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Evening star., 1938-08-28
HIGHWAYS RAISED NATION TO NEW LEVEL
Speed and Safety on
Tours Improved
by Surfacing.

Since that time the cloverleaf in
tersection to eliminate the perils OF
cross traf1c. the multiple lane and
express boulevard and other innova-
tions have appeared in many parts
of the country, and there has been
determined movement toward creation
Of trans-continental system Of super
highways This program, estimated
to cost as much as $4,000. 900 600 but
self -liquidating through tolls and con-
demnation and sale Of abutting land,
was pigeon-holed in the last Congress
but the idea seems far from dead.
Not long ago the authorities OF the
four States lying between the National
Capital and New York City made
known their united determination to
press for brand-new express high
way connecting those vital cities.
MEMORY does not have to stretch
back very far through the years
to recognize the changes and I'M
provement the coming Of universal
good roads have wrought IN American
life. They have widened the cultural
and economic horizons Of vast ma
jority of the people of every station
of life They have made it possible
for multitudes to escape the discom-
fort and expense Of living in crowded
areas. They have pushed far for
ward the frontiers Of industry and
trade.
Twenty years ago. at the birth of
modern roads, motorists had to be
content with q 20 to 80 mile pace
which usually failed to carry them
very far into the delights Of rural
surroundings and unaccustomed sights
and contacts. Today, spinning along
legally at Is high as so to so miles
an hour, or more, they can make long
tours with the ease and much more
pleasure than that which character
lied short jaunts in the not distant
past
In the extension Of Americas high
ways up-to-the minute roads have
been flung across forbidding mountains
and the great deserts of the South
west, which . short time ago seemed
impenetrable barriers to motor travel
Vast, almost unknown regions in all
parts of the land have been brought
within reach Of lesions of tourists.
Just one example of what modern
roads have meant to countless indi-
yidualS and families is to be found in
the tremendous upswing Of popularity
of the national parks and national
forests. Only since real measures
toward creation Of national highway
system were taken 20 years ago have
these healthful and magnificently
scenic centers of recreation been avail
able to more than the lucky few. Now,
annually, literally millions motor
thence, returning with uplifted spirit
and . higher patriotic appreciation Of
the wonders Of their own country
History tells US that imperial Rome's
greatness arose in no small measure
through methodical penetration Of its
influence over good roads. There Is
good reason for conviction that the
future greatness of the United States
is bound up to . very high degree in
the extension and improvement Of
its highways, now happily far ad-
vanced.
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Drive Of 500 Miles Passes Through Which
and Pocmo Mountains Providing Week
CiesTraveers Have Broad Highway of Finest Surface.

