The Elbert County tribune., 1919-08-01

finally dropping down the Sierra Nevada to Sac
ramento, Cal. and then to San Francisco.
This train consists of 60 motor-vehicles of the
types employed by the motor transport corps In
the conduct of the win4ing of the In addition,
accompanying this train several other
branches of the United States army service In
Guiding representatives Of the engineer corps,
with antnircraft defense trucks and senrchlights,
and certain specially detailed observers who will
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
tion of the practieability of 1ong-dstance motor
post and commercial transportation and the need
for judcious expenditure of federal governmental
appropriations In providing the necessary high
ways.
So much for the Lincoln highway
of transportation transcontinental road link
Ing the United States by states. Consider
the Lincoln way beauty spot-and me-
moria 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
25OOOOO members 1t has 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, noted landscape
engineer of Chicago. In general 1t provides for
the planting of trees shrubs and flowers indigo
mons to the locality. For example, blue prints
have been made for the planting of the way
through the 1S0 miles of Illinois These prints
give all necessary details-knds OF trees. shrubs
md flowers for each locality; suggestions for
,,roup,np each The clubs of the several states
through which the way passes will to 1t that
the planting is done. Many clubs In other states
vii, plant memorial miles the way and In
addition carry out the same plan In application
to lincoln way feeders in their states
Eentures of this roadside planting of the Lin
colin way by the general federation are memorial
traes in honor of individual heroes; groves foun-
to,rs camping places along the road fruit and
mt trees for the birds and a bird sanctuary from
ocean to ocean.
Tor ten years America has been spending from
sooo 100000 to S3O0OOO.O0O year for highway
o,struction and maintenance-without national
.,,,n-vithout relation to the broad needs of the
,r,rv as n whole and with little coordination
=, aNort between states. After spending over
60 oOO 600 900 in a decade are broadly speak
,rn as far from proper connecting system of
raS,atipr highways in the United States rs ever.
The --latest government figures show total
htgbwav mileage In the United States of 2457-
a34 and of this total. even after the tremendous
expenditures noted. but IL per cent, some $685.
600 miles, have received any attention whatever
and these improvements scattered in 4S states
in a loose and utterly ineffective way va
rious sections of our entire 100000 miles.