The Challis messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1912-current, 1925-07-15

Resolved by the Senate and Housa ., penr.
sen.aelVes or the United States of America in Con
gross assembled. That the Highway ertending Sror
-. uSSpenuence, MO, and from Council Bluts Iowa
the States Missouri Kansas NshrasIa 'hr1% Hon
nmI ,ioaho oregon and Washington and vari-
ROAD the Emigrant Road and the Oraeon To 10y ~ =
80 80 ooincioing as near may be with the system
OF feaeral-ad highways through said statss Ell
"essaiter be known as the old Oregon Trail
., section That the road herein designated 81.
economic ans a iraiI snail follow, closely as
the route Travelled by the pioneers in thar ,o,rnn
and shall ertsn me Uregon country said trail,
OF missouri Kansas City Gardner fa,urano. rre
Stt ossville, louisville ard Frankfort In the
state OF Kansas; thence through Tairhrry - ~
strand Island, connecting with the road from Conn
ana thano .nrough omaha, Fremont Columbus
len. Bayard and Scottsbluf in the STAT 20 ~
Domgla, 'n ra through Torrington Fort Laramie
ger kemmerer and CoksvllIe in the Stafs ., W.,
p mins; thence through Montpelier Soda snring.
Pocatello American Falls, BurIev Tyu,r Tti
6, Gienns Ferry, Mountain Home Boise Nsmna =
E 1dna thence as a divided teal via Payetts
iuano' and via Parma, Idaho aed Ontario Or
70 Weiser In the State of Idaho; tbenca throUr,
HUNTINGTON Baker. La Grange Perdleton UmstiiIa
ano along the Columbia River through Tbs Daiiaa
Hood River Portland Astoria and Seaside in tss
on ~ O, oieson' 'hehce through Vancouver and
on 10 olympia, In the State of Washington
The hearings by the house committee on roods
on these senate and house documents were lively
affairs No less than fourteen renrosantat,,,os
'naue arguments pro and con-and tba end 10
not yet Inc mandatory language of the act and
'"e Jo'n' resolution raised the question: Is con-
b. I'ns ~ renake history? The attitude of
~, "e pros was shown to be substantially this. They
= an "iSn 10 oenttle the historical Importance
4 any other Trail. but they claim an lmnerisbohlo
anne Tor the Oregon Trail becansa !, 49, ~,
gave the nation Oregon WASHINGTON
- anu parts or wyoming and Montana Thera
icy .iink that the Oregon Trail In relation
.om 81, ., srow,h stands separate and apart
o.a an o'her Trails and that 1t has necuI,ar
snao,a, anu historical significance emitting If
spec'al recognition by congress.
suppose the Oregon Trail as des,ou
iie"hy incorrect In places ns ,vas hr,
.ons' What of 1t? ask the pros Ronro.ot !
.-inner " Leatherwood of Utab Showed 49,. G
= non Iran In Nebraska was on the north r
rho - oi'h rlatte and the Oregon Trail Il
i, nra, o'n siue OF that river Yet the desjgna.
~ 81 would put the Oregon Trail on tbo II
IN siue and wipe out long strotch 20 -. .ie n,
rmon Trail. Mr.. Leatherwood 10 NO, - 'ne "
lis great grandfather Leatherwood t.,,, r.
""uerhess Road hard on Daniel I,oonos ~.
"a &c 'n'sei was born ia Ohio and was odu A,
yo,t onVersity OF Wisconsin and wont 70
b"'. .aAe Ciiy In 1901 to practice law All fo
MOI I.n mas sentimental interest in tho WIS
'nan IRAN and Its pioneers who made . 60 NJ
OF desert Incidentally Mr. Iaa,hoS. s'ate IVY IVY
1e.u map prepared by the histortap,s CO.,. fr
. ""rmon Church and In connection ,,,th =. ,
y, w Vi tne Historical Record. Vol wv
ia document not readily accessh,o % 80.
ms. This contained 60 "eeessioie 10 MIS- Trs
sot,,n 'aineo' among other things loo,
se.ens forth in detail the movements dav S lua
am Young which forrdos c., vi 1917 under MIN
70 nouo ' Luxe City City
&c e, power to the controversy. Long mav :, sta,
, e., Increase or interest among the peons the
,shN.s history OF the West and tba Spill
.sae of Its history on incontrovert,h,e T.
sfnni tarr,.. p ne wnoie history of the trans mob
Of causo 80 Which is closely linked BY Trai
lo0v. 1 eiecI here Is helpful Natl
O. mem
rent Tor s uesns exploration OF American expl,
onA1s POUNDS Santa herit