The Morning Tulsa daily world. [volume] (Tulsa, Okla.) 1919-1927, 1922-02-21
TULSA WANTS ON
PEACE HIGHWAY
Matter Will BE Decided
at Conference Held in
Dallas Tuesday

whether the International Peace
highway will be routed through
Tulsa will be decided Tuesday at n
conference OF tho officials OF the
International Peace Highway nsao-
clinton 60 be held at the Dallas
h amber Of commerce.
Tulsn will be represented at the
conference by DR.. a. Ray Wiley and
u, o.. smith, respectively president
and secretary OF the Automobile
Club OF oklahoma, who left last
night for Dallas.
Arrangements for Tulsa'a repre-
gcntation was made at a conference
Monday I'm this city between Cyrus
x. Avery. president OF the Associa-
tod Highways of America. u. Bee
Guthrey, secretary OF the Oklahoma
Automobile club, G.. a. Border. Soc
rotary Of the Tulsa Chamber OF
Commerce and A. Il. Nilsson OF
Louisville, Ky, official organizer
OF the International Peace Highway
association.
The International Peace highway
runs from Quebec, Canada, 10
Mexico City, ana In definitely
routed at tho present time from
Quebec via Montreal. Canada, Roch-
ester and Buffalo, ". Y. Cleveland.
Columbus and Cincinnati. ohio.
Louisville and Phducnh, KY, across
tho Mississippi river Mt Cairo. H.
and through Missouri via Poplar
Bluff. Springfield and Joplin. II is
also definitely routed from Dallas
south through Waco, Austin, San
Antonio, Laredo. Texas, into Mexico
city. The remaining link. TO be de-
cided upon at the Dallas conference.
is the route from Joplin to Dallas.
OF tho two routes under conaldera-
ton, ono Is by way of Tulsa, OKLA
homa City and Ardmoro. and the
other via Muskogoe, McAlcster and
Denison, and the aim of Tulsa's rep
resentatives at Dallas viii be TO
route over the former highway. AT
tho Dallas conference, also. there
will be organized the Oklahoma and
Texas divialons OF the international
association. these being the last two
unperfected organizations In the
United States. The Missouri organ
ization was completed at Spring
field last week.
Nlssen, who In perhaps one OF the
hest known men In the highway
organization work of the United
ktnitN lNuhg NV WhH ~ - -.
original organizers OF the Associated
Highways OF America. stated yes
terday that no IN stiil enthusiastic
about the great work which has
been done and still can be accom-.
plished by this organization. of
which Tulsa has the honor or being
the headquarters and Avery the
president. on Wednesday NisSen
will he one Of the principal speakers
Mt the ~dedicatory ceremonies or the
new international bridge Mt Laredo
and will speak later In the week at
San Antonio, Austin and Waco.
The International Peace highway
has the proud distinction of being
wholeheartodly Endorsed by the
American Automobile association
and the Canadian Automobile asso-
citation and IL differed by men oil
u~ruuestionod character md stand
ing in national highway construc'
ton, it's president being Thad snow
OF Charleston, Mo, president or the
southeastern Missouri Agriculture
bureau, and its secretary, Eugene
stewart, secretary of the Louisville
Automobile club and tho Kentucky
Motor club. Guthroy said yesterday
that highway enthusiasts in this see
zion OF tho state feel II n special
privilege to have the opportunity OF
affllating themselves in road
project OF such International I'M
p%ortance.