Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-21
FINAL CHANCE
 OF PARACOULD
 TO GET ROUTE
Local Promoters Discouras- ed in Efforts to Round UP Biz Membership to High way Association.
1n.an, rhurgday's paIlyy


 Hot going 10 stand 'ehoS' o' chance" to get tho routing of the 1.ono Star Highway unless Q strong and enthusiastic organization oi the eitizcns is shown in support o1 the ,nlan That organization. 1t Is no,ntea n,,t must be indicated by representative membership in the oesociation. At the present rate oi encouragement the promoters hefe are receiving In that respect. 't ID said the prospects of the comulu- nifty presenting favorable tron' to the official inspectors SaturoaS ar, somewhat diseouraGing. CP 10 tho present time the showing h2oe is very unsatisfactory, only about l25 individuals responding out u' a total prospects list of approAi- motelv three hundred If the rout- inr of the road is lost it Is goinS to be duo to 8 lack of manifested in- terest In tho project, by reiuSa' of citizens to take out nemoef- ships in the association. The entlrc community has been given chance tot assert it's interest in the proposl- ton. The opportunity to assert that interest will como to close tomorrow evening. The route 'S going to be inspected Saturday. We can't hope for the officials to ia vor us unless we bid for that favor
 Secretary Chaa. Stedman this morning received communications from officials, of the association in- dicating that everything had been arranged for the inspection to be made according to plans. fopioF Huff ia favorable to this routo put Newport is opposing Tho iatVeF city wants the road to take either tbo main line 0 the lrop Mountain From Poplar Bluff to that city, or penetrate the section farther west of the main line. Poplar Bluf has no voice In designating the route in Arkansas The friends of 'nl5 community there can only support us with their moral influence It is up 10 the officials in this state to say what sections the road shall penetrate in Arkansas. Each state does it's own routing. majority oi tho officials want the best route and are wanting to be shown lt ia known that the Newport olllcla' favors a routo other than the one through paragould and Jopesooro lust why, 1t is not known. PerhapS Newport thinks Jonesboru would Interfere with it's local trade py normitting the highway to come this way. Newport has demanded that an Inspection be made of the mals line of the Iron Mountain route al the same time the inspection throusI here is made. That likely wouil mean that tho inspection party will be divided. one coming thl' way and tho other going along tht main line.
 What at first appeared to be al most q sure thing is beginning tC take on the appearance Of slipping from us. Only 8 manifestation O. earuestneSs In favor of the road q display of eagerncss for It an' enthusiastic interest i'll the projec are going to swing the issue 70 ou side We must show that we wan tho highwny-show 1t in an unmls takable manner, or we might as vel count ourselves as being down ap' out in the contest. We can't indl cato that wo think more Of tiV dollar bill than We do ot q trans continental highway and get D. with it in the race for prize lik inc Chicago to tho Guif ot Mcxlc artery. Other communities gettinj tho route had to show that the wanted 1t before they were chosen Ponlar Bluff not only organized
 vast membership in the association but sent two hundred citizens in
 special car to Chicago to fight 10 it. She got it. It cost that tow thousands of dollars. Paragould an Greene county are only required { organize membership of a fe' hundred citizens at only $5o apiece. Tho road would be wort vastly more than that amount every individual.
 We are not going to have tn chance to get another transcont . mental highway. Only one road that type is built through stat If this one is routed west of us tl best we could do would be to bull "dinky road" to it and not enjo