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Evening star., 1935-02-24
VIRGINIA HIGHWAY
PLANS ANNOUNCED
Extensive Road and Bridge
Program Is Pro-
posed.
BY the Associated Press.

BY tne Associated Press.
RICHMOND, Va, February 23.-
The State Highway Department has
submitted to Virginia P. w. A. head
quarters a proposed public works pro-
gram involving s26, 100000, divided
almost equally between road construc-
ton and bridges and grade-crossing
elimination, H. G. Shirley. highway
commissioner, announced today.
Included in the estimate of what
may be spent in Virginia if Congress
passed the $4,000, ,0O0. 900 work-reliet
bill is a $3,000,0 900 bridge across the
Rappahannock from Grays Point K
Whitestone, a 100000 bridge across
the same river at Cherry Point. an
other at Fredericksburg costing $780,
900 and a fourth at Falmouth at q
cost of 100000.
A 100000 bridge across the York
at Yorktown and a $1,000, 900 span
over the James at jamestown also are
proposed. The estimate provides fol
spending s15O000 on the Gresham
Bridge across the Mattaponi River al
West Point. and the same amount or
a structure connecting Gwynns Island
Mathews County, with the mainland
The Rappahannock bridges wer'
termed desirable by Mr.. Shirley be-
cause they would connect the north
ern neck more closely with the rest
of the State.
Should the funds asked be made
available, it would be apportioneo
among districts for road construction
as follows:
Bristol, s2,6O0,oO0; Salem, $780,.
900; Lynchburg, sl.800,000; Suffolk
sl,200,000; Fredericksburg. s650,000
Culpeper, sl.650,000; Staunton, ST..
100000; Richmond, s1,200,000.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
"a WILL TESTIFY
IN ELECTION SUIT
Taking of Testimony in Con.
test Opens Tomorrow at
Rockville.
BY q Stan Correspondent of The Star.
DNCYSyrr nRa r~l ,

BY Stan Correspondent of The Star.
ROCKVILLE. Md. February 49,
The taking Of testimony In the cleo.
ton recount suits instituted by DR..
Llewellyn Jordan and John Imirie,
defeated Democratic candidates for
the House Of Delegates, against Joseph
A. Cantrel and Walter M. Magruder,
will be begun before Judge Donald A.
De Lashmutt in the Police Court room
here Monday at 10 o'clock.
81 witnesses Called.
Thirty-four witnesses have been
subpoenaed by DR.. Jordan and Imirie
to testify regarding the alleged elec-
ton irregularities that are blamed by
the two Democrats for their defeat at
the hands Of the Fusion candidates,
who have assumed their seats In the
lower branch of the Legislature.
It is expected that several days will
be required to take the testimony, the
transcript Of which will be forwarded
to the House Of Delegates Committee
on Elections. The committee will de-
termine whether or not the evidence
Is sufficient to warrant the granting
of a recount Of the November bal
loting to the tWJ contestants.
viii Represent Selves.
DR.. Jordan and Imirie, both of
whom are graduates In law. will rep
resent themselves. The firm Of Peter
& Simpson and Kenneth Lyddane
and Ralph s. Fowler will represent
Cantrel. while John z. 0xley ID to
serve as counsel for Magruder.
The cases will be handled simulta-
neously as the testimony offered In
both Imirie and DR.. Jordan's suits Is
to be identical, they say.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
PRINCE GEORGES LEADER
TO SPEAK IN BERWYN
DR.. c. P. Close Will Address
PIT. A. Tuesday Night-Sing-
ing to Precede Talk.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
BERWYN, Md, February 23.-Dr
c. P. Close OF College Park, prominent
civic leader of Prince Georges County
will be the guest speaker before the
Berwyn Parent-Teacher Association
Tuesday night in the school at
o'clock. There will be community
singing.
The Ways and Means Committee OF
the association Is sponsoring a turkey
dinner Thursday night. The proceeds
will be used to beautify the school
grounds and buy playground equip
ment.
A. j. Thomas recently was elected
president of the association, with Fred
Frost, vice president; Mrs. Jean B
Brown, secretary, and Walter Long
necker, treasurer.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
GAITHERSBURG WOMEN
HEAR TALK on POETRY
Report on Educational Project Is
Presented at Meeting
of Club.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
GAITHERSBURG, Md, February
23.-Miss Julia Collins, an instructor
in the Takoma Park High School, was
the guest speaker at the semi monthly
meeting of the Gaithersburg Woman's
Club this week.
Mrs. Sydney H. Karr followed with
an instructive report on the educa-
ton project which is being sponsored
in Rockville by the Board Of Educa-
ton and the County Welfare Board,
whereby a group Of women on relief
rolls are being given employment four
days per week as seamstresses, the
finished work being turned over to the
Walfare Board for distribution among
the needy.
Miss Olivia Myers, president, con-
Quoted the meeting.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
4.H CLUB TO MEET

