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

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a." the overland Trail any other historic
traii 10 say nothing of modern roads ILL., a.
Lincoln Highway ~ iAe 'ne
.o.n,, 'ae controversy has developed all sorts of
computations. States want to know what autbor,
congress has to change the designation ~ roa
already named by them civ 10 sht, =, 'oaus
pace on the Oregon Trail both from sentir,o.
~" oeslre Tor financial advantage There
many disputes as to historical facts tbo
a.. ee DOCKS OF western history seem to con,ra-
uict one another In many cases and tho o,dos, :.
'ne olotmers are by the ears "
ana. OF course. Trail Is fighting Troll ,.A m
o.'r,S more or less combined against the
,s,s iraii' Congress seems to have been a hi,
.fadasa,a, as TO historical accuracy SO long as
ieoeraiaid highway" was selected Not,n
snis does not give universal satisfaction re-
.o' eAhhpie, does not want to bave ,ts 49,, 80
80 ipeu out Inc Overland Trail has It's cham,
""ons descendants OF the Fortv-ninors
hum,,. sno contributors of many millions 70 Tho
Dooing ana maintenance Of the Lincoln 1,, .no
az memorial to Abraham TJ,co, 'isn"ay
ooJect to the loss OF hundreds OF miles 90 ,'y
and marked roadway lines VI improved
SANTA re Trail, oldest Of them nil hos
TIL - '"e controversy because 1t Is the paron,
.'"ii IRON kansas City to Gordnor r.
oehtaily, II comes to public attent,ou - Anci-
"ceount through the fact that Council Grow Nv o"n
N''eo"'e ts centennial August 10 A -
.tnrdr ra.i ninss nave swelled the grth of the
s.a a' council oak, patriarch of Council Crow
lra1
passage from the Pawnees md tba oSal peaeeiui
no' 'he comanches-for the pale foce eo,o -
""ue Win the Spaniards at Santa Pc
a. sena'e passed bill Is. 2053) desjpnat,n.
~ 'eson lrali after several cities in Idaho :
Seson "nu washington had been added nv omend ,
ATcNarr h IL was introduced by Senator T
l.Nary nus no preamble and must have 49, 7
-"eiesSy drawn, since Laramie" 10 des,arts .
u.s.. u rort Laramie" evidently with the dea +,
ia. .iey are The same place In the house Ranra' Il
a Ia, Aodison T. Smith of Idaho introduced $,
Dill (H. r. 6494). Later he Introdnoos 49, -
esolution 232 and still later Joint resota 'o o
'nch contains additional cities Tho s,, -.
'int resolution 32S follows: 'eN' VI 10
' vu me Old Oregon Trail which or, -,
nan, our river points and traversed hair @ u'
n , and was the route over which 1 th con. tn
1sas on, OF covered wagons and OK teams st sic
, s' ana saved the Oregon country 70 th y went m
ases ana over which many yearo th United on
"a nan anu empire builders went In great nunh no
~. ,aoe sreat producing terrftorv Ga 'npers MOI
rs -, formerly wilderness: ana wy out or what NJ,
tied OF all thai rsgon country at that time con- mo
. po.L,a .na, territory between the .uru,,. mo
can and fountains and the shores of the Pas the
rders and was held under a ioint ana Canadian ste
ali , anu the United States and wbos.y OF cat'
zen approximately one THOUSAND a OF lsn rrt,
dsro eh raced the perils of the desert an men A.,
,n.ry and make It American tarr,, tne oregon out
re buried In shaiio persisted by the way ana trod
's mo United States has set as,S ran; and vi
e monuments many batleneids and o,s as ma port
,hereas tn. , a,d country; and ms Gss
tleneld and offered erst IAN was more than a terra
. LOT along Its dusty course OF ts TO cour- diary
panonIv at o.Izens daily faced death wibam' by d.
10 Of flags and savsd a.ins OF drums OF the Brgf
hereas this sarv,.. Mo
the youth OF our land have rs, oeen neglected rage
- isacrhce of those intrepid OF the In tn
,ereas in 'o ord Smerica and no establ
ric highway" NAV bs nn tne worlds most fact.
rs traditions be kept alive for su IN history yissis
are n Snow 70 the world that the Amer,c chain
ms and do rsoorns. y. ene sacrifices our chrome
% 1t S' fhers- 1851