The Carbon County news. [volume] (Red Lodge, Mont.) 1924-1931, 1925-11-05
RED LODGE COOKE CITY ROAD

In sundays Billings Gxxcr article
purporng from the saltwater Commercial Club signed
by Ernste president which
the proposed road Red Lodge Cooke The
slap the mining industry around Cooke
little mineral being produced in that locality
stand the uekage and freight charges
writer not familiar with the development
City, he would make such The
In the Gengary Mining alone will justify building
OF the road nothing Smelling
Companys mines and mee the Byrnes properties many
others that being developed this time Mr.
the taking out Of the through Yellowstone by way
Gardiner and there excellent road from Cooke Tower
Falls where they ntersect the park highway apparent
that the familiar the road from Cooke to Gardiner
The road from Cooke Tower Falls very poor The
grade Crescent HILL from Roosevelt Camp Gardiner
make impractical trucking Besides
the park service deroa Of eliminating trucking
park and the people Of Cooke get
the regulations which they compelled
makes the road impractical for freighng through
goes to say that there il no merit to the Red
LodgeCooke project and there need for outlet for the
mining industry only road liz up the
Saltwater Talk about inconsistency paragraph
Cooke IN the the Gardiner bst
finally the Saltwater In the only practical routsl
We that the good people Of Saltwater county
will arquese Of
article The road the saltwater advocated few years
and while 1t being urged voice from Red Lodge
Carbon county raised their
saying that the Saltwater has merit do know that it
would be difficult
Pass The object Of the Rec Lodge Cooke City road 70 furnish
outlet for the rexon great
of work has been done to further this project
The article proposed Lodge
Cooke Ia twelve foot road grade u Ave The
road that highway according speci
Forestry Department intended to take care
Of the trucking City 70 Lodge
Cooke City high end the mileage
other proposed rsu~ The writer that eighteen ns Of ths
proposed road u timhssiins This
makes the ssems that the RsA bdEsCm4
elevation kan eoo fest and st ~ Ave- ~ ~
win funetisa properly that slsvse W. wsa1fe
what the manufacturers IT antsmoble stny wsua r.
statement A. matter ef fe any make o otay fnne
properly II higher sssa ~ II only ~ ohsilsts
will Mr. Ern&asr - Daisy Par aine
Iesee feet high bit atsnps leave the mpresoA that
would funetioa properly over Daisy Pass
no desre amy reflection on the beauty Of the
Saltwater bettIe II In II there merit
up the saltwater the proper way to get II to advocate s
merit and knock other project Misstatemens and
misrepresentation will build project anything for
eommunty. We the Of Saltwater county
have msoroas after and with but
when that there merit the Red LodgeCooke
take issue with As the beauty Of this
proposed route 1t point be beautiful lakes
fIsd with mountain Tho passes within six miles Of
Of the thirteen Grasahopper Glaciers within
few miles Of beautiful Deep Lake and along side Of Besooth
Lake and within few miles Of others Allied with ash and
the entire region truly the Switzerland Of America hunters
ashermans paradise This pass within miles
the largest chrome deposits In the United States There forty
distinct veins running high sixty
and percentage in nickel.
foregoing to prove the statements
Of Mr. Enste ridiculous and does the
feasibility Of the saltwater rcste but gives all Of his energy
LOdke~I00ke r0utf Wncn
mot favor When project of such
the which being by the
Boosters Club Of Red Lodge the Billings Commercial Club all
r-seeinx the opinion Mr.
should have little weight with those who informed Of facts
The Red Lo9Cooke unfortunate that
community has hs head Of Its commercial organization
who handles the truth carsIessy Mr. Estsr dss and
sxtravaxanty makes concerning matter In whh hs
Is not fully informed Of actual facts.
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