The news scimitar. (Memphis, Tenn.) 1907-1926, 1920-02-17
Means Much to Valley.

ger of the Memphis Chamber of Com
merce highway department. was elected
president Of the highway association.
Means Much to Valley,
Mr.. King believes that this road will
mean the ''re7discovery OF the Mlssls-
sippi valley" ,4
passes through a lane so rich, SO pros
porous and with such a great future"
Mr., King declared.
From Il Memphis standpoint it is Of
enormous worth. 1t taps the, rich al
luviaL farming region of Southeastern
Missouri and Northeastern Arkansas,
the land which can not be excelled
for productivity. This particular secs
ton, much of it just blossoming from a
virgin country into a land of all crops,
is looked upon as having the greatest
future of any agricultural lands in the
nation.N None compare with 1t save the
other delta lands in the lower Missls-
sippi valley-the delta lands of Missis-
sippi and Louisiana, which really are
part and parcel of the same stretch OF
fertile supersoil.
South from Memphis the highway
likewise runs through the delta region,
tapping the unsurpassed Yazoo valley,
whose productivity IN wealth making
procliyities are Familiarity known in
| Memphis.
In addition to~these two great~trunk
lines there are several other cross
country highways centering here. The
Yazoo Delta highway, extending south
to Jackson, Miss, Is one, though OF
perhaps lesser note than some of the
others. 1t follows exactly the same
route as the Mississippi River Scenic
road as far as Clarksdale, and turns
southeasterly to Greenwood n then
south to Jackson. = This roadway passes
through the very heart of the Yazoo-
Mississippi delta from one end to the
other. 1t taps some of%the greatest
trade Territory Memphis has.
Jeff Davis Road.
The jefferson Davis Is one Of the
older and better known tra~nscontinental
systems touching Memphis. Its route
is from Louisville, KY, to New Or
leans, through Memphis, touching Pa
ducah, Mayfield, Fulton, Union City,
Dyersburg, Riley and Covington, South
from Memphis it goes through Byhaliar
Holly \ Springs, Water Valley, Coffee
vile, Grenada, Winona, Canton, jack
son, Miss, and on to New Orleans.
Financial arrangements are complete
for early construction of the road
through Tennessee and it will be the
first trunk line constructed. To the
south it Is being worked, the only weak
spot being between oxford and Grenada
in Mississippi.
Memphis also Is one end Of a branch
of the famous Ozark trails running from
st. Louis to the Southwest by way o.
Springfield, Mo. The road from Spring
field, Mo, to- Memphis, while really {
branch, is as important a norton o.
the system as any other and is beinf
given the same attention. 1t passes
through West Plains, Mammoth Spring
Jonesboro, Marked Tree, Marion ant
into Memphis over the Harahan bridge
Another important trunk line Is thu
highway from Memphis to Shiloh parl
by way of SomerVille, Whiteville
Jackson, Tenn, and Shiloh park. touch
ing Corinth, Miss, and converging will
the Muscle Shoals roadway. !
Still another is the Muscle Shoals
highway, laid out from Memphis Il
Chattanooga aud from Memphis to Lit
tie Rock. East of here it goes through
C~ollierville, Moscow, Grand Junction
Salisbury, Pocahontas, Corinth, Tus
cumbia, Sheffield, Florence, Athens ant
on to Chattanooga, where it ties VI
with the Dixie highway. West Of her
it passes through Marion, Crawfords
Vile, Parkin, Wpnne, Des Arc, Littl,
Rork and Hot SnrinpS