one Of the scenic marvels OF the
country. Tarry here for little while.
The famous notch through which, cen
turtles ago, the river forced its way
to the sea Is but one feature Of this
enchanting region. The gap Is formed
by break in the Kittaninny Range
OF the Blue Ridge Mountains where
the Delaware River passes through .
magnificent gorge between Tam
many and Minsi Mountains, which
rise to height Of 1,400 feet. The
mountains here are we'll wooded, and
the river at this point Is 80 feet deep.
Northeast Of Stroudsburg is un-
spoiled Bushkill Falls, ITS feet high.
If you can spare the time, spend a
couple Of days in the Poconos, for
the pure air Of these justly famed
Pennsylvania mountains has real tonic
properties and will do wonders for
you after weeks Of summer heat in
city Offices. August Is an ideal time
to go, for 1t is during this month
third week. that the annual Pocono
Mountain horse show Is held. This
annual feature has become one Of the
leading social events of the season.
with many Of the countrys best horses
on exhibition. In addition there will be
several golf tournaments, and the
Poconos boast 10 excellent golf
courses. Right now countless varieties
of wild flowers are In bloom.
MOST Of the waterways have e1-
cellent facilities for swimming,
boating, canoeing and fishing. and in
bygone days these same streams were
the fishing grounds Of Henry Van
Dyke and Joseph jefferson. For the
person who likes to hunt there Is an
abundance Of small game iE these
mountains and some deer.
There is . hotel, guest house or
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an amazing achievement, when It Is
considered that in all the country,
just prior to enactment Of the first
Federal-aid bill. only $4,000 miles Of
road were surfaced at all and only
$4,000 miles, consisting Of short stubs
near cities, had what was then re-
garded as "high-type" surfacing.
BY 1921. under the impetus Of help
from Washington. the total surfaced
roads had grown to $4,000 miles,
of which $4,000 was hightype. In the
ensuing decade the aggregate was
almost doubled. standing at $4,000
miles in 1880, with more than l25,000
having high-type surfacing.
The need Of continuity in the inn
provement Of main roads was the
first of new conditions brought about
by the spread Of motoring to be met
with appropriate action. From 1915
on, all States in rapid succession
designated systems Of State roads. in
cluding generally the main intercity
routes, to be improved under the more
or less direct supervision of the State
highway departments. The State sys-
TENS were substantially welded into
a national network by the designation,
in obedience to the Federal Highway
Act Of 1921, Of the Federal-aid high
way system, upon which, ever since,
1t has been required that all Federal
appropriations be expended, with An
equal amount contributed by the
States.
formulation Of a national policy
In respect to main roads was the next
step in bringing about the present
high development of Americas roads.
It was accepted that the volume Of
trafhc on main roads was 50 great
that economies in transportation cost
and the convenience and safety Of
motorists effected by highway improve
ment clearly outweighed the cost.
Accordingly it was agreed that I'M
provement should proceed as rapidly
IS funds became available. All roads
in the Federal aid system thus were
designated for improvement to the
aegres justified by the savings ex-
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tourist accommodation to suit every
pocketbook and taste, and in all you
find the same genuine hospitality, 80
characteristic OF the Pennsylvania
folk. In addition there arU public
camps and picnic grounds scattered
throughout this section, each one
veritable resort In itself.
Should you desire . list Of some
Of the many hotels and cottages in the
Poconos, write the Monroe County
Chamber Of Commerce at strouds-
burg, Pa, Box 3o3
Northwest Of the Poconos lies 6cran-
ton, our next objective. Scranton Is on
the Lackawanna River and the noted
Lackawanna trail and Is the center OF
the greatest anthracite region in the
United States Industrially, silk mills
and cigar factories keep step with
the coal output.
The city's many points Of interest
include the Everhart Museum OF Nat
ural History, Art and Science. which
overEooks the lawns of the beautiful
Nay Aug Park. Scranton possesses a
beautiful lake drive on the east side
Of the city, with view from the
top Of Scrub Oak Mountain, 2,0s2 feet
high.
Just outside Of Scranton. at the
Hudson Coal Co., visitors are permitted
to 60 down in an anthracite coal mine.
hundreds Of feet below the surface. A
safe and interesting tour. including a
visit through the huge Rheolaveur
breaker, where water Is used from be-
ginning to end, may be arranged free
Of charge.
In and around Scranton. there are
many sights reminiscent Of a century
Of mining. Mountainous calm banks.
reminding one Of dormant volcanoes;
huge breakers by the score. which
etand out IN bold silhouette above the
mountains on the high skyline; strip
mines here and there; railroad yards
Evening star., 1938-08-28
Two Decades of Gain
From Government
Assistance.
By Stanley E. Serviss.