Special Dispatch to The Star.
FAIRFAX, Va, February ga All
Club leaders training meeting will
be held in the Fairfax Elementary
School Monday morning, beginning at
1915 o'clock, it has been announced
by Miss Sarah E. Thomas, county
home demonstration agent.
Miss Janet Cameron, State food
specialist, will give a demonstration
on preparing and serving dinners, and
a representative from the Virginia
Public Service Co. will give q demon
stration on desserts. Miss Sarah Cox,
president Of the County Leaders AS
sociation, will speak to the group.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
FEDERAL SPEAKERS
ON C. OF C. PROGRAM
Prince Georges Organization to
Hear Joseph K. Gilchrist and
James E. Woodruff.
Special Dispatch to The Star.

Special Dispatch to The Star.
LANDOVER, Md, February 23.-
Joseph K. Gilchirst, director of Fed.
eral Housing Administration activities
for the District of Columbia, and
James E. Woodruff, an official of the
same administration, specializing In
the modernization campaign, will
speak before the Prince Georges
Chamber Of Commerce Monday night
at 8 o'clock at the Beaver Dam Coun-
try Club. Prior to the meeting dinner
will be served at $50. Dinner reser-
vations must be filed with c. D. An
derson, secretary of the chamber,
Baltimore street, Hyattsville, before
midnight tomorrow.
Vincent L. Tompkins, jr., chairman
OF the chambers Better Housing
Campaign Committee, will report at
the meeting. Another interesting fea-
ture will be report by S. Marvin
Peach, chairman of the Legislative
Committee, regarding proposed legis-
lation being considered by the Cen
eral Assembly now in session at An
napoliS.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
Choir to Give Comedy.

BRANCHVILLE, Md, February %
(SpeciaD .-"Beantown Choir" nu-
sical comedy, will be presented by the
Hyattsville Baptist Church Choir for
the benefit Of the local church at the
Methodist Church Hall March 8, 1t
was announced today.
Evening star., 1935-02-24
Australia Escapes Drought.

Unlike most Of the world, Aus
tralia had little drought last year.
Evening star., 1935-02-24

Farmers Face Poverty.
Many farmers in France are fac.
ing want.
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-12
CONTRACT BRIDGE
WMVEk FoA 0kuAL paGss, <
ey Z Y. SHEPARD
HAM0A)9 mREoa wAoGa
VAAoV9 @p0e 1gAo4Ca

tand There he sa7 ar ease hol1ine
coulG see their faces. while he coolly
licked off suir by suit he tricks he
hoped 10 win Five in spades. two
in diamonds ana three in clubs 10
tricks in all. if he did that thc hand
was mado to order for him. That
would mean that West mus boa
the j of epadcs. with no worse. can
a a break Of the suit !. also
would mean that East hol1 me nee
Of clubs ana that each opponent held
Just three cards Of the SUIT.
Declarers lowest trump was led.
Dummv's 10 vac tipceqed ana held
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-12

