa,
over which war supplies may be move,
into or from the northwest if neces
sary, and many other important mat
ters, all looking toward making tn
National Parks Highway the best
known and most-traveled highwa:
northwest OF Chicago"
Mr.. Richards is a member Of tn
special committee, in charge Of dis
tinctive marking of the route and i
also a member of the executive com
mittee of the organization. There i
also an executive committee for eac
state through which the route passe
and on this for Montana are Osca
Rohn Of Butte, II. Griffith of Kalispe
and d. D. Richards Of Missoula.
New maps and literature have bee
issued by the association and a. suppl
is on its way to Mssoula. Any pei
sons who desire to secure mans ,
literature may have them by calm
at the chamber of commerce build
ing, or those who desire friends in II
east to secure this literature may hay
the matter attended to by a telephor
call to the chamber of commerce.