- y - - 'OOs
WHEN the motorist of today slides
In behind his steering wheel,
only rarely is he assailed by any mis-
giving concerning the character of the
highways he Is about to encounter.
This Is true whether the prospective
journey Is one of . few miles in fami-
liar territory or 4 tour to the other
side Of the continent
There Is . very substantial reason
for this, because the current year
closes an outstanding era in the de-
velopment of highways in the United
States, two decades of improvement in
roads which have brought amazing
changes. Although the average car
owner seldom gives it thought. today
1t is possible to motor to virtually any
area in the country over reasonably
good roads and in most cases highways
have reached a height OF perfection
undreamed Of 20 years ago. Were this
not 80, the sphere OF usefulness OF the
speedy. modern motor vehicle would be
most seriously circumscribed.
1t is not easy for younger genera
ton Of motorists to realize that only
20 years ago q tour Of even q short
distance from home was undertaken
with the greatest trepidation, and for
good reason. For even at that not
very distant day the roads generally
were most inadequate for the burden
of motor trafic which suddenly had
been thrust upon them. Even be.
tween centers Of population relatively
close together there were gaps in the
highway links where surfacing had
not yet arrived. which not only i'm
peded travel but created serious haz-
ards.
An instance of this, duplicated all
over the country, WAS to be found at
the very door Of the National Capital
Between Warrington and a city no
more distant than Richmond stretches
Of fairly good highway were inter-
spersed with strips of unimproved
road in which motorists as often as
not found themselves trapped in mud
and forced to the humiliation Of call
ing upon horse power-actual, not
AAASSAidAAAC0l-lOA lSoSuGs AOudy GAlC
Washington Richmond journey by
automobile, which then was always
regarded as an all-day adventure, Is
accomplished by an average driver in
little more than two hours, and a
like saving Of time has been accom-
plished for similar trips everywhere
But the achievement has not come
about by chance.
IT is true that. to the varying limits
Of their ability, States. counties,
cities and towns were seeking to pro-
vide decent paths for the accommoda-
ton Of the automobile, which obviously
had definitely arrived" to play COM
manding part in the national scene
But equally apparent was the fact
that this BY no means coped with the
problem. 1t became patent that the
strong right arm Of the Federal 0ov-
ernment and its financial resources
were required If anything like the po-
tentional usefulness of the automobile
and motor truck was to be achieved.
The answer was found in the crea-
ton of the Federal-aid highway sys-
tenn. After long agitation. Congress,
in 1916, enacted the BankheAd-
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public museum and art gallery and
botanical gardens.
Nearby, of route 422, east Of the
city, Is the Daniel Boone birthplace.
A part of the original house still
stands.
THE drive from Reading to Allen
town is through . rolling. highly
cultivated country, with mountains in
the distance to break In upon the
sameness of farms and orchards. One
passes many fine farmhouses, and
the pride in home ownership is re-
vealed by beds of old-fashioned flowers
which add color and quaintness, to
the landscape. and by the immacu-
lately kept barns.
Near Allentown Is the beautiful
Trexler Memorial Park, a gift to the
city by the late Gen. Harry c. Drex-
ler Northwest OF the city Is the cele-
brated Trexler Game Preserve, which
contains large herds of buffalo. elk
and deer, said to be the finest preserve
VI ITO AiIiu cdSI vi tllC lVOSAiCS
A distinguishing characteristic of
Allentown is the presence of growing
flowers on the street lights. About 2
feet below each light. vari-colored
petunias. geraniums and other colorful
plants and vines grow in profusion,
giving a festive air to the streets.
A historic landmark of the city is
Zion Reformed Church, where the
famous Liberty Bell was hidden during
the time that the British occupied
Philadelphia; also Trout Hall. built
In ITO.
BETHLEHEM, adjoining Allentown,
is q thriving and keenly alive city,
nationally famous for its great iron
and steel plants and silk mills.
The city was founded in l74l by
ANAL hand of Morovians from M.
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hernia and saxony, in search Of re-
ligious freedom.
Historically, Bethlehem Is famous
- the seat Of the Moravian Seminary
and College, the first girls boarding
school In America. T. is also the home
of the first pharmacy (still operating), +,
the first fire engine and the first water
works
Many Of the original stone houses
Of European architecture, built by the
Moravians. still stand. The Bell House
and the Sisters House have an espe-
cially interesting history. For q small
fee guide service Is available.
To enter into the spirit Of old Beth
lehem, one should visit the city at
Christmas or Easter, the latter being
the great festival Of the year, when
the Moravians meet In the grave
yard at dawn and salute one another
with the scripture words, Christ Is
risen." Christmas is still ushered in
with . trombone serenade from the
belfry OF the historic old church, and
deaths in the congregation are an
nounced in the same manner.
The Bach Festival at Bethlehem
held annually late in May. is one of
the outstanding musical events Of the
country. attracting visitors from far
away places.
T EHIGH UNIVERSITY at Bethle-
hem is we'll worth visit. contain
ing one of the most beautiful college
campuses in the East.
After leaving Bethlehem one soon
reaches Stroudsburg, gateway to the
Poconos. Originally Stroudsburg was
q frontier port, q refuge for those
unfortunate Moravians fleeing from
the Wyoming Valley after the Wyo-
ming massacre, in 177S.
just beyond East Stroudsburg Is
the ma iestic Delaware Water GAP,
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thus paying for the right-of-way they
enjoy.
From the beginning, all this revenue
was earmarked for the building and
improvement Of highways. and without
it the vast advances registered could
not have been made But the palms of
other State activities itched for this
treasure and diversion to non .highway
purposes has become q widespread
scandal. Under recent Federal-aid
acts. however, . weapon against this
has been found-the Government Pc
nalizing States one-third of their al
locations of Federal money If they per-
sist in diversion. Lately even the digni-
fed old State Of Massachusetts, was up
on the carpet for the of1ense.
THROUGH all the mutations OF
bringing American highways to at
least an approximation Of traffic neces-
stiles, Federal-aid has steadily con-
tributed financial sinews Starting
with a modest $4,000, 900, it rose to
sustained level of $l25 100000 for
several years and 5000, ,000, 900 for the
last financial year, including $25,000,-
900 for secondary roads and $50. .000,-
600 for the elimination Of grade-cross
ing death traps. The special author
izations of depression years have raised
Uncle Sans annual contribution to
good roads to as much as $542, 500, 900,
in 1888.
Today the Federal-aid system, from
which the whole of the Nations vast
network Of modern roads extends. COW
ers 22l 900 miles. Initial construction
has been made upon los, 800 miles Of
this and further improvement or re-
building, upon $4,000. And hand-in-
hand with this has gone amazing de-
velopment Of better materials and de-
sign.
Those whose memory of roads runs
back through these two decades have
no trouble perceiving the contrast be-
tween the roads OF today. into which
speed and safety are built in the be-
ginning. and the haphazard construc-
ton which passed for high-typs high
way In 1918.
The Valley settler., 1938-02-03

