Arizona republican. [volume] (Phoenix, Ariz.) 1890-1930, 1919-11-08
NEW HIGHWAYS
IN MONTANA To
BRING TRUCKS

Montana, part Of which is sand
wiched In between Yellowstone ana
Glacier national parks, has decided
That while building hard roads for
tourists has its advantages, there are
also doller-and-cents reasons for i'm
proving highways FOR the motor trucks
OF Montana folk, Eleven million dol
lars viii be spent in building better
highways throughout the state during
the coming year.
The trend of thought among the
farmers Of the treasure state on the
subject of quick and economical trans
portauon on hard surfaced highways ia
indicated by the returns on the special
elections held during September. Sew
enty-fiVe per cent of the counties voted
IN the proposition Of matching the fed b
rral government dollar for dollar in
the building of roads. OF these few
JAILED to avail themselves of the OPP
portunity to improve their highways
az once by the federal aid method.
Montana is turning to the ship by q
economical transportation" a recent
arrival here stated yesterday.
The railroads have been unable TO
keep pace with the growth of the
state the report continued This
growth has been by big strides, the
rich agricultural land being rapidly
taken up by an influx of middle west
ern farmers. Yet lack of transporta-
hgv !,
dicap for some time in the develop
ment Of the full resources Of the land.
Long hauls have made it impractical
Tor the farmer to raise anything but
small grains, which have been shipped
east
"The awakened interest in hard
roads promises 10 change this situa-
lion. For a long time the state has
wanted to encourage diversified farm
ing. 1t sees a rich field for those who
care to enter the dairying field, but
knows that these things are neither
practical or profitable unless there are
good roads, and lots of them, linking
up the fast growing cities with the
rapidly developing rural communities
The returns of the recent elections
foreshadow the coming of such roads.
The sll.O00,000 authorized will re-
suit. IL is believed, in a wholesome
stimulation Of the truck industry. and
with the completion of the projects
many truck lines no doubt will be es-
tablisNed.
Montana, however. is not going tC
stop with the completion of these prof.
ects, for it realizes that even the huge
sum named will not iron out all the
wrinkles in the mountain trails and so
in going to vote for a state bond issue
Of sl5,000000 in 1920. which doubtless
viii be put over by comfortable ma
iority.
Endowed with some of the most in
spring works of nature, the state has
already established some splendid
highways which are particularly at.
tractive to tourists. Among these are
The Y-G Bee line, a fine automobile
road which winds its way from the
northern entrance of Yellowstone parl
at Gardiner to the eastern entrance
VI Glacier Park.
This road trayerses the most at
tractive portions of Montana from th'
scenic standpoint, taking tourist.
through some of the largest cities
Great Falls is among these cities. Here
we have a large portion of the bis
plants of the Anaconda Copper com.
pany and through the Montana Power
company at Great Falls water power i:
transformed into electricity and sen
20 all portions of the state.
THE YG Bee line is an example o.
what a few good roads boosters ca.
accomplish when they are imbueC
with the enthusiasm which has mad,
Montana famous. Finding no marke,
trail between these two great park
and realizing the necessity of a gooC
road and the possibilities OF touris
travel. these men organized the Vel
lowstone- Glacier Bee Line association
lion four years ago. As a result Their
now exists between the parks one o
The finest highways in the west.
'Mostana depends on the same en-
thusidsm which built the Y-G line I,
make possible network of highway
in the treasure state which will be sec
ond TO none. and doubtless the re
sultant increase in truck traffic vii
provide a quick and economical mean
NJ transportation which will play al
important part in creating a closer re
'ationship between town and country.
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