Paragould soliphone., 1921-10-26

enterpr!Sing little city joined the delegation; several joined at Knobel. At Corning a local delegation of business men took charge of thel tourists and accompanied them to Poplar Bluff.
 The delegation arrived in Poplar Bluff at twelve o'clock and after, where a luncheon was served. Thej subject of arriving at final deci- sion as to the establishment of the, route was soon entered upon and tbe entire personnel of the board attached their signatures 10 the] agreement that the Paragould-Jones~ boro routo was the ono favored, abandoning the proposed route that was originally suggested to follow the main line of the Iron Mountain railway from Poplar Bluff to New port. The victory for the route this way was complete. E. l.. Bodman, of Little Rock, who is one of the board of directors, wired his vote in favor of the road penetrating this section.
 Senator Caraway at Washington Saturday wired the board of direc- tors Of the highway that he want ed the road to come through Para lguold and Jouesboro, offering all the encouragement within his pow CT to bring about realization of itho coveted artery. Messages and Iletters of encouragement came from various sources. all recommending that the routing should be made through here.
 The officials were impressed with , many advantages that are offered lin favor of the road coming this way It may be built at much less cost than if 1t had been directed along the main line of the Iron : Mountain. Vast beds of the finest gravel obtainable for road construc- tion are easily accessible along the eastern slope of the Ridge. The ! natural road bed is far superior to the one that would be afforded along tho Mountain main line. A dozen people through this section would be served to ono aloug the other proposed route. Practically no accommodation would be afford cd autoists along the Mountain way, there being very few small commit mites between Poplar Bluff and Newport along that suggested way. MT. Huddleston very forcibly come address at the smoker Satur- day night, and they were we'll re- ceived by the visitors. These points, together with the heartily | expressed favor for the road, had the desired effect of bringing the directors to unanimous support f of this route in their deliberations { at Poplar Bluff upon completing ? their tour of inspection.
 The Paragould Chamber of Con- merce this afternoon was called into k tspecial session for the purpose of entering upon an organization tc e complete final details leading to the Q realization of the project. Procur- S ing the routing of the road was q V victory well worthy of q feeling oi Il pride among the citizens of this s community and those of other To- calities along the route It is now }up to those communities 10 work
 out the final details and plans that
 will mean the accomplishment of the
 road. Realizing that the start iS just being made, the citizens are invited to lend their hearty coop leration in carrying out the plans
 More complete announcements oi the undertaking will be published from time to time. All we have al
 the present timo is the official rout- ing of the road. To complete that road is the next process to be enter.
 ed upon,
 The manner iu which paragould and Jouesboro worked for the estab lishment Of the route was very cred
 itable, reflectiug the presence of | pronounced enterprisipg spirit il
 theso communities. NeWports at titude toward this section is very
 pleasing and the representatives
 from that city here Saturday after
 noon and evening made many new
 and warm friends among the citi
 zens of the community. Lafe, Kno
 bel and Corning exhibited much en
 tcrprise in behalf of the project.
 This section will get the road il
 tue communities and the citizen;
 along the suggested route will awaB
 on to the issue and 50 after it. It;
 going to require work and lots oi
 it. It is not known at present jus
 what lines of action will be pur'
 sued. But there must be action
 if we are 10 finally get the Lone ' Star Highway.