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held at ther points along the route of the highway where repair work and nlt; w const ruction is needed, Sonic conferences have been held by Presided Austin and other oflicinls with good roads men and local officials, and plans i are well under way for the completion of each of the three Mulad. Cache and Bear Lake valley routes between Brigham City and McCaratnon, Idaho. In Jefferson county and southern Mai ison county new work is to be done immediately, all in line with the slogan of “A completed, continuous highw.» liom Salt Lake to Yellowstone bv .June 1. 1916,” adopted by the big association.An nccurate, complete, illustrated ' end descriptive log of the highwav, with information as to branch routes and Ashing, hunting and scenic attractions, is being prepared for publication end distribution, and illustrated articles for magazines and newspapers advertising the highway are also unde? way.The officers of the association propose not only to complete and maintain the continuous trunk highway, hut to prevent, if possible, the wholesale routing of automobiles iuto the park through the Cody, Wyoming, entrance, which is being attempted by certain eastern ngencies. Efforts are now being ni de ly the Burlington route and auto agencies to route the auto traffic through the Cody entrance ami out by way of Montana, via 8pokane, Seattle,' San l iancisco ami Los Angeles to the exposition, returning over the southern routes, thus cutting out Utah and Idaho points on this highway.Word is being received almost dailv at the association headquarters here from both the Idaho and Utah delegations in Congress that they are exerting every effort to secure federal aid to completely construct the highway through the forests and to prevent the routing of this traffic over the longer and less scenic route.
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The Blackfoot Optimist
Blackfoot, Idaho, US
Thu, Apr 20, 1916
Page 2
Full Page
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