Bidding went: South. 1Spade;
Nnrth, l-NO Trump, with hesitation,
IS being better than an OVcrrall OF
Z-lIeartS. upon one-haIf quick trick
lnd no rebld strength. Relying upon
he way everything was breal>in" in
MS favor, South very boldly jumped
the bid 10 4-SpadeS.
1t was one Of those times when
even opponents help aIon9 a con
tract which has no business 10 20
game. The opening lead was the
Ace Of diamonds, as poor an opening
as West we'll could have chosen, as
siStin3 decIarer to the extent Of one
trick. Next came the Of diamonds.
East's 9 going 10 declarers *.
L had been cut ont ana sat behind
nc marvellous ortjmiSt PLAYING the
Henderson daily dispatch., 1935-12-12
EVERYTHING WENT WELL

EVERYTHING WENT WELL
THERE ARE days when a player
'eels himself 10 be Fortunes favor
te. If he is wise he will make the
most Of his opportunities at such
times Just as the declaror of todayS
1and did.
Evening star., 1935-10-09
PURV|S SUMMONED
: IN K|DNAP CASE.
Forthwith Subpoena Issued
at Request of Mrs. Rob-
inSon's Counsel.
Nv the Associated Press.

BY the ASSOClaIeQ fIcSS.
LOUISVILLE, KY, october GA
forthwith subpoena for Melvin H. Pur-
Wis, former Department of Justice
agent, to appear as witness at the
Stoll kidnapping trial here Of Thomas
H. Robinson, sr., and his daughter-in-
law, Mrs. Frances A. Robinson, was
Issued by Federal Judge Elwood Hamil-
ton today at the request of defense
counsel.
Jack Norman. counsel for Mrs. Rob-
inson, abruptly terminated his cross
examination of H. H. Reinecke. De-
partment of Justice agent. to ask the
court for the forthwith subpoena.
Purvis' name was among the list Of
witnesses originally subpoenaed for
the trial Norman told the court he
could supply Purvis' present address.
Stopping of Auto.
Defense counsel indicated it wanted
10 examine Purvis as to what hap
pened when and after Federal agents
stopped the automobile in Southern
Indiana bringing Mrs. Alice Speed
Stoll to Louisville after she had been
ransomed for $4,000.
M. c. Falkner, agent at Chicago last
year, testified that the elder Robinson
had told him he received a telephone
call from Robinson, jr., the night Of
October 8, 1884, which he previously
denied. and that he found a plat or
diagram Of the indianapolis apart
ment where Mrs. Stoll was held
prisoner. in Robinson, sr.'s, own hand,
in his room.
Entering the third day Of the trial,
the Government continued to trace
the trip Of the s5o,000 ransom from
Louisville through Nashville. Tenn,
Guthrie, Ky. and Terre Haute to
Indianapolis where 1t vanished.
Robinson Guilt Now Denied.
Neither the defendants nor any one
else has denied that the actual kid
naping was carried out by Thomas H.
Robinson. jr., considered by the De-
partment of Justice as the Nations
No. fugitive kidnaper The question
o. the guilt or innocence Of his wife
and father turns upon their motives
In cooperation with the Stoll family
IN payment of the ransom.
Against Robinson. ST.. the Govern
ment has presented testimony to
show:
That he possessed a plat or diagram
OF the Indianapolis apartment where
Mrs. Stoll was held prisoner for six
DAYS. that he was aware his son was
the kidnaper. that he suggested his
sons wife act as agent in delivering
the S50,000 ransom, that he was in
touch with his son by telephone and
these communications were available
TO the Department Of Justice by means
Of wire tapping.
Wife's Alleged Part.
Against Mrs. Robinson, Govern
rnent witnesses have testified:
That she was willing messenger
In delivering the ransom.
That she and her husband rented
the apartment-prison under assumed
names.
That she urged her husband to make
his getaway quickly with the ransom
monef after she delivered it.
That she took $500 of the ransom
money, later giving it up to Federal
agents.
Mrs. Robinson's counsel won from
Mrs. Stoll an admission that she was
grateful" for the now accused wom-
ans part in effecting her release. per-
haps saving her life, and Robinsou's
lawyers drew from G. C. Stoll an as
sertion that he urged Robinson to act
as agent for the Stoll family and of
fered to put 1t in writing"
Evening star., 1935-10-09
PROCESSING TAX FOUGHT

