The Stroller's weekly and Douglas Island news., 1921-08-20

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 Col Steese Drives Pathfinder Car
 On July Ieh col ste,ae drove Che Pathfinder Chr ou, or Fairbanks on ms inspection of Che work reached r..au ou July 2eud backtrackol ,o. Willow Crook and reached Ch.tiua July eard.
 Governor Bone Makes Record Trip
 Tho following wocs Governor Scott. c norc accompanied by hrchdoacou Jenkins and Surveyor General rhclc made Che Grip by automobile from Valdez to Fairbanks m three days and hl.b to CMuua u two days.
 Thus was restored to traffic thc mur, highway begun m 1900 Col
 .rI am .u-Amo.cau route Go Che KmU.e and Yukon gold fields.
 Monument to General Richardson
 Tho W.aarl.on Highway ia thc. name locally applied To thc u. s. Mil-| r.r Road extending from Valdez mn opmaU.,ne year south ooast port o. tI...a. Io Fairbanks. on thc Tan m. rso Che main dIsubuuue uHu, o. .H. u.al iuam Valley rI other Interior points ol Alaska. IT was o named after ia builder oumu WHI D EIouarl.ou u. s. 1mr who u.. president oi thc AL.
 .a Road Commission from Che datc| .t. organization .n 1900. muI m WI. called .N.. m December I9l1| ur .s...a. service m tae Grcat W..
 Prom Valdez lo FaIrhu. a a1i mH Prom Willow CraoE Mile.
 m... connection. aa miles n. .o UIHn. on tlc Copper R.rcr
 Northwestern Railroad at Mile. I.. from 0orIua another opm-an- E.....r 0..H coast DOT.
 Lry History
 Tn m. summer. oI Is.1. lsHs and I.... Wr ummut expeditions mI.. C.rHn. AhrHomhIe and .ru and Lmnants Allen and H.ruu m.I. explorations which cole
 ...I much valuable data roeard.ue .. country and .ac b..t routes of
 r.. ro th. H..i year le0i .ur. appropriated sI0nUO0 for m.I.re r.... and bridges m Na.tu. TT. b. ..n.rI.I under Che War De- mrmm. Practically an Of ha WI. n... b. Nuo. thueromh.o ou n. rout. leading from Valdoz Go. re'c Fl Eahau bu was sui- Ho. m'y for m. construction ol|
 .ud. pack r.u through sections .I.u.o mH. hI. and Ono build. ue 70. .om. O. .h. most uoccary bridge. along He lou.o
 Alaska Road Comm sion
 n IT. Hmm.r ol IaNt. am annro- mauou o. E-5.00O was made for al survey and .Um.l. for % wagon road along Us r.ut. followed by a| supplemental appropriation of S5.T0o| tn fa... Tn f.0.. nuau. to an| act o. Congress approved Jmmry' e- Ia05. pro provide for Che con- .u.Hun and maintenance. O. roads
 ule District o. Alaska and Ior other ruo.#' Che Alaska Road Commission was organized Prior o December .a l1lT the| Commission reported la Che seora- ur o. War through thc Adiuuul General %. .ae Army On chat date| orders were u.I hy Che Secretary .I War placing Che work under Che. n.uI supervision ol tho Chief of. Engineers under whose direction river and harbor improvements and alH.r. rnUe works are constructed and maintained The Comm. ion.
 r.oreuIoI since thc oloso of Che war; H now composed of three of- 0...s ol Che Corps Of Engineers Of. nc Regular Army CoL James G. se..c. nlaHdeU Major John C.. co,naIs chief engineer and Captain Charles s Ward .eerc.ary and dIa-. bursting oateor
 Fairbanks Becomes Inner Terminus
 Ur ur umc tts Comm|.s sIon had accumulated sufficient funds to begin .uye construction. additional de- ro.unmms indicated Fairbanks as he Io...u mor terminus for Che. road. Sine. chen he Comm. iou Ina. buIt and maintained ot total .o.. af nhou. sG.0UO0OU a system ot. roads and trails aerrontne G.0oo miles, and extending Go an part of Inhabited Naa.a Tho Richardson Highway however remains its most important project By 1909 it was naable Inr dog tc.ms by 19ll for n light lone drawn wagon. and i'm iafa thea light automobile made the through trip from Che Interior To lhc ooast Lato chat summer Col. s.... had .he good fortune Co make D trip over ,ho road in Che first auto truck to a.slo Che overland Journey.
 Description
 Leaving Fairbanks thc Richardson