The diamond drill., 1919-06-14

ter not as an argument. but as a
statement OF the reasons that prompt
ed me In publishing the article 10
which you refer.
IL isn't a question Of the 500. OF
Crystal Falls. OF Marquette or OF any
other locality that such an organiza-
ton as the Upper Peninsula Develop
aent Bureau or the Upper Peninsula
Road Builders should consider in
natters Of the kind. but Cloverland
as a whole. Every county OF the up
per peninsula has gone into the work
o. boosting Cloverland for the benefit
OF Cloverlsnd as whole. The coun-
ties have all contributed OF their
funds TO the U. p. ID. b. and send
delegates 10 the Road Builders. They
do this so that through collective
effort they may be more effective in
letting the world know something
about cloverland.
Since the work OF advertising the
upper peninsula OF Michigan started
several years ago it has developed
that one OF the principal assets OF the
section are its roads
Now. please don't interpret me as
being sectional or taking restrict
ed view OF this matter when say the
roads that provoked this interest and
made 1t possible 10 advertise Clover
land as country OF fine roads we're
and are yet-the roads OF the western
end OF the peninsula, more particular
ly the "Cloyerland Trail" which ex-
tends from Escanaba to Ironwood.
II Il had not teen for the activities OF
Gogebic, Iron. Dickinson, Msnominee
and Delta counties in the very carrY
days OF load building activity there
wouldn't be :, day the universally eX-
pressed scmiration for Cloverland
roads that there Is. To the
enumerated must add Marqu ;tv,
which, although considerably isolated
from the rest, succeeded in getting
connection through Dickinson county
to the south and opened up its fine
roads and attractive places to the
tourist Houghton county had fine
roads. but was cut of through no
fault Of its own, from its nelghbors,
a condition that is now overcome.
During the entire period of early
road construction, the eastern end OF
the peninsula continued to be isolated
from the rest because OF its poor
roads, or no roads at all To a les
ser extent It so remains today. al
though the extensive and ambitious
program OF road construction now
being entered into by the counties In
that section promises 10 soon elimin-
ate this drawback IL has been
source Of much regret to the people
Of this section OF the peninsula that
the 500 has been so inaccessible to
the tourist You are to the major
portion OF your Cloverland neighbors.
occupying an oasis in the desert OF
touring grief, unapproachable unless
one braves the trials Of a woodland
trail and puts his car to hardships
that few wish to put car to.
Such was the condition existing
when the advantages that the upper
peninsula held as tourist PROPOSE
tion became apparent to our public adj
agencies Your local asso-
citation recognized the advantages
that would accrue to Cloverland from
this advertising and of the benefit
that your city would get from Il. With
promptness you started
work to secure the extension OF the
Dixie Highway across the straits and
20 the 500. You deserved to be
successful and we all admired your
pluck and reiolced with you in your
You had hardly ended the honey
noon with your Dixie maiden when