SPRINGFIELD, III. October 9 up.
A suit to prevent the Government
from collecting processing taxes was
filed in Federal Court here yesterday
by Hiram Walker & Sons, Inc, large
Peoria, H.. distillery.
The bill of complaint said that since
May. 1884, the firm had processed
2909595 bushels Of corn, on which
The processing tax will total $l53, ,430,
including interest.
The bill alleged the processing tax
Is illegal.
Evening star., 1935-10-09
Embroidered
BoucIes
1l.95

For the first time in
Washington! A bril-
liant young design
er had the happy
thought of using
Chantilly embroid-
cry on dull, dull
boucles. You'll be
enchanted with the
result and you'd
guess the price to
be several times
$14.95. 8 styles in
blac k, h e q her
green, Tuscan wine,
Chill brown, Alpine
rust, Grecian blue.
Sizes IL to AZ.
(Third Floor. Spcrts ehop.)
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
SCOUT TROOP
 HAS MEETING

About 20 members Of the Amer ican Legion Boy Scout Troop and their parents attended meeting last night in the basement of the Methodist Church. The Rev o l. Kendall is Scoutmaster of the troop. The session was sort of g welcome to the parents of the members which was extended al the opening of the meeting.
 The following program was giver during the evening:
 Talk by H. w. Douglas on What Is Scouting?"; mouth organ solo Peter Warner. clarinet solo, Keith Petrich; talk on cycling and merit badge, Frank Parsons; cornet solo Richard Jackson; talk. What Is a Patrol Leader" Lee Lucas: oath and motto, Jimmy Lemieux; talk What the Scout Badge Stands For,' Billy Jorgensen; bull dog drill, Harold zenger and Sonny Conserve, and stunt by Lee Lucas and David Heisel.
 Following the program refresh ments of hot dogs and coffee were served.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
IMPLICATES BROTHER.
 KETCHIKAN SHAVING

Joshua Kashakes, who with his brother James Kashakes was joint ly charged at Ketchikan with the stabbing of Joe Starish in drunk en brawl aboard the seine boat Tackler recently, is reported to have made a statement to Ketchikan of ficers in which he named his brother James as the killer and himself as an eye witness of the affair. according to w. c. Stump, Assistant District Attorney.
 He told officers he had refused to tell the whole story before in an attempt to protect his brother. Of ficers say that they consider his ac- count of the murder a true one. since it coincides closely with other witnesses accounts, and also ex- plains certain conditions found in the cabin. James Kashakes has neither denied nor admitted the charge. He maintains that he was entirely unconscious of his sur roundings or the affair from over drinking.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
BOLTON HOPES
 FOR INCREASE
 HOUSE SEATS
Ohio Representative Makes Usual Prediction on
 Next Election

WASHINGTON, Aug. 14.-Rep- ,resentative Chester Bolton, of Ohio Chairman of the C., O. P. Con gressional Campaign Committee today forecast party pickup of at least 75 or 100 House seats at the next election. There is an even chance that we will get a major- ity,H he said.
 Congressman B Bolton said his committee is now conducting a survey of public opinion from county chairmen and other leaders over activities against the present Administration We think this trend VI continue The wealth tax proposal is the last straw"
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
CAMERON MAKING
 SURVEY OF MINE

Francis Cameron, chief field en- gineer for the Anaconda Copper Company. arrived here last night on the Princess Louise. from Van- couver. B. C., and left again this morning for the Apex-El Nido Gold Mining Company site at Lisianski Inlet on the Alaska Air Transport Company Stinson.
 Cameron, before leaving, said he was planning to check preliminary survey of the property made earlier by Harry Townsend, mining engi-
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
GOVERNORS SISTER,
 HUSBAND, ARRIVE