The VALLEY SETTLER is published
every Thursday by the Mataauska
Valley Farmers -Gonpe raI,,iyats --.~-,-- -
Association at Palmer, ALASKA.
mig. Edit tor, Mrs, Vsrna Eastman
Subs eruption rates: $fl.oo a year
by mail: %15.0 a year
Mailed anywhere: 10 q COPY
This paper is ISSUED for the pur-
pose Of giving inf ormatio1 and
news OF the MaUonuska Valley
Farmers Coope rating Associate on 6
work, problems and accomp1 Ii shments
and also news IF local Gnd general
interest; and to help IQst3r tho
cooperative spirit of the farmers
Of tho Gatanuaka Valley
We solicit the frank and honest
expressions of opinion and idoas
from members ana employees of
the Cooperating Association and
the people OF the Community ct
large.
The Valley settler., 1938-02-03
SELF INTEREST JUSTIFIED

SELF INTEREST JUSTIFIED
lf-interest is Justified and to
be commended as a valuable human
trait. Self interest dictates to
the sano clear-thlnlZins, man q poQl-
ing Of his interests with his
follow man, especially when that
follow man is engaged in the same
KIND OF ento rprfsey Tt is the
strongest ana post Logical appeal
for cooperative 3rgen1zdtton.
ut cannot, however, 30 short
81 Ghted, Tt mus t look FAR Beyond
tho present need. 1T must consf-
der tho welfare of the Individual
part -pGnt, not only now but in
the future. Tho sound Christian
philos -phy Of iall for each and
each for ALT is q Good business
doctrine as WE'LL"
= Ralph Snyder, President
Of the WI chita Bank for
Coope rotives
We also read in Cocpe rative litera-
ture that our organizations mi Ght
probably more rightly be called
" cooperative indivi dualism"
Clear thinking organizers arc
sire sing the idea that Coope rative
management is sure way to bring
botter returns to greater number
Of insivi duals.
The Valley settler., 1938-02-03

: !
AND ARE VIE PROUD!
IN spite # be low -zaro- weather and
q strong cold wind blowing, there We
g good gathering OF earnest citi-
zons at The GlVic Association meet
ms Tuesday might.
Those who camo feal they got their
money IS worth 1t was wi thout
doubt the finest and most BUSINESS
like meeting ever hold in the VALLEY
Real facts the facts we want--were
presented in orderly fashi on by men
Whc believe in our representative
cove nanent and our power to govern
2u2oso ives Tho entire Meeting was
handled ~ the Civic Gauncil in a
manner Whi Oh was q credit to the
inJe lligonce Of the people Of this
Valley.
The long list of accom- ishments
listed by the Council in their an
nuaI report strengt the general
feeling OF thinking people that
the. Civic Aas ociation Of VIII ich we
are a part and the civic Council
viii CHI repres ems as are the Tou1lda-
tion Of firm and stable government
The quality Of the ting made
stronger. our boiler and faith in the
e1*trii tics Or fnto1ligent SELF
government, There was no siezn Of
hy5terfa or radicelism. There,
plain~to see, on the faces OF the
mer and women present at that meet
ms, was the serious dc to1mi ac.tion
70 hop Develop tAis ccnnnuni ~ to
the posl+ion Of prosperity. and re-
spect VIII Oh II deserves.
= : ) !. = <
DO VIE NEED A HUMANE SOCIETY?
The Valley settler., 1938-02-03

