The Lubbock avalanche. (Lubbock, Tex.) 1909-1922, 1921-10-06
IMPORTANT HIGHWAY MEETING
Held HERE MONDAY AFTERNOON
THREE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-FIVE DELEGATES AT
TEND AND SELECT ROUTE FOR HIGHWAY
ROUTE FROM CANADA TO TEXAS GULF
The Puget Sound and Highway Done Of the Longest and
Mo,t Jnpo,ant Highway in America and One OF the Man
Line. Over Which Tourists VIII Traverse the Continent

Three hundred and twenty-five
Delegates attended the First Annual
Convention OF the Texas Division OF
the Gulf Plains Canada Highway AS
soriation held here Tuesday after
noon In point Of attendance. as
well As in work accomplished, the
convention was one Of the most sue
eessful road meetings ever held m
West Texas. Selection Of the route
of the Puget Sound 70 Gulf Highway
ns the route Of the Gulf -Plains-Can-
ada Highway from Lubbock 20 Cor
nus Christi was the most important
matter decided AZ the meeting. Al
a preliminary meeting al Amarillo
last month the route in Texas was
established from Texhoma 20 Luh-
bork bv way Of Stratford. Dumas.
Amarillo. Canyon, Tulia and Plain
view The route from Lubbock south
viii pass thru Tahoka, Lamesa, big
Spring, Sterling City San Angelo,
Paint Rock, Brady Mason, San An
tonic. Pleasanton, Mathis and Corpus
Christi. Big delegations from the
towns south q Lubbock on the Pug
et Sound 10 Gulf Highway were pres
ent % press their claims for the ef.
tension of the new international
high1sny. A plan 20 route the new
highway south from Lubbock thru
Sla,on. Post. Snyder, Sweetwater and
10 Temple and Galveston was frus-
trsted bv the strong delegation from
the opposing route.
Big Spring went over Tahoka for
the next convention of the assocla-
tion which will probably be held next
NAV. !. VI. Simpson of Tulia was
elected president Of the organization
and p N Fielder, also ~ Tulia, was
elected secretary-treasurer Plans for
marking and improving the route
we're made and various committees
we're appointed 70 care for the sep
arste lines of work until the next
convention.
The meeting was called TO order By
! A Rix. president Of the Lubbock
Chamber 81 Commerce after when
the address Of welcome was given
bv percy Spencer The response was
made by J NJ. Simpson ~ lula, who
told in glowing terms Of Lubbock
growth. resources snd prospects and
expresssd the appreciation of the del
e0aff,n for the splendid treatment
they had received in Lubbock.
John Boswell. secretary Of the
Puge, Sound 20 Gulf Highway and
,be Plainview Chamber Of Commerce
vas called upon % give history OF
he Gulf. Plains Canada Highway As
sociation and % state the definite
purpose Of the Lubbock convention.
He was followed on the program py
talks from Judge y. NJ. Burmeister
Of Jordantown, president OF tne rug
et Sound to Gulf Highway, Thomas
r. Owen, Of San Angelo, correspond
ing secretary of the same highway
s. b. Hartchett Of Tahoka, J. N:
Lovrie Of Lamesa, J. II. Johnson OF
Big Spring, and many others. These
talks were directed chiefly IN urg.
ing that the southern extension OF
the Gulf. Plains-C Canada Highway be
made over the Puget Sound to Gun
route 10 the coast.
There was wild and prolonged
cheering from the Puget Sound to
Gulf delegates when n motion that
the new highway follow that route
carried unanimously.
The Gulf Plains-Canada Highway
extends from Canada TO the Culf
Coast Of Texas. entering the United
States at Portal. y. n. II extends
south thru the western parts OF North
Dakota. South Dakota and Nebraska
and thru the eastern parts OF Colo
rado and Oklahoma. IL enters Tex
as M Texhoma. II follows the great
central plains over practically It's
entire route and affords very
splendid tourist route from the north
and south extremities Of the central
part Of the nation.
The organization of the route has
been by states and Texas Is the last
state 10 organize. A meeting OF OF
ficers from all state organizations
will be held al Cheyenne Springs, Col.
orado, at once TO perfect the head
organization Of the entire route. AZ
that time the plans for marking the
route from Canada 20 the Coast VIII
he made and the exact date OF All
atate conventions for next year wiil
The orleinators Of the Gulf Plains
canada Highway point out that u
sffords tourists the only logical ar
,erv n travel north and south thru
,he central part Of the nation, "a
there are no parallel Highways on
,ither side ~ the new route for a
dislanes of less than three hundred
mues. There has been a great de-
mand Tor such q highway Tor many
v.nfs and Il u believed that even a.
earlx A. neat spring viii see cars %
lhe number ~ several hundred each
dae passlng over the new route.