The Oakley herald. [volume] (Oakley, Idaho) 1908-1961, 1919-08-01

finally dropping down the Sierra Nevada to Sac
ramento CAL, and then to San Francisco
This train consists Of 80 otor-vehlcles OF the
types employed by the motor transport corps In
the conduct of the winning of the war. In addition
accompanying this train are several other
branches of the United States army service. In
Guiding representatives of the engineer corps,
with antaircraft defense trucks and searchlights,
and certain specially detailed observers who VIII
make an intensive study and report to the war
department road conditions.
The trip is being made for both military and
educational purposes including: An extended
performance test OF the several standardized
types Of motorized army equipment used for
transportation Of troops and cargo and for other
special military purposes the war departments
contribution to good roads movement demonstra-
ton of the practicability OF longdistance motor
post and commercial transportation and the need
for judicious expenditure OF federal governmental
appropriations In providing the necessary high
ways
So much for the Lincoln highway a means
of transportation-a transcontinental road link
ing the United States by states. Consider now
the Lincoln way a beauty spot-and me-
MORTAL not only to the Great Emancipator, but to
the heroes who followed his example and won
the freedom Of the world in the great war.
The roadside planting of the Lincoln way is In
charge of the General Federation Of Women's
Clubs This organization has membership Of
o ZOO 600 members 1t has a state federation in
every state in the Union Mary X. Sherman
chairman of the conservation department Of the
general federation. has secured comprehensive
planting plan for the way. This plan has been
worked out by Jens Jensen. a noted landscape
engineer of Chicago. In general it provides for
the planting of trees. shrubs and flowers indigo
nous to the locality For example. blue prints
have been made for the planting of the way
through the $50 miles of Illinois, These prints
give all necessary details-kinds Of trees shrubs
and flowers for each locality; suggestions for
orouping each The clubs of the several states
through which the way passes will to 1t that
tho nlantng is done Many clubs in other states
will nlant memorial miles on the way and in
addition carry out the same plan in application
20 lincoln way feeders In their states
Ueotures of this roadside planting of the Lin
colin way by the general federation memorial
,rees in honor Of individual heroes; groves foun-
.o,na camping places along the road fruit and
Mt trees for the birds and bird sanctuary from
ocean to ocean
For ten years America has been spending from
eooo 600 600 to S3OOOOO 600 year for highway
rstruction and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. national
n,an-without relation to the broad needs of the
roun,ry as a whole and with little coordination
=, otort between states. After spending over
60 oOO 600 900 In a decade. are. broadly speak
,rg ss far from proper connecting system Of
roa,ot,ng highways in the United States as ever
The latest government figures show a total
HIGHWAY mileage In the United States OF 2.457-
a34 and Of this to,al after the tremendous
expenditures noted. but ~ per cent. some $780,
OOO miles have received any attention whatever
and these improvements scattered In 48 states
In a loose and utterly ineffective way va
rious sections of our entire 100000 miles.