MT, and Mrs. Seymour I. Stone of Long Beach, Cal, arrived on the Yukon last night for visit with Gov. John W. Troy, and his daugh- ter, Mrs. Robert W. Bender. Mrs. Stone and Gov. Troy are sister and brother It is the first time she has visited her brother in Alaska since he lived at Skagway in 1906.
 MT, Stone, is Assistant Superjn- tendent of Schools at Long Beach.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
WEATHER CONDITIONS AT. 8 A. M. :,

ketchkan cloudy temperature Craig clear 5S waQell clear 5o Sitka clear 50; Radiove Ahorp clear Soaptone Point clear Codoca clear 5s Chit ma clear A. Mccarthy clear 40 Valdez Seward clear 6o Anchorage clear 5o Nenana cloudy 4s Hot Springs Panama missing Ruby cloudy 4 cloudy 45 Unalakleet cloudy, 48 Kaltag cloudy 46
 s3FNsfas ifsai SYNOPSIS
 An area o low baronec Prince Rupert being cenered ov Alberta High barometic throughout Alaska and eiuf Alaska pressure been accompanied by rains Alberta parts British Co., unbia and by fair weather portion of Alaska
 It cooler yesterday Oregon hot weather continued over the Eastern States Washington o. reporting maximum degrees T.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
VISITING IN srrxA

Mrs. Alice Coughlin. and Miss FL len McKechnie, flew to Sitka last fvening and win be house guests of Deputy United States Marshal A. J Ficken and wife for the next two weeks. They may also visit at the Goddard Hot Springs.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
ApgusToR TO sEwANp

To settle claims on the recent fire which destroyed Stewards fa- smous oldf Sexton Hotel and the sCarstens Building, Allen V. Kelley, insurance adjustor, is travelling to
 that city on the Yukon from Se-
 attle.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
NEW DOCTOR

x Dr. R. w. Maurer, from Detroit, Michigan, has assumed his duties at Metlakatla for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. The community has been without a doctor since the transfer of Dr. Leslie White, formerly of Juneau, nearly one year ago.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
Straw Piles Preferred

BELI,EVILLE, Kas.--W With reeol- lectioisl of last years drought, farm- CTS this year prefer the simple threshing machine to the elaborate combines. They want their straw put. in one place so it may be saved for stock feed, if needed. s
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
L. B. CHISHOLM HERE.

L. B. Chisholm, brother of Ken Chisholm, assisting Father Hub- bard with his current tour party, joined the party's ship, the Yukon, at Wrangell and journeyed to Ju- neau.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
SIGN FOR co

{ NEW YORK. Aug. IA Sixto Es- cobar. dashing Cuban, and Lou Sa- 'ica, Brooklyn Golden Gloves gradu- ate, who have been haggling over their claims to the bantamweight title for months, have been signed tor a bout in New York City on Au- gust 26.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
MRS. MEREDITH IS DEAD

Mrs, Jennie Meredith died last night at St. Ann's Hospital The re- mains are at the c. w. Carter Nor tuary. Mrs. Meredith entered the hospital for medical treatment or
 July 18. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at o'clock
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
ARMY HEAD RETURNS

After trip to Canada, Maj. w. J. Carruthers,. head of the Sal yation Army work in Alaska, re- turned to Wrangell on the Princess Louise from Vancouver, B. 0. lie was scoonpanied horfh by his wife and daughterS & m
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
BLACKWELL RErURlss

Vance M. Blackwell of the Bu- seau of Public Roads, who has been resident engineer at Rake, re- turned to the Juneau office aboard the Yukon, having completed work in the Rake district. a
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
From Oil to Electricity
 Is Gamut of Lighthouse

CHARLESTON. s. c, Aus. h.
 From lard oil to kerosene, to gas,
 and finally to electricity as fuel for the lighthouses are among the changes Tom Gregg has seen dur ing his 40 years as lighthouse keeper
 Gregg retired this month. The use of radio, was unheard of when he entered the service, and the first steel lightship was com- niissionedT after he ei'joined. eN$ --o4~e>
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
B.M. Behrends Co.,, Inc. Juneau's Leading Department Store

neer. Townsend arrived in Wrangell from Seattle on the steamer Yukon yesterday.
 J. H. Cam, developer of the mine, died last spring.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
FROM HATCH END

Hatch End, Middlesex, England, is the residence of G. G. Hay, tour ist on the Louise from Vancouver, B. c.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
FROM LONG REACH

Mrs. Dollie S. Price of Long Beach, Cal, is registered at the Gastineau Hotel She arrived on the Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
FROST AT FAIRBANKS

