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Show RVKIWillKKX HIGHWAY p.xtiii imi; toi i; On July 16th two cars started from Victoria, "Evergreen" Capital of British Columbia, upon a leisurely tour of the route to El Paso, Texas, covering a distance of 3,000 miles. The personnel if the party is: The President and the Secretary of the Evergreen Highway Association; Associa-tion; Captain I. M. Howell, Secretary of State of Washington; a well-known well-known lecturer, familiar, by personal contact, with the scenic beauties of the Northwest; a representative of the Automobile Blue Book, to make a log of portions of the route not heretofore locked: a motion-picture director represent ing the Animated Educational Film Co., of Seattle, and a Pa the camera-man; a press-correspondent. press-correspondent. Mr. James Allen. Highway Commissioner of the State of Washington, accompanies the party through the state to Lewiston. .Idaho; and there the Highway En-, cineer of Idaho will join the party. Stops will be made at all county seats and at as many cities and towns as os-:ble. to confer with county j commissioners, eniineers. road supervisors, su-pervisors, state o'lieials. good-roads j (Continued on last page) I EVERGREEN HIGHWAY PATHFINDING TOUR (Continued from first page) builders and enthusiasts generally, upon problems of proper location and construction of an all-year route leading into the Facific Northwest. The route traversed by the party has not been finallv fixed as the route of the Evergreen Highway, in all its parts. One of the objects of the trip is to study the subject of location, from close observation and local discussions with the view of determining a definite location of a route or routes that can be recommended recom-mended for long-distance touring, during both summer and winter seasons. sea-sons. Motion-pictures will be taken of striking scenic attractions, sport and recreation grounds, road views of special interest, and distinctive scenes of industrial, manufacturing and mining operations. ,At all night-stops, and at various towns where stops are made for lunch or dinner, illustrated talks will be made upon the scenic beauties beau-ties and outdoor attractions of the West, and the purposes, policies and plan of organization of the Evergreen Ever-green Highway Association explained. ex-plained. Captain I. M. Howell Is a director of the Pacific. Northwest Tourist Association. As-sociation. He has a message for the people of the states of Idaho, Utah and Arizona in which they should be, and will be, interested. Ben F. Hill, President, A. J. Elrod, Secretary, |