The Bozeman courier. (Bozeman, Mont.) 1919-1954, 1925-06-24
YELLOWSTONE TRAIL ASSOCIATION ISSUES
STATEMENT ON INTERSTATE ROAD SYSTEM

This statement made by the Vel
lowstOne Trail association, the Oldest
of the transcOntinental highways in
Americs.)
The Yellowstone Trail association IS
a transcOntinental highway organiza-
ton with a road marked from Utica
in the state of New York to Seattle
in the state of Washington, and a
mapped route from Utica, N. Y, to.
Boston, Mass. It was organized in
the year 1912 under the name "The
Yellowstone Trail" and has actively
functioned from that time to the pres
ent time.
Its income has grown from nothing
to 100000 per year. Its sole support
is from a citizen membership, tangi-
bic in form, and it represents a eli
entage spreading across IL states.
It's success has been due to the ser
vice which it has given, it's close
ness to the people it served as a
whole, and its fidelity to the automo-
bile travelling public of the United
States Of America.
It's affairs are IN the hands Of re-
sponsible business men. It's govern
ing board consists Of representative
men from the states through which it
passes and its ideals are solely what.
it believes to be for the best interests
Of the public as a whole.
The Yellowstone Trail association
approves Of the movement to have the
federal government recognize and
mark an interstate system of high
ways, believing that it is a logical
step in the development of long dis
lance transportation by motor We
hieles on public highways.
There are some phases of this
marking and designation however,
which should receive serious and care
full consideration. The Yellowstone
Trail association believes that the
designation Of interstate routes for
practical use has been to a very large
extent already made by the successful
operation of citizenship organizations
such as the Yellowstone trail, the
Lincoln highway, the jefferson high
way, and perhaps a few others.
These organizations have lived be-
u they filled a need. They could
only fill that need because they met
the logic of an interstate or long
distance travel situation. Therefore,
the Yellowstone Trail association be-
lieves that the roads should be desig-
mated in an interstate system that
have, by their successful performance,
proven the logic of their location.
The Yellowstone Trail association
believes that the Yellowstone trail
should be designated clear across the
nation as an interstate highway.
It believes that the continuous and
sincere efforts on the part of the citi-
zenship that has made it a successful
organization, has given this road a
claim to recognition which cannot be
lightly thrust aside and that it has
already by such successful operation
demonstrated the logic of its location
for practical interstate or long-dis-
lance transportation purposes.
The Yellowstone trail believes that
any system of interstate or national
highways should be marked by name
and not by number. There is already
a well-defined state system of high.
ways in practically each state in the
union designated, mapped and mark.
ed by number.
/. To mark an interstate or fedora
system of highways also by number
will lead to confusion in the severa
states, regardless of how carefully al
emblem or mark is selected. Such