Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1917-07-19
EVERGREEN HIGHWAY
PF-HFINDlNG TOUR.

f of British Columbia, upon leisure
k ly tour of the route to El Paso
: exas, covering a distance of 5000
miles.
The personnel Of the party will be:
The President and the Secretary
,of the Evergreen Highway Associa-
ition; Captain l. M. Howell, Secretary
'of State of Washington; A we'll
known lecturer, familiar, by person
al contact, with the scenic beauties
of the Northwest; A representative
of the Automobile Blue Book, to
make a log of portions of the route
mot heretofore logged; A motion
picture director representing the
Animated Educational Film Co., of
Seattle, and Pathe camera-man;
A press correspondent.
Mr. James Allen, Highway Com
missioner of the State of Washing
ton, will accompany the party thru
the state to Lewiston, Idaho; anil
there the Highway Engineer of Ida
no will join the party
Stops will be made at all county
seets and at as many cities and
towns as possible, to confer with
county commissioners, engineers,
road supervisors, state officials, good
roads builders and enthusiasts gen.
orally, upon problems of proper To-
cation and construction of an all
year route leading into the Pacific
| Northwest
| The route traversed by the party
route of the Evergreen Highway in
all its parts. One of the objects of
the trip is to study the subject of
location, from close observation and
local discussions-with the view OF
determining a definite location of a
route or routes that can be recon-
mended for long-distance touring,
during both summer and winter
seasons
Motion pictures will be taken of
striking scenic attractions, sport and
recreation grounds, road views of
special interest, and distinctive
scenes of industrial manu- a turing
and mining operations.
At all night-stops, and at various
towns where stops are made for
lunch or dinner, illustrated talks
will be made upon the scenic beau
ties and outdoor attractions of the
West, and the purposes, policies, and
plan of organization of the Ever /
green Highway Association explain
ed
The 1917 Legislatures of Oregon, !
Washington and British Columbia
made joint appropriation of $112,50t |
to be expended through an official !
agency, the Pacific Northwest Tour
list Association, with headquarters in I
Olympia, Wash, in expert advertis-
Ing designed to attract a great vol
ume of tourist travel into the North I
west Through the cooperation Of !
transportation companies and other
interests, there will be altogether ex-
pended for this purpose, within the
next biennium, little short of a mil
lion dollars. Captain I. M. Howell is
a director of the Pacific Northwest
Tourist Association He has a mes
sage for the people of the States of
Idaho, Utah and Arizona in which
they should be, and will be, interest
ed.
he EVnFOrnprn iorb !
tlon is to become a national organi-
cation, managed by directors repre-
senting the several states traversed
by the route. The plan of organiza-
ion contemplates the existence in
each state of an interstate highway
association, operating as an auxiliary
If the national association. Interstate
associations will be practically uni :
orm in their basis of organization,
orm OF government and method of
peration. The Chamber of Com
nerce of Nampa, Idaho, has propos-
Il that meeting be held in Nampa,
niy 9th, for the purpose of eject
ng temporary organization of an
IDAHO interstate highway association
0 be made permanent at meeting
be held in Lewiston on October
U, 1917. We hope that all CONNER
lal Clubs and other interested or =,
anizations in Southern Idaho will
end delegate or delegates to the y
tampa meeting. We are assured
hat an interesting program is be- :"
lg prepared by the Nampa Cham
er OF Commerce; and we refer to ]
= Lakness, its secretary, for more
etailed information. %
Date Of Arrival The party will
'avel In two seven-passenger cars.
GENEROUSLY contributed by distributors
nd dealers Of the Overland. and the
IN VIII be made by relays. At the
ginning of each relay cars, in per-
'ct condition, will be provided. with
lreful drivers familiar with the