| Show canada to arizona in 3 36 6 hours over highway 89 official reports recent improvements on the international ter highway have hava brought canada to with within ili thirty six alx hours bours driving time almo of ArI arizona zong acco according to B J russell Il mr russell organization director tor for tho the later international highway association has just completed the round trip to waterton water ton lakes mr russell Il reports tho the road to bo be in III excellent shape with scenic wonders along almost every mile of tile entire route all but thirty miles of the highway from border to border Is now hard surfaced governor henry 11 II blood of utah and governor roy B ayres ayrea of Nion montana tana endorsed the a associations project said mr russell both tile tho governors were anth enthusiastic us over the possibilities of the nor north th south route from the standpoint pol at of increased tourist travel mud land improved commerce e between tile lie states of tile the intermountain group tile chief executives of sonora mexico lox co and arizona have been actively div ely supporting the project for some entime time the action of governor ayres ayre a and governor blood completes the off official endorsement of the route in commenting ou on ills his reception mr russell kussell said eald the people in the northern states look to arizona us its it a winter will ter playground they seem particularly interested in the international ter national highway because it brings arizona closer to them everywhere I 1 went there was geuernia enthusiasm over the possibilities bili ties of increasing tour tourist lart traffie traffic by tile development an am publicizing of our north south route of commerce directors civic club officials and the newspapers seemed most anxious to cooperate mr russell continued recent checks indicate that tourist travel into arizona via southern utah will total nn an almost one hundred per cent increase over previous years in ili discussing the tourist situation with officials in charge of tho the national parks and monuments along tile tho route mr russell learned that besides being a banner year for tho the parks the visitors in most cases were traveling tray cling either ell th or north or south and had or planned to visit one or more itt i the intermountain mount aln area the national parks from jasper national in canada to grand canyon of the colorado are linked by ta the international highway even dually this intermountain road Is to become the united states portion of the pan american buenos alres aires to alaska highway work on the central and south american por tlona is reported to bo be progressing rapidly in ili mexico that section between ale and guadalajara over the barrancas barr ancas liaa has recently been completed highway association officials 0 f f I 1 c I 1 a I 1 a tire aro organizing a mo me toreado to make the trip tripe down tho the west coast from to mexico city in ili dry weather the tord road la Is open and is now reported to be in ili fair condition definite plans for tile the mexican trip will bo be considered at the groups fall meeting representatives and officials from civo states slates will meet in phoenix early in october to toy iny plans for further cooperative development of the intermountain road P R helm executive vice prest dent of tho the organization to la na an attendance of well over two hundred civic leaders frum tho the three states to thes north through which the ilic lilg highway hway tra travels vels zo visitors wll will be given oh fly to view tilt nil of alloun Ar loun with kith Flira taff phoenix 0 T 1 and no enlea ns as p probable PW g pencos incas |