Tt would seem Sc. Departing Colon-
lists have q habit Of Leaving! thei1
pets behind to fend for themselves
to storvo or frc eze or become d pub
lie nuisance. But more important.
there are people here in tho Valley
who don axe care Of their pets
or stock in q manner that can be
considered Intelligent or humane.
Is 1T up to the Civic Council or
ono other local Organization TO
5 sGeft g humane Society TO see that
animals cren t mistroa tedq
We have re cefved consi derablo data
as to the method Of start1n such ab
organization which i S availabJa ia
any group who Will undertake this.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-15
Copyright, 1938)
RIDDEN TRAVELS

Attorney Henry Roden left for Petersburg aboard the Denali on a professional trip.
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-15
Timely Plea
Cleveland Plain Dealer)

President Roosevelts appeal for peace between the rival wings of American unionism raises mod crate hope that the differences which divide AFL and CIO may be capable of adjustment in spite of the vgor with which William Green president of the federation has attacked John L. Lewis and the CIO at the federation's convention in Houston.
 Mir. Roosevets letter to the AFL head in which he that continued strife is bound to njure the workers themselves is the chief executives first open to end the eud which began three years ago. It is received at moment when it had seemed that the rift is too deep to be bridged by Roosevelt ad monition Yet the presidents preachmen will doubt less be approved by the majority of the membership of both wings of American unionism.
 At previous annual meetings of the AFII gestures of reconciliation were made. Green and others pleaded with the "erring brothers" who had left the federation fold They had in mind particularly the miners and the clothing trade unions which in for ner years were bulwarks of federation strength and whose dues most welcome
 But this time there is dove of peace in sight as the convention opens. Green denounces Lewis as an associate of Communists and asserts that the CIO chief his recent visit to Mexico attacked Fascism and Naziism but had nothing to say against Com munsm The federation president likewise digs into the archives and comes up with speech made by Lewis in 1924 in which he laid at Moscows doors the responsibility for striving to insun Communism in American labor movement by means of industrial unionism. Green says Lewis is leading today the effort he denounced in 1924.
 Many will doubt if Green even in the eyes of his zealous supporters, can make Red out of John L. Lewis, the eX-Republcan. There are numerous signs that the rank and file of the federation does not share the intense personal antagonism which their chef apparently feels toward his former lieutenant The rule works both ways. There many in the CIO who similarly deplore the obvious Lewis ire toward Green. But so long these personal anil mosities continue there be little hope of cHation in the ranks of labor. If the presidents move can help to heal these animosities he will serve well both wings of American unionism
The Daily Alaska empire., 1938-10-15
ALASKA'S ANGEL OF MERCY

Yesterday a news dispatch in The Empire told Of a resident of Anchorage-Frank I. Reed, President of the Power and Light Company there-beng rushed by plane board steamer at in order to hasten to Seattle for special eye treatment to avert blindness. Last report is that he placed aboard the Baranof
 Such instances of the airpane serving the mercy angel in Alaska are not uncommon. There are acores of similar flights in the of year. Here in Juneau hardly a week two passes but that one ct the local airplane pilots is called upon to hop here there to pick up some person for treatment by doctor hospital like condition exists through out the Territory. The airplane has become indis- pensabe to life generally in Alaska.
 In talking of arfied development, two-way radio communication between airplane and ground station the need for beacon lights radio weather stations and the countless other facilities which making avia- ton safer and enables plane operators to give greater service we often point ont the commercial value the development of previously isolated districts tap ping of mineral areas; speeding up of eonmer- cial business. All of which is true and should be emphasized. But the flight incident of yesterday