A light frost occurred at Fair banks on the night of Auau.t T with the temperature at ,, de- gTees.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
IN HOsPITAL

Mrs. John Ptack, who operates a fox farm at coghlin island, entered the hospital today for medical treat ment.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
RETURN TO KETCHIKAN

Mrs. A. Mendenhall, accompanied by her two daughters, returned to Ketchikan from Vancouver, B. C., on the Princess Louise.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
FISH AUDTTOR TRAvr1.s

Harold A. Scott auditor for the San Juan Fish and Packing Com pany, is a. passenger from Seattle on the Yukon bound for Seward.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
DIR. WHITEHEAD HERE

Dr. and Mrs. w. M. Whitehead of Wrangell arrived last night on the Yukon and are registered at ] the Zynda Hotel.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
GRANTED DIVORCE

Mrs Marie V. Barnum has been granted a divorce at Fairbanks from Harold w. Barnum. The case was not contested.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
DRILLING ON EAGLE

Drilling work has beer resumed on lower Eagle Creek, Fairbanks district, on the ground under lease. by the Pietro Gigna Association. ;
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
JOHNSON RETURNS

Chet Johnson, agent for the Ma tional Grocery Company, arrived on the Yukon.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14

DAILY EMPIRE MAN1 ADS PAY.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1935-08-14
THE WEATHER

tBy the U. s. Weather Bureau) Forecast for Juneau and vicinity, beginning at 4 Fair tonight and Thursday: light nortlier
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-13
BOY THROWS
HIMSELF ON
COURT MERCY

LOS ANGELES, Dec. 13. U.R)-
Pale. handsome Leroy Drake. 19-
year-old church-going "nonor stu
dent" who poisoned his elderly aunt
and uncle, today snatche6 his
fate from the hands of jury of
three women ard nine men and
tossed it into the lap OF a single su-
perior court justice.
Ten minutes before brakes plump,
tawny-haired sweetheart. Vula Hay
den. was scheduled 10 take the
stand against him, the slender
youth stood up and announced he
was ready to plead guilty.
Superior Judge Joseph VickerS. at
whose mercy the Long Beach Bible
class teacher placed his life, grave
ly informed the boy his plea con-
stituted first degree murder, which
might result in his being sentenced
to die on the gallows.
brakes left eyelid dropped. a
queer facial habit that appears to
be his only symptom of emotion, he
rubbed his tongue over his teeth
and nodded
The court warns you that if these
pleas of guilty Ton two counts) are
accepted. you will be sentenced to
die or spend your life in prison."
Judge Vickers said.
Drake nodded again. glancing at
his father, Leroy Drake, Sr., who
travelled across the country to be
with the boy. whom he placed in
care OF his uncle and aunt when
Leroy was three years old.
L know it," Drake mumbled,
Judge Vickers, accepted the plea and
ordered the Jury dismissed.
Il will ask the testimony proceed,
so that the court can determine the
facts and establish the degree of
guilt" the judge said. Il hope it is
clear to you that no bargain has
been made"
Imperial Valley press., 1935-12-13
HIGHWAY 90
TO BENEFIT
BY PUBLICITY

Montanans, Inc this week was
added to the list of large tourist
organizations that will include u.
S. Highway SO in state and section
al advertising.
In letter received by Manager
Robert Hays of the FL Centro
Chamber of Commerce, Assistant
Manager William G.. Ferguson, OF
the Montana group pledged the
support of his organization in fur
thering this highway which passes
through Imperial Valley.
Montanans of the Northwest have
awakened to the value of advertising
and attracting tourists, and as
Highway U. S. SO is already the
principal arterial in the states OF
Montana and Idaho, the proposed
extension of this route through
southern Nevada and southern Cal
ifornia to CaleXico and to a con-
nection with San Diego, has created
much interest Ferguson said.
According to A. Y. Preble, chair
man of the board of supervisors,
plans are progressing for the first
convention of the -Four States
Highway Association, created to
promote the completion and the
use of Highway U. S. SO, which will
be held at Las Vegas, Nevada, in
early January.