The diamond drill., 1919-06-14

"along came Ruth" in the guise OF a
proposed monument 70 our very dis
tlnguished statesman. Theodore
Roosevelt. The proposal took the
form OF a projected highway from
Portland. Maine. TO Portland. Oregon.
This highway as originally projected
entered the peninsula at ST. Ignace
and coursed west through Mackinaw
Schoolcraft and Delta counties 10
Escanaba where il took up the orig
inal Cloyerland trail to Ironwood. The
new debutante stole your heart away
from your Dixie lass and you set out
10 institute a regular harem OF road
charmers over there by inducing the
committee in charge OF the locating
OF the route TO re-arrange the plans
and bend the road east from St Ig-
mace and follow the line OF the al
ready established Dixie Highway 20
the 500. In order to lend regularity
to the move you caused the road TO
be moved north along its course and
pass thru Luce county TO the state
road running north from Seney,
thence north to Grand Marias and
then west through Munising to IRE
nary
My original information was. that
the road continued on from the lat
Ter point through Marquette TO the
copper country. am informed that
that Information is incorrect; that the
road turns south at Trenary and goes
to Escanaba; that spur will run
from Trenary TO Marquette.
When l asked why the road was
turned south at Trenary, thus leaving
the city where one OF the most inter-
estIng events in the life OF the man
1t seeks to honor occurred on a spur
line, l was told that Mr., Reed lives
at Escanaba and II was impolItic 70
pass up Escanaba for that reason.
Now, it's these impolitic moves that
| object to. When the road had been
changed to the north It should have
remained there and continued on thru
Marquette county to Nestoria and fol-
lowed the South Shore railroad thru
% Ironwood. Ny article was just as
much a protest against turning Il
south as It was against turning II
nerth. There was no selfish motive
back Of my protest nor was | chag-
rined because | thought the road did
not take in Crystal Falls. | had an
other and bigger motive back OF my
/ rotest My underlying thought was
that the marking OF trails through this
peninsula ought not be at the behest
o. any locality or the subject OF any
local interest. Rather, | believe. that
II should be done BY somebody repre-
senting every locality in the peninsu-
la certainly every county -one that
viii look at the peninsula from a
general point Of view; take a compos-
ite view Of its routes and its super
natural attractions and so lay out the
system that the greatest benefit to the
peninsula as a whole may be obtained.
II you take map Of the peninsula
ard the soo--the conyerging point OF
the two main routes OF the peninsula
las the point OF observation you
will see two logical routes. one along
the south shore Of Lake Superior and
another along the north shore OF Lake
Michigan The line along Superior
passes trough the federal forest re-
serve in Chippewa county to Luce
county with its state reserve and its
state institution on to the interesting
pictured rocks OF Alger county and
he beauty spot about Grand Island.
.hen, II continues TO Marquette which
rivals the 500 in points OF interest.
through the pioneer Lake Superior
mining region about lshpeming and
Negaunee, passing Lake Michigamme
me OF the most attractive inland
axes in the north, across the divide
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