Great Falls tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1921-current, 1922-09-15
HANDS
CLUB
FOR ALBERTANS
Hand Shakes Under Two Fags,
Marks Occasion in Visitors
Honor.

Alberta and Montana Joined hands
in the distinctive greeting that marked
the opening of the civic club luncheon
honoring visiting Acknowledgements
Highway association delegates Thurs
day moor in the Palm room of Hotel
Rainbow.
The handshake of greetings was IN
stituted by DIR. e. M. Larson, president
of the Ciyitan club, who presided. AS
the guests shook hands beneath the
flags of the two nations. the chairman
spoke of it as the birth of a new friend
ship between nations. THE Star Span
.gled Banner" God Save the King" and
America" combined in the song pro-
gram.
The luncheon was held as a joint
meeting of Rotary. Civitan and Ad
clubs Of the city, with members of XII
wants and Commercial clubs as guests.
Some $50 persons attended. The
Archie Fritz orchestra played.
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"If the meeting at Lethbridge marked
the birth of the Alberta Montana as
ISOLATION, then this must be the chris
tening." said o. s. Warden, chairman
of the Commercial club good roads
committee and the first speaker on the
program. 1.-THE question is now what
to do to put the road on the map.
The distance now to Lethbridge is
about 220 miles. We can cut That dis
lance about 20 miles on this side of
the border, we believe. We think we
can bring the distance down to 100 orr
200 miles and a trip Of eight hours.
If that is possible we would save a
whole lot of money for a whole lot Of
people.
after the convention. the first thing
to do is to ask the state highway com
mission to put this road On the primary
system of Montana roads. That will
mean that it will be in line for federal
aid. Ultimately, this will mean that
we will have a well ~graveled road from
Great Falls to L~ethbrige.
''In the second place, we must ask
the commission to make a survey north
to the border and south to Butte. so
we will have a complete plan Of the
highway.
This highway is in just the posi-
ton that the Y-G Bee Line highway
was eight years ago. when all we had
was gumbo and impossible mountains
on what is now the Y-G Bee"
Some of the values of good roads
were outlined by Harry Mech, city
commissioner of Lethbridge. He spoke
Of their value from an artistic, health
and social point of view. He said
that a practical illustration Of the neec
of an all weather road was in the fact
that the Lethbridge delegation would
have been three times as large il the
road to Great Falls had been a wei
graveled one and passable following
heavy rains.
"A man who was through Grear
Falls 20 years ago told me that the
value of the automobiles in the city
today is greater than the value Of thu
entire city at that time. That shoult
be an indication Of the value of goot
roads.
I'VE have enjoyed our visit here
We want TO come frequently. w
want you to com to cur Canadian
Rockies. We want TO come to visi
your parks.
Publicity Man Speaks
From the viewpoint of commerce
international relations and production
you can see how much we all need thu
new highway"
The mutual understanding and goot
will resulting from better lines o
communication were stressed by Scot
lLeayitt in speaking before the luncheon
melting. He spoke of it as "consolidat
ing our gains" from the friendship
growing out Of joint participation il
the world war.
Chester Bloom, publicity director TO
the Calgary Herald, told of the re
sources of northwestern Canada as h.
had seen them in a trip to the ia
north oil fields and the possibility TO
the settlement of several million new
residents in the district from Calgar.
and Edmonton to the Great Slav'
lake. He told of the influence tina
former residents of the United State
have had in the shaping of the Canadian
frontiers.